1944 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 85-63
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Bill Burwell (0-0), Nemo Leibold (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 224,035, Avg. 3,028
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 0
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 85 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Colonels scored 852 runs and conceded 678 runs.
Otey Clark, Dale Matthewson, Jim McDonnell, Al Widmar, Bill Howerton, Stan Partenheimer, Jim Wilson, Strick Shofner, Lou Lucier, George Diehl, Joe Wood, Earl Browne, Fred Walters, Mel Deutsch, Vic Johnson, Jimmy Ripple, Nick Polly, Ben Steiner and Vance Dinges were all players from the 1944 Louisville Colonels who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bill Burwell and Nemo Leibold served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wilson | 19 | 8 | .704 | 2.77 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 237.0 | 189 | 81 | 73 | 98 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Mel Deutsch | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.47 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 211.0 | 215 | 84 | 58 | 60 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Al Widmar | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.66 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 174.0 | 181 | 105 | 90 | 78 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lou Lucier | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.83 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 82.0 | 103 | 54 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Vic Johnson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.60 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 90.0 | 86 | 53 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dwight Simonds | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.29 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Wood | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 61.0 | 85 | 46 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ray Patton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lewis Brock | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 36.00 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dale Matthewson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 9 | 18.0 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Robert Ennis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.38 | 8 | 24.0 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Richard Callahan | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.86 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Otey Clark | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stan Partenheimer | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Diehl | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Campbell | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ollie Byers | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 49 | .585 | 3.79 | 240 | 115 | 55 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1002.0 | 1023 | 520 | 422 | 0 | 430 | 0 | 426 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Steiner | 149 | 688 | 617 | 122 | 195 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 68 | 17 | 64 | 60 | .316 | .381 | .404 | .785 | 249 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Earl Browne | 143 | 639 | 564 | 90 | 176 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 99 | 9 | 58 | 30 | .312 | .381 | .424 | .805 | 239 | 11 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Strick Shofner | 133 | 506 | 464 | 73 | 147 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 76 | 12 | 28 | 44 | .317 | .358 | .420 | .779 | 195 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Chick Genovese | 148 | 667 | 527 | 130 | 147 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 33 | 115 | 43 | .279 | .413 | .402 | .815 | 212 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |||
| Nick Polly | 149 | 643 | 486 | 110 | 141 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 120 | 9 | 147 | 72 | .290 | .458 | .500 | .958 | 243 | 13 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Fred Walters | 129 | 492 | 446 | 48 | 124 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 9 | 39 | 34 | .278 | .340 | .379 | .719 | 169 | 14 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Steve Barath | 111 | 416 | 347 | 71 | 114 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 10 | 63 | 64 | .329 | .436 | .582 | 1.018 | 202 | 12 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bill Howerton | 133 | 442 | 401 | 62 | 101 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 9 | 36 | 75 | .252 | .317 | .364 | .681 | 146 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Jim Wilson | 62 | 132 | 119 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .261 | .312 | .361 | .674 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Samuel Lamitina | 27 | 89 | 82 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | .317 | .371 | .476 | .846 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Deutsch | 36 | 87 | 83 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .253 | .262 | .337 | .599 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Henry Marshall | 39 | 95 | 92 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .217 | .234 | .250 | .484 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jimmy Ripple | 24 | 82 | 68 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 5 | .206 | .341 | .250 | .591 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim McDonnell | 14 | 48 | 41 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .293 | .396 | .317 | .713 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Vic Johnson | 19 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .278 | .297 | .333 | .631 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Widmar | 31 | 70 | 61 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .164 | .215 | .164 | .379 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ben Lady | 27 | 76 | 63 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .159 | .303 | .190 | .493 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lou Lucier | 22 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .269 | .345 | .269 | .614 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vance Dinges | 11 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Savino | 9 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Matthewson | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dwight Simonds | 10 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Richard Callahan | 9 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Wood | 13 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Andrew Latchic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Kern | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Victor Males | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Patton | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Ennis | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Koney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Kobrin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1484 | 5366 | 4640 | 788 | 1326 | 196 | 78 | 67 | 689 | 120 | 0 | 607 | 517 | .286 | .372 | .405 | .777 | 1879 | 88 | 32 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Browne | 1B | 143 | 1227 | 94 | 13 | 111 | .990 | 9.238 | ||||
| Ben Steiner | 2B | 147 | 389 | 413 | 30 | 87 | .964 | 5.456 | ||||
| Nick Polly | 3B | 142 | 167 | 249 | 22 | 32 | .950 | 2.930 | ||||
| Fred Walters | C | 125 | 523 | 70 | 17 | 12 | .972 | 4.744 | 8 | |||
| Ben Lady | C | 24 | 74 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .930 | 3.333 | 1 | |||
| Jim McDonnell | C | 12 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 4.167 | 2 | |||
| Chick Genovese | OF | 147 | 353 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .984 | 2.510 | ||||
| Bill Howerton | OF | 122 | 187 | 17 | 11 | 3 | .949 | 1.672 | ||||
| Steve Barath | OF | 94 | 158 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .959 | 1.745 | ||||
| Henry Marshall | OF | 36 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jimmy Ripple | OF | 20 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.450 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | P | 38 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.263 | ||||
| Mel Deutsch | P | 34 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 1.824 | ||||
| Al Widmar | P | 31 | 11 | 50 | 3 | 3 | .953 | 1.968 | ||||
| Lou Lucier | P | 20 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Vic Johnson | P | 19 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.632 | ||||
| Ollie Byers | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Diehl | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Wood | P | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Dwight Simonds | P | 10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.900 | ||||
| Dale Matthewson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Otey Clark | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Callahan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Ennis | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Partenheimer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Patton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lewis Brock | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Campbell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Strick Shofner | SS | 129 | 247 | 370 | 52 | 68 | .922 | 4.783 | ||||
| Samuel Lamitina | SS | 20 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 6 | .920 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1401 | 3539 | 1481 | 182 | 332 | .965 | 3.583 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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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