1931 Des Moines Demons Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 94-51
Finished 1st in the WL
Manager: Bill Rodgers (94-51)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Western League Park

1931 Des Moines Demons Roster

Playoffs - Des Moines Demons 4 games, Wichita Aviators 2

The Des Moines Demons of the Western League ended the 1931 season with a record of 94 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the WL.

Bill Rodgers 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
Bud Tinning	24	2	.923	3.14	29						215.0	206	88	75		83
Jack Knight	17	7	.708	3.30	26						210.0	232	99	77		39
Johnny Niggeling	17	12	.586	3.65	37						244.0	205	120	99		107
Jim Grant	12	11	.522	3.48	30						186.0	202	90	72		66
George Brown	8	4	.667	4.05	29						120.0	120	65	54		51
Dick Morgan	4	0	1.000	2.29	14						51.0	41	20	13		28
George Zahn	3	4	.429	5.03	26						93.0	117	70	52		46
William Englishman	2	1	.667	0.00	6						35.0
Ralph Birkofer	2	6	.250	6.61	11						49.0	54	43	36		28
Bryan Flanagan	1	2	.333	0.00	4						17.0
Baker	0	1	.000	0.00	2						6.0
Totals	90	50	.643	3.51	214	0	0	0	0	0	1226.0	1177	595	478	0	448	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
Stan Keyes	132	550	550		203	36	24	38						.369	.369	.729	1.098	401
Jim Oglesby	144	587	587		200	30	15	6						.341	.341	.474	.814	278
Karl Swanson	146	584	584		182	20	9	7						.312	.312	.413	.724	241
Mike Kreevich	118	511	511		168	26	13	9						.329	.329	.483	.812	247
Jim Cronin	122	471	471		144	22	6	5						.306	.306	.410	.715	193
Rush Yeargin	137	493	493		133	27	2	6						.270	.270	.369	.639	182
Jimmy Horn	100	387	387		125	18	9	0						.323	.323	.416	.739	161
Joe Klinger	87	284	284		80	18	6	0						.282	.282	.387	.669	110
Cy Lingle	72	219	219		55	11	2	7						.251	.251	.416	.667	91
Charlie Bates	35	147	147		46	5	6	5						.313	.313	.531	.844	78
Dan Oberholzer	37	142	142		45	6	1	0						.317	.317	.373	.690	53
Harris	29	84	84		25	2	0	0						.298	.298	.321	.619	27
Johnny Niggeling	41	99	99		24	3	2	3						.242	.242	.404	.646	40
Bud Tinning	30	88	88		21	6	0	0						.239	.239	.307	.545	27
Jack Knight	31	98	98		18	5	0	2						.184	.184	.296	.480	29
Jim Grant	31	70	70		16	1	0	1						.229	.229	.286	.514	20
Charlie Small	10	33	33		9	1	0	0						.273	.273	.303	.576	10
Chester Wilburn	15	35	35		9	4	0	0						.257	.257	.371	.629	13
Bassie Wagner	12	26	26		7	1	1	1						.269	.269	.500	.769	13
George Brown	29	46	46		7	0	1	0						.152	.152	.196	.348	9
Ralph Birkofer	11	20	20		6	2	1	0						.300	.300	.500	.800	10
George Zahn	26	31	31		6	1	0	0						.194	.194	.226	.419	7
Dick Morgan	14	18	18		5	0	0	0						.278	.278	.278	.556	5
Totals	1409	5023	5023	0	1534	245	98	90	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.305	.447	.752	2245	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Oglesby	1B	144	1337	77	26		.982	9.819
Karl Swanson	2B	146	351	483	30		.965	5.712
Rush Yeargin	3B	106	96	187	23		.925	2.670
Dan Oberholzer	3B	35	50	58	13		.893	3.086
Joe Klinger	C	67	323	33	9		.975	5.313
Cy Lingle	C	65	320	35	6		.983	5.462
Harris	C	24	125	10	4		.971	5.625
Stan Keyes	OF	132	219	2	10		.957	1.674
Mike Kreevich	OF	118	255	19	12		.958	2.322
Jimmy Horn	OF	100	210	14	11		.953	2.240
Charlie Bates	OF	35	80	5	4		.955	2.429
Bassie Wagner	OF	10	9	0	0		1.000	.900
Johnny Niggeling	P	37						.000
Jim Grant	P	30						.000
Bud Tinning	P	29						.000
George Brown	P	29						.000
George Zahn	P	26						.000
Jack Knight	P	26						.000
Dick Morgan	P	14						.000
Ralph Birkofer	P	11						.000
William Englishman	P	6						.000
Bryan Flanagan	P	4						.000
Baker	P	2						.000
Jim Cronin	SS	118	231	354	30		.951	4.958
Totals		1314	3606	1277	178	0	.965	3.716

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