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 Stan Sperry, Emmett O'Neill, Fred Schulte, Tom McBride, Vic Johnson, Leon Culberson, Jack Albright, Ford Garrison, Gilly Campbell, Wally Millies, Chet Covington, Mel Deutsch, Danny Doyle, Pinky Woods, Chet Morgan, Stan Benjamin, Norm Brown, Babe Barna, Joe Bowman, Lou Lucier, Earl Browne, Art Rebel and Jim Wilson.
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.
