1941 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
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
1941 Columbus Red Birds Roster

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 Sam Nahem, Jim Bucher, Preacher Roe, Harry Brecheen, Bob Repass, Max Marshall, Murry Dickson, Harry Walker, Tommy Heath, Jim Winford, Bert Haas, George Myatt, Red Jones, Frank Barrett, Frank Gabler, Ray Sanders, Hugh Poland, Jack Creel, Johnny Grodzicki, Lou Klein, Augie Bergamo, Carden Gillenwater and Bill Ramsey.

Burt Shotton 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
Murry Dickson2111.6563.30443110224259.024411795124153406
Johnny Grodzicki195.7922.5832247174199.0169645783136401
Harry Brecheen166.7273.6435259112188.0175957666112214
Preacher Roe119.5503.573020792159.015673634182202
George Hader85.6155.013013751106.012270595149604
Frank Barrett75.5834.4742131582145.016182727673107
Frank Gabler66.5003.20208530104.010348372538001
Edward Wissman34.4295.43201171063.07756383429203
Jack Creel22.5003.15110020.022157106100
Jack Griffore101.0005.794111014.01299156200
Charles Brumbeloe13.2506.4313442035.04632252517302
Vernon Horn000.001002.0710
Albert Thomas000.001004.0421
Jim Winford000.002003.0251
Sam Nahem02.0009.4150022.045272376100
Totals9558.6213.8229015072791501323.0134568856105650709281300

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 Haas156671594102187371215131106441.315.385.493.87829349
Ray Sanders1526695871191814091412067663.308.389.479.86728115
Max Marshall1385394937914919111710164168.302.356.489.84524105
Lou Klein112428362671332211554105323.367.453.530.98419249
Bob Repass11744539168124186056114532.317.389.394.78315418
Harry Walker12151644579124251458135423.279.359.366.726163215
George Myatt11046040284119172133244455.296.370.356.725143311
Red Jones87321279537517444312941.269.346.401.74811249
Tommy Heath99333263356712134315728.255.388.342.73090013
Hugh Poland8526124220597122501521.244.288.306.5947404
Augie Bergamo5724721431579412302514.266.346.360.7067717
Carden Gillenwater66250215335712112822925.265.355.344.6997415
Murry Dickson63135132184531127017.341.346.402.7475302
Jim Bucher5213111623308031121310.259.333.405.7394702
Hooper Triplett219076151962191124.250.352.421.7733202
Harry Brecheen459079111721150718.215.287.304.5912413
Johnny Grodzicki348474101660060717.216.284.297.5812203
William Rabe1138299121004196.414.553.4481.0011300
George Hader314236391103029.250.289.333.6231204
Frank Barrett4251425900050511.214.298.214.512904
Preacher Roe3056463700010411.152.220.152.372706
Edward Wissman212423260105016.261.292.348.639800
Frank Gabler204337360003058.162.262.162.424601
Charles Brumbeloe131212130014004.250.250.500.750600
Jack Griffore4442.500.500.5001.0002
Richard Tichacek1330110000.333.333.6671.0002
George Niedson1330100020.333.333.333.6671
Averett Thompson4551100030.200.200.200.4001
Sam Nahem5881.125.125.125.2501
Albert Thomas1110000.000.000.000.0000
Bill Ramsey1110000000.000.000.000.0000
Vernon Horn1110000.000.000.000.0000
Carl Boyer1110000000.000.000.000.0000
Jack Creel1166000001000.000.000.000.000000
Totals17135969522287415172636974804880598545.291.366.410.776214002212700


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ray Sanders1B1511153811485.9898.172
George Myatt2B1012422162848.9424.535
Bob Repass2B38128102818.9666.053
Jim Bucher2B2864681216.9174.714
Bert Haas3B1531682203218.9242.536
Tommy HeathC974767657.9915.6915
Hugh PolandC833484356.9874.7115
Max MarshallOF133240971.9731.872
Harry WalkerOF12031911151.9572.750
Red JonesOF78134554.9651.782
Carden GillenwaterOF631411060.9622.397
Augie BergamoOF57107441.9651.947
Hooper TriplettOF2128130.9061.381
William RabeOF11140001.0001.273
Murry DicksonP44205345.9481.659
Frank BarrettP42525021.000.714
Harry BrecheenP35836001.0001.257
Johnny GrodzickiP3273211.9751.219
Preacher RoeP30330001.0001.100
George HaderP30112322.9441.133
Edward WissmanP20216011.000.900
Frank GablerP2052312.9661.400
Charles BrumbeloeP1331311.9411.231
Jack CreelP1116001.000.636
Sam NahemP5.000
Jack GrifforeP4.000
Jim WinfordP2.000
Albert ThomasP1.000
Vernon HornP1.000
Lou KleinSS1011502394230.9033.851
Bob RepassSS631281511930.9364.429
Totals158839051493214279.9623.3991000

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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