1943 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-67
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Nick Cullop (84-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 111,398, Avg. 1,475

1943 Columbus Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 3 games, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 3 games, Indianapolis Indians 0

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1943 season with a record of 84 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Red Birds paced the league with just 555 runs allowed. Columbus scored 653 runs.

Ted Wilks, Tommy Heath, Emil Verban, John Antonelli, Jack Creel, Nick Cullop, George Stumpf, Frank Barrett, Joe Mack, Preacher Roe, Augie Bergamo, Joe Garagiola, Lou Scoffic, Bill Beckmann, Ken Burkhart, George Dockins and Pep Young were all players from the 1943 Columbus Red Birds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Nick Cullop 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
George Dockins	16	8	.667	2.25	27	27	0	20	5		196.0	188	64	49		38		85	0	1	1
Ted Wilks	16	8	.667	2.66	38	26	9	13	0		240.0	236	80	71		46		132	2	0	1
Preacher Roe	15	7	.682	2.37	24	22	1	16	6		167.0	123	53	44		60		136	0	0	1
Ken Burkhart	12	11	.522	3.14	31	28	2	10	1		198.0	208	98	69		79		68	2	0	0
Frank Barrett	11	10	.524	3.21	51	9	29	5	0		160.0	151	69	57		53		83	1	0	5
Jack Creel	8	13	.381	3.99	33	27	6	12	4		185.0	185	95	82		81		72	7	0	0
Bill Beckmann	5	9	.357	4.50	30	11	14	3	0		102.0	140	71	51		29		45	2	0	3
John Lohrey	1	0	1.000	2.70	2	1	1	1	0		10.0	8	3	3		7		0	0	0	0
John Boehringer	0	0		0.00	4						11.0									0
Charles Brumbeloe	0	1	.000	15.55	6						11.0	23	20	19		13		3	0	0	1
Totals	84	67	.556	3.13	246	151	62	80	16	0	1280.0	1262	553	445	0	406	0	624	14	1	12	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
Chester Wieczorek	146	606	530	89	174	31	3	9	97	3		63	40	.328	.400	.449	.849	238	10	0	13
Augie Bergamo	144	626	500	85	162	35	9	0	51	6		109	41	.324	.445	.430	.875	215	8	0	17
Emil Verban	151	629	588	72	151	16	9	0	48	11		31	18	.257	.294	.315	.609	185	16	0	10
John Antonelli	149	637	565	65	149	25	9	4	74	3		50	32	.264	.326	.361	.687	204	21	2	20
Tommy Heath	108	402	340	37	104	8	1	5	59	0		55	28	.306	.406	.379	.785	129	19	2	5
George Stumpf	112	474	402	59	104	10	4	5	24	1		61	38	.259	.358	.341	.699	137	6	1	10
Jack Sturdy	109	451	383	57	92	7	1	2	45	5		51	31	.240	.339	.279	.618	107	8	6	11
Pep Young	112	434	388	34	90	17	1	2	57	3		36	55	.232	.300	.296	.597	115	8	2	8
Lou Scoffic	79	267	239	24	65	6	2	1	31	0		12	28	.272	.315	.326	.641	78	5	3	13
Joe Garagiola	81	225	205	27	60	7	3	4	27	2		18	20	.293	.350	.415	.764	85	3	0	2
Joe Mack	38	167	132	34	44	13	2	1	21	1		31	13	.333	.463	.485	.948	64	1	1	3
Andrew Timko	35	102	93	14	25	5	2	0	12	1		6	14	.269	.327	.366	.692	34	1	2	1
George Dockins	34	81	60	12	19	0	0	0	5	0		13	9	.317	.446	.317	.763	19	3	1	7
Jack McLain	47	93	79	14	18	2	1	0	12	2		10	10	.228	.322	.278	.601	22	0	1	3
Ken Burkhart	31	78	68	6	17	2	0	0	8	0		6	18	.250	.311	.279	.590	19	0	0	4
Ted Wilks	38	93	84	3	17	3	1	1	7	0		2	20	.202	.230	.298	.528	25	3	1	6
Nick Cullop	42	60	45	5	10	2	0	1	8	0		13	14	.222	.397	.333	.730	15	0	0	2
Jack Creel	37	68	64	2	10	1	0	0	1	0		1	21	.156	.169	.172	.341	11	0	0	3
Bill Beckmann	30	32	26	3	6	1	1	0	6	0		4	7	.231	.333	.346	.679	9	1	0	2
Frank Barrett	51	52	46	5	6	1	0	0	0	1		2	9	.130	.167	.152	.319	7	2	0	4
Preacher Roe	24	68	59	2	5	1	0	0	3	0		2	17	.085	.115	.102	.216	6	0	0	7
Lawrence Whalen	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Boehringer	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Brumbeloe	6	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Lohrey	3	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1614	5656	4907	649	1328	193	49	35	596	39	0	576	483	.271	.350	.351	.701	1724	115	22	151	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Sturdy	1B	97	814	39	6	69	.993	8.794
Joe Mack	1B	38	313	28	1	30	.997	8.974
Jack McLain	1B	11	70	7	1	9	.987	7.000
Emil Verban	2B	121	327	327	14	70	.979	5.405
John Antonelli	2B	29	78	60	0	14	1.000	4.759
John Antonelli	3B	116	123	183	15	24	.953	2.638
Chester Wieczorek	3B	18	15	31	5	3	.902	2.556
Jack Sturdy	3B	10	8	16	4	1	.857	2.400
Tommy Heath	C	102	491	51	8	4	.985	5.314	3
Joe Garagiola	C	62	246	27	9	1	.968	4.403	4
Augie Bergamo	OF	144	313	14	5	4	.985	2.271
Chester Wieczorek	OF	128	234	5	4	1	.984	1.867
George Stumpf	OF	104	292	4	4	0	.987	2.846
Lou Scoffic	OF	63	129	1	2	0	.985	2.063
Jack McLain	OF	22	28	0	0	0	1.000	1.273
Frank Barrett	P	51	6	40	4	0	.920	.902
Ted Wilks	P	38	8	44	1	4	.981	1.368
Jack Creel	P	33	3	54	2	2	.966	1.727
Ken Burkhart	P	31	9	61	3	4	.959	2.258
Bill Beckmann	P	30	3	24	3	0	.900	.900
George Dockins	P	27	6	33	2	2	.951	1.444
Preacher Roe	P	24	7	20	1	1	.964	1.125
Charles Brumbeloe	P	6						.000
John Boehringer	P	4						.000
John Lohrey	P	2						.000
Pep Young	SS	112	181	280	40	59	.920	4.116
Emil Verban	SS	30	53	67	11	12	.916	4.000
Andrew Timko	SS	16	12	24	6	3	.857	2.250
Totals		1469	3769	1440	151	317	.972	3.546	7	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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