1929 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 75-90
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Allen Sothoron (75-90)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 108,756, Avg. 1,318

1929 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1929 season with a record of 75 wins and 90 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

Allen Sothoron served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Guy Williams	16	9	.640	4.83	43						218.0	232	131	117		126
Joe DeBerry	13	10	.565	4.76	40						208.0	265	124	110		43
Roy Wilkinson	12	7	.632	4.00	37						144.0	177	91	64		50
Tony Welzer	10	13	.435	4.73	33						211.0	246	128	111		50
Mal Moss	9	18	.333	4.80	43						274.0	320	170	146		110
Ben Tincup	7	16	.304	5.44	33						172.0	219	133	104		61
Larry Creson	3	5	.375	5.52	38						106.0	127	88	65		87
Earl Browne	2	2	.500	0.00	5						28.0	39				10
Rolla Mapel	2	7	.222	4.85	25						78.0	98	61	42		27
Boom-Boom Beck	1	3	.250	5.00	8						18.0	28	11	10		13
Carl Thomas	0	0		0.00	4						10.0	19				7
Earl Ober	0	0		0.00	2						4.0	7				1
Nick Cullop	0	0		0.00	6						14.0	15				4
Clarence Nachand	0	0		0.00	3						4.0	8				6
Totals	75	90	.455	4.65	320	0	0	0	0	0	1489.0	1800	937	769	0	595	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Mel Simons	150	630	630		214	27	13	7						.340	.340	.457	.797	288
Dud Branom	151	597	597		198	35	8	17						.332	.332	.503	.834	300
Ed Sicking	148	593	593		184	22	8	2						.310	.310	.384	.695	228
Babe Ganzel	157	568	568		183	31	15	2						.322	.322	.440	.762	250
Elmer Smith	156	594	594		169	28	10	25						.285	.285	.492	.776	292
Joe Olivares	150	566	566		161	22	6	2						.284	.284	.355	.640	201
Ray Thompson	143	464	464		129	19	9	5						.278	.278	.390	.668	181
Red Shannon	95	323	323		95	15	3	0						.294	.294	.359	.653	116
Dick Loftus	94	280	280		78	15	5	1						.279	.279	.379	.657	106
Billy Herman	24	93	93		30	3	4	1						.323	.323	.473	.796	44
Art Funk	36	108	108		27	1	3	1						.250	.250	.343	.593	37
Ben Tincup	50	77	77		25	2	0	1						.325	.325	.390	.714	30
Larry Merville	21	76	76		24	2	2	0						.316	.316	.395	.711	30
Mal Moss	52	90	90		17	1	0	0						.189	.189	.200	.389	18
Joe DeBerry	42	70	70		16	3	0	0						.229	.229	.271	.500	19
Guy Williams	44	78	78		14	3	1	0						.179	.179	.244	.423	19
Roy Wilkinson	37	47	47		13	2	1	0						.277	.277	.362	.638	17
Joe Bird	20	28	28		11	1	1	0						.393	.393	.500	.893	14
Mickey O'Neil	27	39	39		11	2	0	1						.282	.282	.410	.692	16
Larry Creson	47	34	34		7	1	0	0						.206	.206	.235	.441	8
Tony Welzer	34	65	65		7	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.215	7
Clarence Nachand	4	4	4		2	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Boom-Boom Beck	9	7	7		2	0	1	0						.286	.286	.571	.857	4
Earl Browne	7	13	13		2	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Carl Thomas	4	1	1		1	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Ed Corey	3	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Rolla Mapel	25	20	20		1	0	0	0						.050	.050	.050	.100	1
Nick Cullop	6	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1736	5474	5474	0	1622	235	90	65	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.296	.408	.704	2232	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dud Branom	1B	147	1419	66	19		.987	1.102
Ed Sicking	2B	143	347	471	27		.968	5.720
Billy Herman	2B	24	72	85	7		.957	6.542
Red Shannon	3B	70	77	132	26		.889	2.986
Art Funk	3B	17	9	42	4		.927	3.000
Ray Thompson	C	133	467	115	17		.972	4.376
Joe Bird	C	16	41	10	0		1.000	3.188
Mickey O'Neil	C	10	20	3	2		.920	2.300
Elmer Smith	OF	154	314	19	17		.951	2.162
Mel Simons	OF	145	414	15	9		.979	2.959
Babe Ganzel	OF	109	255	16	5		.982	2.486
Dick Loftus	OF	70	162	5	4		.977	2.386
Larry Merville	OF	21	47	3	2		.962	2.381
Guy Williams	P	43						.000
Mal Moss	P	43						.000
Joe DeBerry	P	40						.000
Larry Creson	P	38						.000
Roy Wilkinson	P	37						.000
Tony Welzer	P	33						.000
Ben Tincup	P	33						.000
Rolla Mapel	P	25						.000
Joe Olivares	SS	149	338	470	49		.943	5.423
Totals		1500	3982	1452	188	0	.967	3.623

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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