1943 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Johnny Riddle (63-76)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 87,448, Avg. 1,258

1943 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1943 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

Johnny Riddle 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
Howie Fox	14	17	.452	4.83	42	23	16	11	2		205.0	238	133	110		94		75	5	1	4
Jake Baker	9	9	.500	3.06	27	22	3	11	2		162.0	191	79	55		50		39	4	0	6
Bob Ferguson	6	4	.600	4.05	26	14	9	5	2		100.0	115	58	45		46		36	0	0	2
Andy Lapihuska	5	3	.625	3.60	10	8	2	7	0		60.0	68	33	24		25		34	2	0	2
John Orphal	5	5	.500	6.10	13	11	0	3	1		62.0	66	49	42		63		35	1	1	5
Rocky Stone	5	6	.455	4.01	17	12	2	4	1		92.0	109	46	41		27		45	4	0	1
Parker Garner	4	6	.400	6.78	15	10	3	4	1		65.0	78	60	49		56		18	5	0	0
Sugar Cain	3	4	.429	5.02	11	6	4	3	1		43.0	50	38	24		22		10	0	0	1
Buddy Lively	2	0	1.000	3.12	3	3	0	2	0		26.0	27	9	9		4		15	0	0	1
Clifford Bartholomew	2	2	.500	3.46	30						78.0	67	40	30		41		31	5	0	9
Zack Schuessler	2	3	.400	4.18	14	9	4	2	0		71.0	84	39	33		20		23	1	0	3
Bob Malloy	2	5	.286	2.25	10	7	3	5	1		56.0	52	21	14		23		27	0	0	1
Tom Murray	1	7	.125	4.69	26	4	14	2	0		96.0	94	63	50		61		34	4	0	5
Bill Perrin					17						0.0
Bob Usher	0	0		0.00	4						8.0									0
Totals	60	71	.458	4.21	265	129	60	59	11	0	1124.0	1239	668	526	0	532	0	422	31	2	40	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
William Thaxton	127	527	458	67	148	16	6	0	42	18	9	53	17	.323	.402	.384	.786	176		7	9
Chuck Aleno	136	556	494	70	143	19	5	2	60	7	4	52	22	.289	.358	.360	.719	178		1	9
Jodie Beeler	141	593	518	70	143	29	4	2	72	17	4	60	33	.276	.352	.359	.711	186		1	14
Bob Usher	129	542	479	69	131	12	11	2	43	18	6	50	61	.273	.346	.357	.703	171		3	10
Nick Polly	121	514	411	90	125	34	4	9	71	3	5	89	48	.304	.434	.472	.906	194		5	9
Dick Sipek	74	284	253	37	85	12	7	2	25	3	1	18	31	.336	.394	.462	.856	117		6	7
Johnny Riddle	92	276	257	20	73	5	0	0	35	2	1	11	12	.284	.316	.304	.619	78		1	7
Lon Goldstein	56	233	202	27	68	13	7	3	38	9	2	29	21	.337	.422	.515	.937	104		1	1
Fred Smith	101	290	243	27	58	9	2	0	27	3	0	37	35	.239	.339	.292	.631	71		0	10
Johnny Conway	43	173	162	27	47	7	1	1	17	2	2	6	7	.290	.320	.364	.684	59		1	4
Howie Fox	53	96	87	16	32	4	1	0	13	1	0	3	12	.368	.396	.437	.832	38		1	5
Garland Lawing	24	104	83	16	31	5	4	1	18	3	1	19	13	.373	.490	.566	1.056	47		0	2
Jack Massey	28	87	80	9	21	5	0	0	11	1	0	4	21	.262	.306	.325	.631	26		1	2
Herbert Moore	35	101	78	5	17	2	2	0	8	0	1	17	15	.218	.371	.295	.666	23		2	4
Ben Lady	28	60	54	6	15	3	0	1	9	0	0	5	12	.278	.350	.389	.739	21		1	0
Glenn Rawlinson	28	72	64	9	14	0	0	2	9	2	2	7	11	.219	.296	.312	.608	20		0	1
Matthew Usciak	23	86	75	11	13	2	1	0	7	4	1	8	6	.173	.262	.227	.489	17		1	2
Rocky Stone	19	39	38	2	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	5	.316	.316	.368	.684	14		0	1
