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The 1897 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 52–87 record and eleventh place in the National League.

Regular season

1897 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	6–6	9–3–2	9–3–3	6–6	7–4	10–1	5–7	10–2–1	9–3	10–2	9–3
Boston	6–6	—	9–3	8–4–1	9–3	7–5	9–3	8–4	10–2–1	10–2	10–2	7–5–1
Brooklyn	3–9–2	3–9	—	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–7	3–9–2	6–6	7–5	7–5	7–5
Chicago	3–9–3	4–8–1	6–6	—	5–7	4–8	6–6–1	5–7–1	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–5
Cincinnati	6–6	3–9	5–7	7–5	—	7–5	9–3	7–5–1	8–4	5–7–1	11–1	8–4
Cleveland	4–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	5–7	—	5–7	3–9	9–3	6–6	11–1–1	8–4
Louisville	1–10	3–9	7–5	6–6–1	3–9	7–5	—	6–6–1	3–9	4–8–2	8–3–1	4–8–1
New York	7–5	4–8	9–3–2	7–5–1	5–7–1	9–3	6–6–1	—	7–5	8–3–1	12–0	9–3–1
Philadelphia	2–10–1	2–10–1	6–6	7–5	4–8	3–9	9–3	5–7	—	5–7	8–4	4–8
Pittsburgh	3–9	2–10	5–7	6–6	7–5–1	6–6	8–4–2	3–8–1	7–5	—	8–4	5–7
St. Louis	2–10	2–10	5–7	4–8	1–11	1–11–1	3–8–1	0–12	4–8	4–8	—	3–9
Washington	3–9	5–7–1	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	8–4–1	3–9–1	8–4	7–5	9–3	—

1897 Louisville Colonels

Roster

Pitchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Wilson	105	381	81	.213	1	41
1B	Perry Werden	133	512	154	.301	5	83
2B	Jim Rogers	41	150	22	.147	2	22
SS	General Stafford	113	441	122	.277	7	54
3B	Billy Clingman	115	403	92	.228	2	47
OF	Tom McCreery	91	344	96	.279	4	40
OF	Fred Clarke	128	518	202	.390	6	67
OF	Ollie Pickering	64	249	62	.249	1	21

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Charlie Dexter	76	257	72	.280	2	46
Honus Wagner	62	242	81	.335	2	39
Abbie Johnson	49	165	40	.242	0	23
Joe Dolan	36	133	28	.211	0	7
Kid Nance	35	120	29	.242	3	17
Heinie Smith	21	76	20	.263	1	7
Irv Hach	16	51	11	.216	0	3
Dick Butler	10	38	7	.184	0	2
Win Clark	4	16	3	.188	0	2
Frank Martin	2	8	2	.250	0	0
Ducky Holmes	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Tom Delahanty	1	4	1	.250	0	2
Ossee Schrecongost	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chick Fraser	36	294.1	15	19	4.04	70
Bert Cunningham	30	242.2	14	13	4.15	49
Bill Hill	27	199.0	7	17	3.62	55
Bill Magee	23	156.1	4	12	5.41	44
George Hemming	9	67.0	3	4	5.10	7
Roy Evans	9	59.1	5	4	4.10	20
Dad Clarke	7	54.2	2	4	3.95	7
Pete Dowling	4	26.0	1	2	5.88	3