1941 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 71-97
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Ossie Vitt (71-97)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: Vaughn Street Park
Attendance: 112,984, Avg. 1,345

1941 Portland Beavers Roster

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1941 season with a record of 71 wins and 97 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.

The Beavers plated 677 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 776 runs. Ted Norbert paced Portland with 20 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Herman Reich led batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Ad Liska topped the team with 18 wins, while Walter Hilcher also added 15 or more wins also By Speece earned a 3.53 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1941 Portland Beavers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Gill, Johnny Gee, Ad Liska, Joe Coscarart, By Speece, Joe Callahan, Joe Gonzales, Al Wright, Art Jacobs, Ray Harrell, Lindsay Brown, Herman Reich, Marv Owen, Joe Schultz, Tommy Thompson, Walter Hilcher, Earl Reid, Joe Orrell, Eddie Wilson, Frank Reiber, Dick Conger and Dutch Lieber.

Ossie Vitt 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
Ad Liska	18	18	.500	3.71	42	39		30	3		301.0	335	138	124		87		154	4	1	1
Walter Hilcher	15	17	.469	3.66	37	32		20	3		253.0	265	119	103		85		87	1	0	8
Earl Reid	13	10	.565	3.96	37	22		17	2		184.0	204	90	81		73		66	1	1	2
By Speece	9	12	.429	3.53	26	22		12	1		148.0	163	72	58		30		42	1	0	1
Joe Orrell	5	9	.357	3.48	30	12		6	2		124.0	127	82	48		64		65	6	0	10
Joe Gonzales	4	12	.250	4.70	31	14		6	2		134.0	160	90	70		33		36	3	0	0
Johnny Gee	1	0	1.000	4.50	2	1		1	0		6.0	8	4	3		8		3
Joe Callahan	1	4	.200	4.28	26	4		2	0		80.0	89	53	38		53		34	1	1	4
Jack Hawkins	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		8.0	12				4		3
Dutch Lieber	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	4				0		1
Art Jacobs	0	1	.000	0.00	6	0		0	0		7.0	6				7		0
Dick Conger	0	3	.000	0.00	8	4		4	0		22.0	42				17		10
Totals	66	86	.434	3.72	249	150	0	98	13	0	1270.0	1415	648	525	0	461	0	501	17	3	26	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
Herman Reich	151	615	556	82	170	21	3	11	66	8		54	40	.306	.369	.414	.783	230		2	3
Tommy Thompson	160	684	594	103	169	38	4	11	46	5		84	49	.285	.375	.418	.793	248		2	4
Lindsay Brown	168	687	642	72	157	26	3	0	51	7		33	74	.245	.283	.294	.577	189		1	11
Marv Owen	144	570	501	68	150	38	6	1	70	3		56	39	.299	.375	.405	.781	203		5	8
Ted Norbert	149	573	503	72	140	21	1	20	73	1		54	44	.278	.356	.443	.800	223		7	9
Danny Escobar	129	492	440	60	124	21	7	6	61	4		45	38	.282	.350	.402	.752	177		1	6
Johnny Gill	127	461	421	58	119	20	4	12	56	0		32	46	.283	.339	.435	.774	183		4	4
Al Wright	156	569	523	51	117	22	5	0	56	1		32	41	.224	.270	.285	.555	149		1	13
Frankie Hawkins	98	326	290	27	82	22	1	3	46	4		33	17	.283	.358	.397	.755	115		1	2
Joe Schultz	86	307	284	21	78	11	1	0	24	1		21	10	.275	.325	.320	.645	91		0	2
Joe Annunzio	49	148	135	12	28	6	0	0	18	1		6	12	.207	.252	.252	.504	34		2	5
Walter Hilcher	39	98	90	5	20	2	0	0	9	0		2	17	.222	.239	.244	.484	22		0	6
Ad Liska	42	117	107	10	20	3	0	0	9	0		3	23	.187	.209	.215	.424	23		0	7
Joe Coscarart	53	125	111	9	20	2	0	0	7	0		10	8	.180	.248	.198	.446	22		0	4
Earl Reid	41	79	74	3	17	3	0	0	4	0		3	10	.230	.260	.270	.530	20		0	2
Joe Gonzales	38	59	56	7	13	2	1	0	7	1		1	14	.232	.246	.304	.549	17		0	2
Eddie Wilson	14	44	44		8	2	0	1	3	0				.182	.182	.295	.477	13
By Speece	26	57	52	4	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	13	.115	.132	.135	.267	7		1	4
Joe Callahan	26	29	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.148	.179	.148	.327	4		0	1
Joe Orrell	30	41	40	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	17	.100	.100	.100	.200	4		0	1
Dick Conger	8	8	8		2	0	0	0	1	0				.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Frank Reiber	2	2	2		1	1	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2
Jack Hawkins	3	2	2		1	1	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2
Art Jacobs	6	2	2		1	0	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Johnny Gee	2	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1747	6097	5506	665	1451	263	36	65	609	36	0	470	519	.264	.325	.360	.684	1981	0	27	94	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Herman Reich	1B	141	1346	68	17	109	.988	1.028
Danny Escobar	1B	21	182	7	1	12	.995	9.000
Al Wright	2B	156	376	402	32	96	.960	4.987
Joe Coscarart	2B	23	28	25	0	5	1.000	2.304
Marv Owen	3B	140	126	287	20	19	.954	2.950
Joe Coscarart	3B	19	20	50	3	3	.959	3.684
Joe Schultz	C	78	293	44	12	6	.966	4.321	5
Frankie Hawkins	C	66	249	30	6	4	.979	4.227	5
Joe Annunzio	C	34	109	17	1	1	.992	3.706	2
Tommy Thompson	OF	153	398	12	9	5	.979	2.680
Ted Norbert	OF	141	284	9	3	3	.990	2.078
Johnny Gill	OF	111	128	5	7	1	.950	1.198
Danny Escobar	OF	96	181	9	6	1	.969	1.979
Eddie Wilson	OF	13	38	2	1	0	.976	3.077
Ad Liska	P	42	12	68	2	5	.976	1.905
Earl Reid	P	37	5	55	2	5	.968	1.622
Walter Hilcher	P	37	5	48	5	1	.914	1.432
Joe Gonzales	P	31	8	24	1	1	.970	1.032
Joe Orrell	P	30	7	33	2	2	.952	1.333
By Speece	P	26	7	37	6	3	.880	1.692
Joe Callahan	P	26	4	11	0	1	1.000	.577
Dick Conger	P	8						.000
Art Jacobs	P	6						.000
Jack Hawkins	P	3						.000
Johnny Gee	P	2						.000
Dutch Lieber	P	1						.000
Lindsay Brown	SS	168	348	484	35	95	.960	4.952
Totals		1609	4154	1727	171	378	.972	3.655	12	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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