1898 Louisville Colonels Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 70-81
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 137,655, Avg. 1,939
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Manager: Fred Clarke (70-81)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1898 Louisville Colonels RosterTeam Record: 70-81
Finished 9th in the NL
Attendance: 137,655, Avg. 1,939
Ballpark: Eclipse Park II
Manager: Fred Clarke (70-81)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1898 Louisville Colonels Results
The Louisville Colonels of the National League ended the 1898 season with a record of 70 wins and 81 losses, finishing ninth in the NL.
The Colonels plated 728 runs and surrendered 833 runs. Honus Wagner paced Louisville with 10 home runs and drove in 105 runs. Charlie Dexter topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .314 clip. Bert Cunningham recorded 28 wins on the mound for the team, while Bill Magee added 15 or more wins, too Bert Cunningham registered a 3.16 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Fred Clarke coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Cunningham | 28 | 15 | .651 | 3.16 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 362.0 | 387 | 174 | 127 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1510 |
| Bill Magee | 16 | 15 | .516 | 4.05 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 295.3 | 294 | 163 | 133 | 8 | 129 | 0 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1289 |
| Pete Dowling | 13 | 20 | .394 | 4.16 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 285.7 | 284 | 176 | 132 | 7 | 120 | 0 | 84 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1245 |
| Chick Fraser | 7 | 17 | .292 | 5.32 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 203.0 | 230 | 157 | 120 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 58 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 935 |
| Nick Altrock | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.50 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 89 | 54 | 35 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 314 |
| Red Ehret | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.76 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 130 | 72 | 57 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 408 |
| Lou Mahaffey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Dad Clarke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Frank Todd | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.91 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Totals | 70 | 81 | .464 | 4.24 | 173 | 154 | 17 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 1334.0 | 1457 | 833 | 629 | 33 | 470 | 0 | 271 | 94 | 3 | 24 | 5847 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Clarke | 149 | 667 | 599 | 116 | 184 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 48 | 21 | .307 | .373 | .401 | .774 | 240 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hoy | 148 | 659 | 582 | 104 | 177 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 66 | 37 | 0 | 49 | 33 | .304 | .367 | .416 | .783 | 242 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Honus Wagner | 151 | 635 | 588 | 80 | 176 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 105 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 20 | .299 | .341 | .410 | .751 | 241 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Ritchey | 151 | 637 | 551 | 65 | 140 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 29 | .254 | .322 | .314 | .636 | 173 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Clingman | 154 | 609 | 538 | 65 | 138 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 51 | 60 | .257 | .327 | .301 | .628 | 162 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Dexter | 112 | 467 | 421 | 76 | 132 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 44 | 0 | 26 | 35 | .314 | .363 | .375 | .739 | 158 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Malachi Kittridge | 86 | 312 | 287 | 27 | 70 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 10 | .244 | .281 | .317 | .599 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| James Stafford | 49 | 207 | 181 | 26 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 16 | .298 | .368 | .331 | .700 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| George Decker | 42 | 161 | 148 | 27 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .297 | .342 | .365 | .707 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Cunningham | 44 | 150 | 140 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .229 | .280 | .286 | .566 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Davis | 37 | 148 | 138 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .217 | .255 | .304 | .560 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Powers | 34 | 107 | 99 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .273 | .308 | .404 | .712 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| William Nance | 22 | 91 | 76 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .316 | .416 | .421 | .837 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Topsy Hartsel | 22 | 85 | 71 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .324 | .422 | .324 | .746 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Smith | 35 | 135 | 121 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .190 | .246 | .223 | .469 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Dowling | 36 | 117 | 107 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .196 | .252 | .308 | .561 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wilson | 29 | 110 | 102 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .167 | .213 | .245 | .458 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Magee | 38 | 115 | 111 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | .126 | .149 | .135 | .284 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Fraser | 26 | 87 | 78 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .167 | .226 | .218 | .444 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooney Snyder | 17 | 68 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .164 | .215 | .164 | .379 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Ehret | 13 | 42 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .225 | .262 | .350 | .612 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 11 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .241 | .313 | .241 | .554 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 9 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .292 | .599 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Carey | 8 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .212 | .281 | .493 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Stouch | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .313 | .353 | .375 | .728 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Clarke | 6 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Richter | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Todd | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .600 | .800 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Leach | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dad Clarke | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Mahaffey | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1445 | 5775 | 5193 | 728 | 1389 | 150 | 71 | 32 | 601 | 235 | 0 | 375 | 424 | .267 | .325 | .342 | .667 | 1777 | 0 | 66 | 141 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honus Wagner | 1B | 75 | 0 | 649.0 | 729 | 41 | 22 | 44 | .972 | 1.678 | 1.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | 1B | 34 | 0 | 290.0 | 336 | 20 | 12 | 23 | .967 | 11.048 | 1.471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | 1B | 32 | 0 | 262.0 | 279 | 12 | 2 | 18 | .993 | 9.996 | 9.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Carey | 1B | 8 | 0 | 76.0 | 94 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .961 | 11.724 | 12.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Powers | 1B | 6 | 0 | 45.0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 9.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Wilson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 9.818 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | 2B | 71 | 0 | 629.0 | 208 | 212 | 21 | 30 | .952 | 6.010 | 5.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Smith | 2B | 33 | 0 | 262.0 | 74 | 87 | 16 | 8 | .910 | 5.531 | 4.879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Stafford | 2B | 28 | 0 | 228.0 | 58 | 78 | 15 | 6 | .901 | 5.368 | 4.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 2B | 10 | 0 | 79.0 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 5.696 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Dexter | 2B | 8 | 0 | 64.0 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .911 | 5.766 | 5.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Stouch | 2B | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 4.781 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | 2B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 5.400 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 2B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 3.600 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | 3B | 79 | 0 | 693.0 | 119 | 191 | 29 | 12 | .914 | 4.026 | 3.924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Honus Wagner | 3B | 65 | 0 | 531.0 | 101 | 118 | 18 | 11 | .924 | 3.712 | 3.369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 3B | 7 | 0 | 46.0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 3.913 | 2.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Richter | 3B | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 3.900 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Leach | 3B | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 3.429 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Stafford | 3B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malachi Kittridge | C | 86 | 0 | 706.0 | 258 | 80 | 20 | 10 | .944 | 4.309 | 3.930 | 12 | 0 | 109 | 73 | 40.1 |
| Bill Wilson | C | 28 | 0 | 250.0 | 86 | 33 | 14 | 1 | .895 | 4.284 | 4.250 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 30 | 44.1 |
| Doc Powers | C | 22 | 0 | 161.0 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .962 | 4.193 | 3.409 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 37.5 |
| Cooney Snyder | C | 17 | 0 | 139.0 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .935 | 3.755 | 3.412 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 40.0 |
| Charlie Dexter | C | 7 | 0 | 77.0 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 5.377 | 6.571 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 40.0 |
| Fred Clarke | OF | 149 | 0 | 1299.0 | 344 | 19 | 23 | 3 | .940 | 2.515 | 2.436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hoy | OF | 148 | 0 | 1270.0 | 348 | 19 | 21 | 6 | .946 | 2.601 | 2.480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Dexter | OF | 95 | 0 | 813.0 | 148 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .958 | 1.782 | 1.695 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Nance | OF | 22 | 0 | 184.0 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.712 | 1.591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Stafford | OF | 22 | 0 | 161.0 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 2.068 | 1.682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Topsy Hartsel | OF | 21 | 0 | 158.0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.538 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Clarke | OF | 5 | 0 | 46.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.152 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Decker | OF | 6 | 0 | 33.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.364 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Powers | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2.077 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bert Cunningham | P | 44 | 0 | 362.0 | 29 | 81 | 13 | 5 | .894 | 2.735 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Magee | P | 38 | 0 | 295.0 | 11 | 65 | 6 | 3 | .927 | 2.319 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Dowling | P | 36 | 0 | 286.0 | 11 | 68 | 12 | 2 | .868 | 2.486 | 2.194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chick Fraser | P | 26 | 0 | 203.0 | 15 | 65 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 3.547 | 3.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | P | 12 | 0 | 89.0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .800 | 2.022 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Altrock | P | 11 | 0 | 70.0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.729 | 2.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Todd | P | 4 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Mahaffey | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dad Clarke | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claude Ritchey | SS | 80 | 0 | 675.0 | 194 | 228 | 37 | 32 | .919 | 5.627 | 5.275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | SS | 74 | 0 | 657.0 | 169 | 259 | 41 | 34 | .913 | 5.863 | 5.784 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1431 | 0 | 11998.0 | 3995 | 1907 | 382 | 276 | .939 | 4.427 | 4.124 | 30 | 0 | 205 | 140 | 40.6 |
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