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1896 Louisville Colonels season

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1896 Louisville Colonels
LeagueNational League
BallparkEclipse Park II
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersJohn McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle
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The 1896 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 38–93 record and last place in the National League for the third straight season. The team set a Major League record that will never be broken by losing 5 games over the course of two days – a tripleheader on September 7, and a doubleheader on September 8.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 90 39 .698 49‍–‍16 41‍–‍23
Cleveland Spiders 80 48 .625 43‍–‍19 37‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 77 50 .606 12 51‍–‍15 26‍–‍35
Boston Beaneaters 74 57 .565 17 42‍–‍24 32‍–‍33
Chicago Colts 71 57 .555 18½ 42‍–‍24 29‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 63 .512 24 35‍–‍31 31‍–‍32
New York Giants 64 67 .489 27 39‍–‍26 25‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 62 68 .477 28½ 42‍–‍27 20‍–‍41
Washington Senators 58 73 .443 33 38‍–‍29 20‍–‍44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 58 73 .443 33 35‍–‍28 23‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 40 90 .308 50½ 27‍–‍34 13‍–‍56
Louisville Colonels 38 93 .290 53 25‍–‍37 13‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1896 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Charlie Dexter 107 402 112 .279 3 37
1B Jim Rogers 72 290 75 .259 0 38
2B John O'Brien 49 186 63 .339 2 24
SS Joe Dolan 44 165 35 .212 3 18
3B Billy Clingman 121 423 99 .234 2 37
OF Tom McCreery 115 441 155 .351 7 65
OF Fred Clarke 131 517 168 .325 9 79
OF Ollie Pickering 45 165 50 .303 1 22

Other batters

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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
Doggie Miller 98 324 89 .275 1 33
Pete Cassidy 49 184 39 .212 0 12
Ducky Holmes 47 141 38 .270 0 18
Jack Crooks 39 122 29 .238 2 15
Frank Shannon 31 115 18 .157 1 15
Jack Warner 33 110 25 .227 0 10
Herm McFarland 30 110 21 .191 1 12
Bill Hassamaer 30 106 26 .245 2 14
Frank Eustace 25 100 17 .170 1 11
Abbie Johnson 25 87 20 .230 0 14
Sammy Strang 14 46 12 .261 0 7
Tom Morrison 8 27 4 .148 0 0
Tom Kinslow 8 25 7 .280 0 7
Eddie Boyle 3 9 0 .000 0 0
George Treadway 2 7 1 .143 0 1
Joe Wright 2 7 2 .286 0 0
Frank Freund 2 5 1 .200 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chick Fraser 43 349.1 12 27 4.87 91
Bill Hill 43 319.2 9 28 4.31 104
Bert Cunningham 27 189.1 7 14 5.09 37
Art Herman 14 94.1 4 6 5.63 13
Mike McDermott 12 65.0 2 7 7.34 12
Gus Weyhing 5 42.0 2 3 6.64 9
Fritz Clausen 2 11.0 0 2 6.55 4
Charlie Emig 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 1
Tom McCreery 1 1.0 0 1 36.00 0

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Smith 11 55.0 2 3 5.40 14
Ducky Holmes 2 12.0 0 1 7.50 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Kostal 2 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

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  1. ^ "Games Lost by Teams Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.