The following are the baseball events of the year 1897 throughout the world.
Contents
Champions[edit]
- Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1
- National League: Boston Beaneaters
Statistical leaders[edit]
- Batting: Willie Keeler .424
- Home Runs: Hugh Duffy 11
- Wins: Kid Nichols 31
- ERA: Amos Rusie 2.54
National League final standings[edit]
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Beaneaters | 93 | 39 | 0.705 | — | 54–12 | 39–27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 40 | 0.692 | 2 | 51–15 | 39–25 |
| New York Giants | 83 | 48 | 0.634 | 9½ | 51–19 | 32–29 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 56 | 0.576 | 17 | 49–18 | 27–38 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 69 | 62 | 0.527 | 23½ | 49–16 | 20–46 |
| Washington Senators | 61 | 71 | 0.462 | 32 | 40–26 | 21–45 |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 61 | 71 | 0.462 | 32 | 38–29 | 23–42 |
| Pittsburg Pirates | 60 | 71 | 0.458 | 32½ | 38–27 | 22–44 |
| Chicago Colts | 59 | 73 | 0.447 | 34 | 36–30 | 23–43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 55 | 77 | 0.417 | 38 | 32–34 | 23–43 |
| Louisville Colonels | 52 | 78 | 0.400 | 40 | 34–31 | 18–47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 29 | 102 | 0.221 | 63½ | 18–41 | 11–61 |
Events[edit]
- June 24 – Dick Harley of the St. Louis Browns collects six hits in one game against the Pittsburg Pirates.
- June 29 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Louisville Colonels 36-7, the most lopsided victory in MLB history.
- July 18 – Cap Anson of the Chicago Colts collects his 3,000th career hit with a single off of Baltimore Orioles pitcher George Blackburn.
- September 18 – Cy Young pitches the first no-hitter of his career as the Cleveland Spiders defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0, in the first game of a doubleheader.
Births[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1 – Monty Swartz
- January 3 – Pete Turgeon
- January 5 – Art Delaney
- January 6 – Buck Crouse
- January 6 – By Speece
- January 7 – Topper Rigney
- January 9 – Dave Keefe
- January 15 – Joe Genewich
- January 24 – George Ellison
- January 29 – Pat Patterson
February[edit]
- February 11 – Red Miller
- February 9 – Adrian Lynch
- February 11 – Joe Shannon
- February 11 – Red Shannon
- February 11 – Earl Smith
- February 15 – Chuck Wolfe
- February 15 – Art Johnson
- February 16 – Paul Castner
- February 16 – Alex Ferguson
- February 17 – Ike Boone
- February 18 – Huck Betts
- February 25 – Bob Vines
March[edit]
- March 1 – Howie Jones
- March 4 – Neal Brady
- March 4 – Lefty O'Doul
- March 5 – Virgil Barnes
- March 5 – Lu Blue
- March 6 – Cliff Brady
- March 9 – Joe Dawson
- March 10 – Russ Ennis
- March 13 – Lew Malone
- March 14 – Bruce Hitt
- March 19 – Elmer Bowman
- March 21 – Gus Ketchum
- March 21 – Bill Lamar
- March 27 – Joe Lucey
- March 27 – Effa Manley
- March 30 – Ed Sicking
April[edit]
- April 4 – Ray Miner
- April 8 – Dick Attreau
- April 10 – Joe Price
- April 10 – Ross Youngs
- April 15 – Walt Lynch
- April 20 – Lou Vedder
- April 30 – Walt Walsh
- April 26 – Epp Sell
May[edit]
- May 3 – Ray Shepardson
- May 12 – Joe Dugan
- May 13 – Hugh Canavan
- May 17 – Harry Riconda
- May 20 – Wilcy Moore
- May 30 – Wally Kimmick
June[edit]
- June 6 – Ray Pierce
- June 12 – Guy Lacy
- June 13 – George Foss
- June 15 – Cy Twombly
- June 17 – Bill Hubbell
- June 22 – Bill Mizeur
- June 25 – Camp Skinner
- June 29 – Grady Adkins
July[edit]
- July 3 – Chet Nichols
- July 3 – Heinie Sand
- July 5 – Tom Miller
- July 9 – Glenn Myatt
- July 12 – Hod Fenner
- July 16 – Hi Bell
- July 18 – Hank Hulvey
- July 18 – Pat Murray
- July 18 – Ed Sherling
- July 22 – Ed Gerner
- July 23 – Hod Ford
- July 23 – Cy Fried
- July 26 – Chick Bowen
- July 27 – Biz Mackey
- July 29 – Jim Hamby
August[edit]
- August 8 – Charlie Eckert
- August 8 – Ken Holloway
- August 10 – Frank Welch
- August 16 – Bob Fothergill
- August 17 – Joe Bradshaw
- August 17 – Ed Lennon
- August 18 – Mandy Brooks
- August 22 – Bob Clark
- August 24 – Al Bool
- August 24 – Frank Pratt
- August 29 – Arthur Henderson
- August 29 – John Quinn
- August 31 – William Bell
September[edit]
- September 13 – Eddie Rommel
- September 17 – Joe Green
- September 17 – Earl Webb
- September 19 – Astyanax Douglass
- September 23 – Walt Irwin
- September 25 – Walter Anderson
- September 27 – Chick Gagnon
- September 30 – Eddie Kenna
- September 30 – Mike Kircher
October[edit]
- October 7 – Bill Jackman
- October 9 – Harry Biemiller
- October 13 – Elliot Bigelow
- October 14 – Vance McIlree
- October 15 – Dinty Gearin
- October 15 – Sam Gray
- October 16 – Garland Buckeye
- October 18 – Sumpter Clarke
- October 19 – Tom Lovelace
- October 20 – Tom Connelly
- October 20 – Jigger Statz
- October 22 – Myles Thomas
- October 26 – Skipper Friday
- October 26 – George Winn
- October 29 – Ty Pickup
- October 30 – Kettle Wirts
- October 31 – Tony Rego
November[edit]
- November 4 – Ted Menze
- November 4 – Dolly Stark
- November 5 – Jack Ogden
- November 9 – Johnny Gooch
- November 9 – Harvey Hendrick
- November 17 – Davey Claire
- November 17 – Rube Lutzke
- November 20 – Larry Benton
- November 21 – Andy High
- November 23 – Bubber Jonnard
- November 23 – Claude Jonnard
- November 23 – Freddy Leach
- November 23 – Beans Reardon
- November 26 – Bill Warwick
- November 30 – Win Ballou
- November 30 – Dud Branom
December[edit]
- December 10 – Tim Griesenbeck
- December 10 – Jocko Conlon
- December 11 – Slim Harriss
- December 14 – Syl Simon
- December 16 – Fred Wigington
- December 18 – Lance Richbourg
- December 19 – Mike Herrera
- December 20 – Snooks Dowd
- December 21 – Hal Haid
- December 21 – Pete Scott
- December 22 – Harvey Freeman
- December 23 – Nemo Gaines
- December 25 – Allen Elliott
- December 27 – Jackie Tavener
Deaths[edit]
- February 5 – Old Hoss Radbourn, 42, Hall of Fame pitcher who won over 300 games including a record 60 for the 1884 Providence Grays, leading the National League in wins, strikeouts, winning percentage and games twice each and in shutouts, innings and ERA once each; completing 489 out of 503 starts, pitching three shutouts in the 1884 World Championship Series, while holding single-season records for games pitched with 76 in 1883, going 27–12 for the 1890 Players League champions.
- February 8 – Fleury Sullivan, 35. pitcher.
- March 5 – Dave Foutz, 40, first baseman/outfielder/pitcher who played from 1884 through 1896 for the St. Louis Browns and the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Grooms, a three-time .300 hitter and manager for the Brooklyn teams between 1893 and 1896 for a 690 career winning percentage, while pitching 41 wins for the 1886 champion Browns.
- March 10 – Wes Blogg, 42, catcher.
- March 21 – Andy Allison, 49, first baseman.
- March 22 – Dave Anderson, 28, pitcher.
- March 25 – Bill Quarles, 28, pitcher.
- April 13 – Charles Yingling, 31, shortstop.
- July 10 – Kid Baldwin, 32, catcher.
- August 1 – Jake Seymour, 43, who played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys of the American Association in the 1882 season.
- August 4 – John Gilroy, 27, pitcher.
- August 9 – Jack Scheible, 31, pitcher.
- August 19 – Jim McKeever, 36, catcher.
- August 22 – Tricky Nichols, 47, pitcher who posted a 28–73 record and a 3.06 ERA in 106 games for six different teams between 1875 and 1882.
- August 27 – Sam Moran, 26, pitcher.
- October 9 – Milo Lockwood, 39, outfielder and pitcher.
- October 19 – O. P. Caylor, 47, one of the founders of the American Association.
- November 2 – Joe Sullivan, 27, shortstop.
- November 15 – Charlie Smith, 56, infielder who appeared in 14 games for the 1871 New York Mutuals.
- November 19 – Frank McGinn, 28, infielder.
- December 20 – William Brown, 31, catcher.
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