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Louisville Colonels Team History & Encyclopedia

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Played As

  • Louisville Colonels (831-1197 W-L, 1885 - 1899) - 1 Pennant and 0 Playoff Appearance
  • Louisville Eclipse (162-123 W-L, 1882 - 1884)
  • Overall (993-1320 W-L, 1882 - 1899) - 1 Pennant and 0 Playoff Appearance

Franchise History

Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Top Player Managers
1 1899 Louisville Colonels NL 156 75 77 4 .493 9th of 12 833 782 27.4 26.2 32 10 H.Wagner (5.5) Fred Clarke (75-77)
2 1898 Louisville Colonels NL 154 70 81 3 .464 9th of 12 728 833 26.7 25.4 31 9 B.Cunningham (6.7) Fred Clarke (70-81)
3 1897 Louisville Colonels NL 136 52 78 6 .400 11th of 12 675 869 26.2 24.8 33 12 F.Clarke (6.3) Jim Rogers (17-24) and Fred Clarke (35-54)
4 1896 Louisville Colonels NL 134 38 93 3 .290 12th of 12 653 997 24.6 24.5 35 12 T.McCreery (3.1) John McCloskey (2-17) and Bill McGunnigle (36-76)
5 1895 Louisville Colonels NL 133 35 96 2 .267 12th of 12 698 1090 26.7 27.5 40 15 F.Clarke (2.7) John McCloskey (35-96)
6 1894 Louisville Colonels NL 131 36 94 1 .277 12th of 12 698 1019 29.0 26.2 29 12 G.Hemming (5.1) Billy Barnie (36-94)
7 1893 Louisville Colonels NL 126 50 75 1 .400 11th of 12 759 942 29.1 23.6 25 10 P.Browning (2.0) Billy Barnie (50-75)
8 1892 Louisville Colonels NL 154 63 89 2 .414 9th of 12 649 804 27.0 23.9 24 10 S.Stratton (4.3) Jack Chapman (21-33) and Fred Pfeffer (42-56)
9 1891 Louisville Colonels AA 139 54 83 2 .394 8th of 9 698 873 25.4 23.7 32 8 W.Fitzgerald (3.2) Jack Chapman (55-84)
10 1890 Louisville Colonels AA 136 88 44 4 .667 1st of 9 Tied in WS (3-3-1) 819 588 24.6 21.8 21 6 S.Stratton (10.9) Jack Chapman (88-44)
11 1889 Louisville Colonels AA 140 27 111 2 .196 8th of 8 632 1091 25.7 23.9 28 9 C.Wolf (0.7) Dude Esterbrook (2-8), Chicken Wolf (14-51), Dan Shannon (10-46) and Jack Chapman (1-6)
12 1888 Louisville Colonels AA 139 48 87 4 .356 7th of 8 689 870 24.9 23.4 27 6 H.Collins (3.4) Kick Kelly (10-29), Mordecai Davidson (35-54) and John Kerins (3-4)
13 1887 Louisville Colonels AA 139 76 60 3 .559 4th of 8 956 854 24.9 23.3 17 5 T.Ramsey (7.2) Kick Kelly (76-60)
14 1886 Louisville Colonels AA 138 66 70 2 .485 4th of 8 833 805 24.9 24.5 23 11 T.Ramsey (11.8) Jim Hart (66-70)
15 1885 Louisville Colonels AA 112 53 59 0 .473 6th of 8 564 598 25.1 24.9 21 7 G.Hecker (7.3) Jim Hart (53-59)
16 1884 Louisville Eclipse AA 110 68 40 2 .630 3rd of 13 573 425 26.0 27.1 17 5 G.Hecker (17.4) Mike Walsh (68-40)
17 1883 Louisville Eclipse AA 98 52 45 1 .536 5th of 8 564 562 25.9 27.0 20 3 P.Browning (3.2) Joe Gerhardt (52-45)
18 1882 Louisville Eclipse AA 80 42 38 0 .525 2nd of 6 443 352 24.5 23.4 21 6 T.Mullane (5.7) Denny Mack (42-38)