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1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 61 - 71

1896 / 1898 (Organization)

7th place in the NL (32 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	38 - 29 (.567) 23 - 42 (.354)	-3.7 wins -1.6 wins

Scored/Expected: 802 / 786 ( +16 ) Allowed/Expected: 845 / 784 ( -61 )
Pyth Record: 62 - 70 (-1)

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Eastern Park
Attendance:	220,831	Avg Att:	3,296 (0.90)
Att Rank:	7 / 12	Lg Avg:	3,664

Park Factor:	0.96
HR Factor:	1.04	R/L HR:	1.01 / 1.06

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
11	13	1896	Germany Smith	SS	0.0	Received in Trade	CIN	BRO	23.3	-1.6	-1.1
11	13	1896	Chauncey Fisher	SP	0.0	Received in Trade	CIN	BRO	-0.8	0.6	1.3
11	13	1896	Tommy Corcoran	SS	0.0	Traded Away	BRO	CIN	12.5	7.9	8.0
1	1	1897	Claude Ritchey	2B	0.0	Rule 5 Draft	Buffalo	BRO	0.0	34.4	0.0
1	1	1897	Claude Ritchey	2B	0.0	Purchased	BRO	CIN	0.0	34.4	0.4
4	20	1897	Sadie McMahon	SP	0.0	Signed as a Free Agent		BRO	39.9	-0.7	-0.7
8	1	1897	Jimmy Sheckard	LF	0.0	Purchased	Brockton	BRO	0.0	49.5	27.0
9	22	1897	Ralph Miller	SP	0.0	Purchased	Fall Riv	BRO	0.0	-1.6	-1.6
9	22	1897	Jack Ryan	C	0.0	Purchased	Syracuse	BRO	-4.1	-1.4	-0.4
9	22	1897	Joe Yeager	3B	0.0	Purchased	Lancaste	BRO	0.0	15.2	1.3

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

11 / 13 / 1896

Brooklyn Bridegrooms Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	BRO	1st Yr
Germany Smith	SS	CIN	32.6	23.3	-1.6	-1.1	-1.1
Chauncey Fisher	SP	CIN	23.9	-0.8	0.6	1.3	1.3
$1,000		CIN
Totals				22.5	-1.0	0.1	0.1

Cincinnati Reds Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	CIN	1st Yr
Tommy Corcoran	SS	BRO	26.9	12.5	7.9	8.0	0.5
Totals				12.5	7.9	8.0	0.5

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
CIN	-1.0	7.9	8.9	0.1	0.5	0.3
BRO	7.9	-1.0	-8.9	0.5	0.1	-0.3

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James