1943 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 56-81
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Doc Prothro (56-81)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 84,965, Avg. 1,240

1943 Memphis Chicks Roster

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1943 season with a record of 56 wins and 81 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.

Doc Prothro 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
Frank Veverka	12	9	.571	3.22	26	21	3	15	4		162.0	174	76	58		34		51	1	0	3
Roy Walker	10	11	.476	4.59	32	19	8	10	3		151.0	175	93	77		39		41	2	0	3
Weldon West	8	16	.333	3.15	35	29	4	12	2		197.0	197	91	69		67		134	1	0	4
Harry Kelley	6	1	.857	5.12	28	16	11	9	0		137.0	179	97	78		52		50	4	0	3
Herman Drefs	6	6	.500	3.43	22	17	3	7	0		126.0	139	65	48		32		63	1	0	2
Lloyd Brown	5	2	.714	2.39	11	7	4	4	1		49.0	55	20	13		15		17	0	0	1
Walter Brown	5	13	.278	4.86	35	12	16	5	0		148.0	156	93	80		62		92	4	0	4
Jim McClure	3	6	.333	5.09	13	10	2	7	0		76.0	95	55	43		13		36	2	0	0
Bill Rogers					4						0.0
Roxy Bush					4						0.0
Hank Johnson	0	0		0.00	4						16.0									0
Bruce White	0	0		0.00	2						9.0									0
Homer Spragins	0	1	.000	6.00	2						12.0	16	13	8		2		6	2	0	0
Eugene Thorn	0	1	.000	11.00	4	1	1	1	0		9.0	11	11	11		9		2	2	0	0
Gene Mote	0	1	.000	15.00	2						3.0	6	7	5		3		0	0	0	0
John Duncan	0	2	.000	10.89	5	1	3	1	0		19.0	38	25	23		5		2	0	1	0
Totals	55	69	.444	4.14	229	133	55	71	10	0	1114.0	1241	646	513	0	333	0	494	19	1	20	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
Pete Gray	126	489	453	56	131	7	6	0	42	13	11	19	11	.289	.319	.331	.650	150		1	16
Buster Chatham	133	563	470	68	122	17	5	1	40	7	1	76	47	.260	.366	.323	.690	152		3	14
Luther Gunnells	117	432	376	61	99	11	4	1	36	15	5	42	30	.263	.339	.322	.661	121		1	13
Billy Bowers	80	270	259	27	75	13	2	2	26	2	3	8	18	.290	.313	.378	.692	98		1	2
Mickey O'Neil	87	276	247	25	65	10	1	0	27	1	0	22	29	.263	.326	.312	.638	77		1	6
Merv Connors	72	276	230	29	62	22	2	3	32	6	3	45	39	.270	.391	.422	.813	97		1	0
Gene Nance	54	213	191	24	58	15	2	0	33	2	0	19	9	.304	.367	.403	.770	77		0	3
Ed Ignasiak	55	211	181	22	48	15	5	0	17	1	2	24	20	.265	.351	.403	.755	73		0	6
Frank Veverka	56	161	153	15	45	3	5	0	17	0	1	7	3	.294	.325	.379	.704	58		0	1
Hugh Holliday	52	184	166	18	39	10	0	0	15	1	0	16	18	.235	.302	.295	.597	49		0	2
Paul Martin	36	136	127	18	37	6	2	2	17	0	1	9	7	.291	.338	.417	.756	53		0	0
George Mitrus	59	183	162	15	30	5	3	0	13	1	2	15	16	.185	.254	.253	.507	41		0	6
William Kramer	24	85	83	6	23	1	2	1	14	1	2	1	1	.277	.286	.373	.659	31		0	1
Don Vettorel	18	50	47	6	20	2	0	1	11	0	0	3	4	.426	.460	.532	.992	25		0	0
Bud Dawson	17	68	62	14	19	6	0	0	8	0	1	6	8	.306	.368	.403	.771	25		0	0
Gilly Campbell	28	76	55	9	16	1	1	0	8	0	0	18	2	.291	.473	.345	.818	19		1	2
Harry Kelley	31	59	56	6	15	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	2	.268	.305	.268	.573	15		0	0
Roy Walker	37	69	63	11	15	0	0	0	9	0	0	5	4	.238	.294	.238	.532	15		0	1
Jim McClure	25	52	48	1	13	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	.271	.286	.271	.557	13		0	3
Woody Fair	24	99	85	9	13	0	1	0	11	1	0	10	2	.153	.242	.176	.419	15		0	4
Al Wright	15	54	49	4	12	3	0	0	3	0	1	4	6	.245	.315	.306	.621	15		1	0
Walter Brown	37	53	48	4	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	6	.229	.302	.312	.614	15		1	0
Weldon West	38	71	68	3	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	24	.162	.186	.206	.392	14		1	1
Robert Beal	5	21	21		10									.476	.476	.476	.952	10
Herman Drefs	22	47	35	2	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	11	.200	.378	.200	.578	7		1	2
Ledel Gardner	7	18	18		5									.278	.278	.278	.556	5
Lloyd Brown	16	24	22	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.227	.292	.318	.610	7		0	0
Joe Palmisano	14	37	31	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	6	1	.161	.297	.194	.491	6		0	0
Hank Johnson	8	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
William Schaedler	3	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Mike Sabena	7	18	18		2									.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Lew Chandler	6	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
James Douglass	8	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Homer Spragins	2	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Eugene Thorn	4	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Duncan	5	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Felix Rios	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Mote	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Ray	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bruce White	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Woodrow McDonald	4	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1339	4367	3896	456	1020	155	42	11	403	54	33	375	328	.262	.329	.332	.660	1292	0	13	83	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Ignasiak	1B	51	416	31	4	25	.991	8.765
Merv Connors	1B	48	377	26	8	35	.981	8.396
William Kramer	1B	21	171	19	7	17	.964	9.048
Frank Veverka	1B	10	78	7	0	8	1.000	8.500
Luther Gunnells	2B	59	139	145	12	30	.959	4.814
George Mitrus	2B	37	88	76	8	12	.953	4.432
Buster Chatham	2B	18	55	52	6	9	.947	5.944
Gene Nance	2B	16	46	31	4	5	.951	4.812
Al Wright	2B	15	30	38	8	6	.895	4.533
Gene Nance	3B	39	41	56	9	4	.915	2.487
Buster Chatham	3B	36	56	80	4	5	.971	3.778
George Mitrus	3B	20	17	41	8	2	.879	2.900
Merv Connors	3B	20	19	60	4	5	.952	3.950
Luther Gunnells	3B	15	17	31	6	2	.889	3.200
Mickey O'Neil	C	87	324	55	11	7	.972	4.356	8
Gilly Campbell	C	24	80	13	3	1	.969	3.875	0
Billy Bowers	C	20	57	7	7	0	.901	3.200	3
Don Vettorel	C	14	56	4	1	2	.984	4.286	0
Joe Palmisano	C	14	54	6	2	0	.968	4.286	0
Pete Gray	OF	122	312	3	8	1	.975	2.582
Billy Bowers	OF	51	79	3	4	0	.953	1.608
Hugh Holliday	OF	47	77	7	4	0	.955	1.787
Paul Martin	OF	34	50	2	5	0	.912	1.529
Woody Fair	OF	14	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.786
Frank Veverka	OF	13	27	0	3	0	.900	2.077
Weldon West	P	35	6	33	3	0	.929	1.114
Walter Brown	P	35	7	20	4	0	.871	.771
Roy Walker	P	32	9	34	0	0	1.000	1.344
Harry Kelley	P	28	5	27	2	2	.941	1.143
Frank Veverka	P	26	12	29	3	2	.932	1.577
Herman Drefs	P	22	6	26	4	1	.889	1.455
Jim McClure	P	13	3	15	0	2	1.000	1.385
Lloyd Brown	P	11	1	7	0	0	1.000	.727
John Duncan	P	5						.000
Eugene Thorn	P	4						.000
Bill Rogers	P	4						.000
Hank Johnson	P	4						.000
Roxy Bush	P	4						.000
Bruce White	P	2						.000
Homer Spragins	P	2						.000
Gene Mote	P	2						.000
Buster Chatham	SS	80	139	223	17	38	.955	4.525
Luther Gunnells	SS	42	72	111	18	15	.910	4.357
Bud Dawson	SS	17	28	33	6	8	.910	3.588
Totals		1213	2979	1351	193	244	.957	3.570	11	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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