1892 Louisville Colonels season

1892 Louisville Colonels
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Eclipse Park (since 1882)
Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other 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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	0.680	—	54–21	48–27
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	0.624	8½	54–24	39–32
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	0.617	9	51–24	44–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	0.569	16½	55–26	32–40
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	0.547	20	45–32	37–36
Pittsburg Pirates	80	73	0.523	23½	54–34	26–39
Chicago Colts	70	76	0.479	30	36–31	34–45
New York Giants	71	80	0.470	31½	42–36	29–44
Louisville Colonels	63	89	0.414	40	37–31	26–58
Washington Senators	58	93	0.384	44½	34–36	24–57
St. Louis Browns	56	94	0.373	46	37–36	19–58
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	0.313	54½	29–44	17–57

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	0–13	2–12–1	4–7	4–10	2–11–2	6–7	5–9	4–10	5–9	8–6–1	6–7–1
Boston	13–0	—	9–5	10–4	8–5–1	8–6	12–2	11–3–1	6–7	7–6	7–7	11–3
Brooklyn	12–2–1	5–9	—	10–4	6–8	8–6	9–5	7–7	9–5–2	10–4	9–5–1	10–4
Chicago	7–4	4–10	4–10	—	6–7–1	3–9	5–9	10–4	5–9	7–7	7–5	12–2
Cincinnati	10–4	5–8–1	8–6	7–6–1	—	5–9	7–6–1	8–6	5–9	5–9	12–2–1	10–3–1
Cleveland	11–2–2	6–8	6–8	9–3	9–5	—	13–1	8–5	10–4	7–7–1	8–5–1	6–8
Louisville	7–6	2–12	5–9	9–5	6–7–1	1–13	—	4–10	4–10	8–6	9–5–1	8–6
New York	9–5	3–11–1	7–7	4–10	6–8	5–8	10–4	—	5–9	4–10–1	9–4	9–4
Philadelphia	10–4	7–6	5–9–2	9–5	9–5	4–10	10–4	9–5	—	8–6	7–7	9–5
Pittsburg	9–5	6–7	4–10	7–7	9–5	7–7–1	6–8	10–4–1	6–8	—	10–4	6–8
St. Louis	6–8–1	7–7	5–9–1	5–7	2–12–1	5–8–1	5–9–1	4–9	7–7	4–10	—	6–8
Washington	7–6–1	3–11	4–10	2–12	3–10–1	8–6	6–8	4–9	5–9	8–6	8–6	—

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