1945 Hornell Pirates Statistics

Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-71
Finished 6th in the PONYL
Manager: Johnny Morrow (0-0), Fred Hering (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Hornell, New York
Ballpark: Maple City Park
Attendance: 28,600, Avg. 454

1945 Hornell Pirates Roster

The Hornell Pirates of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1945 season with a record of 55 wins and 71 losses, finishing sixth in the PONYL.

Johnny Morrow and Fred Hering 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
Joe Menarchek	16	10	.615	2.35	28	25	3	20	3		211.0	158	95	55		152		248	11	1	17
Richard Piatnek	11	7	.611	2.44	21	16	4	15	0		151.0	123	67	41		68		118	3	2	2
Jack Bumgarner	6	12	.333	6.33	21	16	5	7	0		118.0	126	115	83		111		88	7	2	9
Craig Bennett	4	2	.667	3.72	13	5	5	2	0		58.0	60	34	24		32		29	1	0	0
Harry Hepler	4	5	.444	4.91	12	4	7	2	0		77.0	93	59	42		53		25	2	0	2
Carl Bush	4	7	.364	4.55	14	11	2	4	1		87.0	99	72	44		64		39	6	0	0
Lyle Neely					8						0.0
Totals	45	43	.511	3.71	117	77	26	50	4	0	702.0	659	442	289	0	480	0	547	30	5	30	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
William Kovalak	95	436	347	81	122	21	5	1	37	35		71	18	.352	.476	.450	.925	156		11	7
William Riggins	115	530	445	76	110	23	1	0	46	26		67	60	.247	.353	.303	.657	135		6	12
Louis Ross	104	424	386	66	107	10	5	0	50	17		30	41	.277	.329	.329	.658	127		0	8
Ebba St. Claire	78	343	297	54	103	25	6	4	57	21		40	19	.347	.434	.512	.946	152		6	0
Harry Hepler	92	354	308	47	89	15	3	2	41	10		37	40	.289	.371	.377	.747	116		3	6
Johnny Morrow	68	271	236	35	70	12	2	1	34	15		30	13	.297	.385	.377	.762	89		4	1
Harry Rapenske	75	303	248	36	61	9	1	0	20	15		37	23	.246	.353	.290	.643	72		4	14
Jack Bumgarner	79	276	246	43	58	14	2	0	34	5		21	63	.236	.306	.309	.615	76		4	5
Charles Brannan	39	170	139	22	46	12	4	1	21	11		26	10	.331	.446	.496	.943	69		3	2
Earl Drenning	66	245	205	23	45	5	1	0	19	5		31	31	.220	.322	.254	.576	52		0	9
Carl Bush	54	190	173	26	40	9	2	2	27	5		11	28	.231	.289	.341	.630	59		3	3
Joe Menarchek	37	104	92	6	26	2	1	0	8	0		8	4	.283	.340	.326	.666	30		0	4
John Lewis	39	146	123	12	24	3	0	0	15	4		18	21	.195	.308	.220	.527	27		2	3
Donald Hormann	40	109	97	13	22	3	1	0	10	2		11	17	.227	.306	.278	.584	27		0	1
Johnny Kimock	32	145	127	20	22	4	0	0	6	5		14	32	.173	.261	.205	.465	26		1	3
John Walther	28	104	80	8	21	1	0	0	12	2		16	19	.262	.398	.275	.673	22		2	6
Richard Piatnek	31	81	73	13	19	5	0	0	11	0		5	8	.260	.308	.329	.636	24		0	3
Jay Springer	24	109	85	15	17	2	0	0	14	5		21	21	.200	.370	.224	.594	19		2	1
Henry Zajac	13	54	43	10	11	4	0	0	5	3		8	10	.256	.385	.349	.733	15		1	2
James Fatalic	13	58	53	3	9	1	1	0	4	0		3	14	.170	.228	.226	.454	12		1	1
Craig Bennett	13	27	23	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		3	4	.174	.296	.217	.514	5		1	0
Paul Gormish	11	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	1
Alvin Reisig	10	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	4	1		2	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	2		0	0
Roy Baker	10	45	36	5	2	0	0	0	1	0		5	4	.056	.190	.056	.246	2		1	3
Totals	1166	4554	3888	619	1032	181	35	11	478	187	0	516	509	.265	.359	.338	.698	1316	0	55	95	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Johnny Morrow	1B	47	339	24	13	21	.965	7.723
Carl Bush	1B	37	301	5	9	23	.971	8.270
Ebba St. Claire	1B	17	114	4	4	14	.967	6.941
John Lewis	1B	16	92	6	7	11	.933	6.125
Johnny Kimock	1B	15	145	5	4	4	.974	1.000
William Riggins	2B	108	264	280	44	56	.925	5.037
Johnny Morrow	2B	13	32	27	7	3	.894	4.538
Earl Drenning	3B	65	58	101	10	9	.941	2.446
Jack Bumgarner	3B	23	19	44	4	0	.940	2.739
John Walther	3B	19	16	27	8	2	.843	2.263
James Fatalic	3B	11	12	18	9	3	.769	2.727
Roy Baker	3B	10	12	16	4	0	.875	2.800
Ebba St. Claire	C	54	345	48	12	2	.970	7.278	16
Donald Hormann	C	33	193	12	8	0	.962	6.212	17
Harry Hepler	C	20	118	13	8	3	.942	6.550	8
Louis Ross	OF	102	125	9	22	2	.859	1.314
William Kovalak	OF	93	200	13	10	7	.955	2.290
Harry Hepler	OF	60	77	6	10	1	.892	1.383
Charles Brannan	OF	37	60	5	4	1	.942	1.757
Jack Bumgarner	OF	34	58	5	8	1	.887	1.853
John Lewis	OF	26	37	2	1	0	.975	1.500
Henry Zajac	OF	12	10	0	1	0	.909	.833
Joe Menarchek	P	28	5	42	3	2	.940	1.679
Richard Piatnek	P	21	9	36	4	4	.918	2.143
Jack Bumgarner	P	21	9	36	5	3	.900	2.143
Carl Bush	P	14	2	13	2	1	.882	1.071
Craig Bennett	P	13	1	8	0	0	1.000	.692
Harry Hepler	P	12	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.417
Paul Gormish	P	11	0	9	1	0	.900	.818
Alvin Reisig	P	10	1	3	0	0	1.000	.400
Lyle Neely	P	8						.000
Harry Rapenske	SS	75	151	211	31	42	.921	4.827
Jay Springer	SS	22	28	55	17	2	.830	3.773
Johnny Kimock	SS	17	24	33	15	8	.792	3.353
Totals		1104	2860	1130	285	225	.933	3.614	41	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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