1942 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Bill Burwell (78-76)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 159,448, Avg. 2,071

1942 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Colonels plated 597 runs and surrendered 593 runs. Andy Gilbert drove in 87 runs. Johnny Lazor led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Nels Potter topped the team with 18 wins, while Lou Lucier recorded a 2.45 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1942 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lou Lucier, Chet Morgan, Fred Walters, Art Parks, Stan Benjamin, Whitey Wietelmann, Joe Wood, Red Kress, Andy Gilbert, Earl Browne, Nels Potter, Johnny Lazor, Andy Karl, Emerson Dickman, Eddie Pellagrini, Stan Sperry, Bill Sayles, Emmett O'Neill, Jackie Tobin, Mel Deutsch and Chet Covington.

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
Nels Potter	18	8	.692	2.60	38	26	12	17	2		211.0	190	83	61		59		147	2	0	4
Lou Lucier	13	9	.591	2.45	33	25	6	11	1		206.0	160	67	56		76		94	3	1	3
Bill Sayles	11	12	.478	3.44	29	26	2	12	2		183.0	176	89	70		79		90	3	0	8
Peter Blumette	8	4	.667	3.84	36	10	17	3	1		103.0	97	52	44		58		51	0	0	0
Emery Rudd	7	11	.389	3.48	35	12	14	3	0		132.0	117	64	51		90		78	1	0	3
Andy Karl	6	13	.316	2.90	39	16	11	5	2		152.0	145	67	49		33		38	3	0	1
Emmett O'Neill	4	3	.571	3.26	11	7	3	2	1		47.0	39	22	17		42		34	0	0	1
Joe Wood	4	10	.286	3.74	27	19	5	7	0		137.0	141	72	57		69		81	3	0	3
Mel Deutsch	3	2	.600	2.88	34	6	16	1	0		103.0	97	42	33		56		41	1	1	2
Chet Covington	3	2	.600	5.34	10	6	1	2	1		32.0	43	21	19		11		19	0	0	0
Emerson Dickman	1	1	.500	4.15	2			0	0		13.0	10	7	6		2		3	0	0	0
Red Kress	0	0		2.08	6			0	0		13.0	14	3	3		6		3
Joseph Shaffer	0	1	.000	9.00	2			0	0		5.0	6	5	5		1		1	0	0	0
Totals	78	76	.506	3.17	302	153	87	63	10	0	1337.0	1235	594	471	0	582	0	680	16	2	25	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
Andy Gilbert	153	624	577	90	171	30	19	4	87	8		38	77	.296	.342	.435	.777	251	8	2	7
Chet Morgan	155	633	564	67	156	22	3	1	61	12		59	20	.277	.346	.332	.678	187	6	1	9
Whitey Wietelmann	133	592	527	69	137	21	3	0	35	7		55	42	.260	.332	.311	.643	164	7	2	8
Johnny Lazor	128	472	434	56	134	22	6	6	51	4		30	32	.309	.358	.429	.786	186	5	3	5
Red Kress	119	406	373	40	93	20	5	1	46	1		28	25	.249	.302	.338	.640	126	6	0	5
Jackie Tobin	92	377	332	41	83	13	2	3	22	3		34	30	.250	.323	.328	.652	109	3	2	9
George Lacy	102	356	314	29	79	13	3	2	40	2		33	14	.252	.327	.331	.658	104	4	2	7
Fred Walters	86	272	241	22	60	6	5	2	43	6		25	27	.249	.320	.340	.660	82	6	0	6
Tony Fiarito	96	302	248	34	55	10	2	3	27	13		47	28	.222	.348	.315	.662	78	5	1	6
Stan Benjamin	38	163	145	19	44	3	3	3	13	8		12	20	.303	.357	.428	.784	62	2	0	6
Walter Cazen	52	192	167	16	35	3	3	1	14	3		23	27	.210	.309	.281	.590	47	2	1	1
Albert Lingua	83	188	166	30	34	7	1	0	15	9		14	25	.205	.283	.259	.542	43	3	4	4
Bob Latshaw	38	141	116	12	31	4	0	0	11	2		18	12	.267	.375	.302	.677	35	0	2	5
Stan Sperry	39	116	105	14	29	2	1	1	13	1		10	9	.276	.339	.343	.682	36	1	0	1
Nels Potter	58	103	93	7	28	6	0	2	14	0		6	9	.301	.350	.430	.780	40	1	1	3
Bill Sayles	32	71	68	4	14	3	0	1	8	0		2	8	.206	.229	.294	.523	20	4	0	1
Eddie Pellagrini	19	76	68	8	14	4	0	0	1	0		8	9	.206	.289	.265	.554	18	1	0	0
Billy Johnson	24	74	66	5	13	3	0	0	4	0		5	9	.197	.264	.242	.506	16	1	1	2
Andy Karl	39	49	46	5	12	2	0	1	4	0		1	8	.261	.277	.370	.646	17	0	0	2
Emery Rudd	35	51	50	3	12	2	0	0	5	0		0	5	.240	.240	.280	.520	14	0	0	1
Lou Lucier	33	72	64	5	11	2	1	0	5	0		3	4	.172	.209	.234	.443	15	1	0	5
Richard Kalal	17	70	65	4	11	3	0	0	1	1		4	9	.169	.217	.215	.433	14	2	0	1
George Byam	12	43	40	5	9	0	0	0	5	0		3	6	.225	.279	.225	.504	9	2	0	0
Peter Blumette	36	38	32	1	7	1	0	0	6	0		2	12	.219	.265	.250	.515	8	0	0	4
Cecil Dunn	10	26	23	4	6	1	1	0	3	0		2	5	.261	.320	.391	.711	9	1	0	1
Earl Browne	11	29	28	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		1	4	.214	.241	.214	.456	6	0	0	0
Mel Deutsch	34	35	33	0	5	0	0	0	3	0		0	7	.152	.152	.152	.303	5	0	0	2
Chet Covington	10	12	12	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	0	0	0
Emmett O'Neill	18	16	14	0	4	1	0	0	4	0		2	1	.286	.375	.357	.732	5	0	0	0
Art Parks	10	22	20	2	4	0	0	1	4	0		2	2	.200	.273	.350	.623	7	0	0	0
Pete Lewis	10	26	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	1		0	6	.125	.160	.125	.285	3	0	1	1
Joe Wood	27	49	43	0	3	2	0	0	3	0		4	12	.070	.149	.116	.265	5	0	0	2
Emerson Dickman	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Verne Richards	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0				.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Joseph Shaffer	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1756	5708	5110	597	1309	206	58	32	554	81	0	471	504	.256	.322	.338	.660	1727	71	23	104	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Red Kress	1B	69	594	55	10	51	.985	9.406
Bob Latshaw	1B	36	293	16	5	29	.984	8.583
Andy Gilbert	1B	36	335	27	5	27	.986	1.056
Tony Fiarito	2B	63	117	169	8	24	.973	4.540
Stan Sperry	2B	32	59	84	3	19	.979	4.469
Red Kress	2B	24	44	61	3	10	.972	4.375
Andy Gilbert	2B	19	42	39	6	9	.931	4.263
Jackie Tobin	2B	18	26	53	5	10	.940	4.389
Billy Johnson	2B	11	18	28	1	0	.979	4.182
Jackie Tobin	3B	72	64	123	14	10	.930	2.597
Stan Benjamin	3B	38	25	52	3	4	.962	2.026
Tony Fiarito	3B	22	19	37	3	0	.949	2.545
Richard Kalal	3B	17	20	34	4	3	.931	3.176
George Lacy	C	91	420	49	8	5	.983	5.154	7
Fred Walters	C	74	332	45	10	9	.974	5.095	6
Chet Morgan	OF	155	341	11	6	1	.983	2.271
Johnny Lazor	OF	124	215	6	2	1	.991	1.782
Andy Gilbert	OF	102	206	16	6	3	.974	2.176
Albert Lingua	OF	56	106	3	0	1	1.000	1.946
Walter Cazen	OF	49	77	4	1	1	.988	1.653
Andy Karl	P	39	15	53	2	4	.971	1.744
Nels Potter	P	38	9	42	2	2	.962	1.342
Peter Blumette	P	36	0	18	3	0	.857	.500
Emery Rudd	P	35	8	21	2	1	.935	.829
Mel Deutsch	P	34	5	23	0	1	1.000	.824
Lou Lucier	P	33	6	52	2	4	.967	1.758
Bill Sayles	P	29	15	40	1	2	.982	1.897
Joe Wood	P	27	12	11	2	0	.920	.852
Emmett O'Neill	P	11	2	7	2	1	.818	.818
Chet Covington	P	10	0	8	1	1	.889	.800
Red Kress	P	6						.000
Joseph Shaffer	P	2						.000
Emerson Dickman	P	2						.000
Whitey Wietelmann	SS	133	297	388	48	91	.935	5.150
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	18	25	48	9	7	.890	4.056
Totals		1561	3747	1623	177	331	.968	3.440	13	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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