1942 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Gabby Hartnett (76-78)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 186,447, Avg. 2,421

1942 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Indians scored 614 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Johnny McCarthy led Indianapolis with 17 home runs and accounted for 113 RBI. Joe Bestudik paced all regular batters with a .326 average. Ray Poat topped the team with 15 wins, while Bob Logan earned a 2.72 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1942 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Rachunok, Milt Galatzer, Otto Huber, Elon Hogsett, Ray Poat, Woody Rich, Jake Powell, Jo-Jo Moore, Johnny Pasek, Johnny Hutchings, Earl Reid, Gabby Hartnett, Johnny McCarthy, George Gill, Oral Hildebrand, Gil English, Packy Rogers, Red Steiner, Bob Seeds, Bob Logan, Norm Schlueter and Walt Tauscher.

Gabby Hartnett 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
Ray Poat	15	8	.652	2.86	29	22	6	11	2		176.0	150	71	56		96		112	1	0	3
Bob Logan	12	10	.545	2.72	35	27	6	17	3		225.0	222	89	68		59		68	1	0	7
Elon Hogsett	11	10	.524	3.50	27	22	3	14	2		162.0	174	79	63		59		56	3	0	0
Earl Reid	10	7	.588	4.11	30	13	10	5	1		116.0	123	63	53		51		45	1	0	3
Woody Rich	10	10	.500	3.54	40	20	15	12	1		201.0	198	101	79		102		114	6	0	1
George Gill	8	15	.348	2.98	32	22	7	12	2		193.0	186	84	64		52		60	2	0	2
Johnny Hutchings	4	0	1.000	0.84	4	4	0	4	2		32.0	26	4	3		12		16	0	0	0
Walt Tauscher	3	3	.500	5.12	24			0	0		65.0	84	49	37		23		22	5	0	1
Steve Rachunok	3	10	.231	4.26	21	16	4	7	2		114.0	124	73	54		55		36	3	0	1
Glen Fletcher	0	0		0.00	4			0	0		7.0	10				5		0
Fred Falzone	0	2	.000	14.00	4	3	0	1	0		9.0	11	15	14		18		2	0	0	3
Oral Hildebrand	0	3	.000	6.86	4			0	0		21.0	28	22	16		13		9	0	0	1
Totals	76	78	.494	3.45	254	149	51	83	15	0	1321.0	1336	650	507	0	545	0	540	22	0	22	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
Joe Bestudik	154	640	568	91	185	37	11	6	94	11		62	53	.326	.393	.461	.854	262	6	1	9
Johnny McCarthy	154	660	597	103	176	34	13	17	113	2		54	39	.295	.353	.481	.834	287	10	0	9
Wayne Blackburn	152	685	569	91	171	22	7	4	38	14		102	56	.301	.410	.385	.795	219	2	4	10
William Skelley	152	590	520	44	127	10	6	2	69	5		55	62	.244	.317	.298	.615	155	16	0	15
Clyde McDowell	139	608	542	62	127	9	6	0	49	9		35	31	.234	.281	.273	.554	148	9	0	31
Jo-Jo Moore	128	507	434	71	122	16	6	3	43	3		59	28	.281	.371	.366	.737	159	5	3	11
Bob Seeds	66	213	186	19	50	15	1	0	17	1		20	23	.269	.343	.360	.703	67	4	1	6
Gabby Hartnett	72	210	186	17	41	12	2	4	24	1		20	19	.220	.306	.371	.677	69	8	3	1
Milt Galatzer	47	142	118	7	29	4	0	0	11	1		17	7	.246	.346	.280	.625	33	6	1	6
Elon Hogsett	27	61	61	5	13	3	1	0	1	0		0	14	.213	.213	.295	.508	18	2	0	0
Woody Rich	40	79	69	4	13	5	0	0	3	0		6	16	.188	.253	.261	.514	18	0	0	4
George Gill	32	72	70	5	12	2	0	0	3	0		1	10	.171	.183	.200	.383	14	1	0	1
Earl Reid	31	45	43	9	11	2	1	0	4	0		0	9	.256	.256	.349	.605	15	1	0	2
Bob Logan	35	87	76	1	9	1	0	0	5	0		2	10	.118	.141	.132	.273	10	6	0	9
Red Steiner	9	31	31	5	5	1	0	1	3	0				.161	.161	.290	.452	9
Steve Rachunok	21	38	33	3	5	0	0	1	3	0		3	14	.152	.222	.242	.465	8	0	0	2
Johnny Hutchings	4	11	11		4									.364	.364	.364	.727	4
Ray Poat	29	63	55	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		5	30	.073	.150	.073	.223	4	1	0	3
Walt Tauscher	25	24	21	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.143	.250	.143	.393	3	0	0	0
Oral Hildebrand	4	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Frankie Staucet	12	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	2
Otto Huber	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Falzone	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1339	4795	4217	541	1111	173	54	38	483	47	0	444	428	.263	.335	.357	.693	1506	77	13	121	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Johnny McCarthy	1B	154	1378	95	11	105	.993	9.565
Clyde McDowell	2B	139	369	404	32	75	.960	5.561
Joe Bestudik	3B	154	153	296	41	40	.916	2.916
Gabby Hartnett	C	58	190	36	7	8	.970	3.897	3
Wayne Blackburn	OF	145	306	7	9	1	.972	2.159
Jo-Jo Moore	OF	124	308	10	5	3	.985	2.565
Bob Seeds	OF	49	109	2	1	1	.991	2.265
Milt Galatzer	OF	34	72	0	2	0	.973	2.118
Woody Rich	P	40	7	45	0	3	1.000	1.300
Bob Logan	P	35	5	48	2	3	.964	1.514
George Gill	P	32	7	43	0	2	1.000	1.562
Earl Reid	P	30	4	29	4	0	.892	1.100
Ray Poat	P	29	6	38	1	1	.978	1.517
Elon Hogsett	P	27	2	41	4	2	.915	1.593
Walt Tauscher	P	24	3	12	0	2	1.000	.625
Steve Rachunok	P	21	2	24	3	3	.897	1.238
Johnny Hutchings	P	4						.000
Oral Hildebrand	P	4						.000
Glen Fletcher	P	4						.000
Fred Falzone	P	4						.000
William Skelley	SS	144	281	410	51	66	.931	4.799
Totals		1255	3202	1540	173	315	.965	3.778	3	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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