1899 Louisville Colonels Roster by Baseball Almanac

1899 Louisville Colonels Roster

The 1899 Louisville Colonels team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1899 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1899 Louisville Colonels Opening Day starters list, a 1899 Louisville Colonels salary list, a 1899 Louisville Colonels uniform number breakdown and a 1899 Louisville Colonels primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Kitty Brashear

Unknown

Right

1877-08-27

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Bert Cunningham

Unknown

187

Right

1865-11-25

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Pete Dowling

5-11

Unknown

Left

Unknown

1876-07-15

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Clay Fauver

5-10

Unknown

Right

Both

1872-08-01

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Patsy Flaherty

5-08

165

Left

1876-06-29

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Bill Magee

5-10

154

Right

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Deacon Phillippe

6-00½

180

Right

1872-05-23

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Rube Waddell

6-01½

196

Left

Right

1876-10-13

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Harry Wilhelm

5-07

155

Right

1874-04-07

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Walt Woods

5-09½

165

Right

1875-04-28

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Malachi Kittridge

5-07

170

Right

1869-10-12

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Tacks Latimer

6-00

160

Right

1877-11-30

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Tom Messitt

5-09

177

Unknown

1874-07-27

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Doc Powers

Unknown

Right

1870-09-22

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Farmer Steelman

5-11

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1875-06-29

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Chief Zimmer

6-00

190

Right

1860-11-23

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Burley Byers

Unknown

175

Unknown

1873-12-19

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Billy Clingman

5-11

150

Right

Both

1869-11-21

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George Decker

6-01

180

Left

1866-06-01

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Rudy Hulswitt

5-08½

165

Right

1877-02-23

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Mike Kelley

6-00

210

Right

1875-12-02

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Bob Langsford

5-07

168

Left

1865-08-05

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Tommy Leach

5-06½

150

Right

1877-11-04

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Claude Ritchey

5-06½

167

Right

Both

1873-10-05

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Honus Wagner

5-11

200

Right

1874-02-24

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Dave Wills

Unknown

Left

1877-01-26

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Fred Clarke

5-10½

165

Right

Left

1872-10-03

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Harry Croft

Unknown

1875-08-01

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Charlie Dexter

5-07

155

Right

1876-06-15

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Topsy Hartsel

5-05

155

Left

1874-06-26

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Dummy Hoy

5-06

160

Right

Left

1862-05-23

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Fred Ketchum

5-08

157

Right

Left

1875-07-27

The 1899 Louisville Colonels played 152 games during the regular season, won 75 games, lost 77 games, and finished in ninth position. They played their home games at Eclipse Park II (Park Factors: 100/100) where 109,319 fans witnessed their 1899 Colonels finish the season with a .493 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1899 Louisville Colonels Opening Day starters list, a 1899 Louisville Colonels salary list, a 1899 Louisville Colonels uniform number breakdown and a 1899 Louisville Colonels primary starters list:

1899 Louisville Colonels
Opening Day Starters

Fred Clarke
Billy Clingman
Bert Cunningham
George Decker
Charlie Dexter
Dummy Hoy
Malachi Kittridge
Claude Ritchey
Honus Wagner
1899 Louisville Colonels
Most Games by Position
C Chief Zimmer (62)
1B Mike Kelley (76)
2B Claude Ritchey (137)
3B Tommy Leach (80)
SS Billy Clingman (109)
LF Fred Clarke (144)
CF Dummy Hoy (154)
RF Charlie Dexter (70)

SP Bert Cunningham
SP Pete Dowling
SP Walt Woods

CL Deacon Phillippe

1899 Louisville Colonels
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1899 Louisville Colonels
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1899 Louisville Colonels Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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