1898 Louisville Colonels season

1898 Louisville Colonels
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Eclipse Park II (since 1894)
Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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The 1898 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 70–81 record and ninth place in the National League.

Regular season

The 1898 Louisville Colonels

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	47	0.685	—	62–15	40–32
Baltimore Orioles	96	53	0.644	6	58–15	38–38
Cincinnati Reds	92	60	0.605	11½	58–28	34–32
Chicago Orphans	85	65	0.567	17½	58–31	27–34
Cleveland Spiders	81	68	0.544	21	36–19	45–49
Philadelphia Phillies	78	71	0.523	24	49–31	29–40
New York Giants	77	73	0.513	25½	45–28	32–45
Pittsburg Pirates	72	76	0.486	29½	39–35	33–41
Louisville Colonels	70	81	0.464	33	43–34	27–47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	54	91	0.372	46	30–41	24–50
Washington Senators	51	101	0.336	52½	34–44	17–57
St. Louis Browns	39	111	0.260	63½	20–44	19–67

Record vs. opponents

1898 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–7	8–5–1	9–5	8–6–1	8–6–1	9–5	10–3–1	10–3–1	10–4	12–2	7–7
Boston	7–5	—	11–2	9–5	9–4–1	6–7–1	8–6–1	10–4	10–4	9–5	12–2	11–3
Brooklyn	5–8–1	2–11	—	4–10	3–11	6–7	2–10–1	3–11	6–6	9–5–1	7–6–1	7–6
Chicago	5–9	5–9	10–4	—	6–8	7–7	9–5	9–5–1	6–7	7–4–1	10–4	11–3
Cincinnati	6–8–1	4–9–1	11–3	8–6	—	8–5–2	9–5	6–8–1	7–7	12–2	12–2	9–5
Cleveland	6–8–1	7–6–1	7–6	7–7	5–8–2	—	9–5	6–8	7–7	5–8	10–3–1	12–2–2
Louisville	5–9	6–8–1	10–2–1	5–9	5–9	5–9	—	6–8	4–10	4–9–1	10–4	10–4
New York	3–10–1	4–10	11–3	5–9–1	8–6–1	8–6	8–6	—	6–7	5–9–1	10–3–2	9–4–1
Philadelphia	3–10–1	4–10	6–6	7–6	7–7	7–7	10–4	7–6	—	6–8	9–5	12–2
Pittsburg	4–10	5–9	5–9–1	4–7–1	2–12	8–5	9–4–1	9–5–1	8–6	—	9–4	9–5
St. Louis	2–12	2–12	6–7–1	4–10	2–12	3–10–1	4–10	3–10–2	5–9	4–9	—	4–10
Washington	7–7	3–11	6–7	3–11	5–9	2–12–2	4–10	4–9–1	2–12	5–9	10–4	—

Roster

1898 Louisville Colonels
Roster
Pitchers Nick Altrock Dad Clarke Bert Cunningham Pete Dowling Red Ehret Chick Fraser Bill Magee Lou Mahaffey Frank Todd Catchers Malachi Kittridge Doc Powers Cooney Snyder Bill Wilson		Infielders Scoops Carey Billy Clingman Harry Davis George Decker Tommy Leach John Richter Claude Ritchey Heinie Smith General Stafford Tom Stouch Billy Taylor Honus Wagner		Outfielders Fred Clarke Josh Clarke Charlie Dexter Topsy Hartsel Dummy Hoy Kid Nance		Manager Fred Clarke

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	Kittridge, MalachiMalachi Kittridge	86	287	70	.244	1	31
1B	Wagner, HonusHonus Wagner	151	588	176	.299	10	105
2B	Ritchey, ClaudeClaude Ritchey	151	551	140	.254	5	51
3B	Clingman, BillyBilly Clingman	154	538	138	.257	0	50

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
Decker, GeorgeGeorge Decker	42	148	44	.297	0	19
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	37	138	30	.217	1	16
Wilson, BillBill Wilson	29	102	17	.167	1	13
Carey, ScoopsScoops Carey	8	32	6	.188	0	1
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	9	24	6	.250	0	2

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
Cunningham, BertBert Cunningham	44	362	28	15	3.16	34
Dowling, PetePete Dowling	36	285.2	13	20	4.16	84
Fraser, ChickChick Fraser	26	203	7	17	5.32	58
Ehret, RedRed Ehret	12	89	3	7	5.76	20
Clarke, DadDad Clarke	1	9	0	1	5.00	1

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
Altrock, NickNick Altrock	11	70	3	3	4.50	13

References

• 1898 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference