# 1886 Louisville Colonels season

The 1886 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 66–70 record, fourth place in the American Association.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Browns | 93 | 46 | .669 | — | 52‍–‍18 | 41‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 80 | 57 | .584 | 12 | 45‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍29 |
| Brooklyn Grays | 76 | 61 | .555 | 16 | 44‍–‍25 | 32‍–‍36 |
| Louisville Colonels | 66 | 70 | .485 | 25½ | 37‍–‍30 | 29‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 65 | 73 | .471 | 27½ | 40‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 63 | 72 | .467 | 28 | 38‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍41 |
| New York Metropolitans | 53 | 82 | .393 | 38 | 30‍–‍33 | 23‍–‍49 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 48 | 83 | .366 | 41 | 30‍–‍32 | 18‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | CIN | LOU | NY | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 6–14–1 | 5–13–2 | 7–12–2 | 8–9 | 8–10–1 | 7–12–2 | 7–13 |
| Brooklyn | 14–6–1 | — | 13–7 | 13–7 | 10–9–1 | 11–7–2 | 8–12 | 7–13 |
| Cincinnati | 13–5–2 | 7–13 | — | 10–10 | 13–7–1 | 10–10 | 7–13 | 5–15 |
| Louisville | 12–7–2 | 7–13 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 9–11 | 7–12 | 10–9 |
| New York | 9–8 | 9–10–1 | 7–13–1 | 8–11 | — | 8–12 | 8–12 | 4–16 |
| Philadelphia | 10–8–1 | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 11–9 | 12–8 | — | 8–11–1 | 5–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–7–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 12–7 | 12–8 | 11–8–1 | — | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 13–7 | 13–7 | 15–5 | 9–10 | 16–4 | 15–5 | 12–8 | — |

### Roster
## 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 Kerins | 120 | 487 | 131 | .269 | 4 | 50 |
| 1B | Paul Cook | 66 | 262 | 54 | .206 | 0 | 14 |
| 2B | Reddy Mack | 137 | 483 | 118 | .244 | 1 | 56 |
| 3B | Joe Werrick | 136 | 561 | 140 | .250 | 3 | 62 |
| SS | Bill White | 135 | 557 | 143 | .257 | 1 | 66 |
| OF | Jimmy Wolf | 130 | 545 | 148 | .272 | 3 | 61 |
| OF | Joe Strauss | 74 | 297 | 64 | .215 | 1 | 31 |
| OF | Pete Browning | 112 | 467 | 159 | .340 | 2 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Amos Cross | 74 | 283 | 78 | .276 | 1 | 42 |
| Lou Sylvester | 45 | 154 | 35 | .227 | 0 | 17 |
| Hub Collins | 27 | 101 | 29 | .287 | 0 | 10 |
| Bones Ely | 10 | 32 | 5 | .156 | 0 | 6 |
| Leech Maskrey | 5 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 2 |
| Phil Reccius | 5 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Neale | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Heinzman | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Terrell | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Toad Ramsey | 67 | 588.2 | 38 | 27 | 2.45 | 499 |
| Guy Hecker | 49 | 420.2 | 26 | 23 | 2.87 | 133 |
| Tom Sullivan | 9 | 75.0 | 2 | 7 | 3.96 | 27 |
| Ted Kennedy | 4 | 32.0 | 0 | 4 | 5.34 | 14 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 4 | 31.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.61 | 18 |
| Joe Neale | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 0 |
| Phil Reccius | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 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 |
| Bones Ely | 6 | 44.0 | 0 | 4 | 5.32 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Strauss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 0 |
| Bill White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |