1897 in baseball

1897 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1897

Champions

*Temple Cup: Baltimore Orioles defeated Boston Beaneaters, 4 games to 1
*National League: Boston Beaneaters

tatistical Leaders

*Batting: Willie Keeler .424
*Home Runs: Hugh Duffy 11
*Wins: Kid Nichols 31
*ERA: Amos Rusie 2.54

National League final standings

Events

*June 24 - Dick Harley of the St. Louis Browns collects six hits in one game against the Pittsburgh 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 double-header.

Births

*February 16 - Alex Ferguson
*February 17 - Ike Boone
*March 4 - Lefty O'Doul
*March 5 - Lu Blue
*March 6 - Cliff Brady
*March 21 - Bill Lamar
*March 27 - Joe Lucey
*March 27 - Effa Manley
*April 10 - Ross Youngs
*April 15 - Walt Lynch
*April 30 - Walt Walsh
*May 12 - Joe Dugan
*June 25 - Camp Skinner
*July 20 - Happy Foreman
*July 27 - Biz Mackey
*August 8 - Ken Holloway
*August 10 - Frank Welch
*August 31 - William Bell
*September 13 - Eddie Rommel
*October 20 - Jigger Statz
*October 26 - George Winn
*November 9 - Johnny Gooch
*November 21 - Andy High
*November 23 - Beans Reardon
*December 19 - Mike Herrera

Deaths

*February 5 - Charles "Hoss" Radbourn, 42, pitcher who won over 300 games including a record 60 for the 1884 Providence Grays; led NL in wins, strikeouts, winning percentage and games twice each and in shutouts, innings and ERA once each; completed 489 out of 503 starts, pitched three shutouts in 1884 world championship series; held single-season records for games pitched with 76 in 1883, was 27-12 for 1890 Players League champions
*March 5 - Dave Foutz, 40, pitcher for St. Louis and Brooklyn, and manager of Brooklyn since 1893, who compiled .690 career winning percentage, with 41 wins for 1886 champion Browns; also a first baseman and outfielder, batting .300 three times
*October 19 - O. P. Caylor, 47, one of the founders of the American Association


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