1893 Louisville Colonels season

1893 Louisville Colonels

League| National League
Ballpark| Eclipse Park
City| Louisville, Kentucky
Owners| Barney Dreyfuss
Managers| Billy Barnie

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

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43  | 0.667  | —  | 49–15  | 37–28
Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 48  | 0.628  | 5  | 54–19  | 27–29
Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55  | 0.570  | 12½  | 47–22  | 26–33
Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57  | 0.558  | 14  | 43–22  | 29–35
New York Giants | 68 | 64  | 0.515  | 19½  | 49–20  | 19–44
Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63  | 0.508  | 20½  | 37–27  | 28–36
Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63  | 0.508  | 20½  | 43–24  | 22–39
Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70  | 0.462  | 26½  | 36–24  | 24–46
Chicago Colts | 56 | 71  | 0.441  | 29  | 38–34  | 18–37
St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75  | 0.432  | 30½  | 40–30  | 17–45
Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75  | 0.400  | 34  | 24–28  | 26–47
Washington Senators | 40 | 89  | 0.310  | 46  | 21–27  | 19–62

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1893 National League record

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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 | — | 2–10 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 1–11 | 9–3 | 7–5
Boston | 10–2 | — | 8–4 | 8–3–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–6–1 | 10–2 | 7–5
Brooklyn | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 7–3 | 4–8 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–5–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–3
Chicago | 7–5 | 3–8–1 | 3–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 9–3
Cincinnati | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 1–9–1 | 3–9 | 7–5–1 | 7–4
Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–1
Louisville | 5–5 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | — | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4
New York | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | — | 7–5–1 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 | 7–5
Philadelphia | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–6–1 | 6–6 | 9–1–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | — | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | 8–4
Pittsburgh | 11–1 | 6–4–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 9–2
St. Louis | 3–9 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7–1 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9 | — | 8–4–1
Washington | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–9 | 4–8–1 | —

### Opening Day lineup[edit]

### Notable transactions[edit]

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

### Roster[edit]

1893 Louisville Colonels

Roster
Pitchers

* Fritz Clausen
* Billy Gumbert
* George Hemming
* Matt Kilroy
* Con Lucid
* Jock Menefee
* Billy Rhines
* Bill Rotes
* Scott Stratton
* Bill Whitrock

|  | Catchers

* Bob Clark
* John Grim
* Jerry Harrington

Infielders

* William Brown
* Jerry Denny
* Hughie Jennings
* Tim O'Rourke
* Fred Pfeffer
* George Pinkney
* Lew Whistler

|  | Outfielders

* Tom Brown
* Pete Browning
* Larry Twitchell
* Farmer Weaver
* Curt Welch

|  | Manager

* Billy Barnie

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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C | John Grim | 99 | 415 | 111 | .267 | 3 | 54
1B | William Brown | 111 | 461 | 140 | .304 | 1 | 85
2B | Fred Pfeffer | 125 | 508 | 129 | .254 | 3 | 75
SS | Tim O'Rourke | 92 | 352 | 99 | .281 | 0 | 53
3B | George Pinkney | 118 | 446 | 105 | .235 | 1 | 62
OF | Farmer Weaver | 106 | 439 | 128 | .292 | 2 | 49
OF | Tom Brown | 122 | 529 | 127 | .240 | 5 | 54
OF | Pete Browning | 57 | 220 | 78 | .355 | 1 | 37

#### Other batters[edit]

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

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Larry Twitchell | 45 | 187 | 58 | .310 | 2 | 31
Jerry Denny | 44 | 175 | 43 | .246 | 1 | 22
Hughie Jennings | 23 | 88 | 12 | .136 | 0 | 9
Curt Welch | 14 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 2
Lew Whistler | 13 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 9
Jerry Harrington | 10 | 36 | 4 | .111 | 0 | 6
Bob Clark | 12 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 0 | 3

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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George Hemming | 41 | 332.0 | 18 | 17 | 5.10 | 79
Scott Stratton | 37 | 314.2 | 12 | 23 | 5.43 | 43
Bill Rotes | 20 | 151.2 | 5 | 12 | 7.60 | 22
Jock Menefee | 15 | 129.1 | 8 | 7 | 4.24 | 30
Bill Whitrock | 8 | 46.2 | 2 | 5 | 8.10 | 8
Matt Kilroy | 5 | 35.0 | 3 | 2 | 9.00 | 4
Fritz Clausen | 5 | 33.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.00 | 4
Billy Rhines | 5 | 31.0 | 1 | 4 | 8.71 | 0
Billy Gumbert | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Con Lucid | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 0

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Tim O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference

## References[edit]

* 1893 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

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