1888 Louisville Colonels season

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American Association
BallparkEclipse Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersW. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps, Mordecai Davidson, John R. Botto
ManagersKick Kelly, Mordecai Davidson, John Kerins

The 1888

American Association
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Regular season

1888 Louisville Colonels

On June 7, shareholder Mordecai Davidson bought out most of the other shareholder, appointing himself president and John R. Botto vice-president. Two days later, he officially took over as manager as well. John Kerins, among others, served as team captain, guiding the team's on-field activities.

Season standings

  • American Association
W
L
 Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 92 43 0.681 — 60–21 32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88 52 0.629 6½ 53–20 35–32
Philadelphia Athletics 81 52 0.609 10 55–20 26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 80 54 0.597 11½ 56–25 24–29
Baltimore Orioles 57 80 0.416 36 30–26 27–54
Cleveland Blues 50 82 0.379 40½ 33–27 17–55
Louisville Colonels 48 87 0.356 44 27–29 21–58
Kansas City Cowboys 43 89 0.326 47½ 23–34 20–55

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association record

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Team BAL BR CIN CLE KC LOU PHI STL
Baltimore — 8–12 6–14 10–9 11–8 11–9 5–14 6–14
Brooklyn 12–8 — 14–6–1 16–4 11–9 13–7 12–8–1 10–10–1
Cincinnati 14–6 6–14–1 — 10–7–1 15–4 17–3–1 10–10 8–10
Cleveland 9–10 4–16 7–10–1 — 10–9 9–8–2 7–13 4–16
Kansas City 8–11 9–11 4–15 9–10 — 6–12 3–14 4–16
Louisville 9–11 7–13 3–17–1 8–9–2 12–6 — 5–15–1 4–16
Philadelphia 14–5 8–12–1 10–10 13–7 14–3 15–5–1 — 7–10–1
St. Louis 14–6 10–10–1 10–8 16–4 16–4 16–4 10–7–1 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1888 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
C Paul Cook 57 185 34 .184 0 13
1B Skyrocket Smith 58 206 49 .238 1 31
2B Reddy Mack 112 446 97 .217 3 34
3B Joe Werrick 111 413 89 .215 0 51
SS Bill White 49 198 55 .278 1 30
OF
Chicken Wolf
 128 538 154 .286 0 67
OF Pete Browning 99 383 120 .313 3 72
OF Hub Collins 116 485 149 .307 2 50

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
John Kerins 83 319 75 .235 2 41
Guy Hecker 56 211 48 .227 0 29
Farmer Vaughn 51 189 37 .196 1 21
Lave Cross 46 180 41 .228 0 15
Harry Raymond 32 123 26 .211 0 13
Phil Tomney 34 120 18 .150 0 4
Farmer Weaver 26 112 28 .250 0 8
Wally Andrews 26 93 18 .194 0 6
Dude Esterbrook 23 93 21 .226 0 7
Phil Reccius 2 9 2 .222 0 4
Hercules Burnett 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Eddie Fusselback 1 4 1 .250 0 1
Thomas Long 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Joe Cross 1 1 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
Toad Ramsey 40 342.1 8 30 3.42 228
Scott Stratton 33 269.2 10 17 3.64 97
Guy Hecker 26 223.1 8 17 3.39 63
Ice Box Chamberlain 24 196.0 14 9 2.53 119
John Ewing 21 191.0 8 13 2.83 87
Billy Crowell 1 9.0 0 1 6.00 5

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