1896 Louisville Colonels season

March 2026 March 2024 Louisville Colonels 1896 Tom McCreery, 1896.png National League Eclipse Park II Louisville, Kentucky Barney Dreyfuss Tom McCreery, outfielder for the Louisville Colonels in 1896 38 93 y 12th John McCloskey, Bill McGunnigle 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.Games Lost by Teams Records http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/games_lost_records.shtml Baseball-Almanac.com May 14, 2012 Regular season Season standings Louisville Colonels Record vs. opponents LOU Opening Day lineup Roster 1896 Louisville Colonels Roster Pitchers Fritz Clausen Bert Cunningham Charlie Emig Chick Fraser Art Herman Bill Hill Joe Kostal Mike McDermott Tom Smith Gus Weyhing Catchers Eddie Boyle Charlie Dexter Frank Freund Tom Kinslow Doggie Miller Jack Warner Infielders Pete Cassidy Billy Clingman Jack Crooks Joe Dolan Frank Eustace Bill Hassamaer Abbie Johnson Tom Morrison John O'Brien Jim Rogers Frank Shannon Sammy Strang Outfielders Fred Clarke Ducky Holmes Tom McCreery Herm McFarland Ollie Pickering George Treadway Joe Wright Manager John McCloskey Bill McGunnigle 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 John O'Brien (second baseman) 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 Jack Warner (catcher) 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 Mike McDermott (baseball) 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 Category:Louisville Colonels seasons Louisville Colonels season Louisville Colonels Category:1896 in Louisville, Kentucky