1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster by Baseball Almanac

1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster

The 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1897 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball...The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." - Babe Ruth


	Please consider sponsoring this page: Baseball Almanac started in 2000. In '03 we averaged 132,388 hits per day. In '04 we had 179,878, in '05 we had 255,048 and in '06 we averaged (get ready) 613,728 hits per day — all made possible by support from daily visitors (no corporate sponsors, no parent company, just fans). In 2007 we want to exceed 1,000,000 hits per day and we need you to help us continue to grow. Please consider sponsoring this page today to help us continue this growth trend.

n/a

Jim Gardner

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1874-10-04

n/a

Charlie Hastings

5-11

179

Unknown

1870-11-11

n/a

Pink Hawley

5-10

185

Right

Left

1872-12-05

n/a

Jim Hughey

6-00

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1869-03-08

n/a

Frank Killen

6-01

200

Left

1870-11-30

n/a

Bill Merritt

5-07

160

Right

1870-07-30

n/a

Joe Sugden

5-10

180

Right

Both

1870-07-31

n/a

Harry Davis

5-10

180

Right

1873-07-19

n/a

Jim Donnelly

5-10½

155

Right

1865-07-19

n/a

Bones Ely

6-01

155

Right

1863-06-07

n/a

Jesse Hoffmeister

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1872-06-00

n/a

Charlie Kuhns

5-09

160

Unknown

1876-10-27

n/a

Denny Lyons

5-10

185

Right

1866-03-12

n/a

Dick Padden

5-10

165

Right

1870-09-17

n/a

Jack Rothfuss

5-11½

195

Right

1872-04-18

n/a

Steve Brodie

5-11

180

Right

Left

1868-09-11

n/a

Patsy Donovan

5-11½

175

Left

1865-03-16

n/a

Tom Leahy

5-07½

168

Right

Unknown

1869-06-02

n/a

Elmer Smith

5-11

178

Left

1868-03-23

n/a

Jesse Tannehill

5-08

150

Left

Both

1874-07-14

The 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates played 131 games during the regular season, won 60 games, lost 71 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Exposition Park III (Park Factors: 96/97) where 165,950 fans witnessed their 1897 Pirates finish the season with a .458 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day starters list, a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates salary list, a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates uniform number breakdown and a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates primary starters list:

1897 Pittsburgh Pirates
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1897 Pittsburgh Pirates
Most Games by Position
C Joe Sugden (81)
1B Harry Davis (64)
2B Dick Padden (134)
3B Jesse Hoffmeister (48)
SS Bones Ely (133)
LF Elmer Smith (123)
CF Steve Brodie (100)
RF Patsy Donovan (120)

SP Pink Hawley
SP Frank Killen
SP Jesse Tannehill

CL Jim Hughey

1897 Pittsburgh Pirates
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1897 Pittsburgh Pirates
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1897 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

Copyright © 2000-2009. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Design by Geisler Young. Hosted by Hosting 4 Less.
Part of the Baseball Almanac family: 755 Home Runs | Baseball Box Scores | Baseball Fever | Football Almanac | Pigskin Fever | Today in Baseball History.