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1899 Louisville Colonels

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Chief Zimmer 38 75 302 262 43 78 11 3 2 29 9 22 17 .298 .370 .385 .755 107 101 8 10
2 1B Mike Kelley 23 76 314 282 48 68 11 2 3 33 10 21 22 .241 .307 .326 .634 74 92 6 5
3 2B Claude Ritchey# 25 148 620 540 66 162 16 7 4 73 21 49 19 .300 .369 .378 .747 105 204 10 21
4 SS Billy Clingman# 29 110 427 369 68 97 15 5 2 45 13 46 34 .263 .349 .347 .696 91 128 3 9
5 3B Tommy Leach 21 106 454 406 75 117 10 6 5 57 19 37 28 .288 .349 .379 .728 99 154 1 10
6 OF Charlie Dexter 23 81 345 298 47 76 7 1 1 34 21 21 20 .255 .315 .295 .610 68 88 5 21
7 OF Dummy Hoy* 37 155 723 636 117 194 17 13 5 49 33 62 31 .305 .376 .396 .772 112 252 10 15
8 OF Fred Clarke* 26 149 681 606 122 206 23 9 5 70 49 49 17 .340 .404 .432 .836 129 262 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 25 148 630 575 100 196 45 13 7 114 37 40 38 .341 .395 .501 .895 145 288 11 4
10 C Doc Powers 28 49 182 169 15 35 8 2 0 22 1 6 8 .207 .239 .278 .517 41 47 1 6
11 C Malachi Kittridge 29 46 172 131 11 26 2 1 0 13 3 26 6 .198 .335 .229 .564 56 30 1 14
12 1B George Decker* 33 39 165 138 14 37 8 1 1 18 3 12 5 .268 .336 .362 .698 91 50 2 13
13 1B Dave Wills* 22 24 96 94 15 21 3 1 0 12 1 2 10 .223 .240 .277 .516 41 26 0 0
14 OF Topsy Hartsel* 25 30 89 75 8 18 1 1 1 7 1 11 17 .240 .345 .320 .665 83 24 1 2
15 OF Fred Ketcham* 23 15 63 61 13 18 1 0 0 5 2 0 5 .295 .306 .311 .618 69 19 1 1
16 UT Tacks Latimer 21 9 32 29 3 8 1 0 0 4 1 2 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 5 .067 .176 .200 .376 3 3 0 1
18 C Tom Messitt? 24 3 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 0 0
19 SS Bob Langsford* 33 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 SS Burley Bayer? 25 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
21 Harry Croft? 23 2 2 2 0 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 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 13 .260 .283 .312 .595 63 48 0 4
24 P Walt Woods 24 42 142 126 15 19 1 1 1 14 5 10 7 .151 .213 .198 .412 13 25 0 6
25 P Deacon Phillippe 27 44 142 128 17 26 5 0 0 10 3 8 14 .203 .255 .242 .498 37 31 1 5
26 P Pete Dowling* 22 35 124 119 10 27 4 0 0 9 1 2 32 .227 .246 .261 .506 39 31 1 2
27 P Rube Waddell 22 10 34 34 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 .235 .235 .294 .529 45 10 0 0
28 P Bill Magee 23 12 29 27 1 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 .111 .111 .222 .333 -10 6 0 2
29 P Patsy Flaherty* 23 7 27 24 3 5 1 1 0 6 0 3 4 .208 .296 .333 .630 72 8 0 0
30 P Harry Wilhelm 25 5 13 12 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 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 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 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 174 1 0 0
Team Totals 27.4 156 6014 5336 833 1491 195 70 40 653 234 437 372 .279 .343 .365 .708 94 1946 78 163
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 6 6 4 10 3 5 1 5 2 8 7 7 7 5 4 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 33 17 17 .500 3.84 39 37 2 33 1 0 323.2 385 188 138 4 75 36 15 4 4 1396 100 1.421 10.7 0.1 2.1 1.0 0.48
2 SP Deacon Phillippe 27 21 17 .553 3.17 42 38 4 33 2 1 321.0 331 178 113 10 64 68 7 2 3 1315 122 1.231 9.3 0.3 1.8 1.9 1.06
3 SP Pete Dowling* 22 13 17 .433 3.05 35 33 2 30 0 0 298.1 329 166 101 6 95 89 17 1 3 1290 126 1.421 9.9 0.2 2.9 2.7 0.94
4 SP Walt Woods 24 9 13 .409 3.28 26 21 5 17 0 0 186.1 216 100 68 9 37 21 7 0 2 790 117 1.358 10.4 0.4 1.8 1.0 0.57
5 SP Bill Magee 23 3 7 .300 5.20 12 10 2 6 1 0 71.0 91 58 41 1 28 13 9 0 2 330 74 1.676 11.5 0.1 3.5 1.6 0.46
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 Rube Waddell* 22 7 2 .778 3.08 10 9 1 9 1 1 79.0 69 38 27 4 14 44 8 0 2 316 126 1.051 7.9 0.5 1.6 5.0 3.14
7 Patsy Flaherty* 23 2 3 .400 2.31 5 4 1 4 0 0 39.0 41 21 10 0 5 5 1 0 0 158 168 1.179 9.5 0.0 1.2 1.2 1.00
8 Harry Wilhelm 25 1 1 .500 6.12 5 3 2 2 0 0 25.0 36 22 17 1 3 6 1 0 0 111 64 1.560 13.0 0.4 1.1 2.2 2.00
9 Clay Fauver 26 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 11 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 39 1.444 11.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.50
10 Kitty Brashear 21 1 0 1.000 4.50 3 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 8 7 4 0 2 5 1 0 0 34 90 1.250 9.0 0.0 2.3 5.6 2.50
Team Totals 26.2 75 77 .493 3.43 156 156 21 135 5 2 1360.1 1517 782 519 35 325 288 66 7 16 5779 112 1.354 10.0 0.2 2.2 1.9 0.89
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 4 6 5 9 6 3 10 9 7 8 2 10
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% PO Pos. Summary
Kitty Brashear 21 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Burley Bayer 25 1 5 2 1 2 0 .600 3.00 SS
Fred Clarke 26 148 390 341 29 20 2 .949 2.50 OF-SS
Billy Clingman 29 110 635 195 385 55 44 .913 5.27 SS
Bert Cunningham 33 43 152 40 103 9 2 .941 3.33 P-OF-SS
George Decker 33 39 444 415 15 14 23 .968 11.03 1B
Charlie Dexter 23 78 189 138 35 16 3 .915 2.22 OF-SS
Pete Dowling 22 35 91 5 75 11 2 .879 2.29 P
Clay Fauver 26 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Patsy Flaherty 23 7 17 4 8 5 0 .706 1.71 P-OF
Topsy Hartsel 25 22 41 36 2 3 1 .927 1.73 OF
Dummy Hoy 37 155 373 325 21 27 8 .928 2.23 OF
Rudy Hulswitt 22 1 6 1 1 4 0 .333 2.00 SS
Mike Kelley 23 76 804 745 38 21 37 .974 10.30 1B
Fred Ketcham 23 15 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 OF
Malachi Kittridge 29 44 199 135 59 5 6 .975 4.41 4 54 55 50% C
Bob Langsford 33 1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00 SS
Tacks Latimer 21 9 51 38 10 3 0 .941 5.33 2 12 9 43% C-1B
Tommy Leach 21 107 533 194 278 61 17 .886 4.41 3B-SS-2B
Bill Magee 23 12 29 5 22 2 0 .931 2.25 P
Tom Messitt 24 3 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 3 7 70% C
Deacon Phillippe 27 44 99 15 77 7 3 .929 2.09 P-OF
Doc Powers 28 45 203 161 29 13 6 .936 4.22 1 46 25 35% C-1B
Claude Ritchey 25 149 887 379 454 54 58 .939 5.59 2B-SS
Farmer Steelman 24 4 14 11 2 1 0 .929 3.25 1 5 2 29% C
Rube Waddell 22 10 20 4 14 2 1 .900 1.80 P
Honus Wagner 25 148 497 264 202 31 20 .938 3.15 3B-OF-2B-1B
Harry Wilhelm 25 5 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.80 P
Dave Wills 22 24 279 259 8 12 9 .957 11.13 1B
Walt Woods 24 42 158 38 108 12 2 .924 3.48 P-2B-SS-OF
Chief Zimmer 38 73 390 300 81 9 9 .977 5.22 6 77 72 48% C-1B
Team Totals 27.3 156 6554 4076 2079 399 253 .939 4.23 14 197 170 46%
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 9 8
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Burley Bayer? 25 3 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /6
Kitty Brashear 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Fred Clarke* 26 681 36 3 0 0 4 -9 19 53 5.0 49 4.7 0.3 $2,400 Free Agency *O/6
Billy Clingman# 29 427 -1 0 0 0 4 7 13 23 2.3 19 1.8 0.5 $ Traded *6
Harry Croft? 23 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bert Cunningham 33 163 -7 -1 0 0 0 4 5 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 1/O6
George Decker* 33 165 -1 -1 0 0 -2 0 5 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Free Agency 3
Charlie Dexter 23 345 -10 1 0 0 3 -4 10 0 0.1 -3 -0.3 0.4 $ O/6
Pete Dowling* 22 124 -9 -1 0 0 0 4 4 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Clay Fauver# 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Patsy Flaherty* 23 27 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1O
Topsy Hartsel* 25 89 -1 -1 0 0 0 -1 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased O
Dummy Hoy* 37 723 20 1 0 0 -8 -8 20 25 2.3 33 3.2 -0.9 $ Traded *O
Mike Kelley 23 314 -8 1 0 0 1 0 10 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 3
Fred Ketcham* 23 63 -2 1 0 0 -1 -1 2 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ O
Malachi Kittridge 29 172 -5 -2 0 0 2 3 5 3 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $ Purchased 2
Bob Langsford* 33 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /6
Tacks Latimer 21 32 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /23
Tommy Leach 21 454 4 1 0 0 -6 4 14 17 1.6 23 2.2 -0.6 $ Purchased 56/4
Bill Magee 23 29 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Tom Messitt? 24 11 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
Deacon Phillippe 27 142 -11 0 0 0 0 4 4 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1/O
Doc Powers 28 182 -14 -1 0 0 1 2 6 -6 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ 2/3
Claude Ritchey# 25 620 11 -3 0 0 -2 3 19 28 2.7 30 2.9 -0.2 $ Traded *46
Farmer Steelman? 24 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Rube Waddell 22 34 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Loaned--Return 1
Honus Wagner 25 630 40 1 0 0 8 -1 19 67 6.4 59 5.7 0.7 $1,950 Purchased 5O/43
Harry Wilhelm 25 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Dave Wills* 22 96 -8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 -7 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 3
Walt Woods 24 142 -15 1 0 0 0 3 4 -7 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ Conditional Deal 14/6O
Chief Zimmer 38 302 6 -1 0 0 3 4 9 21 2.1 18 1.7 0.4 $ Free Agency 23
Team Total 27.4 6013 9 -1 0 0 3 18 179 208 20.5 205 19.6 0.9 $4,350
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Kitty Brashear 21 8.0 0 7 5 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Bert Cunningham 33 323.2 37 188 218 0 1.0 30 2.7 $
Pete Dowling* 22 298.1 32 159 195 0 1.0 36 3.2 $
Clay Fauver 26 9.0 1 4 6 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Patsy Flaherty* 23 39.0 4 21 26 0 1.0 5 0.5 $
Bill Magee 23 71.0 10 58 48 0 1.0 -10 -0.9 $
Deacon Phillippe 27 321.0 38 178 216 0 1.0 38 3.4 $ Rule 5 Draft
Rube Waddell* 22 79.0 9 38 53 0 1.0 15 1.4 $ Loaned--Return
Harry Wilhelm 25 25.0 3 22 17 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Walt Woods 24 186.1 21 100 126 0 1.0 26 2.3 $ Conditional Deal
Team Total 26.2 1360.1 155 775 910 0 1.0 135 12.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics