1892 Louisville Colonels season

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1892  Louisville Colonels
League National League
Ballpark Eclipse Park
City Louisville, Kentucky
Record
  • 1st half: 30–47 (.390)
  • 2nd half: 33–42 (.440)
  • Overall: 63–89 (.414) [1]
League place
  • 1st half: 11th (23+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 9th (19+1⁄2 GB)
Owner Barney Dreyfuss
Managers Jack Chapman, Fred Pfeffer
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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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102480.680—54–2148–27
Cleveland Spiders 93560.6248½54–2439–32
Brooklyn Grooms 95590.617951–2444–35
Philadelphia Phillies 87660.56916½55–2632–40
Cincinnati Reds 82680.5472045–3237–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 80730.52323½54–3426–39
Chicago Colts 70760.4793036–3134–45
New York Giants 71800.47031½42–3629–44
Louisville Colonels 63890.4144037–3126–58
Washington Senators 58930.38444½34–3624–57
St. Louis Browns 56940.3734637–3619–58
Baltimore Orioles 461010.31354½29–4417–57
National League
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Boston Beaneaters 5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms 5126.6622+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds 4431.5878+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders 4033.54811+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 3739.48716
Washington Senators 3541.46118
Chicago Colts 3139.44319
St. Louis Browns 3142.42520+1⁄2
New York Giants 3143.41921
Louisville Colonels 3047.39023+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 2055.26732+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Cleveland Spiders 5323.697—
Boston Beaneaters 5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms 4433.5719+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 4334.55810+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 4136.53212+1⁄2
New York Giants 4037.51913+1⁄2
Chicago Colts 3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds 3837.50714+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels 3342.44019+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 2646.36125
St. Louis Browns 2552.32528+1⁄2
Washington Senators 2352.30729+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record

Sources:
TeamBLNBSNBROCHICINCLVLOUNYGPHIPITSTLWSN
Baltimore —0–132–12–14–74–102–11–26–75–94–105–98–6–16–7–1
Boston 13–0—9–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–9—10–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–10—6–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–1—5–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–5—13–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–13—4–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–4—5–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–5—8–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–8—10–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–10—6–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1892 Louisville Colonels
Roster
PitchersCatchers
Infielders
OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C John Grim 9737090.243136
1B Lew Whistler 8028567.235534
2B Fred Pfeffer 124470121.257276
SS Hughie Jennings 152594133.224261
3B Bill Kuehne 7628748.167036
OF Harry Taylor 125493128.260034
OF Farmer Weaver 138551140.254057
OF Tom Brown 153660150.227245

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Charley Bassett 7931367.214235
Bill Merritt 4616833.196113
Emmett Seery 4215431.201015
Tom Dowse 4114521.14507
Pete Browning 217719.24704
Alex McFarlan 14427.16701
Harry Dooms 140.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Scott Stratton 42351.221192.9293
Ben Sanders 31268.212193.2277
Fritz Clausen 24200.09133.0694
Jouett Meekin 19156.17104.0367
Alex Jones 18146.25113.3144
Lee Viau 16130.24113.9936
George Hemming 435.0224.6312
Warren Fitzgerald 434.0134.243
Egyptian Healy 218.1111.964

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Fred Pfeffer 10001.800

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References

  1. ↑ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet . Retrieved April 4, 2021.


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