1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
LeagueNational League
BallparkEastern Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagersDave Foutz
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The 1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season tied for ninth place in the crowded National League race.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 90 39 0.698 — 49–16 41–23
Cleveland Spiders 80 48 0.625 9½ 43–19 37–29
Cincinnati Reds 77 50 0.606 12 51–15 26–35
Boston Beaneaters 74 57 0.565 17 42–24 32–33
Chicago Colts 71 57 0.555 18½ 42–24 29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 63 0.512 24 35–31 31–32
New York Giants 64 67 0.489 27 39–26 25–41
Philadelphia Phillies 62 68 0.477 28½ 42–27 20–41
Washington Senators 58 73 0.443 33 38–29 20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 58 73 0.443 33 35–28 23–45
St. Louis Browns 40 90 0.308 50½ 27–34 13–56
Louisville Colonels 38 93 0.290 53 25–37 13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record

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 — 5–7 6–6 7–4–2 10–2 3–8–1 10–2 9–3 12–0 9–2 9–3 10–2
Boston 7–5 — 10–2 3–9 5–6 5–7–1 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 8–4 7–5
Brooklyn 6–6 2–10 — 6–6 2–10 5–7 8–4 4–8 8–4 6–5–1 7–5 4–8–1
Chicago 4–7–2 9–3 6–6 — 4–6–1 2–9–1 9–3 5–7 4–8 11–1 9–3 8–4
Cincinnati 2–10 6–5 10–2 6–4–1 — 6–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 5–7 12–0 7–4
Cleveland 8–3–1 7–5–1 5–7 9–2–1 5–6 — 8–3–2 7–5 6–6 4–8–1 10–2 9–3–1
Louisville 2–10 4–8 4–8 3–9 3–9 3–8–2 — 4–8–1 7–5 2–10 3–9 3–9
New York 3–9 5–7 8–4 7–5 6–6 5–7 8–4–1 — 3–8 4–8 9–3–1 6–6
Philadelphia 0–12 5–7 4–8 8–4 4–8 6–6 5–7 8–3 — 6–6 8–3 8–4
Pittsburgh 2–9 5–7 5–6–1 1–11 7–5 8–4–1 10–2 8–4 6–6 — 8–3 6–6
St. Louis 3–9 4–8 5–7 3–9 0–12 2–10 9–3 3–9–1 3–8 3–8 — 5–7
Washington 2–10 5–7 8–4–1 4–8 4–7 3–9–1 9–3 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–7 —


Roster

1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C John Grim 81 281 32 75 .267 2 35 7
1B Candy LaChance 89 348 60 99 .284 7 58 17
2B Tom Daly 67 224 43 63 .281 3 29 19
3B Billy Shindle 131 516 75 144 .279 1 61 24
SS Tommy Corcoran 132 532 63 154 .289 3 73 16
OF Mike Griffin 122 493 101 152 .308 4 51 23
OF Fielder Jones 104 395 82 140 .354 3 46 18
OF Tommy McCarthy 104 377 62 94 .249 3 47 22

Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
John Anderson 108 430 70 135 .314 1 55 37
George Shoch 76 250 36 73 .292 1 28 11
Buster Burrell 62 206 19 62 .301 0 23 1
Frank Bonner 9 34 8 6 .176 0 5 1
Dave Foutz 2 8 0 2 .250 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Brickyard Kennedy 42 38 305.2 17 20 4.42 130 76 28
Harley Payne 34 28 241.2 14 16 3.39 58 52 24
Dan Daub 32 24 225.0 12 11 3.60 63 53 18
Bert Abbey 25 18 164.1 8 8 5.15 48 37 12
George Harper 16 11 86.0 4 8 5.55 39 22 11
Ad Gumbert 5 4 31.0 0 4 3.77 11 3 2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Ed Stein 17 10 90.1 3 6 4.88 51 16 6

Notes

  1. ^ Tommy McCarthy page at Baseball Reference

References

External links


1896 MLB season by team
Los Angeles Dodgers
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