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 Harry Taylor, Bob Smith, Ted Lepcio, Bill Evans, Bob DiPietro, Taffy Wright, Ed Sadowski, Buddy Peterson, Ike Delock, Tom Umphlett, Len Okrie, Ken Holcombe, Russ Kemmerer, Ken Trinkle, Charlie Maxwell, Dick Gernert, Al Evans, Dave Ferriss, Frank Baumann, Ralph Brickner, Ken Aspromonte, Harley Hisner, Hersh Freeman, Archie Wilson, Dick Brodowski, Faye Throneberry, Ed Lyons, Tom Herrin, Gene Stephens and John Douglas.

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 Herrin	10	12	.455	4.15	28	26		16	2		191.0	190	103	88		94		78	10	2	6
Al Curtis	9	6	.600	4.14	23	23		10	2		161.0	138	79	74		110		111	4	4	4
Harry Taylor	9	10	.474	4.32	25	21		7	1		150.0	174	80	72		48		75	1	2	9
Hersh Freeman	8	7	.533	2.92	38	0		0	0		74.0	73	28	24		28		48	1	0	3
Dick Brodowski	7	1	.875	3.40	10	10		7	0		82.0	80	32	31		31		53	0	0	0
Dave Ferriss	7	5	.583	4.71	21	12		8	1		128.0	170	78	67		39		26	6	0	2
Russ Kemmerer	7	8	.467	5.43	25	16		6	1		126.0	155	87	76		62		69	0	1	1
Ken Holcombe	5	2	.714	3.86	9	9		4	3		63.0	57	29	27		12		30	0	1	2
Frank Baumann	4	6	.400	4.09	15	14		6	2		88.0	83	44	40		55		69	1	0	0
Ike Delock	2	0	1.000	2.25	2				0		16.0	10	4	4		5		16
Ralph Brickner	2	2	.500	2.37	6			1			38.0	30	13	10	0	10		12	1	0	1
Clifford Coggin	2	2	.500	5.54	4			1			26.0	27	18	16	0	21		12	0	0	1
Ken Trinkle	2	3	.400	5.81	12			0			31.0	47	20	20	1	10		10	0	0	0
Bob Smith	1	0	1.000	6.00	2				0		12.0	17	8	8		6		7
Harley Hisner	1	3	.250	2.95	18	1		0	0		58.0	58	24	19		16		31	4	0	1
Bill Evans	1	3	.250	4.63	7			2			35.0	46	19	18	4	14		13	1	0	1
Robert Austin	0	7	.000	4.82	17	7		2	0		71.0	69	45	38		28		33	0	0	3
Totals	77	77	.500	4.21	262	139	0	70	12	0	1350.0	1424	711	632	5	589	0	693	29	10	34	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 Umphlett	124	570	518	75	144	24	9	8	80	6		48	42	.278	.340	.405	.746	210	8	1	3
Buddy Peterson	139	616	533	94	144	27	7	3	61	10		78	53	.270	.364	.364	.728	194	9	1	4
Charlie Maxwell	135	611	500	104	141	25	13	21	85	3		102	101	.282	.410	.510	.920	255	13	6	3
Ed Lyons	145	635	561	78	140	30	5	8	83	6		70	43	.250	.333	.364	.696	204	13	0	4
Taffy Wright	126	495	426	62	126	14	4	11	84	2		66	18	.296	.394	.425	.819	181	13	3	0
Kenneth Chapman	125	480	390	54	105	17	3	5	66	4		86	30	.269	.405	.367	.772	143	13	3	1
Al Evans	93	346	300	37	77	7	3	4	39	0		43	42	.257	.354	.340	.694	102	8	2	1
Bob DiPietro	85	310	260	35	71	4	2	4	39	3		47	17	.273	.384	.350	.734	91	8	0	3
Harold Buckwalter	69	246	225	33	62	8	6	4	32	0		17	17	.276	.337	.418	.755	94	2	4	0
Gene Stephens	60	236	216	43	61	12	3	3	17	8		16	32	.282	.335	.407	.742	88	0	1	3
Larry Isbell	55	214	184	18	49	5	1	2	19	3		25	49	.266	.360	.337	.697	62	0	2	3
Al Van Alstyne	52	154	136	17	36	5	0	0	2	3		10	11	.265	.329	.301	.630	41	3	3	5
Dick Gernert	19	85	73	17	23	7	0	4	16	0		11	8	.315	.412	.575	.987	42	0	1	0
Gary Killingsworth	24	98	94	3	21	1	0	0	9	0		3	10	.223	.247	.234	.481	22	6	0	1
Robert Broome	31	122	104	18	21	3	0	2	13	1		17	12	.202	.314	.288	.603	30	2	0	1
Faye Throneberry	13	62	56	9	15	3	1	4	5	2		5	11	.268	.339	.571	.910	32	0	1	0
Dave Ferriss	36	70	68	5	14	2	0	0	3	0		2	6	.206	.229	.235	.464	16	5	0	0
John Douglas	18	65	57	7	12	2	0	0	4	0		8	5	.211	.308	.246	.553	14	2	0	0
Dick Brodowski	11	40	38	6	11	2	1	0	9	0		2	2	.289	.325	.395	.720	15	0	0	0
Tom Herrin	39	76	70	8	11	1	1	1	8	0		3	20	.157	.192	.243	.435	17	0	0	3
Al Curtis	23	72	63	4	9	0	0	0	4	0		1	19	.143	.156	.143	.299	9	1	0	8
Harry Taylor	25	61	56	6	8	1	0	0	3	0		3	9	.143	.186	.161	.347	9	5	0	2
Ken Aspromonte	12	31	29	5	7	1	0	0	1	1		2	5	.241	.290	.276	.566	8	2	0	0
Ken Holcombe	9	25	25		6									.240	.240	.240	.480	6
Frank Baumann	15	35	30	1	6	1	0	0	2	0		3	11	.200	.273	.233	.506	7	1	0	2
Len Okrie	16	49	39	6	6	1	0	0	3	1		10	5	.154	.327	.179	.506	7	2	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	25	49	44	4	6	1	1	0	3	0		2	13	.136	.174	.205	.378	9	1	0	3
Clifford Coggin	4	13	13		5									.385	.385	.385	.769	5
Ed Sadowski	7	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Harley Hisner	18	19	17	2	4	2	1	0	2	0		2	4	.235	.316	.471	.786	8	0	0	0
Bill Evans	7	12	12		3									.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Archie Wilson	11	31	29	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	6	.103	.161	.172	.334	5	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	39	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	0	0	0
Ike Delock	2	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ken Trinkle	12	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	1
Ralph Brickner	6	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Robert Austin	17	24	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.050	.136	.050	.186	1	2	1	2
Ted Lepcio	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Smith	2	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1650	6023	5255	754	1357	206	62	84	693	53	0	686	611	.258	.347	.369	.716	1939	119	29	53	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Maxwell	1B	88	728	55	10	95	.987	8.898
Harold Buckwalter	1B	28	239	13	2	21	.992	9.000
Dick Gernert	1B	18	175	14	0	12	1.000	1.500
John Douglas	1B	16	125	12	1	12	.993	8.562
Ed Lyons	2B	141	383	415	19	102	.977	5.660
Kenneth Chapman	3B	106	98	173	15	23	.948	2.557
Harold Buckwalter	3B	28	27	40	9	4	.882	2.393
Gary Killingsworth	3B	17	14	24	9	2	.809	2.235
Bob DiPietro	3B	16	9	31	3	3	.930	2.500
Al Evans	C	89	448	46	6	7	.988	5.551	6
Larry Isbell	C	54	229	28	5	5	.981	4.759	5
Len Okrie	C	14	68	7	1	1	.987	5.357	0
Tom Umphlett	OF	124	346	11	7	3	.981	2.879
Taffy Wright	OF	112	170	7	7	1	.962	1.580
Bob DiPietro	OF	61	101	3	3	1	.972	1.705
Gene Stephens	OF	58	132	2	6	1	.957	2.310
Al Van Alstyne	OF	50	98	5	6	2	.945	2.060
Charlie Maxwell	OF	49	86	5	3	1	.968	1.857
Robert Broome	OF	26	44	3	2	0	.959	1.808
Faye Throneberry	OF	13	31	2	0	0	1.000	2.538
Hersh Freeman	P	38	7	12	1	1	.950	.500
Tom Herrin	P	28	20	32	5	1	.912	1.857
Harry Taylor	P	25	15	34	2	3	.961	1.960
Russ Kemmerer	P	25	10	28	5	3	.884	1.520
Al Curtis	P	23	5	20	1	0	.962	1.087
Dave Ferriss	P	21	9	15	1	3	.960	1.143
Harley Hisner	P	18	3	8	0	2	1.000	.611
Robert Austin	P	17	4	15	0	2	1.000	1.118
Frank Baumann	P	15	4	15	0	0	1.000	1.267
Ken Trinkle	P	12	2	7	0	2	1.000	.750
Dick Brodowski	P	10	6	12	0	1	1.000	1.800
Ken Holcombe	P	9						.000
Bill Evans	P	7						.000
Ralph Brickner	P	6						.000
Clifford Coggin	P	4						.000
Bob Smith	P	2						.000
Ike Delock	P	2						.000
Buddy Peterson	SS	139	234	412	36	88	.947	4.647
Totals		1509	3870	1506	165	402	.970	3.563	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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