1937 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 76-66
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Benny Bengough (76-66)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Attendance: 59,745, Avg. 841

1937 Joplin Miners Roster

Playoffs - Joplin Miners 3 games, Muskogee Reds 2
Finals - Springfield Cardinals 4 games, Joplin Miners 3

The Joplin Miners of the Western League ended the 1937 season with a record of 76 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.

Benny Bengough 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
Joseph Foran	16	9	.640	3.51	34						187.0	164	88	73		69
Earl Porter	14	9	.609	3.92	40						170.0	180	105	74		83
Ray Clark	13	13	.500	3.38	33						216.0	220	108	81		80
Gerard DeLion	11	12	.478	3.04	34						216.0	214	119	73		111
Al Lien	10	9	.526	2.53	33						171.0	142	76	48		83
Al Gerheauser	10	11	.476	3.48	32						202.0	192	107	78		101
Rufus Ransdell	1	0	1.000	6.35	5						17.0	12	14	12		20
Totals	75	63	.543	3.35	211	0	0	0	0	0	1179.0	1124	617	439	0	547	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
Frank Stapleton	142	570	570		156	26	10	5						.274	.274	.381	.654	217
Russ Derry	142	532	532		154	30	12	8						.289	.289	.436	.726	232
Mike Milosevich	139	504	504		138	22	7	3						.274	.274	.363	.637	183
James Adlam	142	527	527		131	22	7	12						.249	.249	.385	.634	203
Jack Gartland	119	473	473		129	20	6	3						.273	.273	.359	.632	170
Russell Scherbarth	113	434	434		125	30	6	1						.288	.288	.392	.680	170
Eddie Kearse	104	327	327		81	9	3	2						.248	.248	.312	.560	102
John Kaeser	61	229	229		67	9	2	0						.293	.293	.349	.642	80
Benny Bengough	72	173	173		57	14	1	2						.329	.329	.457	.786	79
Carl Ross	26	95	95		28	13	2	1						.295	.295	.505	.800	48
Eddie Gibb	23	79	79		21	3	1	0						.266	.266	.329	.595	26
Ray Clark	36	97	97		19	7	1	1						.196	.196	.320	.515	31
Al Gerheauser	37	86	86		16	2	2	1						.186	.186	.291	.477	25
Marvin Sizemore	21	65	65		13	1	1	0						.200	.200	.246	.446	16
Bruce Cushing	14	47	47		12	1	0	0						.255	.255	.277	.532	13
Gerard DeLion	36	81	81		11	3	0	0						.136	.136	.173	.309	14
Joseph Foran	36	71	71		10	0	0	0						.141	.141	.141	.282	10
Al Lien	33	58	58		7	1	0	0						.121	.121	.138	.259	8
Earl Porter	40	53	53		6	1	0	0						.113	.113	.132	.245	7
Charley Smeltzer	6	21	21		4	1	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	5
Rufus Ransdell	9	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1351	4528	4528	0	1186	215	61	39	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.362	.624	1640	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Scherbarth	1B	113	871	31	13		.986	7.982
Carl Ross	1B	26	206	12	5		.978	8.385
James Adlam	2B	139	354	335	32		.956	4.957
Jack Gartland	3B	116	118	199	42		.883	2.733
Eddie Kearse	C	97	649	61	18		.975	7.320
Benny Bengough	C	26	156	21	3		.983	6.808
Eddie Gibb	C	22	181	10	1		.995	8.682
Russ Derry	OF	142	272	17	20		.935	2.035
Frank Stapleton	OF	138	145	8	5		.968	1.109
John Kaeser	OF	61	99	4	2		.981	1.689
Bruce Cushing	OF	14	23	2	2		.926	1.786
Earl Porter	P	40						.000
Joseph Foran	P	34						.000
Gerard DeLion	P	34						.000
Al Lien	P	33						.000
Ray Clark	P	33						.000
Al Gerheauser	P	32						.000
Mike Milosevich	SS	139	305	401	36		.951	5.079
Totals		1239	3379	1101	179	0	.962	3.616

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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