1945 Middletown Rockets Statistics
Ohio State League (OSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 89-50
Finished 1st in the OSL
Manager: Ivy Griffin (89-50)
Location: Middletown, Ohio
Ballpark: Rathman Park, Armco Field
Attendance: 27,399, Avg. 394
1945 Middletown Rockets RosterTeam Record: 89-50
Finished 1st in the OSL
Manager: Ivy Griffin (89-50)
Location: Middletown, Ohio
Ballpark: Rathman Park, Armco Field
Attendance: 27,399, Avg. 394
Playoffs - Middletown Rockets 4 games, Springfield Giants 2
Finals - Zanesville Dodgers 3 games, Middletown Rockets 2
The Middletown Rockets of the Ohio State League ended the 1945 season with a record of 89 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the OSL.
Ivy Griffin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Janikowski | 25 | 7 | .781 | 1.71 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 226.0 | 131 | 76 | 43 | 128 | 274 | 7 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Matthew Nolan | 23 | 6 | .793 | 3.06 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 232.0 | 192 | 117 | 79 | 144 | 262 | 10 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Donald Lisinski | 10 | 2 | .833 | 4.16 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 106.0 | 128 | 75 | 49 | 37 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Stanley Kmet | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.53 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 103.0 | 94 | 41 | 29 | 28 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Edward Kruppa | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.69 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 95.0 | 101 | 52 | 39 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Edward Post | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.88 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 72.0 | 67 | 36 | 23 | 35 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Elmer Schaetzel | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 74.0 | 83 | 62 | 43 | 64 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| Robert Wirt | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 57.0 | 60 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Becker | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 48.0 | 43 | 35 | 19 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Johnny Walker | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 45.0 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 42 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dick Oder | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Jenkins | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Braden | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Magula | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Albert Lawrence | 0.00 | 4 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Weis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 19.0 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 87 | 47 | .649 | 3.05 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 12 | 0 | 1086.0 | 957 | 586 | 368 | 0 | 574 | 0 | 953 | 47 | 9 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Vanhoff | 137 | 610 | 519 | 108 | 162 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 80 | 16 | 78 | 101 | .312 | .407 | .480 | .887 | 249 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Richard Morse | 131 | 535 | 487 | 83 | 142 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 86 | 7 | 29 | 24 | .292 | .344 | .370 | .714 | 180 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Chuck Carroll | 123 | 552 | 506 | 102 | 142 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 72 | 13 | 37 | 74 | .281 | .332 | .393 | .725 | 199 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| William Scott | 134 | 555 | 468 | 113 | 139 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 33 | 73 | 102 | .297 | .400 | .442 | .842 | 207 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Homer Chapman | 108 | 504 | 431 | 95 | 126 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 50 | 65 | 44 | .292 | .388 | .394 | .782 | 170 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Steve Magula | 110 | 388 | 358 | 67 | 124 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 78 | 5 | 22 | 26 | .346 | .391 | .494 | .885 | 177 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Ray Janikowski | 107 | 358 | 303 | 60 | 102 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 7 | 47 | 17 | .337 | .432 | .449 | .881 | 136 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Art Kunde | 81 | 331 | 273 | 60 | 97 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 6 | 48 | 17 | .355 | .458 | .538 | .997 | 147 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Ralph Otto | 106 | 409 | 351 | 48 | 83 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 45 | 46 | .236 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 117 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Matthew Nolan | 51 | 148 | 138 | 17 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 23 | .261 | .292 | .355 | .647 | 49 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Edward Kruppa | 22 | 43 | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .250 | .302 | .275 | .577 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edward Neu | 16 | 60 | 57 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .175 | .203 | .211 | .414 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harley Biggs | 14 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .233 | .258 | .333 | .591 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stanley Kmet | 16 | 44 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .171 | .256 | .171 | .428 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Robert Wirt | 12 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .217 | .217 | .348 | .565 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Walker | 10 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Becker | 11 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elton Kallien | 13 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .088 | .295 | .088 | .384 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Lisinski | 23 | 50 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .070 | .200 | .093 | .293 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Elmer Schaetzel | 15 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .000 | .037 | .000 | .037 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1240 | 4752 | 4160 | 794 | 1204 | 189 | 86 | 43 | 677 | 147 | 0 | 476 | 571 | .289 | .369 | .407 | .776 | 1694 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Kunde | 1B | 81 | 631 | 42 | 14 | 37 | .980 | 8.309 | ||||
| Ray Janikowski | 1B | 47 | 386 | 5 | 11 | 21 | .973 | 8.319 | ||||
| Steve Magula | 2B | 19 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | .849 | 2.368 | ||||
| Edward Neu | 2B | 16 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 6 | .887 | 3.438 | ||||
| Harley Biggs | 2B | 10 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | .769 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard Morse | 3B | 108 | 101 | 177 | 28 | 15 | .908 | 2.574 | ||||
| Steve Magula | 3B | 32 | 25 | 48 | 16 | 3 | .820 | 2.281 | ||||
| Ralph Otto | C | 105 | 781 | 89 | 22 | 11 | .975 | 8.286 | 15 | |||
| Steve Magula | C | 35 | 214 | 25 | 13 | 3 | .948 | 6.829 | 9 | |||
| Harold Vanhoff | OF | 136 | 162 | 18 | 26 | 4 | .874 | 1.324 | ||||
| William Scott | OF | 134 | 152 | 8 | 14 | 2 | .920 | 1.194 | ||||
| Chuck Carroll | OF | 123 | 208 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .926 | 1.837 | ||||
| Ray Janikowski | OF | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Steve Magula | OF | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ray Janikowski | P | 34 | 15 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .938 | 1.794 | ||||
| Matthew Nolan | P | 33 | 21 | 66 | 10 | 0 | .897 | 2.636 | ||||
| Donald Lisinski | P | 23 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.130 | ||||
| Edward Kruppa | P | 19 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.526 | ||||
| Elmer Schaetzel | P | 15 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.467 | ||||
| Stanley Kmet | P | 15 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 1.933 | ||||
| Robert Wirt | P | 12 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bob Becker | P | 11 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Johnny Walker | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Edward Post | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Weis | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Jenkins | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Lawrence | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Braden | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Oder | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Magula | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Homer Chapman | SS | 108 | 146 | 271 | 60 | 35 | .874 | 3.861 | ||||
| Richard Morse | SS | 21 | 33 | 42 | 12 | 6 | .862 | 3.571 | ||||
| Totals | 1201 | 2976 | 1064 | 288 | 162 | .933 | 3.364 | 24 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
