1896 Louisville Colonels
LeagueNational League
BallparkEclipse Park II
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJohn McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle

The 1896 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 38–93 record and last place in the National League for the third straight season. The team set a Major League record which will never be broken by losing 5 games over the course of two days – a tripleheader on September 7, and a doubleheader on September 8.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9039 0.698 — 49–16 41–23
Cleveland Spiders 8048 0.625 9½ 43–19 37–29
Cincinnati Reds 7750 0.606 12 51–15 26–35
Boston Beaneaters 7457 0.565 17 42–24 32–33
Chicago Colts 7157 0.555 18½ 42–24 29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 6663 0.512 24 35–31 31–32
New York Giants 6467 0.489 27 39–26 25–41
Philadelphia Phillies 6268 0.477 28½ 42–27 20–41
Washington Senators 5873 0.443 33 38–29 20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5873 0.443 33 35–28 23–45
St. Louis Browns 4090 0.308 50½ 27–34 13–56
Louisville Colonels 3893 0.290 53 25–37 13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore —5–76–67–4–210–23–8–110–29–312–09–29–310–2
Boston 7–5—10–23–95–65–7–18–47–57–57–58–47–5
Brooklyn 6–62–10—6–62–105–78–44–88–46–5–17–54–8–1
Chicago 4–7–29–36–6—4–6–12–9–19–35–74–811–19–38–4
Cincinnati 2–106–510–26–4–1—6–59–36–68–45–712–07–4
Cleveland 8–3–17–5–15–79–2–15–6—8–3–27–56–64–8–110–29–3–1
Louisville 2–104–84–83–93–93–8–2—4–8–17–52–103–93–9
New York 3–95–78–47–56–65–78–4–1—3–84–89–3–16–6
Philadelphia 0–125–74–88–44–86–65–78–3—6–68–38–4
Pittsburgh 2–95–75–6–11–117–58–4–110–28–46–6—8–36–6
St. Louis 3–94–85–73–90–122–109–33–9–13–83–8—5–7
Washington 2–105–78–4–14–84–73–9–19–36–64–86–65–7—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1896 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
Infielders
 Outfielders Manager

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
CCharlie Dexter107402112.279337
1BJim Rogers7229075.259038
2BJohn O'Brien4918663.339224
SSJoe Dolan4416535.212318
3BBilly Clingman12142399.234237
OFTom McCreery115441155.351765
OFFred Clarke131517168.325979
OFOllie Pickering4516550.303122

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
Doggie Miller9832489.275133
Pete Cassidy4918439.212012
Ducky Holmes4714138.270018
Jack Crooks3912229.238215
Frank Shannon3111518.157115
Jack Warner3311025.227010
Herm McFarland3011021.191112
Bill Hassamaer3010626.245214
Frank Eustace2510017.170111
Abbie Johnson258720.230014
Sammy Strang144612.26107
Tom Morrison8274.14800
Tom Kinslow8257.28007
Eddie Boyle390.00000
George Treadway271.14301
Joe Wright272.28600
Frank Freund251.20000

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
Chick Fraser43349.112274.8791
Bill Hill43319.29284.31104
Bert Cunningham27189.17145.0937
Art Herman1494.1465.6313
Mike McDermott1265.0277.3412
Gus Weyhing542.0236.649
Fritz Clausen211.0026.554
Charlie Emig18.0017.881
Tom McCreery11.00136.000

Other 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
Tom Smith1155.0235.4014
Ducky Holmes212.0017.503

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
Joe Kostal20000.000

References

  1. ↑ "Games Lost by Teams Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.


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