1944 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Johnny Riddle (0-0), Ted Petoskey (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 96,891, Avg. 1,394

1944 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.

Johnny Riddle and Ted Petoskey 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	19	10	.655	2.71	37	29	8	23	1		252.0	252	97	76		104		98	4	0	4
Bob Ferguson	13	7	.650	2.96	26	21	4	13	3		164.0	159	72	54		62		81	5	0	5
Walter Milner	8	13	.381	4.58	37	21	8	6	0		159.0	161	103	81		74		48	3	0	5
John Orphal	7	15	.318	3.98	34	26	6	9	1		192.0	182	111	85		110		99	4	0	14
Joseph Lease	6	5	.545	4.10	35	7	15	4	0		101.0	107	60	46		53		41	2	0	3
Joseph Talley	3	8	.273	3.82	15	10	4	4	0		73.0	92	51	31		29		23	6	0	5
Tom Murray	2	3	.400	4.30	13						44.0	53	38	21		24		10	3	1	3
Arthur Cook	1	0	1.000	4.50	10						16.0	15	10	8		13		6	1	0	1
Joe Petrick	1	2	.333	4.50	10	4	4	1	0		36.0	44	27	18		16		8	1	0	2
Jake Baker					13						0.0
Harold Smith	0	0		0.00	3						3.0
Alton Nixon	0	0		0.00	3						5.0
Johnny Riddle	0	0		0.00	7						11.0
Richard Kraft	0	1	.000	5.14	4						7.0	12	5	4		6		4	0	0	2
Darwin Cobb	0	1	.000	15.75	2						4.0	8	8	7		5		1	0	0	0
Joe Nuxhall	0	1	.000	54.00	1						1.0	1	6	6		5		1	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	0	2	.000	6.63	5						19.0	33	17	14		5		3	0	0	0
Walt Evans	0	2	.000	8.40	8						15.0	32	22	14		16		4	0	0	1
Totals	60	70	.462	3.80	263	118	49	60	5	0	1102.0	1151	627	465	0	522	0	427	29	1	45	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
Dick Sipek	134	564	508	96	162	17	9	4	85	17		42	48	.319	.377	.411	.788	209		5	9
Jodie Beeler	124	514	445	83	151	29	5	1	67	15		63	34	.339	.422	.434	.856	193		1	5
Wally Flager	123	498	432	69	122	17	5	7	63	5		57	50	.282	.366	.394	.760	170		0	9
William Thaxton	117	484	411	75	118	17	1	1	29	13		57	27	.287	.382	.341	.722	140		6	10
Jake Daniel	129	526	450	68	114	24	9	9	72	5		71	88	.253	.356	.407	.763	183		1	4
Ted Petoskey	73	298	275	48	95	11	2	0	29	5		18	13	.345	.388	.400	.788	110		1	4
Johnny Riddle	93	298	273	31	90	15	0	0	37	3		17	10	.330	.371	.385	.756	105		1	7
Charles Smith	83	298	272	31	83	20	2	1	51	6		21	25	.305	.357	.404	.762	110		1	4
Ben Catchings	74	303	254	36	77	12	3	0	37	9		40	33	.303	.402	.374	.776	95		2	7
Glenn Rawlinson	83	286	257	28	69	6	1	0	34	2		21	55	.268	.333	.300	.633	77		4	4
Eugene Bradley	40	151	137	21	38	3	3	0	13	2		11	10	.277	.331	.343	.674	47		0	3
Howie Fox	56	130	114	16	26	1	0	0	12	3		11	16	.228	.296	.237	.533	27		0	5
Bob Ferguson	29	71	65	3	15	2	1	0	10	0		2	18	.231	.254	.292	.546	19		0	4
John Orphal	38	81	74	4	14	0	1	0	4	1		5	22	.189	.241	.216	.457	16		0	2
Kermit Wahl	23	59	52	7	12	4	0	0	3	2		5	11	.231	.310	.308	.618	16		1	1
Jim Riskosky	7	23	23		7									.304	.304	.304	.609	7
Walter Milner	37	56	48	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		6	9	.146	.241	.167	.407	8		0	2
Forrest Hunt	24	68	53	1	7	0	0	0	6	0		11	17	.132	.292	.132	.424	7		1	3
Richard Wentworth	8	13	13		6									.462	.462	.462	.923	6
Joseph Talley	15	26	24	2	6	0	0	0	5	0		2	8	.250	.308	.250	.558	6		0	0
Joseph Lease	35	31	27	2	4	0	0	0	3	0		2	9	.148	.233	.148	.381	4		1	1
Tom Murray	13	15	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	1	.231	.333	.308	.641	4		0	0
Joe Petrick	10	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	2		0	1
Kenneth Raddant	7	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Richard Kraft	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Alton Nixon	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Paul Stephenson	2	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Dick Coffman	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Charles Anderson	7	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Walt Evans	8	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Maurice Wright	12	15	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	.100	.400	.100	.500	1		0	0
Arthur Cook	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Darwin Cobb	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1431	4870	4290	629	1237	180	42	23	563	88	0	470	510	.288	.362	.366	.728	1570	0	25	85	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jake Daniel	1B	128	1152	90	19	107	.985	9.703
Glenn Rawlinson	2B	77	136	224	27	47	.930	4.675
Ben Catchings	2B	67	155	199	12	37	.967	5.284
Jodie Beeler	3B	98	97	165	23	14	.919	2.673
Eugene Bradley	3B	17	19	22	5	0	.891	2.412
Charles Smith	3B	15	8	24	1	1	.970	2.133
Kermit Wahl	3B	14	19	15	2	0	.944	2.429
Johnny Riddle	C	73	259	46	6	6	.981	4.178	3
Charles Smith	C	54	158	32	5	2	.974	3.519	7
Forrest Hunt	C	24	76	8	0	2	1.000	3.500	4
Dick Sipek	OF	133	222	20	7	4	.972	1.820
William Thaxton	OF	112	239	8	14	2	.946	2.205
Ted Petoskey	OF	68	157	11	7	1	.960	2.471
Charles Smith	OF	17	15	1	0	0	1.000	.941
Walter Milner	P	37	12	32	1	2	.978	1.189
Howie Fox	P	37	23	64	0	0	1.000	2.351
Joseph Lease	P	35	6	12	1	0	.947	.514
John Orphal	P	34	10	28	4	1	.905	1.118
Bob Ferguson	P	26	8	24	2	3	.941	1.231
Joseph Talley	P	15	1	9	3	0	.769	.667
Tom Murray	P	13	3	12	0	3	1.000	1.154
Jake Baker	P	13						.000
Joe Petrick	P	10	0	12	1	0	.923	1.200
Arthur Cook	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
Walt Evans	P	8						.000
Johnny Riddle	P	7						.000
Dick Coffman	P	5						.000
Richard Kraft	P	4						.000
Harold Smith	P	3						.000
Alton Nixon	P	3						.000
Darwin Cobb	P	2						.000
Joe Nuxhall	P	1						.000
Wally Flager	SS	113	269	392	54	77	.924	5.850
Eugene Bradley	SS	21	26	37	7	12	.900	3.000
Jodie Beeler	SS	15	26	54	7	6	.920	5.333
Totals		1309	3096	1544	208	327	.957	3.545	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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