1896 Philadelphia Phillies season

1896 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
National League Park (since 1887)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)	Billy Nash
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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
Pittsburg 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 Records 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
Pittsburg	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	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Grady	71	242	77	.318	1	44
1B	Dan Brouthers	57	218	75	.344	1	41
2B	Bill Hallman	120	469	150	.320	2	83
3B	Billy Nash	65	227	56	.247	3	30
SS	Billy Hulen	88	339	90	.265	0	38
OF	Sam Thompson	119	517	154	.298	12	100
OF	Ed Delahanty	123	499	198	.397	13	126
OF	Duff Cooley	64	287	88	.307	2	22

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lave Cross	106	406	104	.256	1	73
Joe Sullivan	48	191	48	.251	2	24
Jack Clements	57	184	66	.359	5	45
Nap Lajoie	39	175	57	.326	4	42
Jack Boyle	40	145	43	.297	1	28
Sam Mertes	37	143	34	.238	0	14
Phil Geier	17	56	13	.232	0	6
William Gallagher	14	49	15	.306	0	6
Tuck Turner	13	32	7	.219	0	0
Ben Ellis	4	16	1	.063	0	0
Dan Leahy	2	6	2	.333	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Taylor	45	359	20	21	4.79	97
Al Orth	25	196	15	10	4.41	23
Kid Carsey	27	187.1	11	11	5.62	36
Harry Keener	16	113.1	3	11	5.88	28
Willie McGill	12	79.2	5	4	5.31	29
Ad Gumbert	11	77.1	5	3	4.54	14
Con Lucid	5	42	1	4	8.36	3
Jerry Nops	1	7	1	0	5.14	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Wheeler	3	16.1	1	1	3.86	2
Ned Garvin	2	13	0	1	7.62	4
Bert Inks	3	10.1	0	1	7.84	2
Bill Whitrock	2	9	0	1	3.00	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Jordan	2	0	0	0	7.71	3
Bill Hallman	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1896 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference
• 1896 Philadelphia Phillies roster at Baseball Almanac