1959 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 97-65
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Ben Geraghty (97-65)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 222,854, Avg. 2,751
Playoffs - Fort Worth Cats 4 games, Louisville Colonels 0
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 97 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Colonels plated 717 runs and gave up 619 runs. Lee Maye paced Louisville with 17 home runs Lee Maye and Charley Lau each accounted for 79 RBI. Al Spangler led all regular batters by connecting at a .297 clip. Don Nottebart and Georges Maranda topped the team with 18 wins each, while Georges Maranda registered a 2.48 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1959 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Hartman, Al Federoff, Claude Raymond, Dick Littlefield, Nat Peeples, Dave Roberts, Casey Wise, Ray Shearer, Joe Lonnett, Mike Roarke, Don Nottebart, Jim Command, Earl Hersh, Ron Piché, Lee Maye, Ken MacKenzie, Juan Pizarro, Ed Charles, Charley Lau, Don Lassetter, Ray Rippelmeyer, Don Kaiser, Joe Morgan, Red Murff, Ted Kazanski, Bob Talbot, Georges Maranda, Al Spangler, Chuck Cottier and Em Lindbeck.
Ben Geraghty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Maranda | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2.48 | 34 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 207.0 | 170 | 74 | 57 | 8 | 62 | 5 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Nottebart | 18 | 11 | .621 | 3.52 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 258.0 | 249 | 117 | 101 | 14 | 100 | 5 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Vic Rehm | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.60 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 190.0 | 167 | 85 | 76 | 8 | 90 | 5 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bob Hartman | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.36 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 142.0 | 144 | 56 | 53 | 10 | 44 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Kaiser | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.37 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 122 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ron Piché | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.95 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 122 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 51 | 13 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ken MacKenzie | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.82 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 81 | 37 | 34 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Red Murff | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.35 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 100 | 50 | 43 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Juan Pizarro | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.07 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 42.0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.09 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 61 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Littlefield | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.08 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 86.0 | 86 | 42 | 39 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dale Hendrickson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.80 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Claude Raymond | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 97 | 65 | .599 | 3.43 | 349 | 162 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 0 | 1426.0 | 1367 | 619 | 543 | 86 | 544 | 57 | 876 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 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 Spangler | 149 | 644 | 562 | 100 | 167 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 17 | 71 | 52 | .297 | .378 | .418 | .796 | 235 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Ed Charles | 154 | 643 | 560 | 72 | 151 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 76 | 8 | 67 | 77 | .270 | .346 | .377 | .723 | 211 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Casey Wise | 112 | 507 | 437 | 73 | 132 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 53 | 28 | .302 | .381 | .382 | .763 | 167 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lee Maye | 94 | 396 | 348 | 64 | 118 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 79 | 3 | 37 | 52 | .339 | .398 | .603 | 1.002 | 210 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Don Lassetter | 110 | 390 | 337 | 38 | 98 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 40 | 60 | .291 | .366 | .430 | .796 | 145 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Dave Roberts | 133 | 456 | 385 | 59 | 97 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 52 | 57 | .252 | .338 | .392 | .730 | 151 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Joe Morgan | 82 | 366 | 305 | 54 | 96 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 46 | 35 | .315 | .402 | .518 | .920 | 158 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Cottier | 122 | 492 | 425 | 54 | 96 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 47 | 61 | .226 | .297 | .334 | .631 | 142 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Mike Roarke | 111 | 398 | 365 | 33 | 83 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 58 | .227 | .279 | .323 | .602 | 118 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ted Kazanski | 107 | 402 | 366 | 28 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 30 | 31 | .199 | .260 | .243 | .503 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jim Command | 49 | 155 | 137 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .234 | .309 | .314 | .623 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Lonnett | 32 | 104 | 86 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 16 | .291 | .392 | .500 | .892 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Shearer | 22 | 89 | 80 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .275 | .348 | .338 | .686 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vic Rehm | 33 | 73 | 70 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | .214 | .214 | .243 | .457 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Nottebart | 39 | 101 | 91 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .143 | .196 | .154 | .350 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Georges Maranda | 34 | 82 | 70 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .157 | .189 | .171 | .361 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Talbot | 21 | 54 | 52 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hartman | 25 | 60 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .160 | .263 | .220 | .483 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nat Peeples | 12 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .350 | .435 | .700 | 1.135 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken MacKenzie | 51 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .357 | .438 | .429 | .866 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Pizarro | 10 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .318 | .500 | .818 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Murff | 42 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Piché | 53 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .143 | .167 | .171 | .338 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Em Lindbeck | 13 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .119 | .152 | .167 | .319 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Kaiser | 34 | 46 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .095 | .116 | .095 | .212 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .214 | .353 | .286 | .639 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Littlefield | 18 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .036 | .129 | .036 | .165 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Raymond | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Al Federoff | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1687 | 5699 | 4984 | 663 | 1287 | 238 | 56 | 75 | 585 | 48 | 0 | 538 | 727 | .258 | .330 | .374 | .704 | 1862 | 0 | 26 | 93 | 58 | 55 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | 1B | 118 | 862 | 68 | 8 | 100 | .991 | 7.881 | ||||
| Don Lassetter | 1B | 14 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.214 | ||||
| Chuck Cottier | 2B | 117 | 290 | 339 | 21 | 97 | .968 | 5.376 | ||||
| Casey Wise | 2B | 40 | 92 | 97 | 7 | 26 | .964 | 4.725 | ||||
| Ed Charles | 3B | 147 | 147 | 276 | 24 | 33 | .946 | 2.878 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | 3B | 10 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.400 | ||||
| Mike Roarke | C | 105 | 597 | 42 | 6 | 10 | .991 | 6.086 | 7 | |||
| Jim Command | C | 38 | 199 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 5.526 | 3 | |||
| Joe Lonnett | C | 24 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.042 | 3 | |||
| Al Spangler | OF | 142 | 369 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .982 | 2.662 | ||||
| Lee Maye | OF | 91 | 162 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 1.846 | ||||
| Don Lassetter | OF | 85 | 129 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 1.541 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | OF | 66 | 124 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Shearer | OF | 21 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Bob Talbot | OF | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| Em Lindbeck | OF | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.462 | ||||
| Ron Piché | P | 53 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .962 | .472 | ||||
| Ken MacKenzie | P | 51 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Red Murff | P | 42 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Don Nottebart | P | 39 | 11 | 54 | 3 | 8 | .956 | 1.667 | ||||
| Georges Maranda | P | 34 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.088 | ||||
| Vic Rehm | P | 33 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .903 | .848 | ||||
| Don Kaiser | P | 33 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .788 | ||||
| Bob Hartman | P | 24 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .792 | ||||
| Dick Littlefield | P | 16 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Ray Rippelmeyer | P | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Dale Hendrickson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Pizarro | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Raymond | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Kazanski | SS | 86 | 135 | 255 | 20 | 63 | .951 | 4.535 | ||||
| Casey Wise | SS | 75 | 135 | 201 | 19 | 45 | .946 | 4.480 | ||||
| Totals | 1554 | 3640 | 1559 | 137 | 413 | .974 | 3.346 | 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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