1895 Louisville Colonels season

1895 Louisville Colonels
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1892)
Location
Eclipse Park II (Since 1894) Louisville, Kentucky (Since 1882)
1895 Information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	John McCloskey
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The 1895 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 35-96 record and last place in the National League for the second straight season.

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	87	43	--	.669
Cleveland Spiders	84	46	3	.646
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	9.5	.595
Chicago Colts	72	58	15.0	.554
Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	16.5	.542
Boston Beaneaters	71	60	16.5	.542
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	61	17	.538
Cincinnati Reds	66	64	21	.508
New York Giants	66	65	21.5	.504
Washington Senators	43	85	43	.336
St. Louis Browns	39	92	48.5	.298
Louisville Colonels	35	96	52.5	.267

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1895 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers George Borchers Bill Childers Bert Cunningham Bert Inks Bill Kling Phil Knell Pat Luby Mike McDermott Dan McFarlan George Meakim Jack Wadsworth Gus Weyhing		Catchers Grant Briggs Henry Cote Jack Warner Tub Welch Fred Zahner Infielders Dan Brouthers Jimmy Collins Jack Glasscock Bill Hassamaer Gil Hatfield Bill Kemmer Barry McCormick Ambrose McGann Dan Minnehan Tom Morrison John O'Brien Fred Pfeffer Frank Shugart Harry Spies Mike Trost		Outfielders Hercules Burnett Fred Clarke Tom Gettinger Ducky Holmes Tom McCreery Walt Preston Dan Sweeney Joe Wright		Manager John McCloskey

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	Warner, JackJack Warner	67	232	62	.267	1	20
OF	Gettinger, TomTom Gettinger	63	260	70	.269	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
Holmes, DuckyDucky Holmes	40	161	60	3.73	3	20
McCreery, TomTom McCreery	31	108	35	.324	0	10

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
Cunningham, BertBert Cunningham	31	231	11	16	4.75	49
McDermott, MikeMike McDermott	33	207.1	4	19	5.99	42
Inks, BertBert Inks	28	205.1	7	20	6.40	42
Borchers, GeorgeGeorge Borchers	1	0.2	0	1	27.00	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
McCreery, TomTom McCreery	8	48.2	3	1	5.36	14
Holmes, DuckyDucky Holmes	2	14	1	0	5.79	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
Gettinger, TomTom Gettinger	2	0	0	0	7.11	0
Childers, BillBill Childers	1	0	0	0	∞	0

References

• 1895 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

1895 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