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1888 Louisville Colonels

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 - 98, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 93


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1887 / 1889 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Wally Andrews 28 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 18, 1859 2 26 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Pete Browning 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 17, 1861 7 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 79 0 99 1.9 $
Hercules Burnett 22 R 5' 11" 177 Aug 13, 1865 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 R R 5' 9" 168 Nov 5, 1867 3 26 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 1.5 $
Hub Collins 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Apr 15, 1864 3 116 116 0 0 0 19 0 15 57 26 0 82 3.2 $
Paul Cook 25 R R 5' 10" 185 May 5, 1863 4 57 57 0 53 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 -1.6 $
Lave Cross 22 R R 5' 8" 155 May 12, 1866 2 47 47 0 37 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 12 -0.3 $
Billy Crowell 22 R R 5' 8" 160 Nov 6, 1865 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Dude Esterbrook 31 R R 5' 11" 167 Jun 9, 1857 8 23 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John Ewing 25 R 6' 1" 168 Jun 1, 1863 3 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Eddie Fusselback 29 R 5' 6" 156 Jul 4, 1858 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Guy Hecker 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 3, 1856 7 56 56 26 0 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1 $2,000
John Kerins 29 R R 5' 10" 177 Jul 15, 1858 5 83 83 0 33 4 1 2 0 10 2 35 47 -0.5 $
Long Unknown 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Reddy Mack 22 R 5' 8" 182 May 2, 1866 4 112 112 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Toad Ramsey 23 R L 5' 9" 180 Aug 8, 1864 4 42 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 -4.2 $2,000
Harry Raymond 26 5' 9" 179 Feb 20, 1862 1st 32 32 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 1 1 -1.0 $
Phil Reccius 26 5' 9" 163 Jun 7, 1862 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Skyrocket Smith 20 R 6' 2" 170 Mar 19, 1868 1st 58 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Scott Stratton 18 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 2, 1869 1st 67 67 33 0 0 0 0 0 28 7 3 38 -0.7 $
Phil Tomney 25 R R 5' 7" 155 Jun 17, 1863 1st 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Farmer Vaughn 24 R R 6' 3" 177 Mar 1, 1864 2 51 51 0 25 0 0 0 0 22 1 5 28 -1.3 $
Farmer Weaver 23 B 5' 10" 170 Mar 23, 1865 1st 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 -0.6 $
Joe Werrick 26 R R 5' 9" 151 Oct 25, 1861 4 111 111 0 0 0 8 89 11 3 0 0 3 -1.2 $
Bill White 28 May 1, 1860 5 49 49 0 0 0 0 11 38 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Chicken Wolf 26 R R 5' 9" 190 May 12, 1862 7 128 128 0 3 1 0 4 39 1 0 84 85 0.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1887 / 1889 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers