1897 Major League Retirements

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Batting

Batting
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR/pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Charlie Abbey	5	1893	1897	1.8	452	1965	1756	307	493	67	46	19	280	93		167	122	.281	.351	.404	.755	Aug 19	30.309	WHS
2	Cap Anson HOF	27	1871	1897	94.4	2524	11331	10281	1999	3435	582	142	97	2075	277	16	984	330	.334	.394	.447	.841	Oct 3	45.169	ATH, CHC, ROK
3	Ira Belden	1	1897	1897	0.1	8	35	30	5	8	0	2	0	4	0		2	6	.267	.333	.400	.733	Sep 25	23.162	CLV
4	George Blackburn	1	1897	1897	-0.2	5	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	Jul 24	27.306	BLN
5	Charlie Brown	1	1897	1897	0.0	4	11	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.273	.273	.364	.636	Aug 14	25.362	CLV
6	John Brown	1	1897	1897	0.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	Aug 11	20.352	BRO
7	Stub Brown	3	1893	1897	-0.6	13	34	33	4	3	0	0	0	2	1		0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	Jun 15	26.316	BLN, CIN
8	Eddie Burke	8	1890	1897	8.2	855	3938	3516	747	983	142	57	30	413	293		319	245	.280	.352	.378	.730	Sep 19	30.348	CIN, MIL, NYG, PHI, PIT
9	Frank Burrell	4	1891	1897	-0.6	122	429	390	42	96	13	3	3	47	4		32	37	.246	.305	.318	.623	Oct 2	30.284	BRO, NYG
10	Jim Canavan	5	1891	1897	-1.3	541	2320	2072	326	464	63	49	30	291	114		232	165	.224	.305	.345	.650	Jul 13	30.229	BRO, CHC, CIN, CKK, MIL
11	Ed Cartwright	5	1890	1897	7.7	495	2132	1902	348	562	100	44	24	333	144		202	136	.295	.368	.432	.800	Jun 4	37.241	STL, WHS
12	Win Clark	1	1897	1897	-0.2	4	17	16	2	3	0	0	0	2	1		1	4	.188	.235	.188	.423	Jul 14	22.094	LOU
13	Roger Connor HOF	18	1880	1897	84.3	1998	8847	7797	1620	2467	441	233	138	1323	244		1002	455	.316	.397	.486	.883	May 18	39.321	NYG, NYI, PHI, STL, TRO
14	Fred Cooke	1	1897	1897	0.1	5	21	17	2	5	2	0	0	3	0		3	1	.294	.400	.412	.812	Aug 3	23.000	CLV
15	Dan Daub	6	1892	1897	-0.6	126	397	348	46	70	4	3	0	45	9		38	56	.201	.289	.230	.519	Jul 9	29.178	BRO, CIN
16	Tom Delahanty	3	1894	1897	-0.2	19	77	67	13	16	5	0	0	6	4		8	5	.239	.329	.313	.642	Jun 29	25.112	CLV, LOU, PHI, PIT
17	Buck Ewing HOF	18	1880	1897	48.0	1315	5772	5363	1129	1625	250	178	71	883	354		392	294	.303	.351	.456	.807	May 27	37.222	CIN, CLV, NYG, NYI, TRO
18	Charlie Ganzel	14	1884	1897	8.0	787	3184	2987	421	774	91	45	10	412	60		162	124	.259	.301	.330	.631	Sep 21	35.095	BSN, DTN, PHI, STP
19	Les German	6	1890	1897	0.6	148	453	411	60	107	8	3	3	51	11		33	20	.260	.323	.316	.639	Aug 6	28.066	BAL, NYG, WHS
20	Sam Gillen	2	1893	1897	0.4	78	325	276	32	70	10	3	0	27	2		35	24	.254	.346	.312	.658	Aug 5	29.264	PHI, PIT
21	John Grimes	1	1897	1897	0.1	3	10	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	2	.286	.500	.286	.786	Aug 2	28.107	STL
22	Irv Hach	1	1897	1897	-0.1	16	62	51	5	11	2	0	0	3	1		5	5	.216	.322	.255	.577	Jul 17	24.042	LOU
23	Jimmie Hannivan	1	1897	1897	0.0	10	26	20	4	5	0	0	0	2	4		1	2	.250	.375	.250	.625	Oct 2	31.165	BRO
24	George Hemming	8	1890	1897	-0.7	216	757	718	98	160	28	20	3	80	11		35	106	.223	.260	.330	.590	Jun 12	28.179	BLN, BRO, BWW, CIN, CLE, LOU
25	Art Herman	2	1896	1897	-0.3	17	45	42	4	7	1	0	0	3	0		3	11	.167	.222	.190	.413	May 20	26.009	LOU
26	Tom Hernon	1	1897	1897	-0.4	4	17	16	2	1	0	0	0	2	1		0	4	.063	.063	.063	.125	Sep 15	30.315	CHC
27	Jesse Hoffmeister	1	1897	1897	0.3	48	197	188	33	58	6	9	3	36	6		8	25	.309	.337	.484	.821	Oct 2	20.199	PIT
28	John Houseman	2	1894	1897	-0.2	84	338	293	39	74	9	7	0	25	18		33	27	.253	.344	.331	.675	Oct 3	27.266	CHC, STL
29	Bill Hutchison	9	1884	1897	-2.2	384	1425	1350	150	291	35	17	12	133	26		72	291	.216	.256	.293	.549	May 20	37.154	CHC, KCC, STL
30	Abbie Johnson	2	1896	1897	-1.0	74	273	252	26	60	8	2	0	37	2		17	18	.238	.289	.286	.575	Aug 12	26.205	LOU
31	Silver King	10	1886	1897	0.3	419	1477	1305	182	259	32	23	4	135	24		166	279	.198	.290	.267	.558	Aug 19	29.220	CHI, CIN, KCN, NYG, PIT, STL, WHS
32	Bill Kissinger	3	1895	1897	-0.3	72	220	214	24	60	13	3	0	26	1		3	21	.280	.290	.369	.659	Jun 10	25.299	BLN, STL
33	Jim Korwan	2	1894	1897	-0.2	6	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	Jul 17	23.135	BRO, CHC
34	Dan Lally	2	1891	1897	-0.5	129	544	502	81	134	22	7	3	59	12		25	43	.267	.316	.357	.673	Sep 19	30.038	PIT, STL
35	Tom Lipp	1	1897	1897	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	Sep 18	27.106	PHI
36	Con Lucid	5	1893	1897	0.2	54	171	151	29	36	4	4	0	17	1		14	24	.238	.311	.318	.629	Aug 15	23.172	BRO, LOU, PHI, STL
37	Denny Lyons	13	1885	1897	35.5	1123	5029	4300	933	1334	244	69	62	756	224		623	280	.310	.407	.442	.850	Jul 23	31.133	NYG, PHA, PIT, PRO, STL
38	Mike McDermott	3	1895	1897	0.1	58	160	143	18	31	5	4	0	10	1		15	21	.217	.296	.308	.603	Jul 31	22.327	CLV, LOU, STL
39	Sadie McMahon	9	1889	1897	-2.8	325	1191	1128	126	230	21	9	3	115	17		45	118	.204	.240	.246	.487	Jul 12	29.296	BAL, BLN, BRO, PHA
40	Bert Miller	1	1897	1897	-0.1	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	Aug 3	21.279	LOU
41	Kohly Miller	2	1892	1897	-0.3	5	20	18	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	Oct 2	24.258	PHI, STL, WHS
42	Yale Murphy	3	1894	1897	-0.2	131	560	475	101	114	12	4	0	45	35		81	38	.240	.351	.282	.633	Jul 26	27.288	NYG
43	Effie Norton	2	1896	1897	0.0	15	37	37	2	9	2	2	0	2	0		0	3	.243	.243	.405	.649	Jun 5	23.292	WHS
