1897 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1897 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1897 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	135	93	39	.705	--	1025	665	360	dnq	0	0	---	Frank Selee	South End Grounds
2	2	2	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	136	90	40	.692	2.0	964	674	290	dnq	0	0	---	---	Union Park
3	3	3	New York Giants	T - S - R	138	83	48	.634	9.5	895	695	200	dnq	0	0	---	---	Polo Grounds
4	4	4	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	134	76	56	.576	17.0	763	705	58	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park II
5	5	5	Cleveland Spiders	T - S - R	132	69	62	.527	23.5	773	680	93	dnq	0	0	---	---	League Park II
6	6	6	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	T - S - R	136	61	71	.462	32.0	802	845	-43	dnq	0	0	---	---	Eastern Park
7	7	7	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	135	61	71	.462	32.0	781	793	-12	dnq	0	0	---	---	Boundary Field
8	8	8	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	135	60	71	.458	32.5	676	835	-159	dnq	0	0	---	---	Exposition Park
9	9	9	Chicago Colts	T - S - R	138	59	73	.447	34.0	832	894	-62	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Grounds
10	10	10	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	134	55	77	.417	38.0	752	792	-40	dnq	0	0	---	George Stallings	National League Park
11	11	11	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	136	52	78	.400	40.0	669	859	-190	dnq	0	0	---	---	Eclipse Park II
12	12	12	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	133	29	102	.221	63.5	588	1083	-495	dnq	0	0	---	---	Robison Field
12 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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