1945 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 75-76
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Ray Blades (75-76)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 187,780, Avg. 2,487

1945 St. Paul Saints Roster

Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 2

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 75 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Saints scored 713 runs and yielded 646 runs. Bud Kimball led St. Paul with 22 home runs, while Bill Hart walloped 15 or more as well. Joe Vitter drove in 445 runs. Paul Schoendienst and Bud Kimball paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Claude Weaver topped the team with 15 wins, and Otho Nitcholas registered a 2.9 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tommy Brown, Otho Nitcholas, Sam Narron, Ralph Branca, Gene Corbett, John Dantonio, Dick Lanahan, Ernie Rudolph, Walt Tauscher, Don Lund, Glenn Chapman, Bill Lewis, Bill Hart, Bill Webb, Tom Sunkel, Howie Schultz, George Coffman and Red Marion were all players from the 1945 St. Paul Saints who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ray Blades 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
Claude Weaver	15	10	.600	3.19	45	20	14	10	2		186.0	185	75	66		46		54	3	1	3
Tom Sunkel	13	8	.619	4.02	28	28	0	8	1		170.0	177	87	76		85		134	0	0	2
Otho Nitcholas	11	6	.647	2.90	22	19	2	12	4		143.0	139	49	46		36		49	2	0	1
Dick Lanahan	11	9	.550	3.73	37	22	7	7	4		152.0	155	86	63		97		68	4	0	3
Walt Tauscher	8	7	.533	3.98	61			0	0		104.0	105	49	46		41		35	5	1	7
Ralph Branca	6	5	.545	3.33	15	14	1	6	2		100.0	87	48	37		64		94	3	0	4
Ernie Rudolph	3	7	.300	4.56	15	12	3	4	0		77.0	82	46	39		48		37	1	1	5
Robert Tart	3	11	.214	4.55	25	13	7	1	0		83.0	80	57	42		73		35	0	2	1
Jack Miller	1	1	.500	7.65	10			0	0		20.0	20	18	17		23		11	2	0	1
Loy Camp	1	3	.250	4.98	11	9	1	2	1		56.0	70	35	31		27		23	3	0	2
Bill Webb					13						0.0
LeRoy Hewette	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		1.0	1				0		0
George Coffman	0	0		0.00	11			0	0		21.0	25				13		6
Eugene Werth	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		3.0	4				3		3
Everett Dannels	0	1	.000	4.50	2	1	0	1	0		8.0	8	4	4		5		3	0	0	0
Totals	74	71	.510	3.70	315	138	35	51	14	0	1198.0	1202	596	492	0	601	0	590	27	6	36	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
Bud Kimball	148	590	505	101	159	39	1	22	95	5		83	60	.315	.413	.527	.939	266	13	1	1
Paul Schoendienst	127	467	432	61	136	30	6	2	48	8		26	32	.315	.355	.426	.781	184	3	1	8
Glenn Chapman	124	473	439	55	135	26	4	3	80	2		27	42	.308	.350	.405	.756	178	14	2	5
Joe Vitter	127	546	468	80	117	25	5	5	445	9		67	48	.250	.348	.357	.704	167	6	3	8
Tommy Brown	85	344	301	54	86	13	3	10	48	5		33	38	.286	.368	.449	.816	135	7	6	4
Edward Yaeger	93	386	330	49	75	5	3	0	23	10		49	49	.227	.332	.261	.593	86	2	3	4
Sam Narron	90	308	292	29	74	23	3	5	53	1		15	22	.253	.292	.404	.696	118	13	1	0
Don Lund	72	265	247	25	65	12	7	0	30	6		16	31	.263	.308	.368	.676	91	1	0	2
Bill Lewis	90	244	195	24	57	7	3	1	30	0		47	8	.292	.432	.374	.806	73	6	1	1
Bill Hart	38	156	136	36	50	9	0	17	46	2		18	16	.368	.442	.809	1.250	110	5	0	2
Edward Scheiwe	64	189	156	30	49	9	0	5	27	4		21	23	.314	.418	.468	.886	73	3	7	5
Stan Platek	60	219	192	23	46	8	2	0	23	2		22	19	.240	.318	.302	.620	58	2	0	5
Howie Schultz	19	87	82	19	30	4	0	1	13	3		3	4	.366	.395	.451	.847	37	2	1	1
William Boaz	43	115	105	5	16	3	1	0	6	0		5	7	.152	.198	.200	.398	21	2	1	4
John Dantonio	9	27	27	4	11	2	0	0	3	0				.407	.407	.481	.889	13
Otho Nitcholas	23	56	52	4	11	2	0	0	6	0		0	9	.212	.226	.250	.476	13	2	1	3
Tom Sunkel	29	67	56	8	10	3	0	0	4	0		8	16	.179	.281	.232	.513	13	0	0	3
Dick Lanahan	37	57	53	2	9	2	0	0	6	0		1	9	.170	.185	.208	.393	11	0	0	3
Claude Weaver	45	68	53	5	8	1	0	0	1	0		9	6	.151	.274	.170	.444	9	2	0	6
Carl Tucker	24	43	38	5	6	1	0	0	1	0		5	9	.158	.256	.184	.440	7	0	0	0
Gene Corbett	10	16	16	1	5	1	0	1	3	0		0	6	.312	.312	.562	.875	9	0	0	0
Frank Powaski	16	32	30	3	4	1	0	0	3	1		2	8	.133	.188	.167	.354	5	0	0	0
Ralph Branca	15	38	31	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.129	.182	.129	.311	4	0	0	5
Cecil Dunn	10	20	19	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	9	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	0	0	0
Ernie Rudolph	15	29	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.130	.200	.130	.330	3	2	0	4
Ken Mauer	16	33	26	3	3	2	0	0	3	0		6	2	.115	.281	.192	.474	5	0	0	1
Pat Riley	3	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0				.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Robert Tart	29	28	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	13	.077	.111	.077	.188	2	0	0	1
Everett Dannels	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Henry Welsch	6	5	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	0				.200	.200	.400	.600	2
Jack Capelle	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jack Miller	10	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Loy Camp	11	19	17	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	2	.059	.111	.118	.229	2	0	0	1
Walt Tauscher	61	27	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.048	.200	.048	.248	1	0	1	2
Martin Radmer	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
J. C. Ford	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Coffman	12	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Totals	1594	5029	4445	645	1190	230	38	72	1005	58	0	476	528	.268	.342	.385	.728	1712	86	29	79	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Schoendienst	1B	114	978	76	16	89	.985	9.246
Howie Schultz	1B	19	156	9	1	12	.994	8.684
Joe Vitter	2B	95	247	257	19	60	.964	5.305
William Boaz	2B	38	94	103	3	17	.985	5.184
Edward Scheiwe	2B	15	23	33	8	5	.875	3.733
Carl Tucker	2B	10	12	20	4	5	.889	3.200
Bud Kimball	3B	147	133	293	31	30	.932	2.898
Sam Narron	C	78	355	37	3	3	.992	5.026	7
Bill Lewis	C	74	260	28	6	5	.980	3.892	3
Glenn Chapman	OF	119	194	9	3	2	.985	1.706
Edward Yaeger	OF	91	199	11	7	5	.968	2.308
Don Lund	OF	70	103	4	4	0	.964	1.529
Stan Platek	OF	51	100	5	0	1	1.000	2.059
Edward Scheiwe	OF	36	56	1	1	0	.983	1.583
Joe Vitter	OF	31	40	2	4	0	.913	1.355
Frank Powaski	OF	10	9	3	0	0	1.000	1.200
Walt Tauscher	P	61	4	31	1	2	.972	.574
Claude Weaver	P	45	4	31	1	1	.972	.778
Dick Lanahan	P	37	6	43	3	0	.942	1.324
Tom Sunkel	P	28	3	23	1	1	.963	.929
Robert Tart	P	25	8	16	1	0	.960	.960
Otho Nitcholas	P	22	7	48	3	3	.948	2.500
Ernie Rudolph	P	15	0	14	0	0	1.000	.933
Ralph Branca	P	15	3	22	1	0	.962	1.667
George Coffman	P	11	1	2	2	0	.600	.273
Loy Camp	P	11	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.364
Jack Miller	P	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Eugene Werth	P	3						.000
Everett Dannels	P	2						.000
LeRoy Hewette	P	1						.000
Tommy Brown	SS	80	167	201	30	41	.925	4.600
Bill Hart	SS	38	70	109	12	23	.937	4.711
Totals		1418	3239	1468	168	306	.966	3.319	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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