1892 Louisville Colonels season

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
←  1891 1893  →

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

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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
Boston Beaneaters	52	22	.703	—
Brooklyn Grooms	51	26	.662	2½
Philadelphia Phillies	46	30	.605	7
Cincinnati Reds	44	31	.587	8½
Cleveland Spiders	40	33	.548	11½
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	39	.487	16
Washington Senators	35	41	.461	18
Chicago Colts	31	39	.443	19
St. Louis Browns	31	42	.425	20½
New York Giants	31	43	.419	21
Louisville Colonels	30	47	.390	23½
Baltimore Orioles	20	55	.267	32½

National League Second-half standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Spiders	53	23	.697	—
Boston Beaneaters	50	26	.658	3
Brooklyn Grooms	44	33	.571	9½
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	34	.558	10½
Philadelphia Phillies	41	36	.532	12½
New York Giants	40	37	.519	13½
Chicago Colts	39	37	.513	14
Cincinnati Reds	38	37	.507	14½
Louisville Colonels	33	42	.440	19½
Baltimore Orioles	26	46	.361	25
St. Louis Browns	25	52	.325	28½
Washington Senators	23	52	.307	29½

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1892 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Fritz Clausen Warren Fitzgerald Egyptian Healy George Hemming Alex Jones Jouett Meekin Ben Sanders Scott Stratton Lee Viau		Catchers Tom Dowse John Grim Bill Merritt Infielders Charley Bassett Hughie Jennings Bill Kuehne Fred Pfeffer Lew Whistler		Outfielders Tom Brown Pete Browning Harry Dooms Alex McFarlan Emmett Seery Harry Taylor Farmer Weaver		Manager Jack Chapman Fred Pfeffer

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	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

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
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

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
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fred Pfeffer	1	0	0	0	1.80	0

References

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

External links

• 1892 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference