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1898 Louisville Colonels

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

70-81, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Clarke (70-81)
Scored 728 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-85

Ballparks: Eclipse Park II · Attendance: 128,980 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98


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1897 / 1899 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 Malachi Kittridge 28 86 312 287 27 70 8 5 1 31 9 15 10 .244 .281 .317 .599 72 91 0 10
2 1B Honus Wagner 24 151 635 588 80 176 29 3 10 105 27 31 20 .299 .341 .410 .751 115 241 6 10
3 2B Heinie Smith 26 35 135 121 14 23 4 0 0 13 6 6 12 .190 .246 .223 .469 35 27 3 5
4 SS Claude Ritchey# 24 151 637 551 65 140 10 4 5 51 19 46 29 .254 .322 .314 .636 83 173 9 31
5 3B Billy Clingman# 28 154 609 538 65 138 12 6 0 50 15 51 60 .257 .327 .301 .628 81 162 5 15
6 OF Charlie Dexter 22 112 467 421 76 132 13 5 1 66 44 26 35 .314 .363 .375 .739 112 158 7 13
7 OF Dummy Hoy* 36 148 659 582 104 177 15 16 6 66 37 49 33 .304 .367 .416 .783 125 242 9 19
8 OF Fred Clarke* 25 149 667 599 116 184 23 12 3 47 40 48 21 .307 .373 .401 .774 122 240 15 5
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 General Stafford 30 49 207 181 26 54 3 0 1 25 7 19 16 .298 .368 .331 .700 101 60 1 6
10 1B George Decker* 32 42 161 148 27 44 4 3 0 19 9 9 11 .297 .342 .365 .707 103 54 1 3
11 1B Harry Davis 24 37 148 138 18 30 5 2 1 16 6 7 15 .217 .255 .304 .560 61 42 0 3
12 C Bill Wilson? 30 29 110 102 5 17 1 2 1 13 3 5 13 .167 .213 .245 .458 32 25 1 2
13 C Doc Powers 27 34 107 99 13 27 4 3 1 19 1 5 13 .273 .308 .404 .712 104 40 0 3
14 OF Kid Nance 21 22 91 76 13 24 5 0 1 16 2 12 7 .316 .416 .421 .837 141 32 1 2
15 OF Topsy Hartsel* 24 22 85 71 11 23 0 0 0 9 2 11 9 .324 .422 .324 .746 115 23 1 2
16 C Cooney Snyder 25 17 68 61 4 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 8 .164 .215 .164 .379 9 10 1 3
17 1B Scoops Carey 27 8 33 32 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 .188 .212 .281 .493 41 9 0 0
18 IF Billy Taylor? 27 9 27 24 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 .250 .308 .292 .599 72 7 1 1
19 OF Josh Clarke* 19 6 20 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .211 .167 .377 9 3 0 1
20 2B Tom Stouch 28 4 17 16 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 .313 .353 .375 .728 109 6 0 0
21 3B John Richter? 25 3 14 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .154 .308 -12 2 0 1
22 IF Tommy Leach 20 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -42 1 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 Bert Cunningham 32 44 150 140 21 32 3 1 1 16 1 10 20 .229 .280 .286 .566 63 40 0 0
24 P Pete Dowling* 21 36 117 107 9 21 4 4 0 9 1 6 19 .196 .252 .308 .561 61 33 2 2
25 P Bill Magee 22 38 115 111 10 14 1 0 0 5 2 2 36 .126 .149 .135 .284 -18 15 1 1
26 P Chick Fraser 24 26 87 78 8 13 0 2 0 3 2 6 14 .167 .226 .218 .444 28 17 0 3
27 P Red Ehret 29 13 42 40 3 9 3 1 0 4 0 1 9 .225 .262 .350 .612 75 14 1 0
28 P Nick Altrock# 21 11 32 29 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 .241 .313 .241 .554 60 7 1 0
29 P Lou Mahaffey 24 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0
30 P Frank Todd? 28 4 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 128 3 0 0
31 P Dad Clarke# 33 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.7 154 5775 5193 728 1389 150 71 32 601 235 375 424 .267 .325 .342 .667 92 1777 66 141
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 8 8 10 8 5 2 1 9 1 7 9 8 8 8 8 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 Bert Cunningham 32 28 15 .651 3.16 44 42 2 41 0 0 362.0 387 174 127 8 65 34 20 0 3 1510 114 1.249 9.6 0.2 1.6 0.8 0.52
2 SP Bill Magee 22 16 15 .516 4.05 38 33 5 29 3 0 295.1 294 163 133 8 129 55 19 1 3 1289 89 1.432 9.0 0.2 3.9 1.7 0.43
3 SP Pete Dowling* 21 13 20 .394 4.16 36 32 3 30 0 0 285.2 284 176 132 7 120 84 22 2 5 1245 87 1.414 8.9 0.2 3.8 2.6 0.70
