1962 Louisville Colonels Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-75
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Jack Tighe (71-75)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 70,550, Avg. 966

1962 Louisville Colonels Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 3 games, Indianapolis Indians 0
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Denver Bears 2

The Louisville Colonels of the American Association ended the 1962 season with a record of 71 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Colonels scored 601 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 649 runs. Frank Leja led Louisville with 20 home runs, while Ellis Burton walloped 15 or more, too. Frank Leja drove in 80 runs. Jim Bolger paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .319 clip. Connie Grob topped the team with 14 wins, and Denny Lemaster registered a 2.4 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1962 Louisville Colonels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Botz, Connie Grob, Rick Herrscher, Em Lindbeck, Ellis Burton, Lee Tate, Lorencito Fernández, Fritz Brickell, Frank Leja, Frank House, Jack Littrell, Hank Fischer, Phil Roof, Larry Maxie, Jim Bolger, Mike Krsnich, Jim Mahoney, Phil Niekro, Chi-Chi Olivo, Bob Boyd, Dennis Ribant, Denny Lemaster, Cecil Butler, Jake Striker, Neil Chrisley, Dan Schneider, Bob Hartman, Howie Bedell, Eddie Haas, Lou Klimchock and Len Gabrielson.

Jack Tighe 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
Connie Grob	14	10	.583	2.86	36	27		18	5		230.0	230	89	73	17	43	6	84	2	0	4
Chi-Chi Olivo	13	11	.542	3.21	40	22		13	5		202.0	196	77	72	8	51	3	151	1	0	5
Denny Lemaster	10	4	.714	2.40	18	16		9	2		124.0	96	41	33	3	41	0	125	2	1	9
Phil Niekro	9	6	.600	3.86	49	1		1	0		98.0	111	50	42	5	41	5	48	4	0	3
Bob Hartman	6	5	.545	3.48	14	11		4	1		75.0	82	37	29	6	16	1	54	2	1	1
Vic Rehm	6	10	.375	3.78	29	15		2	0		112.0	115	59	47	10	69	2	67	2	1	6
Dan Schneider	5	6	.455	4.40	15	14		3	1		92.0	103	49	45	7	36	0	58	0	0	4
Noel Mickelsen	3	2	.600	5.60	8	8		2	0		45.0	45	34	28	4	17	1	30	1	0	3
Larry Maxie	2	3	.400	5.95	15	7		1	0		59.0	78	42	39	7	33	0	32	7	0	5
Tom Newton	2	8	.200	4.40	36	12		4	0		129.0	154	84	63	12	46	1	64	2	0	5
Jake Striker					11						0.0
Cecil Butler	0	0		7.20	2	0		0	0		5.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0
Winston Brown	0	0		12.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	5	7	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Botz	0	1	.000	3.00	6	0		0	0		6.0	7	3	2	0	4	1	7	0	0	0
Hank Fischer	0	1	.000	6.00	2	2		1	0		9.0	7	7	6	3	8	0	9	0	0	0
Les Bass	0	1	.000	6.30	8	2		0	0		20.0	25	15	14	2	7	0	11	3	0	1
Dennis Ribant	0	3	.000	13.05	6	4		0	0		20.0	38	33	29	8	10	0	15	1	0	2
Totals	70	71	.496	3.88	298	141	0	58	14	0	1229.0	1300	631	530	94	427	20	760	27	3	49	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
Jim Bolger	140	555	508	80	162	28	11	9	74	2		41	46	.319	.368	.470	.839	239		1	1	4	3
Lou Klimchock	116	499	458	59	113	21	4	11	42	3		38	49	.247	.305	.382	.687	175		1	1	1	3
Ellis Burton	110	457	392	76	112	18	6	15	51	8		56	65	.286	.382	.477	.859	187		6	1	2	5
Frank Leja	122	486	405	54	109	21	1	20	80	0		72	100	.269	.384	.474	.858	192		5	1	3	4
Pepper Thomas	118	460	399	52	98	11	2	5	35	3		47	46	.246	.323	.321	.644	128		1	8	5	1
Phil Roof	125	465	390	45	89	12	2	8	34	3		62	76	.228	.336	.331	.666	129		2	9	2	8
Rick Herrscher	61	229	193	28	65	8	1	1	24	1		32	29	.337	.434	.404	.838	78		1	3	0	3
Howie Bedell	59	240	226	20	64	7	4	5	26	4		10	24	.283	.315	.416	.731	94		1	2	1	1
Neil Chrisley	37	152	122	26	36	9	1	5	21	1		26	15	.295	.414	.508	.923	62		1	0	3	2
Em Lindbeck	53	167	158	23	36	8	1	4	19	1		5	35	.228	.247	.367	.614	58		0	1	3	0
Fritz Brickell	42	168	147	20	34	7	0	9	21	0		19	24	.231	.321	.463	.784	68		1	0	1	1
Joe Trenary	43	139	130	13	33	6	2	2	20	1		9	19	.254	.302	.377	.679	49		0	0	0	0
Mike Krsnich	37	132	113	20	32	8	1	1	23	2		16	12	.283	.364	.398	.762	45		0	0	3	0
Jim Mahoney	23	91	85	7	24	4	0	2	13	1		6	17	.282	.330	.400	.730	34		0	0	0	0
Len Gabrielson	23	85	73	9	18	5	0	0	6	0		12	12	.247	.353	.315	.668	23		0	0	0	0
Don Williams	35	89	81	4	17	3	0	0	3	0		7	13	.210	.273	.247	.520	20		0	1	0	1
Connie Grob	39	87	81	6	15	1	0	0	4	0		3	20	.185	.214	.198	.412	16		0	3	0	0
Chi-Chi Olivo	40	78	73	4	12	1	0	1	8	0		1	16	.164	.176	.219	.395	16		0	4	0	0
Eddie Haas	16	41	29	1	8	0	0	0	5	0		12	4	.276	.488	.276	.764	8		0	0	0	1
Denny Lemaster	18	50	44	1	8	1	0	0	3	0		1	14	.182	.217	.205	.422	9		1	4	0	0
Dan Schneider	16	33	29	5	7	1	0	0	1	0		3	5	.241	.312	.276	.588	8		0	1	0	0
Mike Sinnerud	15	45	42	2	7	2	0	1	6	1		3	10	.167	.222	.286	.508	12		0	0	0	0
Jack Littrell	13	27	24	2	6	2	1	0	1	0		3	7	.250	.333	.417	.750	10		0	0	0	0
Frank House	11	35	33	1	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	2	.182	.229	.182	.410	6		0	0	0	0
Tom Newton	39	41	37	5	6	3	0	0	2	0		2	12	.162	.205	.243	.448	9		0	2	0	0
Vic Rehm	29	41	38	1	4	1	0	1	1	0		1	19	.105	.128	.211	.339	8		0	2	0	0
Bob Hartman	15	30	30	1	3	0	0	0	4	0		0	12	.100	.100	.100	.200	3		0	0	0	0
Les Bass	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0	0	0
Hank Fischer	2	6	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	3		0	0	0
Dennis Ribant	8	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2		0	0	0	0
Noel Mickelsen	9	18	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	0	0	0
Phil Niekro	50	21	20	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		0	7	.100	.100	.250	.350	5		0	1	0	0
Larry Maxie	16	23	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	12	.043	.043	.043	.087	1		0	0	0	0
Brent Holder	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Cecil Butler	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Bob Botz	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1500	5009	4424	569	1135	189	37	101	530	31	0	491	729	.257	.332	.384	.716	1701	0	21	45	28	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Leja	1B	120	1092	60	6	135	.995	9.600
Neil Chrisley	1B	11	82	3	0	12	1.000	7.727
Lou Klimchock	2B	112	249	301	13	87	.977	4.911
Pepper Thomas	2B	10	13	11	1	5	.960	2.400
Fritz Brickell	2B	10	29	33	2	17	.969	6.200
Pepper Thomas	3B	83	83	198	14	30	.953	3.386
Rick Herrscher	3B	30	24	79	5	10	.954	3.433
Fritz Brickell	3B	25	20	65	5	8	.944	3.400
Phil Roof	C	122	707	77	15	10	.981	6.426	17
Don Williams	C	21	88	5	3	1	.969	4.429	3
Frank House	C	10	50	4	0	0	1.000	5.400	1
Jim Bolger	OF	133	241	14	11	3	.959	1.917
Ellis Burton	OF	108	238	15	9	5	.966	2.343
Howie Bedell	OF	59	111	6	2	2	.983	1.983
Em Lindbeck	OF	40	76	3	3	1	.963	1.975
Joe Trenary	OF	35	77	5	1	0	.988	2.343
Neil Chrisley	OF	25	38	2	1	0	.976	1.600
Mike Krsnich	OF	22	34	1	1	0	.972	1.591
Len Gabrielson	OF	21	55	2	1	0	.983	2.714
Phil Niekro	P	49	2	23	0	6	1.000	.510
Chi-Chi Olivo	P	40	6	22	0	2	1.000	.700
Tom Newton	P	36	3	28	1	3	.969	.861
Connie Grob	P	36	14	58	2	5	.973	2.000
Vic Rehm	P	29	1	20	1	1	.955	.724
Denny Lemaster	P	18	2	10	0	0	1.000	.667
Dan Schneider	P	15	3	19	1	2	.957	1.467
Larry Maxie	P	15	5	8	1	0	.929	.867
Bob Hartman	P	14	3	11	1	0	.933	1.000
Jake Striker	P	11						.000
Noel Mickelsen	P	8						.000
Les Bass	P	8						.000
Dennis Ribant	P	6						.000
Bob Botz	P	6						.000
Winston Brown	P	3						.000
Hank Fischer	P	2						.000
Cecil Butler	P	2						.000
Jim Mahoney	SS	23	35	75	11	13	.909	4.783
Rick Herrscher	SS	23	31	79	12	16	.902	4.783
Pepper Thomas	SS	20	19	65	5	8	.944	4.200
Mike Sinnerud	SS	12	21	42	6	10	.913	5.250
Totals		1373	3452	1344	134	392	.973	3.493	21	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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