1960 Louisville Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 85-68
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Ben Geraghty (0-0), Bill Adair (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 139,028, Avg. 1,817
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Denver Bears 2
The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 85 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the AA.
The Colonels allowed 551 runs, least in the league. Louisville plated 648 runs. Hawk Taylor paced the squad with 17 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Mack Jones led all regular batters by connecting at a .309 clip. Bob Hendley topped the team with 16 wins, while Bob Hartman recorded a 3.01 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Don Nottebart, Phil Niekro, Earl Hersh, Hawk Taylor, Ron Piché, Lee Maye, Ken MacKenzie, Amado Samuel, Joe Morgan, Don Lassetter, Jack Littrell, Ted Abernathy, Ed Charles, Tommie Aaron, Frank Torre, Mack Jones, Ted Kazanski, Bobby Knoop, John DeMerit, Bob Hendley, Ron Henry, Dick Littlefield, Cecil Butler, Earl Averill, Eddie Haas, Howie Bedell, Bob Hartman, Chi-Chi Olivo, George Brunet, Lee Tate, Ron Jackson, Chuck Cottier, Bob Botz, Rick Herrscher, Bob Uecker, Howie Koplitz and Stan Lopata were all players from the 1960 Louisville Colonels who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ben Geraghty and Bill Adair 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Hendley | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.19 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 189.0 | 157 | 81 | 67 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |||
Don Nottebart | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.03 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 172.0 | 156 | 65 | 58 | 11 | 61 | 3 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Vic Rehm | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.51 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 177.0 | 171 | 80 | 69 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
Bob Hartman | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.01 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 215.0 | 190 | 84 | 72 | 19 | 56 | 4 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Carl Greene | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.35 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 120.0 | 112 | 72 | 58 | 8 | 69 | 8 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
Ken MacKenzie | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.40 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 | 66 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chi-Chi Olivo | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.48 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 56 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
George Brunet | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.78 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 46.0 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Ron Piché | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.73 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Cecil Butler | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.75 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 48.0 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
Phil Niekro | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
Ted Abernathy | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
Dick Littlefield | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Botz | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Howie Koplitz | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ernie Christoff | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
Totals | 77 | 62 | .554 | 3.08 | 307 | 136 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 1204.0 | 1056 | 492 | 412 | 63 | 455 | 34 | 784 | 32 | 2 | 43 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mack Jones | 125 | 502 | 434 | 70 | 134 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 8 | 50 | 109 | .309 | .382 | .488 | .871 | 212 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
Hawk Taylor | 135 | 533 | 482 | 63 | 130 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 80 | 1 | 41 | 61 | .270 | .328 | .438 | .766 | 211 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
Ed Charles | 128 | 510 | 456 | 70 | 115 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 15 | 49 | 67 | .252 | .325 | .368 | .694 | 168 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Lee Maye | 72 | 314 | 288 | 43 | 97 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 5 | 15 | 43 | .337 | .369 | .556 | .924 | 160 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
Lee Tate | 87 | 370 | 341 | 37 | 97 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 30 | .284 | .320 | .334 | .655 | 114 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
Amado Samuel | 143 | 502 | 446 | 41 | 96 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 45 | 98 | .215 | .289 | .312 | .601 | 139 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
John DeMerit | 126 | 385 | 352 | 47 | 95 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 50 | 2 | 23 | 54 | .270 | .317 | .440 | .757 | 155 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
Howie Bedell | 85 | 338 | 321 | 46 | 91 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 21 | .283 | .312 | .393 | .705 | 126 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Frank Torre | 64 | 265 | 234 | 25 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 8 | .282 | .351 | .350 | .702 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Chuck Cottier | 46 | 192 | 181 | 24 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .309 | .340 | .470 | .810 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Joe Morgan | 55 | 210 | 174 | 35 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 18 | .282 | .386 | .402 | .788 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Stan Lopata | 55 | 208 | 179 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 38 | .246 | .343 | .492 | .835 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Earl Hersh | 32 | 132 | 111 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 22 | .252 | .364 | .351 | .715 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Rick Herrscher | 33 | 104 | 95 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .263 | .311 | .337 | .648 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Eddie Haas | 21 | 74 | 68 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .265 | .324 | .382 | .707 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Knoop | 19 | 79 | 72 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | .236 | .291 | .292 | .583 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Donald Prohovich | 16 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .280 | .368 | .440 | .808 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Don Nottebart | 26 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .203 | .215 | .297 | .512 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Hartman | 38 | 79 | 70 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .171 | .227 | .200 | .427 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Averill | 21 | 67 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .193 | .313 | .298 | .612 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bob Hendley | 41 | 71 | 63 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .175 | .212 | .254 | .466 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Littrell | 18 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .244 | .319 | .317 | .636 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Vic Rehm | 33 | 68 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .175 | .217 | .246 | .462 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Greene | 23 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .171 | .244 | .341 | .586 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Henry | 11 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .162 | .220 | .324 | .544 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
George Brunet | 7 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | |||||||||||
Ken MacKenzie | 23 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .190 | .217 | .238 | .455 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Al Grandcolas | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 6 | |||||||||||
Ted Abernathy | 23 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chi-Chi Olivo | 26 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Piché | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Niekro | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Ray Holton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Ernie Christoff | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Cecil Butler | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommie Aaron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1577 | 5373 | 4816 | 618 | 1267 | 229 | 58 | 92 | 529 | 56 | 0 | 414 | 752 | .263 | .323 | .392 | .715 | 1888 | 0 | 35 | 67 | 41 | 38 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Torre | 1B | 62 | 562 | 36 | 1 | 62 | .998 | 9.645 | ||||
Earl Hersh | 1B | 32 | 275 | 20 | 7 | 19 | .977 | 9.219 | ||||
Lee Tate | 2B | 73 | 197 | 199 | 6 | 56 | .985 | 5.425 | ||||
Chuck Cottier | 2B | 46 | 132 | 108 | 11 | 36 | .956 | 5.217 | ||||
Bobby Knoop | 2B | 19 | 33 | 50 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 4.368 | ||||
Ed Charles | 2B | 17 | 53 | 39 | 2 | 10 | .979 | 5.412 | ||||
Ed Charles | 3B | 98 | 98 | 173 | 16 | 14 | .944 | 2.765 | ||||
Joe Morgan | 3B | 49 | 39 | 96 | 4 | 6 | .971 | 2.755 | ||||
Hawk Taylor | C | 67 | 332 | 24 | 9 | 3 | .975 | 5.313 | 5 | |||
Stan Lopata | C | 51 | 275 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 5.980 | 5 | |||
Ron Henry | C | 10 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.400 | 2 | |||
Mack Jones | OF | 123 | 250 | 15 | 10 | 1 | .964 | 2.154 | ||||
John DeMerit | OF | 111 | 212 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .974 | 2.018 | ||||
Howie Bedell | OF | 81 | 174 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 2.173 | ||||
Lee Maye | OF | 72 | 125 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 1.750 | ||||
Hawk Taylor | OF | 57 | 86 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .928 | 1.579 | ||||
Eddie Haas | OF | 20 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.450 | ||||
Donald Prohovich | OF | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
Rick Herrscher | OF | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
Earl Averill | OF | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.545 | ||||
Bob Hendley | P | 37 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .943 | .892 | ||||
Bob Hartman | P | 37 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .943 | .892 | ||||
Vic Rehm | P | 32 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .969 | .969 | ||||
Chi-Chi Olivo | P | 26 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
Don Nottebart | P | 26 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
Ken MacKenzie | P | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .652 | ||||
Carl Greene | P | 22 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.136 | ||||
Ted Abernathy | P | 22 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
Cecil Butler | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
Ron Piché | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Amado Samuel | SS | 142 | 223 | 403 | 25 | 85 | .962 | 4.408 | ||||
Lee Tate | SS | 10 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 2.500 | ||||
Rick Herrscher | SS | 10 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 7 | .873 | 4.800 | ||||
Totals | 1442 | 3294 | 1455 | 141 | 329 | .971 | 3.293 | 12 | 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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