1942 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 81-69
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Charlie Grimm (81-69)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Borchert Field
Attendance: 217,966, Avg. 2,906

1942 Milwaukee Brewers Roster

Playoffs - Toledo Mud Hens 4 games, Milwaukee Brewers 2

The Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 81 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Brewers paced the league with 742 runs, fueled by 92 home runs. Milwaukee yielded 745 runs, most in the circuit. Bill Norman led the squad with 24 home runs, while Ted Gullic walloped 15 or more, too. Hal Peck and Heinz Becker each accounted for 94 RBI. Eddie Stanky topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .342 clip. Hy Vandenberg paced the team with 17 wins, and Walt Lanfranconi added 15 or more victories also Hy Vandenberg recorded a 4.14 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1942 Milwaukee Brewers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Heinz Becker, Jack Berly, Charles George, Odell Hale, Ed Hanyzewski, Walt Lanfranconi, Bill Norman, Johnny Hudson, Hy Vandenberg, George Blaeholder, Hal Peck, Roxie Lawson, Packy Rogers, Emil Kush, Vallie Eaves, Ted Gullic, Grey Clarke, Frank Secory, Russ Meers, Red Howell, Eddie Stanky, Pete Naktenis, Hersh Martin, Vance Page and Peanuts Lowrey.

Charlie Grimm 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
Hy Vandenberg	17	10	.630	4.14	42	31	9	10	1		235.0	249	121	108		74		100	3	0	4
Walt Lanfranconi	15	13	.536	4.34	42	28	12	2	3		226.0	230	117	109		90		76	3	0	3
Emil Kush	9	12	.429	4.31	45	20	15	8	1		163.0	169	93	78		70		76	5	0	4
Pete Naktenis	8	8	.500	5.13	36	19	9	6	0		121.0	124	80	69		83		64	4	0	3
Ed Hanyzewski	7	2	.778	3.89	18	15	2	4	0		111.0	94	58	48		83		72	1	1	4
Vance Page	7	7	.500	4.83	30	8	12	1	0		95.0	123	62	51		26		41	1	0	2
Roxie Lawson	6	6	.500	5.54	27	17	6	9	0		125.0	142	81	77		56		32	2	0	2
Russ Meers	4	2	.667	4.17	10	6	2	2	0		41.0	36	28	19		39		23	0	0	2
Vallie Eaves	4	5	.444	5.46	12	9	2	1	0		61.0	69	38	37		34		26	2	0	1
Ray Campbell	2	0	1.000	8.40	12			0	0		15.0	24	17	14		8		4	1	0	0
George Blaeholder	2	3	.400	4.50	33			0	0		60.0	73	33	30		20		18	0	0	0
John Meketi	0	0		0.00	2			0	0		7.0	8				8		1
Jack Christensen	0	0		0.00	7			0	0		6.0	14				5		1
Jack Berly	0	1	.000	2.00	5			0	0		9.0	6	3	2		4		13	0	0	1
Totals	81	69	.540	4.53	321	153	69	43	5	0	1275.0	1361	731	642	0	600	0	547	22	1	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
Hal Peck	141	611	568	90	189	24	10	10	94	9		40	45	.333	.377	.463	.840	263	4	0	3
Eddie Stanky	145	646	527	124	180	56	6	8	57	6		108	35	.342	.457	.516	.973	272	8	4	7
Heinz Becker	143	572	500	76	170	30	12	6	94	8		71	41	.340	.422	.484	.906	242	3	0	1
Bill Norman	129	513	418	80	126	22	3	24	85	2		88	53	.301	.426	.541	.967	226	9	3	4
Ted Gullic	128	477	436	61	125	22	1	15	71	2		36	45	.287	.342	.445	.787	194	9	1	4
Johnny Hudson	144	598	537	76	121	25	5	6	55	5		50	65	.225	.293	.324	.617	174	16	1	10
Charles George	109	384	359	31	100	16	6	3	36	2		19	52	.279	.318	.382	.700	137	13	2	4
Harry Griswold	86	287	262	27	74	1	2	4	35	0		16	23	.282	.326	.347	.673	91	9	1	8
Frank Secory	78	285	257	31	64	14	2	9	47	1		24	63	.249	.316	.424	.740	109	7	1	3
Grey Clarke	66	252	231	32	63	11	3	2	31	0		15	8	.273	.317	.372	.689	86	6	0	6
Odell Hale	60	151	140	16	35	2	3	3	14	0		10	13	.250	.300	.371	.671	52	4	0	1
Hy Vandenberg	46	95	90	7	21	2	0	0	7	0		2	10	.233	.250	.256	.506	23	3	0	3
Walt Lanfranconi	48	89	85	14	19	2	1	1	5	0		2	25	.224	.241	.306	.547	26	1	0	2
Pete Naktenis	36	42	39	9	11	2	1	0	7	0		2	9	.282	.317	.385	.702	15	0	0	1
Ed Hanyzewski	18	44	42	3	10	1	0	0	1	0		0	12	.238	.238	.262	.500	11	0	0	2
Peanuts Lowrey	9	32	32	5	9	0	0	0	0	1				.281	.281	.281	.562	9
Emil Kush	45	57	54	5	9	2	0	0	3	0		0	11	.167	.167	.204	.370	11	2	0	3
Hersh Martin	5	20	20	3	7	0	0	0	5	0				.350	.350	.350	.700	7
Gordon Goodell	11	26	24	3	7	0	0	0	3	0		2	0	.292	.346	.292	.638	7	0	0	0
Roxie Lawson	27	49	45	2	6	1	0	0	3	0		2	10	.133	.170	.156	.326	7	2	0	2
Harvey Storey	10	23	21	3	5	0	0	1	3	0		2	6	.238	.304	.381	.685	8	0	0	0
Russ Meers	10	15	14	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	2	.286	.333	.286	.619	4	0	0	0
Vance Page	30	33	30	2	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	10	.133	.188	.200	.388	6	0	0	1
Vallie Eaves	12	23	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	6	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	1	0	0
Jack Berly	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Blaeholder	33	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0
Ray Campbell	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jack Christensen	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Red Howell	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Meketi	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1596	5343	4770	705	1361	233	56	92	660	36	0	495	551	.285	.354	.416	.770	1982	97	13	65	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Heinz Becker	1B	136	1172	86	20	99	.984	9.250
Ted Gullic	1B	17	116	7	4	12	.969	7.235
Johnny Hudson	2B	124	276	325	14	63	.977	4.847
Odell Hale	2B	28	77	58	10	11	.931	4.821
Grey Clarke	3B	50	31	98	12	7	.915	2.580
Ted Gullic	3B	15	9	23	0	4	1.000	2.133
Charles George	C	83	355	34	5	6	.987	4.687	4
Harry Griswold	C	76	300	46	6	9	.983	4.553	8
Hal Peck	OF	141	276	6	12	2	.959	2.000
Bill Norman	OF	122	261	8	6	2	.978	2.205
Ted Gullic	OF	86	207	11	3	1	.986	2.535
Frank Secory	OF	70	150	2	8	1	.950	2.171
Charles George	OF	12	23	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Emil Kush	P	45	6	31	1	3	.974	.822
Hy Vandenberg	P	42	11	50	0	5	1.000	1.452
Walt Lanfranconi	P	42	14	61	1	4	.987	1.786
Pete Naktenis	P	36	4	13	2	0	.895	.472
George Blaeholder	P	33	5	19	0	3	1.000	.727
Vance Page	P	30	2	22	3	0	.889	.800
Roxie Lawson	P	27	7	27	3	2	.919	1.259
Ed Hanyzewski	P	18	5	23	1	3	.966	1.556
Vallie Eaves	P	12	0	10	0	0	1.000	.833
Ray Campbell	P	12	0	2	1	0	.667	.167
Russ Meers	P	10	1	11	1	0	.923	1.200
Jack Christensen	P	7						.000
Jack Berly	P	5						.000
John Meketi	P	2						.000
Eddie Stanky	SS	143	293	431	42	83	.945	5.063
Johnny Hudson	SS	11	20	26	5	5	.902	4.182
Totals		1435	3621	1431	160	325	.969	3.521	12	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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