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1896 Louisville Colonels

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1895 / 1897

38-93, Finished 12th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McCloskey (2-17) and Bill McGunnigle (36-76)
Scored 653 runs, Allowed 997 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-90

Ballparks: Eclipse Park II · Attendance: 133,000 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102


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1895 / 1897 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
Eddie Boyle 22 R R 6' 3" 200 May 8, 1874 1st 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pete Cassidy 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 8, 1873 1st 49 49 0 0 38 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Fred Clarke HOF 23 L R 5' 10" 165 Oct 3, 1872 3 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 131 3.0
Fritz Clausen 27 R L 5' 11" 190 Apr 26, 1869 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Billy Clingman 26 B R 5' 11" 150 Nov 21, 1869 4 121 121 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Jack Crooks 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 9, 1865 7 39 39 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bert Cunningham 30 R R 5' 6" 147 Nov 25, 1865 7 29 29 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Charlie Dexter 20 R R 5' 7" 155 Jun 15, 1876 1st 107 107 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 46 1 47 0.1
Joe Dolan 23 R 5' 10" 155 Feb 24, 1873 1st 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Charlie Emig 21 R L 6' 2" Apr 5, 1875 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Frank Eustace 22 5' 9" 160 Nov 7, 1873 1st 25 25 0 0 0 3 0 22 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Chick Fraser 22 R R 5' 10" 188 Aug 26, 1873 1st 45 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -1.4
Frank Freund 20 R 5' 10" 180 Jul 5, 1875 1st 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bill Hassamaer 31 6' 0" 180 Jul 26, 1864 3 30 30 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Art Herman 25 May 11, 1871 1st 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Bill Hill 21 L L 6' 1" 201 Aug 2, 1874 1st 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Ducky Holmes 27 L R 5' 6" 170 Jan 28, 1869 2 47 47 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 7 33 -1.8
Abbie Johnson 25 5' 9" 165 Jan 19, 1871 1st 25 25 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Tom Kinslow 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Jan 12, 1866 9 8 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Kostal 20 R R 5' 6" 130 Jun 1, 1876 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Tom McCreery 21 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 19, 1874 2 115 115 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 109 111 3.0
Mike McDermott 33 R 5' 8" 145 Sep 7, 1862 2 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Herm McFarland 26 L R 5' 6" 150 Mar 11, 1870 1st 30 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 18 9 28 -1.1
Doggie Miller 31 R R 5' 6" 145 Aug 15, 1864 13 98 98 0 48 3 25 8 2 1 2 5 8 1.1
Tom Morrison 26 5' 3" 145 Aug 15, 1869 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 2 -0.1
John O'Brien 29 L R 5' 9" 175 Jul 13, 1866 4 49 49 0 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Ollie Pickering 26 L R 5' 11" 170 Apr 9, 1870 1st 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44 0 45 0.5
Jim Rogers 24 5' 7" 180 Apr 9, 1872 1st 72 72 0 0 60 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Frank Shannon 22 5' 3" 155 Dec 3, 1873 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 3 28 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Tom Smith 24 R L 5' 7" 165 Dec 5, 1871 3 15 15 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Sammy Strang 19 B R 5' 8" 160 Dec 16, 1876 1st 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 -0.1
George Treadway 29 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 11, 1866 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.2
Jack Warner 23 L R 5' 11" 165 Aug 15, 1872 2 33 33 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Gus Weyhing 29 R R 5' 10" 145 Sep 29, 1866 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Joe Wright 27 L L 5' 8" 175 1869 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1895 / 1897 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers