1945 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Nemo Leibold (84-70)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 265,083, Avg. 3,443

1945 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Colonels plated 716 runs and gave up 699 runs. Steve Barath paced Louisville with 15 home runs Earl Browne drove in 83 runs. Strick Shofner topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Dwight Simonds led the squad with 13 wins, while Rex Cecil earned a 2.96 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1945 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Strick Shofner, Ty LaForest, Fred Walters, George Diehl, Gerard Lipscomb, Harry Kimberlin, Earl Browne, Bill Howerton, Al Widmar, Otey Clark, Yank Terry, Lindsay Deal, Red Marion, Randy Heflin, Jack Aragón, Wally Millies, Nick Polly, Ben Steiner, Don Thompson and Rex Cecil.

Nemo Leibold 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
Dwight Simonds	13	5	.722	3.80	39	7	26	5	1		116.0	137	68	49		46		40	1	0	2
Otey Clark	11	6	.647	4.07	23	19	3	11	1		126.0	123	60	57		51		46	0	0	1
Richard Callahan	10	5	.667	3.92	29	17	8	10	1		147.0	133	77	64		90		87	3	2	8
Al Widmar	10	8	.556	4.76	33	20	6	2	0		153.0	160	101	81		94		64	1	1	5
Rex Cecil	10	9	.526	2.96	28	20	6	12	2		161.0	149	61	53		70		98	2	1	5
Don Thompson	6	8	.429	3.66	22	16	3	7	3		113.0	91	62	46		101		94	7	0	3
George Diehl	6	9	.400	3.47	21	15	3	7	0		122.0	122	59	47		36		42	1	0	1
Elwood Lawson	5	6	.455	4.00	33	14	12	2	1		117.0	108	60	52		98		75	2	0	7
Yank Terry	4	2	.667	3.29	7	7	0	4	2		41.0	45	17	15		12		20	0	0	1
Randy Heflin	3	2	.600	3.76	8	7	1	4	0		55.0	56	33	23		23		37	2	0	0
Ray Patton	3	4	.429	5.76	14	7	3	1	0		50.0	53	48	32		40		42	1	1	3
Fred Chumley	1	2	.333	5.02	13	1	8	1	0		43.0	43	30	24		37		10	1	0	3
Earl Browne	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		2.0	3				0		0
John Lund	0	1	.000	7.00	4			0	0		9.0	15	8	7		3		4	0	0	0
Totals	82	67	.550	3.94	275	150	79	66	11	0	1255.0	1238	684	550	0	701	0	659	21	5	39	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
Strick Shofner	144	570	524	75	156	18	13	1	68	13		39	47	.298	.348	.387	.735	203	7	1	6
Chick Genovese	154	677	541	93	151	27	10	4	49	25		121	37	.279	.413	.388	.801	210	4	2	13
Earl Browne	146	609	539	72	147	16	7	5	83	7		57	20	.273	.346	.356	.702	192	3	3	10
Chuck Koney	139	557	513	69	141	24	3	4	72	12		37	37	.275	.326	.357	.683	183	8	2	5
Steve Barath	121	447	381	65	111	27	4	15	66	6		63	65	.291	.395	.501	.896	191	11	2	1
Ty LaForest	91	348	306	57	108	15	5	2	43	14		35	41	.353	.419	.454	.874	139	7	0	7
Bill Howerton	81	231	208	43	56	12	5	5	33	6		22	25	.269	.339	.447	.786	93	3	0	1
Tony Cotelle	58	208	188	29	51	9	2	1	23	6		19	5	.271	.338	.356	.695	67	3	0	1
Ben Steiner	44	183	167	17	36	9	2	1	16	7		16	11	.216	.284	.311	.596	52	0	0	0
Lindsay Deal	39	103	90	15	33	5	1	0	15	3		11	2	.367	.441	.444	.886	40	3	1	1
Fred Walters	31	111	94	17	32	6	1	2	19	0		16	4	.340	.436	.489	.926	46	0	0	1
Wally Millies	50	141	120	12	26	5	0	0	12	0		16	3	.217	.314	.258	.572	31	3	1	4
Gerard Lipscomb	40	109	92	13	24	5	0	1	11	0		14	7	.261	.358	.348	.706	32	4	0	3
Rex Cecil	31	71	62	6	16	2	1	0	2	2		9	8	.258	.352	.323	.675	20	1	0	0
Richard Callahan	35	67	64	7	16	2	0	0	9	0		2	21	.250	.273	.281	.554	18	1	0	1
Joe Kaney	17	57	53	7	13	2	2	0	8	0		3	7	.245	.298	.358	.657	19	0	1	0
Don Thompson	34	54	46	9	12	2	3	0	6	0		7	5	.261	.358	.435	.793	20	0	0	1
Dwight Simonds	45	37	35	8	9	0	1	0	4	0		0	7	.257	.257	.314	.571	11	1	0	2
Otey Clark	23	48	45	3	9	1	0	0	5	0		1	8	.200	.217	.222	.440	10	2	0	2
Elwood Lawson	33	46	39	4	8	2	0	0	5	0		7	10	.205	.326	.256	.582	10	0	0	0
Al Widmar	33	57	54	4	8	2	0	0	2	0		2	10	.148	.179	.185	.364	10	1	0	1
George Diehl	24	44	39	1	5	0	0	1	3	0		4	17	.128	.209	.205	.414	8	0	0	1
Randy Heflin	9	22	22		4									.182	.182	.182	.364	4
John Zipay	6	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0				.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Yank Terry	7	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Fred Chumley	15	16	16	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	0
Ray Patton	15	21	21	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	1	0	0
Vic Austin	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Frank Piet	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Charles Roberts	5	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Herschel Held	5	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0				.067	.067	.067	.133	1
William Molyneaux	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Lund	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Langworthy	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1486	4899	4324	632	1184	191	60	42	557	101	0	501	406	.274	.351	.375	.726	1621	63	13	61	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Earl Browne	1B	145	1235	64	15	107	.989	8.959
Chuck Koney	2B	138	371	389	34	90	.957	5.507
Ben Steiner	3B	42	37	90	3	11	.977	3.024
Ty LaForest	3B	21	22	50	4	5	.947	3.429
Strick Shofner	3B	17	22	29	4	4	.927	3.000
Gerard Lipscomb	3B	10	10	15	1	2	.962	2.500
Wally Millies	C	42	168	26	8	5	.960	4.619	7
Fred Walters	C	29	127	25	3	4	.981	5.241	4
Chick Genovese	OF	154	310	11	0	1	1.000	2.084
Steve Barath	OF	108	168	9	1	1	.994	1.639
Bill Howerton	OF	72	107	9	6	0	.951	1.611
Tony Cotelle	OF	52	81	4	2	1	.977	1.635
Ty LaForest	OF	42	60	5	3	1	.956	1.548
Lindsay Deal	OF	23	40	4	1	1	.978	1.913
Dwight Simonds	P	39	6	24	1	1	.968	.769
Al Widmar	P	33	7	54	2	3	.968	1.848
Elwood Lawson	P	33	2	25	2	0	.931	.818
Richard Callahan	P	29	8	44	2	0	.963	1.793
Rex Cecil	P	28	7	35	3	2	.933	1.500
Otey Clark	P	23	5	18	0	3	1.000	1.000
Don Thompson	P	22	10	28	3	5	.927	1.727
George Diehl	P	21	7	23	1	0	.968	1.429
Ray Patton	P	14	1	11	3	0	.800	.857
Fred Chumley	P	13	3	11	1	2	.933	1.077
Randy Heflin	P	8						.000
Yank Terry	P	7						.000
John Lund	P	4						.000
Earl Browne	P	1						.000
Strick Shofner	SS	128	250	365	55	70	.918	4.805
Joe Kaney	SS	17	27	34	9	5	.871	3.588
Ty LaForest	SS	14	21	37	5	7	.921	4.143
Totals		1329	3112	1439	172	331	.964	3.424	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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