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1899 Louisville Colonels Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1898)
75-77, Finished 9th in National League
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Scored 827 runs, Allowed 775 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-71
Manager: Fred Clarke (75-77)
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Attendance: 109,319 (8th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1898 Batting Statistics

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 Chief Zimmer 38 75 302 262 43 78 11 3 2 29 9 22 .298 .370 .385 .755 107 101 8 10
2 1B Mike Kelley 23 76 314 282 48 68 11 2 3 33 10 21 .241 .307 .326 .634 74 92 6 5
3 2B Claude Ritchey# 25 147 616 536 65 161 15 7 4 71 21 49 .300 .370 .377 .747 105 202 10 21
4 SS Billy Clingman# 29 109 424 366 67 96 15 4 2 44 13 46 .262 .349 .342 .691 90 125 3 9
5 3B Tommy Leach 21 106 454 406 75 117 10 6 5 57 19 37 .288 .349 .379 .728 100 154 1 10
6 OF Charlie Dexter 23 80 341 295 47 76 7 1 1 33 21 21 .258 .318 .298 .616 69 88 5 20
7 OF Dummy Hoy* 37 154 719 633 116 194 17 13 5 49 32 61 .306 .376 .398 .775 112 252 10 15
8 OF Fred Clarke* 26 148 677 602 122 206 23 9 5 70 49 49 .342 .406 .435 .842 131 262 16 10
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 Honus Wagner 25 147 626 571 98 192 43 13 7 113 37 40 .336 .391 .494 .885 142 282 11 4
10 C Doc Powers 28 49 182 169 15 35 8 2 0 22 1 6 .207 .239 .278 .517 41 47 1 6
11 C Malachi Kittridge 29 45 169 129 11 26 2 1 0 12 3 26 .202 .340 .233 .572 58 30 1 13
12 1B George Decker* 30 38 161 135 13 36 8 0 1 18 3 12 .267 .336 .348 .684 87 47 2 12
13 1B Dave Wills* 22 24 96 94 15 21 3 1 0 12 1 2 .223 .240 .277 .516 41 26 0 0
14 OF Topsy Hartsel* 25 30 89 75 8 18 1 1 1 7 1 11 .240 .345 .320 .665 83 24 1 2
15 OF Fred Ketchum* 23 15 63 61 13 18 1 0 0 5 2 0 .295 .306 .311 .618 69 19 1 1
16 UT Tacks Latimer 21 9 32 29 3 8 1 0 0 4 1 2 .276 .323 .310 .633 74 9 0 1
17 C Farmer Steelman? 24 4 18 15 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 .067 .176 .200 .376 3 3 0 1
18 C Tom Messitt? 24 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0
19 SS Bob Langsford 33 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 SS Burley Byers? 25 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
21 Harry Croft? 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 SS Rudy Hulswitt 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
23 P Bert Cunningham 33 44 163 154 17 40 2 0 2 17 1 5 .260 .283 .312 .595 63 48 0 4
24 P Walt Woods 24 42 142 126 15 19 1 1 1 14 5 10 .151 .213 .198 .412 13 25 0 6
25 P Deacon Phillippe 27 44 142 128 17 26 5 0 0 10 3 8 .203 .255 .242 .498 37 31 1 5
26 P Pete Dowling? 34 121 116 10 27 4 0 0 9 1 2 .233 .252 .267 .519 42 31 1 2
27 P Rube Waddell 22 10 34 34 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 .235 .235 .294 .529 45 10 0 0
28 P Bill Magee 24 12 29 27 1 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .333 -10 6 0 2
29 P Patsy Flaherty* 23 7 27 24 3 5 1 1 0 6 0 3 .208 .296 .333 .630 72 8 0 0
30 P Harry Wilhelm 25 5 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .308 .667 .974 164 8 0 0
31 P Clay Fauver# 26 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Kitty Brashear 21 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 174 1 0 0
Team Totals 27.5 155 5981 5307 827 1484 192 68 40 647 233 436 .280 .343 .364 .707 94 1932 78 160
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 6 6 5 10 3 5 5 2 8 8 7 7 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Kitty Brashear 21 2 1 1 25.8 100 .500 .500 .290 .500 .352 .500 .378 1.000 .730 174 .964 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
?Burley Byers 25 3 3 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .290 .000 .352 .000 .377 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /6
*Fred Clarke 26 677 406 103 6.6 100 .337 .342 .290 .406 .352 .435 .377 .842 .730 131 .684 27.0 2.7 .949 .256 .093 9.1 *O/6
#Billy Clingman 29 424 279 43 4.0 100 .258 .262 .290 .349 .353 .342 .377 .691 .730 90 .465 -3.7 -0.4 .693 .240 .079 3.5 *6
?Harry Croft 23 2 2 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .290 .000 .352 .000 .378 .000 .730 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Bert Cunningham 33 163 118 14 3.1 100 .250 .260 .290 .283 .353 .312 .377 .595 .730 63 .349 -8.5 -0.9 .474 .091 .052 1.3 1/O6
*George Decker 30 161 111 15 3.5 100 .261 .267 .290 .336 .352 .348 .377 .684 .730 87 .406 -1.9 -0.2 .646 .193 .081 1.5 3
Charlie Dexter 23 341 239 27 2.9 100 .255 .258 .290 .318 .352 .298 .377 .616 .730 69 .329 -12.2 -1.2 .616 .183 .041 1.9 O/6
?Pete Dowling -- 121 91 8 2.3 100 .233 .233 .290 .252 .353 .267 .377 .519 .730 42 .237 -9.4 -1.0 .393 .060 .034 .0 1
#Clay Fauver 26 4 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .290 .000 .352 .000 .378 .000 .730 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Patsy Flaherty 23 27 19 2 2.7 100 .208 .208 .290 .296 .353 .333 .377 .630 .730 72 .302 -1.0 -0.1 .579 .250 .125 /1O
*Topsy Hartsel 25 89 59 8 3.5 100 .230 .240 .290 .345 .352 .320 .377 .665 .730 83 .407 -1.5 -0.2 .649 .240 .080 1.0 O
*Dummy Hoy 37 719 454 93 5.3 100 .301 .306 .290 .376 .352 .398 .377 .775 .730 112 .594 11.3 1.1 .809 .239 .092 8.6 *O
Rudy Hulswitt 22 1 1 0.0 0.0 /6
Mike Kelley 23 314 219 27 3.2 100 .233 .241 .290 .307 .352 .326 .377 .634 .730 74 .365 -10.3 -1.0 .603 .195 .085 4.6 3
*Fred Ketchum 23 63 44 6 3.5 100 .295 .295 .290 .306 .352 .311 .377 .618 .730 69 .409 -2.7 -0.3 .512 .049 .016 .0 O
Malachi Kittridge 29 169 116 10 2.2 100 .202 .202 .290 .340 .352 .233 .377 .572 .730 58 .230 -6.1 -0.6 .583 .256 .031 .0 2
Bob Langsford 33 4 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .290 .000 .352 .000 .378 .000 .730 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /6
Tacks Latimer 21 32 22 3 3.5 100 .276 .276 .290 .323 .353 .310 .377 .633 .730 74 .409 -1.0 -0.1 .571 .138 .034 .0 /23
Tommy Leach 21 454 299 54 4.7 100 .279 .288 .290 .349 .352 .379 .377 .728 .730 100 .537 -0.7 -0.1 .730 .229 .091 7.9 56/4
Bill Magee 24 29 26 1 1.0 100 .111 .111 .290 .111 .353 .222 .377 .333 .730 -10 .064 -4.3 -0.4 .250 .111 .111 1
?Tom Messitt 24 11 10 0 0.0 100 .091 .091 .290 .091 .353 .091 .377 .182 .730 -50 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .100 .000 .000 /2
Deacon Phillippe 27 142 107 8 1.9 100 .203 .203 .290 .255 .352 .242 .377 .498 .730 37 .188 -11.2 -1.1 .422 .125 .039 .0 1/O
Doc Powers 28 182 140 11 2.0 100 .207 .207 .290 .239 .352 .278 .377 .517 .730 41 .202 -14.2 -1.4 .410 .112 .071 .0 2/3
#Claude Ritchey 25 616 396 73 4.8 100 .295 .300 .290 .370 .352 .377 .377 .747 .730 105 .546 4.6 0.5 .752 .207 .076 6.7 *46
?Farmer Steelman 24 18 15 1 1.7 100 .067 .067 .290 .176 .352 .200 .377 .376 .730 3 .158 -2.2 -0.2 .357 .267 .133 /2
Rube Waddell 22 34 26 2 2.0 100 .235 .235 .290 .235 .352 .294 .377 .529 .730 45 .195 -2.7 -0.3 .385 .059 .059 1
Honus Wagner 25 626 383 107 7.2 100 .328 .336 .290 .391 .352 .494 .377 .885 .730 142 .720 32.1 3.2 .976 .292 .158 11.8 5O/43
Harry Wilhelm 25 13 9 2 5.7 100 .182 .250 .290 .308 .352 .667 .377 .974 .730 164 .628 0.7 0.1 1.000 .500 .417 .0 /1
*Dave Wills 22 96 73 6 2.1 100 .223 .223 .290 .240 .352 .277 .377 .516 .730 41 .215 -8.0 -0.8 .397 .085 .053 .0 3
Walt Woods 24 142 113 5 1.1 100 .144 .151 .290 .213 .352 .198 .377 .412 .730 13 .081 -15.5 -1.6 .374 .167 .048 1.7 14/6O
Chief Zimmer 38 302 194 36 4.8 100 .292 .298 .290 .370 .352 .385 .377 .755 .730 107 .549 3.3 0.3 .761 .206 .088 3.3 23
League Average 4.3 99 .276 .280 .290 .341 .352 .363 .377 .705 .729 93 .504 .692 .203 .083
Team Total 5981 3983 666 4.3 100 .274 .280 .290 .343 .352 .364 .377 .707 .730 94 .501 -43.9 -4.6 .701 .210 .084 68.3
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Kitty Brashear 21 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
?Burley Byers 25 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Fred Clarke 26 156 675 613 109 196 22 9 5 62 47 47 0 .320 .382 .409 .792 92 148 148
#Billy Clingman 29 115 422 375 59 91 14 4 2 39 12 44 0 .243 .327 .317 .644 38 109 109
?Harry Croft 23 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 4 4
Bert Cunningham 33 46 162 157 14 37 2 0 2 14 1 5 0 .236 .259 .287 .546 12 44 44
*George Decker 30 44 164 150 12 36 8 0 1 16 3 12 0 .240 .305 .313 .618 14 42 42
Charlie Dexter 23 84 328 303 42 73 7 1 1 30 20 20 0 .241 .299 .281 .579 24 80 80
?Pete Dowling -- 36 122 119 8 25 4 0 0 7 1 2 0 .210 .230 .244 .473 6 34 34
#Clay Fauver 26 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Patsy Flaherty 23 7 28 25 3 5 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 .200 .286 .320 .606 2 7 7
*Topsy Hartsel 25 32 88 77 7 17 1 1 1 6 1 10 0 .221 .318 .299 .617 7 30 30
*Dummy Hoy 37 162 713 646 103 184 16 12 5 43 30 58 0 .285 .352 .370 .722 82 154 154
Rudy Hulswitt 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mike Kelley 23 80 316 290 43 65 11 2 3 30 10 20 0 .224 .288 .307 .595 24 76 76
*Fred Ketchum 23 16 65 64 12 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 .000 .015 .000 .015 5 15 15
Malachi Kittridge 29 94 309 272 23 45 5 1 0 21 5 35 0 .165 .265 .191 .457 14 89 89
Bob Langsford 33 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Tacks Latimer 21 9 31 29 2 7 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 .241 .290 .276 .566 2 9 9
Tommy Leach 21 112 451 415 66 111 9 6 5 50 18 35 0 .267 .326 .354 .680 47 106 106
Bill Magee 24 31 78 76 2 13 2 1 0 7 0 2 0 .171 .192 .224 .416 3 29 29
?Tom Messitt 24 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Deacon Phillippe 27 46 142 133 16 26 5 0 0 10 3 8 0 .195 .246 .233 .480 7 44 44
Doc Powers 28 66 221 213 16 43 10 2 0 22 1 7 0 .202 .231 .268 .498 13 63 63
#Claude Ritchey 25 155 604 547 58 153 14 7 4 63 20 47 0 .280 .348 .353 .701 64 147 147
?Farmer Steelman 24 4 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 4 4
Rube Waddell 22 11 36 36 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 10 10
Honus Wagner 25 155 629 581 87 182 41 12 7 100 35 38 0 .313 .366 .461 .827 95 147 147