4 SP Chick Fraser 24 7 17 .292 5.32 26 26 0 20 1 0 203.0 230 157 120 4 100 58 23 0 6 935 68 1.626 10.2 0.2 4.4 2.6 0.58
5 SP Red Ehret 29 3 7 .300 5.76 12 10 1 9 0 0 89.0 130 72 57 3 20 20 3 0 1 408 63 1.685 13.1 0.3 2.0 2.0 1.00
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 Nick Altrock* 21 3 3 .500 4.50 11 7 4 6 0 0 70.0 89 54 35 2 21 13 3 0 5 314 81 1.571 11.4 0.3 2.7 1.7 0.62
7 Frank Todd* 28 0 2 .000 13.91 4 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 23 21 17 0 8 5 2 0 0 65 27 2.818 18.8 0.0 6.5 4.1 0.63
8 Dad Clarke 33 0 1 .000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 7 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 40 75 1.333 10.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.50
9 Lou Mahaffey 24 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 9 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 41 126 1.667 10.0 0.0 5.0 1.0 0.20
Team Totals 25.4 70 81 .464 4.24 154 154 17 137 4 0 1334.0 1457 833 629 33 470 271 94 3 24 5847 85 1.445 9.8 0.2 3.2 1.8 0.58
Rank in 12 NL teams 9 4 10 4 9 7 5 9 10 10 10 9 12
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
Nick Altrock 21 11 29 3 26 0 2 1.000 2.64 P
Scoops Carey 27 8 103 94 5 4 5 .961 12.38 1B
Dad Clarke 33 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Fred Clarke 25 149 386 344 19 23 3 .940 2.44 OF
Josh Clarke 19 5 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.20 OF
Billy Clingman 28 155 820 292 458 70 46 .915 4.84 3B-SS-2B-OF
Bert Cunningham 32 44 123 29 81 13 5 .894 2.50 P
Harry Davis 24 37 380 341 25 14 23 .963 9.89 1B-2B-OF
George Decker 32 38 299 283 13 3 18 .990 7.79 1B-OF
Charlie Dexter 22 110 260 207 41 12 5 .954 2.25 2 12 8 40% 44% OF-2B-C
Pete Dowling 21 36 91 11 68 12 2 .868 2.19 P
Red Ehret 29 12 25 3 17 5 0 .800 1.67 P
Chick Fraser 24 26 83 15 65 3 1 .964 3.08 P
Topsy Hartsel 24 21 29 25 2 2 1 .931 1.29 OF
Dummy Hoy 36 148 388 348 19 21 6 .946 2.48 OF
Malachi Kittridge 28 86 358 258 80 20 10 .944 3.93 12 109 73 40% 44% C
Tommy Leach 20 4 12 2 7 3 0 .750 2.25 3B-2B
Bill Magee 22 38 82 11 65 6 3 .927 2.00 P
Lou Mahaffey 24 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Kid Nance 21 22 37 28 7 2 2 .946 1.59 OF
Doc Powers 27 29 137 112 21 4 3 .971 4.59 3 25 15 38% 44% C-1B-OF
John Richter 25 3 14 5 8 1 1 .929 4.33 3B
Claude Ritchey 24 151 900 402 440 58 62 .936 5.58 SS-2B
Heinie Smith 26 33 177 74 87 16 8 .910 4.88 2B
Cooney Snyder 25 17 62 43 15 4 1 .935 3.41 5 21 14 40% 44% C
General Stafford 30 51 195 92 86 17 9 .913 3.49 2B-OF-3B
Tom Stouch 28 4 20 8 9 3 1 .850 4.25 2B
Billy Taylor 27 8 29 10 14 5 0 .828 3.00 3B-2B
Frank Todd 28 4 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Honus Wagner 24 150 1082 847 192 43 57 .960 6.93 1B-3B-2B
Bill Wilson 30 29 147 97 34 16 2 .891 4.52 8 38 30 44% 44% C-1B
Team Totals 26.7 154 6284 3995 1907 382 276 .939 4.12 30 205 140 41% 44%
Rank in 12 NL teams 5 5 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
Nick Altrock# 21 11 32 -2 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ Purchased 1
Scoops Carey 27 8 33 -3 0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.2 1 -2 -0.1 .468 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -2 $ /3
Dad Clarke# 33 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .440 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Traded /1
Fred Clarke* 25 149 667 19 0 0 6 -9 16 1.5 20 37 3.6 .511 .510 3.1 -0.3 31 $ Free Agency *O
Josh Clarke* 19 6 20 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .459 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /O
Billy Clingman# 28 154 609 -14 -1 0 3 8 -4 -0.5 19 15 1.5 .497 .498 1.2 1.0 12 $ Traded 56/4O
Bert Cunningham 32 44 150 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 5 7 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 7 $ 1
Harry Davis 24 37 148 -8 0 0 0 -0 -8 -0.8 5 -4 -0.3 .479 .495 -0.3 -0.0 -4 $ Purchased 3/4O
George Decker* 32 42 161 0 0 0 0 -1 -0 -0.1 5 5 0.4 .499 .500 0.5 -0.1 5 $ Free Agency 3/O
Charlie Dexter 22 112 467 6 4 0 -1 -5 4 0.3 14 19 1.8 .504 .502 2.0 -0.6 20 $ O/42
