1937 Portsmouth Red Birds Statistics

Middle Atlantic League (MAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 72-57
Finished 3rd in the MAL
Manager: Benny Borgmann (72-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Portsmouth, Ohio
Ballpark: Branch Rickey Park

1937 Portsmouth Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Canton Terriers 3 games, Portsmouth Red Birds 1

The Portsmouth Red Birds of the Middle Atlantic League ended the 1937 season with a record of 72 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the MAL.

Benny Borgmann 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
Lee Sherrill	19	12	.613	3.37	33	29					243.0	209	121	91		116
John Swank	15	8	.652	3.49	30	22					209.0	229	124	81		92
Jack Farmer	14	11	.560	3.47	30	27					210.0	211	105	81		80
Hersh Lyons	10	7	.588	3.31	18						144.0	129	72	53		68
John Maher	9	14	.391	4.29	35	24					191.0	201	126	91		112
Ralph Waldo	4	2	.667	5.29	11						51.0	57	35	30		19
Wayne Hawkins	1	1	.500	0.00	8						16.0
Steve Vargo	0	0		0.00	4						9.0
Sidney Stringfellow	0	0		0.00	2						5.0
Donald Scott	0	0		0.00	6						6.0
Brumfield	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Jack Brysch	0	1	.000	0.00	3						4.0
Totals	72	56	.562	3.53	181	102	0	0	0	0	1089.0	1036	583	427	0	487	0	0	0	0	0	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
Benny Borgmann	128	509	509		177	24	2	1						.348	.348	.409	.756	208
David Danaher	128	536	536		175	42	7	9						.326	.326	.481	.808	258
Marvin Pelton	127	518	518		174	44	2	10						.336	.336	.486	.822	252
John Zipay	121	469	469		160	25	3	4						.341	.341	.433	.774	203
Bob Richards	117	488	488		143	32	4	6						.293	.293	.412	.705	201
Bill James	125	449	449		132	27	8	16						.294	.294	.497	.791	223
Mike Blazo	91	286	286		68	19	1	3						.238	.238	.343	.580	98
Doyle Brannon	78	269	269		55	7	0	1						.204	.204	.242	.446	65
Sidney Stringfellow	43	162	162		44	8	1	9						.272	.272	.500	.772	81
Gilbert Dobbs	70	214	214		44	2	1	3						.206	.206	.266	.472	57
Lee Sherrill	44	117	117		32	6	1	2						.274	.274	.393	.667	46
John Swank	32	84	84		21	7	1	0						.250	.250	.357	.607	30
Jack Farmer	32	80	80		18	5	0	0						.225	.225	.288	.512	23
Hersh Lyons	31	71	71		16	1	0	1						.225	.225	.282	.507	20
John Maher	35	71	71		9	0	0	1						.127	.127	.169	.296	12
Ralph Waldo	12	26	26		8	1	0	1						.308	.308	.462	.769	12
Totals	1214	4349	4349	0	1276	250	31	67	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.293	.411	.705	1789	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Zipay	1B	121	877	61	36		.963	7.752
Benny Borgmann	2B	125	293	311	25		.960	4.832
Bob Richards	3B	81	101	124	12		.949	2.778
Sidney Stringfellow	3B	34	51	57	9		.923	3.176
Mike Blazo	C	89	618	68	17		.976	7.708
Gilbert Dobbs	C	47	295	30	9		.973	6.915
David Danaher	OF	128	164	4	14		.923	1.312
Marvin Pelton	OF	127	238	9	10		.961	1.945
Bill James	OF	112	173	16	4		.979	1.688
John Maher	P	35						.000
Lee Sherrill	P	33						.000
John Swank	P	30						.000
Jack Farmer	P	30						.000
Hersh Lyons	P	18						.000
Ralph Waldo	P	11						.000
Doyle Brannon	SS	78	122	188	31		.909	3.974
Totals		1099	2932	868	167	0	.958	3.458

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