1887 Louisville Colonels Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 76-60
Finished 4th in the AA
Attendance: 12,000, Avg. 4,000
Ballpark: Eclipse Park I
Manager: John Kelly (76-60)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1887 Louisville Colonels RosterTeam Record: 76-60
Finished 4th in the AA
Attendance: 12,000, Avg. 4,000
Ballpark: Eclipse Park I
Manager: John Kelly (76-60)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
1887 Louisville Colonels Results
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1887 season with a record of 76 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.
The Colonels plated 956 runs and surrendered 854 runs. Pete Browning drove in 118 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .402 clip. Toad Ramsey recorded 37 wins for the team, while Ice Box Chamberlain and Guy Hecker also added 15 or more wins also Toad Ramsey recorded a 3.43 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
John Kelly coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toad Ramsey | 37 | 27 | .578 | 3.43 | 65 | 64 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 561.0 | 544 | 358 | 214 | 9 | 167 | 0 | 355 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 2430 |
| Guy Hecker | 18 | 12 | .600 | 4.16 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 285.3 | 325 | 214 | 132 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1256 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 18 | 16 | .529 | 3.79 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 309.0 | 340 | 226 | 130 | 8 | 117 | 0 | 118 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 1374 |
| Joe Neale | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.97 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 60 | 50 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 201 |
| Peek-A-Boo Veach | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Totals | 74 | 60 | .552 | 3.82 | 141 | 137 | 4 | 133 | 3 | 1 | 1205.7 | 1274 | 854 | 512 | 31 | 357 | 0 | 544 | 42 | 0 | 86 | 5298 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Browning | 134 | 610 | 547 | 137 | 220 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 118 | 103 | 0 | 55 | 39 | .402 | .464 | .547 | 1.011 | 299 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hub Collins | 130 | 600 | 559 | 122 | 162 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 71 | 0 | 39 | 33 | .290 | .338 | .363 | .701 | 203 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicken Wolf | 137 | 611 | 569 | 103 | 160 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 102 | 45 | 0 | 34 | 19 | .281 | .331 | .385 | .715 | 219 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Werrick | 136 | 574 | 533 | 90 | 152 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 99 | 49 | 0 | 38 | 49 | .285 | .336 | .413 | .749 | 220 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reddy Mack | 128 | 566 | 478 | 117 | 147 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 22 | 0 | 83 | 63 | .308 | .415 | .395 | .811 | 189 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kerins | 112 | 516 | 476 | 101 | 140 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 57 | 49 | 0 | 38 | 26 | .294 | .349 | .443 | .792 | 211 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 132 | 559 | 512 | 85 | 129 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 79 | 41 | 0 | 47 | 36 | .252 | .315 | .313 | .627 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Hecker | 91 | 407 | 370 | 89 | 118 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 31 | 38 | .319 | .381 | .441 | .821 | 163 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cook | 61 | 238 | 223 | 34 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .247 | .294 | .283 | .577 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lave Cross | 54 | 219 | 203 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .266 | .320 | .335 | .655 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toad Ramsey | 65 | 244 | 225 | 19 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | .191 | .254 | .209 | .463 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 37 | 143 | 131 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .198 | .266 | .244 | .510 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Reccius | 11 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .243 | .391 | .297 | .689 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Cross | 8 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ducky Hemp | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Neale | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peek-A-Boo Veach | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1243 | 5392 | 4916 | 956 | 1420 | 194 | 98 | 27 | 728 | 466 | 0 | 436 | 367 | .289 | .352 | .385 | .736 | 1891 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kerins | 1B | 74 | 0 | 609.0 | 695 | 18 | 22 | 26 | .970 | 1.537 | 9.635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Hecker | 1B | 43 | 0 | 367.0 | 386 | 4 | 19 | 27 | .954 | 9.564 | 9.070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | 1B | 11 | 0 | 94.0 | 95 | 4 | 9 | 6 | .917 | 9.479 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | 1B | 8 | 0 | 76.0 | 87 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .947 | 1.539 | 11.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | 1B | 6 | 0 | 49.0 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .909 | 9.184 | 8.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amos Cross | 1B | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reddy Mack | 2B | 128 | 0 | 1134.0 | 366 | 395 | 73 | 48 | .912 | 6.040 | 5.945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | 2B | 10 | 0 | 71.0 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .891 | 5.197 | 4.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Werrick | 3B | 136 | 0 | 1195.0 | 153 | 286 | 89 | 12 | .831 | 3.306 | 3.228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | 3B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Cook | C | 55 | 0 | 419.0 | 220 | 95 | 29 | 4 | .916 | 6.766 | 5.727 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | C | 44 | 0 | 383.0 | 251 | 66 | 29 | 7 | .916 | 7.449 | 7.205 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | C | 35 | 0 | 365.0 | 261 | 93 | 32 | 7 | .917 | 8.729 | 1.114 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amos Cross | C | 5 | 0 | 38.0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .808 | 4.974 | 4.200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Browning | OF | 134 | 0 | 1179.0 | 281 | 21 | 46 | 7 | .868 | 2.305 | 2.254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicken Wolf | OF | 128 | 0 | 1103.0 | 207 | 27 | 15 | 5 | .940 | 1.909 | 1.828 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | OF | 109 | 0 | 965.0 | 192 | 19 | 27 | 1 | .887 | 1.968 | 1.936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Hecker | OF | 16 | 0 | 114.0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .769 | 1.579 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Reccius | OF | 10 | 0 | 103.0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 2.184 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | OF | 10 | 0 | 86.0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.779 | 1.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kerins | OF | 5 | 0 | 36.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | OF | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.875 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ducky Hemp | OF | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amos Cross | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toad Ramsey | P | 65 | 0 | 561.0 | 7 | 72 | 31 | 0 | .718 | 1.267 | 1.215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | P | 36 | 0 | 309.0 | 12 | 65 | 10 | 2 | .885 | 2.243 | 2.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guy Hecker | P | 34 | 0 | 285.0 | 24 | 76 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 3.158 | 2.941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Neale | P | 5 | 0 | 41.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.195 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peek-A-Boo Veach | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | SS | 132 | 0 | 1170.0 | 204 | 431 | 96 | 45 | .869 | 4.885 | 4.811 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hub Collins | SS | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 2.483 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Reccius | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1252 | 0 | 10850.0 | 3614 | 1725 | 574 | 207 | .903 | 4.429 | 4.264 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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