1955 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Red Marion (83-71)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 139,948, Avg. 1,818

1955 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Omaha Cardinals 4 games, Louisville Colonels 3

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Colonels scored 782 runs and yielded 686 runs.

Neil Chrisley, Lou Limmer, Bob Smith, Duane Wilson, Tex Clevenger, Russ Kemmerer, Jerry Casale, Don Lenhardt, Don Buddin, Frank Malzone, Marty Keough, Tom Herrin, Bob Smith, Owen Friend, Haywood Sullivan, Al Schroll and Dick Gernert were all players from the 1955 Louisville Colonels who played in the Majors during their careers.

Red Marion 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
Jerry Casale	17	11	.607	2.96	34	26		17	3		213.0	171	80	70	13	96	5	186	3	0	1
Al Curtis	12	8	.600	4.09	27	26		12	2		174.0	150	84	79	16	95	2	82	2	1	1
Al Schroll	11	6	.647	3.87	31	21		8	2		149.0	135	87	64	14	80	7	82	10	0	3
Bob Smith	10	6	.625	2.48	23	18		8	1		127.0	129	52	35	6	58	2	85	1	0	5
Tex Clevenger	9	13	.409	3.77	39	21		9	1		179.0	192	91	75	16	67	6	96	2	0	6
Bob Smith	7	5	.583	4.25	42	13		1	1		108.0	112	60	51	5	59	2	91	3	0	7
Duane Wilson	6	6	.500	4.11	31	8		2	0		92.0	94	46	42	14	56	3	43	0	0	5
Bill Slack	4	2	.667	4.39	24	1		0	0		41.0	50	22	20	5	20	2	14	0	0	1
Russ Kemmerer	3	8	.273	4.96	28	14		3	1		118.0	143	77	65	12	49	7	46	0	0	3
Thomas Casagrande	2	5	.286	4.89	21	4		1	0		70.0	61	41	38	4	34	2	36	1	0	3
Ralph Holmes	1	0	1.000		9						0.0									0
John Wall	1	0	1.000		8						0.0									0
Jack Thomas	0	0			6						0.0									0
Tom Herrin	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Totals	83	71	.539	3.82	325	152	0	61	11	0	1271.0	1237	640	539	105	614	38	761	22	1	35	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
Frank Malzone	154	664	607	99	188	33	7	9	88	1		40	49	.310	.352	.432	.784	262	14	4	5	8
Marty Keough	151	692	588	104	178	33	14	12	67	12		81	75	.303	.392	.468	.859	275	5	7	13	3
Don Buddin	154	682	589	111	172	39	4	18	86	4		69	66	.292	.368	.463	.832	273	10	7	9	8
Joe Tanner	130	498	459	72	127	21	5	11	53	4		26	110	.277	.321	.416	.737	191	3	6	3	4
Robert Broome	132	546	425	77	119	17	3	14	71	0		105	25	.280	.417	.433	.850	184	14	2	4	10
Haywood Sullivan	128	491	445	53	115	26	7	6	61	2		34	57	.258	.313	.389	.702	173	12	4	2	6
Dick Gernert	127	519	397	72	114	23	5	24	86	0		109	83	.287	.435	.552	.987	219	15	1	4	8
Don Lenhardt	104	392	336	40	89	19	1	12	55	1		46	46	.265	.351	.435	.786	146	17	2	2	6
E. J. Buck	85	279	233	29	56	12	2	4	37	1		44	53	.240	.361	.361	.722	84	5	0	2	0
Marvin Stendel	73	138	101	22	32	5	2	2	16	1		31	18	.317	.481	.465	.947	47	1	1	5	0
Thomas Casagrande	53	103	93	12	31	4	1	3	15	1		8	22	.333	.386	.495	.881	46	3	0	2	0
Ray Holton	45	121	110	9	27	6	1	1	13	0		9	7	.245	.300	.345	.645	38	6	0	1	1
Jerry Casale	35	90	79	8	22	3	0	4	13	0		4	20	.278	.310	.468	.778	37	2	0	6	1
John Charvat	23	87	82	14	21	2	0	0	8	1		5	9	.256	.299	.280	.579	23	0	0	0	0
Al Van Alstyne	24	61	55	11	18	3	0	0	9	2		3	10	.327	.383	.382	.765	21	0	2	1	0
Owen Friend	25	92	84	11	16	3	0	1	9	2		7	12	.190	.253	.262	.515	22	3	0	1	0
Al Curtis	39	70	64	6	13	2	0	0	9	0		1	12	.203	.215	.234	.450	15	2	0	5	0
Al Schroll	31	58	50	4	9	1	2	1	9	0		3	15	.180	.226	.340	.566	17	2	0	5	0
Russ Kemmerer	28	41	34	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	13	.147	.147	.147	.294	5	0	0	7	0
Bob Smith	23	46	37	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		4	11	.135	.220	.135	.355	5	0	0	5	0
Tex Clevenger	39	67	58	5	5	0	0	0	3	0		0	22	.086	.086	.086	.172	5	1	0	9	0
Duane Wilson	32	30	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.143	.200	.143	.343	4	0	0	0	0
Vincent Furfaro	6	6	6		3									.500	.500	.500	1.000	3
Bob Jenkins	7	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Bob Smith	42	30	26	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		3	15	.115	.207	.154	.361	4	0	0	1	0
Bill Slack	24	11	8	3	2	0	1	0	2	0		2	3	.250	.400	.500	.900	4	0	0	1	0
Lou Limmer	6	21	21		2									.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Tom Herrin	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Edward Irons	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
John Wall	8	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Ralph Holmes	9	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Neil Chrisley	6	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Edward Waytula	22	23	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	.000	.130	.000	.130	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	1772	5900	5077	772	1384	253	55	122	716	32	0	639	764	.273	.355	.416	.771	2113	117	36	93	55	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Gernert	1B	99	712	40	14	84	.982	7.596
Haywood Sullivan	1B	40	286	23	6	35	.981	7.725
Thomas Casagrande	1B	13	107	7	2	10	.983	8.769
E. J. Buck	1B	10	87	4	1	5	.989	9.100
Joe Tanner	2B	121	279	315	29	88	.953	4.909
John Charvat	2B	21	48	60	2	14	.982	5.143
Owen Friend	2B	11	31	27	2	6	.967	5.273
Frank Malzone	3B	153	146	314	27	41	.945	3.007
Haywood Sullivan	C	78	391	50	4	6	.991	5.654	13
E. J. Buck	C	60	306	37	10	8	.972	5.717	4
Ray Holton	C	29	174	4	1	1	.994	6.138	1
Marty Keough	OF	151	401	10	4	3	.990	2.722
Robert Broome	OF	131	230	13	3	1	.988	1.855
Don Lenhardt	OF	87	143	8	4	3	.974	1.736
Marvin Stendel	OF	62	66	1	2	0	.971	1.081
Dick Gernert	OF	33	62	0	1	0	.984	1.879
Al Van Alstyne	OF	20	30	0	2	0	.938	1.500
Owen Friend	OF	11	11	3	1	0	.933	1.273
Bob Smith	P	42	4	26	2	2	.938	.714
Tex Clevenger	P	39	11	30	1	3	.976	1.051
Jerry Casale	P	34	9	19	2	0	.933	.824
Duane Wilson	P	31	7	22	3	0	.906	.935
Al Schroll	P	31	10	29	4	2	.907	1.258
Russ Kemmerer	P	28	11	24	1	3	.972	1.250
Al Curtis	P	27	3	19	0	2	1.000	.815
Bill Slack	P	24	1	8	0	1	1.000	.375
Bob Smith	P	23	4	23	1	2	.964	1.174
Thomas Casagrande	P	21	2	10	0	0	1.000	.571
Ralph Holmes	P	9						.000
John Wall	P	8						.000
Jack Thomas	P	6						.000
Tom Herrin	P	2						.000
Don Buddin	SS	154	292	400	48	94	.935	4.494
Totals		1609	3864	1526	177	414	.968	3.350	18	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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