1941 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 87-66
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Bill Burwell (87-66)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 274,805, Avg. 3,592

1941 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Louisville Colonels 1

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1941 season with a record of 87 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Colonels led the circuit with just 597 runs allowed. Louisville scored 682 runs. Ernie Andres paced the team with 15 home runs and drove in 100 runs. Johnny Pesky topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .325 clip. Oscar Judd and Bill Sayles paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Oscar Judd recorded a 3.16 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1941 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Oscar Judd, Bill Butland, Ernie Andres, Woody Rich, Owen Scheetz, Emerson Dickman, Herb Hash, Tony Lupien, Joe Vosmik, Johnny Pesky, Bill Sayles, Johnny Lazor, Bill LeFebvre, Charlie Gelbert, Art Parks, Eli Hodkey, Joe Glenn, Andy Gilbert, Chet Morgan, Tex Hughson and Bill Fleming.

Bill Burwell 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
Oscar Judd	13	5	.722	3.16	24	18	6	11	2		148.0	143	60	52		57		72	1	0	5
Bill Sayles	13	12	.520	4.37	30	23	2	11	3		169.0	188	88	82		71		107	1	1	6
Bill LeFebvre	12	7	.632	3.51	33	21	10	11	1		169.0	192	80	66		52		51	3	0	1
Bill Butland	12	11	.522	3.76	35	26	3	13	1		201.0	187	94	84		83		126	4	0	4
Owen Scheetz	8	7	.533	3.05	29	9	17	5	2		115.0	94	41	39		39		40	1	0	4
Tex Hughson	7	1	.875	2.97	13	11	1	7	3		91.0	86	35	30		23		40	0	0	0
Emerson Dickman	7	5	.583	1.94	15	13	2	8	1		102.0	90	25	22		32		31	0	0	0
Bill Fleming	6	6	.500	4.15	20	13	6	4	1		89.0	85	46	41		40		62	1	0	1
Herb Hash	3	4	.429	4.73	9	9	0	4	1		59.0	68	35	31		15		23	1	0	2
Woody Rich	2	2	.500	3.33	9			0	0		27.0	35	17	10		15		28	1	0	0
Larry Powell	2	2	.500	4.82	7	4	2	2	0		28.0	25	15	15		26		16	0	0	5
Charles Harris	1	1	.500	6.38	6	2	3	1	0		24.0	27	20	17		16		9	2	0	5
Joseph Shaffer	1	2	.333	3.83	24	1	17	1	0		54.0	57	28	23		20		13	0	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		3.0	7				0		1
Eli Hodkey	0	1	.000	4.50	6			0	0		16.0	15	8	8		6		10	0	0	0
Totals	87	66	.569	3.61	261	150	69	78	15	0	1295.0	1299	592	520	0	495	0	629	15	1	33	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
Johnny Pesky	146	656	600	93	195	25	5	1	48	16		45	37	.325	.373	.388	.761	233		1	10
Ernie Andres	154	628	577	85	167	33	2	15	100	3		46	41	.289	.343	.432	.774	249		1	4
Tony Lupien	154	620	564	74	163	22	8	6	59	16		45	29	.289	.346	.388	.734	219		4	7
Walter Cazen	149	621	536	92	159	28	12	10	82	17		75	65	.297	.387	.450	.837	241		4	6
Chet Morgan	142	587	528	64	148	17	9	3	78	4		40	11	.280	.332	.364	.696	192		1	18
Al Mazur	151	601	499	69	136	20	7	1	59	13		91	68	.273	.385	.347	.731	173		0	11
Art Parks	128	526	443	77	120	23	4	8	58	7		76	31	.271	.381	.395	.776	175		3	4
Joe Glenn	96	332	296	35	72	15	5	2	43	8		34	29	.243	.321	.348	.669	103		0	2
George Lacy	74	232	213	17	51	9	0	6	22	0		17	22	.239	.296	.366	.662	78		0	2
Joe Vosmik	42	161	144	15	42	9	2	1	20	1		15	14	.292	.358	.403	.761	58		0	2
Charlie Gelbert	40	88	74	8	20	3	1	0	10	1		14	8	.270	.386	.338	.724	25		0	0
Bill Sayles	32	72	67	5	19	3	1	0	8	0		2	11	.284	.304	.358	.663	24		0	3
Thomas Gwin	49	78	67	15	15	2	1	0	2	5		6	5	.224	.297	.284	.581	19		1	4
Oscar Judd	45	81	71	8	15	2	0	0	9	0		9	12	.211	.309	.239	.548	17		1	0
Bill LeFebvre	34	64	57	7	11	0	0	0	1	0		6	5	.193	.270	.193	.463	11		0	1
Bill Butland	35	79	65	2	11	1	0	0	2	0		11	22	.169	.289	.185	.474	12		0	3
Owen Scheetz	29	39	36	1	7	1	0	0	3	0		1	7	.194	.216	.222	.438	8		0	2
Bill Fleming	20	34	31	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		1	4	.194	.219	.194	.412	6		0	2
Emerson Dickman	15	40	38	1	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.158	.158	.184	.342	7		0	2
Herb Hash	9	20	20		5									.250	.250	.250	.500	5
Tony Fiarito	8	9	9	1	3	1	0	1	1	0				.333	.333	.778	1.111	7
Francis Walsh	6	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0				.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Joseph Shaffer	25	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.214	.267	.214	.481	3		0	0
Andy Gilbert	5	16	16	3	3	0	0	0	1	1				.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Woody Rich	9	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Tex Hughson	13	38	29	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		7	13	.069	.250	.069	.319	2		0	2
Charles Harris	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Larry Powell	7	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Eli Hodkey	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Johnny Lazor	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1632	5675	5032	677	1386	215	57	54	614	92	0	542	441	.275	.348	.373	.721	1877	0	16	85	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tony Lupien	1B	154	1367	84	14	109	.990	9.422
Al Mazur	2B	151	366	449	20	93	.976	5.397
Ernie Andres	3B	153	125	314	27	29	.942	2.869
Joe Glenn	C	93	443	51	12	6	.976	5.312	5
George Lacy	C	70	270	37	8	2	.975	4.386	2
Walter Cazen	OF	147	230	9	13	0	.948	1.626
Chet Morgan	OF	140	316	8	5	1	.985	2.314
Art Parks	OF	121	244	5	5	2	.980	2.058
Joe Vosmik	OF	37	72	1	0	1	1.000	1.973
Thomas Gwin	OF	20	38	0	2	0	.950	1.900
Bill Butland	P	35	12	37	1	0	.980	1.400
Bill LeFebvre	P	33	6	36	0	0	1.000	1.273
Bill Sayles	P	30	9	25	2	0	.944	1.133
Owen Scheetz	P	29	6	24	1	2	.968	1.034
Joseph Shaffer	P	24	3	18	1	1	.955	.875
Oscar Judd	P	24	6	28	3	0	.919	1.417
Bill Fleming	P	20	4	17	0	0	1.000	1.050
Emerson Dickman	P	15	6	15	1	0	.955	1.400
Tex Hughson	P	13	1	19	1	1	.952	1.538
Woody Rich	P	9						.000
Herb Hash	P	9						.000
Larry Powell	P	7						.000
Eli Hodkey	P	6						.000
Charles Harris	P	6						.000
Charlie Gelbert	P	1						.000
Johnny Pesky	SS	146	308	411	32	80	.957	4.925
Charlie Gelbert	SS	10	17	27	0	5	1.000	4.400
Totals		1503	3849	1615	148	332	.974	3.635	7	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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