1888 Louisville Colonels season
1888 Louisville Colonels | |
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League | American Association |
Ballpark | Eclipse Park |
City | Louisville, Kentucky |
Owners | W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps, Mordecai Davidson, John R. Botto |
Managers | Kick Kelly, Mordecai Davidson, John Kerins |
← 1887 1889 → |
The 1888 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 58–87 record, seventh place in the American Association.
Regular season
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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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Browns | 92 | 43 | .681 | — | 60–21 | 32–22 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 88 | 52 | .629 | 6½ | 53–20 | 35–32 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 52 | .609 | 10 | 55–20 | 26–32 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 80 | 54 | .597 | 11½ | 56–25 | 24–29 |
Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 80 | .416 | 36 | 30–26 | 27–54 |
Cleveland Blues | 50 | 82 | .379 | 40½ | 33–27 | 17–55 |
Louisville Colonels | 48 | 87 | .356 | 44 | 27–29 | 21–58 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 43 | 89 | .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
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Pitchers
| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
References
- 1888 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference
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