1937 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: B
Team Record: 79-59
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Fred Hofmann (79-59)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II

1937 Columbus Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Savannah Indians 3 games, Columbus Red Birds 1

The Columbus Red Birds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1937 season with a record of 79 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the SAL.

Fred Hofmann 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
Bill Seinsoth	15	7	.682	2.74	25						194.0	166	92	59		114
Leslie Dunkle	14	12	.538	3.50	35						226.0	262	126	88		57
George Hader	13	9	.591	2.70	32						213.0	222	97	64		71
Howard Berg	13	14	.481	3.05	37						230.0	238	103	78		72
Roy Shoemaker	8	4	.667	3.55	32						114.0	100	62	45		74
Joe Sims	7	3	.700	1.33	12						88.0	70	17	13		14
Jack Crockett	3	3	.500	0.00	8						27.0	37	15			8
Wayne Rossbach	3	3	.500	4.89	9						46.0	50	26	25		20
Robert Ross	2	2	.500	4.00	8						45.0	48	25	20		27
William Sekeres	1	2	.333	0.00	4						19.0	27	17			11
William Lanier	1	6	.143	5.85	11						60.0	77	45	39		24
Totals	80	65	.552	3.07	213	0	0	0	0	0	1262.0	1297	625	431	0	492	0	0	0	0	0	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
David Smith	126	546	546		184	36	11	0						.337	.337	.443	.780	242
Joe Dobbins	138	588	588		176	25	9	4						.299	.299	.393	.692	231
Averett Thompson	132	544	544		172	23	13	3						.316	.316	.423	.739	230
Larry Barton	130	500	500	71	163	28	10	10	86	17				.326	.326	.482	.808	241
Cecil Garriott	131	546	546		161	22	12	6						.295	.295	.412	.707	225
Herb Bremer	132	491	491		150	27	4	20						.305	.305	.499	.804	245
Frank Metha	138	511	511		138	23	11	12						.270	.270	.429	.699	219
Fred Pfeifer	124	434	434		129	18	7	1						.297	.297	.378	.675	164
George Hader	45	120	120		36	6	1	0						.300	.300	.367	.667	44
Bill Seinsoth	28	81	81		25	4	1	0						.309	.309	.383	.691	31
Roy Shoemaker	51	94	94		24	1	0	0						.255	.255	.266	.521	25
Truman Connell	30	108	108		23	4	0	1						.213	.213	.278	.491	30
Leslie Dunkle	37	92	92		18	1	0	0						.196	.196	.207	.402	19
Howard Berg	37	76	76		10	0	0	0						.132	.132	.132	.263	10
Joe Sims	15	36	36		9	2	0	0						.250	.250	.306	.556	11
William Lanier	13	28	28		7	0	1	0						.250	.250	.321	.571	9
Fred Hofmann	16	37	37		5	3	0	0						.135	.135	.216	.351	8
Totals	1323	4832	4832	71	1430	223	80	57	86	17	0	0	0	.296	.296	.411	.707	1984	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Barton	1B	129	1166	72	27		.979	9.597
Frank Metha	2B	114	323	353	34		.952	5.930
Fred Pfeifer	3B	100	114	171	30		.905	2.850
Herb Bremer	C	130	563	97	26		.962	5.077
Fred Hofmann	C	11	43	13	3		.949	5.091
Cecil Garriott	OF	131	321	11	15		.957	2.534
David Smith	OF	126	234	16	16		.940	1.984
Averett Thompson	OF	117	208	20	8		.966	1.949
Truman Connell	OF	23	54	1	2		.965	2.391
Howard Berg	P	37						.000
Leslie Dunkle	P	35						.000
Roy Shoemaker	P	32						.000
George Hader	P	32						.000
Bill Seinsoth	P	25						.000
Joe Sims	P	12						.000
William Lanier	P	11						.000
Wayne Rossbach	P	9						.000
Robert Ross	P	8						.000
Joe Dobbins	SS	138	317	439	70		.915	5.478
Totals		1220	3343	1193	231	0	.952	3.718

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