1892 Louisville Colonels season

The 1892 Louisville Colonels season saw the Colonels professional baseball team of Louisville, Kentucky, compete as members of the National League. In a split season schedule, the Colonels finished 11th in the first half of the season and ninth in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 63–89, ninth-best in the 12-team National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League First-half standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Beaneaters	52	22	.703	—
Brooklyn Grooms	51	26	.662	2½
Philadelphia Phillies	46	30	.605	7
Cincinnati Reds	44	31	.587	8½
Cleveland Spiders	40	33	.548	11½
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	39	.487	16
Washington Senators	35	41	.461	18
Chicago Colts	31	39	.443	19
St. Louis Browns	31	42	.425	20½
New York Giants	31	43	.419	21
Louisville Colonels	30	47	.390	23½
Baltimore Orioles	20	55	.267	32½

National League Second-half standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Spiders	53	23	.697	—
Boston Beaneaters	50	26	.658	3
Brooklyn Grooms	44	33	.571	9½
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	34	.558	10½
Philadelphia Phillies	41	36	.532	12½
New York Giants	40	37	.519	13½
Chicago Colts	39	37	.513	14
Cincinnati Reds	38	37	.507	14½
Louisville Colonels	33	42	.440	19½
Baltimore Orioles	26	46	.361	25
St. Louis Browns	25	52	.325	28½
Washington Senators	23	52	.307	29½

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 Grim	97	370	90	.243	1	36
1B	Lew Whistler	80	285	67	.235	5	34
2B		124	470	121	.257	2	76
SS	Hughie Jennings	152	594	133	.224	2	61
3B	Bill Kuehne	76	287	48	.167	0	36
OF		125	493	128	.260	0	34
OF	Farmer Weaver	138	551	140	.254	0	57
OF	Tom Brown	153	660	150	.227	2	45

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
Charley Bassett	79	313	67	.214	2	35
	46	168	33	.196	1	13
Emmett Seery	42	154	31	.201	0	15
Tom Dowse	41	145	21	.145	0	7
Pete Browning	21	77	19	.247	0	4
Alex McFarlan	14	42	7	.167	0	1
Harry Dooms	1	4	0	.000	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
Scott Stratton	42	351.2	21	19	2.92	93
Ben Sanders	31	268.2	12	19	3.22	77
	24	200.0	9	13	3.06	94
	19	156.1	7	10	4.03	67
Alex Jones	18	146.2	5	11	3.31	44
Lee Viau	16	130.2	4	11	3.99	36
George Hemming	4	35.0	2	2	4.63	12
	4	34.0	1	3	4.24	3
	2	18.1	1	1	1.96	4

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
	1	0	0	0	1.80	0

External links

• 1892 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

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