1943 Springfield Rifles Statistics
Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 46-88
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: Spencer Abbott (46-88)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 28,118, Avg. 420
1943 Springfield Rifles RosterTeam Record: 46-88
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: Spencer Abbott (46-88)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 28,118, Avg. 420
The Springfield Rifles of the Eastern League ended the 1943 season with a record of 46 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.
Spencer Abbott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Montero | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.27 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 212.0 | 232 | 96 | 77 | 51 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Frank Seward | 10 | 19 | .345 | 3.46 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 234.0 | 267 | 118 | 90 | 73 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tex Shirley | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.11 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 149.0 | 169 | 83 | 68 | 85 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Mellis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.00 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 54.0 | 61 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Rosso | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.44 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 81.0 | 94 | 48 | 40 | 52 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Sisler | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.54 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 84.0 | 121 | 74 | 61 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Walter Dyche | 1 | 10 | .091 | 8.33 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 81.0 | 109 | 93 | 75 | 73 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Art Doll | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 70 | .346 | 4.37 | 162 | 104 | 33 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 895.0 | 1053 | 542 | 435 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 308 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 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 Butka | 133 | 560 | 473 | 67 | 141 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 81 | 42 | .298 | .404 | .355 | .759 | 168 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Phil Clark | 100 | 451 | 414 | 66 | 115 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 29 | 44 | .278 | .327 | .324 | .650 | 134 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Steve Shemo | 104 | 436 | 403 | 39 | 108 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 21 | 40 | .268 | .311 | .328 | .638 | 132 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Decker | 101 | 437 | 373 | 58 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 47 | 25 | .284 | .366 | .306 | .671 | 114 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Joe Stephenson | 106 | 361 | 324 | 25 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 35 | 55 | .231 | .308 | .312 | .620 | 101 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Collins | 70 | 298 | 254 | 41 | 66 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 36 | .260 | .363 | .354 | .717 | 90 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Howie Miller | 90 | 349 | 313 | 25 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 30 | 69 | .204 | .276 | .230 | .506 | 72 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Whitey Lockman | 40 | 167 | 151 | 17 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 15 | 13 | .325 | .386 | .391 | .776 | 59 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Comiskey | 66 | 197 | 177 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 9 | .237 | .315 | .311 | .625 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Daniel Drew | 32 | 132 | 118 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 5 | .280 | .341 | .331 | .672 | 39 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Tex Shirley | 38 | 111 | 104 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .240 | .282 | .260 | .541 | 27 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Juan Montero | 36 | 100 | 92 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .228 | .283 | .272 | .555 | 25 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William Hartlein | 41 | 135 | 128 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 34 | .164 | .207 | .172 | .379 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jorge Torres | 19 | 86 | 73 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .274 | .369 | .315 | .684 | 23 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joseph Morrisino | 27 | 110 | 94 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .181 | .294 | .181 | .474 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Jacobs | 20 | 75 | 64 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .219 | .324 | .250 | .574 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Seward | 35 | 94 | 87 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .138 | .202 | .149 | .352 | 13 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Early | 13 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .256 | .289 | .326 | .614 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Sangalli | 14 | 59 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .161 | .203 | .196 | .400 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Lanzetti | 16 | 56 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .159 | .315 | .182 | .497 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Sitek | 20 | 77 | 68 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .088 | .162 | .088 | .250 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Sisler | 17 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .172 | .314 | .172 | .487 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Rosso | 20 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .102 | .154 | .102 | .256 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William Scott | 14 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .133 | .188 | .167 | .354 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Mellis | 12 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .103 | .188 | .138 | .325 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Walter Dyche | 21 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .032 | .062 | .032 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1205 | 4524 | 4021 | 438 | 980 | 118 | 25 | 6 | 364 | 36 | 0 | 422 | 562 | .244 | .318 | .290 | .608 | 1166 | 0 | 18 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Butka | 1B | 126 | 1065 | 66 | 25 | 56 | .978 | 8.976 | ||||
| Phil Clark | 2B | 67 | 186 | 185 | 21 | 25 | .946 | 5.537 | ||||
| Frank Lanzetti | 2B | 15 | 31 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .958 | 4.533 | ||||
| Steve Shemo | 2B | 14 | 28 | 44 | 3 | 4 | .960 | 5.143 | ||||
| Frank Sangalli | 2B | 12 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 2 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Steve Shemo | 3B | 89 | 131 | 147 | 18 | 9 | .939 | 3.124 | ||||
| Jorge Torres | 3B | 14 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 3.571 | ||||
| Bill Early | 3B | 13 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.615 | ||||
| Joe Stephenson | C | 92 | 352 | 59 | 18 | 3 | .958 | 4.467 | 8 | |||
| Bob Comiskey | C | 48 | 173 | 38 | 6 | 5 | .972 | 4.396 | 3 | |||
| Robert Decker | OF | 101 | 229 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .987 | 2.327 | ||||
| Joe Collins | OF | 64 | 130 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .966 | 2.203 | ||||
| Whitey Lockman | OF | 40 | 93 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .933 | 2.425 | ||||
| William Hartlein | OF | 40 | 73 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Phil Clark | OF | 38 | 87 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 2.368 | ||||
| Daniel Drew | OF | 25 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .945 | 2.080 | ||||
| Joseph Morrisino | OF | 19 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.789 | ||||
| Tex Shirley | OF | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| William Scott | OF | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.200 | ||||
| Frank Seward | P | 35 | 6 | 53 | 6 | 1 | .908 | 1.686 | ||||
| Juan Montero | P | 31 | 13 | 47 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 1.935 | ||||
| Tex Shirley | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Dyche | P | 20 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.150 | ||||
| Art Doll | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Sisler | P | 16 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Frank Rosso | P | 13 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.538 | ||||
| Mike Mellis | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howie Miller | SS | 88 | 168 | 214 | 32 | 27 | .923 | 4.341 | ||||
| Joseph Jacobs | SS | 20 | 37 | 50 | 6 | 8 | .935 | 4.350 | ||||
| Steve Sitek | SS | 14 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 5 | .930 | 3.786 | ||||
| Totals | 1123 | 2993 | 1183 | 186 | 154 | .957 | 3.719 | 11 | 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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