1893 Louisville Colonels season

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	0.667	—	49–15	37–28
Pittsburg 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

1893 National League Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	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	—

Notable transactions

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

Roster

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

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
1B	Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown	111	461	140	.304	1	85
SS	O'Rourke, TimTim O'Rourke	92	352	99	.281	0	53
OF	Brown, TomTom Brown	122	529	127	.240	5	54

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
Jennings, HughieHughie Jennings	23	88	12	.136	0	9
Clark, BobBob Clark	12	28	3	.107	0	3

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	41	332	18	17	5.10	79
Kilroy, MattMatt Kilroy	5	35	3	2	9.00	4
Clausen, FritzFritz Clausen	5	33	1	4	6.00	4
Gumbert, BillyBilly Gumbert	1	0.2	0	0	27.00	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
Lucid, ConCon Lucid	2	6	0	1	15.00	0

Notes

1. Tim O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1893 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference