1949 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 70-83
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Fred Walters (0-0), Mike Ryba (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 227,758, Avg. 2,977
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 70 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Colonels scored 680 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 759 runs.
Norm Zauchin, Tom Wright, George Wilson, Sammy White, Fred Walters, Tommy Tatum, Bob Scherbarth, Mickey Rutner, Jack Robinson, Al Richter, Ewald Pyle, Jim Piersall, Mike Palm, Willard Nixon, Gordie Mueller, Mickey McDermott, Windy McCall, Dick Kimble, Jake Jones, Mel Hoderlein, Harley Hisner, John Douglas, Fritz Dorish, Cot Deal, Milt Byrnes, Hal Brown, Johnny Barrett, Tex Aulds and Bob Alexander were all players from the 1949 Louisville Colonels who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Fred Walters and Mike Ryba 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Griffore | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.31 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 212.0 | 207 | 82 | 78 | 57 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Gordie Mueller | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.81 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 95 | 50 | 44 | 62 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Mike Palm | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.47 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 147.0 | 173 | 85 | 73 | 74 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
Bob Alexander | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.25 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 144.0 | 148 | 88 | 68 | 65 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Hal Brown | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.31 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 193.0 | 217 | 96 | 71 | 51 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
Mickey McDermott | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 77.0 | 53 | 33 | 28 | 54 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Jack Robinson | 6 | 13 | .316 | 5.03 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 145.0 | 163 | 91 | 81 | 52 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Windy McCall | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.09 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 39 | 28 | 26 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Fritz Dorish | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 90.0 | 103 | 60 | 51 | 35 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Ewald Pyle | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.23 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 90 | 71 | 54 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Hampton Coleman | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cot Deal | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 68 | 75 | .476 | 4.18 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1236.0 | 1288 | 684 | 574 | 0 | 542 | 0 | 627 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Wright | 151 | 661 | 549 | 91 | 202 | 38 | 8 | 9 | 89 | 7 | 103 | 59 | .368 | .473 | .515 | .988 | 283 | 17 | 6 | 3 | |||
George Wilson | 141 | 616 | 528 | 90 | 141 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 67 | 7 | 74 | 38 | .267 | .361 | .420 | .782 | 222 | 10 | 4 | 10 | |||
Jim Piersall | 125 | 489 | 446 | 58 | 121 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 30 | 59 | .271 | .317 | .357 | .674 | 159 | 16 | 0 | 13 | |||
Mel Hoderlein | 127 | 542 | 444 | 71 | 119 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 7 | 80 | 35 | .268 | .381 | .336 | .717 | 149 | 11 | 1 | 17 | |||
Kenneth Chapman | 125 | 496 | 399 | 55 | 98 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 4 | 80 | 51 | .246 | .376 | .388 | .764 | 155 | 15 | 3 | 14 | |||
Jake Jones | 91 | 372 | 316 | 34 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 3 | 44 | 40 | .237 | .342 | .373 | .715 | 118 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bob Scherbarth | 83 | 275 | 239 | 29 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 32 | 24 | .289 | .377 | .397 | .775 | 95 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
Dick Kimble | 85 | 277 | 232 | 33 | 64 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 12 | .276 | .387 | .366 | .753 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
Sheriff Robinson | 70 | 250 | 207 | 20 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 34 | 27 | .256 | .364 | .319 | .682 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||
Red Lavigne | 60 | 172 | 152 | 18 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 14 | .316 | .385 | .480 | .865 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
Johnny Barrett | 48 | 152 | 127 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 15 | .283 | .397 | .362 | .760 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Mickey Rutner | 41 | 161 | 136 | 14 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 7 | .265 | .367 | .397 | .764 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Tommy Tatum | 17 | 61 | 53 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .340 | .407 | .415 | .822 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Hal Brown | 35 | 78 | 70 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .257 | .307 | .343 | .650 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Mike Palm | 27 | 59 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .212 | .293 | .231 | .524 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Mickey McDermott | 13 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .333 | .412 | .500 | .912 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Al Richter | 15 | 47 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .225 | .311 | .225 | .536 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Jack Griffore | 33 | 82 | 71 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .127 | .195 | .141 | .336 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Fritz Dorish | 15 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .194 | .286 | .194 | .479 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Jack Robinson | 27 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .136 | .208 | .182 | .390 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bob Alexander | 25 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .083 | .137 | .083 | .221 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Gordie Mueller | 47 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .071 | .103 | .071 | .175 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Hampton Coleman | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ewald Pyle | 27 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 1442 | 5036 | 4276 | 572 | 1156 | 206 | 35 | 62 | 536 | 43 | 0 | 625 | 484 | .270 | .367 | .378 | .745 | 1618 | 114 | 25 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Jones | 1B | 91 | 761 | 57 | 6 | 63 | .993 | 8.989 | ||||
Mel Hoderlein | 2B | 18 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 8 | .976 | 4.556 | ||||
Kenneth Chapman | 2B | 13 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 7 | .902 | 4.231 | ||||
Kenneth Chapman | 3B | 108 | 125 | 171 | 15 | 30 | .952 | 2.741 | ||||
Mickey Rutner | 3B | 36 | 30 | 59 | 5 | 5 | .947 | 2.472 | ||||
Bob Scherbarth | C | 76 | 293 | 34 | 12 | 7 | .965 | 4.303 | 5 | |||
Sheriff Robinson | C | 70 | 332 | 30 | 6 | 8 | .984 | 5.171 | 4 | |||
Tom Wright | OF | 151 | 295 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .971 | 2.007 | ||||
George Wilson | OF | 134 | 256 | 21 | 7 | 5 | .975 | 2.067 | ||||
Jim Piersall | OF | 116 | 357 | 18 | 7 | 3 | .982 | 3.233 | ||||
Red Lavigne | OF | 35 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 2.257 | ||||
Johnny Barrett | OF | 22 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.591 | ||||
Gordie Mueller | P | 47 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .404 | ||||
Jack Griffore | P | 33 | 14 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.667 | ||||
Hal Brown | P | 33 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.515 | ||||
Jack Robinson | P | 27 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 1.370 | ||||
Ewald Pyle | P | 27 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .778 | ||||
Mike Palm | P | 27 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
Bob Alexander | P | 25 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.600 | ||||
Fritz Dorish | P | 15 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
Hampton Coleman | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
Mickey McDermott | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
Windy McCall | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Cot Deal | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Mel Hoderlein | SS | 97 | 166 | 267 | 28 | 70 | .939 | 4.464 | ||||
Dick Kimble | SS | 54 | 87 | 129 | 16 | 24 | .931 | 4.000 | ||||
Al Richter | SS | 14 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 7 | .982 | 3.929 | ||||
Totals | 1306 | 2995 | 1123 | 135 | 253 | .968 | 3.153 | 9 | 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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