1937 Rayne Rice Birds Statistics

Evangeline League (EL) - Class: D
Team Record: 73-61
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Hal Funk (73-61)
Location: Rayne, Louisiana
Ballpark: Municipal Park
Attendance: 65,000, Avg. 970

1937 Rayne Rice Birds Roster

Playoffs - Lafayette White Sox 1 game, Rayne Rice Birds 0 - One game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Opelousas Indians 4 games, Rayne Rice Birds 1

The Rayne Rice Birds of the Evangeline League ended the 1937 season with a record of 73 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the EL.

Hal Funk 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
George Gick	15	10	.600	2.41	29						205.0	183	61	55		52
Jim Parker	15	11	.577	3.40	33						212.0	231	111	80		57
Jess Dobernic	12	15	.444	4.12	36						212.0	196	123	97		114
Chester Klaerner	10	0	1.000	3.09	15						99.0	97	45	34		26
Ben Simmons	6	5	.545	3.77	17						93.0	105	52	39		31
Luther Olsen	3	1	.750	4.40	7						45.0	52	26	22		13
Garth Mann	3	5	.375	3.77	20						105.0	114	56	44		42
Totals	64	47	.577	3.44	157	0	0	0	0	0	971.0	978	474	371	0	335	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
Ken Silvestri	133	531	531		163	29	7	23						.307	.307	.518	.825	275
Frank Millspaugh	136	527	527		158	21	9	12						.300	.300	.442	.742	233
Eino Hayskar	136	515	515		141	22	7	3						.274	.274	.361	.635	186
Harold Webb	100	426	426		128	20	3	1						.300	.300	.369	.669	157
Earl Fay	93	310	310		95	14	1	0						.306	.306	.358	.665	111
Frank Norbut	69	249	249		77	12	6	12						.309	.309	.550	.859	137
Frank Houska	70	252	252		77	22	1	0						.306	.306	.401	.706	101
Alfred Knoll	73	285	285		69	13	2	0						.242	.242	.302	.544	86
Lloyd Rigby	54	194	194		64	4	0	0						.330	.330	.351	.680	68
Johnny Morrow	58	228	228		58	9	2	0						.254	.254	.311	.566	71
Danny Pavlovic	21	87	87		26	3	1	5						.299	.299	.529	.828	46
Jim Parker	43	113	113		25	5	0	0						.221	.221	.265	.487	30
Johnny Conway	18	78	78		19	2	4	0						.244	.244	.372	.615	29
Tony Zetta	27	89	89		17	3	0	1						.191	.191	.258	.449	23
Chester Klaerner	19	49	49		12	2	0	0						.245	.245	.286	.531	14
Jess Dobernic	32	75	75		11	2	2	0						.147	.147	.227	.373	17
Mickey Kucinski	11	43	43		7	2	1	0						.163	.163	.256	.419	11
Garth Mann	20	44	44		5	0	0	0						.114	.114	.114	.227	5
Ben Simmons	15	37	37		3	0	0	0						.081	.081	.081	.162	3
Totals	1128	4132	4132	0	1155	185	46	57	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.388	.667	1603	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Houska	1B	70	604	30	12		.981	9.057
Tony Zetta	1B	27	202	13	3		.986	7.963
Alfred Knoll	2B	73	189	194	19		.953	5.247
Frank Millspaugh	2B	10	19	25	5		.898	4.400
Johnny Morrow	3B	58	58	115	16		.915	2.983
Harold Webb	3B	43	59	91	4		.974	3.488
Ken Silvestri	C	133	813	91	14		.985	6.797
Eino Hayskar	OF	136	236	12	12		.954	1.824
Frank Norbut	OF	69	84	11	7		.931	1.377
Earl Fay	OF	31	40	5	3		.938	1.452
Danny Pavlovic	OF	21	42	5	2		.959	2.238
Jess Dobernic	P	36						.000
Jim Parker	P	33						.000
George Gick	P	29						.000
Garth Mann	P	20						.000
Ben Simmons	P	17						.000
Chester Klaerner	P	15						.000
Luther Olsen	P	7						.000
Lloyd Rigby	SS	54	99	171	19		.934	5.000
Johnny Conway	SS	18	28	66	5		.949	5.222
Totals		900	2473	829	121	0	.965	3.669

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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