1944 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: George Ferrell (80-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
1944 Lynchburg Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 80-60
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: George Ferrell (80-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Playoffs - Lynchburg Cardinals 4 games, Richmond Colts 2
Finals - Lynchburg Cardinals 4 games, Portsmouth Cubs 3
The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1944 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the PL.
George Ferrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Koch | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.15 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 234.0 | 173 | 83 | 56 | 117 | 217 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Clint Echols | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.05 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 224.0 | 178 | 98 | 51 | 88 | 166 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| David Thomas | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.39 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 181.0 | 137 | 85 | 48 | 105 | 113 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| James Price | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.43 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 105.0 | 100 | 53 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| George Sumey | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.54 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 138.0 | 119 | 66 | 39 | 67 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 19 | ||||||
| Herm Neuberger | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.49 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 152.0 | 136 | 60 | 42 | 40 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Bryant Collins | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.03 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 96.0 | 113 | 64 | 43 | 46 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Larry Weldon | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.63 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 52.0 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Charles Kearney | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ken Blackman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brad Trine | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Everett Hamer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Ferrell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carl Pinion | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wyman Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Tom Staley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| James Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 80 | 60 | .571 | 2.48 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 13 | 0 | 1234.0 | 1056 | 578 | 340 | 0 | 550 | 0 | 780 | 37 | 10 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Payne | 133 | 581 | 532 | 81 | 181 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 35 | 15 | .340 | .385 | .432 | .818 | 230 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| George Ferrell | 136 | 571 | 482 | 62 | 139 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 69 | 15 | .288 | .391 | .376 | .766 | 181 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| Bruce Smith | 131 | 563 | 466 | 90 | 110 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 81 | 76 | .236 | .353 | .320 | .672 | 149 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Leroy Nichols | 72 | 337 | 273 | 57 | 98 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 56 | 20 | .359 | .474 | .509 | .984 | 139 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| James Dickey | 97 | 402 | 364 | 52 | 92 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 72 | .253 | .306 | .343 | .650 | 125 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| George Pratt | 97 | 378 | 335 | 31 | 91 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 24 | .272 | .333 | .337 | .671 | 113 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Rollie Seltz | 108 | 441 | 404 | 47 | 82 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 30 | 79 | .203 | .260 | .287 | .547 | 116 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Vaughn Hazen | 63 | 281 | 252 | 45 | 75 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 21 | 45 | .298 | .354 | .405 | .759 | 102 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| James Towns | 48 | 240 | 219 | 46 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 14 | .306 | .353 | .370 | .723 | 81 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Steve Mizerak | 54 | 219 | 174 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 35 | 19 | .230 | .362 | .345 | .707 | 60 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Rausch | 28 | 127 | 113 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 6 | .345 | .398 | .434 | .832 | 49 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 24 | 111 | 99 | 21 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | .313 | .364 | .434 | .799 | 43 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Clint Echols | 38 | 107 | 99 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .273 | .287 | .333 | .620 | 33 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Francis Cosgrove | 42 | 151 | 129 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 16 | .209 | .315 | .302 | .618 | 39 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| George Sumey | 35 | 89 | 84 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .202 | .221 | .238 | .459 | 20 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| David Thomas | 29 | 74 | 66 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .242 | .306 | .242 | .548 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Lee | 21 | 73 | 70 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .229 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 21 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Henry Koch | 32 | 101 | 90 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .178 | .229 | .267 | .496 | 24 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Frank Martin | 21 | 74 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .219 | .286 | .344 | .629 | 22 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| James Price | 17 | 48 | 40 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .300 | .391 | .350 | .741 | 14 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Edward Lippeatt | 14 | 55 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | .262 | .415 | .262 | .677 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bryant Collins | 24 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .204 | .235 | .245 | .480 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| John Jowaiszas | 14 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .205 | .286 | .295 | .581 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Herm Neuberger | 25 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .141 | .167 | .188 | .354 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Balla | 10 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .143 | .400 | .190 | .590 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1313 | 5225 | 4575 | 682 | 1232 | 223 | 66 | 14 | 546 | 84 | 0 | 487 | 543 | .269 | .345 | .356 | .701 | 1629 | 0 | 38 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Dickey | 1B | 95 | 749 | 39 | 32 | 53 | .961 | 8.295 | ||||
| John Jowaiszas | 1B | 14 | 127 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .936 | 9.429 | ||||
| Steve Mizerak | 2B | 54 | 161 | 161 | 10 | 36 | .970 | 5.963 | ||||
| Robert Rausch | 2B | 28 | 76 | 104 | 14 | 19 | .928 | 6.429 | ||||
| Rollie Seltz | 2B | 23 | 67 | 75 | 8 | 15 | .947 | 6.174 | ||||
| Charles Lee | 2B | 18 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Bruce Smith | 3B | 122 | 135 | 221 | 38 | 10 | .904 | 2.918 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 3B | 15 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 2 | .830 | 2.933 | ||||
| George Pratt | C | 92 | 542 | 72 | 19 | 7 | .970 | 6.674 | 28 | |||
| Francis Cosgrove | C | 37 | 208 | 23 | 8 | 4 | .967 | 6.243 | 6 | |||
| Edward Lippeatt | C | 11 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .947 | 6.545 | 8 | |||
| George Ferrell | OF | 133 | 228 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 1.842 | ||||
| Cecil Payne | OF | 132 | 271 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.227 | ||||
| Leroy Nichols | OF | 72 | 105 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .933 | 1.542 | ||||
| Vaughn Hazen | OF | 63 | 116 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .945 | 1.905 | ||||
| Bob Erps | OF | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Clint Echols | P | 31 | 6 | 59 | 3 | 3 | .956 | 2.097 | ||||
| Henry Koch | P | 30 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Thomas | P | 29 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .909 | 1.724 | ||||
| George Sumey | P | 26 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.500 | ||||
| Herm Neuberger | P | 22 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 2 | .833 | 1.364 | ||||
| Bryant Collins | P | 22 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.318 | ||||
| James Price | P | 16 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Larry Weldon | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Roberts | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Kearney | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wyman Thomas | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Staley | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Jones | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Ferrell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Trine | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Pinion | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Everett Hamer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Blackman | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rollie Seltz | SS | 86 | 149 | 254 | 38 | 34 | .914 | 4.686 | ||||
| James Towns | SS | 48 | 82 | 137 | 32 | 23 | .873 | 4.562 | ||||
| Totals | 1255 | 3197 | 1441 | 278 | 233 | .943 | 3.696 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
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