1961 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-70
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Ben Geraghty (80-70)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 119,808, Avg. 1,597

1961 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Denver Bears 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Houston Buffs 2

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 80 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Colonels led the circuit with just 667 runs allowed. Louisville scored 752 runs. Ron Jackson paced the squad with 25 home runs, and Amado Samuel walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Krsnich drove in 92 runs. Howie Bedell topped all regular batters by connecting at a .327 clip. Hank Fischer paced the squad with 11 wins, while Bob Botz earned a 2.11 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1961 Louisville Colonels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tony Cloninger, Hank Fischer, Jack Littrell, Bob Smith, Merritt Ranew, Mike Krsnich, Mack Jones, Ken MacKenzie, Larry Maxie, Amado Samuel, Bob Hartman, Howie Bedell, Len Gabrielson, Joe Torre, Neil Chrisley, Cecil Butler, Denny Lemaster, Bob Hendley, Moe Drabowsky, Chi-Chi Olivo, Bob Botz, Bob Uecker, Rick Herrscher, Connie Grob, Lee Tate and Ron Jackson.

Ben Geraghty 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
Hank Fischer	11	9	.550	4.70	32	31		7	0		184.0	200	114	96	12	116	3	163	4	2	9
Moe Drabowsky	9	6	.600	4.75	20	19		6	2		106.0	98	65	56	8	50	2	54	9	0	3
Bob Botz	9	7	.562	2.11	46	6		4	2		132.0	101	35	31	8	37	14	65	2	0	1
Winston Brown	9	11	.450	3.56	33	24		9	0		172.0	168	87	68	18	69	5	100	2	0	2
Cecil Butler	9	11	.450	3.95	23	23		8	3		146.0	130	67	64	16	49	2	91	1	1	0
Connie Grob	8	5	.615	3.78	48	5		1	0		119.0	139	63	50	12	17	3	47	1	0	2
Chi-Chi Olivo	7	4	.636	2.66	42	8		3	0		152.0	139	53	45	19	31	6	127	1	0	4
Ken MacKenzie	6	4	.600	3.62	30	2		0	0		82.0	78	38	33	9	22	4	54	1	0	2
Denny Lemaster	6	4	.600	3.98	16	13		4	1		104.0	91	50	46	6	46	2	98	3	0	2
Tony Cloninger	5	3	.625	4.32	11	11		2	1		75.0	74	39	36	3	40	1	58	1	0	2
Bob Hendley	1	3	.250	4.50	6	4					26.0	29	15	13	1	10				0
Jack Littrell	0	0			2						0.0									0
Bob Hartman	0	0		3.60	10	0		0	0		20.0	24	15	8	3	10	1	10	0	0	0
Larry Maxie	0	0		8.18	4	3					11.0	14	10	10		11				0
Vic Rehm	0	1	.000	10.29	2	2					7.0	9	8	8	1	4				0
Bob Smith	0	2	.000	0.90	7	0					10.0	13	8	1	0	5				0
Totals	80	70	.533	3.78	332	151	0	44	9	0	1346.0	1307	667	565	116	517	43	867	25	3	27	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
Howie Bedell	134	629	593	82	194	31	15	4	63	11		24	34	.327	.353	.450	.803	267		2	5	5	4
Lee Tate	142	634	571	75	166	21	3	0	43	1		32	31	.291	.333	.338	.671	193		6	22	3	1
Mike Krsnich	144	617	562	77	155	40	7	9	92	2		48	63	.276	.332	.420	.752	236		2	0	5	5
Len Gabrielson	137	542	482	69	134	20	7	13	78	5		53	80	.278	.351	.429	.780	207		2	3	2	4
Amado Samuel	147	590	524	81	131	29	3	15	66	2		54	102	.250	.325	.403	.727	211		5	5	2	10
Ron Jackson	131	519	468	69	124	18	4	25	63	0		48	71	.265	.335	.481	.816	225		2	0	1	4
Mack Jones	97	430	377	71	123	15	10	11	61	6		40	92	.326	.397	.507	.904	191		5	7	1	3
Bob Uecker	105	381	314	53	97	17	2	14	57	0		59	45	.309	.422	.510	.932	160		4	2	2	2
Neil Chrisley	97	366	310	52	91	27	1	7	58	3		46	36	.294	.386	.455	.841	141		3	3	4	3
Merritt Ranew	63	191	176	20	61	15	0	0	18	1		14	26	.347	.395	.432	.827	76		0	1	0	2
Rick Herrscher	45	175	146	26	41	10	0	1	21	0		23	15	.281	.382	.370	.751	54		2	2	2	1
Joe Torre	27	119	111	18	38	8	2	3	24	0		6	9	.342	.378	.532	.910	59		1	0	1	0
Jack Littrell	56	166	153	17	34	9	1	5	15	0		12	34	.222	.279	.392	.671	60		0	1	0	1
Hank Fischer	37	82	72	7	19	2	1	0	5	0		5	13	.264	.312	.319	.631	23		0	5	0	0
Winston Brown	37	67	53	8	11	3	0	1	6	0		7	9	.208	.306	.321	.627	17		1	5	1	0
Mike Fandozzi	13	58	48	6	9	1	0	0	3	2		10	2	.188	.328	.208	.536	10		0	0	0	0
Bob Botz	46	41	39	2	8	1	0	0	2	0		0	5	.205	.205	.231	.436	9		0	2	0	0
Cecil Butler	23	59	54	1	8	0	0	0	7	0		4	18	.148	.207	.148	.355	8		0	1	0	0
Connie Grob	48	34	32	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.219	.212	.219	.431	7		0	1	1	0
Denny Lemaster	16	44	39	3	7	0	0	1	7	0		0	12	.179	.175	.256	.431	10		0	4	1	0
Ken MacKenzie	30	26	22	2	6	1	0	0	5	1		2	5	.273	.333	.318	.652	7		0	2	0	0
Moe Drabowsky	20	42	38	5	6	2	1	1	2	0		2	17	.158	.200	.342	.542	13		0	2	0	0
Chi-Chi Olivo	42	44	38	0	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	10	.132	.132	.158	.289	6		0	6	0	0
Tony Cloninger	11	31	27	3	3	1	0	0	3	0		0	5	.111	.100	.148	.248	4		0	1	3	0
Bob Hendley	6	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Vic Rehm	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Larry Maxie	4	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Bob Hartman	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bob Smith	7	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al Grandcolas	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1682	5911	5273	752	1482	272	57	110	700	34	0	489	738	.281	.344	.417	.761	2198	0	35	80	34	40

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ron Jackson	1B	124	944	62	14	121	.986	8.113
Neil Chrisley	1B	37	268	29	3	27	.990	8.027
Lee Tate	2B	140	378	379	14	109	.982	5.407
Rick Herrscher	2B	14	37	24	4	10	.938	4.357
Mike Krsnich	3B	101	109	188	19	25	.940	2.941
Jack Littrell	3B	28	26	47	7	5	.912	2.607
Rick Herrscher	3B	18	16	27	4	5	.915	2.389
Mike Fandozzi	3B	12	8	17	0	2	1.000	2.083
Bob Uecker	C	89	536	43	7	5	.988	6.506	9
Merritt Ranew	C	42	244	19	5	3	.981	6.262	6
Joe Torre	C	26	185	14	2	1	.990	7.654	5
Howie Bedell	OF	134	283	9	5	2	.983	2.179
Len Gabrielson	OF	133	225	4	7	0	.970	1.722
Mack Jones	OF	93	252	5	6	1	.977	2.763
Neil Chrisley	OF	50	77	2	2	0	.975	1.580
Mike Krsnich	OF	43	70	4	6	1	.925	1.721
Rick Herrscher	OF	11	23	1	2	1	.923	2.182
Connie Grob	P	48	4	27	1	0	.969	.646
Bob Botz	P	46	11	29	3	3	.930	.870
Chi-Chi Olivo	P	42	11	22	3	1	.917	.786
Winston Brown	P	33	9	31	2	1	.952	1.212
Hank Fischer	P	32	18	22	1	1	.976	1.250
Ken MacKenzie	P	30	2	5	1	1	.875	.233
Cecil Butler	P	23	10	24	3	4	.919	1.478
Moe Drabowsky	P	20	4	14	2	3	.900	.900
Denny Lemaster	P	16	2	10	0	1	1.000	.750
Tony Cloninger	P	11	4	15	0	3	1.000	1.727
Bob Hartman	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Amado Samuel	SS	146	241	436	33	91	.954	4.637
Totals		1552	3998	1510	156	427	.972	3.549	20	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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