1896 Louisville Colonels
LeagueNational League
BallparkEclipse Park II
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJohn McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle
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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 which 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

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 90 39 0.698 — 49–16 41–23
Cleveland Spiders 80 48 0.625 9½ 43–19 37–29
Cincinnati Reds 77 50 0.606 12 51–15 26–35
Boston Beaneaters 74 57 0.565 17 42–24 32–33
Chicago Colts 71 57 0.555 18½ 42–24 29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 63 0.512 24 35–31 31–32
New York Giants 64 67 0.489 27 39–26 25–41
Philadelphia Phillies 62 68 0.477 28½ 42–27 20–41
Washington Senators 58 73 0.443 33 38–29 20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 58 73 0.443 33 35–28 23–45
St. Louis Browns 40 90 0.308 50½ 27–34 13–56
Louisville Colonels 38 93 0.290 53 25–37 13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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

Roster

1896 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
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
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

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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Smith 11 55.0 2 3 5.40 14
Ducky Holmes 2 12.0 0 1 7.50 3

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 Kostal 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

  1. ^ "Games Lost by Teams Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.


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