1946 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 81-72
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Jewel Ens (81-72)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 237,235, Avg. 3,101

1946 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Baltimore Orioles 2
Finals - Montreal Royals 4 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1946 season with a record of 81 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the IL.

Jewel Ens 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
Jim Prendergast	17	10	.630	3.92	33	26		12	4		202.0	228	102	88		55		62	3	0	1
Earl Harrist	15	10	.600	3.74	32	29		15	5		212.0	181	103	88		79		105	4	0	4
Mike Schultz	11	7	.611	2.75	29	15		9	1		144.0	111	52	44		58		80	1	0	2
Dixie Howell	10	14	.417	3.55	24	24		19	2		190.0	191	87	75		100		100	6	0	2
Bob Katz	7	5	.583	4.96	22	14		6	0		107.0	112	74	59		58		38	3	0	1
Ken Polivka	6	6	.500	4.26	34	7		2	0		93.0	99	60	44		41		54	0	1	3
Howie Fox	4	1	.800		7						0.0
Arnold Carter	4	3	.571	3.82	14	10		4	1		66.0	61	33	28		36		13	4	5	2
Floyd Giebell	4	5	.444	3.74	16	10		6	1		77.0	80	43	32		38		34	0		2
Leo Bobeck	2	2	.500	3.16	26	4		0	0		74.0	66	31	26		38		35	0	0	3
Johnnie Wittig	1	7	.125	4.31	27	5		1	0		71.0	78	41	34		33		52	1	1	3
William Blue	0	0			2						0.0
John Bebber	0	0			2						0.0
George Burpo	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	81	72	.529	3.77	271	144	0	74	14	0	1236.0	1207	626	518	0	536	0	573	22	7	23	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
Hank Sauer	140	603	517	99	146	29	2	21	90	13	3	76	59	.282	.380	.468	.848	242	11	5	5
Al Rubeling	145	604	521	76	144	15	12	12	79	7	4	73	47	.276	.367	.420	.788	219	8	2	8
Chuck Kress	145	608	536	100	140	23	6	10	80	11	6	64	76	.261	.340	.382	.722	205	11	0	8
Jodie Beeler	114	499	429	72	124	23	2	4	45	8	10	65	52	.289	.384	.380	.764	163	11	1	4
Dutch Mele	117	499	420	63	122	14	3	15	74	6	4	72	19	.290	.399	.445	.844	187	5	4	3
Vann Harrington	114	514	454	83	122	13	4	13	50	11	4	49	29	.269	.346	.401	.747	182	5	5	6
Kermit Wahl	109	432	362	52	98	15	3	7	58	2	4	57	40	.271	.376	.387	.763	140	13	4	9
Dick West	87	325	286	47	84	10	4	6	48	9	3	34	33	.294	.373	.420	.792	120	10	2	3
Dick Sipek	98	354	319	35	78	14	8	1	22	3	0	26	28	.245	.307	.348	.655	111	4	3	6
Joe Just	80	289	245	27	54	8	0	6	41	3	2	42	32	.220	.334	.327	.661	80	6	0	2
John Dudick	53	185	156	23	40	5	0	3	22	1	0	21	30	.256	.352	.346	.698	54	5	2	6
Garton Del Savio	33	117	111	9	24	2	2	0	11	0	2	5	6	.216	.256	.270	.527	30	2	1	0
Dixie Howell	52	108	100	12	19	1	1	4	13	0	0	7	22	.190	.243	.340	.583	34	1	0	1
Jim Prendergast	33	83	73	6	18	5	0	0	6	0	1	5	20	.247	.295	.315	.610	23	2	0	5
Bill Sinton	24	84	78	12	18	4	2	0	9	1	0	5	11	.231	.277	.333	.610	26	0	0	1
Edward Heinrich	27	70	62	6	14	2	0	1	9	0	0	8	10	.226	.314	.306	.621	19	0	0	0
Earl Harrist	32	81	72	5	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.167	.178	.167	.345	12	0	0	8
Mike Schultz	29	55	46	5	10	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	16	.217	.294	.261	.555	12	0	2	4
Jack Cassini	15	65	56	8	9	1	1	0	3	2	0	6	4	.161	.277	.214	.491	12	1	3	0
Thaddeus Bosiack	11	25	22	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	.273	.333	.364	.697	8	0	0	1
Arnold Carter	19	23	20	6	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	.250	.286	.300	.586	6	0	0	2
Bob Katz	22	41	36	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.139	.184	.139	.323	5	1	1	3
Johnnie Wittig	27	22	20	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.200	.238	.200	.438	4	0	0	1
Floyd Giebell	21	34	29	3	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.138	.194	.241	.435	7	0	0	3
Ken Polivka	34	30	23	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	.130	.310	.130	.441	3	0	0	1
Leo Bobeck	26	19	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.125	.263	.125	.388	2	0	0	0
Totals	1607	5769	5009	761	1305	190	51	103	682	79	43	635	585	.261	.348	.381	.728	1906	96	35	90	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Chuck Kress	1B	145	1259	133	12	94	.991	9.600
Vann Harrington	2B	112	289	319	23	69	.964	5.429
Jack Cassini	2B	14	31	43	2	4	.974	5.286
Jodie Beeler	2B	10	29	17	2	2	.958	4.600
Al Rubeling	3B	136	166	248	24	23	.945	3.044
Garton Del Savio	3B	15	18	30	1	3	.980	3.200
Joe Just	C	78	313	42	9	4	.975	4.551	4	52	17	24.6
Dick West	C	73	349	39	16	7	.960	5.315	5	30	16	34.8
Thaddeus Bosiack	C									2	0	0.0
Hank Sauer	OF	131	264	10	6	2	.979	2.092
Dutch Mele	OF	115	187	5	4	2	.980	1.670
Jodie Beeler	OF	103	251	12	7	1	.974	2.553
Dick Sipek	OF	78	173	6	1	1	.994	2.295
Bill Sinton	OF	19	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.263
Edward Heinrich	OF	17	20	2	0	1	1.000	1.294
Ken Polivka	P	34	7	18	5	0	.833	.735
Jim Prendergast	P	33	17	38	2	2	.965	1.667
Earl Harrist	P	32	7	39	0	1	1.000	1.438
Mike Schultz	P	29	12	25	4	1	.902	1.276
Johnnie Wittig	P	27	3	11	0	0	1.000	.519
Leo Bobeck	P	26	9	15	3	3	.889	.923
Dixie Howell	P	24	12	31	0	1	1.000	1.792
Bob Katz	P	22	5	28	2	1	.943	1.500
Floyd Giebell	P	16						.000
Arnold Carter	P	14	8	16	2	2	.923	1.714
Howie Fox	P	7						.000
George Burpo	P	3						.000
William Blue	P	2						.000
John Bebber	P	2						.000
Kermit Wahl	SS	109	222	306	44	54	.923	4.844
John Dudick	SS	39	77	94	18	17	.905	4.385
Totals		1465	3752	1527	187	295	.966	3.603	9	84	33	28.2

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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