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1888 Louisville Colonels

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

48-87, Finished 7th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Kick Kelly (10-29), Mordecai Davidson (35-54) and John Kerins (3-4)
Scored 689 runs, Allowed 870 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-82

Ballparks: Eclipse Park I ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 93


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1887 / 1889 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Paul Cook 25 57 194 185 20 34 2 0 0 13 9 5 .184 .222 .195 .416 36 36 4
2 1B Skyrocket Smith 20 58 241 206 27 49 9 4 1 31 5 24 .238 .349 .335 .683 123 69 11
3 2B Reddy Mack 22 112 513 446 77 97 13 5 3 34 18 52 .217 .320 .289 .609 99 129 15
4 SS Bill White? 28 49 208 198 35 55 6 5 1 30 15 7 .278 .313 .374 .686 123 74 3
5 3B Joe Werrick 26 111 446 413 49 89 12 7 0 51 15 30 .215 .274 .278 .552 80 115 3
6 OF Chicken Wolf 26 128 565 538 80 154 28 11 0 67 41 25 .286 .320 .379 .700 127 204 2
7 OF Pete Browning 27 99 424 383 58 120 22 8 3 72 36 37 .313 .380 .436 .816 165 167 4
8 OF Hub Collins 24 116 530 485 117 149 26 11 2 50 62 41 .307 .366 .419 .785 155 203 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT John Kerins 29 83 347 319 38 75 11 4 2 41 16 25 .235 .297 .313 .610 99 100 3
10 OF Scott Stratton* 18 67 268 249 35 64 8 1 1 29 10 12 .257 .310 .309 .619 102 77 7
11 1B Guy Hecker 32 56 228 211 32 48 9 2 0 29 20 11 .227 .285 .289 .574 87 61 6
12 UT Farmer Vaughn 24 51 194 189 15 37 4 2 1 21 4 4 .196 .216 .254 .470 53 48 1
13 C Lave Cross 22 47 184 181 20 41 3 0 0 15 10 2 .227 .239 .243 .482 57 44 1
14 SS Phil Tomney 25 34 127 120 15 18 3 0 0 4 11 7 .150 .197 .175 .372 21 21 0
15 3B Harry Raymond? 26 32 124 123 8 26 2 0 0 13 7 1 .211 .218 .228 .445 45 28 0
16 OF Farmer Weaver# 23 26 116 112 12 28 1 1 0 8 12 3 .250 .276 .277 .553 80 31 1
17 1B Wally Andrews 28 26 106 93 12 18 6 3 0 6 5 13 .194 .292 .323 .615 100 30 0
18 1B Dude Esterbrook 31 23 98 93 9 21 6 0 0 7 5 3 .226 .265 .290 .556 81 27 2
19 3B Phil Reccius? 26 2 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 .222 .300 .333 .633 106 3 0
20 OF Hercules Burnett 22 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -33 0 0
21 OF Eddie Fusselback 29 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 63 1 0
22 OF Long? 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 12 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
23 P Toad Ramsey 23 42 153 142 12 17 6 0 0 9 0 9 .120 .183 .162 .345 13 23 2
24 P Ice Box Chamberlain 20 26 100 94 11 18 4 2 0 3 8 6 .191 .240 .277 .517 68 26 0
25 P John Ewing? 25 21 80 79 6 16 1 1 0 5 7 1 .203 .213 .241 .453 47 19 0
26 P Billy Crowell 22 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -16 0 0
Team Totals 24.9 139 5272 4881 689 1177 183 67 14 543 318 322 .241 .297 .315 .612 99 1536 69
Rank in 8 AA teams 1 5 3 1 5 7 7 1 4 1 5 5 5 5 5 3 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Wally Andrews 28 26 106 0 -0 0 1 0 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .504 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $ 3
Pete Browning 27 99 424 30 1 0 -6 -6 19 1.7 7 26 2.4 .517 .511 2.9 -1.1 32 $ *O
Hercules Burnett 22 1 5 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .452 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /O
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 26 100 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1/O
