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1889 Louisville Colonels

1889 > Class Major League > 1889 American Association
Overall: 27-111
Scored 632 runs, Allowed 1091 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 37-101

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Dan Shannon, Jack Chapman, Chicken Wolf and Dude Esterbrook
Represented: Louisville, KY
Ballpark: Eclipse Park (I) (Louisville, KY)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1888 / 1890

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bill Anderson? 24 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0
2 Pete Browning 28 83 358 324 39 83 19 5 2 32 21 34 30 .256 .327 .364 .691 118 0
3 Fred Carl* 30 25 115 99 13 20 2 2 0 13 0 16 22 .202 .313 .263 .576 26 0
4 Paul Cook 26 81 310 286 34 65 10 1 0 15 11 15 48 .227 .287 .269 .556 77 9
5 Red Ehret 20 67 262 258 27 65 6 6 1 31 4 4 23 .252 .263 .333 .597 86 0
6 Dude Esterbrook 32 11 50 44 8 14 3 0 0 9 6 5 2 .318 .400 .386 .786 17 1
7 John Ewing? 26 41 145 134 12 23 2 0 0 6 5 9 30 .172 .234 .187 .421 25 2
8 Charles Fisher? -- 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0
9 Ed Flanagan? 27 23 95 88 11 22 7 3 0 8 1 7 11 .250 .305 .398 .703 35 0
10 John Galligan? 24 31 127 120 6 20 0 2 0 7 1 6 17 .167 .213 .200 .413 24 1
11 Mike Gaule* 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
12 Bill Gleason 30 16 63 58 6 14 2 0 0 5 1 4 1 .241 .302 .276 .577 16 1
13 Guy Hecker 33 81 351 327 42 93 17 5 1 36 17 18 27 .284 .333 .376 .709 123 6
14 Michael McDermott? 25 9 35 33 7 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 3 .182 .229 .242 .471 8 0
15 Harry Raymond? 27 130 537 515 58 123 12 9 0 47 19 19 45 .239 .270 .297 .567 153 3
16 Jack Ryan 20 21 82 79 8 14 1 0 0 2 2 3 17 .177 .207 .190 .397 15 0
17 Harry Scherer? -- 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0
18 Dan Shannon? 24 121 540 498 90 128 22 12 4 48 26 42 52 .257 .315 .373 .688 186 0
19 Harry Smith 33 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0
20 Ed Springer? 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
21 Scott Stratton* 19 62 244 229 30 66 7 5 4 34 10 13 36 .288 .332 .415 .747 95 2
22 Phil Tomney 26 112 425 376 61 80 8 5 4 38 26 46 47 .213 .304 .293 .596 110 3
23 John Traffley? 27 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0
24 Farmer Vaughn 25 90 367 360 39 86 11 5 3 45 13 7 41 .239 .253 .322 .576 116 0
25 Farmer Weaver# 24 124 546 499 62 145 17 6 0 60 21 40 22 .291 .352 .349 .700 174 7
26 Chicken Wolf 27 130 580 546 72 159 20 9 3 57 18 29 34 .291 .333 .377 .710 206 5
26 Players 25.7 140 5316 4955 632 1249 170 75 22 503 203 320 521 .252 .303 .330 .633 1635 41
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Bill Anderson? 24 0 1 .000 10.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 10 9 2 6 2 0 0 1 40 2.000 11.2 2.2 6.8 2.2 0.33
2 Red Ehret 20 10 29 .256 4.80 45 38 7 35 1 0 364.0 441 287 194 11 115 135 18 0 35 1653 1.527 10.9 0.3 2.8 3.3 1.17
3 John Ewing 26 6 30 .167 4.87 40 39 1 37 1 0 331.0 407 296 179 6 147 155 14 0 14 1549 1.674 11.1 0.2 4.0 4.2 1.05
4 Guy Hecker 33 5 13 .278 5.59 19 16 3 15 0 0 151.1 215 145 94 7 47 33 5 0 15 716 1.731 12.8 0.4 2.8 2.0 0.70
5 Michael McDermott 25 1 8 .111 4.16 9 9 0 9 0 0 84.1 108 65 39 4 34 22 2 0 4 394 1.684 11.5 0.4 3.6 2.3 0.65
6 Harry Raymond? 27 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 2 1 0 11 1 0 0 2 46 2.111 8.0 0.0 11.0 1.0 0.09
7 Ed Springer? 22 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 8 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 27 2.000 14.4 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.50
8 Scott Stratton 19 3 13 .188 3.23 19 17 2 13 0 1 133.2 157 126 48 6 42 42 7 0 3 602 1.489 10.6 0.4 2.8 2.8 1.00
8 Players 23.9 27 111 .196 4.81 140 140 13 127 2 1 1226.1 1529 1091 656 43 475 451 50 0 83 1.634 11.2 0.3 3.5 3.3 0.95

