1944 San Diego Padres Statistics
Team Record: 75-94
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: George Detore (75-94)
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field
Attendance: 246,150, Avg. 2,913
The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1944 season with a record of 75 wins and 94 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.
The Padres tallied 619 runs and allowed 650 runs. Hal Patchett and Ed Wheeler each recorded 56 runs batted in. Ed Wheeler led batters with significant playing time by hitting .267. Frank Dasso topped the squad with 20 wins, while Rex Cecil added 15 or more victories as well Rex Cecil earned a 2.16 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1944 San Diego Padres who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Martin, Marv Gudat, Bill Salkeld, Don Hanski, Rex Cecil, Johnny Lazor, Chet Johnson, Norbert Kleinke, Mel Mazzera, Frank Dasso, Ed Wheeler, Lou Lucier, George Detore, Jim Brillheart, Joe Wood and Tommy Thompson.
George Detore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Dasso | 20 | 19 | .513 | 2.81 | 40 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 298.0 | 252 | 112 | 93 | 131 | 253 | 10 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Rex Cecil | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2.16 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 246.0 | 208 | 74 | 59 | 103 | 186 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Chet Johnson | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.53 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 186.0 | 167 | 85 | 73 | 94 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Brillheart | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.08 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 190.0 | 190 | 75 | 65 | 65 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Joe Wood | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.51 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 79.0 | 68 | 23 | 22 | 37 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Dutch Dumler | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.28 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 72 | 35 | 27 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Joe Valenzuela | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.66 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 137.0 | 137 | 99 | 71 | 98 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Rex Dilbeck | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 35 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bud Merkle | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0.00 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38.0 | 36 | 29 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Lou Lucier | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.50 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Vidal Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Paynich | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 15 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||
| George Detore | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Keith Bauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Walter Lowe | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 87 | .456 | 2.85 | 247 | 157 | 0 | 99 | 17 | 0 | 1366.0 | 1291 | 531 | 433 | 0 | 663 | 0 | 800 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Wheeler | 163 | 704 | 655 | 97 | 175 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 56 | 43 | 38 | 60 | .267 | .310 | .359 | .669 | 235 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Jack Calvey | 138 | 561 | 514 | 54 | 128 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 25 | 38 | 69 | .249 | .301 | .298 | .598 | 153 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Hal Patchett | 128 | 482 | 426 | 49 | 117 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 19 | 43 | 24 | .275 | .343 | .329 | .671 | 140 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Marv Gudat | 113 | 408 | 369 | 38 | 104 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 25 | 25 | .282 | .329 | .331 | .660 | 122 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Vern Reynolds | 120 | 427 | 371 | 46 | 99 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 39 | 49 | .267 | .343 | .334 | .677 | 124 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| George McDonald | 85 | 349 | 313 | 32 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 10 | .310 | .361 | .380 | .741 | 119 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Bill Salkeld | 115 | 395 | 340 | 49 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 50 | 26 | .241 | .338 | .315 | .653 | 107 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lou Vezilich | 79 | 295 | 265 | 28 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 23 | 24 | .275 | .336 | .362 | .698 | 96 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Del Ballinger | 99 | 305 | 278 | 17 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 17 | .241 | .294 | .259 | .553 | 72 | 9 | 6 | ||||
| George Morgan | 86 | 236 | 224 | 21 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 21 | .232 | .259 | .272 | .531 | 61 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Morry Abbott | 87 | 222 | 197 | 17 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 31 | .254 | .335 | .365 | .700 | 72 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Walter Lowe | 46 | 163 | 148 | 19 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 13 | .277 | .335 | .351 | .687 | 52 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Lazor | 35 | 130 | 124 | 17 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | .306 | .333 | .371 | .704 | 46 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Whipple | 43 | 166 | 152 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 28 | .243 | .299 | .322 | .621 | 49 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 39 | 144 | 127 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .213 | .301 | .228 | .529 | 29 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rex Cecil | 36 | 101 | 90 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .256 | .309 | .333 | .643 | 30 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Al Cailteaux | 46 | 137 | 119 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .176 | .279 | .235 | .515 | 28 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Nay Hernandez | 30 | 90 | 82 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .207 | .253 | .280 | .533 | 23 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Frank Dasso | 46 | 121 | 94 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 35 | .181 | .347 | .245 | .592 | 23 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| George Detore | 32 | 59 | 48 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | .292 | .424 | .396 | .820 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Valenzuela | 36 | 53 | 49 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .224 | .255 | .327 | .581 | 16 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mel Mazzera | 14 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .225 | .425 | 9 | |||||||||
| Jim Brillheart | 28 | 70 | 61 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .131 | .232 | .164 | .396 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Wood | 10 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | 9 | |||||||||
| Lou Lucier | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dutch Dumler | 22 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Chet Johnson | 29 | 72 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .063 | .092 | .063 | .156 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bud Merkle | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Hank Sciarra | 16 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Estes | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 | 5 | |||||||||
| Joe Martin | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||
| Keith Bauer | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rex Dilbeck | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||
| Omar Lane | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rudy Paynich | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vidal Ortiz | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1780 | 5866 | 5282 | 579 | 1338 | 193 | 48 | 16 | 518 | 138 | 0 | 443 | 549 | .253 | .314 | .317 | .631 | 1675 | 0 | 23 | 118 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McDonald | 1B | 85 | 651 | 48 | 5 | 50 | .993 | 8.224 | ||||
| Walter Lowe | 1B | 37 | 300 | 16 | 5 | 24 | .984 | 8.541 | ||||
| Marv Gudat | 1B | 36 | 283 | 33 | 4 | 23 | .988 | 8.778 | ||||
| Lou Vezilich | 1B | 16 | 134 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .979 | 8.812 | ||||
| Vern Reynolds | 2B | 98 | 258 | 211 | 15 | 36 | .969 | 4.786 | ||||
| George Morgan | 2B | 41 | 87 | 75 | 5 | 16 | .970 | 3.951 | ||||
| Al Cailteaux | 2B | 38 | 86 | 66 | 6 | 19 | .962 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ed Wheeler | 3B | 154 | 163 | 275 | 36 | 24 | .924 | 2.844 | ||||
| George Morgan | 3B | 12 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Bill Salkeld | C | 102 | 530 | 73 | 5 | 14 | .992 | 5.912 | 5 | |||
| Del Ballinger | C | 77 | 377 | 45 | 11 | 3 | .975 | 5.481 | 5 | |||
| Hal Patchett | OF | 121 | 263 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 2.264 | ||||
| Marv Gudat | OF | 74 | 109 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 1.473 | ||||
| Lou Vezilich | OF | 59 | 115 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 2.034 | ||||
| Morry Abbott | OF | 55 | 100 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .946 | 1.927 | ||||
| Jack Whipple | OF | 43 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 1.860 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | OF | 37 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.946 | ||||
| Johnny Lazor | OF | 34 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 1.853 | ||||
| Nay Hernandez | OF | 28 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Mel Mazzera | OF | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Frank Dasso | P | 40 | 9 | 55 | 5 | 1 | .928 | 1.600 | ||||
| Joe Valenzuela | P | 36 | 10 | 43 | 4 | 0 | .930 | 1.472 | ||||
| Rex Cecil | P | 36 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Chet Johnson | P | 29 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 1.655 | ||||
| Jim Brillheart | P | 27 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 0 | .887 | 1.741 | ||||
| Dutch Dumler | P | 22 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .773 | ||||
| Bud Merkle | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Joe Wood | P | 10 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rex Dilbeck | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Lucier | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Bauer | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Lowe | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Paynich | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vidal Ortiz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Detore | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Calvey | SS | 138 | 242 | 394 | 45 | 62 | .934 | 4.609 | ||||
| George Morgan | SS | 26 | 43 | 62 | 10 | 10 | .913 | 4.038 | ||||
| Totals | 1570 | 4062 | 1619 | 198 | 299 | .966 | 3.618 | 10 | 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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