
1941 Columbus Red Birds Statistics
Team Record: 95-58
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Burt Shotton (95-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 159,534, Avg. 2,085
Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Kansas City Blues 2
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Louisville Colonels 1
The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1941 season with a record of 95 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Red Birds topped the league with 876 runs. Columbus allowed 700 runs. Max Marshall paced the team with 17 home runs, and Bert Haas walloped 15 or more as well. Bert Haas recorded 131 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .315 clip. Murry Dickson led the squad with 21 wins, while Harry Brecheen and Johnny Grodzicki also added 15 or more victories also Johnny Grodzicki registered a 2.58 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1941 Columbus Red Birds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Preacher Roe, Jim Bucher, Sam Nahem, Harry Brecheen, Bob Repass, Frank Gabler, Ray Sanders, Hugh Poland, Harry Walker, Tommy Heath, Jim Winford, Bert Haas, Max Marshall, Murry Dickson, Jack Creel, Red Jones, George Myatt, Frank Barrett, Johnny Grodzicki, Lou Klein, Augie Bergamo, Bill Ramsey and Carden Gillenwater.
Burt Shotton served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Murry Dickson | 21 | 11 | .656 | 3.30 | 44 | 31 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 259.0 | 244 | 117 | 95 | 124 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Johnny Grodzicki | 19 | 5 | .792 | 2.58 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 199.0 | 169 | 64 | 57 | 83 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Harry Brecheen | 16 | 6 | .727 | 3.64 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 188.0 | 175 | 95 | 76 | 66 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Preacher Roe | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.57 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 159.0 | 156 | 73 | 63 | 41 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
George Hader | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.01 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 106.0 | 122 | 70 | 59 | 51 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Frank Barrett | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.47 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 145.0 | 161 | 82 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Frank Gabler | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.20 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 104.0 | 103 | 48 | 37 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Eddie Wissman | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.43 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 77 | 56 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Jack Creel | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Jack Griffore | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.79 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charles Brumbeloe | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 46 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Vernon Horn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Albert Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jim Winford | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sam Nahem | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 45 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 95 | 58 | .621 | 3.82 | 290 | 150 | 72 | 79 | 15 | 0 | 1323.0 | 1345 | 688 | 561 | 0 | 565 | 0 | 709 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Haas | 156 | 671 | 594 | 102 | 187 | 37 | 12 | 15 | 131 | 10 | 64 | 41 | .315 | .385 | .493 | .878 | 293 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Ray Sanders | 152 | 669 | 587 | 119 | 181 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 120 | 6 | 76 | 63 | .308 | .389 | .479 | .867 | 281 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Max Marshall | 138 | 539 | 493 | 79 | 149 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 101 | 6 | 41 | 68 | .302 | .356 | .489 | .845 | 241 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Lou Klein | 112 | 428 | 362 | 67 | 133 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 10 | 53 | 23 | .367 | .453 | .530 | .984 | 192 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Bob Repass | 117 | 445 | 391 | 68 | 124 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 11 | 45 | 32 | .317 | .389 | .394 | .783 | 154 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Harry Walker | 121 | 516 | 445 | 79 | 124 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 13 | 54 | 23 | .279 | .359 | .366 | .726 | 163 | 2 | 15 | ||||
George Myatt | 110 | 460 | 402 | 84 | 119 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 24 | 44 | 55 | .296 | .370 | .356 | .725 | 143 | 3 | 11 | ||||
Red Jones | 87 | 321 | 279 | 53 | 75 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 29 | 41 | .269 | .346 | .401 | .748 | 112 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Tommy Heath | 99 | 333 | 263 | 35 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 57 | 28 | .255 | .388 | .342 | .730 | 90 | 0 | 13 | ||||
Hugh Poland | 85 | 261 | 242 | 20 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .244 | .288 | .306 | .594 | 74 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Augie Bergamo | 57 | 247 | 214 | 31 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 14 | .266 | .346 | .360 | .706 | 77 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Carden Gillenwater | 66 | 250 | 215 | 33 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 29 | 25 | .265 | .355 | .344 | .699 | 74 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Murry Dickson | 63 | 135 | 132 | 18 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .341 | .346 | .402 | .747 | 53 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Jim Bucher | 52 | 131 | 116 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 10 | .259 | .333 | .405 | .739 | 47 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Hooper Triplett | 21 | 90 | 76 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .250 | .352 | .421 | .773 | 32 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Harry Brecheen | 45 | 90 | 79 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .215 | .287 | .304 | .591 | 24 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Johnny Grodzicki | 34 | 84 | 74 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .216 | .284 | .297 | .581 | 22 | 0 | 3 | ||||
William Rabe | 11 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .414 | .553 | .448 | 1.001 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
George Hader | 31 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .250 | .289 | .333 | .623 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Frank Barrett | 42 | 51 | 42 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .214 | .298 | .214 | .512 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Preacher Roe | 30 | 56 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .152 | .220 | .152 | .372 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Eddie Wissman | 21 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .261 | .292 | .348 | .639 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Gabler | 20 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .162 | .262 | .162 | .424 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Charles Brumbeloe | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jack Griffore | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Tichacek | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||
George Niedson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||
Averett Thompson | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||
Sam Nahem | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Albert Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bill Ramsey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Vernon Horn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Carl Boyer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Jack Creel | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1713 | 5969 | 5222 | 874 | 1517 | 263 | 69 | 74 | 804 | 88 | 0 | 598 | 545 | .291 | .366 | .410 | .776 | 2140 | 0 | 22 | 127 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Sanders | 1B | 151 | 1153 | 81 | 14 | 85 | .989 | 8.172 | ||||
George Myatt | 2B | 101 | 242 | 216 | 28 | 48 | .942 | 4.535 | ||||
Bob Repass | 2B | 38 | 128 | 102 | 8 | 18 | .966 | 6.053 | ||||
Jim Bucher | 2B | 28 | 64 | 68 | 12 | 16 | .917 | 4.714 | ||||
Bert Haas | 3B | 153 | 168 | 220 | 32 | 18 | .924 | 2.536 | ||||
Tommy Heath | C | 97 | 476 | 76 | 5 | 7 | .991 | 5.691 | 5 | |||
Hugh Poland | C | 83 | 348 | 43 | 5 | 6 | .987 | 4.711 | 5 | |||
Max Marshall | OF | 133 | 240 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .973 | 1.872 | ||||
Harry Walker | OF | 120 | 319 | 11 | 15 | 1 | .957 | 2.750 | ||||
Red Jones | OF | 78 | 134 | 5 | 5 | 4 | .965 | 1.782 | ||||
Carden Gillenwater | OF | 63 | 141 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 2.397 | ||||
Augie Bergamo | OF | 57 | 107 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.947 | ||||
Hooper Triplett | OF | 21 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.381 | ||||
William Rabe | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
Murry Dickson | P | 44 | 20 | 53 | 4 | 5 | .948 | 1.659 | ||||
Frank Barrett | P | 42 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
Harry Brecheen | P | 35 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.257 | ||||
Johnny Grodzicki | P | 32 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.219 | ||||
Preacher Roe | P | 30 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
George Hader | P | 30 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
Eddie Wissman | P | 20 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
Frank Gabler | P | 20 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
Charles Brumbeloe | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
Jack Creel | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
Sam Nahem | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Griffore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Winford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Albert Thomas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Vernon Horn | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Lou Klein | SS | 101 | 150 | 239 | 42 | 30 | .903 | 3.851 | ||||
Bob Repass | SS | 63 | 128 | 151 | 19 | 30 | .936 | 4.429 | ||||
Totals | 1588 | 3905 | 1493 | 214 | 279 | .962 | 3.399 | 10 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.