List of Louisville Colonels managers

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Hall of Famer Fred Clarke was the Louisville Colonels' last Major League
manager.

The

American Association when it was considered a major league from 1882 through 1891 and in the National League from 1892 through 1899, after which the team folded and its best players were transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates.[1][2] From 1882 through 1884 the team was named the Louisville Eclipse.[1] During their time as a Major League team, the Colonels employed 17 managers.[3] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[4][5]

The Colonels' first manager was

Brooklyn Bridegrooms; each team won three games and there was one tie game.[a][12] Jack Chapman was the Colonels' manager that season.[3]

Clarke holds the Colonels' record for games managed (402), managerial wins (180), and managerial losses (212).[3] Mike Walsh, who managed the team in 1884, has the highest winning percentage of any Colonels' manager, at .630.[3] The only other two managers who had winning percentages over .500 for the Colonels are Mack and Joe Gerhardt, who managed the team in 1883.[3] The only Colonels' manager who served more than one term was Mordecai Davidson, who served two terms during the 1888 season while he was also the team's owner.[13][14] Davidson replaced John Kelly for three games before being replaced by John Kerins.[3][13] After Kerins managed the Colonels for seven games, Davidson took over again for the final 90 games of the season.[3][13] Davidson's total managerial record with the Colonels was 93 games managed with 35 wins and 54 losses, for a winning percentage of .393.[13]

Table key

#
A running total of the number of Colonels managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
G
Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W
Number of regular season wins in games managed
L
Number of regular season losses in games managed
WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC
League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

#[b] Image Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref
1 Denny Mack
1882
80 42 38 .525 [15]
2 Joe Gerhardt
1883
98 52 45 .536 [16]
3 Mike Walsh
1884
110 68 40 .630 [17]
4
Jim Hart
1886
250 119 129 .480 [18]
5 John Kelly
1888
178 86 89 .491 [19][20][21]
6 Mordecai Davidson
1888
3 1 2 .333 [13]
7 John Kerins
1888
7 3 4 .429 [22]
Mordecai Davidson
1888
90 34 52 .395 [13]
8 Dude Esterbrook
1889
10 2 8 .200 [23]
9 Jimmy Wolf
1889
65 14 51 .215 [24]
10 Dan Shannon
1889
58 10 46 .179 [25]
11 Jack Chapman
1892
336 164 166 .497 1 3 3 1 0[a] [12][26]
12 Fred Pfeffer
1892
100 42 56 .429 [27]
13 Billy Barnie
1894
257 86 169 .337 [28]
14 John McCloskey
1896
152 37 113 .247 [29]
15 Bill McGunnigle
1896
115 36 76 .321 [30]
16 Jim Rogers
1897
44 17 24 .415 [31]
17 Fred Clarke
1899
402 180 212 .459 [9]
Totals 17 managers 18 seasons 2,355 993 1,320 .429 1 3 3 1 0

Footnotes

  • Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1890 World Series.[12][32]

References

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  2. The Society for American Baseball Research
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Louisville Colonels Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  4. ^ "Manager: Definition | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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  6. ^ "Fred Clarke". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
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  9. ^ a b "Fred Clarke Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  10. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
    . Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  11. ^ "Louisville Colonels Hall of Fame Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  12. ^ a b c "1890 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Mordecai Davidson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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  15. ^ "Denny Mack Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  16. ^ "Joe Gerhardt Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  17. ^ "Mike Walsh Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  18. ^ "Jim Hart Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  19. The Society for American Baseball Research
    : 7–9. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  20. ^ "Kick Kelly". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  21. .
  22. ^ "John Kerins Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  23. ^ "Dude Esterbrook Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  24. ^ "Jimmy Wolf Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  25. ^ "Dan Shannon Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  26. ^ "Jack Chapman". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  27. ^ "Fred Pfeffer". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  28. ^ "Billy Barnie Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  29. ^ "John McCloskey Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  30. ^ "Bill McGunnigle Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  31. ^ "Jim Rogers Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  32. ^ "World Series". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-03-15.