1888 Louisville Colonels season

The 1888 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 58–87 record, seventh place in the American Association.

1888 Louisville Colonels
League	American Association
Ballpark	Eclipse Park
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps, Mordecai Davidson, John R. Botto
Managers	Kick Kelly, Mordecai Davidson, John Kerins

Regular season

1888 Louisville Colonels

On June 7, shareholder Mordecai Davidson 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 as well. John Kerins, among others, served as team captain, guiding the team's on-field activities.

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	92	43	.681	—	60‍–‍21	32‍–‍22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	88	52	.629	6½	53‍–‍20	35‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics	81	52	.609	10	55‍–‍20	26‍–‍32
Cincinnati Red Stockings	80	54	.597	11½	56‍–‍25	24‍–‍29
Baltimore Orioles	57	80	.416	36	30‍–‍26	27‍–‍54
Cleveland Blues	50	82	.379	40½	33‍–‍27	17‍–‍55
Louisville Colonels	48	87	.356	44	27‍–‍29	21‍–‍58
Kansas City Cowboys	43	89	.326	47½	23‍–‍34	20‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	KC	LOU	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	8–12	6–14	10–9	11–8	11–9	5–14	6–14
Brooklyn	12–8	—	14–6–1	16–4	11–9	13–7	12–8–1	10–10–1
Cincinnati	14–6	6–14–1	—	10–7–1	15–4	17–3–1	10–10	8–10
Cleveland	9–10	4–16	7–10–1	—	10–9	9–8–2	7–13	4–16
Kansas City	8–11	9–11	4–15	9–10	—	6–12	3–14	4–16
Louisville	9–11	7–13	3–17–1	8–9–2	12–6	—	5–15–1	4–16
Philadelphia	14–5	8–12–1	10–10	13–7	14–3	15–5–1	—	7–10–1
St. Louis	14–6	10–10–1	10–8	16–4	16–4	16–4	10–7–1	—

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	57	185	34	.184	0	13
1B	Skyrocket Smith	58	206	49	.238	1	31
2B	Reddy Mack	112	446	97	.217	3	34
3B	Joe Werrick	111	413	89	.215	0	51
SS	Bill White	49	198	55	.278	1	30
OF	Chicken Wolf	128	538	154	.286	0	67
OF	Pete Browning	99	383	120	.313	3	72
OF	Hub Collins	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
John Kerins	83	319	75	.235	2	41
Guy Hecker	56	211	48	.227	0	29
Farmer Vaughn	51	189	37	.196	1	21
Lave Cross	46	180	41	.228	0	15
Harry Raymond	32	123	26	.211	0	13
Phil Tomney	34	120	18	.150	0	4
Farmer Weaver	26	112	28	.250	0	8
Wally Andrews	26	93	18	.194	0	6
Dude Esterbrook	23	93	21	.226	0	7
Phil Reccius	2	9	2	.222	0	4
Hercules Burnett	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Eddie Fusselback	1	4	1	.250	0	1
Thomas Long	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Joe Cross	1	1	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
Toad Ramsey	40	342.1	8	30	3.42	228
Scott Stratton	33	269.2	10	17	3.64	97
Guy Hecker	26	223.1	8	17	3.39	63
Ice Box Chamberlain	24	196.0	14	9	2.53	119
John Ewing	21	191.0	8	13	2.83	87
Billy Crowell	1	9.0	0	1	6.00	5

References

• 1888 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference