The 1896 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 38–93 record and last place in the National League for the third straight season. The team lost 5 games over the course of two days – a tripleheader on September 7, and a doubleheader on September 8.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Roster 1896 Louisville Colonels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 Charlie Dexter 107 402 112 .279 3 37 1B Jim Rogers 72 290 75 .259 0 38 2B 49 186 63 .339 2 24 SS Joe Dolan 44 165 35 .212 3 18 3B Billy Clingman 121 423 99 .234 2 37 OF 115 441 155 .351 7 65 OF Fred Clarke 131 517 168 .325 9 79 OF Ollie Pickering 45 165 50 .303 1 22
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 Doggie Miller 98 324 89 .275 1 33 Pete Cassidy 49 184 39 .212 0 12 47 141 38 .270 0 18 Jack Crooks 39 122 29 .238 2 15 Frank Shannon 31 115 18 .157 1 15 33 110 25 .227 0 10 Herm McFarland 30 110 21 .191 1 12 Bill Hassamaer 30 106 26 .245 2 14 Frank Eustace 25 100 17 .170 1 11 Abbie Johnson 25 87 20 .230 0 14 Sammy Strang 14 46 12 .261 0 7 Tom Morrison 8 27 4 .148 0 0 Tom Kinslow 8 25 7 .280 0 7 Eddie Boyle 3 9 0 .000 0 0 George Treadway 2 7 1 .143 0 1 Joe Wright 2 7 2 .286 0 0 Frank Freund 2 5 1 .200 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 43 349.1 12 27 4.87 91 Bill Hill 43 319.2 9 28 4.31 104 27 189.1 7 14 5.09 37 14 94.1 4 6 5.63 13 12 65.0 2 7 7.34 12 Gus Weyhing 5 42.0 2 3 6.64 9 2 11.0 0 2 6.55 4 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 1 1 1.0 0 1 36.00 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 Tom Smith 11 55.0 2 3 5.40 14 2 12.0 0 1 7.50 3
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 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
References
1896 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference