1894 Louisville Colonels season

1894 Louisville Colonels
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Eclipse Park (Since 1882) Louisville, Kentucky (Since 1882)
1894 Information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie
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The 1894 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 36-94 record, good for last place in the National League.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season 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 Other pitchers 2.2.3 Relief pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	--	.695
New York Giants	88	44	3	.667
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	8	.629
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	18	.555
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	20.5	.534
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	21.5	.527
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	65	25	.500
Chicago Colts	57	75	34	.432
St. Louis Browns	56	76	35	.424
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	35	.423
Washington Senators	45	87	46	.341
Louisville Colonels	36	94	54	.277

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1894 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers George Hemming Bert Inks Matt Kilroy Phil Knell Jock Menefee Harrison Peppers Scott Stratton Jack Wadsworth Bill Whitrock		Catchers Henry Cote Billy Earle John Grim Fred Zahner Infielders William Brown Jerry Denny Pat Flaherty Pete Gilbert Fred Lake Luke Lutenberg Tim O'Rourke Fred Pfeffer Danny Richardson		Outfielders Tom Brown Fred Clarke Sam Dungan George Nicol Ollie Smith Larry Twitchell Farmer Weaver		Manager Billy Barnie

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	105	414	128	.309	5	61
OF	Brown, TomTom Brown	130	541	137	.253	9	57
OF	Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell	52	210	56	.267	2	32

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
O'Rourke, TimTim O'Rourke	55	220	61	.277	0	27
Nicol, GeorgeGeorge Nicol	27	108	38	.352	0	19
Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown	13	48	10	.208	0	9

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
Hemming, GeorgeGeorge Hemming	35	294.1	13	19	4.37	66
Knell, PhilPhil Knell	32	247	7	21	5.32	67
Menefee, JockJock Menefee	28	211.2	8	17	4.29	43
Inks, BertBert Inks	8	59.2	2	6	6.49	8
Kilroy, MattMatt Kilroy	8	37	0	5	3.89	11
Nicol, GeorgeGeorge Nicol	1	9	0	1	15.00	3

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
Peppers, HarrisonHarrison Peppers	2	8	0	1	6.75	0

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	2.57	0
Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell	1	0	0	0	6.00	0

References

• 1894 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

1894 MLB season by team National League Baltimore • Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Cleveland • Louisville • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis • Washington Temple Cup

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