1894 Louisville Colonels season

1894 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)	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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	0.695	—	52–15	37–24
New York Giants	88	44	0.667	3	49–17	39–27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	0.629	8	44–19	39–30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	0.555	18	48–20	23–37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	0.534	20½	42–24	28–37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	0.527	21½	35–24	33–37
Pittsburg Pirates	65	65	0.500	25	46–28	19–37
Chicago Colts	57	75	0.432	34	35–30	22–45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	0.424	35	34–32	22–44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	0.423	35	37–28	18–47
Washington Senators	45	87	0.341	46	32–30	13–57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	0.277	54	24–38	12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	4–8	8–4	9–3	10–2	9–3	10–2	6–6	6–4–1	6–4	10–2	11–1
Boston	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	8–4	9–3	10–2	6–6–1	6–6	8–4	6–6	9–3
Brooklyn	4–8	6–6	—	6–6–1	6–6	6–5	8–4	5–7–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	8–4	9–3
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–6–1	—	6–6–1	2–10	8–4	1–11–2	7–5	6–6–1	6–6	7–5
Cincinnati	2–10	4–8	6–6	6–6–1	—	3–8–1	7–5	5–7	3–8–2	5–7	7–5	7–5
Cleveland	3–9	3–9	5–6	10–2	8–3–1	—	8–3	3–9	7–5	4–8	9–3	8–4
Louisville	2–10	2–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	3–8	—	0–12–1	3–8	3–9	6–6	4–8
New York	6–6	6–6–1	7–5–1	11–1–2	7–5	9–3	12–0–1	—	5–7	8–4–1	7–5–1	10–2
Philadelphia	4–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	5–7	8–3–2	5–7	8–3	7–5	—	8–4	5–7	8–4
Pittsburg	4–6	4–8	5–7–1	6–6–1	7–5	8–4	9–3	4–8–1	4–8	—	6–6	8–4
St. Louis	2–10	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	3–9	6–6	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	—	6–6
Washington	1–11	3–9	3–9	5–7	5–7	4–8	8–4	2–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—

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