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1899 Louisville Colonels

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1898

75-77, Finished 9th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Clarke (75-77)
Scored 833 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-72

Ballparks: 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 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 Salary
Burley Bayer 25 175 Dec 19, 1873 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Kitty Brashear 21 R R 5' 11" 205 Aug 27, 1877 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Fred Clarke HOF 26 L R 5' 10" 165 Oct 3, 1872 6 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 3 145 0 0 145 5.0 $2,400
Billy Clingman 29 B R 5' 11" 150 Nov 21, 1869 7 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Harry Croft 23 Aug 1, 1875 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bert Cunningham 33 R R 5' 6" 147 Nov 25, 1865 10 44 44 39 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 2.9 $
George Decker 33 L L 6' 1" 180 Jun 1, 1866 8 39 39 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Charlie Dexter 23 R R 5' 7" 155 Jun 15, 1876 4 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 71 72 0.1 $
Pete Dowling 22 L L 5' 11" 165 Jul 15, 1876 3 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Clay Fauver 26 B R 5' 10" Aug 1, 1872 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Patsy Flaherty 23 L L 5' 8" 165 Jun 29, 1876 1st 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.6 $
Topsy Hartsel 25 L L 5' 5" 155 Jun 26, 1874 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 15 22 0.0 $
Dummy Hoy 37 L R 5' 6" 160 May 23, 1862 12 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 2.3 $
Rudy Hulswitt 22 R R 5' 8" 165 Feb 23, 1877 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 $
Mike Kelley 23 R R 6' 0" 210 Dec 2, 1875 1st 76 76 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Fred Ketcham 23 L R 5' 8" 157 Jul 27, 1875 1st 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 15 -0.1 $
Malachi Kittridge 29 R R 5' 7" 170 Oct 12, 1869 10 46 46 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Bob Langsford 33 L L 5' 7" 168 Aug 5, 1865 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tacks Latimer 21 R R 6' 0" 160 Nov 30, 1877 2 9 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tommy Leach 21 R R 5' 6" 150 Nov 4, 1877 2 106 106 0 0 0 2 80 25 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Bill Magee 23 R R 5' 10" 154 Jul 6, 1875 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Tom Messitt 24 R 5' 9" 177 Jul 27, 1874 1st 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Deacon Phillippe 27 R R 6' 0" 180 May 23, 1872 1st 44 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3.2 $
Doc Powers 28 R R Sep 22, 1870 2 49 49 0 38 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Claude Ritchey 25 B R 5' 6" 167 Oct 5, 1873 3 148 148 0 0 0 138 0 11 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Farmer Steelman 24 R 5' 11" Jun 29, 1875 1st 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rube Waddell HOF 22 R L 6' 1" 196 Oct 13, 1876 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Honus Wagner HOF 25 R R 5' 11" 200 Feb 24, 1874 3 148 148 0 0 4 7 76 0 3 0 58 61 6.4 $1,950
Harry Wilhelm 25 R R 5' 7" 155 Apr 7, 1874 1st 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dave Wills 22 L L Jan 26, 1877 1st 24 24 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Walt Woods 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Apr 28, 1875 2 42 42 26 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 2 2 1.7 $
Chief Zimmer 38 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 23, 1860 15 75 75 0 62 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1898 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers