1945 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 65-86
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Casey Stengel (65-86)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 92,853, Avg. 1,230

1945 Kansas City Blues Roster

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 65 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Blues scored 710 runs and yielded 715 runs. Johnny Ostrowski led Kansas City with 13 home runs and accounted for 99 RBI. Walter Nowak paced all regular batters by connecting at a .334 clip. Cuddles Marshall and Ed Bahr topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Gale Pringle recorded a 3.73 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1945 Kansas City Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cuddles Marshall, Charlie Cozart, Lynn King, Elmer Singleton, Jack Saltzgaver, Johnny Ostrowski, Herb Crompton, Loren Babe, Alex Mustaikis, Bill Steinecke, Ed Bahr, Frankie Zak and Johnny Cooney.

Casey Stengel 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
Ed Bahr	12	9	.571	4.09	29	24	4	14	1		185.0	177	100	84		107		112	5	1	7
Cuddles Marshall	12	9	.571	4.27	39	20	11	15	1		173.0	176	102	82		107		121	7	0	4
John Orphal	8	5	.615	4.14	14	12	1	8	1		87.0	80	45	40		46		45	1	0	3
Elmer Singleton	7	6	.538	2.43	17	15	1	8	1		115.0	99	42	31		56		66	1	0	4
John Moore	7	12	.368	4.90	27	21	3	5	0		147.0	173	100	80		59		74	4	1	6
Gale Pringle	6	13	.316	3.73	38	17	11	8	0		152.0	174	74	63		55		42	2	0	3
Joe Valenzuela	4	3	.571	3.38	7	7	0	5	0		48.0	53	21	18		19		14	0	0	0
Fred Pepper	3	7	.300	4.11	13	11	0	4	0		81.0	83	46	37		43		34	5	2	2
Charlie Cozart	2	0	1.000	4.32	4	3	1	1	0		25.0	24	13	12		19		7	2	0	2
Alex Mustaikis	2	6	.250	3.94	14	8	5	3	1		64.0	77	41	28		20		18	1	0	3
William Davis	1	2	.333	5.56	24	8	11	1	0		55.0	74	42	34		23		11	1	0	1
Eddie Marleau	1	7	.125	3.53	30			0	0		51.0	59	25	20		19		11	1	0	1
Irl Henderson	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		1.0	5				2		0
Mel Serafini	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		2.0	8				2		0
John Mahnen	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		3.0	2				5		0
Raymond Stelmack	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		6.0	4				4		1
Giles Knowles	0	1	.000	3.60	4			0	0		5.0	8	5	2		4		0	1	0	1
Theodore Pfennig	0	1	.000	6.23	6			0	0		13.0	17	12	9		4		1	0	0	0
Ray Uniak	0	1	.000	30.00	6			0	0		3.0	7	14	10		10		5	1	0	0
Alva Emmertson	0	4	.000	7.83	9			0	0		23.0	35	21	20		14		10	1	0	0
Totals	65	86	.430	4.14	285	146	48	72	5	0	1239.0	1335	703	570	0	618	0	572	33	4	37	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
Johnny Ostrowski	144	608	558	102	166	28	4	13	99	14		48	70	.297	.353	.432	.785	241	11	0	2
Walter Nowak	116	478	428	62	143	23	9	6	80	15		45	57	.334	.397	.472	.869	202	5	0	5
Lynn King	135	559	477	76	123	16	2	0	40	9		72	34	.258	.355	.300	.655	143	13	0	10
Frankie Zak	104	458	376	87	108	13	3	0	30	19		78	51	.287	.412	.338	.750	127	4	2	2
Jack Devincenzi	112	409	345	42	90	18	2	7	59	3		57	52	.261	.370	.386	.756	133	7	3	4
Mel Serafini	95	314	260	36	87	25	2	3	43	5		47	51	.335	.444	.481	.924	125	7	4	3
Tony Sabol	72	266	232	38	76	12	1	1	41	15		26	18	.328	.398	.401	.799	93	6	1	7
John Kreevich	71	275	242	34	71	13	2	3	31	9		24	23	.293	.364	.401	.765	97	5	3	6
Wayne Tucker	64	259	236	30	65	4	2	1	28	7		19	26	.275	.332	.322	.654	76	2	1	3
John Bogard	67	215	190	24	54	10	2	0	29	1		20	24	.284	.352	.358	.710	68	2	0	5
Bill Steinecke	60	204	181	21	51	7	2	0	28	0		20	8	.282	.360	.343	.702	62	5	2	1
Joe Passero	49	174	141	25	40	3	3	0	20	4		31	15	.284	.413	.348	.760	49	2	0	2
Herb Crompton	53	179	160	19	40	5	0	0	20	0		18	11	.250	.330	.281	.611	45	6	1	0
Johnny Cooney	27	118	108	20	37	2	1	0	9	0		7	3	.343	.388	.380	.768	41	4	1	2
Jake Suytar	39	136	118	15	31	9	0	1	13	1		14	16	.263	.351	.364	.715	43	3	2	2
Harold Danielson	39	101	93	9	21	2	1	0	4	0		8	23	.226	.287	.269	.556	25	2	0	0
Cuddles Marshall	42	73	68	4	18	2	0	0	4	1		4	17	.265	.306	.294	.600	20	2	0	1
Otto Meyers	19	59	45	8	16	2	0	0	7	0		13	5	.356	.500	.400	.900	18	0	0	1
Dominic Castro	35	103	95	5	16	2	0	0	11	0		7	10	.168	.225	.189	.415	18	6	0	1
Roy Musser	30	100	95	9	15	0	1	0	8	0		5	14	.158	.200	.179	.379	17	3	0	0
John Orphal	14	35	33	4	12	1	0	0	4	0		2	4	.364	.400	.394	.794	13	2	0	0
Gale Pringle	39	55	47	4	11	3	2	0	9	0		4	17	.234	.294	.383	.677	18	0	0	4
Ed Bahr	34	74	71	4	11	3	0	0	2	0		2	17	.155	.178	.197	.375	14	1	0	1
Elmer Singleton	17	47	41	3	9	2	0	0	4	0		5	13	.220	.304	.268	.573	11	1	0	1
Jack Saltzgaver	11	44	31	6	8	3	1	0	5	2		10	4	.258	.439	.419	.858	13	0	0	3
Alex Mustaikis	18	30	29	1	6	1	0	0	1	0		0	9	.207	.207	.241	.448	7	0	0	1
John Moore	28	54	47	4	6	0	1	0	2	0		5	16	.128	.212	.170	.382	8	0	0	2
Charlie Cozart	5	14	14		4									.286	.286	.286	.571	4
Daniel Doy	9	29	29	2	4	0	0	0	2	1				.138	.138	.138	.276	4
Chris McKenna	4	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	4	0				.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Loren Babe	5	8	8	2	3	0	0	0		1				.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Joe Valenzuela	8	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Fred Pepper	14	32	30	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.100	.156	.100	.256	3	1	0	0
William Davis	24	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	1	0	0
Jerry Crosby	8	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0				.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Raymond Stelmack	2	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Theodore Pfennig	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alva Emmertson	9	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Giles Knowles	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Mahnen	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eddie Marleau	30	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	2
Robert Koraleski	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0					0	0
Totals	1664	5585	4898	703	1354	209	41	35	639	107	0	596	624	.276	.357	.357	.715	1750	101	20	71	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Walter Nowak	1B	98	807	60	11	78	.987	8.847
Jake Suytar	1B	33	247	14	6	18	.978	7.909
Wayne Tucker	1B	16	120	16	0	6	1.000	8.500
Mel Serafini	2B	57	106	147	6	24	.977	4.439
John Bogard	2B	42	77	110	9	23	.954	4.452
Tony Sabol	2B	35	55	85	13	15	.915	4.000
Wayne Tucker	2B	14	36	35	1	6	.986	5.071
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	134	170	217	26	22	.937	2.888
Mel Serafini	3B	22	18	38	6	3	.903	2.545
Bill Steinecke	C	53	229	36	6	3	.978	5.000	5
Herb Crompton	C	49	184	26	2	2	.991	4.286	5
Harold Danielson	C	38	125	19	4	2	.973	3.789	4
Dominic Castro	C	31	130	18	5	2	.967	4.774	5
Lynn King	OF	132	263	18	7	5	.976	2.129
Jack Devincenzi	OF	101	183	12	7	1	.965	1.931
John Kreevich	OF	71	150	7	1	1	.994	2.211
Joe Passero	OF	42	62	4	3	0	.957	1.571
Tony Sabol	OF	33	67	6	3	2	.961	2.212
Roy Musser	OF	29	62	4	2	0	.971	2.276
Johnny Cooney	OF	21	58	2	1	2	.984	2.857
Walter Nowak	OF	20	26	2	2	0	.933	1.400
Otto Meyers	OF	14	24	0	1	0	.960	1.714
John Bogard	OF	12	15	2	0	0	1.000	1.417
Cuddles Marshall	P	39	13	30	9	1	.827	1.103
Gale Pringle	P	38	15	34	2	2	.961	1.289
Eddie Marleau	P	30	0	10	0	0	1.000	.333
Ed Bahr	P	29	10	46	2	3	.966	1.931
John Moore	P	27	11	24	0	1	1.000	1.296
William Davis	P	24	6	14	1	0	.952	.833
Elmer Singleton	P	17	4	21	1	1	.962	1.471
John Orphal	P	14	12	10	0	0	1.000	1.571
Alex Mustaikis	P	14	7	25	2	1	.941	2.286
Fred Pepper	P	13	5	26	1	3	.969	2.385
Alva Emmertson	P	9						.000
Joe Valenzuela	P	7						.000
Ray Uniak	P	6						.000
Theodore Pfennig	P	6						.000
Giles Knowles	P	4						.000
Charlie Cozart	P	4						.000
Raymond Stelmack	P	1						.000
Mel Serafini	P	1						.000
John Mahnen	P	1						.000
Irl Henderson	P	1						.000
Frankie Zak	SS	104	212	318	25	51	.955	5.096
Wayne Tucker	SS	31	67	81	16	14	.902	4.774
Johnny Ostrowski	SS	14	20	28	3	6	.941	3.429
Totals		1531	3596	1545	184	298	.965	3.358	19	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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