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 lost 5 games over the course of two days – a tripleheader on September 7, and a doubleheader on September 8.

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CCharlie Dexter107402112.279337
1BJim Rogers7229075.259038
2B4918663.339224
SSJoe Dolan4416535.212318
3BBilly Clingman12142399.234237
OF115441155.351765
OFFred Clarke131517168.325979
OFOllie Pickering4516550.303122

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Doggie Miller9832489.275133
Pete Cassidy4918439.212012
4714138.270018
Jack Crooks3912229.238215
Frank Shannon3111518.157115
3311025.227010
Herm McFarland3011021.191112
Bill Hassamaer3010626.245214
Frank Eustace2510017.170111
Abbie Johnson258720.230014
Sammy Strang144612.26107
Tom Morrison8274.14800
Tom Kinslow8257.28007
Eddie Boyle390.00000
George Treadway271.14301
Joe Wright272.28600
Frank Freund251.20000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
43349.112274.8791
Bill Hill43319.29284.31104
27189.17145.0937
1494.1465.6313
1265.0277.3412
Gus Weyhing542.0236.649
211.0026.554
18.0017.881
11.00136.000

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Smith1155.0235.4014
212.0017.503

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVERASO
20000.000