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1897 Chicago Colts (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896/1898)
59-73, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 832 runs, Allowed 894 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-70
Managed by Cap Anson

Ballpark: West Side Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 327,160 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 Stats / Schedule (1896/1898) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   59-73 , Final Rank: 9, GB:   34.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:       never
Most Games under .500:          16 (last on September 27)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       34.5 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (August 6 to August 10)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (August 20 to August 27)

Most Runs Allowed:              20 (July 17)
Most Runs Scored:               36 (June 29)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       4
Times Opponent Shutout:          2

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        59  73     832     895    .447

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           36  30     444     406    .545
Road           23  43     388     489    .348

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           2   6      38      41    .250
May             9  16     158     168    .360
June            9  13     152     162    .409
July           17  12     177     182    .586
August         13  11     162     158    .542
September       7  14     121     171    .333
October         2   1      24      13    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     29  38     436     438    .433
Second Half    30  35     396     457    .462
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        17  23     226     232    .425

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        18  23     291     336    .439

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BLN             3   9      60     100    .250
BRO             6   6      83      97    .500
BSN             4   8      65     107    .333
CIN             5   7      57      53    .417
CLV             4   8      64      84    .333
LOU             6   6      94      58    .500
NYG             5   7      66      86    .417
PHI             5   7      83      90    .417
PIT             6   6      81      77    .500
STL             8   4      93      62    .667
WHS             7   5      86      81    .583

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Thu, Apr 22     CHC @CIN  L   7-8        0-1     7     1.5                                         -
  2 Fri, Apr 23     CHC @CIN  L   3-4        0-2     9     2.5                                         --
  3 Sat, Apr 24     CHC @CIN  L   3-4        0-3    10     3.5                                         ---
  4 Mon, Apr 26     CHC @STL  W   9-2        1-3     9     3.0                                         +
  5 Tue, Apr 27     CHC @STL  L   4-10       1-4    10     4.0                                         -
  6 Wed, Apr 28     CHC @STL  W   6-5        2-4     9     4.0                                         +
  7 Thu, Apr 29     CHC @LOU  L   4-5        2-5    10     4.0                                         -
  8 Fri, Apr 30     CHC @LOU  L   2-3        2-6    10     5.0                                         --
  9 Sat, May  1     CHC @LOU  -   5-5        2-6    11     5.5                                         --
 10 Tue, May  4     CHC  STL  W   5-2        3-6     8     5.0                                         +
 11 Wed, May  5     CHC  STL  L   7-9        3-7    10     5.0                                         -
 12 Thu, May  6     CHC @CLV  L   1-5        3-8    11     6.0                                         --
 13 Fri, May  7     CHC @CLV  L   5-6        3-9    11     7.0                                         ---
 14 Sat, May  8     CHC @CLV  L   6-7        3-10   12     8.0                                         ----
 15 Sun, May  9     CHC  CIN  W   5-2        4-10   12     7.5                                         +
 16 Mon, May 10     CHC  CIN  L   5-7        4-11   12     7.5                                         -
 17 Tue, May 11     CHC  CIN  L   5-6        4-12   12     8.5                                         --
 18 Wed, May 12     CHC  CIN  W   8-1        5-12   11     8.5                                         +
 19 Sat, May 15     CHC  BRO  W   6-4        6-12   10     9.0                                         ++
 20 Sun, May 16     CHC  BRO  L   4-5        6-13   10    10.0                                         -
 21 Mon, May 17     CHC  BSN  L   1-10       6-14   10    11.0                                         --
 22 Tue, May 18     CHC  BSN  W  11-5        7-14   10    11.0                                         +
 23 Wed, May 19     CHC  BSN  L   6-7        7-15   10    12.0                                         -
 24 Thu, May 20     CHC  WHS  L  14-16       7-16   10    12.0                                         --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 22     CHC  WHS  W   3-1        8-16   10    10.5                                         +
 26 Sun, May 23     CHC  WHS  L  12-16       8-17   10    11.0                                         -
 27 Mon, May 24     CHC  NYG  L   1-4        8-18   11    11.5                                         --
 28 Tue, May 25     CHC  NYG  L   0-8        8-19   11    12.5                                         ---
 29 Wed, May 26     CHC  NYG  W   6-2        9-19   11    12.5                                         +
 30 Thu, May 27     CHC  PHI  W   6-3       10-19   10    11.5                                         ++
 31 Fri, May 28     CHC  PHI  L   7-11      10-20   10    12.0                                         -
 32 Sat, May 29     CHC  PHI  L  10-11      10-21   11    13.0                                         --
 33 Sun, May 30     CHC  BLN  W   9-3       11-21   10    12.0                                         +
 34 Mon, May 31     CHC  BLN  L   4-6       11-22   10    13.0                                         -
 35                 CHC  BLN  -   6-6       11-22   10    13.0                                         -
 36 Wed, Jun  2     CHC @WHS  W   6-5       12-22   10    13.0                                         +
 37 Fri, Jun  4     CHC @WHS  W   8-5       13-22   10    12.5                                         ++
 38 Sat, Jun  5     CHC @NYG  W  10-4       14-22   10    11.5                                         +++
 39 Mon, Jun  7     CHC @NYG  L   6-10      14-23   10    12.5                                         -
 40 Thu, Jun 10     CHC @PHI  L   4-7       14-24   10    13.5                                         --
 41                 CHC @PHI  W  10-7       15-24   10    13.5                                         +
 42 Fri, Jun 11     CHC @PHI  L   7-10      15-25   10    14.5                                         -
 43 Sat, Jun 12     CHC @BRO  W   6-5       16-25   10    14.5                                         +
 44 Mon, Jun 14     CHC @BRO  L   4-15      16-26   10    15.5                                         -
 45 Tue, Jun 15     CHC @BRO  W   8-4       17-26   10    15.5                                         +
 46 Wed, Jun 16     CHC @BSN  L   3-14      17-27   10    16.5                                         -
 47 Thu, Jun 17     CHC @BSN  L   7-19      17-28   10    17.0                                         --
 48 Sat, Jun 19     CHC @BSN  L   3-7       17-29   11    17.5                                         ---
 49 Mon, Jun 21     CHC @PIT  W   6-2       18-29   11    16.5                                         +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun 22     CHC @PIT  L   3-7       18-30   11    17.0                                         -
 51 Wed, Jun 23     CHC @PIT  L   5-6       18-31   11    17.5                                         --
 52 Thu, Jun 24     CHC  CLV  L   2-5       18-32   11    18.5                                         ---
 53 Sat, Jun 26     CHC  CLV  W   9-3       19-32   11    18.0                                         +
 54 Sun, Jun 27     CHC  CLV  L   0-5       19-33   11    18.5                                         -
 55 Mon, Jun 28     CHC  LOU  L   2-7       19-34   11    19.5                                         --
 56 Tue, Jun 29     CHC  LOU  W  36-7       20-34   11    19.5                                         +
 57 Wed, Jun 30     CHC  LOU  L   7-8       20-35   11    20.5                                         -
 58 Thu, Jul  1     CHC  PIT  W  13-5       21-35   11    20.5                                         +
 59 Fri, Jul  2     CHC  PIT  W   7-4       22-35   11    20.0                                         ++
 60 Sat, Jul  3     CHC  PIT  L   2-8       22-36   11    21.0                                         -
 61 Sun, Jul  4     CHC  WHS  W  16-7       23-36   11    20.5                                         +
 62 Mon, Jul  5     CHC  WHS  W   6-4       24-36   11    21.5                                         ++
 63                 CHC  WHS  L   0-4       24-37   11    21.5                                         -
 64 Thu, Jul  8     CHC  BSN  W   2-1       25-37   10    21.0                                         +
 65 Fri, Jul  9     CHC  BSN  W   8-7       26-37   10    20.0                                         ++
 66 Sat, Jul 10     CHC  BSN  W   8-7       27-37   10    19.0                                         +++
 67 Sun, Jul 11     CHC  BRO  L   2-7       27-38   10    19.5                                         -
 68 Mon, Jul 12     CHC  BRO  W  13-9       28-38   10    19.5                                         +
 69 Tue, Jul 13     CHC  BRO  W  11-4       29-38    9    18.5                                         ++
 70 Wed, Jul 14     CHC  BRO  L   7-15      29-39    9    18.5                                         -
 71 Thu, Jul 15     CHC  BLN  W   5-3       30-39    9    18.5                                         +
 72 Fri, Jul 16     CHC  BLN  L   1-2       30-40    9    18.5                                         -
 73 Sat, Jul 17     CHC  BLN  L   2-20      30-41    9    19.5                                         --
 74 Sun, Jul 18     CHC  BLN  W   6-3       31-41    9    19.0                                         +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Mon, Jul 19     CHC  PHI  W   7-6       32-41    9    19.0                                         ++
 76 Tue, Jul 20     CHC  PHI  L   6-9       32-42    8    19.5                                         -
 77 Wed, Jul 21     CHC  PHI  L   8-10      32-43   10    20.5                                         --
 78 Thu, Jul 22     CHC  NYG  W   4-3       33-43   10    20.5                                         +
 79 Fri, Jul 23     CHC  NYG  W  14-3       34-43    9    19.5                                         ++
 80 Sat, Jul 24     CHC  NYG  L   3-7       34-44   10    20.5                                         -
 81 Sun, Jul 25     CHC  LOU  W   1-0       35-44    8    20.0                                         +
 82 Tue, Jul 27     CHC  CIN  W   4-3       36-44    8    18.5                                         ++
 83 Wed, Jul 28     CHC  CIN  L   3-6       36-45    8    19.5                                         -
 84 Thu, Jul 29     CHC  PIT  L   6-12      36-46    8    20.0                                         --
 85 Fri, Jul 30     CHC  PIT  L   5-7       36-47    8    21.0                                         ---
 86 Sat, Jul 31     CHC  PIT  W   7-6       37-47    8    21.0                                         +
 87 Mon, Aug  2     CHC  STL  W  10-1       38-47    8    20.0                                         ++
 88                 CHC  STL  W   9-5       39-47    8    20.0                                         +++
 89 Tue, Aug  3     CHC  STL  W   7-2       40-47    8    19.5                                         ++++
 90 Wed, Aug  4     CHC  STL  L  12-13      40-48    8    20.0                                         -
 91 Fri, Aug  6     CHC  CLV  W   7-5       41-48    7    19.5                                         +
 92 Sat, Aug  7     CHC  CLV  W   9-8       42-48    7    19.5                                         ++
 93 Sun, Aug  8     CHC  CLV  W   7-6       43-48    6    19.0                                         +++
 94 Mon, Aug  9     CHC @LOU  W   3-2       44-48    6    18.0                                         ++++
 95 Tue, Aug 10     CHC @LOU  W  16-6       45-48    6    18.0                                         +++++
 96 Wed, Aug 11     CHC @LOU  L   4-5       45-49    6    19.0                                         -
 97 Thu, Aug 12     CHC @LOU  L   5-6       45-50    6    20.5                                         --
 98 Fri, Aug 13     CHC @CIN  W   2-0       46-50    6    19.5                                         +
 99 Sat, Aug 14     CHC @CIN  W  10-9       47-50    6    18.5                                         ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug 15     CHC @CIN  L   2-3       47-51    6    19.0                                         -
101 Thu, Aug 19     CHC @WHS  W  10-4       48-51    6    19.5                                         +
102 Fri, Aug 20     CHC @WHS  W   6-2       49-51    6    20.0                                         ++
103                 CHC @WHS  L   1-11      49-52    6    20.0                                         -
104 Sat, Aug 21     CHC @WHS  L   4-6       49-53    6    21.0                                         --
105 Tue, Aug 24     CHC @BLN  L   2-3       49-54    6    22.5                                         ---
106                 CHC @BLN  -   5-5       49-54    6    22.5                                         ---
107 Wed, Aug 25     CHC @BLN  L   1-3       49-55    6    23.0                                         ----
108 Thu, Aug 26     CHC @NYG  L   6-19      49-56    6    23.0                                         -----
109 Fri, Aug 27     CHC @NYG  L   3-9       49-57    6    23.5                                         ------
110                 CHC @NYG  L   0-6       49-58    6    23.5                                         -------
111 Sat, Aug 28     CHC @NYG  -   6-6       49-58    6    24.0                                         -------
112 Mon, Aug 30     CHC @NYG  W   7-5       50-58    6    24.0                                         +
113 Tue, Aug 31     CHC @BSN  -   8-8       50-58    6    24.0                                         +
114 Wed, Sep  1     CHC @BSN  L   4-7       50-59    6    25.0                                         -
115 Fri, Sep  3     CHC @BSN  L   3-6       50-60    6    27.0                                         --
116                 CHC @BSN  L   1-9       50-61    6    27.0                                         ---
117 Sat, Sep  4     CHC @BRO  L   3-7       50-62    6    28.0                                         ----
118 Mon, Sep  6     CHC @BRO  L   7-14      50-63    6    28.0                                         -----
119                 CHC @BRO  W  12-8       51-63    6    28.0                                         +
120 Wed, Sep  8     CHC @PHI  W   6-5       52-63    7    28.0                                         ++
121 Thu, Sep  9     CHC @PHI  L   4-5       52-64    7    29.0                                         -
122 Fri, Sep 10     CHC @PHI  W   8-6       53-64    7    29.0                                         +
123 Sat, Sep 11     CHC @BLN  -   3-3       53-64    7    29.5                                         +
124 Mon, Sep 13     CHC @BLN  L   2-4       53-65    8    31.0                                         -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 CHC @BLN  L   4-11      53-66    8    31.0                                         --
126 Tue, Sep 14     CHC @BLN  L   8-15      53-67    8    32.0                                         ---
127 Wed, Sep 15     CHC @BLN  L   2-13      53-68    8    33.0                                         ----
128 Sat, Sep 18     CHC  LOU  W   4-2       54-68    9    33.0                                         +
129 Sun, Sep 19     CHC  LOU  W   5-2       55-68    9    32.5                                         ++
130 Tue, Sep 21     CHC @CLV  L   7-8       55-69    9    33.0                                         -
131 Wed, Sep 22     CHC @CLV  L   7-18      55-70    9    33.5                                         --
132 Thu, Sep 23     CHC @CLV  L   4-8       55-71    9    34.0                                         ---
133 Sat, Sep 25     CHC @PIT  W   8-1       56-71    9    33.5                                         +
134 Mon, Sep 27     CHC @PIT  L   4-5       56-72    9    34.5                                         -
135 Tue, Sep 28     CHC @PIT  W  15-14      57-72    9    34.0                                         +
136 Sat, Oct  2     CHC @STL  W   8-2       58-72    9    34.0                                         ++
137 Sun, Oct  3     CHC @STL  L   9-10      58-73    9    34.0                                         -
138                 CHC @STL  W   7-1       59-73    9    34.0                                         +

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