Andy Lapihuska	23	40	35	6	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	5	3	.286	.375	.371	.746	13		0	0
Jake Baker	31	71	61	1	10	1	0	0	8	0	0	4	5	.164	.215	.180	.396	11		0	6
Tom Murray	27	38	36	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	13	.222	.243	.333	.577	12		0	1
Bob Ferguson	28	37	31	4	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	6	.194	.242	.258	.500	8		0	4
Bob Malloy	12	24	21	1	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	6	.190	.227	.429	.656	9		0	2
Maurice Wright	7	21	21		4									.190	.190	.190	.381	4
Clifford Bartholomew	30	20	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.158	.200	.158	.358	3		0	0
Parker Garner	15	26	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.120	.120	.120	.240	3		0	1
Richard Wentworth	2	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Buddy Lively	3	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
John Orphal	13	28	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.080	.179	.080	.259	2		0	0
Nick Muti	5	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Zack Schuessler	14	26	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	2
Sugar Cain	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Jack Nealy	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1480	5001	4368	596	1231	184	60	25	528	93	39	488	443	.282	.358	.369	.727	1610	0	32	113	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lon Goldstein	1B	56	467	34	3	30	.994	8.946
Jodie Beeler	2B	122	334	374	32	77	.957	5.803
Glenn Rawlinson	2B	22	48	53	4	18	.962	4.591
Nick Polly	3B	118	107	224	27	19	.925	2.805
Chuck Aleno	3B	20	26	38	3	3	.955	3.200
Fred Smith	C	85	255	43	11	8	.964	3.506	9
Johnny Riddle	C	69	257	45	8	4	.974	4.377	2
Ben Lady	C	17	32	3	2	0	.946	2.059	3
Bob Usher	OF	127	260	17	16	4	.945	2.181
William Thaxton	OF	123	302	11	13	2	.960	2.545
Chuck Aleno	OF	94	156	14	6	2	.966	1.809
Dick Sipek	OF	72	105	5	5	0	.957	1.528
Garland Lawing	OF	24	52	3	2	1	.965	2.292
Jodie Beeler	OF	10	11	2	2	0	.867	1.300
Howie Fox	P	42	10	39	1	2	.980	1.167
Clifford Bartholomew	P	30	1	13	0	0	1.000	.467
Jake Baker	P	27	3	23	3	1	.897	.963
Tom Murray	P	26	1	16	1	1	.944	.654
Bob Ferguson	P	26	6	15	0	1	1.000	.808
Rocky Stone	P	17	7	9	0	0	1.000	.941
Bill Perrin	P	17						.000
Parker Garner	P	15	3	11	0	1	1.000	.933
Zack Schuessler	P	14	1	10	0	0	1.000	.786
John Orphal	P	13	2	9	3	3	.786	.846
Sugar Cain	P	11	1	8	0	0	1.000	.818
Bob Malloy	P	10	3	6	1	0	.900	.900
Andy Lapihuska	P	10	1	13	0	2	1.000	1.400
Bob Usher	P	4						.000
Buddy Lively	P	3						.000
Johnny Conway	SS	41	72	134	15	34	.932	5.024
Chuck Aleno	SS	29	42	74	3	13	.975	4.000
Herbert Moore	SS	28	47	69	12	14	.906	4.143
Jack Massey	SS	28	52	75	12	9	.914	4.536
Matthew Usciak	SS	22	41	59	7	11	.935	4.545
Jodie Beeler	SS	14	27	49	8	14	.905	5.429
Totals		1386	2732	1498	200	274	.955	3.052	14	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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