1941 Sacramento Solons Statistics
Team Record: 102-75
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Pepper Martin (102-75)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 165,527, Avg. 1,870
Playoffs - Sacramento Solons 4 games, San Diego Padres 0
Finals - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, Sacramento Solons 3
The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1941 season with a record of 102 wins and 75 losses, finishing second in the PCL.
The Solons plated 816 runs and yielded 675 runs. Buster Adams and Buddy Blattner paced Sacramento with 17 home runs apiece., and Chester Wieczorek walloped 15 or more also. Buddy Blattner accounted for 100 RBI. Don Gutteridge topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Tony Freitas and Al Hollingsworth led the squad with 21 wins each, while Red Munger added 15 or more wins, too Tony Freitas recorded a 2.7 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Gene Handley, Norbert Kleinke, Al Hollingsworth, Linc Blakely, Skeeter Scalzi, Lynn King, George Turbeville, Ken Penner, Buster Adams, Blix Donnelly, Tony Freitas, Red Munger, Pepper Martin, Bill Endicott, Chip Marshall, Buddy Blattner, Don Gutteridge and Clyde Kluttz were all players from the 1941 Sacramento Solons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Pepper Martin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Hollingsworth | 21 | 9 | .700 | 3.17 | 37 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 213.0 | 219 | 98 | 75 | 58 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Tony Freitas | 21 | 15 | .583 | 2.70 | 41 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 300.0 | 297 | 101 | 90 | 38 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Red Munger | 17 | 16 | .515 | 3.07 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 261.0 | 223 | 114 | 89 | 87 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Bill Schmidt | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.93 | 39 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 224.0 | 225 | 98 | 73 | 52 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Norbert Kleinke | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.19 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 158.0 | 154 | 59 | 56 | 32 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| George Turbeville | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.42 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 116.0 | 117 | 68 | 57 | 84 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Bill Caplinger | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.78 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 92 | 62 | 42 | 40 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Bill Curlee | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.81 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 50 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Hal Dobson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Blix Donnelly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 28 | 9 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Edwin Green | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 31 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Harry Polly | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Luther French | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pepper Martin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Cyrulewski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Wally Turpen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 101 | 75 | .574 | 3.03 | 300 | 179 | 0 | 99 | 14 | 0 | 1500.0 | 1472 | 624 | 505 | 0 | 455 | 0 | 723 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gutteridge | 171 | 740 | 680 | 113 | 210 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 88 | 46 | 34 | 64 | .309 | .342 | .450 | .792 | 306 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Jack Sturdy | 168 | 712 | 627 | 95 | 193 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 81 | 20 | 68 | 28 | .308 | .380 | .442 | .822 | 277 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Buddy Blattner | 176 | 686 | 620 | 96 | 182 | 33 | 6 | 17 | 100 | 23 | 49 | 63 | .294 | .349 | .448 | .798 | 278 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| Bill Endicott | 160 | 663 | 591 | 91 | 176 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 13 | 66 | 37 | .298 | .371 | .394 | .765 | 233 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Buster Adams | 159 | 639 | 571 | 97 | 163 | 40 | 10 | 17 | 92 | 23 | 56 | 103 | .285 | .352 | .480 | .832 | 274 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Chester Wieczorek | 147 | 547 | 504 | 71 | 144 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 96 | 2 | 38 | 45 | .286 | .336 | .462 | .798 | 233 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Gene Handley | 118 | 369 | 326 | 42 | 102 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 28 | 29 | .313 | .371 | .442 | .813 | 144 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Skeeter Scalzi | 125 | 385 | 355 | 38 | 91 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 20 | 19 | .256 | .298 | .324 | .622 | 115 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Pepper Martin | 92 | 278 | 245 | 40 | 79 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 28 | 26 | .322 | .396 | .465 | .862 | 114 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Clyde Kluttz | 83 | 247 | 232 | 24 | 78 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 22 | .336 | .366 | .431 | .797 | 100 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Linc Blakely | 98 | 246 | 223 | 27 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 31 | .300 | .355 | .404 | .759 | 90 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Al Hollingsworth | 49 | 98 | 93 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .258 | .289 | .290 | .579 | 27 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Shewey | 21 | 86 | 80 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .262 | .314 | .388 | .701 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Freitas | 41 | 113 | 101 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .198 | .250 | .208 | .458 | 21 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Jim Grilk | 18 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .219 | .242 | .266 | .508 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chip Marshall | 41 | 101 | 78 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .167 | .293 | .218 | .511 | 17 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Bill Schmidt | 39 | 85 | 78 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 37 | .154 | .175 | .205 | .380 | 16 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Red Munger | 49 | 100 | 88 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | .125 | .144 | .148 | .292 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| George Turbeville | 42 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .257 | .278 | .286 | .563 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Norbert Kleinke | 22 | 63 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .104 | .204 | .125 | .329 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Bill Caplinger | 43 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .111 | .226 | .111 | .337 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Edwin Green | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .625 | .875 | 5 | |||||||||
| Blix Donnelly | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | |||||||||
| Gene McIsaac | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bill Curlee | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hal Dobson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 3 | |||||||||
| Elwood Curtis | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jerry Gardner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Penner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Hjort | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wally Turpen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Harry Polly | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1906 | 6354 | 5722 | 795 | 1627 | 298 | 78 | 87 | 726 | 162 | 0 | 459 | 621 | .284 | .340 | .409 | .750 | 2342 | 0 | 26 | 147 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Sturdy | 1B | 168 | 1498 | 78 | 17 | 124 | .989 | 9.381 | ||||
| Buddy Blattner | 2B | 175 | 470 | 473 | 32 | 103 | .967 | 5.389 | ||||
| Don Gutteridge | 3B | 170 | 180 | 325 | 38 | 30 | .930 | 2.971 | ||||
| Gene Handley | 3B | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Chester Wieczorek | C | 76 | 339 | 35 | 7 | 4 | .982 | 4.921 | 14 | |||
| Clyde Kluttz | C | 73 | 296 | 39 | 5 | 7 | .985 | 4.589 | 7 | |||
| Chip Marshall | C | 41 | 110 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.268 | 0 | |||
| Jim Grilk | C | 13 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.231 | 2 | |||
| Bill Endicott | OF | 159 | 327 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 2.138 | ||||
| Buster Adams | OF | 156 | 332 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.212 | ||||
| Linc Blakely | OF | 72 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.708 | ||||
| Pepper Martin | OF | 68 | 99 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .930 | 1.559 | ||||
| Chester Wieczorek | OF | 51 | 78 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 1.686 | ||||
| Bill Shewey | OF | 20 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 2.900 | ||||
| Red Munger | P | 46 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 2 | .929 | 1.413 | ||||
| Bill Caplinger | P | 43 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .395 | ||||
| Tony Freitas | P | 41 | 20 | 49 | 4 | 3 | .945 | 1.683 | ||||
| Bill Schmidt | P | 39 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.513 | ||||
| Al Hollingsworth | P | 37 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 3 | .947 | 1.459 | ||||
| George Turbeville | P | 36 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .722 | ||||
| Norbert Kleinke | P | 22 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Bill Curlee | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Edwin Green | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Polly | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pepper Martin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Blix Donnelly | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Dobson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wally Turpen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luther French | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Cyrulewski | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Skeeter Scalzi | SS | 110 | 166 | 308 | 31 | 65 | .939 | 4.309 | ||||
| Gene Handley | SS | 81 | 97 | 203 | 24 | 26 | .926 | 3.704 | ||||
| Totals | 1743 | 4285 | 1829 | 195 | 388 | .969 | 3.508 | 23 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
