1896 Louisville Colonels season

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.

1896 Louisville Colonels
League	National League
Ballpark	Eclipse Park II
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	John McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	.698	—	49‍–‍16	41‍–‍23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	.625	9½	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

1896 National League record 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	—

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	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

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

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
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

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

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

• 1896 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference