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1945 Louisville Colonels

1945 > Class AA > 1945 American Association
Overall: 84-70
Scored 716 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Nemo Leibold
Represented: Louisville, KY
Ballpark: Parkway Field  (Louisville, KY)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1944 / 1946

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jack Aragon 29 88 288 243 32 60 15 0 1 32 2 38 41 .247 .353 .321 .674 78 5 2 5 Stats for 2 teams
2 Victor Austin 24 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1
3 Steve Barath 32 121 447 381 65 111 27 4 15 66 6 63 65 .291 .395 .501 .896 191 11 2 1
4 Earl Browne* 34 146 609 539 72 147 16 7 5 83 7 57 20 .273 .346 .356 .702 192 3 3 10
5 Richard Callahan 21 35 67 64 7 16 2 0 0 9 0 2 21 .250 .273 .281 .554 18 1 0 1
6 Rex Cecil* 28 31 71 62 6 16 2 1 0 2 2 9 8 .258 .352 .323 .675 20 1 0 0
7 Fred Chumley 29 15 16 16 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 2 0 0 0
8 Otey Clark 30 23 48 45 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 8 .200 .217 .222 .440 10 2 0 2
9 Cosmo Cotelle* 40 58 208 188 29 51 9 2 1 23 6 19 5 .271 .338 .356 .695 67 3 0 1
10 Lindsay Deal* 33 39 103 90 15 33 5 1 0 15 3 11 2 .367 .441 .444 .886 40 3 1 1
11 George Diehl 27 24 44 39 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 4 17 .128 .209 .205 .414 8 0 0 1
12 Frank Genovese* 30 154 677 541 93 151 27 10 4 49 25 121 37 .279 .413 .388 .801 210 4 2 13
13 Randy Heflin* 26 9 22 4 .182
14 Herschel Held 22 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .067 .067 1
15 Bill Howerton* 23 81 231 208 43 56 12 5 5 33 6 22 25 .269 .339 .447 .786 93 3 0 1
16 Joe Kaney 18 17 57 53 7 13 2 2 0 8 0 3 7 .245 .298 .358 .657 19 0 1 0
17 Harry Kimberlin 36 34 31 28 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 .214 .241 .214 .456 6 2 0 2 Stats for 2 teams
18 Chuck Koney 19 139 557 513 69 141 24 3 4 72 12 37 37 .275 .326 .357 .683 183 8 2 5
19 Ty LaForest 28 91 348 306 57 108 15 5 2 43 14 35 41 .353 .419 .454 .874 139 7 0 7
20 Joseph Langworthy* 24 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
21 Elwood Lawson* 24 33 46 39 4 8 2 0 0 5 0 7 10 .205 .326 .256 .582 10 0 0 0
22 Nig Lipscomb 34 40 109 92 13 24 5 0 1 11 0 14 7 .261 .358 .348 .706 32 4 0 3
23 John Lund 29 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
24 Victor Males 27 137 528 461 58 103 22 4 3 48 2 57 84 .223 .310 .308 .618 142 8 1 9 Stats for 2 teams
25 Red Marion 31 116 434 348 57 89 16 1 1 44 4 82 50 .256 .399 .316 .715 110 13 1 3 Stats for 2 teams
26 Wally Millies 38 50 141 120 12 26 5 0 0 12 0 16 3 .217 .314 .258 .572 31 3 1 4
27 William Molyneaux? 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
28 Ray Patton 26 15 21 21 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .095 .095 .095 .190 2 1 0 0
29 Frank Piet 32 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 1
30 Nick Polly 28 118 471 379 65 119 23 0 9 65 5 80 37 .314 .442 .446 .888 169 16 7 5 Stats for 2 teams
31 Charles Roberts? -- 5 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 1
32 George Savino# 35 106 337 292 42 87 23 0 4 61 2 40 11 .298 .384 .418 .802 122 11 1 4 Stats for 2 teams
33 Strick Shofner* 25 144 570 524 75 156 18 13 1 68 13 39 47 .298 .348 .387 .735 203 7 1 6
34 Dwight Simonds 25 45 37 35 8 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 7 .257 .257 .314 .571 11 1 0 2
35 Ben Steiner* 23 44 183 167 17 36 9 2 1 16 7 16 11 .216 .284 .311 .596 52 0 0 0
36 Yank Terry 34 7 14 2 .143
37 Don Thompson* 21 34 54 46 9 12 2 3 0 6 0 7 5 .261 .358 .435 .793 20 0 0 1
38 Fred Walters 32 31 111 94 17 32 6 1 2 19 0 16 4 .340 .436 .489 .926 46 0 0 1
39 Al Widmar 20 33 57 54 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 10 .148 .179 .185 .364 10 1 0 1
40 John Zipay* 29 6 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 2
40 Players 28.6 154 5698 4990 716 1358 229 61 46 652 105 610 518 .272 .354 .370 .724 1847 88 20 78
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 GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Earl Browne* 34 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0
2 Richard Callahan 21 10 5 .667 3.92 29 17 8 10 1 147.0 133 77 64 90 87 3 2 8 1.517 8.1 5.5 5.3 0.97
3 Rex Cecil 28 10 9 .526 2.96 28 20 6 12 2 161.0 149 61 53 70 98 2 1 5 1.360 8.3 3.9 5.5 1.40
4 Fred Chumley 29 1 2 .333 5.02 13 1 8 1 0 43.0 43 30 24 37 10 1 0 3 1.860 9.0 7.7 2.1 0.27
5 Otey Clark 30 11 6 .647 4.07 23 19 3 11 1 126.0 123 60 57 51 46 0 0 1 1.381 8.8 3.6 3.3 0.90
6 George Diehl 27 6 9 .400 3.47 21 15 3 7 0 122.0 122 59 47 36 42 1 0 1 1.295 9.0 2.7 3.1 1.17
7 Randy Heflin 26 3 2 .600 3.76 8 7 1 4 0 55.0 56 33 23 23 37 2 0 0 1.436 9.2 3.8 6.1 1.61
8 Harry Kimberlin 36 6 8 .429 4.54 34 10 16 4 0 107.0 131 72 54 37 48 1 0 1 1.570 11.0 3.1 4.0 1.30 Stats for 2 teams
9 Elwood Lawson* 24 5 6 .455 4.00 33 14 12 2 1 117.0 108 60 52 98 75 2 0 7 1.761 8.3 7.5 5.8 0.77
10 John Lund 29 0 1 .000 7.00 4 0 0 9.0 15 8 7 3 4 0 0 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
11 Ray Patton 26 3 4 .429 5.76 14 7 3 1 0 50.0 53 48 32 40 42 1 1 3 1.860 9.5 7.2 7.6 1.05
12 Dwight Simonds 25 13 5 .722 3.80 39 7 26 5 1 116.0 137 68 49 46 40 1 0 2 1.578 10.6 3.6 3.1 0.87
13 Yank Terry 34 4 2 .667 3.29 7 7 0 4 2 41.0 45 17 15 12 20 0 0 1 1.390 9.9 2.6 4.4 1.67
14 Don Thompson* 21 6 8 .429 3.66 22 16 3 7 3 113.0 91 62 46 101 94 7 0 3 1.699 7.2 8.0 7.5 0.93
15 Al Widmar 20 10 8 .556 4.76 33 20 6 2 0 153.0 160 101 81 94 64 1 1 5 1.660 9.4 5.5 3.8 0.68
15 Players 26.1 84 70 .545 154 154 699