Hub Collins 24 116 530 31 2 0 -3 -4 27 2.4 9 36 3.4 .521 .515 3.6 -0.6 39 $ O46
Paul Cook 25 57 194 -13 -1 0 -8 3 -18 -1.7 3 -15 -1.4 .470 .490 -0.6 -0.4 -7 $ 2/O6
Lave Cross 22 47 184 -9 -0 0 1 2 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .488 .496 -0.4 0.3 -4 $ 2O/6
Billy Crowell 22 1 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
Dude Esterbrook 31 23 98 -2 -0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .488 .498 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ 3
John Ewing? 25 21 80 -5 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ Purchased 1
Eddie Fusselback 29 1 4 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .472 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /O
Guy Hecker 32 56 228 -2 1 0 -6 7 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.8 -0.6 9 $2,000 31/O
John Kerins 29 83 347 0 -2 0 -6 -1 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.1 .491 .496 0.4 -0.6 4 $ O2/354
Long? -- 1 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /O
Reddy Mack 22 112 513 4 -3 0 -9 2 -6 -0.6 8 2 0.2 .495 .496 1.0 -0.6 11 $ *4
Toad Ramsey 23 42 153 -14 -0 0 0 10 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $2,000 Traded 1/O
Harry Raymond? 26 32 124 -8 -0 0 -4 1 -11 -1.0 2 -9 -0.8 .469 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -5 $ 5/O
Phil Reccius? 26 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .509 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /5
Skyrocket Smith 20 58 241 8 -2 0 -3 0 3 0.2 4 7 0.7 .505 .502 0.9 -0.3 10 $ 3
Scott Stratton* 18 67 268 1 -2 0 -5 6 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .501 .501 1.0 -0.7 10 $ O1
Phil Tomney 25 34 127 -10 0 0 2 2 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.3 .484 .497 -0.5 0.4 -6 $ 6
Farmer Vaughn 24 51 194 -10 -1 0 -4 -0 -15 -1.5 3 -12 -1.1 .472 .491 -0.8 -0.4 -8 $ Purchased O2
Farmer Weaver# 23 26 116 -2 0 0 -4 -1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .474 .496 -0.1 -0.5 -1 $ O
Joe Werrick 26 111 446 -9 -2 0 -11 4 -18 -1.8 7 -11 -1.0 .485 .489 0.0 -0.7 0 $ 56/4O
Bill White? 28 49 208 5 0 0 -3 3 5 0.4 4 8 0.8 .509 .503 1.1 -0.0 11 $ 65
Chicken Wolf 26 128 565 16 1 0 -8 -2 6 0.5 9 16 1.5 .504 .503 2.2 -0.9 24 $ O6/523
Team Total 24.9 1270 5272 7 -7 0 -77 38 -39 -4.3 88 49 4.5 .497 .499 11.2 -7.0 126 $4,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Wally Andrews 28 106 75 9 3.2 68 .194 .194 .240 .292 .297 .323 .317 .615 .614 100 .493 0.4 0.0 .640 .323 .129 .0 3
Pete Browning 27 424 263 62 6.3 68 .308 .313 .240 .380 .297 .436 .317 .816 .614 165 .770 28.6 3.3 .928 .313 .123 5.5 *O
Hercules Burnett 22 5 4 0 0.0 68 .000 .000 .240 .200 .297 .000 .317 .200 .614 -33 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .500 .000 .0 /O
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 100 76 6 2.1 68 .191 .191 .240 .240 .297 .277 .317 .517 .614 68 .311 -3.5 -0.4 .526 .234 .085 .0 1/O
Hub Collins 24 530 336 73 5.8 68 .304 .307 .240 .366 .297 .419 .317 .785 .614 155 .742 29.9 3.4 .923 .324 .111 3.9 O46
Paul Cook 25 194 151 7 1.2 68 .184 .184 .240 .222 .297 .195 .317 .416 .614 36 .145 -13.1 -1.6 .358 .086 .011 .0 2/O6
Lave Cross 22 184 140 10 1.9 68 .227 .227 .240 .239 .297 .243 .317 .482 .614 57 .274 -9.0 -1.1 .407 .083 .017 .0 2O/6
Billy Crowell 22 4 3 0 0.0 68 .000 .000 .240 .250 .297 .000 .317 .250 .614 -16 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .667 .667 .000 .0 /1
Dude Esterbrook 31 98 72 7 2.6 68 .226 .226 .240 .265 .297 .290 .317 .556 .614 81 .397 -1.8 -0.2 .514 .151 .065 .0 3
John Ewing? 25 80 63 4 1.7 68 .203 .203 .240 .213 .297 .241 .317 .453 .614 47 .233 -4.9 -0.6 .429 .139 .038 .0 1
Eddie Fusselback 29 4 3 0 0.0 68 .250 .250 .240 .250 .297 .250 .317 .500 .614 63 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /O
Guy Hecker 32 228 163 16 2.6 68 .227 .227 .240 .285 .297 .289 .317 .574 .614 87 .402 -2.7 -0.3 .601 .209 .062 .0 31/O
John Kerins 29 347 244 29 3.2 68 .230 .235 .240 .297 .297 .313 .317 .610 .614 99 .489 -0.2 -0.0 .590 .207 .078 3.6 O2/354
Long? -- 3 2 0 0.0 68 .000 .000 .240 .333 .297 .000 .317 .333 .614 12 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .500 .000 /O
Reddy Mack 22 513 349 39 3.0 68 .212 .217 .240 .320 .297 .289 .317 .609 .614 99 .460 2.5 0.3 .613 .229 .072 5.1 *4
Toad Ramsey 23 153 125 4 0.8 68 .120 .120 .240 .183 .297 .162 .317 .345 .614 13 .080 -13.3 -1.6 .272 .106 .042 1/O
Harry Raymond? 26 124 97 6 1.6 68 .211 .211 .240 .218 .297 .228 .317 .445 .614 45 .223 -7.8 -0.9 .371 .081 .016 .0 5/O
Phil Reccius? 26 10 7 1 3.8 68 .222 .222 .240 .300 .297 .333 .317 .633 .614 106 .572 0.1 0.0 .571 .222 .111 /5
Skyrocket Smith 20 241 157 22 3.7 68 .234 .238 .240 .349 .297 .335 .317 .683 .614 123 .563 7.1 0.8 .694 .238 .097 1.7 3
Scott Stratton* 18 268 185 22 3.2 68 .254 .257 .240 .310 .297 .309 .317 .619 .614 102 .489 0.7 0.1 .573 .141 .052 1.8 O1
Phil Tomney 25 127 102 4 1.0 68 .150 .150 .240 .197 .297 .175 .317 .372 .614 21 .111 -10.3 -1.2 .382 .175 .025 .0 6
Farmer Vaughn 24 194 152 10 1.8 68 .191 .196 .240 .216 .297 .254 .317 .470 .614 53 .245 -10.5 -1.2 .375 .101 .058 1.6 O2
Farmer Weaver# 23 116 84 8 2.5 68 .250 .250 .240 .276 .297 .277 .317 .553 .614 80 .389 -2.8 -0.3 .560 .161 .027 .0 O
Joe Werrick 26 446 324 31 2.5 68 .215 .215 .240 .274 .297 .278 .317 .552 .614 80 .390 -9.2 -1.1 .503 .172 .063 .0 56/4O
Bill White? 28 208 143 22 4.1 68 .274 .278 .240 .313 .297 .374 .317 .686 .614 123 .605 4.1 0.5 .692 .207 .096 1.9 65
Chicken Wolf 26 565 384 65 4.5 68 .286 .286 .240 .320 .297 .379 .317 .700 .614 127 .646 14.7 1.7 .708 .216 .093 .0 O6/523
League Average 3.3 71 .235 .239 .244 .298 .302 .316 .323 .614 .625 97 .507 .627 .225 .077
Team Total 24.9 5272 3704 457 3.3 68 .239 .241 .240 .297 .297 .315 .317 .612 .614 99 .505 -2.1 -0.6 .606 .205 .074 26.8
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Wally Andrews 28 31 123 109 13 20 7 3 0 6 6 0 14 0 .183 .276 .303 .579 9 26 26
Pete Browning 27 117 486 442 60 131 24 9 3 75 39 0 40 0 .296 .360 .412 .772 65 99 99
Hercules Burnett 22 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 1 1
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 47 180 168 16 25 4 2 1 5 12 0 10 0 .149 .206 .214 .420 7 40 40
Hub Collins 24 151 669 609 138 177 34 13 2 55 78 0 55 0 .291 .354 .399 .753 85 128 128
Paul Cook 25 67 229 218 22 39 2 0 0 15 10 0 6 0 .179 .218 .188 .406 8 57 57
Lave Cross 22 56 214 211 21 45 3 0 0 15 11 0 2 0 .213 .224 .227 .452 11 47 47
Billy Crowell 22 22 77 72 6 6 2 0 0 4 2 0 5 0 .083 .143 .111 .254 1 19 19
Dude Esterbrook 31 103 412 401 34 87 16 0 0 27 19 0 6 24 .217 .238 .257 .495 24 87 87
John Ewing? 25 25 94 93 7 19 1 1 0 6 8 0 1 0 .204 .213 .237 .449 5 21 21
Eddie Fusselback 29 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Guy Hecker 32 66 263 245 33 52 10 2 0 30 22 0 12 0 .212 .266 .269 .536 17 56 56
John Kerins 29 98 403 372 40 83 12 4 2 43 18 0 28 0 .223 .283 .293 .576 31 83 83
Long? -- 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1 1
Reddy Mack 22 132 592 519 80 106 14 5 3 35 20 0 57 0 .204 .302 .268 .570 40 112 112
Toad Ramsey 23 50 181 168 14 20 7 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 .119 .182 .161 .343 5 42 42
Harry Raymond? 26 38 144 143 8 28 2 0 0 13 8 0 1 0 .196 .201 .210 .411 6 32 32
Phil Reccius? 26 2 13 11 0 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 .273 .385 .455 .839 1 2 2
Skyrocket Smith 20 69 277 239 28 53 10 4 1 32 5 0 26 0 .222 .329 .310 .638 22 58 58
Scott Stratton* 18 79 311 290 37 71 9 1 1 31 11 0 13 0 .245 .296 .293 .589 24 67 67
Phil Tomney 25 40 150 142 17 21 4 0 0 5 13 0 8 0 .148 .193 .176 .369 5 34 34
Farmer Vaughn 24 60 226 221 16 41 4 2 1 22 4 0 4 0 .186 .204 .235 .439 11 51 51
Farmer Weaver# 23 31 133 129 12 30 1 1 0 8 13 0 3 0 .233 .256 .256 .511 8 26 26
Joe Werrick 26 131 516 480 51 97 13 8 0 53 16 0 33 0 .202 .258 .263 .520 32 111 111
Bill White? 28 148 584 549 64 111 9 9 3 58 23 0 30 0 .202 .250 .268 .518 35 125 125
Chicken Wolf 26 151 654 624 85 170 31 12 0 71 45 0 28 0 .272 .306 .361 .666 69 128 128
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Wally Andrews 28 2 159 40 159 142 22 28 11 4 0 14 5 17 .197 .283 .331 .614 101 47 0
Pete Browning 27 7 3201 713 3201 2971 642 1053 185 60 31 378 165 209 .354 .401 .488 .889 178 1451 21
Hercules Burnett 22 1 5 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -33 0 0
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 3 321 83 321 294 33 52 5 3 2 22 13 25 .177 .246 .235 .481 43 69 2
Hub Collins 24 3 1288 285 1288 1187 267 353 56 22 3 129 149 94 .297 .352 .389 .742 121 462 7
Paul Cook 25 4 716 187 716 682 82 144 11 4 0 44 30 26 2 .211 .249 .239 .488 47 163 8
Lave Cross 22 2 403 101 403 384 52 95 11 3 0 41 25 17 .247 .283 .292 .575 70 112 2
Billy Crowell 22 2 232 64 232 217 20 27 3 0 0 9 7 14 .124 .181 .138 .319 -6 30 1
Dude Esterbrook 31 8 2658 642 2658 2588 349 667 103 33 6 172 37 55 98 .258 .277 .330 .607 91 854 15
John Ewing? 25 3 94 24 94 93 7 17 1 2 0 5 7 1 .183 .191 .237 .428 39 22 0
Eddie Fusselback 29 4 470 109 470 462 75 124 19 3 1 3 0 8 .268 .281 .329 .610 97 152 0
Guy Hecker 32 7 2333 538 2333 2209 419 642 87 33 18 204 93 106 .291 .328 .384 .713 124 849 18
John Kerins 29 5 2270 521 2270 2102 375 535 67 51 20 199 91 155 .255 .310 .363 .673 106 764 13
Long? -- 1 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 12 0 0
Reddy Mack 22 4 1678 388 1678 1448 283 372 60 24 5 164 53 205 .257 .359 .342 .701 111 495 25
Toad Ramsey 23 4 675 183 675 639 62 122 18 1 0 64 3 34 .191 .234 .222 .456 37 142 2
Harry Raymond? 26 1 124 32 124 123 8 26 2 0 0 13 7 1 .211 .218 .228 .445 45 28 0
Phil Reccius? 26 7 1038 260 1038 971 117 225 28 16 4 98 12 54 .232 .281 .306 .587 81 297 13
Skyrocket Smith 20 1 241 58 241 206 27 49 9 4 1 31 5 24 .238 .349 .335 .683 123 69 11
Scott Stratton* 18 1 268 67 268 249 35 64 8 1 1 29 10 12 .257 .310 .309 .619 102 77 7
Phil Tomney 25 1 127 34 127 120 15 18 3 0 0 4 11 7 .150 .197 .175 .372 21 21 0
Farmer Vaughn 24 2 198 52 198 192 15 37 4 2 1 21 4 4 .193 .217 .250 .467 52 48 2
Farmer Weaver# 23 1 116 26 116 112 12 28 1 1 0 8 12 3 .250 .276 .277 .553 80 31 1
Joe Werrick 26 4 1644 392 1644 1534 217 383 53 34 10 212 83 102 .250 .300 .348 .648 95 534 8
Bill White? 28 5 1966 467 1966 1834 272 441 39 37 6 205 76 125 0 .240 .291 .312 .603 83 572 7
Chicken Wolf 26 7 3460 793 3460 3328 539 946 147 81 10 355 109 115 .284 .312 .386 .698 118 1285 17
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1887 / 1889 Batting Statistics