Harry Wilhelm 25 5 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 .250 .308 .667 .974 2 5 5
*Dave Wills 22 25 99 97 13 20 3 1 0 10 1 2 0 .206 .222 .258 .480 5 24 24
Walt Woods 24 44 139 130 12 17 1 1 1 11 4 9 0 .131 .187 .177 .364 4 42 42
Chief Zimmer 38 100 380 343 47 99 12 4 4 39 10 26 0 .289 .358 .382 .740 44 95 95
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Kitty Brashear 21 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 174 1 0 0
?Burley Byers 25 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Fred Clarke 26 6 3451 763 3451 3096 604 1034 123 64 34 393 245 244 85 .334 .398 .448 .846 128 1387 83 28
#Billy Clingman 29 7 2433 611 2433 2136 319 530 69 23 6 228 80 233 94 .248 .327 .310 .638 74 663 18 46
?Harry Croft 23 1 10 4 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -13 1 0 0
Bert Cunningham 33 10 1221 349 1221 1144 140 250 31 14 9 123 13 62 113 .219 .262 .294 .555 57 336 5 10
*George Decker 30 8 2961 701 2961 2727 420 753 98 49 25 415 112 173 124 .276 .324 .376 .700 84 1024 21 40
Charlie Dexter 23 4 1518 375 1518 1375 231 392 50 18 7 182 98 85 34 .285 .336 .363 .699 92 499 21 37
?Pete Dowling -- 3 248 74 248 233 20 50 9 4 0 18 2 8 .215 .250 .288 .538 50 67 3 4
#Clay Fauver 26 1 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Patsy Flaherty 23 1 27 7 27 24 3 5 1 1 0 6 0 3 .208 .296 .333 .630 72 8 0 0
*Topsy Hartsel 25 2 174 52 174 146 19 41 1 1 1 16 3 22 .281 .382 .322 .704 98 47 2 4
*Dummy Hoy 37 12 7392 1592 7392 6306 1266 1808 205 108 36 646 556 877 210 .287 .384 .371 .754 108 2337 116 93
Rudy Hulswitt 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Kelley 23 1 314 76 314 282 48 68 11 2 3 33 10 21 .241 .307 .326 .634 74 92 6 5
*Fred Ketchum 23 1 63 15 63 61 13 18 1 0 0 5 2 0 .295 .306 .311 .618 69 19 1 1
Malachi Kittridge 29 10 2782 744 2782 2519 283 547 66 30 13 257 53 213 166 .217 .280 .283 .562 53 712 5 45
Bob Langsford 33 1 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Tacks Latimer 21 2 49 14 49 46 4 13 2 0 0 5 1 2 .283 .313 .326 .639 79 15 0 1
Tommy Leach 21 2 464 109 464 416 75 118 10 6 5 57 19 37 .284 .344 .373 .716 96 155 1 10
Bill Magee 24 3 261 89 261 246 16 40 4 1 0 23 2 8 .163 .192 .187 .379 6 46 1 6
?Tom Messitt 24 1 11 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0
Deacon Phillippe 27 1 142 44 142 128 17 26 5 0 0 10 3 8 .203 .255 .242 .498 37 31 1 5
Doc Powers 28 2 330 97 330 306 31 72 14 5 1 44 2 12 .235 .266 .324 .590 64 99 1 11
#Claude Ritchey 25 3 1650 399 1650 1424 188 396 37 15 9 163 51 137 .278 .351 .344 .696 91 490 24 65
?Farmer Steelman 24 1 18 4 18 15 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 .067 .176 .200 .376 3 3 0 1
Rube Waddell 22 2 40 12 40 40 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .250 .450 22 10 0 0
Honus Wagner 25 3 1519 359 1519 1396 215 448 89 20 19 257 83 86 .321 .368 .454 .822 128 634 18 19
Harry Wilhelm 25 1 13 5 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .308 .667 .974 164 8 0 0
*Dave Wills 22 1 96 24 96 94 15 21 3 1 0 12 1 2 .223 .240 .277 .516 41 26 0 0
Walt Woods 24 2 304 90 304 280 31 46 2 1 1 22 8 14 .164 .207 .189 .396 11 53 1 9
Chief Zimmer 38 15 4205 1050 4205 3779 551 1028 201 60 25 533 134 333 323 .272 .342 .377 .719 97 1424 69 24
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1898 Batting Statistics