1886 Louisville Colonels season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
1886 Louisville Colonels
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkEclipse Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersW. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
ManagerJim Hart
← 1885
1887 →

The 1886 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 66–70 record, fourth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

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American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 93 46 0.669 — 52–18 41–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 80 57 0.584 12 45–28 35–29
Brooklyn Grays 76 61 0.555 16 44–25 32–36
Louisville Colonels 66 70 0.485 25½ 37–30 29–40
Cincinnati Red Stockings 65 73 0.471 27½ 40–31 25–42
Philadelphia Athletics 63 72 0.467 28 38–31 25–41
New York Metropolitans 53 82 0.393 38 30–33 23–49
Baltimore Orioles 48 83 0.366 41 30–32 18–51

Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BR CIN LOU NY PHI PIT STL
Baltimore — 6–14–1 5–13–2 7–12–2 8–9 8–10–1 7–12–2 7–13
Brooklyn 14–6–1 — 13–7 13–7 10–9–1 11–7–2 8–12 7–13
Cincinnati 13–5–2 7–13 — 10–10 13–7–1 10–10 7–13 5–15
Louisville 12–7–2 7–13 10–10 — 11–8 9–11 7–12 10–9
New York 9–8 9–10–1 7–13–1 8–11 — 8–12 8–12 4–16
Philadelphia 10–8–1 7–11–2 10–10 11–9 12–8 — 8–11–1 5–15
Pittsburgh 12–7–2 12–8 13–7 12–7 12–8 11–8–1 — 8–12
St. Louis 13–7 13–7 15–5 9–10 16–4 15–5 12–8 —


Roster

1886 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
Infielders
 Outfielders Manager
  • Jim Hart

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 John Kerins 120 487 131 .269 4 50
1B Paul Cook 66 262 54 .206 0 14
2B Reddy Mack 137 483 118 .244 1 56
3B Joe Werrick 136 561 140 .250 3 62
SS Bill White 135 557 143 .257 1 66
OF Jimmy Wolf 130 545 148 .272 3 61
OF Joe Strauss 74 297 64 .215 1 31
OF Pete Browning 112 467 159 .340 2 68

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
Amos Cross 74 283 78 .276 1 42
Lou Sylvester 45 154 35 .227 0 17
Hub Collins 27 101 29 .287 0 10
Bones Ely 10 32 5 .156 0 6
Leech Maskrey 5 19 3 .158 0 2
Phil Reccius 5 13 4 .308 0 2
Joe Neale 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Jack Heinzman 1 5 0 .000 0 0
Tom Terrell 1 4 1 .250 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
Toad Ramsey 67 588.2 38 27 2.45 499
Guy Hecker 49 420.2 26 23 2.87 133
Tom Sullivan 9 75.0 2 7 3.96 27
Ted Kennedy 4 32.0 0 4 5.34 14
Ice Box Chamberlain 4 31.1 0 3 6.61 18
Joe Neale 1 7.0 0 1 7.71 0
Phil Reccius 1 3.0 0 1 9.00 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
Bones Ely 6 44.0 0 4 5.32 28

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
Joe Strauss 2 0 0 1 4.50 0
Jimmy Wolf 1 0 0 0 15.00 0
Bill White 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

References

  • 1886 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference
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