The 1884 Louisville Eclipse

Louisville Colonels

The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...

 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 68-40 record, third place in the American Association

American Association (19th century)

The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

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There has been some debate over whom the manager of this club was, with some sources listing the club's starting second baseman

Second baseman

Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...

, Joe Gerhardt

Joe Gerhardt

John Joseph "Joe" Gerhardt , also known as "Move Up Joe", was an American Major League Baseball player from Washington, D.C. who played mainly as a second baseman over a 15 season career that spanned from 1873 to 1891...

, as manager for at least part of the year, with others crediting team official Mike Walsh with either all or part of the year.

Roster

1884 Louisville Eclipse
Roster
Pitchers Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		63	247	59	.239	0	26
2B		106	404	89	.220	0	40
3B		103	447	150	.336	4	47
SS		98	335	67	.200	0	21
OF		110	486	146	.300	3	73
OF		105	412	103	.250	0	36

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
	73	263	63	.240	3	21
	42	157	35	.223	0	18
	2	7	1	.143	0	0

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
	75	670.2	52	20	1.80	385
	13	102	6	6	3.44	16
	12	87.1	4	6	2.58	23
	1	0.1	0	1	54.00	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
	18	129.1	6	7	2.71	46