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.