The 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...

baseball team finished with a 54-83 record, collapsing back into mediocrity after their pennant winning season of 1890

1890 Louisville Colonels season

The Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 88-44 record and won the American Association championship. The previous season, the Colonels had lost 111 games, the most any team in the major leagues had lost up to that point...

. They finished the season in eighth 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...

. After the season, the Association folded and four teams, including Louisville, were admitted into the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

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Roster

1891 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		120	433	111	.256	3	47
1B		93	356	105	.295	2	37

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
	75	253	57	.225	2	25
	45	153	35	.229	0	23
	1	2	1	.500	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
	33	276	14	17	3.59	111
	28	221	9	16	4.28	141
	26	220.2	13	13	3.47	76
	15	111.1	4	8	5.74	27
	15	126	5	10	5.43	55
	10	77	2	6	4.68	16

Other 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
	4	15	0	0	7.80	4