# 1895 Louisville Colonels season

The 1895 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 35–96 record and was last place in the National League for the second straight season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 87 | 43 | .669 | — | 54‍–‍12 | 33‍–‍31 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 84 | 46 | .646 | 3 | 49‍–‍13 | 35‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 53 | .595 | 9½ | 51‍–‍21 | 27‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Colts | 72 | 58 | .554 | 15 | 43‍–‍24 | 29‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 71 | 60 | .542 | 16½ | 43‍–‍22 | 28‍–‍38 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 71 | 60 | .542 | 16½ | 48‍–‍19 | 23‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 61 | .538 | 17 | 44‍–‍21 | 27‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 64 | .508 | 21 | 42‍–‍22 | 24‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 66 | 65 | .504 | 21½ | 40‍–‍27 | 26‍–‍38 |
| Washington Senators | 43 | 85 | .336 | 43 | 31‍–‍34 | 12‍–‍51 |
| St. Louis Browns | 39 | 92 | .298 | 48½ | 25‍–‍41 | 14‍–‍51 |
| Louisville Colonels | 35 | 96 | .267 | 52½ | 19‍–‍38 | 16‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1895 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 9–3 | 8–4–1 | 7–5–1 | 6–6 | 9–3 |
| Boston | 2–10 | — | 4–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–3–1 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–3–1 |
| Brooklyn | 5–7 | 7–4 | — | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 11–1 | 9–3–1 | 5–7–1 | 7–5–1 | 9–3 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–5 | 9–3–1 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–2–2 |
| Cincinnati | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8–1 | 9–3–1 | 8–2 |
| Cleveland | 6–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–6 | 6–6 | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–1–2 | 9–3 |
| Louisville | 1–10 | 3–9–1 | 1–11 | 3–9–1 | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 3–9 | 2–10 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–6 |
| New York | 3–9 | 4–8 | 3–9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 3–8 | 4–8 | 11–1 | 8–4 |
| Philadelphia | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 7–5–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7–1 | 5–7 | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 3–9–1 | 1–11–2 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 5–7 | 3–9 | — | 6–5–2 |
| Washington | 3–9 | 3–9–1 | 7–5 | 2–9–2 | 2–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–6–2 | — |

### 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 | Jack Warner | 67 | 232 | 62 | .267 | 1 | 20 |
| 1B | Harry Spies | 72 | 276 | 74 | .268 | 2 | 35 |
| 2B | John O'Brien | 128 | 539 | 138 | .256 | 1 | 50 |
| SS | Frank Shugart | 113 | 473 | 125 | .264 | 4 | 70 |
| 3B | Jimmy Collins | 96 | 373 | 104 | .279 | 6 | 49 |
| OF | Fred Clarke | 132 | 550 | 191 | .347 | 4 | 82 |
| OF | Joe Wright | 60 | 228 | 63 | .276 | 1 | 30 |
| OF | Tom Gettinger | 63 | 260 | 70 | .269 | 2 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Walt Preston | 50 | 197 | 55 | .279 | 1 | 24 |
| Ducky Holmes | 40 | 161 | 60 | .373 | 3 | 20 |
| Tub Welch | 47 | 153 | 37 | .242 | 1 | 8 |
| Tom McCreery | 31 | 108 | 35 | .324 | 0 | 10 |
| Dan Brouthers | 24 | 97 | 30 | .309 | 2 | 15 |
| Bill Hassamaer | 23 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 0 | 14 |
| Dan Sweeney | 22 | 90 | 24 | .267 | 1 | 16 |
| Jack Glasscock | 18 | 74 | 25 | .338 | 1 | 6 |
| Ambrose McGann | 20 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 0 | 9 |
| Pat Luby | 19 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 9 |
| Fred Zahner | 21 | 49 | 11 | .224 | 0 | 6 |
| Fred Pfeffer | 11 | 45 | 13 | .289 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Kemmer | 11 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Minnehan | 8 | 34 | 13 | .382 | 0 | 6 |
| Henry Cote | 10 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 0 | 5 |
| Tom Morrison | 6 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 4 |
| Hercules Burnett | 5 | 17 | 7 | .412 | 2 | 3 |
| Gil Hatfield | 5 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry McCormick | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Trost | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
| Grant Briggs | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 | 31 | 231.0 | 11 | 16 | 4.75 | 49 |
| Gus Weyhing | 28 | 213.0 | 7 | 19 | 5.41 | 53 |
| Mike McDermott | 33 | 207.1 | 4 | 19 | 5.99 | 42 |
| Bert Inks | 28 | 205.1 | 7 | 20 | 6.40 | 42 |
| Dan McFarlan | 7 | 46.0 | 0 | 7 | 6.65 | 10 |
| George Meakim | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 |
| George Borchers | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| Pat Luby | 11 | 71.1 | 1 | 5 | 6.81 | 12 |
| Phil Knell | 10 | 56.2 | 0 | 6 | 6.51 | 19 |
| Tom McCreery | 8 | 48.2 | 3 | 1 | 5.36 | 14 |
| Ducky Holmes | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Wadsworth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.00 | 2 |
| Tom Gettinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 0 |
| Bill Kling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bill Childress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |