1889 Louisville Colonels Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 27-111
Finished 8th in the AA
Ballpark: Eclipse Park I
Manager: Dude Esterbrook (2-8)
Manager: Chicken Wolf (14-51)
Manager: Dan Shannon (10-46)
Manager: Jack Chapman (1-6)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1889 Louisville Colonels RosterTeam Record: 27-111
Finished 8th in the AA
Ballpark: Eclipse Park I
Manager: Dude Esterbrook (2-8)
Manager: Chicken Wolf (14-51)
Manager: Dan Shannon (10-46)
Manager: Jack Chapman (1-6)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1889 Louisville Colonels Results
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1889 season with a record of 27 wins and 111 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Colonels scored 632 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 1091 runs, most in the circuit. Farmer Weaver drove in 60 runs. Farmer Weaver and Chicken Wolf led all regular batters by connecting at a .291 clip. Red Ehret topped the squad with 10 wins, while Scott Stratton registered a 3.23 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Dude Esterbrook, Chicken Wolf, Dan Shannon and Jack Chapman coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Ehret | 10 | 29 | .256 | 4.80 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 364.0 | 441 | 287 | 194 | 11 | 115 | 0 | 135 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 1653 |
| John Ewing | 6 | 30 | .167 | 4.87 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 331.0 | 407 | 296 | 179 | 6 | 147 | 0 | 155 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1549 |
| Guy Hecker | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.59 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 215 | 145 | 94 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 716 |
| Scott Stratton | 3 | 13 | .188 | 3.23 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 133.7 | 157 | 126 | 48 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 602 |
| Harry Raymond | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
| Michael McDermott | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 108 | 65 | 39 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 394 |
| Toad Ramsey | 1 | 16 | .059 | 5.59 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 140.0 | 175 | 152 | 87 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 663 |
| Ed Springer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Bill Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| Totals | 27 | 111 | .196 | 4.81 | 153 | 140 | 13 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 1226.3 | 1529 | 1091 | 656 | 43 | 475 | 0 | 451 | 50 | 0 | 83 | 5690 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Wolf | 130 | 580 | 546 | 72 | 159 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 34 | .291 | .333 | .377 | .710 | 206 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer Weaver | 124 | 546 | 499 | 62 | 145 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 22 | .291 | .352 | .349 | .700 | 174 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Shannon | 121 | 540 | 498 | 90 | 128 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 52 | .257 | .315 | .373 | .688 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Raymond | 130 | 537 | 515 | 58 | 123 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 45 | .239 | .270 | .297 | .567 | 153 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Hecker | 81 | 351 | 327 | 42 | 93 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .284 | .333 | .376 | .709 | 123 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer Vaughn | 90 | 367 | 360 | 39 | 86 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 41 | .239 | .253 | .322 | .576 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Browning | 83 | 358 | 324 | 39 | 83 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 30 | .256 | .327 | .364 | .691 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Tomney | 112 | 425 | 376 | 61 | 80 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 0 | 46 | 47 | .213 | .304 | .293 | .596 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Stratton | 62 | 244 | 229 | 30 | 66 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 36 | .288 | .332 | .415 | .747 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Ehret | 67 | 262 | 258 | 27 | 65 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .252 | .263 | .333 | .597 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cook | 81 | 310 | 286 | 34 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 48 | .227 | .287 | .269 | .556 | 77 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ewing | 41 | 145 | 134 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 30 | .172 | .234 | .187 | .421 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Flanagan | 23 | 95 | 88 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .250 | .305 | .398 | .703 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Carl | 25 | 115 | 99 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .202 | .313 | .263 | .576 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Galligan | 31 | 127 | 120 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .167 | .213 | .200 | .413 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toad Ramsey | 18 | 59 | 57 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .263 | .288 | .281 | .569 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dude Esterbrook | 11 | 50 | 44 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .318 | .400 | .386 | .786 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gleason | 16 | 63 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .241 | .302 | .276 | .577 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ryan | 21 | 82 | 79 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .177 | .207 | .190 | .397 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McDermott | 9 | 35 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .229 | .242 | .471 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kerins | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Smith | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Fisher | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Traffley | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Scherer | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Springer | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gaule | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1285 | 5316 | 4955 | 632 | 1249 | 170 | 75 | 22 | 503 | 203 | 0 | 320 | 521 | .252 | .303 | .330 | .633 | 1635 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Hecker | 1B | 65 | 0 | 547.0 | 609 | 23 | 20 | 43 | .969 | 1.399 | 9.723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Flanagan | 1B | 23 | 0 | 210.0 | 254 | 10 | 13 | 11 | .953 | 11.314 | 11.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Stratton | 1B | 17 | 0 | 135.0 | 146 | 10 | 10 | 11 | .940 | 1.400 | 9.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Vaughn | 1B | 18 | 0 | 131.0 | 160 | 8 | 4 | 14 | .977 | 11.542 | 9.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | 1B | 16 | 0 | 120.0 | 135 | 5 | 3 | 14 | .979 | 1.500 | 8.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dude Esterbrook | 1B | 8 | 0 | 70.0 | 77 | 4 | 6 | 3 | .931 | 1.414 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ewing | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Shannon | 2B | 121 | 0 | 1036.0 | 307 | 391 | 69 | 59 | .910 | 6.064 | 5.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | 2B | 13 | 0 | 110.0 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 3 | .902 | 6.055 | 5.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Carl | 2B | 6 | 0 | 55.0 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 8 | .930 | 6.545 | 6.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | 2B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 5.538 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Weaver | 2B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 3.750 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Raymond | 3B | 129 | 0 | 1123.0 | 206 | 261 | 60 | 23 | .886 | 3.743 | 3.620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | 3B | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .760 | 3.000 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Ryan | 3B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.813 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Weaver | 3B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Vaughn | 3B | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Carl | 3B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | C | 74 | 0 | 604.0 | 293 | 138 | 35 | 6 | .925 | 6.422 | 5.824 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Vaughn | C | 54 | 0 | 483.0 | 234 | 107 | 38 | 4 | .900 | 6.354 | 6.315 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Ryan | C | 15 | 0 | 125.0 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 1 | .864 | 5.472 | 5.067 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Weaver | C | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 2.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Weaver | OF | 123 | 0 | 1003.0 | 249 | 30 | 25 | 4 | .918 | 2.503 | 2.268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | OF | 88 | 0 | 768.0 | 159 | 16 | 10 | 2 | .946 | 2.051 | 1.989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Browning | OF | 83 | 0 | 734.0 | 152 | 12 | 22 | 4 | .882 | 2.011 | 1.976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Galligan | OF | 31 | 0 | 284.0 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .915 | 2.060 | 2.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Stratton | OF | 29 | 0 | 236.0 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .915 | 2.059 | 1.862 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmer Vaughn | OF | 20 | 0 | 192.0 | 47 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .862 | 2.344 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | OF | 22 | 0 | 163.0 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .756 | 1.712 | 1.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Carl | OF | 18 | 0 | 142.0 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .735 | 1.585 | 1.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | OF | 7 | 0 | 81.0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 2.444 | 3.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Ryan | OF | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | OF | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .750 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Scherer | OF | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.636 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dude Esterbrook | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Traffley | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Raymond | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Gaule | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Smith | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Hecker | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Fisher | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Ehret | P | 45 | 0 | 364.0 | 9 | 89 | 12 | 3 | .891 | 2.423 | 2.178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ewing | P | 40 | 0 | 331.0 | 9 | 73 | 4 | 3 | .953 | 2.230 | 2.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Hecker | P | 19 | 0 | 151.0 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 2.325 | 2.053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toad Ramsey | P | 18 | 0 | 140.0 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 0 | .711 | 1.736 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Stratton | P | 19 | 0 | 134.0 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 3 | .882 | 3.022 | 2.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael McDermott | P | 9 | 0 | 84.0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.929 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Raymond | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Anderson | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Springer | P | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Tomney | SS | 112 | 0 | 993.0 | 229 | 454 | 114 | 57 | .857 | 6.190 | 6.098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gleason | SS | 16 | 0 | 134.0 | 26 | 57 | 18 | 4 | .822 | 5.575 | 5.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | SS | 10 | 0 | 80.0 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 4 | .862 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | SS | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 3.750 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dude Esterbrook | SS | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1312 | 0 | 11035.0 | 3674 | 1979 | 584 | 294 | .906 | 4.611 | 4.309 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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