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1896 Chicago Colts (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1895/1897)
71-57, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 815 runs, Allowed 799 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-63
Managed by Cap Anson

Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 317,500 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 Stats / Schedule (1895/1897) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   71-57 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   18.0
Days in First:                   4 (last on May 15, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          17 (last on September 12)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on June 4)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       18.0 (last on September 20)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (July 15 to July 22)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (May 30 to June 2 and September 2 to September 7)

Most Runs Allowed:              19 (May 20 and July 1)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (June 13, June 25, and July 16)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:          2

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        71  57     815     805    .555

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           42  24     470     433    .636
Road           29  33     345     372    .468

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   5      57      58    .545
May            12  14     171     203    .462
June           14  12     173     178    .538
July           20   7     217     173    .741
August         12  10     116     104    .545
September       7   9      81      89    .438

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     37  34     481     522    .521
Second Half    34  23     334     283    .596
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        16  12     162     158    .571

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        22  23     325     349    .489

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BLN             4   7     100     113    .364
BRO             6   6      59      59    .500
BSN             9   3      77      63    .750
CIN             4   6      37      55    .400
CLV             2   9      58      95    .182
LOU             9   3      73      44    .750
NYG             5   7      80      88    .417
PHI             4   8      78     100    .333
PIT            11   1      84      47    .917
STL             9   3      81      60    .750
WHS             8   4      88      81    .667

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr 16     CHC @LOU  W   4-2        1-0     1    Tied                                         +
  2 Fri, Apr 17     CHC @LOU  W  14-3        2-0     1    Tied                                         ++
  3 Sat, Apr 18     CHC @LOU  L   3-5        2-1     1    Tied                                         -
  4 Sun, Apr 19     CHC @STL  L   2-10       2-2     6     0.5                                         --
  5 Tue, Apr 21     CHC @STL  L   3-7        2-3     7     1.5                                         ---
  6 Wed, Apr 22     CHC @STL  W   9-4        3-3     6     1.5                                         +
  7 Thu, Apr 23     CHC @STL  W   3-1        4-3     4     1.5                                         ++
  8 Sat, Apr 25     CHC @CIN  W   5-3        5-3     3     1.5                                         +++
  9 Sun, Apr 26     CHC @CIN  L   3-11       5-4     3     2.0                                         -
 10 Mon, Apr 27     CHC @CIN  L   3-9        5-5     8     2.0                                         --
 11 Thu, Apr 30     CHC  STL  W   8-3        6-5     5     2.5                                         +
 12 Sat, May  2     CHC  STL  W  15-8        7-5     4     2.5                                         ++
 13 Sun, May  3     CHC  STL  W  16-7        8-5     4     2.0                                         +++
 14 Mon, May  4     CHC  BRO  W   2-1        9-5     3     1.0                                         ++++
 15 Tue, May  5     CHC  BRO  L   6-7        9-6     4     1.5                                         -
 16 Wed, May  6     CHC  BRO  W  11-3       10-6     2     1.5                                         +
 17 Thu, May  7     CHC  PHI  L   5-14      10-7     4     2.5                                         -
 18 Fri, May  8     CHC  PHI  W   5-3       11-7     4     1.5                                         +
 19 Sat, May  9     CHC  PHI  L  10-11      11-8     4     2.5                                         -
 20 Mon, May 11     CHC  BSN  W   4-3       12-8     4     2.5                                         +
 21 Tue, May 12     CHC  BSN  W   5-2       13-8     2     1.5                                         ++
 22 Wed, May 13     CHC  BSN  L*V 4-10      13-9     5     1.5                                         -
 23 Thu, May 14     CHC  BLN  -   5-5       13-9     4     1.0                                         -
 24 Fri, May 15     CHC  BLN  W   8-7       14-9     1    Tied                                         +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 16     CHC  BLN  L   7-8       14-10    6     1.0                                         -
 26 Sun, May 17     CHC  BLN  L   1-13      14-11    7     1.5                                         --
 27 Mon, May 18     CHC  NYG  W  15-3       15-11    5     1.5                                         +
 28 Tue, May 19     CHC  NYG  L   0-7       15-12    6     2.5                                         -
 29 Wed, May 20     CHC  NYG  L   4-19      15-13    6     3.5                                         --
 30 Thu, May 21     CHC  WHS  L   6-12      15-14    6     4.5                                         ---
 31 Sat, May 23     CHC  WHS  W  11-9       16-14    6     3.5                                         +
 32 Sun, May 24     CHC  WHS  W   4-3       17-14    5     3.0                                         ++
 33 Tue, May 26     CHC @PHI  L   1-8       17-15    7     4.0                                         -
 34 Wed, May 27     CHC @PHI  L   5-8       17-16    7     5.0                                         --
 35 Thu, May 28     CHC @PHI  L   8-10      17-17    7     5.5                                         ---
 36 Fri, May 29     CHC @BRO  W  10-9       18-17    7     4.5                                         +
 37 Sat, May 30     CHC @BRO  L   2-4       18-18    7     5.0                                         -
 38                 CHC @BRO  L   1-9       18-19    7     5.0                                         --
 39 Mon, Jun  1     CHC @NYG  L   3-10      18-20    9     6.0                                         ---
 40 Tue, Jun  2     CHC @NYG  L   5-8       18-21    9     7.0                                         ----
 41 Wed, Jun  3     CHC @NYG  W  14-8       19-21    8     7.0                                         +
 42 Thu, Jun  4     CHC @BSN  L   3-8       19-22    9     7.0                                         -
 43 Fri, Jun  5     CHC @BSN  W  10-6       20-22    9     6.5                                         +
 44 Sat, Jun  6     CHC @BSN  W   4-1       21-22    8     6.0                                         ++
 45 Mon, Jun  8     CHC @WHS  L   1-12      21-23    9     6.5                                         -
 46 Wed, Jun 10     CHC @WHS  W  14-13      22-23    7     7.0                                         +
 47 Thu, Jun 11     CHC @BLN  W   5-3       23-23    7     6.0                                         ++
 48 Fri, Jun 12     CHC @BLN  L   1-9       23-24    9     6.5                                         -
 49 Sat, Jun 13     CHC @BLN  W  17-4       24-24    9     5.5                                         +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun 15     CHC @PIT  W  11-5       25-24    8     4.5                                         ++
 51 Wed, Jun 17     CHC @PIT  W   4-2       26-24    7     5.0                                         +++
 52 Thu, Jun 18     CHC @CLV  L   3-5       26-25    8     6.0                                         -
 53 Fri, Jun 19     CHC @CLV  W   8-3       27-25    8     5.5                                         +
 54 Sat, Jun 20     CHC @CLV  L   8-12      27-26    9     6.5                                         -
 55 Sun, Jun 21     CHC  CIN  L   2-5       27-27    9     7.0                                         --
 56 Mon, Jun 22     CHC  CIN  W   3-1       28-27    9     7.0                                         +
 57 Tue, Jun 23     CHC  CIN  W   7-5       29-27    8     7.0                                         ++
 58 Wed, Jun 24     CHC  CIN  L   2-4       29-28    8     7.5                                         -
 59 Thu, Jun 25     CHC  PIT  W  17-10      30-28    7     7.0                                         +
 60 Fri, Jun 26     CHC  PIT  W  12-5       31-28    6     6.0                                         ++
 61 Sat, Jun 27     CHC  PIT  L   4-10      31-29    6     7.0                                         -
 62 Sun, Jun 28     CHC  LOU  W   4-3       32-29    5     6.5                                         +
 63 Mon, Jun 29     CHC  CLV  L   6-9       32-30    5     7.5                                         -
 64 Tue, Jun 30     CHC  CLV  L   5-17      32-31    6     8.5                                         --
 65 Wed, Jul  1     CHC  CLV  L   7-19      32-32    8     9.5                                         ---
 66 Thu, Jul  2     CHC  CLV  W   8-7       33-32    6     9.0                                         +
 67 Sat, Jul  4     CHC  LOU  W   8-5       34-32    6     8.5                                         ++
 68                 CHC  LOU  W  11-6       35-32    6     8.5                                         +++
 69 Sun, Jul  5     CHC  LOU  W   7-6       36-32    6     8.0                                         ++++
 70 Mon, Jul  6     CHC  BLN  L  13-14      36-33    6     9.0                                         -
 71 Tue, Jul  7     CHC  BLN  W  13-11      37-33    6     9.0                                         +
 72 Wed, Jul  8     CHC  BLN  L  13-15      37-34    6     9.5                                         -
 73 Thu, Jul  9     CHC  NYG  W   9-1       38-34    6     9.0                                         +
 74 Fri, Jul 10     CHC  NYG  W  11-5       39-34    6     9.5                                         ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sat, Jul 11     CHC  NYG  W   3-2       40-34    5     9.5                                         +++
 76 Sun, Jul 12     CHC  CLV  L   2-5       40-35    6    10.5                                         -
 77 Mon, Jul 13     CHC  PHI  W   9-8       41-35    5    10.5                                         +
 78 Tue, Jul 14     CHC  PHI  L   8-9       41-36    6    11.5                                         -
 79 Wed, Jul 15     CHC  PHI  W  10-6       42-36    5    11.0                                         +
 80 Thu, Jul 16     CHC  WHS  W  17-8       43-36    5    11.0                                         ++
 81 Sun, Jul 19     CHC  WHS  W   4-3       44-36    5     9.0                                         +++
 82                 CHC  WHS  W   5-2       45-36    5     9.0                                         ++++
 83 Mon, Jul 20     CHC  BSN  W  10-3       46-36    4     8.5                                         +++++
 84 Tue, Jul 21     CHC  BSN  W   7-3       47-36    4     9.0                                         ++++++
 85 Wed, Jul 22     CHC  BSN  W  10-9       48-36    4     9.0                                         +++++++
 86 Fri, Jul 24     CHC  BRO  L   2-9       48-37    4     9.5                                         -
 87 Sat, Jul 25     CHC  BRO  L   6-7       48-38    4    11.0                                         --
 88 Sun, Jul 26     CHC  BRO  W   4-1       49-38    4    11.0                                         +
 89 Mon, Jul 27     CHC  PIT  W   9-3       50-38    4    11.0                                         ++
 90 Tue, Jul 28     CHC  PIT  W   2-1       51-38    4    11.0                                         +++
 91 Wed, Jul 29     CHC  PIT  W   9-5       52-38    4    10.0                                         ++++
 92 Sat, Aug  1     CHC  LOU  W   8-3       53-38    4     8.5                                         +++++
 93 Sun, Aug  2     CHC  LOU  L   1-2       53-39    4     9.5                                         -
 94 Tue, Aug  4     CHC  CLV  L   4-6       53-40    4    10.0                                         --
 95 Thu, Aug  6     CHC  STL  W   5-3       54-40    4    10.0                                         +
 96 Sat, Aug  8     CHC  STL  W   4-3       55-40    4    10.0                                         ++
 97 Sun, Aug  9     CHC  STL  W   8-6       56-40    4    10.0                                         +++
 98 Tue, Aug 11     CHC  CIN  W   6-0       57-40    4     9.5                                         ++++
 99 Wed, Aug 12     CHC  CIN  -   3-3       57-40    4     9.0                                         ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Thu, Aug 13     CHC  CIN  L   0-7       57-41    4    10.0                                         -
101 Fri, Aug 14     CHC @LOU  L   4-5       57-42    4    10.5                                         --
102 Sat, Aug 15     CHC @LOU  W   4-2       58-42    4    10.5                                         +
103 Sun, Aug 16     CHC @LOU  W   5-2       59-42    4    10.5                                         ++
104 Wed, Aug 19     CHC @NYG  L   5-8       59-43    4    11.5                                         -
105 Thu, Aug 20     CHC @NYG  L   5-9       59-44    4    11.5                                         --
106 Fri, Aug 21     CHC @NYG  L   6-8       59-45    4    12.5                                         ---
107 Sat, Aug 22     CHC @BRO  W  11-7       60-45    4    11.5                                         +
108 Mon, Aug 24     CHC @BRO  L   0-1       60-46    4    12.0                                         -
109 Tue, Aug 25     CHC @BRO  W   4-1       61-46    4    11.0                                         +
110 Wed, Aug 26     CHC @BSN  W  11-7       62-46    4    11.0                                         ++
111 Thu, Aug 27     CHC @BSN  L   3-7       62-47    4    12.0                                         -
112 Fri, Aug 28     CHC @BSN  W   6-4       63-47    4    12.0                                         +
113 Sat, Aug 29     CHC @WHS  W  13-9       64-47    4    12.0                                         ++
114 Mon, Aug 31     CHC @WHS  L   0-1       64-48    4    12.0                                         -
115 Tue, Sep  1     CHC @WHS  L   6-7       64-49    4    12.5                                         --
116                 CHC @WHS  W   7-2       65-49    4    12.5                                         +
117 Wed, Sep  2     CHC @BLN  L   2-4       65-50    4    13.5                                         -
118 Fri, Sep  4     CHC @BLN  L   4-9       65-51    5    14.5                                         --
119                 CHC @BLN  -  11-11      65-51    5    14.5                                         --
120 Sat, Sep  5     CHC @PHI  L   5-10      65-52    5    15.0                                         ---
121 Mon, Sep  7     CHC @PHI  L   5-10      65-53    5    17.0                                         ----
122 Tue, Sep  8     CHC @PHI  W   7-3       66-53    5    17.5                                         +
123 Wed, Sep  9     CHC @PIT  W   6-3       67-53    4    17.5                                         ++
124 Thu, Sep 10     CHC @PIT  W   2-0       68-53    4    17.5                                         +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Sep 11     CHC @PIT  W   4-2       69-53    4    16.5                                         ++++
126 Sat, Sep 12     CHC @PIT  W   4-1       70-53    4    16.5                                         +++++
127 Sun, Sep 13     CHC @CIN  L   3-7       70-54    4    17.0                                         -
128 Mon, Sep 14     CHC @CLV  L   0-2       70-55    4    17.5                                         --
129 Tue, Sep 15     CHC @CLV  -   6-6       70-55    4    17.5                                         --
130 Wed, Sep 16     CHC @CLV  L   1-4       70-56    4    17.5                                         ---
131 Sat, Sep 19     CHC @STL  W   6-5       71-56    4    17.5                                         +
132 Sun, Sep 20     CHC @STL  L   2-3       71-57    4    18.0                                         -

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