1942 Sacramento Solons Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 105-73
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Pepper Martin (105-73)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 144,057, Avg. 1,619

1942 Sacramento Solons Roster

Playoffs - Seattle Rainiers 4 games, Sacramento Solons 1

The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1942 season with a record of 105 wins and 73 losses, finishing first in the PCL.

The Solons paced the league with 792 runs, spearheaded by 78 home runs. Sacramento surrendered 694 runs. Buster Adams led the team with 27 home runs, while Ray Mueller and Eddie Lake walloped 15 or more also. Buster Adams drove in 107 runs. Averett Thompson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .316 clip. Tony Freitas notched 24 wins on the mound for the squad, and Kemp Wicker, Blix Donnelly and Clarence Beers each added 15 or more victories also Blix Donnelly recorded a 2.83 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1942 Sacramento Solons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tony Freitas, Pepper Martin, Kemp Wicker, Gene Lillard, Chip Marshall, Gene Handley, Steve Mesner, Blix Donnelly, Debs Garms, Hersh Lyons, Clarence Beers, Ray Mueller, Eddie Lake, Buster Adams and Ken Penner.

Pepper Martin 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
Tony Freitas	24	13	.649	2.93	44	38		25	2		295.0	322	108	96		36		98	2	1	2
Blix Donnelly	21	10	.677	2.83	42	31		19	4		270.0	235	112	85		128		165	3	1	9
Kemp Wicker	16	12	.571	3.24	52	33		18	3		250.0	262	97	90		63		83	2	0	0
Clarence Beers	16	12	.571	3.81	39	27		15	2		210.0	234	102	89		56		72	2	0	3
Bill Schmidt	10	8	.556	3.09	37	14		9	0		140.0	145	70	48		27		36	4	0	1
Hersh Lyons	10	10	.500	3.62	32	25		11	3		164.0	186	79	66		68		76	0	0	5
John Pintar	3	0	1.000	3.62	30	0		0	0		72.0	82	37	29		22		27	1	1	2
Frank Nelson	3	4	.429	6.45	16	5		2	0		60.0	82	53	43		29		26	1	0	0
Larry Kempe	2	2	.500	0.00	7	5		2	0		30.0	30				17		10
Harry Polly	0	0		0.00	4	0		0	0		6.0	13				6		5
Pepper Martin	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	10				2		2
Luther French	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		1.0	6				5		0
Gene Lillard	0	1	.000		1	0		0	0		0.0	2				0		0
Ken Penner	0	1	.000	4.50	7	0		0	0		14.0	7	7	7		6		2
Totals	105	73	.590	3.29	314	178	0	101	14	0	1515.0	1616	665	553	0	465	0	602	15	3	22	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
Steve Mesner	178	741	680	83	205	24	6	1	74	3		36	31	.301	.338	.359	.697	244		2	23
Buster Adams	178	722	647	99	200	43	8	27	107	9		55	107	.309	.365	.526	.891	340		2	18
Debs Garms	160	667	606	86	190	27	13	7	96	15		50	22	.314	.367	.436	.802	264		1	10
Jack Sturdy	169	673	587	82	176	29	5	1	57	6		58	33	.300	.368	.371	.739	218		5	23
Eddie Lake	176	755	633	118	176	38	3	19	69	23		107	82	.278	.385	.438	.823	277		3	12
Averett Thompson	153	603	553	89	175	23	11	1	54	20		34	18	.316	.357	.403	.760	223		1	15
Ray Mueller	166	637	565	64	168	24	6	16	102	3		55	30	.297	.361	.446	.807	252		1	16
Gene Handley	93	356	312	39	80	10	9	0	34	3		31	25	.256	.326	.346	.672	108		1	12
Pepper Martin	130	256	223	27	55	17	1	0	24	6		26	22	.247	.333	.332	.665	74		3	4
Bill Shewey	44	168	154	27	46	8	6	0	14	6		13	12	.299	.353	.429	.782	66		0	1
Chip Marshall	76	214	188	18	43	5	0	1	19	1		19	36	.229	.306	.271	.577	51		2	5
Gene Lillard	29	105	97	9	33	5	0	3	20	2		8	6	.340	.390	.485	.875	47		0	0
Mel Serafini	47	116	104	9	21	5	0	2	10	0		4	21	.202	.231	.308	.539	32		0	8
Clarence Beers	44	85	75	13	18	6	0	0	7	0		3	13	.240	.269	.320	.589	24		0	7
Hersh Lyons	32	60	55	4	14	3	0	0	10	0		1	5	.255	.268	.309	.577	17		0	4
Blix Donnelly	42	106	92	7	14	0	0	0	8	0		5	17	.152	.196	.152	.348	14		0	9
Tony Freitas	44	112	93	7	14	1	0	0	5	1		6	21	.151	.210	.161	.371	15		1	12
Kemp Wicker	52	93	82	5	13	2	0	0	2	0		3	20	.159	.188	.183	.371	15		0	8
Bill Schmidt	37	51	47	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	21	.106	.106	.106	.213	5		0	4
Frank Nelson	16	22	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	3	.211	.250	.263	.513	5		0	2
Larry Kempe	7	11	11		3	0	0	0	0	0				.273	.273	.273	.545	3
John Pintar	30	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	4		0	0
Escal Burnett	3	2	2		1	0	0	0	0	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Harry Schmiel	4	7	7		1	0	0	0	0	0				.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Ken Penner	12	9	9		1	0	0	0	0	0				.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Totals	1922	6584	5854	791	1659	272	68	78	715	98	0	515	547	.283	.344	.393	.737	2301	0	22	193	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Sturdy	1B	164	1393	75	8	110	.995	8.951
Pepper Martin	1B	23	131	13	5	18	.966	6.261
Gene Handley	2B	93	234	245	16	54	.968	5.151
Chip Marshall	2B	46	104	105	12	17	.946	4.543
Steve Mesner	2B	44	144	118	11	29	.960	5.955
Steve Mesner	3B	131	146	240	19	28	.953	2.947
Mel Serafini	3B	28	34	43	6	6	.928	2.750
Gene Lillard	3B	24	24	37	4	7	.938	2.542
Ray Mueller	C	164	652	115	10	15	.987	4.677	4
Chip Marshall	C	24	46	6	2	1	.963	2.167	1
Buster Adams	OF	177	482	16	13	6	.975	2.814
Debs Garms	OF	157	287	9	9	4	.970	1.885
Averett Thompson	OF	141	447	12	8	1	.983	3.255
Bill Shewey	OF	39	81	7	4	0	.957	2.256
Pepper Martin	OF	26	38	5	1	2	.977	1.654
Kemp Wicker	P	52	8	35	2	1	.956	.827
Tony Freitas	P	44	14	57	1	4	.986	1.614
Blix Donnelly	P	42	5	40	1	2	.978	1.071
Clarence Beers	P	39	10	56	0	6	1.000	1.692
Bill Schmidt	P	37	4	39	2	2	.956	1.162
Hersh Lyons	P	32	10	30	0	1	1.000	1.250
John Pintar	P	30	0	15	0	1	1.000	.500
Frank Nelson	P	16	1	17	1	0	.947	1.125
Ken Penner	P	7						.000
Larry Kempe	P	7						.000
Harry Polly	P	4						.000
Luther French	P	2						.000
Pepper Martin	P	1						.000
Gene Lillard	P	1						.000
Eddie Lake	SS	169	351	520	59	92	.937	5.154
Totals		1764	4646	1855	194	407	.971	3.685	5	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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