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 — 111 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 86 of 283 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1882–1889 · P102.5
- 1882–1893 · CF67.5
- 1888–1894 · P49.3
- 1882–1891 · OF44.9
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Hecker | 1882–1889 | 102.5 |
| 2 | Pete Browning±3 | 1882–1893 | 67.5 |
| 3 | Scott Stratton±2 | 1888–1894 | 49.3 |
| 4 | Jimmy Wolf | 1882–1891 | 44.9 |
| 5 | Toad Ramsey±1 | 1885–1889 | 33.0 |
| 6 | Ellsworth Cunningham | 1895–1899 | 30.7 |
| 7 | Fred ClarkeHOF | 1894–1899 | 28.3 |
| 8 | Red Ehret±6 | 1889–1898 | 27.6 |
| 9 | Honus WagnerHOF | 1897–1899 | 21.6 |
| 10 | Tony Mullane | 1882 | 13.6 |
| 11 | Farmer Weaver±1 | 1888–1894 | 13.3 |
| 12 | Deacon Phillippe | 1899 | 11.2 |
| 13 | Reddy Mack | 1885–1888 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Joe Werrick | 1886–1888 | 9.8 |
| 15 | John Kerins | 1885–1889 | 9.7 |