1944 Norfolk Tars Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Garland Braxton (72-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park

1944 Norfolk Tars Roster

Playoffs - Portsmouth Cubs 4 games, Norfolk Tars 3

The Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League ended the 1944 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the PL.

Garland Braxton served as manager.

Click on column headings to sort.

Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Al Gettel	17	7	.708	1.81	31			18	5		224.0	177	61	45		64		232	15	2	11
Bill Houtz	10	11	.476	3.44	37			9	0		178.0	157	103	68		109		162	10	2	9
Theodore Pfennig	9	6	.600	2.93	20			10	2		138.0	131	55	45		45		78	2	2	6
Ed Wright	8	3	.727	1.69	14			11	2		96.0	86	31	18		24		69	2	0	4
Ray Uniak	7	4	.636	2.65	14			7	0		95.0	68	35	28		44		99	4	0	3
Garland Braxton	7	7	.500	2.09	20			7	1		86.0	83	25	20		15		42	1	0	2
Elden Clark	7	8	.467	3.49	20			8	1		116.0	112	62	45		40		75	2	0	2
Jack Lark	3	2	.600	0.00	12			1	0		38.0	53	32			20		40	2	0	5
Tom Murray	3	7	.300	3.34	20			4	0		89.0	75	49	33		26		54	4	2	3
Ray Flannagan	2	0	1.000	0.00	2			0	0		8.0	15	8			2		3	0	0	0
Gene Enright					3						0.0
Woody Traylor					1						0.0
Louis Shaheen	0	0			1						0.0
Walter Dzuroska	0	1	.000	0.00	7			0	0		14.0	22	21			9		6	2	0	0
Wilbur Rutherford	0	1	.000	0.00	6			0	0		24.0	29	25			10		9	0	0	4
John Schmidt	0	1	.000	0.00	6			0	0		21.0	19	15			13		14	1	0	5
Frank Smith	0	2	.000	0.00	5			0	0		19.0	23	20			18		5	2	0	1
Carl Walker	0	2	.000	0.00	7			0	0		19.0	21	17			3		11	1	0	1
Bob Alexander	0	5	.000	4.40	7			1	0		45.0	38	33	22		36		34	3	0	3
Totals	73	67	.521	2.41	233	0	0	76	11	0	1210.0	1109	592	324	0	478	0	933	51	8	59	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
George Motto	134	547	484	67	143	24	7	1	47	20		52	35	.295	.370	.380	.750	184		5	6
Carl McQuillen	111	459	419	54	100	22	3	4	44	9		35	70	.239	.297	.334	.631	140		0	5
Chris McKenna	81	338	312	31	94	18	3	1	36	0		16	37	.301	.339	.388	.727	121		2	8
Joe Bodner	85	387	329	49	81	10	0	0	16	12		38	33	.246	.335	.277	.612	91		6	14
Grady Dunlap	66	273	238	37	74	15	3	4	42	6		28	17	.311	.395	.450	.844	107		5	2
Paul Hazle	94	341	286	46	68	8	1	0	30	7		51	40	.238	.359	.273	.632	78		3	1
George Gasser	76	338	283	32	61	9	3	1	24	3		43	23	.216	.323	.279	.602	79		2	10
Dutch Prather	65	243	192	30	51	12	2	2	27	1		41	38	.266	.405	.380	.785	73		4	6
Carr Smith	64	243	217	17	51	11	1	0	20	0		16	19	.235	.300	.295	.595	64		4	6
Peter Pace	49	198	169	17	39	5	2	0	19	8		24	25	.231	.333	.284	.617	48		2	3
Richard Wentworth	37	131	115	15	32	6	3	1	17	0		8	28	.278	.341	.409	.750	47		3	5
Al Baker	27	112	103	14	25	2	1	0	7	2		9	9	.243	.304	.282	.585	29		0	0
John Moore	38	144	114	17	23	4	0	2	15	0		25	23	.202	.359	.289	.649	33		3	2
Bill Houtz	54	93	79	9	20	2	1	1	10	0		13	13	.253	.359	.342	.700	27		0	1
William Clickner	20	69	63	11	19	2	1	1	6	3		4	4	.302	.362	.413	.775	26		2	0
Don Goben	24	97	82	15	19	1	2	0	5	0		13	7	.232	.337	.293	.630	24		0	2
Ray Uniak	42	104	78	11	15	4	1	1	7	0		22	15	.192	.370	.308	.678	24		0	4
Tom Upton	23	79	73	9	13	3	1	0	6	0		5	19	.178	.231	.247	.477	18		0	1
Darrell Medlock	18	68	53	11	12	2	1	0	8	1		14	9	.226	.388	.302	.690	16		0	1
Al Gettel	32	87	78	7	12	0	0	0	4	1		6	12	.154	.224	.154	.377	12		1	2
Ed Wright	19	48	41	5	11	1	0	1	12	0		4	4	.268	.333	.366	.699	15		0	3
Broadus Cabaniss	13	57	53	3	11	1	1	0	6	0		2	10	.208	.236	.264	.501	14		0	2
Carl Hower	17	47	43	2	10	1	0	0	5	0		4	3	.233	.298	.256	.554	11		0	0
Richard Crosson	20	77	62	5	10	1	0	0	10	0		9	10	.161	.316	.177	.493	11		5	1
Bill Sheets	28	80	72	5	9	2	0	0	1	1		7	13	.125	.203	.153	.355	11		0	1
Tom Murray	21	35	33	2	6	2	0	0	3	0		1	7	.182	.206	.242	.448	8		0	1
Jack Lark	12	16	15	2	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	2	.333	.375	.400	.775	6		0	0
Elden Clark	21	42	35	2	5	2	1	0	9	0		4	9	.143	.268	.257	.525	9		2	1
Theodore Pfennig	21	53	41	5	5	1	1	0	2	0		10	12	.122	.308	.195	.503	8		1	1
Garland Braxton	20	27	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	3		0	0
Wilbur Rutherford	10	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	2	0		0	3	.222	.222	.444	.667	4		0	0
Totals	1342	4842	4198	533	1029	172	40	20	442	74	0	505	555	.245	.333	.319	.653	1341	0	50	89	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dutch Prather	1B	63	490	29	5	32	.990	8.238
Don Goben	1B	22	208	9	4	10	.982	9.864
George Gasser	2B	76	206	209	25	41	.943	5.461
Peter Pace	2B	46	117	132	13	15	.950	5.413
Broadus Cabaniss	2B	10	16	24	3	2	.930	4.000
George Motto	3B	134	151	264	36	16	.920	3.097
Paul Hazle	C	57	348	37	11	4	.972	6.754	23
Richard Wentworth	C	36	267	33	1	4	.997	8.333	17
Bill Sheets	C	26	140	16	3	2	.981	6.000	7
Carl Hower	C	13	72	12	3	1	.966	6.462	2
Grady Dunlap	C	13	111	9	4	2	.968	9.231	1
Carl McQuillen	OF	110	200	21	9	8	.961	2.009
Chris McKenna	OF	80	77	5	7	1	.921	1.025
Carr Smith	OF	60	73	4	6	1	.928	1.283
Grady Dunlap	OF	53	70	0	5	0	.933	1.321
John Moore	OF	35	56	4	2	1	.968	1.714
Paul Hazle	OF	31	29	5	1	1	.971	1.097
Richard Crosson	OF	19	35	0	0	0	1.000	1.842
William Clickner	OF	16	15	0	1	0	.938	.938
Ray Uniak	OF	10	6	1	0	0	1.000	.700
Bill Houtz	P	37	6	48	5	1	.915	1.459
Al Gettel	P	31	11	41	5	3	.912	1.677
Theodore Pfennig	P	20	3	18	5	0	.808	1.050
Tom Murray	P	20						.000
Elden Clark	P	20	2	20	2	1	.917	1.100
Garland Braxton	P	20	3	22	3	1	.893	1.250
Ed Wright	P	14	3	14	2	1	.895	1.214
Ray Uniak	P	14	3	18	1	0	.955	1.500
Jack Lark	P	12	1	10	0	0	1.000	.917
Carl Walker	P	7						.000
Walter Dzuroska	P	7						.000
Bob Alexander	P	7						.000
John Schmidt	P	6						.000
Wilbur Rutherford	P	6						.000
Frank Smith	P	5						.000
Gene Enright	P	3						.000
Ray Flannagan	P	2						.000
Woody Traylor	P	1						.000
Louis Shaheen	P	1						.000
Joe Bodner	SS	80	136	219	35	24	.910	4.438
Al Baker	SS	27	32	67	7	10	.934	3.667
Tom Upton	SS	17	29	31	10	8	.857	3.529
Totals		1267	2916	1322	214	190	.952	3.345	50	0	0

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.