1888 Louisville Colonels

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

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1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	35	36		4
2	1B	Skyrocket Smith	20	58	241	206	27	49	9	4	1	31	5		24		.238	.349	.335	.683	121	69		11
3	2B	Reddy Mack	22	112	513	446	77	97	13	5	3	34	18		52		.217	.320	.289	.609	97	129		15
4	SS	Bill White?	28	49	208	198	35	55	6	5	1	30	15		7		.278	.313	.374	.686	121	74		3
5	3B	Joe Werrick	26	111	446	413	49	89	12	7	0	51	15		30		.215	.274	.278	.552	78	115		3
6	OF	Chicken Wolf	26	128	565	538	80	154	28	11	0	67	41		25		.286	.320	.379	.700	125	204		2
7	OF	Pete Browning	27	99	424	383	58	120	22	8	3	72	36		37		.313	.380	.436	.816	163	167		4
8	OF	Hub Collins	24	116	530	485	117	149	26	11	2	50	62		41		.307	.366	.419	.785	153	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	97	100		3
10	OF	Scott Stratton*	18	67	268	249	35	64	8	1	1	29	10		12		.257	.310	.309	.619	100	77		7
11	1B	Guy Hecker	32	56	228	211	32	48	9	2	0	29	20		11		.227	.285	.289	.574	85	61		6
12	UT	Farmer Vaughn	24	51	194	189	15	37	4	2	1	21	4		4		.196	.216	.254	.470	52	48		1
13	C	Lave Cross	22	47	184	181	20	41	3	0	0	15	10		2		.227	.239	.243	.482	56	44		1
14	SS	Phil Tomney	25	34	127	120	15	18	3	0	0	4	11		7		.150	.197	.175	.372	20	21		0
15	3B	Harry Raymond?	26	32	124	123	8	26	2	0	0	13	7		1		.211	.218	.228	.445	44	28		0
16	OF	Farmer Weaver#	23	26	116	112	12	28	1	1	0	8	12		3		.250	.276	.277	.553	79	31		1
17	1B	Wally Andrews	28	26	106	93	12	18	6	3	0	6	5		13		.194	.292	.323	.615	98	30		0
18	1B	Dude Esterbrook	31	23	98	93	9	21	6	0	0	7	5		3		.226	.265	.290	.556	79	27		2
19	3B	Phil Reccius?	26	2	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	4	0		1		.222	.300	.333	.633	104	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	62	1		0
22	OF	Long?		1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	11	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	12	23		2
24	P	Ice Box Chamberlain	20	26	100	94	11	18	4	2	0	3	8		6		.191	.240	.277	.517	67	26		0
25	P	John Ewing?	25	21	80	79	6	16	1	1	0	5	7		1		.203	.213	.241	.453	46	19		0
26	P	Billy Crowell	22	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-17	0		0
		Team Totals	24.9	139	5272	4881	689	1177	183	67	14	543	318		322		.241	.297	.315	.612	98	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 Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Toad Ramsey*	23	8	30	.211	3.42	40	40	0	37	1	0	342.1	362	278	130	10	86		228	11	0	48	1481	90	1.309	9.5	0.3	2.3	6.0	2.65
2	SP	Scott Stratton	18	10	17	.370	3.64	33	28	5	28	2	0	269.2	287	196	109	7	53		97	15	0	24	1160	84	1.261	9.6	0.2	1.8	3.2	1.83
3	SP	Guy Hecker	32	8	17	.320	3.39	26	25	1	25	0	0	223.1	251	154	84	5	43		63	10	0	6	970	91	1.316	10.1	0.2	1.7	2.5	1.47
4	SP	Ice Box Chamberlain	20	14	9	.609	2.53	24	24	0	21	1	0	196.0	178	123	55	2	59		119	11	0	20	833	121	1.209	8.2	0.1	2.7	5.5	2.02
5	SP	John Ewing	25	8	13	.381	2.83	21	21	0	21	2	0	191.0	175	105	60	3	34		87	8	0	4	787	108	1.094	8.2	0.1	1.6	4.1	2.56
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6		Billy Crowell	22	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	14	6	1	6		5	1	0	0	46	54	2.000	12.0	1.0	6.0	5.0	0.83
		Team Totals	23.4	48	87	.356	3.25	139	139	6	133	6	0	1231.1	1265	870	444	28	281		599	56	0	102	5277	94	1.256	9.2	0.2	2.1	4.4	2.13
		Rank in 8 AA teams		7	2		5				2	5	3	3	7	7	5	6	2		1
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Wally Andrews	28	26		294	283	10	1	16	.997	11.27							1B
Pete Browning	27	99		214	174	16	24	8	.888	1.92							OF
Hercules Burnett	22	1		3	2	0	1	0	.667	2.00							OF
Ice Box Chamberlain	20	28		60	12	45	3	0	.950	2.04							P-OF
Hub Collins	24	116		420	268	103	49	14	.883	3.20							OF-2B-SS
Paul Cook	25	58		340	224	81	35	7	.897	5.26	51						C-OF-SS
Lave Cross	22	51		309	219	67	23	4	.926	5.61	22						C-OF-SS
Billy Crowell	22	1		5	0	4	1	0	.800	4.00							P
Dude Esterbrook	31	23		237	218	10	9	8	.962	9.91							1B
John Ewing	25	21		53	4	44	5	0	.906	2.29							P
Eddie Fusselback	29	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00							OF
Guy Hecker	32	57		387	305	57	25	12	.935	6.35							P-1B-OF
John Kerins	29	87		469	344	70	55	6	.883	4.76	32						OF-C-1B-3B-2B
Long	--	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00							OF
Reddy Mack	22	112		718	307	344	67	35	.907	5.81							2B
Toad Ramsey	23	44		86	10	58	18	1	.791	1.55							P-OF
Harry Raymond	26	32		129	59	55	15	1	.884	3.56							3B-OF
Phil Reccius	26	2		4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.50							3B
Skyrocket Smith	20	58		608	568	22	18	15	.970	10.17							1B
Scott Stratton	18	71		141	66	58	17	1	.879	1.75							P-OF
Phil Tomney	25	34		178	40	117	21	7	.882	4.62							SS
Farmer Vaughn	24	53		241	164	49	28	6	.884	4.02	23						OF-C
Farmer Weaver	23	26		49	37	6	6	0	.878	1.65							OF
Joe Werrick	26	111		440	135	226	79	11	.820	3.25							3B-SS-2B-OF
Bill White	28	49		265	63	157	45	6	.830	4.49							SS-3B
Chicken Wolf	26	132		420	189	168	63	13	.850	2.70	3						OF-SS-3B-C-1B
Team Totals	24.9	139		6071	3691	1771	609	171	.900	4.22	131
Rank in 8 AA teams							1	6	8
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Wally Andrews	28	106	-1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$		3
Pete Browning	27	424	27	-2	0	0	-6	-5	7	21	1.9	27	2.5	-0.6	$		*O
Hercules Burnett	22	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Ice Box Chamberlain	20	100	-4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		1/O
Hub Collins	24	530	28	5	0	0	-3	-4	8	34	3.2	37	3.4	-0.2	$		O46
Paul Cook	25	194	-15	0	0	0	-8	3	3	-17	-1.6	-9	-0.8	-0.8	$		2/O6
Lave Cross	22	184	-10	0	0	0	1	2	3	-4	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$		2O/6
Billy Crowell	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Dude Esterbrook	31	98	-3	-1	0	0	-1	0	2	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$		3
John Ewing?	25	80	-6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$	Purchased	1
Eddie Fusselback	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Guy Hecker	32	228	-4	1	0	0	-6	2	4	-3	-0.3	3	0.3	-0.6	$2,000		31/O
John Kerins	29	347	-2	-2	0	0	-6	-1	6	-5	-0.5	1	0.1	-0.6	$		O2/354
Long?	--	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/O
Reddy Mack	22	513	-1	-3	0	0	-9	2	8	-3	-0.3	6	0.6	-0.9	$		*4
Toad Ramsey	23	153	-16	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-11	-1.0	-11	-1.0	0.0	$2,000	Traded	1/O
Harry Raymond?	26	124	-9	-1	0	0	-4	1	2	-11	-1.0	-7	-0.6	-0.4	$		5/O
Phil Reccius?	26	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/5
Skyrocket Smith	20	241	6	-3	0	0	-3	0	4	4	0.4	7	0.6	-0.2	$		3
Scott Stratton*	18	268	-1	-2	0	0	-5	0	5	-3	-0.3	2	0.2	-0.5	$		O1
Phil Tomney	25	127	-12	1	0	0	2	2	2	-5	-0.4	-7	-0.6	0.2	$		6
Farmer Vaughn	24	194	-12	-1	0	0	-4	0	3	-14	-1.3	-10	-0.9	-0.4	$	Purchased	O2
Farmer Weaver#	23	116	-3	0	0	0	-4	-1	2	-6	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$		O
Joe Werrick	26	446	-12	-2	0	0	-11	4	8	-13	-1.2	-2	-0.2	-1.0	$		56/4O
Bill White?	28	208	3	1	0	0	-3	3	3	7	0.7	10	0.9	-0.2	$		65
Chicken Wolf	26	565	12	0	0	0	-8	-3	9	10	0.9	18	1.7	-0.8	$		O6/523
Team Total	24.9	5272	-36	-10	0	0	-77	12	87	-24	-2.1	53	5.0	-7.1	$4,000
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Ice Box Chamberlain	20	196.0	24	123	131	-9	1.0	8	1.5	$
Billy Crowell	22	9.0	1	14	6	0	1.0	-8	-0.7	$
John Ewing	25	191.0	21	105	127	-8	1.0	22	2.8	$	Purchased
Guy Hecker	32	223.1	25	154	149	-10	1.0	-5	0.4	$
Toad Ramsey*	23	342.1	40	278	228	-15	1.0	-50	-3.2	$	Traded
Scott Stratton	18	269.2	28	196	180	-12	1.0	-16	-0.4	$
Team Total	23.4	1231.1	139	870	821	-54	1.0	-49	0.4	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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