In the 20th century, the Louisville Colonels has been the name of several minor league baseball teams in Louisville. In 1909 the Colonels won the American Association pennant, as they also did in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1930 while featuring players such as Joe McCarthy, Billy Herman and Earle Combs; Combs hit .344 in 1923 and .380 in 1924 before joining the New York Yankees in 1925. Pee Wee Reese was a rookie with the 1938 Colonels. The Colonels were one of few minor league teams to play throughout World War II and they won pennants in 1944 and 1945. In 1944 the Colonels played in the Junior World Series against Baltimore and the game drew attendance of 52,833 – 16,265 more than any single World Series game that year. In 1946 the Colonels played a role in the desegregation of baseball when they faced the Montreal Royals and Jackie Robinson in the 1946 Junior World Series. Sadly, Robinson later recalled his appearance in Louisville as among his worst experiences with hostile crowds. Through the 1940s and 1950s the Colonels were part of the Boston Red Sox farm system, and they won the pennant in 1954 but the Red Sox transferred its farm team to San Francisco after the 1955 season.
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that 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 1882–1884, and as the Louisville Colonels from 1885 to 1891. The latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels. After the AA folded in 1891, the Colonels joined the National League and played through the 1899 season.
After spending several years as a well-known semi-pro team, the Eclipse joined the new American Association in 1882. The team's backer, local distiller J. H. Pank, was named vice-president of the AA, and the team was to be run by a consortium led by W. L. Lyons. Accompanying them to the major leagues was their star player, infielder Pete Browning, who had already achieved some measure of local fame. The team got off to a good start, finishing in second place that first season. That would be their best finish for several seasons.
There were 16 teams in the PBLA when it began play in 1947. The Colonels' first game, on October 30, 1947 was a 57-36 loss on the road to the Springfield Squires. The team's November 1, 1947 home opener was a 51-49 loss to the New Orleans Hurricanes. November 6, 1947 saw the team's first win, a 57-49 win at home against the Grand Rapids Rangers. The very next day Louisville played in Chicago, Illinois and managed a 60-48 win against the Omaha Tomahawks; the game would prove to be the franchise's final victory.
The NFL intended for the Brecks to be a traveling team, however the team played a series of "home" games. All Brecks home games were played at Eclipse Park, until the stadium caught fire and burned to the ground on November 20, 1922. Meanwhile, the Colonels played all of their games on the road. While the Colonels were really a traveling team out of Chicago they are usually accepted as a continuation of the Brecks franchise.
Louisville Brecks (1899–1924)
The Brecks dated their beginnings back to 1899. Officially the name of the team was the Louisville Breckenridge Club. The club was located in Louisville at corner of Fifth and St. Catherine Streets at what was then the city's perimeter. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported in 1922 that the Brecks dated "back fifteen years, springing from a boys neighborhood team, the Floyds and Brecks, that has kept itself intact probably longer than any independent team in the country." At first the team was considered an amateur team, made up of mostly neighborhood boys. However, by 1919, the team was considered professional, although evidently still made up of local players.
Louisville’s storied history with eclipses began on the baseball field
Before the Louisville Bats took the field at Slugger Field, Louisville’s introduction to professional baseball began in the West End at Eclipse Park
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Footage believed to be of the 1940 Louisville Colonels playing an unknown opponent, possibly the Minneapolis Millers, at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky. The batter wearing number 1-A is believed to be "Big" Jim Weaver (1903-1983). The jersey numbers worn by Colonels was part of a scheme to number players based on their position. Numbering was 1 for pitchers, 2 for catchers, 3 for 1B, etc., in addition to a number for multiple players at a position, meaning pitchers were numbered 1-A, 1-B, etc. The jerseys were used only in 1940, possibly only by the Colonels.
The footage was taken by amateur cinematographer B.M. "Steve" Stevenson and is part of the B.M. and Agnes Stevenson film collection [013PC23] at The Filson Historical Society.
For more information on the footage, visit www....
published: 29 Jul 2016
Louisville Colonels Jersey Reveal
published: 08 Aug 2018
Throw Run Fail👎Did this have the distance🤔 #longtoss #fail #louisville #mlb #shorts
published: 28 Sep 2024
World Series - The Lineups - 1890 - Louisville Colonels vs Brooklyn Bridegrooms
"The Lineups" is a video series which gives people a chance to "virtually" hear the starting lineups of every World Series Game 1 from 1903 up into the fifties. This video gives the listener the unique opportunity to step back in time to hear what names such as Walter Johnson or Ty Cobb might have sounded in the stadium back in the day while providing unemployed Public Address Announcers the opportunity to announce classic baseball teams during the Coronavirus Crisis.
Since the first "Automatic Enunciators" were not installed until 1913 (Ebbets and Comiskey), most games featured megaphone men. Actual "Public Address Systems" did not come up about until 1919 during the Republican National Convention. These systems mostly piped music into the stadium. General use of P.A. Systems played lit...
published: 11 May 2020
Louisville Colonels Radio Broadcast
This is a radio broadcast from WHAS during a Louisville Colonels baseball game.
published: 28 Nov 2011
Louisville Colonels
Louisville Colonels game.
Video by Lovell Martin and Ky Sports Tv
I do not own rights to the music at the end
published: 12 Apr 2022
The Vault: The Louisville Redbirds arrive at Cardinal Stadium
40 years ago today it was announced that after a decade without professional baseball, the Louisville Redbirds were landing in Fairgrounds Stadium. After a renovation to the stadium to be able to house UofL football and the new Baseball team it would be renamed Cardinal Stadium. It was very welcome news for local baseball fans since The Louisville Colonels left in 1972. The first game actually came earlier than announce on April 17th, 1982 with a record 19,632 in attendance.
published: 06 Oct 2021
Louisville Colonels vs Legendary Stars Upper HS
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4/1/23
Before the Louisville Bats took the field at Slugger Field, Louisville’s introduction to professional baseball began in the West End at Eclipse Park
For m...
Before the Louisville Bats took the field at Slugger Field, Louisville’s introduction to professional baseball began in the West End at Eclipse Park
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Before the Louisville Bats took the field at Slugger Field, Louisville’s introduction to professional baseball began in the West End at Eclipse Park
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Footage believed to be of the 1940 Louisville Colonels playing an unknown opponent, possibly the Minneapolis Millers, at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
Footage believed to be of the 1940 Louisville Colonels playing an unknown opponent, possibly the Minneapolis Millers, at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky. The batter wearing number 1-A is believed to be "Big" Jim Weaver (1903-1983). The jersey numbers worn by Colonels was part of a scheme to number players based on their position. Numbering was 1 for pitchers, 2 for catchers, 3 for 1B, etc., in addition to a number for multiple players at a position, meaning pitchers were numbered 1-A, 1-B, etc. The jerseys were used only in 1940, possibly only by the Colonels.
The footage was taken by amateur cinematographer B.M. "Steve" Stevenson and is part of the B.M. and Agnes Stevenson film collection [013PC23] at The Filson Historical Society.
For more information on the footage, visit www.filsonhistorical.org.
Footage believed to be of the 1940 Louisville Colonels playing an unknown opponent, possibly the Minneapolis Millers, at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky. The batter wearing number 1-A is believed to be "Big" Jim Weaver (1903-1983). The jersey numbers worn by Colonels was part of a scheme to number players based on their position. Numbering was 1 for pitchers, 2 for catchers, 3 for 1B, etc., in addition to a number for multiple players at a position, meaning pitchers were numbered 1-A, 1-B, etc. The jerseys were used only in 1940, possibly only by the Colonels.
The footage was taken by amateur cinematographer B.M. "Steve" Stevenson and is part of the B.M. and Agnes Stevenson film collection [013PC23] at The Filson Historical Society.
For more information on the footage, visit www.filsonhistorical.org.
"The Lineups" is a video series which gives people a chance to "virtually" hear the starting lineups of every World Series Game 1 from 1903 up into the fifties....
"The Lineups" is a video series which gives people a chance to "virtually" hear the starting lineups of every World Series Game 1 from 1903 up into the fifties. This video gives the listener the unique opportunity to step back in time to hear what names such as Walter Johnson or Ty Cobb might have sounded in the stadium back in the day while providing unemployed Public Address Announcers the opportunity to announce classic baseball teams during the Coronavirus Crisis.
Since the first "Automatic Enunciators" were not installed until 1913 (Ebbets and Comiskey), most games featured megaphone men. Actual "Public Address Systems" did not come up about until 1919 during the Republican National Convention. These systems mostly piped music into the stadium. General use of P.A. Systems played little role in baseball until the thirties. The modern recordings in these videos take the "just imagine" approach to allow us the listening pleasure of monikers like Mathewson and Baker by a professional announcer for the very first time.
Each video is dedicated to a different state's First Responders and Health Care Workers who have put their lives on the line to help all the rest of us survive through this trying period. For this, we thank them with these simple videos we hope will put a smile on their faces.
No money, in any form, was made off of this project. It was put together in gratitude and hope.
All announcers volunteered their time, in the spirit of coping, hope and fun, to perform. We thank each one for their time and gifting us some baseball from some games mostly forgotten.
publicaddressannouncer.org was founded by Matthew C. Wallace on the principal that anyone can be a public address announcer at a variety events. The site provides articles, jobs, free recruiting, searching abilities, forms, training materials and so much more, entirely free to the public. Everything on the site, short of merchandise, is entirely free to encourage people worldwide to get on a microphone wherever they are and make a difference for their audience. So wherever you are, Get Loud!
For more information, visit www.publicaddressannouncer.org.
"The Lineups" is a video series which gives people a chance to "virtually" hear the starting lineups of every World Series Game 1 from 1903 up into the fifties. This video gives the listener the unique opportunity to step back in time to hear what names such as Walter Johnson or Ty Cobb might have sounded in the stadium back in the day while providing unemployed Public Address Announcers the opportunity to announce classic baseball teams during the Coronavirus Crisis.
Since the first "Automatic Enunciators" were not installed until 1913 (Ebbets and Comiskey), most games featured megaphone men. Actual "Public Address Systems" did not come up about until 1919 during the Republican National Convention. These systems mostly piped music into the stadium. General use of P.A. Systems played little role in baseball until the thirties. The modern recordings in these videos take the "just imagine" approach to allow us the listening pleasure of monikers like Mathewson and Baker by a professional announcer for the very first time.
Each video is dedicated to a different state's First Responders and Health Care Workers who have put their lives on the line to help all the rest of us survive through this trying period. For this, we thank them with these simple videos we hope will put a smile on their faces.
No money, in any form, was made off of this project. It was put together in gratitude and hope.
All announcers volunteered their time, in the spirit of coping, hope and fun, to perform. We thank each one for their time and gifting us some baseball from some games mostly forgotten.
publicaddressannouncer.org was founded by Matthew C. Wallace on the principal that anyone can be a public address announcer at a variety events. The site provides articles, jobs, free recruiting, searching abilities, forms, training materials and so much more, entirely free to the public. Everything on the site, short of merchandise, is entirely free to encourage people worldwide to get on a microphone wherever they are and make a difference for their audience. So wherever you are, Get Loud!
For more information, visit www.publicaddressannouncer.org.
40 years ago today it was announced that after a decade without professional baseball, the Louisville Redbirds were landing in Fairgrounds Stadium. After a reno...
40 years ago today it was announced that after a decade without professional baseball, the Louisville Redbirds were landing in Fairgrounds Stadium. After a renovation to the stadium to be able to house UofL football and the new Baseball team it would be renamed Cardinal Stadium. It was very welcome news for local baseball fans since The Louisville Colonels left in 1972. The first game actually came earlier than announce on April 17th, 1982 with a record 19,632 in attendance.
40 years ago today it was announced that after a decade without professional baseball, the Louisville Redbirds were landing in Fairgrounds Stadium. After a renovation to the stadium to be able to house UofL football and the new Baseball team it would be renamed Cardinal Stadium. It was very welcome news for local baseball fans since The Louisville Colonels left in 1972. The first game actually came earlier than announce on April 17th, 1982 with a record 19,632 in attendance.
Dynasty Sports Performance
This game was filmed with AI ball-tracking cameras rented through In-Form Sports. If you would like to learn more about renting a b...
Dynasty Sports Performance
This game was filmed with AI ball-tracking cameras rented through In-Form Sports. If you would like to learn more about renting a ball-tracking camera to film your games then you can visit our website - https://www.informsports.co/pages/camera-rental
4/1/23
Dynasty Sports Performance
This game was filmed with AI ball-tracking cameras rented through In-Form Sports. If you would like to learn more about renting a ball-tracking camera to film your games then you can visit our website - https://www.informsports.co/pages/camera-rental
4/1/23
Before the Louisville Bats took the field at Slugger Field, Louisville’s introduction to professional baseball began in the West End at Eclipse Park
For more Local News from WAVE: https://www.wave3.com/
For more YouTube Content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTluqhoNRuIYk4b-3pxCF3Q
Footage believed to be of the 1940 Louisville Colonels playing an unknown opponent, possibly the Minneapolis Millers, at Parkway Field in Louisville, Kentucky. The batter wearing number 1-A is believed to be "Big" Jim Weaver (1903-1983). The jersey numbers worn by Colonels was part of a scheme to number players based on their position. Numbering was 1 for pitchers, 2 for catchers, 3 for 1B, etc., in addition to a number for multiple players at a position, meaning pitchers were numbered 1-A, 1-B, etc. The jerseys were used only in 1940, possibly only by the Colonels.
The footage was taken by amateur cinematographer B.M. "Steve" Stevenson and is part of the B.M. and Agnes Stevenson film collection [013PC23] at The Filson Historical Society.
For more information on the footage, visit www.filsonhistorical.org.
"The Lineups" is a video series which gives people a chance to "virtually" hear the starting lineups of every World Series Game 1 from 1903 up into the fifties. This video gives the listener the unique opportunity to step back in time to hear what names such as Walter Johnson or Ty Cobb might have sounded in the stadium back in the day while providing unemployed Public Address Announcers the opportunity to announce classic baseball teams during the Coronavirus Crisis.
Since the first "Automatic Enunciators" were not installed until 1913 (Ebbets and Comiskey), most games featured megaphone men. Actual "Public Address Systems" did not come up about until 1919 during the Republican National Convention. These systems mostly piped music into the stadium. General use of P.A. Systems played little role in baseball until the thirties. The modern recordings in these videos take the "just imagine" approach to allow us the listening pleasure of monikers like Mathewson and Baker by a professional announcer for the very first time.
Each video is dedicated to a different state's First Responders and Health Care Workers who have put their lives on the line to help all the rest of us survive through this trying period. For this, we thank them with these simple videos we hope will put a smile on their faces.
No money, in any form, was made off of this project. It was put together in gratitude and hope.
All announcers volunteered their time, in the spirit of coping, hope and fun, to perform. We thank each one for their time and gifting us some baseball from some games mostly forgotten.
publicaddressannouncer.org was founded by Matthew C. Wallace on the principal that anyone can be a public address announcer at a variety events. The site provides articles, jobs, free recruiting, searching abilities, forms, training materials and so much more, entirely free to the public. Everything on the site, short of merchandise, is entirely free to encourage people worldwide to get on a microphone wherever they are and make a difference for their audience. So wherever you are, Get Loud!
For more information, visit www.publicaddressannouncer.org.
40 years ago today it was announced that after a decade without professional baseball, the Louisville Redbirds were landing in Fairgrounds Stadium. After a renovation to the stadium to be able to house UofL football and the new Baseball team it would be renamed Cardinal Stadium. It was very welcome news for local baseball fans since The Louisville Colonels left in 1972. The first game actually came earlier than announce on April 17th, 1982 with a record 19,632 in attendance.
Dynasty Sports Performance
This game was filmed with AI ball-tracking cameras rented through In-Form Sports. If you would like to learn more about renting a ball-tracking camera to film your games then you can visit our website - https://www.informsports.co/pages/camera-rental
4/1/23
In the 20th century, the Louisville Colonels has been the name of several minor league baseball teams in Louisville. In 1909 the Colonels won the American Association pennant, as they also did in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1930 while featuring players such as Joe McCarthy, Billy Herman and Earle Combs; Combs hit .344 in 1923 and .380 in 1924 before joining the New York Yankees in 1925. Pee Wee Reese was a rookie with the 1938 Colonels. The Colonels were one of few minor league teams to play throughout World War II and they won pennants in 1944 and 1945. In 1944 the Colonels played in the Junior World Series against Baltimore and the game drew attendance of 52,833 – 16,265 more than any single World Series game that year. In 1946 the Colonels played a role in the desegregation of baseball when they faced the Montreal Royals and Jackie Robinson in the 1946 Junior World Series. Sadly, Robinson later recalled his appearance in Louisville as among his worst experiences with hostile crowds. Through the 1940s and 1950s the Colonels were part of the Boston Red Sox farm system, and they won the pennant in 1954 but the Red Sox transferred its farm team to San Francisco after the 1955 season.
...League ... Indeed, Farmer would go on to play Minor League baseball for the Louisville Colonels, and some of the other Barons players went on to play with the Kitty League team also called the Barons.