1886 Louisville Colonels season

1886 Louisville Colonels
League	American Association
Ballpark	Eclipse Park
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager	Jim Hart

The 1886 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 66–70 record, fourth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	93	46	.669	—	52‍–‍18	41‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	80	57	.584	12	45‍–‍28	35‍–‍29
Brooklyn Grays	76	61	.555	16	44‍–‍25	32‍–‍36
Louisville Colonels	66	70	.485	25½	37‍–‍30	29‍–‍40
Cincinnati Red Stockings	65	73	.471	27½	40‍–‍31	25‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	63	72	.467	28	38‍–‍31	25‍–‍41
New York Metropolitans	53	82	.393	38	30‍–‍33	23‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles	48	83	.366	41	30‍–‍32	18‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	6–14–1	5–13–2	7–12–2	8–9	8–10–1	7–12–2	7–13
Brooklyn	14–6–1	—	13–7	13–7	10–9–1	11–7–2	8–12	7–13
Cincinnati	13–5–2	7–13	—	10–10	13–7–1	10–10	7–13	5–15
Louisville	12–7–2	7–13	10–10	—	11–8	9–11	7–12	10–9
New York	9–8	9–10–1	7–13–1	8–11	—	8–12	8–12	4–16
Philadelphia	10–8–1	7–11–2	10–10	11–9	12–8	—	8–11–1	5–15
Pittsburgh	12–7–2	12–8	13–7	12–7	12–8	11–8–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	13–7	13–7	15–5	9–10	16–4	15–5	12–8	—

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	John Kerins	120	487	131	.269	4	50
1B	Paul Cook	66	262	54	.206	0	14
2B	Reddy Mack	137	483	118	.244	1	56
3B	Joe Werrick	136	561	140	.250	3	62
SS	Bill White	135	557	143	.257	1	66
OF	Jimmy Wolf	130	545	148	.272	3	61
OF	Joe Strauss	74	297	64	.215	1	31
OF	Pete Browning	112	467	159	.340	2	68

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
Amos Cross	74	283	78	.276	1	42
Lou Sylvester	45	154	35	.227	0	17
Hub Collins	27	101	29	.287	0	10
Bones Ely	10	32	5	.156	0	6
Leech Maskrey	5	19	3	.158	0	2
Phil Reccius	5	13	4	.308	0	2
Joe Neale	2	5	0	.000	0	0
Jack Heinzman	1	5	0	.000	0	0
Tom Terrell	1	4	1	.250	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	67	588.2	38	27	2.45	499
Guy Hecker	49	420.2	26	23	2.87	133
Tom Sullivan	9	75.0	2	7	3.96	27
Ted Kennedy	4	32.0	0	4	5.34	14
Ice Box Chamberlain	4	31.1	0	3	6.61	18
Joe Neale	1	7.0	0	1	7.71	0
Phil Reccius	1	3.0	0	1	9.00	0

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
Bones Ely	6	44.0	0	4	5.32	28

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 Strauss	2	0	0	1	4.50	0
Jimmy Wolf	1	0	0	0	15.00	0
Bill White	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

References

• 1886 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference