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15 teams in IND, NL · 811 regular-season games · 1897-04-19 to 1897-10-03 · attendance 2,886,842

◀ 1896 1898 ▶

Pennant

Boston Beaneaters

Standings

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Beaneaters	93	39	.705	—	665	334,800	Frank Selee	Pennant
2	Baltimore Orioles	90	40	.692	2	674	273,046	Ned Hanlon
3	New York Giants	83	48	.634	9.5	696	390,340	Bill Joyce
4	Cincinnati Reds	76	56	.576	17	705	336,800	Buck Ewing
5	Cleveland Spiders	69	62	.527	23.5	680	115,250	Patsy Tebeau
6	Washington Senators	61	71	.462	32	793	151,028	Gus Schmelz, Tom Brown
7	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	61	71	.462	32	845	220,831	Billy Barnie
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	60	71	.458	32.5	835	165,950	Patsy Donovan
9	Chicago Colts	59	73	.447	34	894	327,160	Cap Anson
10	Philadelphia Phillies	55	77	.417	38	792	290,027	George Stallings
11	Louisville Colonels	52	78	.400	40	869	145,210	Jim Rogers, Fred Clarke
12	St. Louis Browns	29	102	.221	63.5	1088	136,400	Tommy Dowd, Hugh Nicol, Bill Hallman, Chris Von Der Ahe

IND

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Chicago Unions	6	2	.750	—	76		Louis Reynolds
2	Cuban X Giants	3	2	.600	1.5	39		Andy Jackson
3	Page Fence Giants	0	1	.000	2.5	7		Grant Johnson

Leaders

NL

HR

1. 11Hugh Duffy
2. 10George Davis
3. 9Nap Lajoie

RBI

1. 135George Davis
2. 132Jimmy Collins
3. 129Hugh Duffy

AVG

1. .424Willie Keeler
2. .390Fred Clarke
3. .383Jesse Burkett

SB

1. 73Bill Lange
2. 69Jake Stenzel
3. 66Billy Hamilton

W

1. 31Kid Nichols
2. 28Amos Rusie
3. 26Fred Klobedanz

ERA

1. 2.54Amos Rusie
2. 2.64Kid Nichols
3. 2.81Jerry Nops

SO

1. 156Cy Seymour
2. 156Doc McJames
3. 149Joe Corbett

SV

1. 3Kid Nichols
2. 3Win Mercer
3. 2Jack Taylor

IND

HR

1. 3Robert Footes
2. 3Harry Buckner
3. 2Louis Reynolds

RBI

1. 11Louis Reynolds
2. 11Harry Hyde
3. 10Billy Holland

W

1. 3Harry Buckner
2. 2William Selden
3. 2Harry Moore

SO

1. 14William Selden
2. 9George Wilson
3. 9John Nelson