1941 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (85-69)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 137,820, Avg. 1,790

1941 Kansas City Blues Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Kansas City Blues 2

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1941 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Blues scored 725 runs and gave up 679 runs. Mike Chartak and Al Glossop paced Kansas City with 16 home runs apiece. Al Glossop drove in 96 runs. Buster Mills led all regular batters by connecting at a .307 clip. Charles Wensloff topped the team with 15 wins, while Milo Candini recorded a 3.26 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1941 Kansas City Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jack Saltzgaver, Al Glossop, Rugger Ardizoia, Aaron Robinson, Randy Gumpert, Boze Berger, Eddie Carnett, Mel Queen, Russ Derry, Buster Mills, Charles Wensloff, Billy Hitchcock, Tommy Reis, Mike Chartak, Lefty Sullivan, Eddie Kearse, Milo Candini, Ed Levy, Don Hendrickson, Buddy Blair, Bud Metheny, Loyd Christopher and Al Gerheauser.

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
Charles Wensloff	15	8	.652	3.93	36	22	9	11	0		197.0	224	106	86		62		77	2	0	3
Don Hendrickson	13	10	.565	4.15	36	19	11	8	1		167.0	200	87	77		51		59	1	1	5
Rugger Ardizoia	12	9	.571	3.46	27	24	3	12	2		169.0	154	80	65		84		67	0	0	3
George Barley	11	13	.458	3.50	30	24	4	13	4		167.0	174	80	65		68		77	3	0	2
Tommy Reis	9	6	.600	3.91	30	21	5	9	2		161.0	164	82	70		75		64	1	0	3
Milo Candini	9	7	.562	3.26	35	15	13	6	3		141.0	112	56	51		64		84	2	0	2
Al Gerheauser	8	11	.421	3.76	32	21	10	9	2		153.0	153	79	64		61		74	0	0	4
Eddie Carnett	4	2	.667	4.91	26			0	0		77.0	88	53	42		32		26	4	1	4
Mel Queen	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	1	1	1		7.0	1	0	0		3		9	1	0	0
John Haley	0	0		0.00	4			0	0		6.0	12				7		1
Tom Ananicz	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		3.0	2				2		0
Randy Gumpert	0	0		6.43	3			0	0		7.0	10		5		3		1
Walter Stewart	0	1	.000	6.43	2			0	0		7.0	6	5	5		7		2	0	0	0
William Gill	0	1	.000	15.00	1			0	0		3.0	3	5	5		7		0	0	0	0
Totals	82	68	.547	3.81	266	147	56	69	15	0	1265.0	1303	633	535	0	526	0	541	14	2	26	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
Al Glossop	144	613	551	97	166	28	10	16	96	14		50	64	.301	.367	.475	.842	262		7	5
Billy Hitchcock	150	610	554	77	164	28	8	3	59	21		43	43	.296	.350	.392	.742	217		3	10
Mike Chartak	150	641	533	87	156	28	13	16	82	24		100	106	.293	.409	.484	.893	258		5	3
Buster Mills	141	561	495	85	152	34	7	6	63	7		54	34	.307	.379	.440	.819	218		3	9
Bud Metheny	136	519	466	50	112	18	2	3	59	6		42	68	.240	.310	.307	.617	143		5	6
Russ Bergmann	77	328	290	45	86	9	3	1	35	10		37	12	.297	.376	.359	.735	104		0	1
Aaron Robinson	105	353	319	46	86	13	3	7	52	3		32	27	.270	.338	.395	.733	126		1	1
Ed Levy	64	249	233	32	72	10	3	4	30	11		8	21	.309	.337	.429	.767	100		2	6
Loyd Christopher	72	278	241	36	54	9	1	7	39	4		31	47	.224	.320	.357	.677	86		3	3
Eddie Kearse	69	213	184	22	44	7	1	2	20	0		25	26	.239	.336	.321	.657	59		2	2
Russ Derry	69	258	217	27	44	8	5	3	30	1		32	43	.203	.308	.327	.635	71		1	8
Buddy Blair	57	204	189	17	43	4	1	1	16	6		10	16	.228	.266	.275	.541	52		0	5
Jack Saltzgaver	59	120	98	8	25	3	1	0	13	1		21	7	.255	.392	.306	.698	30		1	0
Eddie Carnett	49	50	48	15	16	4	0	0	11	0		2	10	.333	.360	.417	.777	20		0	0
James Nicholson	15	51	46	6	13	3	1	0	1	0		3	6	.283	.340	.391	.731	18		1	1
Charles Wensloff	36	75	62	7	11	1	0	0	7	0		9	19	.177	.282	.194	.475	12		0	4
Lou Bartola	13	37	31	7	10	1	0	0	5	0		6	4	.323	.432	.355	.787	11		0	0
George Barley	33	61	46	7	10	2	0	0	4	1		8	15	.217	.333	.261	.594	12		0	7
Milo Candini	35	52	44	5	9	1	0	0	5	0		2	11	.205	.239	.227	.466	10		0	6
Don Hendrickson	36	61	50	6	9	1	0	0	1	0		7	9	.180	.281	.200	.481	10		0	4
Rugger Ardizoia	27	67	50	9	9	2	0	0	8	0		9	14	.180	.317	.220	.537	11		1	7
Tommy Reis	30	57	50	7	8	1	2	0	8	0		5	17	.160	.250	.260	.510	13		1	1
Al Gerheauser	33	50	49	5	6	2	0	0	0	0		0	21	.122	.122	.163	.286	8		0	1
Mel Queen	1	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
William Gill	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walter Stewart	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Randy Gumpert	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1608	5516	4854	703	1306	217	61	69	644	109	0	536	640	.269	.346	.382	.728	1852	0	36	90	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Chartak	1B	84	748	57	18	91	.978	9.583
Ed Levy	1B	64	558	35	10	56	.983	9.266
Al Glossop	2B	141	366	429	31	104	.962	5.638
Russ Bergmann	2B	10	21	17	1	7	.974	3.800
Russ Bergmann	3B	62	49	111	8	14	.952	2.581
Buddy Blair	3B	54	36	81	10	5	.921	2.167
James Nicholson	3B	14	11	17	5	2	.848	2.000
Aaron Robinson	C	96	374	67	10	9	.978	4.594	4
Eddie Kearse	C	62	223	27	4	2	.984	4.032	6
Lou Bartola	C	12	45	4	1	0	.980	4.083	3
Buster Mills	OF	137	286	6	4	2	.986	2.131
Bud Metheny	OF	128	236	11	6	6	.976	1.930
Loyd Christopher	OF	69	186	7	3	2	.985	2.797
Mike Chartak	OF	64	144	8	2	2	.987	2.375
Russ Derry	OF	61	117	6	4	2	.969	2.016
Charles Wensloff	P	36	8	41	2	3	.961	1.361
Don Hendrickson	P	36	12	29	5	4	.891	1.139
Milo Candini	P	35	7	27	1	0	.971	.971
Al Gerheauser	P	32	5	26	1	2	.969	.969
Tommy Reis	P	30	8	35	2	1	.956	1.433
George Barley	P	30	4	30	5	2	.872	1.133
Rugger Ardizoia	P	27	10	25	1	0	.972	1.296
Eddie Carnett	P	26	8	26	3	2	.919	1.308
John Haley	P	4						.000
Randy Gumpert	P	3						.000
Tom Ananicz	P	3						.000
Walter Stewart	P	2						.000
Mel Queen	P	1						.000
William Gill	P	1						.000
Billy Hitchcock	SS	149	292	432	52	93	.933	4.859
Totals		1473	3754	1554	189	411	.966	3.604	13	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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