1888 Louisville Colonels Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 48-87
Finished 7th in the AA
Attendance: 1,200, Avg. 1,200
Ballpark: Eclipse Park I
Manager: John Kelly (10-29)
Manager: Mordecai Davidson (1-2)
Manager: John Kerins (3-4)
Manager: Mordecai Davidson (34-52)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1888 Louisville Colonels RosterTeam Record: 48-87
Finished 7th in the AA
Attendance: 1,200, Avg. 1,200
Ballpark: Eclipse Park I
Manager: John Kelly (10-29)
Manager: Mordecai Davidson (1-2)
Manager: John Kerins (3-4)
Manager: Mordecai Davidson (34-52)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1888 Louisville Colonels Results
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1888 season with a record of 48 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Colonels tallied 689 runs and allowed 870 runs. Pete Browning drove in 72 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .313 clip. Ice Box Chamberlain led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.53 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
John Kelly, Mordecai Davidson, John Kerins and Mordecai Davidson coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.53 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 196.0 | 178 | 123 | 55 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 119 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 833 |
| Scott Stratton | 10 | 17 | .370 | 3.64 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 269.7 | 287 | 196 | 109 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 97 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 1160 |
| John Ewing | 8 | 13 | .381 | 2.83 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 191.0 | 175 | 105 | 60 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 87 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 787 |
| Guy Hecker | 8 | 17 | .320 | 3.39 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 223.3 | 251 | 154 | 84 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 970 |
| Toad Ramsey | 8 | 30 | .211 | 3.42 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 342.3 | 362 | 278 | 130 | 10 | 86 | 0 | 228 | 11 | 0 | 48 | 1481 |
| Billy Crowell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Totals | 48 | 87 | .356 | 3.25 | 145 | 139 | 6 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 1231.3 | 1265 | 870 | 444 | 28 | 281 | 0 | 599 | 56 | 0 | 102 | 5277 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Wolf | 128 | 565 | 538 | 80 | 154 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 67 | 41 | 0 | 25 | 30 | .286 | .320 | .379 | .700 | 204 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hub Collins | 116 | 530 | 485 | 117 | 149 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 50 | 62 | 0 | 41 | 48 | .307 | .366 | .419 | .785 | 203 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Browning | 99 | 424 | 383 | 58 | 120 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 36 | 0 | 37 | 38 | .313 | .380 | .436 | .816 | 167 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reddy Mack | 112 | 513 | 446 | 77 | 97 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 52 | 75 | .217 | .320 | .289 | .609 | 129 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Werrick | 111 | 446 | 413 | 49 | 89 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 49 | .215 | .274 | .278 | .552 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kerins | 83 | 347 | 319 | 38 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 34 | .235 | .297 | .313 | .610 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Stratton | 67 | 268 | 249 | 35 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 49 | .257 | .310 | .309 | .619 | 77 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 49 | 208 | 198 | 35 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .278 | .313 | .374 | .686 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skyrocket Smith | 58 | 241 | 206 | 27 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 32 | .238 | .349 | .335 | .683 | 69 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Hecker | 56 | 228 | 211 | 32 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .227 | .285 | .289 | .574 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lave Cross | 46 | 183 | 180 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .228 | .240 | .244 | .485 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer Vaughn | 51 | 194 | 189 | 15 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .196 | .216 | .254 | .470 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cook | 57 | 194 | 185 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .184 | .222 | .195 | .416 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer Weaver | 26 | 116 | 112 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .276 | .277 | .553 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Raymond | 32 | 124 | 123 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .211 | .218 | .228 | .445 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dude Esterbrook | 23 | 98 | 93 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .226 | .265 | .290 | .556 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Andrews | 26 | 106 | 93 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .194 | .292 | .323 | .615 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 26 | 100 | 94 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .191 | .240 | .277 | .517 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Tomney | 34 | 127 | 120 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .150 | .197 | .175 | .372 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toad Ramsey | 42 | 153 | 142 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .120 | .183 | .162 | .345 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ewing | 21 | 80 | 79 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .203 | .213 | .241 | .453 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Reccius | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Fusselback | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Long | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hercules Burnett | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Crowell | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cross | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1270 | 5272 | 4881 | 689 | 1177 | 183 | 67 | 14 | 543 | 318 | 0 | 322 | 591 | .241 | .297 | .315 | .612 | 1536 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyrocket Smith | 1B | 58 | 0 | 506.0 | 568 | 22 | 18 | 15 | .970 | 1.494 | 1.172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Hecker | 1B | 30 | 0 | 260.0 | 289 | 5 | 20 | 11 | .936 | 1.177 | 9.