1928 Louisville Colonels

1928 > Class AA > 1928 American Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Billy Meyer
Represented: Louisville, KY
Ballpark: Parkway Field (Louisville, KY)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1927 / 1929

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Merito Acosta*	32	16		32	5	5	1	0	0	1			.156		.188		6		0
2	Leon Austin?	--	4		1		0	0	0	0				.000		.000		0
3	Joe Bird#	25	64		166	10	48	4	2	0	1			.289		.337		56		3	Stats for 2 teams
4	Dud Branom*	30	170	725	659	69	204	33	11	17	11	38	21	.310	.353	.470	.823	310	6	22
5	Earl Browne*	17	3		11		1	1	0	0				.091		.182		2
6	Larry Creson?	--	25		27	3	5	0	1	0	0			.185		.259		7		0
7	Nick Cullop*	40	25		35	2	7	1	0	0	0			.200		.229		8		3
8	Wayland Dean#	26	19		16	2	4	1	1	0	0			.250		.438		7		2
9	Joe DeBerry*	31	52		96	8	21	0	0	0	0			.219		.219		21		6
10	Alfred Ellis?	--	2		2		1	0	0	0				.500		.500		1
11	Art Funk	22	146	567	523	59	125	11	11	1	17	23	31	.239	.280	.308	.588	161	7	14
12	Babe Ganzel	27	79	349	276	50	89	21	6	1	5	46	20	.322	.425	.453	.878	125	3	24
13	Joe Guyon?	35	25		79	9	19	3	3	0	1			.241		.354		28		2
14	Everett Henegar?	--	4		8		3	1	0	0				.375		.500		4
15	Billy Herman	18	4		15		5	1	1	0				.333		.533		8
16	Nap Kloza	24	16		40	4	4	1	0	0	1			.100		.125		5		4
17	Ernie Koob*	35	39		59	2	5	1	0	0	0			.085		.102		6		4
18	Dick Loftus*	27	163	741	655	105	185	26	6	1	15	50	25	.282	.345	.345	.690	226	13	23
19	Lawrence Merville*	23	30		103	9	22	5	1	1	0			.214		.311		32		5
20	Billy Meyer	35	35		84	4	23	5	2	0	1			.274		.381		32		1
21	Mal Moss	23	54		83	6	8	1	0	0	0			.096		.108		9		10
22	Clarence Nachand	20	152	550	478	52	108	21	5	9	12	47	106	.226	.307	.347	.654	166	9	16
23	Joe Olivares	21	156	579	537	52	162	21	2	0	21	23	26	.302	.333	.348	.681	187	2	17
24	John Riffe?	--	11		26	4	8	1	2	0	1			.308		.500		13		1
25	Don Rutherford?	--	93		244	22	53	7	1	0	1			.217		.254		62		6
26	Red Shannon#	31	101	270	242	24	70	11	1	1	0	23	21	.289	.351	.355	.706	86	0	5
27	Ginger Shinault	35	114	366	307	36	72	11	2	2	2	45	34	.235	.338	.303	.641	93	3	11	Stats for 2 teams
28	Ed Sicking	31	168	736	658	114	242	38	4	1	14	55	25	.368	.418	.442	.860	291	2	21
29	Oscar Siemer	26	9		23		3	1	0	0				.130		.174		4
30	Rudy Sommers#	40	35		58	5	16	2	0	0	0			.276		.310		18		0
31	Ray Thompson	24	103	338	302	24	83	13	6	2	0	23	22	.275	.326	.377	.704	114	0	13	Stats for 2 teams
32	Ben Tincup*	35	60		100	7	17	4	2	0	0			.170		.250		25		3
33	Roy Wilkinson	35	40		72	4	12	2	1	0	0			.167		.222		16		3
	33 Players	27.4

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Leon Austin?	--	0	0			4	8.0	11			12				2.875	12.4	13.5
2	Earl Browne*	17	0	1	.000		1	9.0	20			0				2.222	20.0	0.0
3	Larry Creson?	--	3	6	.333	5.11	21	74.0	93	57	42	40	22	5	3	1.797	11.3	4.9	2.7	0.55
4	Nick Cullop*	40	2	6	.250	4.09	25	110.0	123	64	50	28	24	0	3	1.373	10.1	2.3	2.0	0.86
5	Wayland Dean	26	0	1	.000		4	15.0	22			8				2.000	13.2	4.8
6	Joe DeBerry	31	11	19	.367	3.93	41	268.0	334	128	117	38	58	8	1	1.388	11.2	1.3	1.9	1.53
7	Everett Henegar?	--	1	0	1.000		4	22.0	36			6				1.909	14.7	2.5
8	Ernie Koob*	35	7	17	.292	5.49	39	187.0	249	142	114	67	54	8	4	1.690	12.0	3.2	2.6	0.81
9	Mal Moss*	23	10	22	.313	4.36	46	262.0	305	157	127	117	86	6	11	1.611	10.5	4.0	3.0	0.74
10	Rudy Sommers*	40	2	8	.200	4.36	28	126.0	140	78	61	38	27	7	1	1.413	10.0	2.7	1.9	0.71
11	Ben Tincup	35	14	10	.583	3.42	38	208.0	229	97	79	55	87	7	1	1.365	9.9	2.4	3.8	1.58
12	Roy Wilkinson	35	12	16	.429	3.41	37	214.0	224	89	81	66	85	6	1	1.355	9.4	2.8	3.6	1.29
	12 Players	33.1

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ginger Shinault	95	262	70	19	8	.946	3.49	9	Stats for 2 teams
Ray Thompson	88	290	68	14	8	.962	4.07	9	Stats for 2 teams
Joe Bird	57	158	57	8	3	.964	3.77	6	Stats for 2 teams
Billy Meyer	30	81	17	3	1	.970	3.27	2

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dud Branom	170		1633	69	16	130	.991	10.01

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ed Sicking	166		415	512	28	105	.971	5.58

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Art Funk	133		122	276	33	30	.923	2.99
Red Shannon	49		46	78	9	6	.932	2.53

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Olivares	152		339	456	40	80	.952	5.23
Don Rutherford	31		34	75	3	13	.973	3.52

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dick Loftus	163	429	16	13	1	.972	2.73
Clarence Nachand	149	352	18	18	3	.954	2.48
Babe Ganzel	79	170	11	7	2	.963	2.29
Don Rutherford	50	78	6	4	3	.955	1.68
Lawrence Merville	29	71	1	3	0	.960	2.48
Joe Guyon	20	42	2	3	1	.936	2.20
Nap Kloza	15	30	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Merito Acosta	12	11	2	0	1	1.000	1.08
Red Shannon	10	16	0	1	0	.941	1.60

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mal Moss	46	8	56	6	2	.914	1.39
Joe DeBerry	41	7	50	0	2	1.000	1.39
Ernie Koob	39	5	61	1	2	.985	1.69
Ben Tincup	38	6	31	1	1	.974	0.97
Roy Wilkinson	37	5	41	2	0	.958	1.24
Rudy Sommers	28	1	29	2	0	.938	1.07
Nick Cullop	25	2	26	2	1	.933	1.12
Larry Creson	21	3	21	2	2	.923	1.14

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Merito Acosta	32	L	L	5' 7.0"	140	May 19, 1896	Bauta, CU
Leon Austin	--					Unknown
Joe Bird	25	S		5' 10.0"	165	Oct 3, 1902
Dud Branom	30	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 30, 1897	Sulphur Springs, TX, US
Earl Browne	17	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 5, 1911	Louisville, KY, US
Larry Creson	--					Unknown
Nick Cullop	40	L	L	5' 11.0"	172	Sep 17, 1887	Chilhowie, VA, US
Wayland Dean	26	S	R	6' 1.0"	178	Jun 20, 1902	Richwood, WV, US
Joe DeBerry	31	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 29, 1896	Mount Gilead, NC, US
Alfred Ellis	--					Unknown
Art Funk	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Jul 4, 1905	Laconia, IN, US
Babe Ganzel	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	May 22, 1901	Malden, MA, US
Joe Guyon	35			6' 2.0"	200	Nov 26, 1892	White Earth Reservation, MN, US
Everett Henegar	--					Unknown
Billy Herman	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 7, 1909	New Albany, IN, US
Nap Kloza	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Sep 7, 1903	PL
Ernie Koob	35	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Sep 11, 1892	Keeler, MI, US
Dick Loftus	27	L	R	6' 0.0"	155	Mar 7, 1901	Concord, MA, US
Lawrence Merville	23	L		5' 11.0"	184	Jan 20, 1905
Billy Meyer	35	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Jan 14, 1893	Knoxville, TN, US
Mal Moss	23	R	L	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 18, 1905	Sullivan, IN, US
Clarence Nachand	20	R		5' 11.0"	185	Dec 29, 1907
Joe Olivares	21	R	R	5' 5.0"	150	Aug 1, 1906	La Habana, La Habana, CU
John Riffe	--					Unknown
Don Rutherford	--					Unknown
Red Shannon	31	S	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 11, 1897	Jersey City, NJ, US
Ginger Shinault	35	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 7, 1892	Benton, AR, US
Ed Sicking	31	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Mar 30, 1897	St. Bernard, OH, US
Oscar Siemer	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	162	Aug 14, 1901	St. Louis, MO, US
Rudy Sommers	40	S	L	5' 11.0"	165	Oct 30, 1887	Cincinnati, OH, US
Ray Thompson	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	May 8, 1904	Milwaukee, WI, US
Ben Tincup	35	L	R	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 14, 1893	Adair, OK, US
Roy Wilkinson	35	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	May 8, 1893	Canandaigua, NY, US

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