1937 Moline Plow Boys Statistics
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 74-41
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Mike Gazella (74-41)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Moline, Illinois
Ballpark: Browning Field
Attendance: 40,000, Avg. 696
1937 Moline Plow Boys RosterTeam Record: 74-41
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Mike Gazella (74-41)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Moline, Illinois
Ballpark: Browning Field
Attendance: 40,000, Avg. 696
Playoffs - Moline Plow Boys 4 games, Clinton Owls 1
The Moline Plow Boys of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1937 season with a record of 74 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.
Mike Gazella 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Higbe | 21 | 5 | .808 | 0.00 | 30 | 215.0 | 143 | 85 | 141 | |||||||||||||
| Don Jones | 18 | 8 | .692 | 0.00 | 28 | 227.0 | 205 | 96 | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Al Epperly | 14 | 6 | .700 | 0.00 | 28 | 183.0 | 132 | 67 | 71 | |||||||||||||
| Myron Meyer | 9 | 4 | .692 | 0.00 | 15 | 119.0 | 115 | 50 | 28 | |||||||||||||
| William Minarik | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0.00 | 8 | 49.0 | 53 | 39 | 32 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Sosnouski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 12.0 | 17 | 14 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Derwin Steimling | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Gazella | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 2 | 12.0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Louis Stefani | 1 | 6 | .143 | 0.00 | 10 | 63.0 | 64 | 37 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Mene | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 13.0 | 13 | 9 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 72 | 38 | .655 | 0.00 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 953.0 | 824 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mene | 112 | 479 | 479 | 164 | 16 | 16 | 6 | .342 | .342 | .480 | .823 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 113 | 458 | 458 | 142 | 26 | 18 | 12 | .310 | .310 | .524 | .834 | 240 | |||||||||||
| Hank Majeski | 105 | 403 | 403 | 139 | 20 | 15 | 9 | .345 | .345 | .536 | .881 | 216 | |||||||||||
| Henry Meyer | 115 | 456 | 456 | 135 | 26 | 9 | 4 | .296 | .296 | .419 | .715 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Edward Jabb | 102 | 377 | 377 | 113 | 24 | 10 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .472 | .772 | 178 | |||||||||||
| Red Steiner | 98 | 358 | 358 | 101 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .282 | .282 | .374 | .656 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Ken Richardson | 64 | 239 | 239 | 64 | 18 | 4 | 8 | .268 | .268 | .477 | .745 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Stuart Merrill | 80 | 313 | 313 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .201 | .201 | .246 | .447 | 77 | |||||||||||
| Peanuts Lowrey | 45 | 181 | 181 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .304 | .304 | .409 | .713 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Don Jones | 40 | 116 | 116 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .267 | .509 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Edward Kraus | 20 | 73 | 73 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .315 | .589 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Al Epperly | 29 | 83 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .313 | .554 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Kirby Higbe | 33 | 97 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .196 | .196 | .309 | .505 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Neal Stepp | 17 | 63 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .270 | .333 | .603 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Fred Wiesler | 19 | 76 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .237 | .447 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gaul | 31 | 90 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .156 | .156 | .222 | .378 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Myron Meyer | 17 | 50 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .260 | .500 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Virgil Siemer | 6 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .409 | .682 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Louis Stefani | 10 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1056 | 3956 | 3956 | 5 | 1132 | 172 | 87 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .417 | .703 | 1649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 1B | 113 | 941 | 60 | 24 | .977 | 8.858 | |
| Ken Richardson | 2B | 64 | 178 | 167 | 15 | .958 | 5.391 | |
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 69 | 70 | 130 | 18 | .917 | 2.899 | |
| Fred Wiesler | 3B | 19 | 7 | 40 | 7 | .870 | 2.474 | |
| Edward Kraus | 3B | 19 | 18 | 40 | 3 | .951 | 3.053 | |
| Red Steiner | C | 94 | 682 | 80 | 17 | .978 | 8.106 | |
| Frank Gaul | C | 19 | 135 | 14 | 5 | .968 | 7.842 | |
| Henry Meyer | OF | 115 | 158 | 15 | 9 | .951 | 1.504 | |
| Joe Mene | OF | 109 | 216 | 8 | 20 | .918 | 2.055 | |
| Edward Jabb | OF | 99 | 162 | 9 | 7 | .961 | 1.727 | |
| Neal Stepp | OF | 17 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .867 | 1.529 | |
| Kirby Higbe | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Don Jones | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Al Epperly | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Myron Meyer | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Stefani | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| William Minarik | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Stuart Merrill | SS | 79 | 111 | 204 | 46 | .873 | 3.987 | |
| Peanuts Lowrey | SS | 30 | 50 | 68 | 16 | .881 | 3.933 | |
| Totals | 973 | 2752 | 837 | 191 | 0 | .949 | 3.689 |
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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