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1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Eastern Park (since 1891)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, Charles Ebbets
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie
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The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season in seventh place under new manager Billy Barnie. Also the team's ownership underwent a change as Charles Byrne and Ferdinand Abell buy the shares previously owned by George Chauncey and Charles Ebbets becomes a part owner of the team.

Offseason

• November 13, 1896: Tommy Corcoran was traded by the Bridegrooms to the Cincinnati Reds for Germany Smith, Chauncey Fisher and cash.
• Prior to 1897 season: Claude Ritchey was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

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The 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Grim, JohnJohn Grim	80	290	26	72	.248	0	25	3
1B	LaChance, CandyCandy LaChance	126	520	86	160	.308	4	90	26
2B	Shoch, GeorgeGeorge Shoch	85	284	42	79	.278	0	38	6
3B	Shindle, BillyBilly Shindle	134	542	83	154	.284	4	105	23
SS	Smith, GermanyGermany Smith	112	428	47	86	.201	0	29	1
OF	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	135	548	134	172	.314	1	49	48
OF	Griffin, MikeMike Griffin	134	534	136	169	.316	2	56	16
OF	Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	117	492	93	160	.325	4	85	29

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Canavan, JimJim Canavan	63	240	25	52	.217	2	34	9
Smith, AleckAleck Smith	66	237	36	71	.300	1	39	12
Burrell, BusterBuster Burrell	33	103	15	25	.243	2	18	1
Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard	13	49	.286	12	14	3	14	5
Hannivan, PatPat Hannivan	10	20	4	5	.250	0	2	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Kennedy, BrickyardBrickyard Kennedy	44	40	343.3	18	20	3.91	149	81	36
Payne, HarleyHarley Payne	40	38	280.0	14	17	4.63	71	86	30
Dunn, JackJack Dunn	25	21	216.7	14	9	4.57	66	26	21
Daub, DanDan Daub	19	16	137.7	6	11	6.08	48	19	11
McMahon, SadieSadie McMahon	9	7	63.0	0	6	5.86	29	13	5
Brown, JohnJohn Brown	1	1	5.0	0	1	7.20	4	0	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Fisher, ChaunceyChauncey Fisher	20	13	149.0	9	7	4.23	43	31	11

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet