
1942 San Diego Padres Statistics
Team Record: 91-87
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Cedric Durst (91-87)
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field
Attendance: 169,334, Avg. 1,903
Playoffs - Los Angeles Angels 4 games, San Diego Padres 3
The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1942 season with a record of 91 wins and 87 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.
The Padres plated 668 runs and allowed 651 runs. Mel Mazzera paced San Diego with 14 home runs and drove in 90 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .308. Wally Hebert topped the squad with 22 wins, and Al Olsen and Frank Dasso added 15 or more wins also Wally Hebert recorded a 2.37 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1942 San Diego Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Salkeld, Stan Sperry, Wally Hebert, Oliver Hill, Herman Pillette, Boots Poffenberger, Norm Brown, George Detore, Cedric Durst, Art Garibaldi, Jack Lohrke, Frank Dasso and Mel Mazzera.
Cedric Durst 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Hebert | 22 | 15 | .595 | 2.37 | 40 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 319.0 | 324 | 104 | 84 | 78 | 125 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Al Olsen | 18 | 16 | .529 | 2.76 | 45 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 293.0 | 281 | 111 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Frank Dasso | 15 | 18 | .455 | 2.88 | 42 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 284.0 | 280 | 110 | 91 | 127 | 155 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |||||
Norm Brown | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.56 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 197.0 | 201 | 90 | 78 | 80 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||
Rex Dilbeck | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.29 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 123.0 | 126 | 64 | 45 | 23 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Boots Poffenberger | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.86 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 168.0 | 173 | 86 | 72 | 80 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||||
Ed Vitalich | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34.0 | 35 | 17 | 15 | ||||||||||
Herman Pillette | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||
William Garland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||
Dell Oliver | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
Joe Faria | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Chuck Eisenmann | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
Joe Malman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 91 | 79 | .535 | 2.89 | 272 | 172 | 0 | 103 | 18 | 0 | 1472.0 | 1482 | 578 | 472 | 0 | 525 | 0 | 573 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Patchett | 172 | 730 | 663 | 83 | 191 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 50 | 39 | .288 | .338 | .338 | .676 | 224 | 0 | 17 | ||||
Mel Mazzera | 158 | 616 | 575 | 77 | 177 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 90 | 3 | 33 | 66 | .308 | .349 | .478 | .827 | 275 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Johnny Jensen | 164 | 628 | 578 | 75 | 159 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 11 | 41 | 55 | .275 | .325 | .389 | .715 | 225 | 2 | 7 | ||||
Oliver Hill | 146 | 581 | 544 | 60 | 154 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 25 | 4 | .283 | .315 | .355 | .669 | 193 | 0 | 12 | ||||
Jack Calvey | 149 | 585 | 545 | 61 | 153 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 14 | 34 | 51 | .281 | .324 | .354 | .678 | 193 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Mel Skelley | 148 | 536 | 489 | 60 | 123 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 36 | 84 | .252 | .307 | .323 | .630 | 158 | 3 | 8 | ||||
Bill Salkeld | 121 | 447 | 354 | 59 | 101 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 81 | 43 | .285 | .425 | .412 | .837 | 146 | 5 | 7 | ||||
George Detore | 106 | 354 | 303 | 37 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 47 | 23 | .251 | .351 | .330 | .681 | 100 | 0 | 4 | ||||
George McDonald | 70 | 294 | 272 | 25 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .268 | .292 | .335 | .626 | 91 | 0 | 13 | ||||
Frank Stinson | 78 | 284 | 259 | 26 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .263 | .318 | .320 | .638 | 83 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Art Garibaldi | 100 | 331 | 298 | 27 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 23 | .225 | .289 | .272 | .561 | 81 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Jack Whipple | 85 | 276 | 259 | 31 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 44 | .251 | .284 | .336 | .620 | 87 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Stan Sperry | 36 | 105 | 96 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .292 | .346 | .354 | .700 | 34 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Wally Hebert | 41 | 129 | 123 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .220 | .232 | .244 | .476 | 30 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Boots Poffenberger | 39 | 68 | 67 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .343 | .353 | .463 | .816 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Frank Dasso | 43 | 107 | 102 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .225 | .248 | .314 | .561 | 32 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Al Olsen | 45 | 111 | 99 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .192 | .200 | .202 | .402 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||
Norm Brown | 47 | 73 | 68 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .221 | .232 | .250 | .482 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Rex Dilbeck | 31 | 49 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .256 | .275 | .256 | .531 | 10 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Del Ballinger | 22 | 48 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .182 | .234 | .227 | .461 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jack Lohrke | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||
William Garland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||||||||
Herman Pillette | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||
Ed Vitalich | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||
Dell Oliver | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
Chuck Eisenmann | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
Cedric Durst | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
Totals | 1843 | 6394 | 5819 | 667 | 1565 | 222 | 57 | 48 | 613 | 52 | 0 | 427 | 559 | .269 | .321 | .351 | .673 | 2045 | 0 | 23 | 125 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Stinson | 1B | 76 | 695 | 39 | 8 | 63 | .989 | 9.658 | ||||
George McDonald | 1B | 70 | 664 | 37 | 5 | 52 | .993 | 1.014 | ||||
George Detore | 1B | 24 | 163 | 9 | 4 | 21 | .977 | 7.167 | ||||
Mel Mazzera | 1B | 11 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 8.364 | ||||
Mel Skelley | 2B | 140 | 390 | 398 | 33 | 105 | .960 | 5.629 | ||||
Stan Sperry | 2B | 33 | 61 | 68 | 3 | 20 | .977 | 3.909 | ||||
Oliver Hill | 3B | 138 | 121 | 279 | 20 | 27 | .952 | 2.899 | ||||
Art Garibaldi | 3B | 44 | 26 | 102 | 10 | 7 | .928 | 2.909 | ||||
Bill Salkeld | C | 108 | 401 | 66 | 10 | 5 | .979 | 4.324 | 4 | |||
George Detore | C | 63 | 236 | 34 | 6 | 7 | .978 | 4.286 | 5 | |||
Del Ballinger | C | 12 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.583 | 0 | |||
Hal Patchett | OF | 170 | 420 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .982 | 2.553 | ||||
Johnny Jensen | OF | 161 | 377 | 17 | 9 | 1 | .978 | 2.447 | ||||
Mel Mazzera | OF | 143 | 232 | 17 | 10 | 3 | .961 | 1.741 | ||||
Jack Whipple | OF | 75 | 126 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 1.787 | ||||
Art Garibaldi | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
Al Olsen | P | 45 | 13 | 66 | 2 | 9 | .975 | 1.756 | ||||
Frank Dasso | P | 42 | 17 | 58 | 2 | 2 | .974 | 1.786 | ||||
Norm Brown | P | 41 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.268 | ||||
Wally Hebert | P | 40 | 21 | 80 | 2 | 7 | .981 | 2.525 | ||||
Boots Poffenberger | P | 38 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 1 | .882 | 1.184 | ||||
Rex Dilbeck | P | 30 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 1.067 | ||||
Herman Pillette | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Ed Vitalich | P | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
Dell Oliver | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
William Garland | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Chuck Eisenmann | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Malman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Faria | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Calvey | SS | 147 | 277 | 461 | 42 | 85 | .946 | 5.020 | ||||
Art Garibaldi | SS | 28 | 38 | 66 | 12 | 12 | .897 | 3.714 | ||||
Totals | 1726 | 4435 | 1955 | 197 | 441 | .970 | 3.702 | 9 | 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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