1947 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 85-68
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Nemo Leibold (85-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 339,872, Avg. 4,443
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3
Finals - Milwaukee Brewers 4 games, Louisville Colonels 3
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 85 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the AA.
The Colonels paced the league with just 645 runs allowed. Louisville scored 695 runs.
Johnny Welaj, Sam Dente, Jack Aragón, Jim Pruett, Don Thompson, Jack Albright, Walker Cress, Paul Campbell, Billy Goodman, Owen Scheetz, Tex Aulds, Merrill Combs, Al Widmar, Norm Schlueter, Otey Clark, Mickey McDermott, Al Brancato, Jim Gleeson, Jim Wilson, Strick Shofner, Clem Dreisewerd, Augie Bergamo, Joe Ostrowski, Pete Layden, Ken Jungels, Otto Denning, Eddie McGah, Mel Parnell and Lum Harris were all players from the 1947 Louisville Colonels who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem Dreisewerd | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.15 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 201.0 | 202 | 67 | 48 | 33 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Joe Ostrowski | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.98 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 184.0 | 160 | 75 | 61 | 43 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Toolson | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.19 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 127.0 | 125 | 56 | 45 | 67 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Al Widmar | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.93 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 126.0 | 130 | 77 | 69 | 63 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Elbert | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.85 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 117.0 | 117 | 60 | 50 | 65 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Wes Bailey | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.30 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 113.0 | 115 | 65 | 54 | 51 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Wilson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.65 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 68.0 | 45 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mickey McDermott | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Lum Harris | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Griffore | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Emery Rudd | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Otey Clark | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Jungels | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mel Parnell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 67 | 49 | .578 | 3.47 | 261 | 112 | 64 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 981.0 | 935 | 458 | 378 | 0 | 403 | 0 | 466 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Campbell | 152 | 676 | 601 | 93 | 183 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 8 | 56 | 68 | .304 | .365 | .421 | .786 | 253 | 6 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Chuck Koney | 154 | 660 | 607 | 88 | 177 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 78 | 8 | 42 | 52 | .292 | .338 | .371 | .709 | 225 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Johnny Welaj | 151 | 584 | 516 | 82 | 137 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 74 | 26 | 60 | 30 | .266 | .343 | .362 | .706 | 187 | 15 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Jim Gleeson | 139 | 545 | 437 | 65 | 116 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 78 | 10 | 101 | 54 | .265 | .404 | .410 | .814 | 179 | 11 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Billy Goodman | 94 | 383 | 329 | 55 | 112 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 52 | 27 | .340 | .430 | .462 | .892 | 152 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Sam Dente | 76 | 302 | 267 | 35 | 83 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 22 | .311 | .380 | .367 | .748 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Strick Shofner | 86 | 306 | 265 | 36 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 20 | .264 | .350 | .347 | .697 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Pete Layden | 71 | 281 | 257 | 29 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 35 | .265 | .320 | .358 | .678 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Red Lavigne | 50 | 140 | 133 | 16 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .316 | .350 | .459 | .809 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Pruett | 38 | 122 | 113 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 13 | .319 | .369 | .381 | .749 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eddie McGah | 59 | 184 | 142 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 39 | 33 | .218 | .387 | .352 | .739 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Wilson | 13 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .364 | .382 | .424 | .807 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Ostrowski | 32 | 72 | 51 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .196 | .406 | .216 | .621 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Chapman | 34 | 84 | 71 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | .127 | .262 | .183 | .445 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Toolson | 34 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .205 | .262 | .231 | .493 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wes Bailey | 30 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .200 | .263 | .229 | .492 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Elbert | 31 | 42 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .150 | .171 | .150 | .321 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Clem Dreisewerd | 31 | 79 | 71 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | .085 | .145 | .085 | .229 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Widmar | 29 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .103 | .186 | .103 | .289 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 1304 | 4622 | 4046 | 581 | 1117 | 155 | 57 | 39 | 534 | 92 | 0 | 496 | 488 | .276 | .356 | .371 | .728 | 1503 | 92 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Campbell | 1B | 152 | 1251 | 107 | 15 | 127 | .989 | 8.934 | ||||
| Chuck Koney | 2B | 150 | 411 | 358 | 24 | 105 | .970 | 5.127 | ||||
| Sam Dente | 3B | 52 | 48 | 120 | 11 | 15 | .939 | 3.231 | ||||
| Strick Shofner | 3B | 26 | 24 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .946 | 2.038 | ||||
| Kenneth Chapman | 3B | 26 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .914 | 2.038 | ||||
| Eddie McGah | C | 54 | 227 | 32 | 7 | 5 | .974 | 4.796 | 1 | |||
| Jim Pruett | C | 35 | 149 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 5.029 | 3 | |||
| Johnny Welaj | OF | 142 | 322 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .968 | 2.331 | ||||
| Jim Gleeson | OF | 131 | 228 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Pete Layden | OF | 70 | 180 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .964 | 2.643 | ||||
| Red Lavigne | OF | 36 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.611 | ||||
| Billy Goodman | OF | 32 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .974 | 2.312 | ||||
| George Toolson | P | 33 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .939 | ||||
| Clem Dreisewerd | P | 31 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.194 | ||||
| Wes Bailey | P | 30 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .967 | ||||
| Al Widmar | P | 29 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 1.345 | ||||
| Joe Ostrowski | P | 29 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 1.483 | ||||
| Bill Elbert | P | 27 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .741 | ||||
| Jack Griffore | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lum Harris | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Wilson | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Emery Rudd | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Otey Clark | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey McDermott | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mel Parnell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Jungels | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Strick Shofner | SS | 57 | 104 | 171 | 23 | 44 | .923 | 4.825 | ||||
| Billy Goodman | SS | 56 | 85 | 126 | 13 | 20 | .942 | 3.768 | ||||
| Sam Dente | SS | 27 | 48 | 68 | 7 | 14 | .943 | 4.296 | ||||
| Totals | 1307 | 3275 | 1256 | 147 | 357 | .969 | 3.467 | 4 | 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.
