1898 Louisville Colonels season

The 1898 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 70–81 record and ninth place in the National League.

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		86	287	70	.244	1	31
1B		151	588	176	.299	10	105
2B	Heinie Smith	35	121	23	.190	0	13
SS	Claude Ritchey	151	551	140	.254	5	51
3B		154	538	138	.257	0	50
OF	Charlie Dexter	112	421	132	.314	1	66
OF	Dummy Hoy	148	582	177	.304	6	66
OF	Fred Clarke	149	599	184	.307	3	47

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
General Stafford	49	181	54	.298	1	25
	42	148	44	.297	0	19
	37	138	30	.217	1	16
	29	102	17	.167	1	13
Doc Powers	34	99	27	.273	1	19
Kid Nance	22	76	24	.316	1	16
Topsy Hartsel	22	71	23	.324	0	9
Cooney Snyder	17	61	10	.164	0	6
	8	32	6	.188	0	1
	9	24	6	.250	0	2
Josh Clarke	6	18	3	.167	0	0
Tom Stouch	4	16	5	.313	0	6
John Richter	3	13	2	.154	0	0
Tommy Leach	3	10	1	.100	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
	44	362.0	28	15	3.16	34
Bill Magee	38	295.1	16	15	4.05	55
	36	285.2	13	20	4.16	84
	26	203.0	7	17	5.32	58
	12	89.0	3	7	5.76	20
	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	1
Lou Mahaffey	1	9.0	0	1	3.00	1

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
	11	70.0	3	3	4.50	13
Frank Todd	4	11.0	0	2	13.91	5