1952 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 77-77
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Pinky Higgins (77-77)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 132,626, Avg. 1,722
1952 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Colonels plated 767 runs and allowed 711 runs. Charlie Maxwell paced Louisville with 21 home runs and accounted for 85 RBI. Taffy Wright led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .296 clip. Tom Herrin topped the squad with 10 wins, while Al Curtis earned a 4.14 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1952 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ken Aspromonte, Frank Baumann, Ralph Brickner, Dick Brodowski, Ike Delock, Bob DiPietro, John Douglas, Al Evans, Bill Evans, Dave Ferriss, Hersh Freeman, Dick Gernert, Tom Herrin, Harley Hisner, Ken Holcombe, Russ Kemmerer, Ted Lepcio, Ed Lyons, Charlie Maxwell, Len Okrie, Buddy Peterson, Ed Sadowski, Bob Smith, Gene Stephens, Harry Taylor, Faye Throneberry, Ken Trinkle, Tom Umphlett, Archie Wilson and Taffy Wright.

Pinky Higgins 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
Tom Herrin1012.4554.152826162191.01901038894781026
Al Curtis96.6004.142323102161.01387974110111444
Harry Taylor910.4744.32252171150.017480724875129
Hersh Freeman87.5332.923800074.07328242848103
Dick Brodowski71.8753.4010107082.08032313153000
Dave Ferriss75.5834.71211281128.017078673926602
Russ Kemmerer78.4675.43251661126.015587766269011
Ken Holcombe52.7143.86994363.05729271230012
Frank Baumann46.4004.0915146288.08344405569100
Ike Delock201.0002.252016.01044516
Ralph Brickner22.5002.376138.030131001012101
Clifford Coggin22.5005.544126.027181602112001
Ken Trinkle23.4005.8112031.047202011010000
Bob Smith101.0006.002012.0178867
Harley Hisner13.2502.951810058.05824191631401
Bill Evans13.2504.637235.046191841413101
Robert Austin07.0004.821772071.06945382833003
Totals7777.5004.212621390701201350.01424711632558906932910340

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 Umphlett1245705187514424988064842.278.340.405.746210813
Buddy Peterson13961653394144277361107853.270.364.364.728194914
Charlie Maxwell135611500104141251321853102101.282.410.510.9202551363
Ed Lyons1456355617814030588367043.250.333.364.6962041304
Taffy Wright12649542662126144118426618.296.394.425.8191811330
Kenneth Chapman1254803905410517356648630.269.405.367.7721431331
Al Evans9334630037777343904342.257.354.340.694102821
Bob DiPietro8531026035714243934717.273.384.350.73491803
Harold Buckwalter6924622533628643201717.276.337.418.75594240
Gene Stephens60236216436112331781632.282.335.407.74288013
Larry Isbell5521418418495121932549.266.360.337.69762023
Al Van Alstyne521541361736500231011.265.329.301.63041335
Dick Gernert1985731723704160118.315.412.575.98742010
Gary Killingsworth24989432110090310.223.247.234.48122601
Robert Broome3112210418213021311712.202.314.288.60330201
Faye Throneberry13625691531452511.268.339.571.91032010
Dave Ferriss3670685142003026.206.229.235.46416500
John Douglas1865577122004085.211.308.246.55314200
Dick Brodowski1140386112109022.289.325.395.72015000
Tom Herrin39767081111180320.157.192.243.43517003
Al Curtis2372634900040119.143.156.143.2999108
Harry Taylor256156681003039.143.186.161.3479502
Ken Aspromonte123129571001125.241.290.276.5668200
Ken Holcombe925256.240.240.240.4806
Frank Baumann1535301610020311.200.273.233.5067102
Len Okrie1649396610031105.154.327.179.5067200
Russ Kemmerer2549444611030213.136.174.205.3789103
Clifford Coggin413135.385.385.385.7695
Ed Sadowski716164.250.250.250.5004
Harley Hisner181917242102024.235.316.471.7868000
Bill Evans712123.250.250.250.5003
Archie Wilson113129230100026.103.161.172.3345000
Hersh Freeman392222020001007.091.091.091.1822000
Ike Delock2661.167.167.167.3331
Ken Trinkle1297110000011.143.250.143.3931001
Ralph Brickner613131.077.077.077.1541
Robert Austin172420010000012.050.136.050.1861212
Ted Lepcio1110000.000.000.000.0000
Bob Smith2440000.000.000.000.0000
Totals16506023525575413572066284693530686611.258.347.369.7161939119295300


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Charlie Maxwell1B88728551095.9878.898
Harold Buckwalter1B2823913221.9929.000
Dick Gernert1B18175140121.0001.500
John Douglas1B1612512112.9938.562
Ed Lyons2B14138341519102.9775.660
Kenneth Chapman3B106981731523.9482.557
Harold Buckwalter3B28274094.8822.393
Gary Killingsworth3B17142492.8092.235
Bob DiPietro3B1693133.9302.500
Al EvansC894484667.9885.5516
Larry IsbellC542292855.9814.7595
Len OkrieC1468711.9875.3570
Tom UmphlettOF1243461173.9812.879
Taffy WrightOF112170771.9621.580
Bob DiPietroOF61101331.9721.705
Gene StephensOF58132261.9572.310
Al Van AlstyneOF5098562.9452.060
Charlie MaxwellOF4986531.9681.857
Robert BroomeOF2644320.9591.808
Faye ThroneberryOF13312001.0002.538
Hersh FreemanP3871211.950.500
Tom HerrinP28203251.9121.857
Harry TaylorP25153423.9611.960
Russ KemmererP25102853.8841.520
Al CurtisP2352010.9621.087
Dave FerrissP2191513.9601.143
Harley HisnerP1838021.000.611
Robert AustinP17415021.0001.118
Frank BaumannP15415001.0001.267
Ken TrinkleP1227021.000.750
Dick BrodowskiP10612011.0001.800
Ken HolcombeP9.000
Bill EvansP7.000
Ralph BricknerP6.000
Clifford CogginP4.000
Bob SmithP2.000
Ike DelockP2.000
Buddy PetersonSS1392344123688.9474.647
Totals150938701506165402.9703.5631100

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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