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Paul Cook 74 293 138 35 6 .925 5.82 77 0 0
Farmer Vaughn 54 234 107 38 4 .900 6.31 60 0 0
Jack Ryan 15 51 25 12 1 .864 5.07 10 0 0
Farmer Weaver 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 1 0 0
Harry Smith 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 3 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Guy Hecker 65 609 23 20 43 .969 9.72
Ed Flanagan 23 254 10 13 11 .953 11.48
Farmer Vaughn 18 160 8 4 14 .977 9.33
Scott Stratton 17 146 10 10 11 .940 9.18
Chicken Wolf 16 135 5 3 14 .979 8.75
Dude Esterbrook 8 77 4 6 3 .931 10.13
Paul Cook 1 10 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
John Ewing 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dan Shannon 121 307 391 69 59 .910 5.77
Chicken Wolf 13 34 40 8 3 .902 5.69
Fred Carl 6 15 25 3 8 .930 6.67
Red Ehret 1 5 3 3 1 .727 8.00
Farmer Weaver 1 3 2 3 0 .625 5.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Raymond 129 206 261 60 23 .886 3.62
Chicken Wolf 7 7 12 6 0 .760 2.71
Farmer Vaughn 3 0 3 1 0 .750 1.00
Jack Ryan 2 4 1 2 0 .714 2.50
Fred Carl 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00
Red Ehret 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Farmer Weaver 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Phil Tomney 112 229 454 114 57 .857 6.10
Bill Gleason 16 26 57 18 4 .822 5.19
Chicken Wolf 10 27 23 8 4 .862 5.00
Paul Cook 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Red Ehret 1 2 3 4 0 .556 5.00
Dude Esterbrook 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pete Browning 83 0.00
John Galligan 31 0.00
Scott Stratton 10 0.00
Red Ehret 6 0.00
Farmer Vaughn 5 0.00
Fred Carl 2 0.00
Charles Fisher 1 0.00
Harry Raymond 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Farmer Weaver 123 0.00
Farmer Vaughn 9 0.00
Fred Carl 4 0.00
Scott Stratton 4 0.00
Jack Ryan 3 0.00
Paul Cook 2 0.00
Red Ehret 1 0.00
Mike Gaule 1 0.00
Harry Scherer 1 0.00
Harry Smith 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chicken Wolf 88 0.00
Red Ehret 15 0.00
Scott Stratton 15 0.00
Fred Carl 12 0.00
Paul Cook 5 0.00
Farmer Vaughn 4 0.00
Dude Esterbrook 2 0.00
Guy Hecker 1 0.00
Jack Ryan 1 0.00
John Traffley 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Farmer Weaver 123 249 30 25 4 .918 2.27
Chicken Wolf 88 159 16 10 2 .946 1.99
Pete Browning 83 152 12 22 4 .882 1.98
John Galligan 31 58 7 6 1 .915 2.10
Scott Stratton 29 45 9 5 1 .915 1.86
Red Ehret 22 27 4 10 0 .756 1.41
Farmer Vaughn 20 47 3 8 0 .862 2.50
Fred Carl 18 21 4 9 1 .735 1.39
Paul Cook 7 20 2 2 1 .917 3.14
Jack Ryan 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Dude Esterbrook 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Charles Fisher 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Gaule 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Guy Hecker 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Harry Raymond 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Harry Scherer 1 2 0 2 0 .500 2.00
Harry Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Traffley 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Red Ehret 45 9 89 12 3 .891 2.18
John Ewing 40 9 73 4 3 .953 2.05
Guy Hecker 19 7 32 3 3 .929 2.05
Scott Stratton 19 7 38 6 3 .882 2.37
Michael McDermott 9 1 17 1 1 .947 2.00
Bill Anderson 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Harry Raymond 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ed Springer 1 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bill Anderson 24 Jan 19, 1865 Spencer County, KY, US
Pete Browning 28 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 17, 1861 Louisville, KY, US
Fred Carl 30 L L 5' 6.0" 158 Sep 8, 1858 Baltimore, MD, US
Paul Cook 26 R R 5' 10.0" 185 May 5, 1863 Caledonia, NY, US
Red Ehret 20 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Aug 31, 1868 Louisville, KY, US
Dude Esterbrook 32 R R 5' 11.0" 167 Jun 9, 1857 Staten Island, NY, US
John Ewing 26 R 6' 1.0" 168 Jun 1, 1863 Cincinnati, OH, US
Charles Fisher -- Unknown Baltimore, MD, US
Ed Flanagan 27 R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 15, 1861 Lowell, MA, US
John Galligan 24 5' 10.0" 160 Jun, 1865 Easton, PA, US
Mike Gaule 19 L L 6' 2.0" Aug 4, 1869 Baltimore, MD, US
Bill Gleason 30 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Nov 12, 1858 St. Louis, MO, US
Guy Hecker 33 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Apr 3, 1856 Youngsville, PA, US
John Kerins 30 R R 5' 10.0" 177 Jul 15, 1858 Indianapolis, IN, US
Michael McDermott 25 R 5' 10.0" 152 May 6, 1864 Fall River, MA, US
Toad Ramsey 24 R L 5' 9.0" 180 Aug 8, 1864 Indianapolis, IN, US
Harry Raymond 27 5' 9.0" 179 Feb 20, 1862 Sauquoit, NY, US
Jack Ryan 20 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Nov 12, 1868 Haverhill, MA, US
Harry Scherer -- Unknown Baltimore, MD, US
Dan Shannon 24 5' 9.0" 175 Mar 23, 1865 Bridgeport, CT, US
Harry Smith 33 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Feb 5, 1856 North Vernon, IN, US
Ed Springer 22 6' 2.0" 187 1867 Oil Springs, ON, CA
Scott Stratton 19 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 2, 1869 Campbellsburg, KY, US
Phil Tomney 26 R R 5' 7.0" 155 Jun 17, 1863 Reading, PA, US
John Traffley 27 5' 9.0" 180 1862 Chicago, IL, US
Farmer Vaughn 25 R R 6' 3.0" 177 Mar 1, 1864 Ruraldale, OH, US
Farmer Weaver 24 S 5' 10.0" 170 Mar 23, 1865 Parkersburg, WV, US
Chicken Wolf 27 R R 5' 9.0" 190 May 12, 1862 Louisville, KY, US

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