1888 Louisville Colonels season

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.

1888 Louisville Colonels
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps, Mordecai Davidson, John R. Botto
Manager(s)Kick Kelly, Mordecai Davidson, John Kerins
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Regular season
1888 Louisville Colonels

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
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 9243 0.681 — 60–21 32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8852 0.629 6½ 53–20 35–32
Philadelphia Athletics 8152 0.609 10 55–20 26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 8054 0.597 11½ 56–25 24–29
Baltimore Orioles 5780 0.416 36 30–26 27–54
Cleveland Blues 5082 0.379 40½ 33–27 17–55
Louisville Colonels 4887 0.356 44 27–29 21–58
Kansas City Cowboys 4389 0.326 47½ 23–34 20–55

Record vs. opponents
1888 American Association Records

Sources:
Team BAL BR CIN CLE KC LOU PHI STL
Baltimore —8–126–1410–911–811–95–146–14
Brooklyn 12–8—14–6–116–411–913–712–8–110–10–1
Cincinnati 14–66–14–1—10–7–115–417–3–110–108–10
Cleveland 9–104–167–10–1—10–99–8–27–134–16
Kansas City 8–119–114–159–10—6–123–144–16
Louisville 9–117–133–17–18–9–212–6—5–15–14–16
Philadelphia 14–58–12–110–1013–714–315–5–1—7–10–1
St. Louis 14–610–10–110–816–416–416–410–7–1—

Roster
1888 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CPaul Cook5718534.184013
1BSkyrocket Smith5820649.238131
2BReddy Mack11244697.217334
3BJoe Werrick11141389.215051
SSBill White4919855.278130
OFChicken Wolf128538154.286067
OFPete Browning99383120.313372
OFHub Collins116485149.307250

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
John Kerins8331975.235241
Guy Hecker5621148.227029
Farmer Vaughn5118937.196121
Lave Cross4618041.228015
Harry Raymond3212326.211013
Phil Tomney3412018.15004
Farmer Weaver2611228.25008
Wally Andrews269318.19406
Dude Esterbrook239321.22607
Phil Reccius292.22204
Hercules Burnett140.00000
Eddie Fusselback141.25001
Thomas Long120.00000
Joe Cross110.00000

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 Ramsey40342.18303.42228
Scott Stratton33269.210173.6497
Guy Hecker26223.18173.3963
Ice Box Chamberlain241961492.53119
John Ewing211918132.8387
Billy Crowell19016.005

References


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