1953 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Pinky Higgins (84-70)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 177,080, Avg. 2,300

1953 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Toledo Sox 4 games, Louisville Colonels 3

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Colonels surrendered 613 runs, least in the league. Louisville plated 736 runs. Charlie Maxwell and Harry Agganis paced the team with 23 home runs apiece. Harry Agganis drove in 108 runs. Charlie Maxwell topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .305 clip. Bill Werle led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.6 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1953 Louisville Colonels who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Harry Agganis, Ed Lyons, Bill Henry, Tom Herrin, Bill Kennedy, Hersh Freeman, Ken Aspromonte, Gene Stephens, Ike Delock, Duane Wilson, Bob DiPietro, Pete Daley, Bill Werle, Bob Smith, Russ Kemmerer, Ken Holcombe, Dick Young, James Atkins, Ralph Brickner, Al Richter, Charlie Maxwell, Dave Ferriss, Stan Hollmig and Frank Baumann.

Pinky Higgins 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
Bill Werle	13	8	.619	2.60	31	11		10	3		128.0	97	40	37	4	25		58	5	0	2
Russ Kemmerer	11	8	.579	3.40	34	26		9	2		188.0	167	78	71	7	81		109	3	2	1
Frank Baumann	10	1	.909	2.55	13	13		9	0		106.0	79	32	30	3	41		95	0	0	0
Ken Holcombe	10	8	.556	2.98	23	23		8	2		154.0	156	61	51	7	41		57	2	0	0
Bill Kennedy	9	5	.643	3.05	20	17		6	3		133.0	116	49	45	6	41		95	2	0	3
Al Curtis	9	13	.409	3.47	25	23		12	2		184.0	173	84	71	17	70		106	4	0	3
Bill Henry	7	3	.700	3.56	14	13		6	1		96.0	90	45	38	7	29		46	1	0	0
Hersh Freeman	4	4	.500	3.33	28	0		0	0		54.0	55	22	20	2	9		31	0	0	1
Ralph Brickner	4	4	.500	4.74	21	8		2	0		74.0	88	49	39	5	22		36	4	1	2
Ike Delock	3	6	.333	2.96	12	10		3	0		85.0	75	35	28	6	18		43	0	0	1
George Uhaze	1	2	.333		17						0.0
Bob Smith	1	4	.200		12						0.0
Totals	82	66	.554	3.22	250	144	0	65	13	0	1202.0	1096	495	430	64	377	0	676	21	3	13	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
Harry Agganis	155	669	595	92	167	38	9	23	108	8		71	109	.281	.359	.491	.850	292	10	2	1
Charlie Maxwell	145	631	538	106	164	20	6	23	107	1		90	93	.305	.405	.493	.898	265	5	1	2
Al Richter	134	623	524	87	138	18	3	1	48	7		83	23	.263	.370	.315	.685	165	13	6	10
Lou Damman	119	490	426	66	113	19	5	3	48	3		58	59	.265	.356	.354	.710	151	7	2	4
Robert Broome	117	436	359	56	110	14	5	14	85	0		72	21	.306	.425	.490	.915	176	8	2	3
Ed Lyons	122	459	392	44	101	11	3	7	43	2		58	33	.258	.359	.355	.714	139	13	4	5
Stan Hollmig	96	394	339	53	91	24	3	9	59	2		50	38	.268	.366	.437	.802	148	11	2	3
Ken Aspromonte	96	376	334	43	81	10	3	3	28	2		38	47	.243	.320	.317	.637	106	5	0	4
Pete Daley	84	315	289	28	74	15	1	2	33	0		25	30	.256	.315	.336	.651	97	4	0	1
Bob DiPietro	98	310	268	38	55	10	1	5	35	2		40	34	.205	.313	.306	.619	82	15	2	0
Larry Isbell	47	141	126	13	40	5	1	1	16	0		14	14	.317	.386	.397	.783	50	1	0	1
Ray Holton	57	185	159	8	39	5	0	0	12	0		24	14	.245	.344	.277	.621	44	8	0	2
Joe Tanner	25	99	92	12	25	4	0	1	11	1		7	18	.272	.323	.348	.671	32	1	0	0
Gene Stephens	30	134	112	22	24	2	2	5	9	2		20	31	.214	.338	.402	.740	45	0	1	1
Frank Baumann	13	46	41	5	15	1	0	0	5	1		3	9	.366	.409	.390	.799	16	0	0	2
Marvin Stendel	28	77	71	8	12	3	0	0	5	0		5	20	.169	.234	.211	.445	15	4	1	0
Ralph Brickner	21	29	28	3	11	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.393	.414	.393	.807	11	3	0	0
Russ Kemmerer	34	76	61	8	10	2	0	0	3	0		4	17	.164	.227	.197	.424	12	2	1	10
Al Van Alstyne	18	67	52	9	8	0	1	1	6	1		12	11	.154	.333	.250	.583	13	1	2	1
Bill Werle	31	44	34	6	7	1	0	0	2	0		8	11	.206	.357	.235	.592	8	1	0	2
Al Curtis	27	75	64	7	7	2	0	0	4	0		6	16	.109	.186	.141	.326	9	0	0	5
Ike Delock	12	31	31	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.194	.194	.194	.387	6	1	0	0
Bill Henry	16	41	37	5	6	0	1	0	3	0		3	8	.162	.225	.216	.441	8	1	0	1
Ken Holcombe	23	60	53	3	5	2	0	0	5	0		3	18	.094	.143	.132	.275	7	0	0	4
Bill Kennedy	20	53	40	3	4	1	0	0	4	0		9	18	.100	.265	.125	.390	5	0	0	4
Hersh Freeman	28	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	0	0	0
Tom Herrin	10	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0
Bob Smith	12	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	5	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	0
George Uhaze	17	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0
Totals	1635	5903	5104	731	1318	207	44	98	683	32	0	707	712	.258	.351	.374	.725	1907	114	26	66	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Harry Agganis	1B	155	1351	104	19	123	.987	9.387
Ed Lyons	2B	109	257	278	23	55	.959	4.908
Ken Aspromonte	2B	51	129	120	6	37	.976	4.882
Lou Damman	3B	109	94	208	19	24	.941	2.771
Ken Aspromonte	3B	32	29	42	6	6	.922	2.219
Joe Tanner	3B	12	4	19	7	1	.767	1.917
Pete Daley	C	80	400	41	10	6	.978	5.512	5
Ray Holton	C	48	256	23	7	3	.976	5.812	1
Larry Isbell	C	36	167	17	1	3	.995	5.111	1
Charlie Maxwell	OF	144	360	16	5	3	.987	2.611
Robert Broome	OF	104	190	0	8	0	.960	1.827
Stan Hollmig	OF	93	168	4	3	2	.983	1.849
Bob DiPietro	OF	78	148	6	1	2	.994	1.974
Gene Stephens	OF	30	85	0	1	0	.988	2.833
Marvin Stendel	OF	23	38	1	4	1	.907	1.696
Al Van Alstyne	OF	18	41	3	0	1	1.000	2.444
Russ Kemmerer	P	34	16	34	3	3	.943	1.471
Bill Werle	P	31	9	28	0	2	1.000	1.194
Hersh Freeman	P	28	4	8	0	2	1.000	.429
Al Curtis	P	25	11	30	3	0	.932	1.640
Ken Holcombe	P	23	7	35	1	3	.977	1.826
Ralph Brickner	P	21	7	20	2	4	.931	1.286
Bill Kennedy	P	20	4	23	0	0	1.000	1.350
George Uhaze	P	17	3	7	0	1	1.000	.588
Bill Henry	P	14	6	19	1	0	.962	1.786
Frank Baumann	P	13	4	17	1	1	.955	1.615
Bob Smith	P	12	4	13	6	0	.739	1.417
Ike Delock	P	12	2	8	0	0	1.000	.833
Al Richter	SS	134	226	386	26	68	.959	4.567
Joe Tanner	SS	11	16	31	2	7	.959	4.273
Totals		1517	4036	1541	165	358	.971	3.676	7	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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