 Early in the 1895 season , Baltimore sold Brouthers to the Louisville Colonels for $ 500 , as his skills seemed to have diminished , and he only played in 24 of Louisville 's games that season ; he came back to hit .309 for them , ending the year with a .300 overall mark . Following the season , Louisville sold him to the Philadelphia Phillies for $ 500 , where he played in 57 games in 1896 , batting .344 . It was his last season in the majors until he appeared for the 1904 New York Giants , where he was hitless in a two @-@ game stint before retiring . 
