1887 Louisville Colonels season

The 1887 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 76–60 record, fourth place in the American Association.

1887 Louisville Colonels
League	American Association
Ballpark	Eclipse Park
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps, Mordecai Davidson
Manager	Kick Kelly

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	95	40	.704	—	58‍–‍15	37‍–‍25
Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	.600	14	46‍–‍27	35‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles	77	58	.570	18	42‍–‍21	35‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels	76	60	.559	19½	45‍–‍23	31‍–‍37
Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	.481	30	41‍–‍28	23‍–‍41
Brooklyn Grays	60	74	.448	34½	36‍–‍37	24‍–‍37
New York Metropolitans	44	89	.331	50	26‍–‍33	18‍–‍56
Cleveland Blues	39	92	.298	54	22‍–‍36	17‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BRO	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYP	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	10–9–1	11–9	17–3	7–11–1	15–4–2	14–6	3–16–2
Brooklyn	9–10–1	—	7–13	13–6–1	8–12	9–9	10–8–2	4–16
Cincinnati	9–11	13–7	—	11–6	8–12	17–3–1	11–9	12–6
Cleveland	3–17	6–13–1	6–11	—	8–11–1	11–8	4–14	1–18
Louisville	11–7–1	12–8	12–8	11–8–1	—	12–8	11–8–1	7–13
New York	4–15–2	9–9	3–17–1	8–11	8–12	—	7–11–1	5–14–1
Philadelphia	6–14	8–10–2	9–11	14–4	8–11–1	11–7–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	16–3–2	16–4	6–12	18–1	13–7	14–5–1	12–8	—

Roster

1887 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Ice Box Chamberlain Joe Neale Toad Ramsey Peek-A-Boo Veach		Catchers Paul Cook Amos Cross Lave Cross Infielders Guy Hecker John Kerins Reddy Mack Joe Werrick Bill White		Outfielders Pete Browning Hub Collins Ducky Hemp Phil Reccius Jimmy Wolf		Manager Kick Kelly

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	Paul Cook	61	223	55	.247	0	17
1B	John Kerins	112	476	140	.294	5	57
2B	Reddy Mack	128	478	147	.308	1	69
3B	Joe Werrick	136	533	152	.285	7	99
SS	Bill White	132	512	129	.252	2	79
OF	Jimmy Wolf	137	569	160	.281	2	102
OF	Pete Browning	134	547	220	.402	4	118
OF	Hub Collins	130	559	162	.290	1	66

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
Guy Hecker	91	370	118	.319	4	50
Lave Cross	54	203	54	.266	0	26
Phil Reccius	11	37	9	.243	0	4
Amos Cross	8	28	3	.107	0	0
Ducky Hemp	1	3	1	.333	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
Toad Ramsey	65	561.0	37	27	3.43	355
Ice Box Chamberlain	36	309.0	18	16	3.79	118
Guy Hecker	34	285.1	18	12	4.16	58
Joe Neale	5	41.1	1	4	6.97	11
Peek-A-Boo Veach	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	2

References

• 1887 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference