1954 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-68
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Pinky Higgins (85-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Parkway Field
Attendance: 141,353, Avg. 1,848

1954 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Columbus Red Birds 3
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 1

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 85 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Colonels scored 705 runs and yielded 615 runs. Robert Broome paced Louisville with 19 home runs, and Norm Zauchin walloped 15 or more, too. Norm Zauchin drove in 118 runs. Marty Keough led all regular batters by connecting at a .292 clip. Ike Delock topped the team with 17 wins, while George Susce recorded a 3.1 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1954 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Malzone, Don Buddin, Bill Kennedy, Tom Herrin, Gus Niarhos, Marty Keough, Hersh Freeman, Albie Pearson, Ben Flowers, Gene Stephens, Connie Ryan, Ike Delock, Duane Wilson, Bob Smith, Bill Werle, Russ Kemmerer, Pete Daley, Norm Zauchin, Paul Foytack, George Susce, Dick Gernert and Stan Hollmig.

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
Ike Delock	17	10	.630	3.29	31	31		18	6		219.0	217	89	80	16	47		108	2	1	3
George Susce	14	6	.700	3.10	24	18		10	2		157.0	139	57	54	14	43		74	3	0	0
Ben Flowers	11	12	.478	3.57	32	22		12	2		179.0	187	89	71	15	49		97	2	0	1
Bill Kennedy	9	6	.600	4.08	24	16		6	1		128.0	126	61	58	13	44		94	1	0	1
Bill Werle	7	4	.636	3.99	14	14		6	0		97.0	103	48	43	9	8		58	2	0	0
Hersh Freeman	7	5	.583	2.22	39	0		0	0		69.0	71	24	17	1	22		42	1	0	3
Thomas Casagrande	6	2	.750	3.43	17	11		4	0		84.0	70	41	32	6	46		56	4	0	1
Russ Kemmerer	5	6	.455	2.08	14	14		7	1		104.0	90	34	24	6	44		55	1	0	2
Tom Herrin	3	4	.429	2.88	16	4		1	0		50.0	50	23	16	3	23		23	0	0	0
Al Curtis	3	5	.375	3.60	17	14		3	2		90.0	87	44	36	6	44		71	0	0	3
Duane Wilson	1	0	1.000		2						0.0
Bob Smith	1	2	.333	3.79	23	0		0	0		38.0	34	23	16	1	27		28	4	0	0
Paul Foytack	1	3	.250		8						0.0
George Uhaze	0	1	.000		5						0.0
Jim Ehrler	0	2	.000	6.23	13	1		0	0		39.0	43	33	27	8	19		13	0	0	2
Totals	85	68	.556	3.40	279	145	0	67	14	0	1254.0	1217	566	474	98	416	0	719	20	1	16	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
Marty Keough	147	666	603	102	176	23	17	11	57	15		47	76	.292	.348	.441	.789	266	6	7	5	4
Norm Zauchin	145	616	532	76	154	27	11	18	118	2		69	84	.289	.366	.483	.849	257	12	2	1	12
Frank Malzone	148	602	559	78	151	24	8	11	63	2		37	68	.270	.314	.401	.715	224	11	0	3	3
Gene Stephens	131	508	451	82	129	17	10	12	46	2		51	53	.286	.360	.448	.808	202	5	2	3	1
Robert Broome	132	564	464	71	126	14	8	19	86	0		91	43	.272	.389	.459	.848	213	11	1	3	5
Don Buddin	148	590	501	68	123	27	8	11	62	1		65	87	.246	.335	.397	.732	199	7	7	8	9
Pete Daley	115	411	378	37	104	17	8	9	62	2		25	35	.275	.319	.434	.752	164	11	0	6	2
Lou Damman	106	362	311	45	81	11	3	8	35	0		49	26	.260	.360	.392	.752	122	5	0	1	1
Al Van Alstyne	82	234	204	38	57	4	3	2	24	1		23	35	.279	.355	.358	.713	73	1	2	3	2
Connie Ryan	66	243	204	27	43	6	2	2	22	4		33	43	.211	.320	.289	.609	59	9	1	2	3
Ray Holton	40	126	112	14	36	9	0	1	13	1		10	12	.321	.379	.429	.808	48	7	1	2	1
Herbert Rossman	39	89	78	8	19	2	0	0	11	1		8	10	.244	.318	.269	.587	21	3	1	1	1
Pete Pavlick	13	42	35	3	16	3	0	0	4	0		6	4	.457	.537	.543	1.079	19	2	0	1	0
Bill Werle	14	39	34	5	12	1	2	0	7	0		3	10	.353	.421	.500	.921	17	1	1	1	0
Al Curtis	17	32	31	3	10	0	1	0	3	0		1	7	.323	.344	.387	.731	12	1	0	0	0
George Susce	24	65	57	5	10	3	0	0	4	1		5	17	.175	.242	.228	.470	13	2	0	3	0
Dick Gernert	20	78	62	6	10	1	1	0	7	0		15	17	.161	.321	.210	.530	13	2	0	0	1
Ben Flowers	32	67	63	7	10	1	2	0	6	0		2	23	.159	.185	.238	.423	15	1	0	2	0
Thomas Casagrande	35	55	49	5	9	1	1	0	5	0		3	9	.184	.222	.245	.467	12	0	0	1	2
Ike Delock	31	86	68	7	9	0	0	2	11	0		8	19	.132	.221	.221	.441	15	0	0	9	1
Bill Kennedy	24	51	40	5	6	0	0	1	4	0		6	14	.150	.261	.225	.486	9	0	0	5	0
Paul Foytack	9	15	15		5									.333	.333	.333	.667	5
Stan Hollmig	12	28	24	2	5	2	1	0	4	0		3	5	.208	.286	.375	.661	9	0	0	0	1
Russ Kemmerer	14	39	35	2	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	14	.143	.167	.171	.338	6	1	0	3	0
Gus Niarhos	17	45	35	0	4	1	0	0	3	0		7	3	.114	.279	.143	.422	5	5	1	2	0
Hersh Freeman	39	16	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	1	0
Tom Herrin	18	17	16	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	6	.125	.125	.250	.375	4	0	0	1	0
Edward Irons	7	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Larry DiPippo	6	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Albie Pearson	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Uhaze	5	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Ehrler	13	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	23	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	2	0
Arthur West	3	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Duane Wilson	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vincent Furfaro	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1680	5739	5025	700	1316	195	87	107	661	32	0	570	726	.262	.337	.399	.736	2006	105	26	69	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norm Zauchin	1B	127	1097	57	6	100	.995	9.087
Dick Gernert	1B	17	136	7	2	16	.986	8.412
Lou Damman	2B	88	184	228	17	55	.960	4.682
Connie Ryan	2B	54	131	148	4	35	.986	5.167
Herbert Rossman	2B	11	17	17	0	5	1.000	3.091
Pete Pavlick	2B	10	26	17	2	7	.956	4.300
Frank Malzone	3B	137	107	251	23	18	.940	2.613
Herbert Rossman	3B	13	16	16	1	3	.970	2.462
Pete Daley	C	112	559	68	5	9	.992	5.598	11
Ray Holton	C	37	199	14	2	3	.991	5.757	2
Gus Niarhos	C	17	61	5	0	0	1.000	3.882	0
Marty Keough	OF	146	365	11	8	4	.979	2.575
Robert Broome	OF	131	250	7	10	3	.963	1.962
Gene Stephens	OF	124	233	14	6	3	.976	1.992
Al Van Alstyne	OF	70	134	5	3	0	.979	1.986
Norm Zauchin	OF	17	31	0	0	0	1.000	1.824
Hersh Freeman	P	39	5	9	0	2	1.000	.359
Ben Flowers	P	32	15	39	0	0	1.000	1.688
Ike Delock	P	31	8	34	1	5	.977	1.355
George Susce	P	24	14	21	2	3	.946	1.458
Bill Kennedy	P	24	3	31	0	2	1.000	1.417
Bob Smith	P	23	1	6	1	0	.875	.304
Al Curtis	P	17	5	6	0	0	1.000	.647
Thomas Casagrande	P	17	4	8	2	0	.857	.706
Tom Herrin	P	16	4	6	0	1	1.000	.625
Bill Werle	P	14	4	22	0	3	1.000	1.857
Russ Kemmerer	P	14	3	18	2	0	.913	1.500
Jim Ehrler	P	13	0	8	0	1	1.000	.615
Paul Foytack	P	8						.000
George Uhaze	P	5						.000
Duane Wilson	P	2						.000
Don Buddin	SS	146	236	458	51	98	.932	4.753
Totals		1536	3848	1531	148	376	.973	3.502	13	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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