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| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 47 | 141 | 38 | .270 | 0 | 18 | |
| Jack Crooks | 39 | 122 | 29 | .238 | 2 | 15 |
| Frank Shannon | 31 | 115 | 18 | .157 | 1 | 15 |
| 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 |
| 43 | 349.1 | 12 | 27 | 4.87 | 91 | |
| Bill Hill | 43 | 319.2 | 9 | 28 | 4.31 | 104 |
| 27 | 189.1 | 7 | 14 | 5.09 | 37 | |
| 14 | 94.1 | 4 | 6 | 5.63 | 13 | |
| 12 | 65.0 | 2 | 7 | 7.34 | 12 | |
| Gus Weyhing | 5 | 42.0 | 2 | 3 | 6.64 | 9 |
| 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.55 | 4 | |
| 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 1 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |