Willie Keeler had the highest wRC+ in 1897, with 159 wRC+.

Interpreted as:

most wrc+ with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by one player for 1897

	NAME	wRC+	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	BRAA
1	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	159	1897	BAL	129	564	145	239	27	19	0	74	35	7	5	64	618	304	46	12	.424	.464	.539	1.003	155	61.5	.470	57.2
2	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	158	1897	LOU	130	526	122	205	30	13	6	67	45	25	26	59	599	279	49	3	.390	.461	.530	.992	148	57.5	.466	54.3
3	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	153	1897	PHI	129	530	109	200	40	15	5	96	60	3	23	26	598	285	60	5	.377	.444	.538	.981	143	52.5	.456	50.2
4	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	150	1897	CLE	127	517	129	198	28	7	2	60	76	7	25	28	610	246	37	10	.383	.468	.476	.944	144	51.9	.453	47.6
5	Hughie Jennings H. Jennings	148	1897	BAL	117	439	133	156	26	9	2	79	42	46	9	60	544	206	37	17	.355	.463	.469	.932	127	44.8	.450	41
6	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	144	1897	BAL	131	505	113	183	31	9	5	118	70	7	19	44	591	247	45	9	.362	.447	.489	.936	134	45.4	.443	41.3
7	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	142	1897	PHI	127	545	107	197	40	23	9	127	15	12	25	20	577	310	72	5	.361	.392	.569	.960	127	40.4	.436	38.2
8	George Davis G. Davis	138	1897	NYG	131	521	112	184	31	10	10	135	43	7	23	65	576	265	51	5	.353	.410	.509	.918	123	36	.427	34.7
9	Bill Joyce B. Joyce	138	1897	NYG	110	389	111	118	15	13	3	64	81	17	38	35	492	168	31	5	.303	.444	.432	.875	104	30.3	.426	29.2
10	John McGraw J. McGraw	136	1897	BAL	106	391	90	127	15	3	0	48	99	9	15	44	507	148	18	8	.325	.471	.379	.849	109	32.5	.429	29
11	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	135	1897	BSN	127	507	152	174	17	5	3	61	105	6	30	66	622	210	25	4	.343	.461	.414	.875	135	41.2	.431	34.1
12	Elmer Smith E. Smith	130	1897	PIT	123	467	99	145	19	17	6	54	70	7	32	25	550	216	42	6	.310	.408	.463	.871	110	27	.411	25.7
13	Chick Stahl C. Stahl	129	1897	BSN	114	469	112	166	30	13	4	97	38	3	18	18	515	234	47	5	.354	.406	.499	.905	107	29.7	.421	23.8
14	Jake Stenzel J. Stenzel	129	1897	BAL	131	536	113	189	43	7	4	116	36	10	21	69	585	258	54	3	.353	.404	.481	.885	119	30.7	.415	26.7
15	Bobby Wallace B. Wallace	129	1897	CLE	130	516	99	173	33	21	4	112	48	2	32	14	580	260	58	14	.335	.394	.504	.898	118	30.4	.415	26.4
16	Cupid Childs C. Childs	129	1897	CLE	114	444	105	150	15	9	1	61	74	2	19	25	537	186	25	17	.338	.435	.419	.854	109	28.1	.415	24.4
17	Bill Lange B. Lange	128	1897	CHI	118	479	119	163	24	14	5	83	48	5	12	73	541	230	43	9	.340	.406	.480	.886	110	28.5	.415	23.9
18	Mike Griffin M. Griffin	128	1897	BKN	134	534	136	169	25	11	2	56	81	10	13	16	637	222	38	12	.316	.416	.416	.832	123	26.7	.403	28.1
19	Kip Selbach K. Selbach	128	1897	WSH	124	486	113	152	25	16	5	59	80	4	32	46	576	224	46	6	.313	.414	.461	.875	117	29.9	.414	25.1
20	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	126	1897	BSN	134	550	130	187	25	10	11	129	52	6	17	41	621	265	46	13	.340	.403	.482	.885	126	32	.414	25
21	Jimmy Collins J. Collins	125	1897	BSN	134	529	103	183	28	13	6	132	41	7	16	14	585	255	47	8	.346	.400	.482	.882	118	29.4	.413	22.8
22	Mike Tiernan M. Tiernan	123	1897	NYG	128	532	123	174	29	10	5	72	61	1	36	40	595	238	44	1	.327	.397	.447	.845	113	23.4	.400	22
23	Jack Doyle J. Doyle	119	1897	BAL	114	460	91	163	29	4	2	87	29	1	23	62	492	206	35	2	.354	.394	.448	.842	93	18.5	.398	15.1
24	Jake Beckley J. Beckley	118	1897	TOT	114	433	84	143	19	12	8	87	20	15	14	25	472	210	39	4	.330	.380	.485	.865	90	19.3	.402	13.4
25	Harry Davis H. Davis	115	1897	PIT	111	429	70	131	10	28	2	63	26	10	40	21	475	203	40	10	.305	.359	.473	.832	84	12.1	.384	10.9

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