1893 Louisville Colonels season explained

Louisville Colonels
Season:	1893
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Eclipse Park
City:	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners:	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers:	Billy Barnie

The 1893 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 50–75 record, good for eleventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 7, 1893: Hughie Jennings and Harry Taylor were traded by the Colonels to the Baltimore Orioles for Tim O'Rourke.^[1]

Roster

1893 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		99	415	111	.267	3	54
1B		111	461	140	.304	1	85
2B		125	508	129	.254	3	75
SS		92	352	99	.281	0	53
3B		118	446	105	.235	1	62
OF		106	439	128	.292	2	49
OF		122	529	127	.240	5	54
OF		57	220	78	.355	1	37

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
	45	187	58	.310	2	31
	44	175	43	.246	1	22
	23	88	12	.136	0	9
	14	47	8	.170	0	2
	13	47	10	.213	0	9
	10	36	4	.111	0	6
	12	28	3	.107	0	3

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
	41	332.0	18	17	5.10	79
	37	314.2	12	23	5.43	43
	20	151.2	5	12	7.60	22
	15	129.1	8	7	4.24	30
	8	46.2	2	5	8.10	8
	5	35.0	3	2	9.00	4
	5	33.0	1	4	6.00	4
	5	31.0	1	4	8.71	0
	1	0.2	0	0	27.00	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

References

• 1893 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'routi01.shtml Tim O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference