19th-Century Majors
Louisville Colonels
Active 1882–1899 · 283 players · 6 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Louisville Colonels itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Louisville Colonels itself. A season counts here only when Louisville Colonels is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 65 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 112 of 283 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1882–1893 · CF87.7
- 1882–1891 · OF78.0
- 1894–1899 · LF63.3HOF ’45
- 1882–1889 · P56.6
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Browning±2 | 1882–1893 | 87.7 |
| 2 | Jimmy Wolf | 1882–1891 | 78.0 |
| 3 | Fred ClarkeHOF | 1894–1899 | 63.3 |
| 4 | Guy Hecker | 1882–1889 | 56.6 |
| 5 | Toad Ramsey | 1885–1889 | 37.1 |
| 6 | Scott Stratton | 1888–1894 | 35.4 |
| 7 | Honus WagnerHOF | 1897–1899 | 32.9 |
| 8 | Ellsworth Cunningham | 1895–1899 | 31.9 |
| 9 | Farmer Weaver±1 | 1888–1894 | 31.5 |
| 10 | John Kerins | 1885–1889 | 29.2 |
| 11 | Red Ehret±6 | 1889–1898 | 26.3 |
| 12 | Reddy Mack | 1885–1888 | 22.2 |
| 13 | Joe Werrick | 1886–1888 | 22.0 |
| 14 | Charlie Dexter | 1896–1899 | 20.7 |
| 15 | Tom Brown | 1892–1894 | 20.0 |