1892 Louisville Colonels season
1892 Louisville Colonels | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Eclipse Park |
City | Louisville, Kentucky |
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Owner | Barney Dreyfuss |
Managers | Jack 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.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
National League First Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Boston Beaneaters | 52 | 22 | .703 | — |
Brooklyn Grooms | 51 | 26 | .662 | 2+1⁄2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 30 | .605 | 7 |
Cincinnati Reds | 44 | 31 | .587 | 8+1⁄2 |
Cleveland Spiders | 40 | 33 | .548 | 11+1⁄2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 39 | .487 | 16 |
Washington Senators | 35 | 41 | .461 | 18 |
Chicago Colts | 31 | 39 | .443 | 19 |
St. Louis Browns | 31 | 42 | .425 | 20+1⁄2 |
New York Giants | 31 | 43 | .419 | 21 |
Louisville Colonels | 30 | 47 | .390 | 23+1⁄2 |
Baltimore Orioles | 20 | 55 | .267 | 32+1⁄2 |
National League Second Half Standings |
W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Cleveland Spiders | 53 | 23 | .697 | — |
Boston Beaneaters | 50 | 26 | .658 | 3 |
Brooklyn Grooms | 44 | 33 | .571 | 9+1⁄2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 43 | 34 | .558 | 10+1⁄2 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 41 | 36 | .532 | 12+1⁄2 |
New York Giants | 40 | 37 | .519 | 13+1⁄2 |
Chicago Colts | 39 | 37 | .513 | 14 |
Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 37 | .507 | 14+1⁄2 |
Louisville Colonels | 33 | 42 | .440 | 19+1⁄2 |
Baltimore Orioles | 26 | 46 | .361 | 25 |
St. Louis Browns | 25 | 52 | .325 | 28+1⁄2 |
Washington Senators | 23 | 52 | .307 | 29+1⁄2 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Roster
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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 | 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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
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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Fred Pfeffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
External links
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