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


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1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 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 46 183 180 20 41 3 0 0 15 10 2 .228 .240 .244 .485 58 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
23 OF Joe Cross? 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 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
24 P Toad Ramsey 23 42 153 142 12 17 6 0 0 9 0 9 .120 .183 .162 .345 13 23 2
25 P Ice Box Chamberlain 20 26 100 94 11 18 4 2 0 3 8 6 .191 .240 .277 .517 68 26 0
26 P John Ewing? 25 21 80 79 6 16 1 1 0 5 7 1 .203 .213 .241 .453 47 19 0
27 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 0 322 0 .241 .297 .315 .612 99 1536 0 69 0 0 0
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 88 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 83 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 89 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 20 833 119 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 4 787 106 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 53 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 93 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% lgCS% 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
Joe Cross 30 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 OF
Lave Cross 22 50 308 219 67 22 4 .929 5.72 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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

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 Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 196.0 24 24 123 5.65 5.23 -0.53 0.00 98.0 5.64 1 0.1 -0.3 0.8 11 .506 .501
Billy Crowell 22 9.0 1 1 14 14.00 5.23 -0.60 0.00 98.0 5.71 -8 -0.4 -0.0 -0.4 -8 .103 .498
John Ewing 25 191.0 21 21 105 4.95 5.23 -0.55 0.00 98.0 5.66 17 1.6 -0.2 2.3 26 .578 .510 Purchased
Guy Hecker 32 223.1 26 25 154 6.21 5.23 -0.61 0.00 98.0 5.72 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.3 -0.2 1 .464 .494 $2,000
Toad Ramsey* 23 342.1 40 40 278 7.31 5.23 -0.54 0.00 98.0 5.65 -60 -5.0 -0.4 -3.8 -43 .375 .469 $2,000 Traded
Scott Stratton 18 269.2 33 28 196 6.54 5.23 -0.59 0.00 98.0 5.70 -23 -2.0 1.0 -0.3 -1.1 -9 .438 .487
Team Total 23.4 1231.1 145 139 870 6.36 5.23 -0.56 0.00 98.0 5.67 -84 -6.6 1.0 -1.6 -2.4 -22 .454 .493 $4,000
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics