List of Louisville Colonels managers

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Hall of Famer Fred Clarke was the Louisville Colonels' last Major League manager. Fred Clarke Baseball.jpg
Hall of Famer Fred Clarke was the Louisville Colonels' last Major League manager.

The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in Louisville, Kentucky. They played in the American Association when it was considered a major league from 1882 through 1891 and in the National League from 1892 through 1899, after which the team folded and its best players were transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates. [1] [2] From 1882 through 1884 the team was named the Louisville Eclipse. [1] During their time as a Major League team, the Colonels employed 17 managers. [3] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [4] [5]

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The Colonels' first manager was Denny Mack. [1] Mack managed the team for one season (1882), in which he led the Colonels to a record of 38 wins and 42 losses. [3] Fred Clarke was the Colonels' last manager. [1] Clarke took over as player-manager of the team during the 1897 season, and managed the team through the 1899 season while also playing as an outfielder for the Colonels. [1] [6] Clarke was one of the players transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1900, as were Honus Wagner, Tommy Leach, Claude Ritchey and Deacon Phillippe. [7] [8] Clarke took over as the Pirates' player-manager, and after a second-place finish in 1900, he led the Pirates, with the former Colonels stars, to three consecutive league pennants in 1901, 1902, 1903, and a World Series championship in 1909. [9] Clarke was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, the only Colonels' manager so honored. [10] [11] The Colonels won their only Major League pennant when they had the best record in the American Association in 1890. [1] They played to a tie in the World Series that season against the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms; each team won three games and there was one tie game. [a] [12] Jack Chapman was the Colonels' manager that season. [3]

Clarke holds the Colonels' record for games managed (402), managerial wins (180), and managerial losses (212). [3] Mike Walsh, who managed the team in 1884, has the highest winning percentage of any Colonels' manager, at .630. [3] The only other two managers who had winning percentages over .500 for the Colonels are Mack and Joe Gerhardt, who managed the team in 1883. [3] The only Colonels' manager who served more than one term was Mordecai Davidson, who served two terms during the 1888 season while he was also the team's owner. [13] [14] Davidson replaced John Kelly for three games before being replaced by John Kerins. [3] [13] After Kerins managed the Colonels for seven games, Davidson took over again for the final 90 games of the season. [3] [13] Davidson's total managerial record with the Colonels was 93 games managed with 35 wins and 54 losses, for a winning percentage of .393. [13]

Table key

#
A running total of the number of Colonels managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
G
Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W
Number of regular season wins in games managed
L
Number of regular season losses in games managed
WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC
League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
†
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

# [b] ImageManagerSeasonsGWLWPctPAPWPLLCWSRef
1 Denny Mack.jpg Denny Mack 1882 804238.525————— [15]
2 Joe Gerhardt.jpg Joe Gerhardt 1883 985245.536————— [16]
3 Mike Walsh 1884 1106840.630————— [17]
4 James A Hart.jpg Jim Hart 1885–1886 250119129.480————— [18]
5 Kick Kelly 1898.jpeg John Kelly 1887–1888 1788689.491————— [19] [20] [21]
6 Mordecai Davidson 1888 312.333————— [13]
7 Johnkerins.jpg John Kerins 1888 734.429————— [22]
— Mordecai Davidson 1888 903452.395————— [13]
8 Esterbrook1888YumYum.jpg Dude Esterbrook 1889 1028.200————— [23]
9 William Van Winkle Jimmy Wolf, Right Field, Louisville Colonels, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP845924.jpg Jimmy Wolf 1889 651451.215————— [24]
10 Daniel Webster Dan Shannon, Shortstop, Philadelphia, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP826477.jpg Dan Shannon 1889 581046.179————— [25]
11 Jack Chapman 1889–1892 336164166.49713310 [a] [12] [26]
12 Fred Pfeffer.jpg Fred Pfeffer 1892 1004256.429————— [27]
13 Billy Barnie, Baltimore Orioles, baseball card portrait LCCN2007686969.jpg Billy Barnie 1893–1894 25786169.337————— [28]
14 John McCloskey (manager) 1911.jpeg John McCloskey 1895–1896 15237113.247————— [29]
15 McGunnigle, Manager, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes MET DP824067.jpg Bill McGunnigle 1896 1153676.321————— [30]
16 Jim Rogers 1897 441724.415————— [31]
17 Fred Clarke 1910.jpeg Fred Clarke † 1897–1899 402180212.459————— [9]
Totals17 managers18 seasons2,3559931,320.42913310

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