1972 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 81-63
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Darrell Johnson (81-63)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 116,328, Avg. 1,616
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 2 games, Rochester Red Wings 1
Finals - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Louisville Colonels 2
The Louisville Colonels of the International League ended the 1972 season with a record of 81 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Colonels scored 654 runs and allowed 560 runs. Dwight Evans led Louisville with 17 home runs and drove in 95 runs. Cecil Cooper paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .315 clip. Craig Skok topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1972 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cecil Cooper, Don Bryant, Vic Correll, Craig Skok, Stan Williams, Bob Gallagher, Bobby Bolin, Lynn McGlothen, Roger Moret, Don Newhauser, Bobby Pfeil, Mike Nagy, Juan Beníquez, Chris Coletta, Dick Pole, Buddy Hunter, Mario Guerrero, Jim Burton, Mike Garman, Dwight Evans and John Curtis.
Darrell Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Skok | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.02 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 150 | 66 | 55 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Garman | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.23 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 149.0 | 139 | 74 | 70 | 14 | 69 | 9 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Mike Nagy | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.44 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 204.0 | 191 | 98 | 78 | 6 | 88 | 7 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Lynn McGlothen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1.92 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 108.0 | 69 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Moret | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.54 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 127.0 | 130 | 74 | 64 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Bolin | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.20 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 45.0 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Curtis | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.01 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 55 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Pole | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.82 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 113.0 | 113 | 59 | 48 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Glenn Lohfink | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.98 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Newhauser | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35.0 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Neal | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.95 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 54 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Stan Williams | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.73 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 56.0 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jim Burton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.78 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Snyder | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.28 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46.0 | 44 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Milam | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 63 | .562 | 3.48 | 338 | 144 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 28 | 1253.0 | 1144 | 560 | 485 | 66 | 515 | 47 | 925 | 24 | 3 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Cooper | 134 | 571 | 515 | 86 | 162 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 78 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 91 | .315 | .369 | .468 | .837 | 241 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Dwight Evans | 144 | 601 | 496 | 90 | 149 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 95 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 107 | .300 | .409 | .482 | .891 | 239 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Bobby Pfeil | 134 | 556 | 492 | 65 | 134 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 56 | .272 | .338 | .346 | .683 | 170 | 3 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Vic Correll | 137 | 558 | 491 | 64 | 133 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 77 | .271 | .354 | .383 | .737 | 188 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Gallagher | 99 | 446 | 387 | 45 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 64 | .292 | .363 | .375 | .738 | 145 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Buddy Hunter | 138 | 522 | 431 | 53 | 102 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 62 | .237 | .348 | .327 | .675 | 141 | 10 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Chris Coletta | 97 | 362 | 307 | 49 | 98 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 38 | .319 | .413 | .427 | .839 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roger Nelson | 90 | 305 | 276 | 45 | 84 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 31 | .304 | .361 | .417 | .778 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Juan Beníquez | 66 | 308 | 277 | 40 | 82 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 43 | .296 | .350 | .437 | .787 | 121 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| John Mason | 92 | 273 | 238 | 27 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 40 | .307 | .375 | .408 | .783 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tony Torchia | 83 | 227 | 198 | 27 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | .288 | .369 | .379 | .748 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Nagy | 31 | 76 | 67 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .209 | .221 | .239 | .459 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lynn McGlothen | 17 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .234 | .250 | .277 | .527 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Garman | 40 | 53 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .184 | .200 | .224 | .424 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Craig Skok | 25 | 67 | 55 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .145 | .203 | .164 | .367 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cummings | 3 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .462 | .500 | .462 | .962 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bryant | 24 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .150 | .306 | .225 | .531 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Pole | 27 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .143 | .226 | .179 | .404 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Roger Moret | 30 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .095 | .156 | .119 | .275 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Lohfink | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stan Williams | 26 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Burton | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bolin | 25 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .417 | .647 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Curtis | 10 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .095 | .208 | .095 | .304 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Reginald Niles | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Snyder | 32 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Neal | 39 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Newhauser | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Crespo | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1599 | 5240 | 4551 | 626 | 1265 | 203 | 42 | 69 | 575 | 47 | 35 | 533 | 787 | .278 | .355 | .387 | .742 | 1759 | 0 | 32 | 86 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Cooper | 1B | 132 | 1102 | 78 | 17 | 103 | .986 | 8.939 | ||||
| Tony Torchia | 1B | 17 | 125 | 7 | 3 | 18 | .978 | 7.765 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 2B | 122 | 271 | 366 | 15 | 75 | .977 | 5.221 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 2B | 32 | 71 | 75 | 3 | 20 | .980 | 4.562 | ||||
| John Mason | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | 3B | 107 | 73 | 182 | 8 | 18 | .970 | 2.383 | ||||
| John Mason | 3B | 47 | 40 | 78 | 13 | 8 | .901 | 2.511 | ||||
| Vic Correll | C | 136 | 894 | 68 | 10 | 7 | .990 | 7.074 | 17 | |||
| Don Bryant | C | 18 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .977 | 4.722 | 2 | |||
| Dwight Evans | OF | 144 | 270 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 1.958 | ||||
| Bob Gallagher | OF | 98 | 213 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 2.214 | ||||
| Chris Coletta | OF | 88 | 111 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.318 | ||||
| Roger Nelson | OF | 71 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 1.845 | ||||
| Tony Torchia | OF | 38 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.184 | ||||
| John Mason | OF | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Reginald Niles | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Cummings | OF | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Garman | P | 39 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .970 | .821 | ||||
| Mike Neal | P | 38 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .395 | ||||
| Robert Snyder | P | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .281 | ||||
| Mike Nagy | P | 30 | 13 | 45 | 4 | 5 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
| Dick Pole | P | 27 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.370 | ||||
| Stan Williams | P | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Craig Skok | P | 25 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.480 | ||||
| Glenn Lohfink | P | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .240 | ||||
| Bobby Bolin | P | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .360 | ||||
| Roger Moret | P | 24 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Newhauser | P | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Lynn McGlothen | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Curtis | P | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jim Burton | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Wayne Milam | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Beníquez | SS | 65 | 114 | 172 | 21 | 31 | .932 | 4.400 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | SS | 13 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 6 | .976 | 3.154 | ||||
| Bobby Pfeil | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Manuel Crespo | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1488 | 3651 | 1311 | 122 | 306 | .976 | 3.335 | 19 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