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Andrews | 1B | 26 | 0 | 234.0 | 283 | 10 | 1 | 16 | .997 | 11.269 | 11.269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dude Esterbrook | 1B | 23 | 0 | 202.0 | 218 | 10 | 9 | 8 | .962 | 1.158 | 9.913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | 1B | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 9.964 | 7.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reddy Mack | 2B | 112 | 0 | 995.0 | 307 | 344 | 67 | 35 | .907 | 5.888 | 5.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | 2B | 19 | 0 | 155.0 | 52 | 51 | 8 | 4 | .928 | 5.981 | 5.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Werrick | 2B | 8 | 0 | 72.0 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 5.875 | 5.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | 2B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 3.600 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Werrick | 3B | 89 | 0 | 772.0 | 96 | 170 | 62 | 9 | .811 | 3.101 | 2.989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Raymond | 3B | 31 | 0 | 284.0 | 59 | 55 | 15 | 1 | .884 | 3.613 | 3.677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | 3B | 11 | 0 | 99.0 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 3.455 | 3.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | 3B | 4 | 0 | 45.0 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 4.400 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Reccius | 3B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.688 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | 3B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | C | 53 | 0 | 386.0 | 221 | 81 | 33 | 7 | .901 | 7.041 | 5.698 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | C | 33 | 0 | 328.0 | 245 | 63 | 35 | 4 | .898 | 8.451 | 9.333 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | C | 37 | 0 | 302.0 | 202 | 60 | 20 | 3 | .929 | 7.808 | 7.081 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Vaughn | C | 25 | 0 | 204.0 | 124 | 45 | 21 | 4 | .889 | 7.456 | 6.760 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | C | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 5.727 | 2.333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | OF | 82 | 0 | 866.0 | 175 | 20 | 24 | 6 | .890 | 2.027 | 2.378 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Browning | OF | 99 | 0 | 830.0 | 174 | 16 | 24 | 8 | .888 | 2.060 | 1.919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | OF | 85 | 0 | 757.0 | 113 | 19 | 17 | 4 | .886 | 1.569 | 1.553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | OF | 47 | 0 | 369.0 | 63 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .844 | 1.585 | 1.383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Stratton | OF | 38 | 0 | 258.0 | 40 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .825 | 1.640 | 1.237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Vaughn | OF | 28 | 0 | 226.0 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .863 | 1.752 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Weaver | OF | 26 | 0 | 204.0 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .878 | 1.897 | 1.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | OF | 11 | 0 | 94.0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.532 | 1.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | OF | 4 | 0 | 19.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Werrick | OF | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | OF | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .563 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hercules Burnett | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.385 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toad Ramsey | OF | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Fusselback | OF | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Raymond | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Hecker | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cross | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Long | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toad Ramsey | P | 40 | 0 | 342.0 | 8 | 57 | 18 | 1 | .783 | 1.711 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Stratton | P | 33 | 0 | 270.0 | 26 | 51 | 7 | 1 | .917 | 2.567 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Hecker | P | 26 | 0 | 223.0 | 16 | 52 | 5 | 1 | .932 | 2.744 | 2.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | P | 24 | 0 | 196.0 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 2.480 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ewing | P | 21 | 0 | 191.0 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 2.262 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Crowell | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | SS | 39 | 0 | 359.0 | 62 | 131 | 41 | 9 | .825 | 4.838 | 4.949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | SS | 38 | 0 | 341.0 | 52 | 130 | 41 | 5 | .816 | 4.804 | 4.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Tomney | SS | 34 | 0 | 281.0 | 40 | 117 | 21 | 7 | .882 | 5.028 | 4.618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | SS | 15 | 0 | 140.0 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 4 | .811 | 4.693 | 4.867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Werrick | SS | 11 | 0 | 94.0 | 12 | 33 | 13 | 0 | .776 | 4.309 | 4.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | SS | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.538 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | SS | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1294 | 0 | 11087.0 | 3691 | 1771 | 609 | 171 | .900 | 4.434 | 4.221 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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