1942 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 45-75
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Abe White (0-0), Tony Kaufmann (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field

1942 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1942 season with a record of 45 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.

Abe White and Tony Kaufmann 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
Edwin Puck	11	6	.647	4.40	27						133.0	152	91	65		41
Elmer Wachtler	8	7	.533	3.25	21						122.0	127	56	44		50
Lee Pfund	6	10	.375	4.86	28						163.0	176	112	88		64
Jesse Hale	6	13	.316	5.23	43						129.0	175	95	75		45
Andy Mohrlock	5	4	.556	5.16	15						68.0	78	49	39		28
Art Lopatka	4	9	.308	5.25	29						120.0	142	84	70		67
Henry Soven	2	3	.400	5.20	7						45.0	56	28	26		22
Art Frantz	1	4	.200	0.00	10						25.0	34	25			16
Merle Muhl	1	6	.143	3.60	9						50.0	49	24	20		16
Lloyd Hopkins	1	8	.111	4.36	13						66.0	78	44	32		20
Pete Modica	0	0		0.00	5						19.0
William Haynes	0	0		0.00	1						0.3
Marvin Graves	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Leslay Carlson	0	0		0.00	1						0.3
Robert Vales	0	1	.000	0.00	7						21.0	39	31			10
Wayne Adams	0	2	.000	0.00	5						15.0	14	9			6
Donald White	0	3	.000	0.00	7						22.0	30	13			1
Totals	45	76	.372	4.13	229	0	0	0	0	0	999.7	1150	661	459	0	386	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
Michael Natisin	110	384	384		133	23	13	5						.346	.346	.513	.859	197
Billy Wachtler	90	326	326		98	16	4	6						.301	.301	.429	.730	140
William Adams	81	304	304		83	10	3	1						.273	.273	.336	.609	102
Glenn Crawford	98	359	359		82	9	6	3						.228	.228	.312	.540	112
Donald White	74	241	241		62	12	9	5						.257	.257	.444	.701	107
Bill Altenburg	53	177	177		57	6	4	2						.322	.322	.435	.757	77
Art Lopatka	86	219	219		51	4	6	1						.233	.233	.320	.553	70
Alvin Pittman	49	187	187		38	5	1	0						.203	.203	.241	.444	45
Billy Kerr	31	109	109		35	9	6	2						.321	.321	.569	.890	62
Billie Williams	36	146	146		34	4	2	2						.233	.233	.329	.562	48
Ken Blackman	55	155	155		34	2	0	0						.219	.219	.232	.452	36
John Raczka	33	123	123		25	5	2	0						.203	.203	.276	.480	34
Jerry Gardner	23	88	88		24	3	1	0						.273	.273	.330	.602	29
Floyd Stickney	27	88	88		22	4	2	0						.250	.250	.341	.591	30
Samuel Porter	13	42	42		15	2	0	0						.357	.357	.405	.762	17
William Rabe	17	56	56		15	1	0	1						.268	.268	.339	.607	19
George Boerner	23	76	76		15	2	2	0						.197	.197	.276	.474	21
Elmer Wachtler	33	55	55		14	2	2	1						.255	.255	.418	.673	23
Charles Zachritz	17	60	60		14	1	1	2						.233	.233	.383	.617	23
Lloyd Hopkins	21	44	44		11	1	0	0						.250	.250	.273	.523	12
Kenneth Friend	15	35	35		10	2	0	1						.286	.286	.429	.714	15
Joseph Vydra	10	29	29		9	0	0	0						.310	.310	.310	.621	9
LaVergne Davis	17	47	47		9	0	2	0						.191	.191	.277	.468	13
Mel Serafini	18	51	51		9	2	0	1						.176	.176	.275	.451	14
Ray Wicker	16	55	55		9	2	0	0						.164	.164	.200	.364	11
Lee Pfund	28	58	58		9	3	0	0						.155	.155	.207	.362	12
Julius Schoendienst	13	40	40		8	1	0	0						.200	.200	.225	.425	9
Andy Mohrlock	16	30	30		7	1	1	0						.233	.233	.333	.567	10
Edwin Puck	27	49	49		7	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	7
Charles Carey	12	28	28		6	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	6
Jim Cookson	10	31	31		6	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.387	6
Jesse Hale	43	38	38		4	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	4
Ray Campo	19	38	38		3	0	0	0						.079	.079	.079	.158	3
Art Frantz	11	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1225	3778	3778	0	959	132	67	33	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.350	.604	1324	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Michael Natisin	1B	110	940	68	7		.993	9.164
Billie Williams	2B	36	81	108	16		.922	5.250
John Raczka	2B	33	79	104	7		.963	5.545
Alvin Pittman	2B	33	69	89	17		.903	4.788
Mel Serafini	2B	11	20	25	3		.938	4.091
Glenn Crawford	3B	42	39	59	16		.860	2.333
Floyd Stickney	3B	23	20	41	7		.897	2.652
Kenneth Friend	3B	11	15	17	4		.889	2.909
Ken Blackman	C	53	238	43	10		.966	5.302
Billy Kerr	C	30	171	18	7		.964	6.300
Jerry Gardner	C	22	110	11	4		.968	5.500
LaVergne Davis	C	11	54	7	3		.953	5.545
Ray Campo	C	11	39	5	2		.957	4.000
Billy Wachtler	OF	90	189	9	6		.971	2.200
Donald White	OF	66	102	8	10		.917	1.667
Art Lopatka	OF	42	64	2	1		.985	1.571
Bill Altenburg	OF	29	60	2	2		.969	2.138
George Boerner	OF	23	43	2	3		.938	1.957
William Rabe	OF	17	30	2	2		.941	1.882
Charles Zachritz	OF	16	22	1	1		.958	1.438
Ray Wicker	OF	16	28	0	2		.933	1.750
Samuel Porter	OF	13	10	1	1		.917	.846
Charles Carey	OF	11	10	3	1		.929	1.182
Joseph Vydra	OF	10	8	0	1		.889	.800
Jesse Hale	P	43						.000
Lee Pfund	P	28						.000
Edwin Puck	P	27						.000
Elmer Wachtler	P	21						.000
Andy Mohrlock	P	15						.000
Lloyd Hopkins	P	13						.000
Art Frantz	P	10						.000
Merle Muhl	P	9						.000
Robert Vales	P	7						.000
Henry Soven	P	7						.000
Pete Modica	P	5						.000
Wayne Adams	P	5						.000
William Haynes	P	1						.000
Marvin Graves	P	1						.000
Leslay Carlson	P	1						.000
William Adams	SS	81	175	196	48		.885	4.580
Julius Schoendienst	SS	12	28	22	7		.877	4.167
Totals		1045	2644	843	188	0	.949	3.337

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