1942 Kansas City Blues Statistics
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Johnny Neun (84-69)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 113,372, Avg. 1,482
Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Kansas City Blues 3
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Blues conceded 527 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Kansas City plated 597 runs. Ken Sears paced the squad with 13 home runs Don Lang recorded 75 runs batted in. Ed Levy topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .306 clip. Charles Wensloff led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.47 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Red Nonnenkamp, Don Hendrickson, Bud Souchock, Jack Saltzgaver, Harry Craft, Ken Sears, Johnny Welaj, Don Lang, Rugger Ardizoia, Herb Karpel, Mel Queen, Boyd Perry, Johnny Johnson, George Scharein, Mike Garbark, Tommy Reis, Steve Roser, Lefty Sullivan, Spec Shea, Eddie Kearse, Fred Frankhouse, Charles Wensloff, Larry Rosenthal, Ed Levy, Al Gettel, Eric Tipton and Mike Milosevich were all players from the 1942 Kansas City Blues who played in the Majors during their careers.
Johnny Neun served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
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 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.47 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 244.0 | 209 | 76 | 67 | 64 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tommy Reis | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.83 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 159.0 | 134 | 62 | 50 | 83 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Al Gettel | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.62 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 179.0 | 182 | 80 | 72 | 80 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Herb Karpel | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.48 | 38 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 116.0 | 93 | 34 | 32 | 51 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Johnson | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.29 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 178.0 | 165 | 73 | 65 | 71 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Raymond Volpi | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.68 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 115.0 | 101 | 57 | 47 | 69 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Rugger Ardizoia | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.42 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 137.0 | 129 | 63 | 52 | 70 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Spec Shea | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.15 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 | 76 | 38 | 35 | 75 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Steve Roser | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Lefty Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fred Collins | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Roman Pfeffer | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Mel Queen | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Fred Frankhouse | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Hendrickson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 3.13 | 275 | 149 | 62 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 1289.0 | 1161 | 523 | 448 | 0 | 598 | 0 | 603 | 22 | 2 | 27 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Levy | 139 | 556 | 503 | 63 | 154 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 70 | 21 | 44 | 55 | .306 | .363 | .455 | .818 | 229 | 12 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Mike Milosevich | 153 | 587 | 511 | 71 | 146 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 67 | 52 | .286 | .370 | .362 | .732 | 185 | 13 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Don Lang | 138 | 533 | 470 | 51 | 136 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 1 | 46 | 43 | .289 | .358 | .387 | .745 | 182 | 13 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Red Nonnenkamp | 153 | 645 | 546 | 86 | 124 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 87 | 53 | .227 | .335 | .299 | .634 | 163 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Ken Sears | 127 | 475 | 439 | 62 | 123 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 1 | 36 | 48 | .280 | .335 | .458 | .793 | 201 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Scharein | 123 | 494 | 451 | 43 | 114 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 32 | 28 | .253 | .305 | .308 | .613 | 139 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Eric Tipton | 91 | 364 | 318 | 50 | 97 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 12 | 40 | 25 | .305 | .383 | .462 | .845 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Larry Rosenthal | 130 | 495 | 416 | 43 | 94 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 72 | 58 | .226 | .342 | .334 | .676 | 139 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Harry Craft | 58 | 237 | 215 | 37 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 18 | .288 | .332 | .400 | .732 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Mike Garbark | 58 | 163 | 152 | 12 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .276 | .321 | .362 | .683 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Collins | 44 | 135 | 122 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 22 | .303 | .351 | .410 | .761 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 84 | 180 | 167 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 21 | .204 | .249 | .263 | .512 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Gettel | 40 | 63 | 61 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .213 | .213 | .246 | .459 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Johnny Johnson | 29 | 71 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .200 | .235 | .215 | .451 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Boyd Perry | 27 | 99 | 87 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | .149 | .229 | .207 | .436 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Charles Wensloff | 33 | 97 | 80 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .150 | .244 | .162 | .407 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Herb Karpel | 45 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .250 | .362 | .400 | .762 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Raymond Volpi | 29 | 43 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .200 | .238 | .250 | .488 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bud Souchock | 8 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .464 | .679 | 13 | ||||||||
| Urban Pfeffer | 16 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .162 | .184 | .216 | .400 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tommy Reis | 25 | 64 | 55 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .109 | .155 | .127 | .282 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Rugger Ardizoia | 30 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .125 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Spec Shea | 27 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .094 | .147 | .125 | .272 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Roser | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Queen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Frankhouse | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Silvanic | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||
| Johnny Welaj | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||
| Eddie Kearse | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1636 | 5525 | 4901 | 597 | 1264 | 225 | 51 | 53 | 544 | 75 | 0 | 504 | 571 | .258 | .329 | .357 | .686 | 1750 | 90 | 13 | 107 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Levy | 1B | 136 | 1156 | 93 | 11 | 97 | .991 | 9.184 | ||||
| Fred Collins | 1B | 15 | 120 | 12 | 1 | 12 | .992 | 8.800 | ||||
| Mike Milosevich | 2B | 144 | 314 | 396 | 27 | 87 | .963 | 4.931 | ||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 2B | 17 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .967 | 3.412 | ||||
| Don Lang | 3B | 138 | 145 | 265 | 16 | 28 | .962 | 2.971 | ||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 3B | 11 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 3.636 | ||||
| Ken Sears | C | 115 | 505 | 74 | 15 | 13 | .975 | 5.035 | 11 | |||
| Mike Garbark | C | 45 | 177 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 4.178 | 3 | |||
| Red Nonnenkamp | OF | 152 | 371 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .982 | 2.520 | ||||
| Larry Rosenthal | OF | 127 | 220 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 1.835 | ||||
| Eric Tipton | OF | 90 | 182 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 2.078 | ||||
| Harry Craft | OF | 58 | 121 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .985 | 2.276 | ||||
| Fred Collins | OF | 20 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.800 | ||||
| Urban Pfeffer | OF | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | OF | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Herb Karpel | P | 38 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| Al Gettel | P | 36 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .932 | 1.139 | ||||
| Charles Wensloff | P | 33 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 2.182 | ||||
| Rugger Ardizoia | P | 30 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.033 | ||||
| Raymond Volpi | P | 29 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.379 | ||||
| Johnny Johnson | P | 29 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.379 | ||||
| Spec Shea | P | 27 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .852 | ||||
| Tommy Reis | P | 25 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.840 | ||||
| Steve Roser | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Fred Frankhouse | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Hendrickson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lefty Sullivan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mel Queen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roman Pfeffer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Collins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Scharein | SS | 121 | 233 | 333 | 28 | 70 | .953 | 4.678 | ||||
| Boyd Perry | SS | 27 | 40 | 72 | 8 | 13 | .933 | 4.148 | ||||
| Mike Milosevich | SS | 16 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 6 | .968 | 3.812 | ||||
| Totals | 1532 | 3782 | 1651 | 144 | 356 | .974 | 3.546 | 14 | 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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