1946 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Doc Prothro (90-63)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 275,034, Avg. 3,595

1946 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 4 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 2
Finals - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 3

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing second 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
Les Willis	18	7	.720	2.37	30	21	9	17	6		163.0	155	53	43		27		98	0	0	1
Byron Cook	14	6	.700	2.61	23	22	1	16	3		179.0	173	71	52		47		65	5	0	1
Herman Drefs	14	11	.560	2.78	30	29	1	14	2		194.0	197	80	60		61		103	2	0	7
Charlie Ripple	10	4	.714	3.03	16	14	1	9	2		101.0	106	38	34		28		50	2	0	2
Homer Spragins	7	8	.467	3.20	35	12	18	5	0		132.0	141	63	47		47		62	1	0	4
Gene Lambert	7	8	.467	4.06	24	16	5	7	2		122.0	107	72	55		80		44	2	0	2
Fred Biggs	6	3	.667	3.00	16	13	2	6	1		99.0	113	43	33		26		34	2	0	0
Jim McClure	3	1	.750	4.30	8	2	4	1	0		23.0	20	15	11		14		16	1	0	1
James Voiselle	3	2	.600	5.51	21	6	9	3	1		85.0	95	62	52		29		41	2	0	1
Tal Abernathy	3	3	.500	3.48	9	7	1	1	0		44.0	39	22	17		27		20	2	0	2
Bob Ferguson	2	2	.500	4.82	5	3	2	2	0		28.0	29	16	15		9		9	0	0	0
Woody Crowson	1	3	.250	4.50	6	3	2	1	0		28.0	32	18	14		5		9	1	0	1
Ray Patton					2						0.0
Elwood Knierim					14						0.0
Mel Bosser	0	0		0.00	4						12.0
Ray Hardee	0	0		0.00	5						9.0
Don Dunker	0	1	.000	4.80	4						15.0	18	14	8		7		5	1	0	0
Totals	88	59	.599	3.22	252	148	55	82	17	0	1234.0	1225	567	441	0	407	0	556	21	0	22	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
Roy Bueschen	147	592	511	99	157	25	9	6	64	10		68	46	.307	.392	.427	.818	218		3	10
Paul Armstrong	132	490	452	78	130	32	5	2	45	14		24	23	.288	.331	.394	.724	178		5	9
George Morgan	136	516	493	63	124	31	7	1	64	4		16	54	.252	.276	.349	.625	172		1	6
William Cliggott	123	411	359	59	116	16	4	0	33	8		42	13	.323	.394	.390	.784	140		0	10
Merv Connors	96	349	300	53	85	21	6	6	49	0		46	40	.283	.380	.453	.834	136		1	2
Blackstone Thompson	104	382	332	46	85	13	5	2	53	4		45	58	.256	.345	.343	.688	114		0	5
Harry Chozen	102	336	313	11	81	10	0	0	40	1		17	6	.259	.303	.291	.594	91		3	3
John Lukon	59	216	196	25	57	9	1	2	18	1		15	21	.291	.347	.378	.725	74		2	3
Bill Adair	62	219	192	38	54	13	3	1	25	0		26	24	.281	.367	.396	.763	76		0	1
Ray Viers	75	260	239	25	52	11	2	0	15	2		16	30	.218	.270	.280	.550	67		1	4
Larry Barton	61	228	196	28	51	13	1	4	29	4		31	22	.260	.364	.398	.762	78		1	0
Herbert Freeman	43	171	149	23	49	3	1	0	14	3		17	6	.329	.405	.362	.767	54		2	3
William Seal	43	170	153	15	42	5	0	0	17	1		14	9	.275	.339	.307	.646	47		1	2
Ralph McNair	44	129	118	18	40	7	0	1	16	0		8	8	.339	.391	.424	.814	50		2	1
Bob Stagg	44	110	95	10	18	4	1	1	14	1		14	20	.189	.300	.284	.584	27		1	0
Byron Cook	23	71	65	5	17	4	0	0	7	1		5	16	.262	.314	.323	.637	21		0	1
Charlie Ripple	16	40	38	4	10	4	0	0	1	0		1	10	.263	.282	.368	.650	14		0	1
Gene Lambert	24	49	48	3	10	1	0	0	5	0		0	13	.208	.208	.229	.438	11		0	1
Cecil Hubbard	12	33	27	5	7	2	1	0	1	0		2	7	.259	.333	.407	.741	11		1	3
Homer Spragins	38	48	46	1	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	10	.152	.152	.152	.304	7		0	2
Les Willis	30	62	59	2	7	0	0	0	3	0		3	9	.119	.161	.119	.280	7		0	0
Herman Drefs	30	70	65	4	6	0	0	0	4	0		3	26	.092	.132	.092	.225	6		0	2
Fred Biggs	17	37	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0		1	9	.125	.152	.125	.277	4		0	4
Jim McClure	13	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	5	0		2	0	.300	.462	.300	.762	3		1	0
Woody Crowson	6	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Tal Abernathy	9	15	15		2									.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Don Dunker	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Mel Bosser	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Bob Ferguson	5	10	10		1									.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Bob Okrie	5	14	14		1									.071	.071	.071	.143	1
James Voiselle	21	31	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	11	.036	.100	.036	.136	1		0	1
Ray Hardee	5	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Brown	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1535	5094	4577	619	1221	224	46	26	525	54	0	418	491	.267	.331	.353	.684	1615	0	25	74	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Merv Connors	1B	80	660	66	6	46	.992	9.075
Larry Barton	1B	57	505	26	2	38	.996	9.316
Ray Viers	2B	67	157	173	15	37	.957	4.925
Bill Adair	2B	57	123	123	13	23	.950	4.316
Herbert Freeman	2B	20	37	49	4	9	.956	4.300
John Lukon	2B	17	41	40	5	5	.942	4.765
George Morgan	3B	85	85	191	12	23	.958	3.247
William Seal	3B	39	46	80	9	8	.933	3.231
Herbert Freeman	3B	20	17	36	3	3	.946	2.650
Harry Chozen	C	100	400	45	4	4	.991	4.450	3
Ralph McNair	C	43	172	12	7	2	.963	4.279	2
Bob Stagg	C	33	130	12	4	4	.973	4.303	2
Roy Bueschen	OF	142	214	17	10	2	.959	1.627
Paul Armstrong	OF	122	288	8	8	1	.974	2.426
William Cliggott	OF	112	190	8	5	2	.975	1.768
John Lukon	OF	25	36	1	2	0	.949	1.480
Homer Spragins	P	35	7	32	5	3	.886	1.114
Les Willis	P	30	3	28	5	0	.861	1.033
Herman Drefs	P	30	7	34	5	1	.891	1.367
Gene Lambert	P	24	9	17	1	0	.963	1.083
Byron Cook	P	23	6	31	4	0	.902	1.609
James Voiselle	P	21	8	20	0	0	1.000	1.333
Charlie Ripple	P	16	2	16	1	0	.947	1.125
Fred Biggs	P	16	10	25	0	0	1.000	2.188
Elwood Knierim	P	14						.000
Tal Abernathy	P	9						.000
Jim McClure	P	8						.000
Woody Crowson	P	6						.000
Ray Hardee	P	5						.000
Bob Ferguson	P	5						.000
Don Dunker	P	4						.000
Mel Bosser	P	4						.000
Ray Patton	P	2						.000
Blackstone Thompson	SS	96	172	268	29	34	.938	4.583
George Morgan	SS	50	87	132	26	15	.894	4.380
John Lukon	SS	13	31	27	7	9	.892	4.462
Totals		1430	3443	1517	192	269	.963	3.469	7	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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