1945 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Nemo Leibold (84-70)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 265,083, Avg. 3,443
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Colonels plated 716 runs and gave up 699 runs. Steve Barath paced Louisville with 15 home runs Earl Browne drove in 83 runs. Strick Shofner topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Dwight Simonds led the squad with 13 wins, while Rex Cecil earned a 2.96 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1945 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Strick Shofner, Bill Howerton, Nick Polly, George Diehl, Harry Kimberlin, Earl Browne, Ty LaForest, Fred Walters, Gerard Lipscomb, Otey Clark, Yank Terry, Al Widmar, Lindsay Deal, Wally Millies, Jack Aragón, Ben Steiner, Red Marion, Randy Heflin, Don Thompson and Rex Cecil.
Nemo Leibold 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwight Simonds | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.80 | 39 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 116.0 | 137 | 68 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Otey Clark | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.07 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 126.0 | 123 | 60 | 57 | 51 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Richard Callahan | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.92 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 147.0 | 133 | 77 | 64 | 90 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
Al Widmar | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.76 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 153.0 | 160 | 101 | 81 | 94 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Rex Cecil | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.96 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 161.0 | 149 | 61 | 53 | 70 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Don Thompson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.66 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 113.0 | 91 | 62 | 46 | 101 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
George Diehl | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.47 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 122.0 | 122 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Elwood Lawson | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.00 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 117.0 | 108 | 60 | 52 | 98 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Yank Terry | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.29 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 41.0 | 45 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Randy Heflin | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.76 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 55.0 | 56 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ray Patton | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.76 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 53 | 48 | 32 | 40 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Fred Chumley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.02 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 43 | 30 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Earl Browne | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
John Lund | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 82 | 67 | .550 | 3.94 | 275 | 150 | 79 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 1255.0 | 1238 | 684 | 550 | 0 | 701 | 0 | 659 | 21 | 5 | 39 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strick Shofner | 144 | 570 | 524 | 75 | 156 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 68 | 13 | 39 | 47 | .298 | .348 | .387 | .735 | 203 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||
Chick Genovese | 154 | 677 | 541 | 93 | 151 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 25 | 121 | 37 | .279 | .413 | .388 | .801 | 210 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |||
Earl Browne | 146 | 609 | 539 | 72 | 147 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 83 | 7 | 57 | 20 | .273 | .346 | .356 | .702 | 192 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
Chuck Koney | 139 | 557 | 513 | 69 | 141 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 12 | 37 | 37 | .275 | .326 | .357 | .683 | 183 | 8 | 2 | 5 | |||
Steve Barath | 121 | 447 | 381 | 65 | 111 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 66 | 6 | 63 | 65 | .291 | .395 | .501 | .896 | 191 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||
Ty LaForest | 91 | 348 | 306 | 57 | 108 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 14 | 35 | 41 | .353 | .419 | .454 | .874 | 139 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bill Howerton | 81 | 231 | 208 | 43 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 22 | 25 | .269 | .339 | .447 | .786 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Tony Cotelle | 58 | 208 | 188 | 29 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 5 | .271 | .338 | .356 | .695 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ben Steiner | 44 | 183 | 167 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 11 | .216 | .284 | .311 | .596 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lindsay Deal | 39 | 103 | 90 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2 | .367 | .441 | .444 | .886 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Fred Walters | 31 | 111 | 94 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 4 | .340 | .436 | .489 | .926 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Wally Millies | 50 | 141 | 120 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 3 | .217 | .314 | .258 | .572 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Gerard Lipscomb | 40 | 109 | 92 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 7 | .261 | .358 | .348 | .706 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Rex Cecil | 31 | 71 | 62 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | .258 | .352 | .323 | .675 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richard Callahan | 35 | 67 | 64 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .250 | .273 | .281 | .554 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Joe Kaney | 17 | 57 | 53 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .245 | .298 | .358 | .657 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Don Thompson | 34 | 54 | 46 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .261 | .358 | .435 | .793 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Dwight Simonds | 45 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .257 | .257 | .314 | .571 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Otey Clark | 23 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .217 | .222 | .440 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Elwood Lawson | 33 | 46 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .205 | .326 | .256 | .582 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Al Widmar | 33 | 57 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .148 | .179 | .185 | .364 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
George Diehl | 24 | 44 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .128 | .209 | .205 | .414 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Randy Heflin | 9 | 22 | 22 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
John Zipay | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||
Yank Terry | 7 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Fred Chumley | 15 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ray Patton | 15 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Vic Austin | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||
Frank Piet | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||
Charles Roberts | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||
Herschel Held | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | ||||||||
William Molyneaux | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
John Lund | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Joe Langworthy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 1486 | 4899 | 4324 | 632 | 1184 | 191 | 60 | 42 | 557 | 101 | 0 | 501 | 406 | .274 | .351 | .375 | .726 | 1621 | 63 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Browne | 1B | 145 | 1235 | 64 | 15 | 107 | .989 | 8.959 | ||||
Chuck Koney | 2B | 138 | 371 | 389 | 34 | 90 | .957 | 5.507 | ||||
Ben Steiner | 3B | 42 | 37 | 90 | 3 | 11 | .977 | 3.024 | ||||
Ty LaForest | 3B | 21 | 22 | 50 | 4 | 5 | .947 | 3.429 | ||||
Strick Shofner | 3B | 17 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .927 | 3.000 | ||||
Gerard Lipscomb | 3B | 10 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 2.500 | ||||
Wally Millies | C | 42 | 168 | 26 | 8 | 5 | .960 | 4.619 | 7 | |||
Fred Walters | C | 29 | 127 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .981 | 5.241 | 4 | |||
Chick Genovese | OF | 154 | 310 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.084 | ||||
Steve Barath | OF | 108 | 168 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 1.639 | ||||
Bill Howerton | OF | 72 | 107 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .951 | 1.611 | ||||
Tony Cotelle | OF | 52 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.635 | ||||
Ty LaForest | OF | 42 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .956 | 1.548 | ||||
Lindsay Deal | OF | 23 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.913 | ||||
Dwight Simonds | P | 39 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .769 | ||||
Al Widmar | P | 33 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 3 | .968 | 1.848 | ||||
Elwood Lawson | P | 33 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .818 | ||||
Richard Callahan | P | 29 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.793 | ||||
Rex Cecil | P | 28 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.500 | ||||
Otey Clark | P | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Don Thompson | P | 22 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .927 | 1.727 | ||||
George Diehl | P | 21 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.429 | ||||
Ray Patton | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .857 | ||||
Fred Chumley | P | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
Randy Heflin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Yank Terry | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
John Lund | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Earl Browne | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Strick Shofner | SS | 128 | 250 | 365 | 55 | 70 | .918 | 4.805 | ||||
Joe Kaney | SS | 17 | 27 | 34 | 9 | 5 | .871 | 3.588 | ||||
Ty LaForest | SS | 14 | 21 | 37 | 5 | 7 | .921 | 4.143 | ||||
Totals | 1329 | 3112 | 1439 | 172 | 331 | .964 | 3.424 | 11 | 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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