1943 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 70-81
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Bill Burwell (70-81)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 142,580, Avg. 1,888
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1943 season with a record of 70 wins and 81 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Colonels scored 555 runs and surrendered 583 runs.
Members of the 1943 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Albright, Leon Culberson, Fred Schulte, Mel Deutsch, Danny Doyle, Vic Johnson, Tom McBride, Stan Sperry, Emmett O'Neill, Wally Millies, Gilly Campbell, Ford Garrison, Chet Covington, Pinky Woods, Stan Benjamin, Chet Morgan, Babe Barna, Joe Bowman, Lou Lucier, Norm Brown, Art Rebel, Jim Wilson and Earl Browne.
Bill Burwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Brown | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.33 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 255.0 | 233 | 85 | 66 | 85 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mel Deutsch | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.74 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 187.0 | 176 | 69 | 57 | 61 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Schupp | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.06 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 153.0 | 140 | 67 | 52 | 38 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lou Lucier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 81.0 | 81 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Emmett O'Neill | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.48 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 127.0 | 108 | 53 | 35 | 74 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Vic Johnson | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.02 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 134.0 | 129 | 58 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Pinky Woods | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.31 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 68.0 | 78 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Toolson | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.33 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 76.0 | 80 | 54 | 45 | 55 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Darwin Cobb | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.40 | 15 | 20.0 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Joe Bowman | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Scheivley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Patton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chet Covington | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.68 | 28 | 57.0 | 49 | 38 | 36 | 43 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 62 | 71 | .466 | 3.14 | 274 | 130 | 48 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 1167.0 | 1102 | 506 | 407 | 0 | 473 | 0 | 478 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Browne | 144 | 603 | 543 | 62 | 147 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 49 | 35 | .271 | .332 | .374 | .706 | 203 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Tom McBride | 127 | 502 | 465 | 42 | 143 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 15 | 27 | 22 | .308 | .346 | .374 | .720 | 174 | 11 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Ford Garrison | 99 | 392 | 358 | 53 | 116 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 5 | 28 | 34 | .324 | .373 | .475 | .848 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Stan Benjamin | 123 | 480 | 439 | 49 | 104 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 28 | 74 | .237 | .284 | .294 | .578 | 129 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Steve Barath | 121 | 449 | 393 | 59 | 103 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 40 | 61 | .262 | .333 | .430 | .763 | 169 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Eddie Popowski | 120 | 443 | 378 | 40 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 48 | 35 | .225 | .312 | .249 | .561 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Danny Doyle | 76 | 276 | 249 | 37 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 17 | .281 | .342 | .474 | .816 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Henry Corriggio | 90 | 307 | 272 | 26 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 26 | .239 | .310 | .309 | .619 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Jack Albright | 53 | 236 | 192 | 37 | 54 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 18 | .281 | .400 | .396 | .796 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Wally Millies | 65 | 221 | 203 | 16 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .266 | .310 | .310 | .621 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Samuel Lamitina | 74 | 229 | 209 | 17 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 33 | .215 | .274 | .268 | .542 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Chet Morgan | 56 | 217 | 183 | 21 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 10 | .235 | .324 | .273 | .597 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Babe Barna | 49 | 194 | 163 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 36 | .233 | .349 | .393 | .742 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gilly Campbell | 49 | 143 | 117 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | .214 | .348 | .274 | .621 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Norm Brown | 44 | 97 | 88 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .193 | .211 | .273 | .484 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Mel Deutsch | 34 | 73 | 71 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .225 | .236 | .296 | .532 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Vic Johnson | 25 | 53 | 47 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .277 | .320 | .319 | .639 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hugh Holliday | 18 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .273 | .319 | .295 | .615 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Schupp | 39 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .200 | .265 | .244 | .510 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jim Wilson | 33 | 34 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Emmett O'Neill | 21 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .170 | .204 | .234 | .438 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pinky Woods | 12 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Leon Culberson | 10 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .171 | .261 | .171 | .432 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Toolson | 24 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .208 | .240 | .208 | .448 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Stan Sperry | 16 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .132 | .214 | .158 | .372 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lou Lucier | 16 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| William D'Allessandro | 10 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .087 | .192 | .130 | .323 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chet Covington | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pudge Powers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Perina | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Darwin Cobb | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Schulte | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1570 | 5317 | 4734 | 530 | 1209 | 177 | 55 | 42 | 471 | 61 | 0 | 439 | 522 | .255 | .320 | .343 | .663 | 1622 | 83 | 12 | 132 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Browne | 1B | 142 | 1234 | 116 | 15 | 104 | .989 | 9.507 | ||||
| Stan Benjamin | 1B | 12 | 104 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .972 | 8.750 | ||||
| Eddie Popowski | 2B | 120 | 326 | 325 | 11 | 68 | .983 | 5.425 | ||||
| Samuel Lamitina | 2B | 39 | 76 | 83 | 11 | 14 | .935 | 4.077 | ||||
| Stan Sperry | 2B | 11 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 4.273 | ||||
| Steve Barath | 3B | 119 | 105 | 218 | 25 | 23 | .928 | 2.714 | ||||
| Stan Benjamin | 3B | 37 | 30 | 55 | 4 | 4 | .955 | 2.297 | ||||
| Danny Doyle | C | 68 | 258 | 32 | 12 | 3 | .960 | 4.265 | 7 | |||
| Wally Millies | C | 54 | 219 | 35 | 2 | 4 | .992 | 4.704 | 2 | |||
| Gilly Campbell | C | 36 | 144 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .988 | 4.528 | 3 | |||
| Tom McBride | OF | 125 | 307 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .978 | 2.488 | ||||
| Ford Garrison | OF | 97 | 230 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 2.443 | ||||
| Stan Benjamin | OF | 75 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 1.760 | ||||
| Chet Morgan | OF | 49 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 2.327 | ||||
| Babe Barna | OF | 49 | 98 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 2.041 | ||||
| Samuel Lamitina | OF | 13 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.385 | ||||
| Hugh Holliday | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Leon Culberson | OF | 10 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Charles Schupp | P | 39 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .944 | .872 | ||||
| Norm Brown | P | 39 | 19 | 52 | 5 | 2 | .934 | 1.821 | ||||
| Mel Deutsch | P | 33 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.121 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | P | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
| Vic Johnson | P | 25 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.840 | ||||
| George Toolson | P | 24 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Joe Bowman | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Emmett O'Neill | P | 18 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 1.500 | ||||
| Darwin Cobb | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Lou Lucier | P | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pinky Woods | P | 11 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Patton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sam Scheivley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chet Covington | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Corriggio | SS | 82 | 135 | 235 | 28 | 40 | .930 | 4.512 | ||||
| Jack Albright | SS | 53 | 101 | 159 | 13 | 26 | .952 | 4.906 | ||||
| Samuel Lamitina | SS | 10 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 6 | .889 | 4.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1485 | 3780 | 1582 | 175 | 323 | .968 | 3.611 | 12 | 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.
