1944 Lima Red Birds Statistics
Ohio State League (OSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 65-62
Finished 4th in the OSL
Manager: Clifton Marr (0-0), Jack Norris (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lima, Ohio
Ballpark: Allen County Park
1944 Lima Red Birds RosterTeam Record: 65-62
Finished 4th in the OSL
Manager: Clifton Marr (0-0), Jack Norris (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lima, Ohio
Ballpark: Allen County Park
Playoffs - Newark Moundsmen 3 games, Lima Red Birds 1
The Lima Red Birds of the Ohio State League ended the 1944 season with a record of 65 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the OSL.
Clifton Marr and Jack Norris 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McKinnon | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.28 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 181.0 | 177 | 119 | 66 | 63 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Edgar Wiesler | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.08 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 108.0 | 109 | 64 | 49 | 56 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Kurt Krieger | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.16 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 147.0 | 143 | 97 | 68 | 75 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Richard Steinhauer | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 71.0 | 64 | 30 | 17 | 31 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| David Roberts | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.61 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 125.0 | 138 | 102 | 64 | 71 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Earl Geiss | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 83.0 | 77 | 50 | 38 | 51 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Herschel Collingsworth | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.35 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 79.0 | 109 | 69 | 47 | 37 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Johnny Klippstein | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 27 | 27 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kenneth Watson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 52.0 | 65 | 44 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Wyman Thomas | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 26.0 | 37 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Robert Mark | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ralph Goedde | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 15.0 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bob Habenicht | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| John Van Waning | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pablo Travieso | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Dermany | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Oder | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wylie Ivey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Homa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Rochelle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| David Cyrus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Lyle Emerick | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| George Niesz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 53 | .543 | 3.42 | 201 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 987.0 | 1061 | 731 | 375 | 0 | 525 | 0 | 718 | 33 | 5 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Reside | 126 | 570 | 510 | 120 | 173 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 102 | 39 | 45 | 75 | .339 | .398 | .500 | .898 | 255 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Herbert Schmiedeke | 120 | 534 | 444 | 116 | 151 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 29 | 79 | 47 | .340 | .442 | .450 | .892 | 200 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | 121 | 527 | 439 | 95 | 136 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 114 | 26 | 72 | 55 | .310 | .412 | .431 | .842 | 189 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Frank Bowa | 87 | 391 | 340 | 79 | 115 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 38 | 35 | .338 | .413 | .409 | .821 | 139 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Billy Smith | 92 | 336 | 293 | 54 | 94 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 71 | 6 | 41 | 56 | .321 | .404 | .471 | .875 | 138 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wylie Ivey | 83 | 344 | 313 | 46 | 83 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 25 | 46 | .265 | .322 | .361 | .683 | 113 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Bud Kresal | 34 | 141 | 130 | 28 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 23 | .308 | .348 | .454 | .802 | 59 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ken McDonald | 47 | 194 | 173 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 23 | .220 | .278 | .306 | .584 | 53 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Ralph Kolb | 40 | 156 | 141 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 23 | .248 | .312 | .298 | .610 | 42 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Fuertes | 58 | 203 | 169 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 21 | .207 | .316 | .225 | .541 | 38 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Joe Sutherland | 38 | 147 | 123 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | .203 | .310 | .285 | .594 | 35 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Vincent Pawloski | 34 | 121 | 100 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .240 | .356 | .340 | .696 | 34 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Kurt Krieger | 35 | 88 | 83 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | .217 | .261 | .241 | .502 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Jolly | 15 | 69 | 50 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .320 | .477 | .420 | .897 | 21 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Alex Homa | 18 | 67 | 63 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .254 | .299 | .317 | .616 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| James McKinnon | 44 | 83 | 74 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .216 | .275 | .257 | .532 | 19 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Steinhauer | 22 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .361 | .489 | .583 | 1.072 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Loya | 27 | 90 | 80 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .150 | .236 | .175 | .411 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| David Roberts | 27 | 62 | 59 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .186 | .226 | .288 | .514 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edgar Wiesler | 16 | 49 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .170 | .188 | .170 | .358 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Giorvas | 13 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .184 | .244 | .211 | .454 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Earl Geiss | 14 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .200 | .294 | .400 | .694 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Mark | 13 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .194 | .242 | .194 | .436 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Herschel Collingsworth | 16 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .138 | .167 | .172 | .339 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kenneth Watson | 10 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1150 | 4378 | 3815 | 712 | 1084 | 170 | 68 | 26 | 635 | 156 | 0 | 448 | 564 | .284 | .364 | .385 | .749 | 1468 | 0 | 32 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Zernia | 1B | 109 | 817 | 52 | 15 | 51 | .983 | 7.972 | ||||
| Frank Bowa | 2B | 85 | 200 | 206 | 45 | 27 | .900 | 4.776 | ||||
| Billy Smith | 2B | 22 | 43 | 37 | 16 | 4 | .833 | 3.636 | ||||
| Joe Sutherland | 2B | 17 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 1 | .836 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wylie Ivey | 3B | 77 | 123 | 138 | 36 | 22 | .879 | 3.390 | ||||
| Joe Sutherland | 3B | 21 | 23 | 53 | 5 | 3 | .938 | 3.619 | ||||
| Billy Smith | 3B | 12 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 3.000 | ||||
| Fred Fuertes | C | 58 | 343 | 56 | 12 | 5 | .971 | 6.879 | 13 | |||
| Vincent Pawloski | C | 30 | 196 | 28 | 9 | 2 | .961 | 7.467 | 5 | |||
| Steve Loya | C | 27 | 158 | 27 | 9 | 6 | .954 | 6.852 | 3 | |||
| James Giorvas | C | 12 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .932 | 5.750 | 4 | |||
| Neal Reside | OF | 126 | 202 | 23 | 17 | 9 | .930 | 1.786 | ||||
| Herbert Schmiedeke | OF | 119 | 197 | 14 | 15 | 5 | .934 | 1.773 | ||||
| Billy Smith | OF | 35 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .914 | .914 | ||||
| Bud Kresal | OF | 31 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .875 | 1.355 | ||||
| Harvey Zernia | OF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| James McKinnon | P | 33 | 15 | 37 | 4 | 1 | .929 | 1.576 | ||||
| Kurt Krieger | P | 28 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| David Roberts | P | 23 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .906 | 2.087 | ||||
| Edgar Wiesler | P | 16 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 2.062 | ||||
| Herschel Collingsworth | P | 15 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.200 | ||||
| Earl Geiss | P | 13 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.385 | ||||
| Pablo Travieso | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Watson | P | 10 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 1.800 | ||||
| Richard Steinhauer | P | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Johnny Klippstein | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Niesz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wyman Thomas | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Mark | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Habenicht | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Goedde | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Rochelle | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Dermany | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Cyrus | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Van Waning | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Oder | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wylie Ivey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Homa | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lyle Emerick | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Kolb | SS | 39 | 58 | 84 | 20 | 12 | .877 | 3.641 | ||||
| Ken McDonald | SS | 31 | 37 | 79 | 15 | 7 | .885 | 3.742 | ||||
| Alex Homa | SS | 20 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 4 | .827 | 3.350 | ||||
| George Jolly | SS | 10 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .805 | 3.300 | ||||
| Totals | 1092 | 2660 | 1109 | 289 | 177 | .929 | 3.451 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
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