1948 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 56-98
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Nemo Leibold (0-0), Owen Scheetz (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 204,320, Avg. 2,654

1948 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 56 wins and 98 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

The Colonels plated 666 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 869 runs. Jerry Witte paced Louisville with 29 home runs and drove in 98 runs. Tom Wright led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Jack Griffore topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.84 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1948 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jerry Witte, Walt Dropo, Cot Deal, Milt Byrnes, Jim Gleeson, Fred Hatfield, Augie Bergamo, Dutch Meyer, Ewald Pyle, Ken Jungels, Dick Kimble, Tex Aulds, Jack Robinson, Bill Zuber, George Strickland, Jim Pruett, Don Grate, Windy McCall, Frank Trechock, Mickey Witek and Tom Wright.

Nemo Leibold and Owen Scheetz served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jack Griffore	10	13	.435	3.84	29			9	1		176.0	198	92	75		60		80	2	1	2
Windy McCall	9	12	.429	4.67	31			14	0		183.0	182	104	95		99		149	8	0	4
Cot Deal	5	7	.417	4.80	14			7	1		75.0	80	51	40		34		34	3	0	5
Hampton Coleman	4	7	.364	5.40	16			3	1		75.0	80	48	45		45		49	3	1	0
Bill Zuber	4	8	.333	6.09	29			3	1		105.0	119	77	71		74		55	0	0	2
George Toolson	4	10	.286	5.21	33			4	0		140.0	160	95	81		64		44	3	0	2
Wes Bailey	2	3	.400	4.28	7				0		40.0	48	22	19		17		14	2	0	2
Bill Elbert	2	7	.222	5.97	20			2	0		98.0	118	82	65		56		34	0	0	4
Pete Modica	2	7	.222	6.72	13			2	0		71.0	66	55	53		53		28	1	0	1
Jim Shea	1	4	.200	6.00	22			1	0		60.0	88	51	40		35		26	0	1	3
Jack Robinson					20						0.0
Ewald Pyle					22						0.0
Don Grate					9						0.0
Joe Jones	0	0		0.00	1				0		1.0	1				1		0
Ken Jungels	0	1	.000	6.00	4				0		6.0	7	5	4		5		1	1	0	1
Rollin Schuster	0	1	.000	6.95	10				0		22.0	28	25	17		30		10	0	0	2
Totals	43	80	.350	5.17	281	0	0	45	4	0	1052.3	1177	707	605	0	573	0	524	23	3	28	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
Tom Wright	151	647	563	89	173	31	10	13	85	12		79	85	.307	.393	.467	.861	263		1	4
Jerry Witte	147	588	518	72	132	28	3	29	98	8		58	122	.255	.338	.488	.826	253		7	5
Kenneth Chapman	143	607	521	73	130	31	9	7	45	12		75	68	.250	.347	.384	.731	200		3	8
Augie Bergamo	129	498	422	61	116	22	8	2	44	8		65	36	.275	.376	.379	.755	160		3	8
Red Lavigne	98	369	329	45	92	9	6	5	49	7		35	41	.280	.352	.389	.742	128		2	3
George Strickland	105	428	367	53	87	8	9	1	39	5		54	51	.237	.336	.316	.653	116		1	6
Tex Aulds	104	344	293	34	69	5	3	4	38	4		47	52	.235	.345	.314	.659	92		2	2
Fred Hatfield	39	168	155	12	39	8	2	0	12	2		9	24	.252	.305	.329	.634	51		3	1
Russell Rolandson	64	194	181	13	37	2	2	1	10	0		12	16	.204	.258	.254	.512	46		1	0
Cot Deal	67	133	115	13	30	4	1	1	16	1		18	25	.261	.361	.339	.700	39		0	0
Walt Dropo	28	119	109	9	22	1	2	3	12	2		8	18	.202	.269	.330	.599	36		2	0
Windy McCall	57	101	90	9	19	3	0	1	8	0		7	24	.211	.276	.278	.553	25		1	3
Jim Pruett	12	35	30	5	10	1	0	1	3	1		4	3	.333	.429	.467	.895	14		1	0
Maurice Craft	25	55	44	11	10	1	1	0	2	0		10	5	.227	.370	.295	.666	13		0	1
George Toolson	33	51	47	2	9	0	1	0	4	0		2	18	.191	.224	.234	.459	11		0	2
Edward Rall	13	39	36	1	8	1	0	0	6	0		1	5	.222	.282	.250	.532	9		2	0
Jack Griffore	29	64	62	1	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.113	.113	.129	.242	8		0	2
Chuck Koney	8	24	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	0				.167	.167	.167	.333	4
Bill Zuber	29	33	31	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	11	.097	.097	.097	.194	3		0	2
Bill Elbert	25	39	36	5	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	15	.083	.108	.083	.191	3		0	2
Jim Shea	22	14	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	4	.200	.333	.300	.633	3		0	2
Wes Bailey	7	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Pete Modica	13	25	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		5	7	.105	.292	.105	.397	2		0	1
Hampton Coleman	17	27	23	2	1	1	0	0	2	0		2	9	.043	.120	.087	.207	2		0	2
Rollin Schuster	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0
Totals	1375	4621	4043	516	1007	158	57	68	478	62	0	495	650	.249	.335	.367	.702	1483	0	29	54	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerry Witte	1B	113	930	79	17	95	.983	8.929
Walt Dropo	1B	28	255	11	1	28	.996	9.500
Augie Bergamo	1B	13	92	12	1	6	.990	8.000
Kenneth Chapman	2B	33	68	96	11	22	.937	4.970
Kenneth Chapman	3B	101	104	190	26	17	.919	2.911
Fred Hatfield	3B	38	35	75	10	7	.917	2.895
Jerry Witte	3B	11	15	18	1	2	.971	3.000
Tex Aulds	C	94	399	58	9	8	.981	4.862	8
Russell Rolandson	C	59	248	27	5	2	.982	4.661	6
Edward Rall	C	13	58	1	2	0	.967	4.538	2
Jim Pruett	C	10	36	1	0	0	1.000	3.700	1
Tom Wright	OF	148	287	17	14	5	.956	2.054
Augie Bergamo	OF	104	237	12	3	3	.988	2.394
Red Lavigne	OF	90	181	12	3	3	.985	2.144
Jerry Witte	OF	21	36	4	4	0	.909	1.905
Maurice Craft	OF	19	37	0	1	0	.974	1.947
Cot Deal	OF	15	30	0	3	0	.909	2.000
George Toolson	P	33	9	30	3	1	.929	1.182
Windy McCall	P	31	6	26	2	0	.941	1.032
Bill Zuber	P	29	4	18	1	1	.957	.759
Jack Griffore	P	29	10	21	2	3	.939	1.069
Jim Shea	P	22	3	13	3	1	.842	.727
Ewald Pyle	P	22						.000
Jack Robinson	P	20						.000
Bill Elbert	P	20	6	22	0	0	1.000	1.400
Hampton Coleman	P	16	5	12	0	2	1.000	1.062
Cot Deal	P	14	6	13	1	0	.950	1.357
Pete Modica	P	13	4	7	1	0	.917	.846
Rollin Schuster	P	10	0	3	1	0	.750	.300
Don Grate	P	9						.000
Wes Bailey	P	7						.000
Ken Jungels	P	4						.000
Joe Jones	P	1						.000
George Strickland	SS	95	195	305	34	69	.936	5.263
Kenneth Chapman	SS	11	14	17	3	3	.912	2.818
Totals		1297	3310	1100	162	278	.965	3.400	17	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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