1949 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-83
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Fred Walters (0-0), Mike Ryba (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 227,758, Avg. 2,977

1949 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 70 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

The Colonels scored 680 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 759 runs.

Fred Walters, Sammy White, Bob Alexander, Harley Hisner, Bob Scherbarth, Dick Kimble, Ewald Pyle, Mel Hoderlein, John Douglas, Jim Piersall, Mickey Rutner, Mickey McDermott, Cot Deal, Milt Byrnes, Fritz Dorish, Al Richter, Willard Nixon, Johnny Barrett, Norm Zauchin, Jake Jones, Gordie Mueller, Hal Brown, Tom Wright, Windy McCall, Mike Palm, George Wilson, Tommy Tatum, Tex Aulds and Jack Robinson were all players from the 1949 Louisville Colonels who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Fred Walters and Mike Ryba 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	12	12	.500	3.31	33			13	1		212.0	207	82	78		57		99	1	1	1
Gordie Mueller	10	4	.714	3.81	47			0	0		104.0	95	50	44		62		68	6	0	2
Mike Palm	9	8	.529	4.47	27			8	2		147.0	173	85	73		74		65	4	2	5
Bob Alexander	8	8	.500	4.25	25			8	0		144.0	148	88	68		65		54	2	0	3
Hal Brown	8	13	.381	3.31	33			15	1		193.0	217	96	71		51		70	0	1	6
Mickey McDermott	6	4	.600	3.27	11			7	1		77.0	53	33	28		54		116	1	1	2
Jack Robinson	6	13	.316	5.03	27			6	1		145.0	163	91	81		52		52	3	1	1
Windy McCall	5	2	.714	5.09	8			1	0		46.0	39	28	26		42		15	3	0	3
Fritz Dorish	3	3	.500	5.10	15			3	0		90.0	103	60	51		35		45	1	1	2
Ewald Pyle	1	8	.111	6.23	27			1	0		78.0	90	71	54		50		43	4	0	3
Hampton Coleman					14						0.0
Cot Deal					4						0.0
Totals	68	75	.476	4.18	271	0	0	62	6	0	1236.0	1288	684	574	0	542	0	627	25	7	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	661	549	91	202	38	8	9	89	7		103	59	.368	.473	.515	.988	283	17	6	3
George Wilson	141	616	528	90	141	28	1	17	67	7		74	38	.267	.361	.420	.782	222	10	4	10
Jim Piersall	125	489	446	58	121	21	4	3	58	6		30	59	.271	.317	.357	.674	159	16	0	13
Mel Hoderlein	127	542	444	71	119	22	1	2	44	7		80	35	.268	.381	.336	.717	149	11	1	17
Kenneth Chapman	125	496	399	55	98	21	6	8	61	4		80	51	.246	.376	.388	.764	155	15	3	14
Jake Jones	91	372	316	34	75	13	0	10	44	3		44	40	.237	.342	.373	.715	118	6	6	6
Bob Scherbarth	83	275	239	29	69	12	4	2	30	1		32	24	.289	.377	.397	.775	95	4	2	2
Dick Kimble	85	277	232	33	64	8	5	1	28	1		42	12	.276	.387	.366	.753	85	7	0	3
Sheriff Robinson	70	250	207	20	53	7	0	2	19	1		34	27	.256	.364	.319	.682	66	7	1	8
Red Lavigne	60	172	152	18	48	15	2	2	19	1		15	14	.316	.385	.480	.865	73	2	2	3
Johnny Barrett	48	152	127	19	36	3	2	1	20	3		24	15	.283	.397	.362	.760	46	2	0	1
Mickey Rutner	41	161	136	14	36	7	1	3	16	0		22	7	.265	.367	.397	.764	54	3	0	3
Tommy Tatum	17	61	53	4	18	4	0	0	7	0		6	0	.340	.407	.415	.822	22	2	0	2
Hal Brown	35	78	70	3	18	1	1	1	6	0		5	5	.257	.307	.343	.650	24	2	0	3
Mike Palm	27	59	52	6	11	1	0	0	7	0		6	26	.212	.293	.231	.524	12	2	0	1
Mickey McDermott	13	34	30	5	10	2	0	1	4	1		4	5	.333	.412	.500	.912	15	1	0	0
Al Richter	15	47	40	3	9	0	0	0	1	0		5	0	.225	.311	.225	.536	9	3	0	2
Jack Griffore	33	82	71	5	9	1	0	0	6	0		6	11	.127	.195	.141	.336	10	2	0	5
Fritz Dorish	15	38	31	5	6	0	0	0	2	0		4	10	.194	.286	.194	.479	6	0	0	3
Jack Robinson	27	53	44	5	6	2	0	0	3	1		4	16	.136	.208	.182	.390	8	0	0	5
Bob Alexander	25	55	48	3	4	0	0	0	4	0		3	14	.083	.137	.083	.221	4	1	0	4
Gordie Mueller	47	30	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.071	.103	.071	.175	2	0	0	1
Hampton Coleman	14	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	1
Ewald Pyle	27	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Totals	1442	5036	4276	572	1156	206	35	62	536	43	0	625	484	.270	.367	.378	.745	1618	114	25	110	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jake Jones	1B	91	761	57	6	63	.993	8.989
Mel Hoderlein	2B	18	41	41	2	8	.976	4.556
Kenneth Chapman	2B	13	26	29	6	7	.902	4.231
Kenneth Chapman	3B	108	125	171	15	30	.952	2.741
Mickey Rutner	3B	36	30	59	5	5	.947	2.472
Bob Scherbarth	C	76	293	34	12	7	.965	4.303	5
Sheriff Robinson	C	70	332	30	6	8	.984	5.171	4
Tom Wright	OF	151	295	8	9	2	.971	2.007
George Wilson	OF	134	256	21	7	5	.975	2.067
Jim Piersall	OF	116	357	18	7	3	.982	3.233
Red Lavigne	OF	35	75	4	1	1	.988	2.257
Johnny Barrett	OF	22	57	0	1	0	.983	2.591
Gordie Mueller	P	47	3	16	0	0	1.000	.404
Jack Griffore	P	33	14	41	1	2	.982	1.667
Hal Brown	P	33	14	36	1	1	.980	1.515
Jack Robinson	P	27	12	25	4	1	.902	1.370
Ewald Pyle	P	27	2	19	1	2	.955	.778
Mike Palm	P	27	6	22	2	0	.933	1.037
Bob Alexander	P	25	7	33	3	2	.930	1.600
Fritz Dorish	P	15	9	18	0	4	1.000	1.800
Hampton Coleman	P	14	0	5	0	1	1.000	.357
Mickey McDermott	P	11	3	9	1	0	.923	1.091
Windy McCall	P	8						.000
Cot Deal	P	4						.000
Mel Hoderlein	SS	97	166	267	28	70	.939	4.464
Dick Kimble	SS	54	87	129	16	24	.931	4.000
Al Richter	SS	14	24	31	1	7	.982	3.929
Totals		1306	2995	1123	135	253	.968	3.153	9	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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