# 1893 Louisville Colonels season

The 1893 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 50–75 record, good for eleventh place in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 49‍–‍15 | 37‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 48 | .628 | 5 | 54‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55 | .570 | 12½ | 47‍–‍22 | 26‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57 | .558 | 14 | 43‍–‍22 | 29‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 64 | .515 | 19½ | 49‍–‍20 | 19‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 37‍–‍27 | 28‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 43‍–‍24 | 22‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70 | .462 | 26½ | 36‍–‍24 | 24‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Colts | 56 | 71 | .441 | 29 | 38‍–‍34 | 18‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75 | .432 | 30½ | 40‍–‍30 | 17‍–‍45 |
| Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75 | .400 | 34 | 24‍–‍28 | 26‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 40 | 89 | .310 | 46 | 21‍–‍27 | 19‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1893 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 2–10 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 1–11 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| Boston | 10–2 | — | 8–4 | 8–3–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–6–1 | 10–2 | 7–5 |
| Brooklyn | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 7–3 | 4–8 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–5–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–3 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 3–8–1 | 3–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 9–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 1–9–1 | 3–9 | 7–5–1 | 7–4 |
| Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–1 |
| Louisville | 5–5 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | — | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| New York | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | — | 7–5–1 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Philadelphia | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–6–1 | 6–6 | 9–1–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | — | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–1 | 6–4–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 9–2 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7–1 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9 | — | 8–4–1 |
| Washington | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–9 | 4–8–1 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 7, 1893: Hughie Jennings and Harry Taylor were traded by the Colonels to the Baltimore Orioles for Tim O'Rourke.

### 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 Grim | 99 | 415 | 111 | .267 | 3 | 54 |
| 1B | William Brown | 111 | 461 | 140 | .304 | 1 | 85 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 125 | 508 | 129 | .254 | 3 | 75 |
| SS | Tim O'Rourke | 92 | 352 | 99 | .281 | 0 | 53 |
| 3B | George Pinkney | 118 | 446 | 105 | .235 | 1 | 62 |
| OF | Farmer Weaver | 106 | 439 | 128 | .292 | 2 | 49 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 122 | 529 | 127 | .240 | 5 | 54 |
| OF | Pete Browning | 57 | 220 | 78 | .355 | 1 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Larry Twitchell | 45 | 187 | 58 | .310 | 2 | 31 |
| Jerry Denny | 44 | 175 | 43 | .246 | 1 | 22 |
| Hughie Jennings | 23 | 88 | 12 | .136 | 0 | 9 |
| Curt Welch | 14 | 47 | 8 | .170 | 0 | 2 |
| Lew Whistler | 13 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 9 |
| Jerry Harrington | 10 | 36 | 4 | .111 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Clark | 12 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 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 | 41 | 332.0 | 18 | 17 | 5.10 | 79 |
| Scott Stratton | 37 | 314.2 | 12 | 23 | 5.43 | 43 |
| Bill Rotes | 20 | 151.2 | 5 | 12 | 7.60 | 22 |
| Jock Menefee | 15 | 129.1 | 8 | 7 | 4.24 | 30 |
| Bill Whitrock | 8 | 46.2 | 2 | 5 | 8.10 | 8 |
| Matt Kilroy | 5 | 35.0 | 3 | 2 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Fritz Clausen | 5 | 33.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.00 | 4 |
| Billy Rhines | 5 | 31.0 | 1 | 4 | 8.71 | 0 |
| Billy Gumbert | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 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 |
| Con Lucid | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 0 |