1942 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 96-82
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Bill Skiff (96-82)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 250,779, Avg. 2,818

1942 Seattle Rainiers Roster

Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, Sacramento Solons 1
Finals - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, Los Angeles Angels 2

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1942 season with a record of 96 wins and 82 losses, finishing third in the PCL.

The Rainiers allowed 582 runs, least in the league. Seattle plated 686 runs. Bill Matheson drove in 87 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Dick Barrett recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Hal Turpin, too added 15 or more wins, too Dick Barrett recorded a 1.72 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Dick Barrett, Mike Budnick, Bill Bevens, Earl Torgeson, Bob Collins, Eddie Carnett, Spence Harris, Les Scarsella, Dick Gyselman, Ford Mullen, Lynn King, Bill Lawrence, Al Libke, Syl Johnson, Al Niemiec, Eddie Kearse, Carl Fischer and Jo-Jo White were all players from the 1942 Seattle Rainiers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Skiff 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
Dick Barrett	27	13	.675	1.72	40	40		32	6		330.0	229	78	63		101		178	2	1	8
Hal Turpin	23	9	.719	2.07	36	32		31	5		321.0	309	91	74		44		67	3	0	1
Carl Fischer	10	15	.400	2.61	34	26		17	3		190.0	172	77	55		63		81	1	2	6
Larry Guay	9	5	.643	3.39	26	15		11	2		138.0	122	61	52		53		40	0	0	4
Mike Budnick	7	6	.538	2.78	28	14		6	3		123.0	105	47	38		62		49	0	0	1
Al Libke	6	10	.375	4.21	25	11		4	1		109.0	99	67	51		55		34	3	0	0
Dewey Soriano	5	7	.417	3.18	22	16		8	1		116.0	94	54	41		73		60	1	1	2
Eddie Carnett	4	6	.400	3.54	22	9		4	0		84.0	35	37	33		37		26	2	1	1
Syl Johnson	1	3	.250	0.00	11	1		0	0		26.0	30				1		10
Red Zar	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		5.0	10				6		2
Totals	92	74	.554	2.54	246	164	0	113	21	0	1442.0	1205	512	407	0	495	0	547	12	5	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
Bill Matheson	169	674	627	95	196	34	9	5	87	13		41	46	.313	.356	.419	.775	263		1	5
Dick Gyselman	178	711	647	71	181	25	5	2	64	6		38	63	.280	.326	.343	.669	222		6	20
Jo-Jo White	166	662	590	89	175	30	6	2	69	27		64	44	.297	.369	.378	.747	223		4	4
Ned Stickle	180	747	669	95	174	24	10	1	37	17		53	41	.260	.314	.330	.645	221		0	25
Earl Torgeson	147	570	523	63	163	20	9	4	52	32		33	37	.312	.355	.407	.762	213		2	12
Al Niemiec	174	680	612	61	163	17	1	1	67	5		44	46	.266	.318	.302	.620	185		2	22
Lynn King	145	535	470	45	132	12	3	0	43	11		45	21	.281	.345	.319	.664	150		1	19
Bob Collins	109	369	332	32	86	8	1	3	42	11		28	17	.259	.320	.316	.637	105		2	7
Spence Harris	96	303	261	24	72	8	3	2	26	0		38	19	.276	.368	.352	.720	92		0	4
Bill Lawrence	40	157	142	14	44	3	2	0	13	0		6	14	.310	.338	.359	.697	51		0	9
Bill Beard	70	190	172	19	40	2	1	0	10	2		10	24	.233	.283	.256	.538	44		2	6
Eddie Kearse	45	137	123	14	32	2	1	0	18	1		13	13	.260	.331	.293	.624	36		0	1
Dick Barrett	40	138	119	9	26	2	0	0	9	0		11	7	.218	.285	.235	.520	28		0	8
Hal Turpin	37	127	116	10	25	3	0	0	7	1		3	13	.216	.235	.241	.477	28		0	8
Eddie Carnett	42	64	62	6	16	1	0	0	4	1		1	5	.258	.270	.274	.544	17		0	1
Carl Fischer	34	64	57	0	10	0	0	0	2	0		4	8	.175	.230	.175	.405	10		0	3
Al Libke	25	45	40	3	9	0	0	0	2	0		4	4	.225	.295	.225	.520	9		0	1
Dewey Soriano	24	46	40	2	7	1	0	0	1	0		2	10	.175	.214	.200	.414	8		0	4
Mike Budnick	29	41	38	5	6	3	0	0	7	0		2	7	.158	.200	.237	.437	9		0	1
Larry Guay	26	51	43	5	4	0	0	0	3	0		4	15	.093	.170	.093	.263	4		0	4
Ernie Endress	12	12	12		3	0	0	0	0	1				.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Ford Mullen	3	4	4		2	0	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Syl Johnson	11	7	7		1	0	0	0	0	0				.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Bob Stagg	3	5	5		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Al Kretchmar	8	6	6		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Red Zar	2	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1815	6347	5719	662	1567	195	51	20	563	128	0	444	454	.274	.328	.336	.665	1924	0	20	164	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Earl Torgeson	1B	142	1093	74	15	104	.987	8.218
Al Niemiec	2B	173	419	482	24	98	.974	5.208
Dick Gyselman	3B	178	168	368	39	36	.932	3.011
Bob Collins	C	99	349	49	10	5	.975	4.020	2
Bill Beard	C	55	177	21	4	4	.980	3.600	6
Eddie Kearse	C	38	160	17	2	3	.989	4.658	4
Bill Matheson	OF	156	319	16	10	6	.971	2.147
Jo-Jo White	OF	154	375	18	11	4	.973	2.552
Lynn King	OF	135	376	16	6	4	.985	2.904
Spence Harris	OF	74	150	4	2	0	.987	2.081
Bill Lawrence	OF	39	108	1	0	1	1.000	2.795
Dick Barrett	P	40	15	83	8	7	.925	2.450
Hal Turpin	P	36	13	68	2	4	.976	2.250
Carl Fischer	P	34	7	33	3	0	.930	1.176
Mike Budnick	P	28	2	23	3	0	.893	.893
Larry Guay	P	26	6	23	3	3	.906	1.115
Al Libke	P	25	9	27	1	2	.973	1.440
Dewey Soriano	P	22	4	23	2	2	.931	1.227
Eddie Carnett	P	22	3	23	1	1	.963	1.182
Syl Johnson	P	11	1	6	1	0	.875	.636
Red Zar	P	2						.000
Ned Stickle	SS	179	266	493	44	71	.945	4.240
Totals		1668	4020	1868	191	355	.969	3.530	12	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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