1946 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 92-61
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Nemo Leibold (0-0), Fred Walters (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 355,241, Avg. 4,644
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 1
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 0
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 92 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Colonels topped the league with just 596 runs allowed. Louisville scored 732 runs. Strick Shofner accounted for 84 RBI. Chick Genovese and Strick Shofner led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .305 clip. Al Widmar paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.43 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1946 Louisville Colonels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Ostrowski, George Diehl, Andy Gilbert, Harry Kimberlin, Jim Wilson, Strick Shofner, Otto Denning, Fred Walters, Ty LaForest, Bill Butland, Don Thompson, Don Lang, Randy Heflin, Danny Doyle, Sam Mele, Jack Albright, Jack Aragón, Johnny Welaj, Mel Deutsch, Al Brancato, Jim Gleeson, Al Widmar, Otey Clark, Fritz Dorish and Al Flair.
Nemo Leibold and Fred Walters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Widmar | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.43 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 185.0 | 156 | 64 | 50 | 94 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Fritz Dorish | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.14 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 146.0 | 128 | 58 | 51 | 47 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Otey Clark | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.89 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 137.0 | 143 | 49 | 44 | 41 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Ostrowski | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.87 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 116.0 | 123 | 48 | 37 | 35 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.02 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 158.0 | 142 | 62 | 53 | 72 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Emery Rudd | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.72 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 133.0 | 109 | 68 | 55 | 117 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Harry Kimberlin | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 89 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| George Diehl | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.03 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 114.0 | 126 | 60 | 51 | 29 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| George Toolson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.88 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 56 | 31 | 25 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Mel Deutsch | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.42 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 121.0 | 133 | 65 | 46 | 34 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Elwood Lawson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Heflin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Butland | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.90 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dwight Simonds | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.96 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Don Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Richard Callahan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Patton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 92 | 61 | .601 | 3.17 | 274 | 154 | 42 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 1361.0 | 1327 | 583 | 479 | 0 | 583 | 0 | 676 | 22 | 7 | 34 | 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 Welaj | 142 | 647 | 573 | 108 | 172 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 74 | 37 | 60 | 51 | .300 | .372 | .403 | .776 | 231 | 7 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Strick Shofner | 138 | 576 | 522 | 80 | 159 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 84 | 12 | 39 | 37 | .305 | .353 | .393 | .746 | 205 | 10 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Chuck Koney | 143 | 558 | 518 | 70 | 148 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 27 | 50 | .286 | .328 | .384 | .713 | 199 | 9 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Chick Genovese | 126 | 517 | 420 | 80 | 128 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 12 | 86 | 19 | .305 | .424 | .424 | .848 | 178 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Al Flair | 132 | 522 | 466 | 56 | 125 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 64 | 7 | 49 | 35 | .268 | .339 | .399 | .738 | 186 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Fred Walters | 132 | 495 | 431 | 53 | 114 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 47 | 34 | .265 | .341 | .323 | .663 | 139 | 18 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Jack Albright | 110 | 435 | 363 | 47 | 82 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 63 | 35 | .226 | .343 | .333 | .677 | 121 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| George Bennington | 83 | 282 | 245 | 47 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 30 | 32 | .253 | .339 | .290 | .629 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Pete Lewis | 41 | 168 | 150 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .280 | .337 | .447 | .784 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ty LaForest | 52 | 175 | 155 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 27 | .239 | .322 | .271 | .593 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Brancato | 39 | 135 | 119 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 10 | .261 | .348 | .311 | .659 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Danny Doyle | 30 | 105 | 93 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 | .172 | .267 | .226 | .492 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Emery Rudd | 24 | 54 | 50 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .260 | .302 | .260 | .562 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fred Gerken | 16 | 71 | 63 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .206 | .275 | .238 | .513 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Sam Mele | 15 | 64 | 53 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .226 | .328 | .340 | .667 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Wilson | 26 | 70 | 68 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .162 | .162 | .176 | .338 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mel Deutsch | 21 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .195 | .267 | .220 | .486 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Ostrowski | 28 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .179 | .289 | .231 | .520 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Otey Clark | 21 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .152 | .220 | .196 | .416 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Fritz Dorish | 28 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .143 | .192 | .204 | .396 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Widmar | 30 | 72 | 62 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .097 | .152 | .097 | .248 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jack Aragón | 11 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .217 | .400 | .217 | .617 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
| George Toolson | 17 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| George Diehl | 21 | 51 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .128 | .292 | .179 | .471 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Elwood Lawson | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||
| Al Mazur | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||
| Herschel Held | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | ||||||||
| Dwight Simonds | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vic Austin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | ||||||||
| Joe Langworthy | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||
| Randy Heflin | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Butland | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Harry Kimberlin | 42 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .038 | .107 | .038 | .146 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Callahan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Sperry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Patton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1513 | 5350 | 4701 | 664 | 1226 | 182 | 52 | 39 | 585 | 104 | 0 | 515 | 500 | .261 | .337 | .347 | .683 | 1629 | 76 | 25 | 109 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Flair | 1B | 131 | 1123 | 91 | 13 | 101 | .989 | 9.267 | ||||
| Fred Gerken | 1B | 16 | 172 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .983 | 11.062 | ||||
| Chuck Koney | 2B | 142 | 361 | 426 | 27 | 110 | .967 | 5.542 | ||||
| Strick Shofner | 3B | 83 | 93 | 171 | 17 | 11 | .940 | 3.181 | ||||
| Ty LaForest | 3B | 32 | 34 | 64 | 7 | 7 | .933 | 3.062 | ||||
| Al Brancato | 3B | 27 | 26 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .957 | 2.444 | ||||
| Fred Walters | C | 122 | 585 | 88 | 11 | 12 | .984 | 5.516 | 28 | |||
| Danny Doyle | C | 26 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 4.846 | 6 | |||
| Jack Aragón | C | 10 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 5.400 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Welaj | OF | 142 | 290 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .971 | 2.092 | ||||
| Chick Genovese | OF | 120 | 250 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 2.142 | ||||
| George Bennington | OF | 62 | 113 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 1.919 | ||||
| Pete Lewis | OF | 37 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.595 | ||||
| Sam Mele | OF | 14 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.429 | ||||
| Harry Kimberlin | P | 41 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .537 | ||||
| Al Widmar | P | 30 | 13 | 56 | 3 | 3 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Fritz Dorish | P | 28 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 1.679 | ||||
| Emery Rudd | P | 24 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.208 | ||||
| Joe Ostrowski | P | 24 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.042 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | P | 22 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.045 | ||||
| Mel Deutsch | P | 21 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.476 | ||||
| George Diehl | P | 20 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
| Otey Clark | P | 20 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.750 | ||||
| George Toolson | P | 16 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.312 | ||||
| Dwight Simonds | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Butland | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elwood Lawson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Heflin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Patton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Callahan | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Thompson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Albright | SS | 109 | 215 | 307 | 37 | 67 | .934 | 4.789 | ||||
| Strick Shofner | SS | 49 | 99 | 135 | 14 | 34 | .944 | 4.776 | ||||
| Totals | 1396 | 3689 | 1635 | 173 | 378 | .969 | 3.814 | 35 | 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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