44	John Pappalau	1	1897	1897	0.0	2	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	Jun 22	22.080	CLV
45	Fred Pfeffer	16	1882	1897	26.2	1671	7128	6560	1096	1680	231	120	94	1021	383		527	503	.256	.313	.371	.684	Jun 14	37.089	CHC, CHI, LOU, NYG, TRO
46	Charlie Reilly	8	1889	1897	6.7	642	2623	2381	342	595	80	24	17	311	132		180	187	.250	.314	.325	.639	Sep 27	30.224	COL, PHI, PIT, WHS
47	Jim Rogers	2	1896	1897	-1.1	152	658	597	82	140	17	12	3	90	20		48	35	.235	.294	.318	.612	Jun 15	25.067	LOU, WHS
48	Jack Rothfuss	1	1897	1897	0.4	35	123	115	20	36	3	1	2	18	3		5	10	.313	.352	.409	.761	Sep 25	25.160	PIT
49	George Shoch	11	1886	1897	9.8	707	2924	2540	414	671	89	28	10	323	138		298	129	.264	.354	.333	.687	Oct 2	38.269	BLN, BRO, MIL, WHS
50	Adonis Terry	14	1884	1897	1.6	667	2555	2389	314	594	76	54	15	287	106		146	167	.249	.295	.344	.639	Apr 27	32.263	BLN, BRO, CHC, PIT
51	Perry Werden	7	1884	1897	17.7	695	3079	2746	444	774	109	87	26	439	151		282	161	.282	.358	.413	.772	Oct 3	36.074	BAL, LOU, SLM, STL, TOL, WHS
52	Dave Wright	2	1895	1897	0.0	2	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	Sep 28	22.032	CHC, PIT
	Totals	276	1871	1897	338.5	17271	72987	65856	11677	18557	2828	1314	682	10177	2928	16	6253	4556	.282	.349	.396	.745

Pitching

Pitching
Rk	Name	Yrs	From	To	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	Last Game	Age	Tms
1	Charlie Abbey	5	1893	1897	-0.1	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	3.000	Aug 19	30.309	WHS
2	Cap Anson HOF	27	1871	1897	-0.1	0	1	.000	4.50	3	0	3	0	0	1	4.0	4	5	2	2	2	1		0	0	21	1.500	Oct 3	45.169	ATH, CHC, ROK
3	George Blackburn	1	1897	1897	-0.4	2	2	.500	6.82	5	4	1	3	0	0	33.0	34	30	25	2	12	1	1	0	0	142	1.394	Jul 24	27.306	BLN
4	Charlie Brown	1	1897	1897	-0.4	1	2	.333	7.77	4	4	0	2	0	0	24.1	30	25	21	2	17	8	5	0	1	122	1.932	Aug 14	25.362	CLV
5	John Brown	1	1897	1897	-0.2	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	8	4	0	4	0	3	0	1	28	2.200	Aug 11	20.352	BRO
6	Stub Brown	3	1893	1897	0.8	4	1	.800	4.90	13	7	5	4	0	0	71.2	89	55	39	4	37	10	2	0	3	335	1.758	Jun 15	26.316	BLN, CIN
7	Dan Daub	6	1892	1897	6.2	45	52	.464	4.75	126	103	22	74	0	0	899.1	1065	654	475	27	327	185	54	0	46	4047	1.548	Jul 9	29.178	BRO, CIN
8	Buck Ewing HOF	18	1880	1897	-0.1	2	3	.400	3.45	9	4	4	4	0	1	47.0	55	36	18	2	23	23	1	0	3	233	1.660	May 27	37.222	CIN, CLV, NYG, NYI, TRO
9	Les German	6	1890	1897	-2.5	34	63	.351	5.45	130	93	32	74	0	2	858.2	1104	756	520	30	378	151	53	1	26	4032	1.726	Aug 6	28.066	BAL, NYG, WHS
10	John Grimes	1	1897	1897	-0.4	0	2	.000	5.95	3	1	2	1	0	0	19.2	24	23	13	0	8	4	6	0	0	94	1.627	Aug 2	28.107	STL
11	George Hemming	8	1890	1897	15.1	91	82	.526	4.53	204	168	34	156	7	6	1587.2	1795	1120	800	55	690	362	52	0	40	7184	1.565	Jun 12	28.179	BLN, BRO, BWW, CIN, CLE, LOU
12	Art Herman	2	1896	1897	0.6	4	7	.364	5.37	17	14	3	10	0	0	112.1	145	87	67	5	41	17	2	0	2	511	1.656	May 20	26.009	LOU
13	Bill Hutchison	9	1884	1897	41.2	182	163	.528	3.59	376	346	29	321	21	4	3079.1	3124	1913	1228	104	1132	1235	86	0	123	13458	1.382	May 20	37.154	CHC, KCC, STL
14	Silver King	10	1886	1897	50.1	203	152	.572	3.18	397	370	25	328	19	6	3180.2	3098	1803	1124	69	967	1222	146	0	152	13671	1.278	Aug 19	29.220	CHI, CIN, KCN, NYG, PIT, STL, WHS
15	Bill Kissinger	3	1895	1897	-3.9	7	25	.219	6.99	53	32	20	23	0	1	319.1	500	342	248	15	123	61	24	0	10	1568	1.951	Jun 10	25.299	BLN, STL
16	Jim Korwan	2	1894	1897	-0.9	1	2	.333	6.92	6	4	2	3	0	0	39.0	56	50	30	2	33	14	1	1	2	202	2.282	Jul 17	23.135	BRO, CHC
17	Tom Lipp	1	1897	1897	-0.2	0	1	.000	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	19	3.333	Sep 18	27.106	PHI
18	Con Lucid	5	1893	1897	-1.4	23	23	.500	6.02	54	50	4	36	3	0	375.0	482	340	251	15	204	65	28	0	13	1798	1.829	Aug 15	23.172	BRO, LOU, PHI, STL
19	Mike McDermott	3	1895	1897	-2.0	11	33	.250	6.17	58	47	10	27	1	0	355.2	443	347	244	16	191	69	20	1	25	1681	1.783	Jul 31	22.327	CLV, LOU, STL
20	Sadie McMahon	9	1889	1897	43.6	173	127	.577	3.51	321	305	16	279	14	4	2634.0	2726	1592	1026	52	945	967	94	0	98	11534	1.394	Jul 12	29.296	BAL, BLN, BRO, PHA
21	Bert Miller	1	1897	1897	-0.6	0	1	.000	7.94	4	1	3	1	0	0	17.0	32	23	15	0	3	3	0	0	1	84	2.059	Aug 3	21.279	LOU
22	Effie Norton	2	1896	1897	0.7	5	2	.714	4.13	12	7	4	3	0	0	61.0	80	43	28	2	25	16	6	0	2	286	1.721	Jun 5	23.292	WHS
23	John Pappalau	1	1897	1897	-0.4	0	1	.000	10.50	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	22	16	14	0	6	3	2	0	0	64	2.333	Jun 22	22.080	CLV
24	Fred Pfeffer	16	1882	1897	0.4	2	1	.667	2.62	8	2	6	2	0	2	44.2	41	26	13	1	20	13	1	0	4	194	1.366	Jun 14	37.089	CHC, CHI, LOU, NYG, TRO
25	George Shoch	11	1886	1897	0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	1.000	Oct 2	38.269	BLN, BRO, MIL, WHS
26	Adonis Terry	14	1884	1897	29.6	197	196	.501	3.74	440	406	33	367	17	6	3514.1	3525	2303	1460	76	1298	1553	148	1	206	15413	1.372	Apr 27	32.263	BLN, BRO, CHC, PIT
27	Perry Werden	7	1884	1897	1.0	12	1	.923	1.97	16	16	0	12	1	0	141.1	113	61	31	1	22	51		0	5	575	0.955	Oct 3	36.074	BAL, LOU, SLM, STL, TOL, WHS
28	Dave Wright	2	1895	1897	-0.6	1	0	1.000	18.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	23	20	18	1	3	4	2	0	3	54	2.889	Sep 28	22.032	CHC, PIT
	Totals	175	1871	1897	175.3	1000	944	.514	3.98	2267	1988	262	1732	83	33	17453.0	18633	11686	7720	483	6514	6039	737	4	767	77375	3.000