1892 Louisville Colonels season

1892 Louisville Colonels
LeagueNational League
BallparkEclipse Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
Record
  • 1st half: 30–47 (.390)
  • 2nd half: 33–42 (.440)
  • Overall: 63–89 (.414)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 11th (23+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 9th (19+1⁄2 GB)
OwnerBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJack Chapman, Fred Pfeffer

The 1892 Louisville Colonels season saw the Colonels professional baseball team of Louisville, Kentucky, compete as members of the National League. In a split season schedule, the Colonels finished 11th in the first half of the season and ninth in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 63–89, ninth-best in the 12-team National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 48 .680 — 54‍–‍21 48‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders 93 56 .624 8½ 54‍–‍24 39‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms 95 59 .617 9 51‍–‍24 44‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 87 66 .569 16½ 55‍–‍26 32‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 .547 20 45‍–‍32 37‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 73 .523 23½ 54‍–‍34 26‍–‍39
Chicago Colts 70 76 .479 30 36‍–‍31 34‍–‍45
New York Giants 71 80 .470 31½ 42‍–‍36 29‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels 63 89 .414 40 37‍–‍31 26‍–‍58
Washington Senators 58 93 .384 44½ 34‍–‍36 24‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 56 94 .373 46 37‍–‍36 19‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles 46 101 .313 54½ 29‍–‍44 17‍–‍57
National League
First-half standings 		W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters 52 22 .703 —
Brooklyn Grooms 51 26 .662 2½
Philadelphia Phillies 46 30 .605 7
Cincinnati Reds 44 31 .587 8½
Cleveland Spiders 40 33 .548 11½
Pittsburgh Pirates 37 39 .487 16
Washington Senators 35 41 .461 18
Chicago Colts 31 39 .443 19
St. Louis Browns 31 42 .425 20½
New York Giants 31 43 .419 21
Louisville Colonels 30 47 .390 23½
Baltimore Orioles 20 55 .267 32½
National League
Second-half standings 		W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders 53 23 .697 —
Boston Beaneaters 50 26 .658 3
Brooklyn Grooms 44 33 .571 9½
Pittsburgh Pirates 43 34 .558 10½
Philadelphia Phillies 41 36 .532 12½
New York Giants 40 37 .519 13½
Chicago Colts 39 37 .513 14
Cincinnati Reds 38 37 .507 14½
Louisville Colonels 33 42 .440 19½
Baltimore Orioles 26 46 .361 25
St. Louis Browns 25 52 .325 28½
Washington Senators 23 52 .307 29½

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore — 0–13 2–12–1 4–7 4–10 2–11–2 6–7 5–9 4–10 5–9 8–6–1 6–7–1
Boston 13–0 — 9–5 10–4 8–5–1 8–6 12–2 11–3–1 6–7 7–6 7–7 11–3
Brooklyn 12–2–1 5–9 — 10–4 6–8 8–6 9–5 7–7 9–5–2 10–4 9–5–1 10–4
Chicago 7–4 4–10 4–10 — 6–7–1 3–9 5–9 10–4 5–9 7–7 7–5 12–2
Cincinnati 10–4 5–8–1 8–6 7–6–1 — 5–9 7–6–1 8–6 5–9 5–9 12–2–1 10–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–2 6–8 6–8 9–3 9–5 — 13–1 8–5 10–4 7–7–1 8–5–1 6–8
Louisville 7–6 2–12 5–9 9–5 6–7–1 1–13 — 4–10 4–10 8–6 9–5–1 8–6
New York 9–5 3–11–1 7–7 4–10 6–8 5–8 10–4 — 5–9 4–10–1 9–4 9–4
Philadelphia 10–4 7–6 5–9–2 9–5 9–5 4–10 10–4 9–5 — 8–6 7–7 9–5
Pittsburgh 9–5 6–7 4–10 7–7 9–5 7–7–1 6–8 10–4–1 6–8 — 10–4 6–8
St. Louis 6–8–1 7–7 5–9–1 5–7 2–12–1 5–8–1 5–9–1 4–9 7–7 4–10 — 6–8
Washington 7–6–1 3–11 4–10 2–12 3–10–1 8–6 6–8 4–9 5–9 8–6 8–6 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1892 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
Infielders
 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C John Grim 97 370 90 .243 1 36
1B Lew Whistler 80 285 67 .235 5 34
2B Fred Pfeffer 124 470 121 .257 2 76
SS Hughie Jennings 152 594 133 .224 2 61
3B Bill Kuehne 76 287 48 .167 0 36
OF Harry Taylor 125 493 128 .260 0 34
OF Farmer Weaver 138 551 140 .254 0 57
OF Tom Brown 153 660 150 .227 2 45

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Charley Bassett 79 313 67 .214 2 35
Bill Merritt 46 168 33 .196 1 13
Emmett Seery 42 154 31 .201 0 15
Tom Dowse 41 145 21 .145 0 7
Pete Browning 21 77 19 .247 0 4
Alex McFarlan 14 42 7 .167 0 1
Harry Dooms 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Stratton 42 351.2 21 19 2.92 93
Ben Sanders 31 268.2 12 19 3.22 77
Fritz Clausen 24 200.0 9 13 3.06 94
Jouett Meekin 19 156.1 7 10 4.03 67
Alex Jones 18 146.2 5 11 3.31 44
Lee Viau 16 130.2 4 11 3.99 36
George Hemming 4 35.0 2 2 4.63 12
Warren Fitzgerald 4 34.0 1 3 4.24 3
Egyptian Healy 2 18.1 1 1 1.96 4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fred Pfeffer 1 0 0 0 1.80 0

References

  1. ^ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.


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