1897 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

1. 1Kid NicholsPITCH17.7
2. 2Amos RusiePITCH16.4
3. 3George DavisBAT15.7
4. 4Hugh DuffyBAT15.5
5. 5Nap LajoieBAT14.8
6. 6Joe CorbettPITCH14
7. 7Fred ClarkeBAT13.6
8. 8Joe KelleyBAT13.6
9. 9Willie KeelerBAT13.3
10. 10Ed DelahantyBAT13.2

Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

1. 1Honus WagnerSS302
2. 2Jimmy SheckardOF160.5
3. 3Jack PowellP142.7
4. 4Rube WaddellP129.7
5. 5Roger BresnahanC107.5
6. 6Chick StahlCF103.3
7. 7Charlie Hickman1B93.9
8. 8Claude Ritchey2B93.2

Final season in the corpus

1. 1Cap Anson1B215.3
2. 2Roger Connor1B196.8
3. 3Buck EwingC120.7
4. 4Fred Pfeffer2B113.7
5. 5Adonis TerryP101.5
6. 6Denny Lyons3B99.1
7. 7Silver KingP81
8. 8Sadie McMahonP74.3