1892 Louisville Colonels season

1892 Louisville Colonels
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Eclipse Park (Since 1882) Louisville, Kentucky (Since 1882)
1892 Information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman, Fred Pfeffer
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The 1892 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 63-89 record and ninth place in their first season in the National League.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.1.1 First half standings 1.1.2 Second half standings 1.1.3 Overall standings 1.2 Opening Day lineup 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Relief pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

First half standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Beaneaters	52	22	--	.702
Brooklyn Grooms	51	26	2.5	.662
Philadelphia Phillies	46	30	7	.605
Cincinnati Reds	44	31	8.5	.587
Cleveland Spiders	40	33	11.5	.548
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	39	16	.487
Washington Senators	35	41	18	.461
Chicago Colts	31	39	19	.443
St. Louis Browns	31	42	20.5	.425
New York Giants	31	43	21	.419
Louisville Colonels	30	47	25.5	.390
Baltimore Orioles	20	55	34.5	.267

Second half standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cleveland Spiders	53	23	--	.697
Boston Beaneaters	50	26	3	.658
Brooklyn Grooms	44	33	9.5	.571
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	34	10.5	.558
Philadelphia Phillies	41	36	12.5	.532
New York Giants	40	37	13.5	.519
Chicago Colts	39	37	14	.513
Cincinnati Reds	38	37	14.5	.507
Louisville Colonels	33	42	19.5	.440
Baltimore Orioles	26	46	25	.361
St. Louis Browns	25	52	28.5	.325
Washington Senators	23	52	29.5	.307

Overall standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	--	.680
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	8.5	.624
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	9	.617
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	16.5	.569
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	20	.547
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	73	23.5	.523
Chicago Colts	70	76	30	.479
New York Giants	71	80	31.5	.470
Louisville Colonels	63	89	40	.414
Washington Senators	58	93	44.5	.384
St. Louis Browns	56	94	46	.373
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	54.5	.313

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1892 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Fritz Clausen Warren Fitzgerald Egyptian Healy George Hemming Alex Jones Jouett Meekin Ben Sanders Scott Stratton Lee Viau		Catchers Tom Dowse John Grim Bill Merritt Infielders Charley Bassett Hughie Jennings Bill Kuehne Fred Pfeffer Lew Whistler		Outfielders Tom Brown Pete Browning Harry Dooms Alex McFarlan Emmett Seery Harry Taylor Farmer Weaver		Manager Jack Chapman Fred Pfeffer

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
2B	Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer	124	470	121	.257	2	76
OF	Taylor, HarryHarry Taylor	125	493	128	.260	0	34

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
Merritt, BillBill Merritt	46	168	33	.196	1	13

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
Clausen, FritzFritz Clausen	24	200	9	13	3.06	94
Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin	19	156.1	7	10	4.03	67
Fitzgerald, WarrenWarren Fitzgerald	4	34	1	3	4.24	3
Healy, EgyptianEgyptian Healy	2	18.1	1	1	1.96	4

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
Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer	1	0	0	0	1.80	0

References

• 1892 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

1892 MLB season by team National League Baltimore • Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Cleveland • Louisville • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis • Washington

Louisville Colonels Based in Louisville, Kentucky The Franchise Players • Managers • Opening Day starting pitchers Ballparks Eclipse Park Championships 1890 AA Pennant • 1890 World Series (tied) Seasons 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899