1896 Cleveland Spiders season
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
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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 | | 91 | 336 | 93 | .277 | 3 | 46 |
1B | | 132 | 543 | 146 | .269 | 2 | 94 |
2B | | 132 | 498 | 177 | .355 | 1 | 106 |
SS | | 133 | 571 | 193 | .338 | 7 | 112 |
3B | | 113 | 455 | 122 | .268 | 1 | 53 |
OF | | 116 | 455 | 131 | .288 | 1 | 54 |
OF | | 133 | 586 | 240 | .410 | 6 | 72 |
OF | | 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 |
| 68 | 256 | 76 | .297 | 1 | 43 |
| 45 | 149 | 35 | .235 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | 64 | 11 | .172 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 51 | 414.1 | 28 | 15 | 3.24 | 140 |
| 46 | 358 | 25 | 14 | 3.12 | 86 |
| 33 | 240 | 17 | 9 | 4.01 | 56 |
| 22 | 145.1 | 10 | 7 | 3.34 | 46 |
| 3 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 5.48 | 6 |
| 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |