1897 Chicago Colts Roster by Baseball Almanac

1897 Chicago Colts Roster

The 1897 Chicago Colts 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 Chicago Colts Opening Day starters list, a 1897 Chicago Colts salary list, a 1897 Chicago Colts uniform number breakdown and a 1897 Chicago Colts primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"When the disgruntled (Cap) Anson left the team in 1897 to manage the Giants, the club was nicknamed the Orphans because it had been abandoned by its long-time field leader." - Jonathan Light in The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997)


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Buttons Briggs

6-01

180

Right

1875-07-08

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Roger Denzer

6-00

180

Right

Left

1871-10-05

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Danny Friend

5-09

175

Left

1873-04-18

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Clark Griffith

5-06½

156

Right

1869-11-20

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Jim Korwan

6-01

181

Left

Right

1874-03-04

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Adonis Terry

5-11½

168

Right

1864-08-07

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Dave Wright

6-00

185

Right

1875-08-27

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Tim Donahue

5-11

180

Right

Left

1870-06-08

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Malachi Kittridge

5-07

170

Right

1869-10-12

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Cap Anson

6-00

227

Right

1852-04-17

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Nixey Callahan

5-10½

180

Right

1874-03-18

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Jim Connor

5-10½

179

Right

1863-05-11

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Bill Dahlen

5-09

180

Right

1870-01-05

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Bill Everitt

6-00½

185

Right

Left

1868-12-13

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Barry McCormick

5-09

Unknown

Right

1874-12-25

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Fred Pfeffer

5-10½

184

Right

1860-03-17

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George Decker

6-01

180

Left

1866-06-01

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Tom Hernon

5-07½

156

Right

1866-11-04

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Bill Lange

6-01½

190

Right

1871-06-06

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Jimmy Ryan

5-09

162

Left

Right

1863-02-11

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Walter Thornton

6-01

180

Left

1875-02-18

The 1897 Chicago Colts played 132 games during the regular season, won 59 games, lost 73 games, and finished in ninth position. They played their home games at West Side Grounds (Park Factors: 104/104) where 327,160 fans witnessed their 1897 Colts finish the season with a .447 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 Chicago Colts Opening Day starters list, a 1897 Chicago Colts salary list, a 1897 Chicago Colts uniform number breakdown and a 1897 Chicago Colts primary starters list:

1897 Chicago Colts
Opening Day Starters

Bill Dahlen
George Decker
Bill Everitt
Clark Griffith
Malachi Kittridge
Bill Lange
Fred Pfeffer
Jimmy Ryan
Walter Thornton
1897 Chicago Colts
Most Games by Position
C Malachi Kittridge (79)
1B Cap Anson (103)
2B Jim Connor (76)
3B Bill Everitt (83)
SS Bill Dahlen (75)
LF George Decker (74)
CF Bill Lange (118)
RF Jimmy Ryan (136)

SP Buttons Briggs
SP Nixey Callahan
SP Danny Friend
SP Walter Thornton

CL Clark Griffith

1897 Chicago Colts
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1897 Chicago Colts
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1897 Chicago Colts 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)?

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