1946 Bakersfield Indians Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 72-58
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Marty Metkovich (0-0), Tony Governor (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 79,416, Avg. 1,222

1946 Bakersfield Indians Roster

Playoffs - Stockton Ports 3 games, Bakersfield Indians 2

The Bakersfield Indians of the California League ended the 1946 season with a record of 72 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the CL.

Marty Metkovich and Tony Governor 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
Mike Garcia	22	9	.710	2.56	42			20	3		236.0	218	119	67		110		186	4	0	5
Carmen Pinkston	11	5	.688	4.88	26			7	2		168.0	194	117	91		80		82	8	0	1
Kenneth Duncan	11	10	.524	3.79	32			10	1		152.0	165	105	64		98		77	5	0	15
Joseph DeSanti	10	11	.476	2.96	30			11	4		164.0	122	83	54		101		126	5	0	4
Milt Nielsen	9	6	.600	4.53	25			8	1		159.0	167	118	80		118		114	5	0	8
George Hesik	2	1	.667	0.00	4			2	1		27.0	19	15			24		18	5	0	0
Paul Jones	2	4	.333	0.00	9			0	0		42.0	40	37			44		21	10	0	4
Bob Clear	1	0	1.000	0.00	2			1	0		11.0	5	3			9		7	0	0	0
Frank Uzonyi	1	0	1.000	0.00	2			0	0		10.0	7	2			11		3	1	0	0
George Riegel	1	3	.250	0.00	5			2	0		31.0	39	22			13		9	1	0	1
Willis Byassee					1						0.0
John Walsh					5						0.0
Albert Behnke					9						0.0
Robert Spomer					4						0.0
Ken Stone	0	0		0.00	4			0			14.0
Tony Governor	0	0		0.00	2			0			6.0
David Molitor	0	0		0.00	1			0			1.0
Frank Bruno	0	1	.000		1			0	0		0.0	0	1			3		0	0	0	0
Walter Dembroge	0	1	.000	0.00	1			1	0		7.0	8	6			5		6	1	0	1
Joseph Rajeski	0	1	.000	0.00	4			0	0		6.0	12	13			11		2	0	0	0
George Valine	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		6.0	7	4			6		3	0	0	0
Marvin Bernet	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0	0		3.0	4	8			8		4	1	0	2
Neil Conway	0	1	.000	0.00	7			0	0		18.0	25	17			12		4	0	0	0
Totals	70	55	.560	3.02	219	0	0	62	12	0	1061.0	1032	670	356	0	653	0	662	46	0	41	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
Alfonso Prieto	98	453	405	85	154	15	4	0	43	25		36	10	.380	.437	.437	.874	177		5	7
Clarence Russell	126	581	446	127	150	29	5	19	98	34		117	32	.336	.483	.552	1.035	246		10	8
Don Pries	122	524	475	88	142	27	7	4	90	21		36	45	.299	.355	.411	.765	195		5	8
George Valine	95	423	357	85	112	20	6	2	53	17		58	20	.314	.410	.420	.830	150		0	8
August Gregory	77	338	304	40	85	11	0	1	45	9		31	31	.280	.348	.326	.674	99		1	2
Al Koerner	75	308	255	44	74	13	2	8	39	11		43	27	.290	.399	.451	.850	115		3	7
Harvey Clutter	77	302	271	55	62	12	3	2	35	4		25	22	.229	.303	.317	.621	86		4	2
Gordon Evans	64	269	236	52	60	13	0	6	32	10		25	29	.254	.328	.386	.714	91		1	7
Milt Nielsen	71	217	188	36	58	18	4	2	34	1		24	18	.309	.395	.479	.874	90		3	2
Bob Clear	66	253	218	31	58	13	0	0	20	7		31	29	.266	.363	.326	.688	71		2	2
Donald Beck	76	277	234	30	58	8	2	0	29	0		42	19	.248	.362	.299	.661	70		0	1
Don Runcie	54	233	200	29	45	5	2	1	26	2		27	33	.225	.323	.285	.608	57		2	4
David Molitor	39	175	154	30	40	6	0	1	30	5		19	12	.260	.345	.318	.663	49		1	1
Mike Garcia	48	115	111	25	38	8	1	1	25	0		1	15	.342	.354	.459	.813	51		1	2
John Bebek	24	93	83	11	22	1	0	0	14	4		5	14	.265	.315	.277	.592	23		1	4
Carmen Pinkston	26	73	65	6	15	1	0	0	9	1		4	17	.231	.275	.246	.522	16		0	4
Joseph DeSanti	34	75	69	2	9	0	0	0	2	0		5	16	.130	.189	.130	.320	9		0	1
Kenneth Duncan	32	61	57	2	8	1	1	0	1	0		1	18	.140	.155	.193	.348	11		0	3
Richard McAtee	13	44	42	7	6	0	0	1	4	1		1	9	.143	.163	.214	.377	9		0	1
Totals	1217	4814	4170	785	1196	201	37	48	629	152	0	531	416	.287	.373	.387	.760	1615	0	39	74	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Pries	1B	121	972	59	26	68	.975	8.521
August Gregory	2B	51	131	113	13	22	.949	4.784
Gordon Evans	2B	41	106	87	12	19	.941	4.707
Harvey Clutter	2B	23	51	56	16	7	.870	4.652
Al Koerner	2B	19	41	32	4	12	.948	3.842
Bob Clear	3B	55	58	118	34	7	.838	3.200
Clarence Russell	3B	48	57	101	34	2	.823	3.292
August Gregory	3B	17	39	32	7	2	.910	4.176
Harvey Clutter	3B	15	15	24	12	0	.765	2.600
Donald Beck	C	76	385	68	7	3	.985	5.961	16
Richard McAtee	C	13	79	8	2	2	.978	6.692	4
Alfonso Prieto	OF	96	205	12	4	4	.982	2.260
Clarence Russell	OF	74	126	5	8	2	.942	1.770
Don Runcie	OF	53	91	8	7	1	.934	1.868
Al Koerner	OF	53	97	6	3	2	.972	1.943
David Molitor	OF	37	68	3	4	1	.947	1.919
Milt Nielsen	OF	33	34	1	1	0	.972	1.061
Harvey Clutter	OF	30	43	3	3	2	.939	1.533
John Bebek	OF	10	13	0	1	0	.929	1.300
Mike Garcia	P	42	5	49	6	1	.900	1.286
Kenneth Duncan	P	32	7	31	3	0	.927	1.188
Joseph DeSanti	P	30	17	36	7	2	.883	1.767
Carmen Pinkston	P	26	0	21	3	1	.875	.808
Milt Nielsen	P	25	9	42	5	4	.911	2.040
Paul Jones	P	9						.000
Albert Behnke	P	9						.000
Neil Conway	P	7						.000
John Walsh	P	5						.000
George Riegel	P	5						.000
Ken Stone	P	4						.000
Robert Spomer	P	4						.000
Joseph Rajeski	P	4						.000
George Hesik	P	4						.000
Frank Uzonyi	P	2						.000
Tony Governor	P	2						.000
Bob Clear	P	2						.000
Marvin Bernet	P	2						.000
George Valine	P	1						.000
David Molitor	P	1						.000
Walter Dembroge	P	1						.000
Willis Byassee	P	1						.000
Frank Bruno	P	1						.000
George Valine	SS	94	146	257	36	30	.918	4.287
Gordon Evans	SS	18	35	48	7	7	.922	4.611
August Gregory	SS	11	15	31	10	1	.821	4.182
Totals		1207	2845	1251	275	202	.937	3.394	20	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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