1888 Louisville Colonels season

The 1888 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 58–87 record, seventh place in the American Association.

1888 Louisville Colonels
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Eclipse Park (since 1882) Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps, Mordecai Davidson, John R. Botto
Manager(s)	Kick Kelly, Mordecai Davidson, John Kerins
< Previous season     Next season >

Regular season

1888 Louisville Colonels

On June 7, shareholder Mordecai Davidson bought out most of the other shareholder, appointing himself president and John R. Botto vice-president. Two days later, he officially took over as manager as well. John Kerins, among others, served as team captain, guiding the team's on-field activities.

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	92	43	0.681	—	60–21	32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	88	52	0.629	6½	53–20	35–32
Philadelphia Athletics	81	52	0.609	10	55–20	26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings	80	54	0.597	11½	56–25	24–29
Baltimore Orioles	57	80	0.416	36	30–26	27–54
Cleveland Blues	50	82	0.379	40½	33–27	17–55
Louisville Colonels	48	87	0.356	44	27–29	21–58
Kansas City Cowboys	43	89	0.326	47½	23–34	20–55

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	KC	LOU	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	8–12	6–14	10–9	11–8	11–9	5–14	6–14
Brooklyn	12–8	—	14–6–1	16–4	11–9	13–7	12–8–1	10–10–1
Cincinnati	14–6	6–14–1	—	10–7–1	15–4	17–3–1	10–10	8–10
Cleveland	9–10	4–16	7–10–1	—	10–9	9–8–2	7–13	4–16
Kansas City	8–11	9–11	4–15	9–10	—	6–12	3–14	4–16
Louisville	9–11	7–13	3–17–1	8–9–2	12–6	—	5–15–1	4–16
Philadelphia	14–5	8–12–1	10–10	13–7	14–3	15–5–1	—	7–10–1
St. Louis	14–6	10–10–1	10–8	16–4	16–4	16–4	10–7–1	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1888 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Ice Box Chamberlain Billy Crowell John Ewing Toad Ramsey Catchers Paul Cook Lave Cross		Infielders Wally Andrews Dude Esterbrook Guy Hecker Reddy Mack Harry Raymond Phil Reccius Skyrocket Smith Phil Tomney Joe Werrick Bill White		Outfielders Pete Browning Hercules Burnett Hub Collins Joe Cross Eddie Fusselback John Kerins Thomas Long Scott Stratton Farmer Vaughn Farmer Weaver Jimmy Wolf		Manager Mordecai Davidson Kick Kelly John Kerins

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	Paul Cook	57	185	34	.184	0	13
3B	Joe Werrick	111	413	89	.215	0	51
SS	Bill White	49	198	55	.278	1	30
OF	Pete Browning	99	383	120	.313	3	72
OF	Hub Collins	116	485	149	.307	2	50

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
John Kerins	83	319	75	.235	2	41
Scott Stratton	67	249	64	.257	1	29
Guy Hecker	56	211	48	.227	0	29
Lave Cross	47	181	41	.227	0	15
Wally Andrews	26	93	18	.194	0	6
Thomas Long	1	2	0	.000	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
Toad Ramsey	40	342.1	8	30	3.42	228
Scott Stratton	33	269.2	10	17	3.64	97
Guy Hecker	26	223.1	8	17	3.39	63
Ice Box Chamberlain	24	196	14	9	2.53	119
John Ewing	21	191	8	13	2.83	87
Billy Crowell	1	9	0	1	6.00	5

References

• 1888 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference