1895 Louisville Colonels season

1895 Louisville Colonels
League	National League
Ballpark	Eclipse Park II
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	John McCloskey

The 1895 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 35–96 record and was last place in the National League for the second straight season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	87	43	0.669	—	54–12	33–31
Cleveland Spiders	84	46	0.646	3	49–13	35–33
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9½	51–21	27–32
Chicago Colts	72	58	0.554	15	43–24	29–34
Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	0.542	16½	43–22	28–38
Boston Beaneaters	71	60	0.542	16½	48–19	23–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	61	0.538	17	44–21	27–40
Cincinnati Reds	66	64	0.508	21	42–22	24–42
New York Giants	66	65	0.504	21½	40–27	26–38
Washington Senators	43	85	0.336	43	31–34	12–51
St. Louis Browns	39	92	0.298	48½	25–41	14–51
Louisville Colonels	35	96	0.267	52½	19–38	16–58

Record vs. opponents

1895 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–2	7–5	8–4	8–4	5–6	10–1	9–3	8–4–1	7–5–1	6–6	9–3
Boston	2–10	—	4–7	7–5	5–7	6–6	9–3–1	8–4	5–7	7–5	9–3	9–3–1
Brooklyn	5–7	7–4	—	6–6	5–7	2–10	11–1	9–3–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	9–3	5–7
Chicago	4–8	5–7	6–6	—	5–7	6–5	9–3–1	4–8	6–6	8–4	10–2	9–2–2
Cincinnati	4–8	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	6–6	6–6	4–8	4–8	4–8–1	9–3–1	8–2
Cleveland	6–5	6–6	10–2	5–6	6–6	—	10–2	7–5	7–5	7–5	11–1–2	9–3
Louisville	1–10	3–9–1	1–11	3–9–1	6–6	2–10	—	3–9	2–10	2–10	6–6	6–6
New York	3–9	4–8	3–9–1	8–4	8–4	5–7	9–3	—	3–8	4–8	11–1	8–4
Philadelphia	4–8–1	7–5	7–5–1	6–6	8–4	5–7	10–2	8–3	—	8–4	7–5	8–4
Pittsburgh	5–7–1	5–7	5–7–1	4–8	8–4–1	5–7	10–2	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	8–4
St. Louis	6–6	3–9	3–9	2–10	3–9–1	1–11–2	6–6	1–11	5–7	3–9	—	6–5–2
Washington	3–9	3–9–1	7–5	2–9–2	2–8	3–9	6–6	4–8	4–8	4–8	5–6–2	—

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	Jack Warner	67	232	62	.267	1	20
1B	Harry Spies	72	276	74	.268	2	35
2B	John O'Brien	128	539	138	.256	1	50
SS	Frank Shugart	113	473	125	.264	4	70
3B	Jimmy Collins	96	373	104	.279	6	49
OF	Fred Clarke	132	550	191	.347	4	82
OF	Joe Wright	60	228	63	.276	1	30
OF	Tom 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
Walt Preston	50	197	55	.279	1	24
Ducky Holmes	40	161	60	.373	3	20
Tub Welch	47	153	37	.242	1	8
Tom McCreery	31	108	35	.324	0	10
Dan Brouthers	24	97	30	.309	2	15
Bill Hassamaer	23	96	20	.208	0	14
Dan Sweeney	22	90	24	.267	1	16
Jack Glasscock	18	74	25	.338	1	6
Ambrose McGann	20	73	21	.288	0	9
Pat Luby	19	53	15	.283	0	9
Fred Zahner	21	49	11	.224	0	6
Fred Pfeffer	11	45	13	.289	0	5
Bill Kemmer	11	38	7	.184	1	3
Dan Minnehan	8	34	13	.382	0	6
Henry Cote	10	33	10	.303	0	5
Tom Morrison	6	22	6	.273	0	4
Hercules Burnett	5	17	7	.412	2	3
Gil Hatfield	5	16	3	.188	0	1
Barry McCormick	3	12	3	.250	0	0
Mike Trost	3	12	1	.083	0	1
Grant Briggs	1	3	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
Bert Cunningham	31	231.0	11	16	4.75	49
Gus Weyhing	28	213.0	7	19	5.41	53
Mike McDermott	33	207.1	4	19	5.99	42
Bert Inks	28	205.1	7	20	6.40	42
Dan McFarlan	7	46.0	0	7	6.65	10
George Meakim	1	7.0	1	0	2.57	2
George 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
Pat Luby	11	71.1	1	5	6.81	12
Phil Knell	10	56.2	0	6	6.51	19
Tom McCreery	8	48.2	3	1	5.36	14
Ducky Holmes	2	14.0	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
Jack Wadsworth	2	0	1	0	16.00	2
Tom Gettinger	2	0	0	0	7.11	0
Bill Kling	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Bill Childress	1	0	0	0	inf	0

References

• 1895 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference