1951 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-73
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Pinky Higgins (80-73)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 148,101, Avg. 1,936

1951 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Louisville Colonels 1

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 80 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Colonels scored 782 runs and allowed 731 runs. Taffy Wright led Louisville with 15 home runs and drove in 115 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. James Atkins topped the team with 18 wins, and Jim McDonald recorded a 3.5 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Kennedy, Ed Lyons, Tom Herrin, John Douglas, Jim McDonald, Harley Hisner, Mel Hoderlein, Bob Scherbarth, Tommy O'Brien, Leo Kiely, Jim Piersall, Len Okrie, Gordie Mueller, Tom Wright, Bob DiPietro, Bill Evans, Taffy Wright, Ted Lepcio, Roy Jarvis, Norm Zauchin, Karl Olson, Al Evans, Charlie Maxwell, Al Richter, James Atkins, Jim Suchecki, Dave Ferriss and George Susce were all players from the 1951 Louisville Colonels who played in the Majors during their careers.

Pinky Higgins 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
James Atkins	18	9	.667	4.24	31	29		17	1		210.0	231	109	99		94		90	1	1	5
Jim McDonald	10	7	.588	3.50	19	19		12	0		144.0	139	71	56		50		51	0	1	3
Bill Evans	8	4	.667	3.67	15	14		8	2		103.0	102	53	42		42		57	0	0	1
Leo Kiely	8	4	.667	4.25	15	12		8	0		108.0	106	52	51		24		60	8	0	2
Gordie Mueller	8	7	.533	3.64	45	2		1	0		99.0	86	43	40		52		53	2	0	1
Dave Ferriss	7	7	.500	5.25	21	18		11	1		120.0	145	73	70		40		25	4	0	2
Harley Hisner	7	13	.350	6.26	24	15		7	2		125.0	145	95	87		59		69	1	1	4
Bill Kennedy	6	2	.750	2.73	13	12		5	4		89.0	73	36	27		30		57	1	0	2
Tom Herrin	3	6	.333	4.55	16	14		3	0		91.0	98	56	46		57		35	2	1	4
Robert Austin	2	2	.500	4.34	7			0			29.0	28	15	14	1	17		12	0	0	0
Don Asmonga	2	5	.286	4.30	25	8		4	0		92.0	82	49	44		64		52	1	0	4
George Susce	1	4	.200	4.83	8			2			41.0	40	32	22	2	26		11	0	0	1
Thomas Casey	0	0		0.00	6						21.0
Rollin Schuster	0	1	.000	6.60	7			0			15.0	18	14	11	1	10		18	0	0	2
Jim Suchecki	0	2	.000	7.36	5			0			22.0	31	20	18	3	17		15	0	1	3
Totals	80	73	.523	4.31	257	143	0	78	10	0	1309.0	1324	718	627	7	582	0	605	20	5	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
Al Richter	129	605	511	107	164	28	4	0	57	2		81	35	.321	.422	.391	.813	200	10	8	5
Taffy Wright	129	512	439	74	147	34	4	15	115	1		64	16	.335	.430	.533	.963	234	11	9	0
Norm Zauchin	135	559	498	61	133	30	6	12	104	1		54	79	.267	.346	.424	.770	211	12	6	1
Mel Hoderlein	111	462	407	59	127	15	2	5	40	8		50	25	.312	.390	.396	.786	161	15	2	3
Ed Lyons	102	453	383	69	108	24	3	12	56	6		66	35	.282	.390	.454	.845	174	15	2	2
Tommy O'Brien	110	419	361	55	100	21	2	5	61	0		55	37	.277	.377	.388	.765	140	12	3	0
Robert Broome	99	395	338	61	96	18	2	10	67	1		54	37	.284	.386	.438	.824	148	5	2	1
Kenneth Chapman	99	378	308	45	79	10	6	2	36	0		63	20	.256	.389	.347	.737	107	13	4	3
Tom Wright	72	306	262	38	74	12	5	2	45	0		42	26	.282	.386	.389	.775	102	7	2	0
Karl Olson	63	246	228	35	73	6	2	5	31	1		17	31	.320	.367	.430	.797	98	8	0	1
Bob Scherbarth	84	315	251	39	58	9	1	4	22	2		63	37	.231	.387	.323	.710	81	8	1	0
Charlie Maxwell	40	182	153	21	39	7	3	4	17	1		26	24	.255	.374	.418	.792	64	3	3	0
Ted Lepcio	35	150	137	24	36	5	3	5	11	0		10	24	.263	.313	.453	.765	62	3	0	3
Len Okrie	55	191	165	17	31	5	1	1	20	1		16	42	.188	.268	.248	.516	41	5	2	8
James Atkins	36	105	96	10	23	2	1	0	10	1		6	11	.240	.284	.281	.566	27	5	0	3
Dave Ferriss	38	69	59	8	21	4	0	0	5	0		10	8	.356	.449	.424	.873	25	2	0	0
Al Evans	11	46	39	6	13	2	0	1	7	0		7	5	.333	.435	.462	.896	18	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	17	47	42	8	13	0	2	0	2	0		5	5	.310	.383	.405	.788	17	0	0	0
John Douglas	17	49	43	6	13	1	1	0	2	0		5	4	.302	.375	.372	.747	16	2	0	1
Leo Kiely	16	46	45	5	12	0	0	1	3	0		0	5	.267	.283	.333	.616	15	1	1	0
Jim McDonald	19	59	51	8	9	0	0	0	5	0		7	12	.176	.276	.176	.452	9	2	0	1
Ray Holton	13	45	41	1	8	1	0	0	5	0		4	2	.195	.267	.220	.486	9	3	0	0
Tom Herrin	22	31	27	7	7	3	0	0	3	0		1	7	.259	.286	.370	.656	10	0	0	3
Don Asmonga	29	38	35	4	7	1	0	0	1	0		2	3	.200	.243	.229	.472	8	1	0	1
Harley Hisner	24	46	36	3	6	1	0	0	0	0		5	12	.167	.286	.194	.480	7	0	1	4
Robert Nelson	11	39	37	2	6	1	0	0	3	0		2	3	.162	.205	.189	.394	7	1	0	0
Bill Kennedy	13	37	30	4	5	1	0	0	1	0		5	10	.167	.286	.200	.486	6	0	0	2
Gordie Mueller	45	26	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	4	1	0	2
Bill Evans	15	44	41	1	4	1	0	0	4	0		2	8	.098	.140	.122	.261	5	1	0	1
Robert Austin	7	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Jack Parks	4	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Bob DiPietro	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
George Susce	8	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Roy Jarvis	2	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Suchecki	5	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Rollin Schuster	7	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Casey	6	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Boyce	3	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1633	5964	5151	779	1422	242	48	84	733	25	0	722	569	.276	.370	.391	.761	2012	146	46	45	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norm Zauchin	1B	134	1082	94	14	114	.988	8.776
Robert Broome	1B	10	87	5	4	10	.958	9.200
Ed Lyons	2B	97	262	274	20	75	.964	5.526
Mel Hoderlein	2B	44	85	76	8	28	.953	3.659
Ted Lepcio	2B	22	50	50	2	11	.980	4.545
Kenneth Chapman	3B	87	73	165	9	19	.964	2.736
Mel Hoderlein	3B	54	59	110	7	8	.960	3.130
Ted Lepcio	3B	11	12	16	2	1	.933	2.545
Ray Holton	3B	11	7	23	2	1	.938	2.727
Bob Scherbarth	C	80	380	30	8	3	.981	5.125	6
Len Okrie	C	55	228	21	6	4	.976	4.527	1
Robert Nelson	C	10	33	6	3	1	.929	3.900	3
Al Evans	C	10	46	6	1	2	.981	5.200	1
Taffy Wright	OF	113	203	10	3	0	.986	1.885
Tommy O'Brien	OF	100	237	6	4	1	.984	2.430
Robert Broome	OF	79	120	9	4	0	.970	1.633
Tom Wright	OF	71	161	6	4	3	.977	2.352
Karl Olson	OF	61	160	7	3	3	.982	2.738
Charlie Maxwell	OF	40	97	4	6	1	.944	2.525
Jim Piersall	OF	15	25	1	0	0	1.000	1.733
Gordie Mueller	P	45	6	12	0	0	1.000	.400
James Atkins	P	31	11	28	2	2	.951	1.258
Don Asmonga	P	25	2	15	3	4	.850	.680
Harley Hisner	P	24	10	18	1	0	.966	1.167
Dave Ferriss	P	21	2	12	0	1	1.000	.667
Jim McDonald	P	19	10	31	3	3	.932	2.158
Tom Herrin	P	16	4	17	0	0	1.000	1.312
Leo Kiely	P	15	9	29	2	3	.950	2.533
Bill Evans	P	15	4	11	3	2	.833	1.000
Bill Kennedy	P	13	4	13	2	0	.895	1.308
George Susce	P	8						.000
Rollin Schuster	P	7						.000
Robert Austin	P	7						.000
Thomas Casey	P	6						.000
Jim Suchecki	P	5						.000
Al Richter	SS	129	256	403	24	82	.965	5.109
Mel Hoderlein	SS	27	56	87	10	21	.935	5.296
Totals		1517	3781	1595	160	403	.971	3.544	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.