1939 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 107-47
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (107-47)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 269,865, Avg. 3,505

1939 Kansas City Blues Roster

Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Kansas City Blues 1

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1939 season with a record of 107 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the AA.

Billy Meyer 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
Tommy Reis	17	4	.810	2.30	34	17					164.0	140	48	42		61
Marv Breuer	17	6	.739	2.28	26	25					178.0	154	59	45		56
Johnny Babich	17	6	.739	2.55	36	27					208.0	196	78	59		78
Al Piechota	16	7	.696	2.88	33	22					181.0	162	67	58		56
Joe Vance	10	4	.714	4.32	32	19					152.0	148	86	73		61
Tiny Bonham	10	9	.526	3.18	32	26					198.0	172	79	70		62
Frank Makosky	9	3	.750	4.74	36	0					74.0	76	42	39		30
Johnny Lindell	8	5	.615	4.40	23	16					131.0	143	68	64		45
Fred Gay	2	2	.500	5.85	5						20.0	24	16	13		14
Phil Page	1	1	.500	5.14	5						7.0	11	5	4		0
Don Hendrickson	0	0		0.00	5						11.0	8				5
Totals	107	47	.695	3.17	267	152	0	0	0	0	1324.0	1234	548	467	0	468	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
Jerry Priddy	155	580	580		193	44	15	24						.333	.333	.584	.917	339
Johnny Sturm	131	528	528		163	31	6	7						.309	.309	.430	.739	227
Phil Rizzuto	135	503	503		159	21	6	5						.316	.316	.412	.728	207
Vince DiMaggio	154	544	544		158	32	9	46						.290	.290	.636	.926	346
Jack Saltzgaver	129	436	436		126	18	8	4						.289	.289	.394	.683	172
Bill Matheson	115	379	379		114	20	9	9						.301	.301	.472	.773	179
Billy Hitchcock	116	369	369		97	17	11	4						.263	.263	.401	.664	148
Bud Metheny	95	298	298		94	24	4	10						.315	.315	.523	.839	156
Clyde McCullough	108	282	282		78	18	9	11						.277	.277	.521	.798	147
Buzz Boyle	83	212	212		67	12	8	5						.316	.316	.519	.835	110
Johnny Riddle	100	265	265		62	12	1	3						.234	.234	.321	.555	85
Tommy Thompson	44	125	125		28	3	1	2						.224	.224	.312	.536	39
Johnny Babich	37	79	79		22	3	1	1						.278	.278	.380	.658	30
Joe Vance	38	58	58		19	0	2	1						.328	.328	.448	.776	26
Al Piechota	33	66	66		15	3	0	0						.227	.227	.273	.500	18
Johnny Lindell	40	81	81		15	1	1	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	18
Tiny Bonham	32	67	67		12	1	0	0						.179	.179	.194	.373	13
Tommy Reis	34	52	52		7	1	0	0						.135	.135	.154	.288	8
Ham Schulte	7	16	16		4	1	0	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	5
Marv Breuer	26	56	56		4	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	4
John Stonebraker	5	9	9		3	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Frank Makosky	36	18	18		3	1	0	0						.167	.167	.222	.389	4
Tommy Holmes	7	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Eddie Kearse	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1661	5044	5044	0	1446	263	91	132	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.287	.453	.740	2287	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Johnny Sturm	1B	130	1164	109	18		.986	9.792
Jerry Priddy	2B	154	372	456	27		.968	5.377
Jack Saltzgaver	3B	88	74	156	10		.958	2.614
Billy Hitchcock	3B	76	64	139	11		.949	2.671
Johnny Riddle	C	97	457	71	6		.989	5.443
Clyde McCullough	C	90	313	53	4		.989	4.067
Vince DiMaggio	OF	154	397	17	3		.993	2.688
Bill Matheson	OF	105	170	7	6		.967	1.686
Bud Metheny	OF	86	132	9	10		.934	1.640
Buzz Boyle	OF	68	84	2	3		.966	1.265
Tommy Thompson	OF	42	61	7	0		1.000	1.619
Frank Makosky	P	36						.000
Johnny Babich	P	36						.000
Tommy Reis	P	34						.000
Al Piechota	P	33						.000
Joe Vance	P	32						.000
Tiny Bonham	P	32						.000
Marv Breuer	P	26						.000
Johnny Lindell	P	23						.000
Phil Page	P	5						.000
Don Hendrickson	P	5						.000
Fred Gay	P	5						.000
Phil Rizzuto	SS	129	244	394	38		.944	4.946
Totals		1486	3532	1420	136	0	.973	3.332

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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