1896 Louisville Colonels season
1896 Louisville Colonels | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Eclipse Park II |
City | Louisville, Kentucky |
Owners | Barney Dreyfuss |
Managers | John McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle |
The 1896 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 38–93 record and last place in the National League for the third straight season. The team set a Major League record that will never be broken by losing 5 games over the course of two days – a tripleheader on September 7, and a doubleheader on September 8.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 39 | .698 | — | 49–16 | 41–23 |
Cleveland Spiders | 80 | 48 | .625 | 9½ | 43–19 | 37–29 |
Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 50 | .606 | 12 | 51–15 | 26–35 |
Boston Beaneaters | 74 | 57 | .565 | 17 | 42–24 | 32–33 |
Chicago Colts | 71 | 57 | .555 | 18½ | 42–24 | 29–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 66 | 63 | .512 | 24 | 35–31 | 31–32 |
New York Giants | 64 | 67 | .489 | 27 | 39–26 | 25–41 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 62 | 68 | .477 | 28½ | 42–27 | 20–41 |
Washington Senators | 58 | 73 | .443 | 33 | 38–29 | 20–44 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 58 | 73 | .443 | 33 | 35–28 | 23–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 40 | 90 | .308 | 50½ | 27–34 | 13–56 |
Louisville Colonels | 38 | 93 | .290 | 53 | 25–37 | 13–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–4–2 | 10–2 | 3–8–1 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 12–0 | 9–2 | 9–3 | 10–2 | |||||
Boston | 7–5 | — | 10–2 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 5–7–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | |||||
Brooklyn | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 6–6 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | |||||
Chicago | 4–7–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | — | 4–6–1 | 2–9–1 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 11–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | |||||
Cincinnati | 2–10 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 6–4–1 | — | 6–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 12–0 | 7–4 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–3–1 | 7–5–1 | 5–7 | 9–2–1 | 5–6 | — | 8–3–2 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–8–1 | 10–2 | 9–3–1 | |||||
Louisville | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 3–8–2 | — | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 3–9 | |||||
New York | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 3–8 | 4–8 | 9–3–1 | 6–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 0–12 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–3 | — | 6–6 | 8–3 | 8–4 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 2–9 | 5–7 | 5–6–1 | 1–11 | 7–5 | 8–4–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 6–6 | — | 8–3 | 6–6 | |||||
St. Louis | 3–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 0–12 | 2–10 | 9–3 | 3–9–1 | 3–8 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 | |||||
Washington | 2–10 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | 4–8 | 4–7 | 3–9–1 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Charlie Dexter | 107 | 402 | 112 | .279 | 3 | 37 |
1B | Jim Rogers | 72 | 290 | 75 | .259 | 0 | 38 |
2B | John O'Brien | 49 | 186 | 63 | .339 | 2 | 24 |
SS | Joe Dolan | 44 | 165 | 35 | .212 | 3 | 18 |
3B | Billy Clingman | 121 | 423 | 99 | .234 | 2 | 37 |
OF | Tom McCreery | 115 | 441 | 155 | .351 | 7 | 65 |
OF | Fred Clarke | 131 | 517 | 168 | .325 | 9 | 79 |
OF | Ollie Pickering | 45 | 165 | 50 | .303 | 1 | 22 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Doggie Miller | 98 | 324 | 89 | .275 | 1 | 33 |
Pete Cassidy | 49 | 184 | 39 | .212 | 0 | 12 |
Ducky Holmes | 47 | 141 | 38 | .270 | 0 | 18 |
Jack Crooks | 39 | 122 | 29 | .238 | 2 | 15 |
Frank Shannon | 31 | 115 | 18 | .157 | 1 | 15 |
Jack Warner | 33 | 110 | 25 | .227 | 0 | 10 |
Herm McFarland | 30 | 110 | 21 | .191 | 1 | 12 |
Bill Hassamaer | 30 | 106 | 26 | .245 | 2 | 14 |
Frank Eustace | 25 | 100 | 17 | .170 | 1 | 11 |
Abbie Johnson | 25 | 87 | 20 | .230 | 0 | 14 |
Sammy Strang | 14 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 0 | 7 |
Tom Morrison | 8 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Kinslow | 8 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 7 |
Eddie Boyle | 3 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Treadway | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Wright | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Freund | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Chick Fraser | 43 | 349.1 | 12 | 27 | 4.87 | 91 |
Bill Hill | 43 | 319.2 | 9 | 28 | 4.31 | 104 |
Bert Cunningham | 27 | 189.1 | 7 | 14 | 5.09 | 37 |
Art Herman | 14 | 94.1 | 4 | 6 | 5.63 | 13 |
Mike McDermott | 12 | 65.0 | 2 | 7 | 7.34 | 12 |
Gus Weyhing | 5 | 42.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.64 | 9 |
Fritz Clausen | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.55 | 4 |
Charlie Emig | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 1 |
Tom McCreery | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Tom Smith | 11 | 55.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.40 | 14 |
Ducky Holmes | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Kostal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Games Lost by Teams Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.