1896 Cleveland Spiders season

1896 Cleveland Spiders
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1889)
Location
League Park (since 1891) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Tebeau
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The 1896 Cleveland Spiders season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with an 80–48 record and a second-place finish in the National League. After the season they played the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup series. The same two teams had met the previous season, with the second-place Spiders beating the first-place Orioles 4 games to 1, but this year the results were reversed, as the Spiders were swept in four straight.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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
Pittsburgh 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 v t 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
Pittsburgh	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	—

Roster[]

1896 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers Ice Box Chamberlain George Cuppy Dale Gear Zeke Wilson Cy Young		Catchers Lou Criger Jack O'Connor Tom O'Meara Chief Zimmer Infielders Cupid Childs Tom Delahanty Chippy McGarr Ed McKean Patsy Tebeau		Outfielders Henry Blake Jesse Burkett Jimmy McAleer Sport McAllister John Shearon Bobby Wallace		Manager Patsy Tebeau

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	Chief Zimmer	91	336	93	.277	3	46
1B	Patsy Tebeau	132	543	146	.269	2	94
2B	Cupid Childs	132	498	177	.355	1	106
SS	Ed McKean	133	571	193	.338	7	112
3B	Chippy McGarr	113	455	122	.268	1	53
OF	Jimmy McAleer	116	455	131	.288	1	54
OF	Jesse Burkett	133	586	240	.410	6	72
OF	Harry Blake	104	383	92	.240	1	43

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
Jack O'Connor	68	256	76	.297	1	43
Bobby Wallace	45	149	35	.235	1	17
John Shearon	16	64	11	.172	0	3
Tom Delahanty	16	56	13	.232	0	4
Tom O'Meara	12	33	5	.152	0	0
Sport McAllister	8	27	6	.222	0	1
Lou Criger	2	5	0	.000	0	0

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
Cy Young	51	414.1	28	15	3.24	140
George Cuppy	46	358	25	14	3.12	86
Zeke Wilson	33	240	17	9	4.01	56
Bobby Wallace	22	145.1	10	7	3.34	46
Dale Gear	3	23	0	2	5.48	6
Ice Box Chamberlain	2	11	0	1	7.36	2

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
Sport McAllister	1	0	0	0	6.75	0
Patsy Tebeau	1	0	0	0	----	0

References[]

• "1896 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.