Pete Dowling* 21 36 117 -7 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 4 4 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1
Red Ehret 29 13 42 -2 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ Traded 1
Chick Fraser 24 26 87 -8 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 0 $ 1
Topsy Hartsel* 24 22 85 2 -0 0 -2 -1 -1 -0.1 3 1 0.1 .494 .499 0.3 -0.3 3 $ Purchased O
Dummy Hoy* 36 148 659 19 0 0 -1 -7 11 1.0 20 31 3.0 .507 .506 3.2 -0.8 32 $ Traded *O
Malachi Kittridge 28 86 312 -11 -0 0 1 5 -5 -0.5 10 5 0.5 .494 .497 0.4 0.6 4 $ Purchased 2
Tommy Leach 20 3 10 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .444 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ Purchased /54
Bill Magee 22 38 115 -19 0 0 0 7 -12 -1.1 4 -8 -1.1 .470 .493 -1.1 0.0 -8 $ 1
Lou Mahaffey 24 1 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .461 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
Kid Nance 21 22 91 5 -0 0 0 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .513 .502 0.6 -0.1 6 $ O
Doc Powers 27 34 107 -1 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .508 .502 0.4 0.3 4 $ 2/3O
John Richter? 25 3 14 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .440 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
Claude Ritchey# 24 151 637 -11 -1 0 -10 6 -16 -1.6 20 4 0.5 .490 .491 1.5 -0.4 14 $ Traded 64
Heinie Smith 26 35 135 -11 0 0 -3 0 -13 -1.3 4 -9 -0.8 .465 .492 -0.5 -0.2 -6 $ 4
Cooney Snyder 25 17 68 -8 0 0 -1 1 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .459 .496 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ Purchased 2
General Stafford 30 49 207 1 -1 0 -2 -1 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .495 .499 0.6 -0.3 6 $ Traded 4O/5
Tom Stouch 28 4 17 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .486 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ Purchased /4
Billy Taylor? 27 9 27 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.1 1 -1 0.0 .484 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 $ Purchased /54
Frank Todd? 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .510 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ Purchased /1
Honus Wagner 24 151 635 11 -0 0 1 2 13 1.2 20 33 3.2 .508 .508 3.1 0.2 32 $1,650 Purchased 354
Bill Wilson? 30 29 110 -10 0 0 -3 2 -11 -1.1 3 -8 -0.7 .463 .493 -0.4 -0.1 -5 $ 2/3
Team Total 26.7 1445 5775 -66 4 0 -12 35 -39 -4.5 178 139 12.3 .497 .499 13.8 -1.3 151 $1,650
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
Nick Altrock* 21 70.0 11 7 54 6.94 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.06 -13 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -7 .396 .493 $ Purchased
Dad Clarke 33 9.0 1 1 7 7.00 4.98 -0.09 0.00 100.0 5.06 -2 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .354 .499 $ Traded
Bert Cunningham 32 362.0 44 42 174 4.33 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.06 37 3.7 1.0 -0.3 6.5 70 .585 .523 $
Pete Dowling* 21 285.2 36 32 176 5.54 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.05 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.3 1.3 17 .475 .494 $
Red Ehret 29 89.0 12 10 72 7.28 4.98 -0.09 0.00 100.0 5.06 -20 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -12 .360 .490 $ Traded
Chick Fraser 24 203.0 26 26 157 6.96 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.06 -39 -3.3 -0.2 -1.7 -20 .374 .480 $
Bill Magee 22 295.1 38 33 163 4.97 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.06 9 0.9 1.0 -0.3 3.2 36 .523 .505 $
Lou Mahaffey 24 9.0 1 1 9 9.00 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.06 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .237 .498 $
Frank Todd* 28 11.0 4 2 21 17.18 4.98 -0.10 0.00 100.0 5.08 -15 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -14 .242 .494 $ Purchased
Team Total 25.4 1334.0 173 154 833 5.62 4.98 -0.08 0.00 100.0 5.06 -55 -3.8 1.0 -1.2 6.5 68 .478 .497 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1897 / 1899 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics