1892 Louisville Colonels season

OwnerBarney DreyfussManagersJack Chapman, Fred Pfeffer

The 1892 Louisville Colonels season saw the Colonels professional baseball team of Louisville, Kentucky, compete as members of the National League. In a split season schedule, the Colonels finished 11th in the first half of the season and ninth in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 63–89, ninth-best in the 12-team National League.

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	.680	—	54‍–‍21	48‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	.624	8½	54‍–‍24	39‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	.617	9	51‍–‍24	44‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	.569	16½	55‍–‍26	32‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	.547	20	45‍–‍32	37‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	73	.523	23½	54‍–‍34	26‍–‍39
Chicago Colts	70	76	.479	30	36‍–‍31	34‍–‍45
New York Giants	71	80	.470	31½	42‍–‍36	29‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels	63	89	.414	40	37‍–‍31	26‍–‍58
Washington Senators	58	93	.384	44½	34‍–‍36	24‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns	56	94	.373	46	37‍–‍36	19‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	.313	54½	29‍–‍44	17‍–‍57

1892 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BLN	BSN	BRO	CHI	CIN	CLV	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSN
Baltimore	—	0–13	2–12–1	4–7	4–10	2–11–2	6–7	5–9	4–10	5–9	8–6–1	6–7–1
Boston	13–0	—	9–5	10–4	8–5–1	8–6	12–2	11–3–1	6–7	7–6	7–7	11–3
Brooklyn	12–2–1	5–9	—	10–4	6–8	8–6	9–5	7–7	9–5–2	10–4	9–5–1	10–4
Chicago	7–4	4–10	4–10	—	6–7–1	3–9	5–9	10–4	5–9	7–7	7–5	12–2
Cincinnati	10–4	5–8–1	8–6	7–6–1	—	5–9	7–6–1	8–6	5–9	5–9	12–2–1	10–3–1
Cleveland	11–2–2	6–8	6–8	9–3	9–5	—	13–1	8–5	10–4	7–7–1	8–5–1	6–8
Louisville	7–6	2–12	5–9	9–5	6–7–1	1–13	—	4–10	4–10	8–6	9–5–1	8–6
New York	9–5	3–11–1	7–7	4–10	6–8	5–8	10–4	—	5–9	4–10–1	9–4	9–4
Philadelphia	10–4	7–6	5–9–2	9–5	9–5	4–10	10–4	9–5	—	8–6	7–7	9–5
Pittsburgh	9–5	6–7	4–10	7–7	9–5	7–7–1	6–8	10–4–1	6–8	—	10–4	6–8
St. Louis	6–8–1	7–7	5–9–1	5–7	2–12–1	5–8–1	5–9–1	4–9	7–7	4–10	—	6–8
Washington	7–6–1	3–11	4–10	2–12	3–10–1	8–6	6–8	4–9	5–9	8–6	8–6	—

1892 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Fritz Clausen Warren Fitzgerald Egyptian Healy George Hemming Alex Jones Jouett Meekin Ben Sanders Scott Stratton Lee Viau		Catchers Tom Dowse John Grim Bill Merritt Infielders Charley Bassett Hughie Jennings Bill Kuehne Fred Pfeffer Lew Whistler		Outfielders Tom Brown Pete Browning Harry Dooms Alex McFarlan Emmett Seery Harry Taylor Farmer Weaver		Manager Jack Chapman Fred Pfeffer

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	John Grim	97	370	90	.243	1	36
1B	Lew Whistler	80	285	67	.235	5	34
2B	Fred Pfeffer	124	470	121	.257	2	76
SS	Hughie Jennings	152	594	133	.224	2	61
3B	Bill Kuehne	76	287	48	.167	0	36
OF	Harry Taylor	125	493	128	.260	0	34
OF	Farmer Weaver	138	551	140	.254	0	57
OF	Tom Brown	153	660	150	.227	2	45

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
Charley Bassett	79	313	67	.214	2	35
Bill Merritt	46	168	33	.196	1	13
Emmett Seery	42	154	31	.201	0	15
Tom Dowse	41	145	21	.145	0	7
Pete Browning	21	77	19	.247	0	4
Alex McFarlan	14	42	7	.167	0	1
Harry Dooms	1	4	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Scott Stratton	42	351.2	21	19	2.92	93
Ben Sanders	31	268.2	12	19	3.22	77
Fritz Clausen	24	200.0	9	13	3.06	94
Jouett Meekin	19	156.1	7	10	4.03	67
Alex Jones	18	146.2	5	11	3.31	44
Lee Viau	16	130.2	4	11	3.99	36
George Hemming	4	35.0	2	2	4.63	12
Warren Fitzgerald	4	34.0	1	3	4.24	3
Egyptian Healy	2	18.1	1	1	1.96	4

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fred Pfeffer	1	0	0	0	1.80	0

• 1892 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference