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1884 Louisville Eclipse Season
The 1884 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 68–40 record, third place in the American Association. There has been some debate over whom the manager of this club was, with some sources listing the club's starting second baseman, Joe Gerhardt, as manager for at least part of the year, with others crediting team official Mike Walsh with either all or part of the year. Guy Hecker started 75 games for the Eclipse in 1884 and won the American Association Pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins, with 52, strikeouts, with 385, and earned run average with 1.80. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Opening Day lineup 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse Park
Eclipse Park was the name of three successive baseball grounds in Louisville, Kentucky in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were the home of the Louisville baseball team first known as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels. The unusual name for these ballparks derived from the original name of the Association club, the Eclipse. The more local name "Colonels" eventually won out. Nonetheless, "Eclipse" was among the early team names to be a singular word, despite "sounding like" a plural. Semi-pro baseball had been played at the first Eclipse Park as early as 1874. The Louisville Eclipse played there from 1882 to 1884. The team was then renamed the Louisville Colonels and continued to play under that name from 1885 to 1893. The team was a member of the American Association until 1891 when it joined the National League when the American Association folded. The park was destroyed by fire on September 27, 1892. The 1893 season started in what was left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hunter (catcher)
William F. Hunter (1855 – April 12, 1918) was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues for the 1884 Louisville Eclipse The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that also played in the American Association (AA) throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891. They were known as the Louisville Eclipse from 1882 to 1884, and as th .... He played in the minors from 1883 to 1887. External links 1855 births 1918 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball people from Ontario Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball catchers Louisville Eclipse players Hamilton Clippers players Denver Mountain Lions players Denver Mountaineers players Leavenworth Soldiers players Duluth Freezers players East Saginaw Grays players Major League Baseball players from Canada {{US-baseball-catcher-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Colonels Seasons
Louisville ( , , ) is the List of cities in Kentucky, largest city in the Kentucky, Commonwealth of Kentucky and the list of United States cities by population, 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical county seat, seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Louisville Cardinals, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Wolf
William Van Winkle "Jimmy" Wolf (May 12, 1862 – May 16, 1903), also known as Chicken Wolf, was an American professional baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball. He was primarily a right fielder, but occasionally played other positions in the infield. Wolf played for his hometown team, the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, from 1882, when they were called the Eclipse, to 1891. He was the only player to appear in that league in all ten seasons of its existence. He set a number of career American Association records: most games, most plate appearances, most hits, most triples, most total bases. When the American Association folded, he then played for the St. Louis Browns of the National League in 1892, his last season in the majors. He played in just three games for the Browns before being let go. He played in the minor leagues until 1894 before retiring. Apart from his playing exploits, Wolf is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Stockwell
Leonard Clark Stockwell (August 25, 1859 – January 28, 1905) was an American professional baseball player who played outfield, first base, and catcher from 1879 to 1890. He was born in Cordova, Illinois and died in Niles, California Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the East Bay region of the Bay Area, Fremont has a population of 230,504 as of 2020, making it the fourth most populous city in the Bay Area, behind San Jose, San Fran .... References External links Baseball players from Illinois Louisville Eclipse players Cleveland Blues (NL) players Cleveland Spiders players 19th-century baseball players 1859 births 1905 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Davenport Brown Stockings players Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Norfolk (minor league baseball) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players New Britain (minor league baseball) players Utica Pent-Ups players Eau Claire Lumbermen players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leech Maskrey
Samuel Leech Maskrey (February 11, 1854 – April 1, 1922) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played five seasons in the majors, from 1882 to 1886, for the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels and Cincinnati Red Stockings. His brother, Harry Maskrey, was his teammate on the 1882 Eclipse. After spending the 1887 to 1889 seasons playing minor league baseball, Maskrey was part of a contingent sent to England in 1890 by Albert Spalding at the behest of the newly-formed professional National League of Baseball of Great Britain. This organization had sent a letter to the American Spalding requesting help in establishing a league. They requested eight to ten players to coach and convert the existing players (whose primary game was usually soccer). Spalding sent a skilled manager, Jim Hart, along with players Maskrey, William J. Barr, Charles Bartlett, and J. E. Prior. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buttercup Dickerson
Lewis Pessano "Buttercup" Dickerson (October 11, 1858 – July 23, 1920) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball outfielder. Born in Tyaskin, Maryland, he played a total of seven seasons in the majors, splitting time between eight teams in three different leagues. He is credited by the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame as the first Italian-American to play in the majors, but conversations with family members have called into question whether the family has any Italian ancestry. Early life Dickerson was born in 1858. He is sometimes thought to be of Italian ancestry, but at least one historian and one family member dispute this notion. According to one of his granddaughters, he was born to William Porter Dickerson and Mary Larmore, who came to the United States from England, but who may have lived in Scotland before that. His granddaughter said that his middle name, Pessano, was given to him in honor of the physician who delivered him. She said that she was not aware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monk Cline
John P. "Monk" Cline (March 3, 1858 – September 23, 1916) was an American professional baseball player who primarily played outfield in the American Association for the Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that also played in the American Association (AA) throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891. They were known as the Louisville Eclipse from 1882 to 1884, and as ... and Kansas City Cowboys. External links 1858 births 1916 deaths Baltimore Orioles (AA) players Louisville Eclipse players Louisville Colonels players Kansas City Cowboys (American Association) players Harrisburg (minor league baseball) players Columbus Stars (baseball) players Atlanta Atlantas players Rochester Maroons players Memphis Browns players Memphis Grays players Sioux City Corn Huskers players Lincoln Rustlers players Des Moines Prohibitionists players St. Paul Apostles players Memphis Giants p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Reccius
Phillip Reccius (June 7, 1862 – February 15, 1903) was an American Major League Baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky, who played for eight seasons in the majors, mainly playing third base for his hometown team, the Louisville Eclipse. Phil had two brothers who were also involved heavily in baseball. John Reccius was a Major League player for two seasons, also for the Eclipse, and Bill Reccius was the founder and manager for the mid-1870s version of the Louisville Eclipse, though he did not manage or play in the majors. Phil and his brothers were childhood friends of other ballplayers who came from Louisville area, such as Pete Browning, and Jimmy Wolf. Phil died at the age of 40 in Louisville, and is interred at Cave Hill Cemetery Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McLaughlin (baseball)
Thomas McLaughlin (March 28, 1860 – July 21, 1921) was a Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between and . He played primarily at shortstop, but also played over 100 games as a second baseman McLaughlin debuted with the Louisville Eclipse partway through the 1883 season. He played several positions over the remainder of the season, and in he was installed as the Eclipse's starting shortstop. He played well on defense, with a fielding range and percentage well above league average, but batted just .200. In , McLaughlin was moved to second base, replaced at shortstop by Joe Miller, who was signed from the Toledo Blue Stockings, which had folded. He played well again on defense, and nudged his batting average up to .212. In , McLaughlin jumped from Louisville to the New York Metropolitans, where he was back at shortstop, backing up 37-year-old Candy Nelson. Although his defense was still good, his batting average dropped to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juice Latham
George Warren "Juice" Latham (September 6, 1852 – May 26, 1914), also known as "Jumbo" Latham, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. In his career, he played for five different teams in five seasons, while managing two of them. Career Latham was born on September 16, 1852, in Utica, New York, and is credited as the first major league player from that city. He first played in professional organized baseball in for two teams in the National Association, the Boston Red Stockings, and the New Haven Elm Citys. In 1877 and 1878, he was the first baseman and manager of the Canadian team, the London Tecumsehs of the International Association of Professional Base Ball Players. He was still playing baseball as late as when he was playing first base for a team from Richfield Springs, New York. Latham died at the age of 61 in his hometown of Utica. He was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica. See also *List of Major League Baseball player–managers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Browning
Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning (June 17, 1861 – September 10, 1905), nicknamed "Gladiator" and "The Louisville Slugger", was an American professional baseball center fielder and left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1882 to 1894. He played primarily for the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels, becoming one of the sport's most accomplished batters of the 1880s. A three-time batting champion, he finished among the top three hitters in the league in each of his first seven years; only twice in his eleven full seasons did he finish lower than sixth. During the era before 1893, when the pitching distance was lengthened from 50 feet to 60 feet 6 inches, Browning ranked third among all major league players in career batting average, and fifth in slugging average. His .341 lifetime batting average remains one of the highest in major league history, and among the top five by a right-handed batter; his .345 average over eight American Association seasons was the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
