1894 Louisville Colonels season

1894 Louisville Colonels
1894 Louisville Colonels
League	National League
Ballpark	Eclipse Park
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Billy Barnie
	← 1893 1895 →

The 1894 Louisville Colonels season was the third season for the baseball team in the National League. The team finished in last place in the league with a 36–94 record.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	.695	—	52‍–‍15	37‍–‍24
New York Giants	88	44	.667	3	49‍–‍17	39‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	.629	8	44‍–‍19	39‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	.555	18	48‍–‍20	23‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	.534	20½	42‍–‍24	28‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	.527	21½	35‍–‍24	33‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	65	.500	25	46‍–‍28	19‍–‍37
Chicago Colts	57	75	.432	34	35‍–‍30	22‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	.424	35	34‍–‍32	22‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	.423	35	37‍–‍28	18‍–‍47
Washington Senators	45	87	.341	46	32‍–‍30	13‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	.277	54	24‍–‍38	12‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	4–8	8–4	9–3	10–2	9–3	10–2	6–6	6–4–1	6–4	10–2	11–1
Boston	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	8–4	9–3	10–2	6–6–1	6–6	8–4	6–6	9–3
Brooklyn	4–8	6–6	—	6–6–1	6–6	6–5	8–4	5–7–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	8–4	9–3
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–6–1	—	6–6–1	2–10	8–4	1–11–2	7–5	6–6–1	6–6	7–5
Cincinnati	2–10	4–8	6–6	6–6–1	—	3–8–1	7–5	5–7	3–8–2	5–7	7–5	7–5
Cleveland	3–9	3–9	5–6	10–2	8–3–1	—	8–3	3–9	7–5	4–8	9–3	8–4
Louisville	2–10	2–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	3–8	—	0–12–1	3–8	3–9	6–6	4–8
New York	6–6	6–6–1	7–5–1	11–1–2	7–5	9–3	12–0–1	—	5–7	8–4–1	7–5–1	10–2
Philadelphia	4–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	5–7	8–3–2	5–7	8–3	7–5	—	8–4	5–7	8–4
Pittsburgh	4–6	4–8	5–7–1	6–6–1	7–5	8–4	9–3	4–8–1	4–8	—	6–6	8–4
St. Louis	2–10	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	3–9	6–6	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	—	6–6
Washington	1–11	3–9	3–9	5–7	5–7	4–8	8–4	2–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1894 Louisville Colonels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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
C	John Grim	109	412	123	.299	7	71
1B	Luke Lutenberg	70	255	49	.192	0	23
2B	Fred Pfeffer	105	414	128	.309	5	61
SS	Danny Richardson	116	430	109	.253	1	40
3B	Jerry Denny	60	221	61	.276	0	32
OF	Larry Twitchell	52	210	56	.267	2	32
OF	Fred Clarke	76	314	86	.274	7	48
OF	Tom Brown	130	541	137	.253	9	57

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
Farmer Weaver	64	244	54	.221	3	24
Tim O'Rourke	55	220	61	.277	0	27
Pat Flaherty	39	150	43	.287	0	15
Ollie Smith	39	137	41	.299	3	20
George Nicol	28	112	38	.339	0	19
Pete Gilbert	28	108	33	.306	1	14
Billy Earle	21	65	23	.354	0	7
Fred Zahner	14	49	10	.204	0	4
William Brown	13	48	10	.208	0	9
Fred Lake	16	42	12	.286	1	10
Sam Dungan	8	32	11	.344	0	3
Henry Cote	10	31	9	.290	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
George Hemming	35	294.1	13	19	4.37	66
Phil Knell	32	247.0	7	21	5.32	67
Jock Menefee	28	211.2	8	17	4.29	43
Jack Wadsworth	22	173.0	4	18	7.60	57
Bert Inks	8	59.2	2	6	6.49	8
Matt Kilroy	8	37.0	0	5	3.89	11
George Nicol	1	9.0	0	1	15.00	3
Bill Whitrock	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	0