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
George Savino 91 339 57 8 8 .980 4.35 10 Stats for 2 teams
Jack Aragon 79 306 48 16 7 .957 4.48 11 Stats for 2 teams
Wally Millies 42 168 26 8 5 .960 4.62 7
Fred Walters 29 127 25 3 4 .981 5.24 4

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Earl Browne 145 1235 64 15 107 .989 8.96

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chuck Koney 138 371 389 34 90 .957 5.51
Victor Males 14 34 38 3 1 .960 5.14 Stats for 2 teams

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nick Polly 79 74 137 25 10 .894 2.67 Stats for 2 teams
Ben Steiner 42 37 90 3 11 .977 3.02
Ty LaForest 21 22 50 4 5 .947 3.43
Victor Males 18 20 35 3 2 .948 3.06 Stats for 2 teams
Strick Shofner 17 22 29 4 4 .927 3.00
Nig Lipscomb 10 10 15 1 2 .962 2.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Strick Shofner 128 250 365 55 70 .918 4.80
Victor Males 98 192 278 33 51 .934 4.80 Stats for 2 teams
Joe Kaney 17 27 34 9 5 .871 3.59
Ty LaForest 14 21 37 5 7 .921 4.14

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frank Genovese 154 310 11 0 1 1.000 2.08
Steve Barath 108 168 9 1 1 .994 1.64
Red Marion 103 175 9 8 1 .958 1.79 Stats for 2 teams
Bill Howerton 72 107 9 6 0 .951 1.61
Cosmo Cotelle 52 81 4 2 1 .977 1.63
Ty LaForest 42 60 5 3 1 .956 1.55
Nick Polly 33 46 1 2 0 .959 1.42 Stats for 2 teams
Lindsay Deal 23 40 4 1 1 .978 1.91
Victor Males 10 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Stats for 2 teams

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dwight Simonds 39 6 24 1 1 .968 0.77
Harry Kimberlin 34 4 21 3 1 .893 0.74 Stats for 2 teams
Elwood Lawson 33 2 25 2 0 .931 0.82
Al Widmar 33 7 54 2 3 .968 1.85
Richard Callahan 29 8 44 2 0 .963 1.79
Rex Cecil 28 7 35 3 2 .933 1.50
Otey Clark 23 5 18 0 3 1.000 1.00
Don Thompson 22 10 28 3 5 .927 1.73
George Diehl 21 7 23 1 0 .968 1.43
Ray Patton 14 1 11 3 0 .800 0.86
Fred Chumley 13 3 11 1 2 .933 1.08
Randy Heflin 8 0.00
Yank Terry 7 0.00
John Lund 4 0.00
Earl Browne 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jack Aragon 29 R R 5' 10.0" 176 Nov 20, 1915 La Habana, La Habana, CU
Victor Austin 24 R 5' 10.0" 160 1921
Steve Barath 32 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Mar 17, 1913
Earl Browne 34 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 5, 1911 Louisville, KY, US
Richard Callahan 21 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1924
Rex Cecil 28 L R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 8, 1916 Lindsay, OK, US
Fred Chumley 29 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 25, 1915 TX, US
Otey Clark 30 R R 6' 1.0" 190 May 22, 1915 Boscobel, WI, US
Cosmo Cotelle 40 L L 5' 5.0" 155 Nov 5, 1904 St. James, LA, US
Lindsay Deal 33 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Sep 3, 1911 Lenoir, NC, US
George Diehl 27 R R 6' 2.0" 196 Feb 25, 1918 Emmaus, PA, US
Frank Genovese 30 L R 5' 9.0" 170 Nov 23, 1914 Staten Island, NY, US
Randy Heflin 26 L R 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 11, 1918 Fredericksburg, VA, US
Herschel Held 22 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 16, 1923 McLoud, OK, US
Bill Howerton 23 L R 5' 11.0" 185 Dec 12, 1921 Lompoc, CA, US
Joe Kaney 18 R 5' 11.0" 160 Mar 3, 1927 Alameda, CA, US
Harry Kimberlin 36 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Mar 13, 1909 Sullivan, MO, US
Chuck Koney 19 R 5' 9.0" 160 Oct 8, 1925
Ty LaForest 28 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Apr 18, 1917 Edmundston, NB, CA
Joseph Langworthy 24 L 5' 9.0" 165 1921
Elwood Lawson 24 L L 5' 10.0" 155 Jul 15, 1920
Nig Lipscomb 34 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Feb 24, 1911 Rutherfordton, NC, US
John Lund 29 R R 6' 2.0" 190 1916
Victor Males 27 R 5' 9.0" 155 1918
Red Marion 31 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Mar 14, 1914 Richburg, SC, US
Wally Millies 38 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Oct 18, 1906 Chicago, IL, US
William Molyneaux 27 6' 0.0" 180 1918
Ray Patton 26 R R 6' 3.0" 200 1919
Frank Piet 32 R 6' 0.0" 185 1913
Nick Polly 28 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Apr 18, 1917 Chicago, IL, US
Charles Roberts -- Unknown
George Savino 35 S R 5' 11.0" 170 1910 Nutley, NJ, US
Strick Shofner 25 L R 5' 10.0" 187 Jul 23, 1919 Crawford, TX, US
Dwight Simonds 25 R R 6' 0.0" 160 1920
Ben Steiner 23 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 28, 1921 Alexandria, VA, US
Yank Terry 34 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 11, 1911 Huron, IN, US
Don Thompson 21 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 28, 1923 Swepsonville, NC, US
Fred Walters 32 R R 6' 1.0" 210 Sep 4, 1912 Laurel, MS, US
Al Widmar 20 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Mar 20, 1925 Cleveland, OH, US
John Zipay 29 L L 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 3, 1915

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