1950 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-71
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Mike Ryba (82-71)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 219,429, Avg. 2,868

1950 Louisville Colonels Roster

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 82 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Colonels plated 717 runs and gave up 649 runs. George Wilson paced Louisville with 17 home runs, while Taffy Wright and Tommy O'Brien walloped 15 or more, too. Taffy Wright drove in 92 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .318 clip. Bob Alexander led the squad with 12 wins, and Jim McDonald recorded a 3.35 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1950 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Richter, Jim Suchecki, Willard Nixon, Dick Gernert, Walt Dropo, Pete Daley, Babe Martin, Earl Johnson, Taffy Wright, George Wilson, Mike Palm, Jack Robinson, Gordie Mueller, Jim Piersall, John Douglas, Ed Lyons, Jim McDonald, Bob Scherbarth, Bob Alexander, Tommy O'Brien, Ben Flowers, Mel Hoderlein and Harley Hisner.

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
Bob Alexander	12	10	.545	3.44	30	26		13	4		186.0	167	80	71		90		73	0	0	4
Willard Nixon	11	2	.846	2.69	13	13		11	2		117.0	95	41	35		59		97	1	2	7
Jim McDonald	11	4	.733	3.35	18	17		10	3		137.0	117	55	51		50		47	3	0	3
Jack Robinson	8	8	.500	4.93	24	22		6	0		137.0	163	88	75		44		62	2	0	6
Gordie Mueller	7	4	.636	3.71	39	0		0	0		63.0	54	28	26		35		42	2	1	7
Earl Johnson	6	6	.500	2.54	15	13		7	1		92.0	70	31	26		27		45	3	1	4
Jack Griffore	6	7	.462	4.09	22	16		7	2		121.0	134	67	55		34		57	1	7	2
Harley Hisner	5	6	.455	4.65	21	12		4	1		91.0	101	55	47		31		42	4	2	2
Jim Suchecki	4	4	.500	3.41	10	9		5	1		66.0	57	33	25		32		39	0	0	0
Ben Flowers	3	4	.429	3.39	33	1		1	0		77.0	68	38	29		46		49	1	0	3
Mike Palm	3	7	.300	6.57	14	12		4	0		74.0	85	56	54		48		42	0	5	2
Ira Godin	2	3	.400	3.89	7			1			44.0	46	24	19	6	26		15	0	0	2
Hampton Coleman	2	6	.250	4.55	26	3		0	0		83.0	77	43	42		46		45	1	2	2
Salvatore Federico	1	0	1.000	7.50	3			0			12.0	9	10	10	2	10		5	0	0	0
Totals	81	71	.533	3.91	275	144	0	69	14	0	1300.0	1243	649	565	8	578	0	660	18	20	44	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
Taffy Wright	134	551	481	72	153	31	4	15	92	2		67	22	.318	.404	.493	.896	237	10	2	1
Kenneth Chapman	150	633	561	69	150	27	9	8	82	5		63	49	.267	.341	.390	.732	219	11	0	9
John Douglas	131	510	468	64	125	12	6	1	36	5		39	55	.267	.325	.325	.650	152	8	1	2
Jim Piersall	131	570	487	97	124	25	11	3	60	14		72	59	.255	.352	.370	.721	180	10	1	10
Al Richter	152	589	477	66	120	22	2	1	57	4		100	36	.252	.386	.312	.698	149	16	4	8
Mel Hoderlein	107	429	377	66	110	21	2	5	50	1		41	35	.292	.369	.398	.767	150	2	5	6
George Wilson	126	440	380	68	104	19	2	17	82	2		56	36	.274	.373	.468	.841	178	4	4	0
Ed Lyons	98	372	322	50	93	15	2	3	47	3		48	34	.289	.383	.376	.759	121	7	1	1
Tommy O'Brien	93	314	274	39	72	7	3	15	49	0		33	37	.263	.353	.474	.827	130	8	5	2
Bob Scherbarth	80	288	250	28	61	17	2	0	28	1		29	34	.244	.327	.328	.655	82	11	2	7
Pete Daley	62	218	209	30	55	7	5	4	31	0		5	18	.263	.284	.402	.686	84	4	1	3
Bill Boyce	20	86	76	12	25	5	2	0	7	2		9	10	.329	.400	.447	.847	34	0	0	1
Willard Nixon	26	60	55	9	19	2	1	0	7	0		4	14	.345	.390	.418	.808	23	1	0	1
Dick Gernert	26	79	73	6	16	1	0	0	3	0		5	11	.219	.269	.233	.502	17	2	0	1
Walt Dropo	11	53	47	5	12	1	1	2	11	0		5	5	.255	.340	.447	.786	21	3	1	0
Jim McDonald	19	58	47	5	12	0	0	0	7	0		8	11	.255	.375	.255	.630	12	2	1	2
Jack Robinson	24	54	47	6	11	0	0	0	2	0		5	20	.234	.308	.234	.542	11	0	0	2
Bob Alexander	30	73	63	3	8	2	0	0	2	0		3	24	.127	.167	.159	.325	10	3	0	7
Harley Hisner	21	30	28	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.214	.267	.214	.481	6	0	0	0
Ira Godin	7	16	16		4									.250	.250	.250	.500	4
Jim Suchecki	10	22	19	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	8	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	0	0	2
Jack Griffore	22	45	37	4	3	1	0	0	2	0		3	9	.081	.150	.108	.258	4	3	0	5
Hampton Coleman	27	23	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	.105	.261	.105	.366	2	0	0	0
Mike Palm	14	26	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	16	.077	.077	.077	.154	2	2	0	0
Earl Johnson	15	39	31	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		4	13	.065	.171	.065	.236	2	0	0	4
Salvatore Federico	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Gordie Mueller	39	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	1
Jack Parks	8	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Ben Flowers	33	17	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	0	0	3
Richard Burgett	4	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1623	5637	4924	710	1295	215	52	74	662	39	0	607	585	.263	.347	.373	.720	1836	107	28	78	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Douglas	1B	124	1021	84	13	101	.988	8.911
Dick Gernert	1B	18	157	8	6	17	.965	9.167
Walt Dropo	1B	11	109	12	0	21	1.000	11.000
Ed Lyons	2B	83	206	229	24	64	.948	5.241
Mel Hoderlein	2B	73	184	208	12	45	.970	5.370
Kenneth Chapman	3B	149	170	264	24	27	.948	2.913
Bob Scherbarth	C	74	363	35	11	4	.973	5.378	6
Pete Daley	C	59	285	29	4	5	.987	5.322	5
Taffy Wright	OF	129	189	6	2	0	.990	1.512
Jim Piersall	OF	125	369	18	4	5	.990	3.096
George Wilson	OF	101	196	10	5	2	.976	2.040
Tommy O'Brien	OF	81	144	8	4	2	.974	1.877
Bill Boyce	OF	20	60	0	1	0	.984	3.000
Mel Hoderlein	OF	15	33	5	3	0	.927	2.533
Gordie Mueller	P	39	1	13	0	0	1.000	.359
Ben Flowers	P	33	3	15	2	2	.900	.545
Bob Alexander	P	30	9	28	2	2	.949	1.233
Hampton Coleman	P	26	2	9	1	1	.917	.423
Jack Robinson	P	24	11	17	2	2	.933	1.167
Jack Griffore	P	22	8	14	2	1	.917	1.000
Harley Hisner	P	21	7	16	1	1	.958	1.095
Jim McDonald	P	18	12	29	2	2	.953	2.278
Earl Johnson	P	15	4	24	0	2	1.000	1.867
Mike Palm	P	14	2	13	0	0	1.000	1.071
Willard Nixon	P	13	8	14	0	1	1.000	1.692
Jim Suchecki	P	10	2	8	2	0	.833	1.000
Ira Godin	P	7						.000
Salvatore Federico	P	3						.000
Al Richter	SS	152	277	434	35	88	.953	4.678
Totals		1489	3832	1550	162	395	.971	3.615	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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