1944 Erwin Cubs Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 45-63
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Jim Poole (45-63)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Erwin, Tennessee
Ballpark: Gentry Stadium
1944 Erwin Cubs RosterTeam Record: 45-63
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Jim Poole (45-63)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Erwin, Tennessee
Ballpark: Gentry Stadium
Playoffs - Bristol Twins 3 games, Erwin Cubs 1
The Erwin Cubs of the Appalachian League ended the 1944 season with a record of 45 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
Jim Poole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Bustle | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.39 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 175.0 | 164 | 90 | 66 | 57 | 161 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Clyde Smith | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6.14 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 151.0 | 189 | 118 | 103 | 45 | 106 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Norm Fisher | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.78 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 112.0 | 88 | 63 | 47 | 64 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Henry Stone | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.23 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 65.0 | 78 | 53 | 45 | 29 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Ed Van Nordheim | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 59 | 38 | 31 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Edward Leary | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32.0 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Alva Phillips | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 51 | 46 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Rudy Paynich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Richard Bartson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Charles Vesper | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Robert Kapinus | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Eddie Ancherico | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Jim Pearce | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| William Burgess | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.05 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 81 | 57 | 43 | 33 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| John Micik | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rudy Johnson | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Niemeyer | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| John Childers | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warren Savieo | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Poole | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Mullinax | 0.00 | 3 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earl York | 0.00 | 4 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dean Heckenberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 36 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| James Kirklin | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ernest Baber | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 45 | 62 | .421 | 3.38 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 892.0 | 963 | 650 | 335 | 0 | 412 | 0 | 633 | 47 | 4 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbie Brewer | 106 | 490 | 445 | 97 | 127 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 25 | 30 | 33 | .285 | .338 | .402 | .740 | 179 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Earl York | 78 | 345 | 328 | 54 | 113 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 14 | 40 | .345 | .375 | .476 | .851 | 156 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Verl Wood | 81 | 335 | 306 | 42 | 104 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 8 | 23 | 32 | .340 | .397 | .487 | .884 | 149 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Augie Messuri | 99 | 457 | 349 | 92 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 101 | 43 | .284 | .447 | .332 | .779 | 116 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Dick Triptow | 71 | 317 | 285 | 60 | 89 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 23 | 26 | 57 | .312 | .372 | .442 | .814 | 126 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| John Childers | 68 | 265 | 246 | 30 | 62 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 41 | .252 | .298 | .337 | .635 | 83 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ralph Sabatino | 60 | 224 | 203 | 24 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 17 | .261 | .324 | .305 | .630 | 62 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rube Walker | 55 | 193 | 182 | 26 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 26 | .264 | .306 | .346 | .652 | 63 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Alva Phillips | 31 | 109 | 102 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .353 | .394 | .500 | .894 | 51 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Hans Merrell | 36 | 146 | 136 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 14 | .235 | .278 | .301 | .579 | 41 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| John Smith | 27 | 107 | 102 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .245 | .280 | .275 | .555 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Bustle | 32 | 83 | 75 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .293 | .354 | .373 | .727 | 28 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Daniel Long | 38 | 126 | 107 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 25 | .196 | .312 | .262 | .574 | 28 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Clyde Smith | 29 | 68 | 68 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .250 | .250 | .309 | .559 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Poltrock | 25 | 85 | 73 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | .233 | .333 | .274 | .607 | 20 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Carl Beringer | 27 | 92 | 80 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | .212 | .300 | .238 | .538 | 19 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Dreyer | 13 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .325 | .341 | .350 | .691 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Sharpe | 16 | 63 | 56 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .232 | .306 | .250 | .556 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William Burgess | 17 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .333 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clyde Schroeder | 18 | 55 | 52 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .212 | .241 | .250 | .491 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Emil Sparger | 15 | 53 | 50 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .245 | .220 | .465 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Stone | 16 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .333 | .400 | .444 | .844 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Norm Fisher | 22 | 47 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .159 | .213 | .205 | .417 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Gatto | 12 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .146 | .186 | .195 | .381 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Poole | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .111 | .429 | .111 | .540 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Van Nordheim | 15 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1024 | 3853 | 3464 | 571 | 965 | 125 | 65 | 17 | 468 | 140 | 0 | 323 | 505 | .279 | .345 | .367 | .712 | 1271 | 0 | 29 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl York | 1B | 78 | 664 | 57 | 35 | 17 | .954 | 9.244 | ||||
| Alva Phillips | 1B | 10 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .955 | 8.500 | ||||
| Augie Messuri | 2B | 68 | 151 | 196 | 18 | 23 | .951 | 5.103 | ||||
| James Sharpe | 2B | 14 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 3.357 | ||||
| Hans Merrell | 2B | 12 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 1 | .860 | 4.083 | ||||
| John Smith | 2B | 10 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 4.800 | ||||
| Verl Wood | 3B | 52 | 49 | 67 | 16 | 2 | .879 | 2.231 | ||||
| John Smith | 3B | 17 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 2.529 | ||||
| Carl Beringer | 3B | 15 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.733 | ||||
| George Gatto | 3B | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.909 | ||||
| Rube Walker | C | 48 | 304 | 18 | 13 | 3 | .961 | 6.708 | 10 | |||
| Daniel Long | C | 31 | 177 | 22 | 12 | 2 | .943 | 6.419 | 9 | |||
| Jerry Poltrock | C | 24 | 167 | 20 | 12 | 2 | .940 | 7.792 | 9 | |||
| Clyde Schroeder | C | 13 | 59 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .935 | 5.538 | 8 | |||
| Orbie Brewer | OF | 106 | 168 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .943 | 1.708 | ||||
| Dick Triptow | OF | 71 | 132 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .954 | 2.028 | ||||
| John Childers | OF | 63 | 84 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .918 | 1.413 | ||||
| Verl Wood | OF | 23 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.348 | ||||
| Hans Merrell | OF | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Emil Sparger | OF | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alva Phillips | OF | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Clyde Smith | P | 25 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.560 | ||||
| William Bustle | P | 25 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .887 | 1.880 | ||||
| Norm Fisher | P | 19 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.526 | ||||
| Ed Van Nordheim | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Henry Stone | P | 15 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.200 | ||||
| William Burgess | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alva Phillips | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Charles Vesper | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dean Heckenberg | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Leary | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Earl York | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Kirklin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernest Baber | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Ancherico | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Pearce | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Paynich | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Mullinax | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Kapinus | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Micik | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Warren Savieo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Poole | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Niemeyer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Johnson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Childers | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Bartson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Sabatino | SS | 60 | 100 | 191 | 39 | 24 | .882 | 4.850 | ||||
| Augie Messuri | SS | 30 | 48 | 79 | 16 | 5 | .888 | 4.233 | ||||
| Totals | 980 | 2403 | 959 | 251 | 92 | .931 | 3.431 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
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