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1899 Louisville Colonels season

1899 Louisville Colonels
LeagueNational League
BallparkEclipse Park II
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke
← 1898

The 1899 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 75–77 record and ninth place in the National League. Following the season, owner Barney Dreyfuss bought the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and folded his Louisville team. Manager Fred Clarke and most of the players moved over to the Pirates where they enjoyed much more success in the coming years. The Colonels, a perennial also-ran through their National League run from 1892 to 1899, appeared to be on the cusp of becoming a strong team when the National League contracted from 12 teams to 8 after the end of the 1899 season. Louisville started the season with a 15–37 record after 52 games, but then went 60–40 in their last 100 in the first glimpse of what was to become a strong Pirates team in the years to come. Many star players, including several Hall of Famers, of the first decade of the 20th Century came from the 1899 Louisville squad including Clarke, Honus Wagner, Rube Waddell, Deacon Phillippe, Tommy Leach and Claude Ritchey.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Superbas 101 47 .682 — 61‍–‍16 40‍–‍31
Boston Beaneaters 95 57 .625 8 53‍–‍26 42‍–‍31
Philadelphia Phillies 94 58 .618 9 58‍–‍25 36‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles 86 62 .581 15 51‍–‍24 35‍–‍38
St. Louis Perfectos 84 67 .556 18½ 50‍–‍33 34‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds 83 67 .553 19 57‍–‍29 26‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 76 73 .510 25½ 49‍–‍34 27‍–‍39
Chicago Orphans 75 73 .507 26 44‍–‍39 31‍–‍34
Louisville Colonels 75 77 .493 28 33‍–‍28 42‍–‍49
New York Giants 60 90 .400 42 35‍–‍38 25‍–‍52
Washington Senators 54 98 .355 49 35‍–‍43 19‍–‍55
Cleveland Spiders 20 134 .130 84 9‍–‍33 11‍–‍101

Record vs. opponents

1899 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BLN BOS BKN CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore — 7–7 6–8 9–5 4–9 12–2 6–7–2 10–4 6–7–1 9–3 8–6 9–4–1
Boston 7–7 — 6–8 5–7 10–4 11–3 9–5 12–2 5–9 10–4 8–6 12–2–1
Brooklyn 8–6 8–6 — 8–5–1 7–6 14–0 11–3 10–4 8–6 8–6 8–4–1 11–3
Chicago 5–9 7–5 5–8–1 — 8–6 13–1 7–7 7–6–1 5–9 6–7–2 8–6 4–9
Cincinnati 9–4 4–10 6–7 6–8 — 14–0 8–6 9–5–1 4–10 10–3–3 5–8–2 8–6–1
Cleveland 2–12 3–11 0–14 1–13 0–14 — 4–10 1–13 2–12 2–12 1–13 4–10
Louisville 7–6–2 5–9 3–11 7–7 6–8 10–4 — 7–7 7–6 6–8–1 5–9–1 12–2
New York 4–10 2–12 2–10 6–7–1 5–9–1 13–1 7–7 — 4–10–1 6–7 4–10 7–7
Philadelphia 7–6–1 9–5 6–8 9–5 10–4 12–2 6–7 10–4–1 — 6–8 7–7 12–2
Pittsburgh 3–9 4–10 6–8 7–6–2 3–10–3 12–2 8–6–1 7–6 8–6 — 7–7 11–3
St. Louis 6–8 6–8 4–8–1 6–8 8–5–2 13–1 9–5–1 10–4 7–7 7–7 — 8–6
Washington 4–9–1 2–12–1 3–11 9–4 6–8–1 10–4 2–12 7–7 2–12 3–11 6–8 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1899 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 Chief Zimmer 75 262 78 .298 2 29
1B Mike Kelley 76 282 68 .241 3 33
2B Claude Ritchey 148 540 162 .300 4 73
SS Billy Clingman 110 369 97 .263 2 45
3B Tommy Leach 106 406 117 .288 5 57
OF Charlie Dexter 81 298 76 .255 1 34
OF Dummy Hoy 155 636 194 .305 5 49
OF Fred Clarke 148 602 206 .342 5 70

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
Honus Wagner 148 575 196 .341 7 114
Doc Powers 49 169 35 .207 0 22
George Decker 39 138 37 .268 1 18
Malachi Kittridge 46 131 26 .198 0 13
Dave Wills 24 94 21 .223 0 12
Topsy Hartsel 30 75 18 .240 1 7
Fred Ketchum 15 61 18 .295 0 5
Tacks Latimer 9 29 8 .276 0 4
Farmer Steelman 4 15 1 .067 0 2
Tom Messitt 3 11 1 .091 0 0
Bob Langsford 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Burley Bayer 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Harry Croft 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Rudy Hulswitt 1 0 0 ---- 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
Bert Cunningham 39 323.2 17 17 3.84 36
Deacon Phillippe 42 321.0 21 17 3.17 68
Pete Dowling 35 298.1 13 17 3.05 89
Walt Woods 26 186.1 9 13 3.28 21
Rube Waddell 10 79.0 7 2 3.08 44
Bill Magee 12 71.0 3 7 5.20 13
Patsy Flaherty 5 39.0 2 3 2.31 5
Clay Fauver 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 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
Harry Wilhelm 5 25.0 1 1 6.12 6

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
Kitty Brashear 3 1 0 0 4.50 5

References


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