The 1888 Louisville Colonels

Louisville Colonels

The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...

 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 58-87 record, seventh place in the American Association

American Association (19th century)

The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

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Regular season

On June 7, shareholder Mordecai Davidson

Mordecai Davidson

Mordecai Hamilton Davidson was a Major League Baseball owner and manager. He is best known as the primary owner of the Major League Baseball Louisville Colonels during the worst period of the team's history...

 bought out most of the other shareholder, appointing himself president and John R. Botto vice-president. Two days later, he officially took over as manager

Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...

 as well. John Kerins

John Kerins

John Nelson Kerins was an American Major League Baseball player born in Indianapolis, Indiana, who played mainly at first base, but played significant time at catcher. John began his major league career with the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association...

, among others, served as team captain, guiding the team's on-field activities.

Roster

1888 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		57	185	34	.184	0	13
3B		111	413	89	.215	0	51
SS		49	198	55	.278	1	30
OF		99	383	120	.313	3	72
OF		116	485	149	.307	2	50

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
	83	319	75	.235	2	41
	67	249	64	.257	1	29
	56	211	48	.227	0	29
	47	181	41	.227	0	15
	26	93	18	.194	0	6
	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
	40	342.1	8	30	3.42	228
	33	269.2	10	17	3.64	97
	26	223.1	8	17	3.39	63
	24	196	14	9	2.53	119
	21	191	8	13	2.83	87
	1	9	0	1	6.00	5