List of Louisville Colonels managers
# Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS
1 Denny Mack 1882 80 42 38 .525 - - - - -
2 Joe Gerhardt 1883 98 52 45 .536 - - - - -
3 Mike Walsh 1884 110 68 40 .630 - - - - -
4 Jim Hart 1885 - 1886 250 119 129 .480 - - - - -
5 John Kelly 1887 - 1888 178 86 89 .491 - - - - -
6 Mordecai Davidson 1888 3 1 2 .333 - - - - -
7 John Kerins 1888 7 3 4 .429 - - - - -
- Mordecai Davidson 1888 90 34 52 .395 - - - - -
8 Dude Esterbrook 1889 10 2 8 .200 - - - - -
9 Jimmy Wolf 1889 65 14 51 .215 - - - - -
10 Dan Shannon 1889 58 10 46 .179 - - - - -
11 Jack Chapman 1889 - 1892 336 164 166 .497 1 3 3 1 0
12 Fred Pfeffer 1892 100 42 56 .429 - - - - -
13 Billy Barnie 1893 - 1894 257 86 169 .337 - - - - -
14 John McCloskey 1895 - 1896 152 37 113 .247 - - - - -
15 Bill McGunnigle 1896 115 36 76 .321 - - - - -
16 Jim Rogers 1897 44 17 24 .415 - - - - -
17 Fred Clarke 1897 - 1899 402 180 212 .459 - - - - -
Totals 17 managers 18 seasons 2,355 993 1,320 .429 1 3 3 1 0
Managers
Billy Barnie managed the Colonels in 1893 and 1894 .
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in Louisville, Kentucky. They played in the American Association when it was considered a major league from 1882 through 1891 and in the National League from 1892 through 1899, after which the team folded and its best players were transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates. From 1882 through 1884 the team was named the Louisville Eclipse. During their time as a Major League team, the Colonels employed 17 managers. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. The Colonels' first manager was Denny Mack. Mack managed the team for one season (1882), in which he led the Colonels to a record of 38 wins and 42 losses. Fred Clarke was the Colonels' last manager. Clarke took over as player-manager of the team during the 1897 season, and managed the team through the 1899 season while also playing as an outfielder for the Colonels. Clarke was one of the players transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1900, as were Honus Wagner, Tommy Leach, Claude Ritchey and Deacon Phillippe. Clarke took over as the Pirates' player-manager, and after a second-place finish in 1900, he led the Pirates, with the former Colonels stars, to three consecutive league pennants in 1901, 1902, 1903, and a World Series championship in 1909. Clarke was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, the only Colonels' manager so honored.