1946 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-71
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Ray Blades (80-71)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 289,544, Avg. 3,835

1946 St. Paul Saints Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 1

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 80 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Saints scored 724 runs and allowed 690 runs. Eric Tipton led St. Paul with 19 home runs and drove in 100 runs. John Douglas paced all regular hitters by hitting .307. Harry Taylor topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.33 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1946 St. Paul Saints who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Larry Rosenthal, Eddie Basinski, Dick Lanahan, Sam Narron, John Douglas, Dwain Sloat, Otho Nitcholas, Eric Tipton, Ed Weiland, Don Lund, Lou Rochelli, Lloyd Dietz, George Coffman, Johnny Rizzo, Harry Taylor, John Dantonio, Mike Sandlock, Gene Mauch, Cliff Dapper, Tom Sunkel and Jack Banta.

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
Harry Taylor	15	7	.682	3.33	29	25	3	13	5		181.0	149	75	67		98		91	4	0	5
Otho Nitcholas	12	10	.545	3.58	32	24	6	12	4		181.0	190	86	72		38		77	1	0	2
Ed Weiland	10	12	.455	4.45	36	21	7	5	2		170.0	181	104	84		75		75	3	1	6
Lloyd Dietz	9	8	.529	3.83	39	17	14	3	0		155.0	154	79	66		55		53	4	0	2
George Coffman	8	5	.615	4.12	50			0	0		94.0	99	50	43		51		44	4	0	3
Tom Sunkel	6	6	.500	4.05	16	16	0	3	0		91.0	79	49	41		55		71	3	0	2
Al Sherer	6	7	.462	3.96	45	8	14	3	1		116.0	128	59	51		31		38	0	0	0
Dick Lanahan	5	1	.833	3.66	16	9	3	4	0		59.0	63	31	24		28		24	2	0	3
Jack Banta	3	2	.600	2.89	8	7	1	3	0		56.0	49	20	18		28		49	1	0	2
Walt Nothe	3	11	.214	4.44	33	24	6	3	0		154.0	149	94	76		94		134	0	3	5
Dwain Sloat	2	2	.500	4.26	11			0	0		19.0	13	9	9		16		16	1	0	2
Vedie Himsl	1	0	1.000	5.29	27			0	0		51.0	63	30	30		15		9	0	0	0
Eugene Kelly	0	0		0.00	4			0	0		7.0	7				3		5
Totals	80	71	.530	3.92	346	151	54	49	12	0	1334.0	1324	686	581	0	587	0	686	23	4	32	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
John Douglas	144	654	579	87	178	14	3	0	41	9		62	59	.307	.375	.342	.717	198	8	1	12
Eric Tipton	147	649	526	113	145	33	8	19	100	21		113	61	.276	.407	.477	.885	251	17	4	6
Gene Mauch	149	643	536	74	133	19	3	6	55	9		91	68	.248	.359	.328	.688	176	11	2	14
Eddie Basinski	136	584	515	66	130	17	5	5	46	9		44	85	.252	.319	.334	.653	172	11	6	19
Larry Rosenthal	135	573	457	85	127	26	3	8	57	7		101	53	.278	.413	.400	.813	183	6	4	11
Johnny Rizzo	110	425	369	60	110	16	4	12	88	3		51	31	.298	.388	.461	.848	170	7	3	2
Bud Kimball	124	467	391	51	100	15	2	13	63	2		68	75	.256	.369	.404	.773	158	11	2	6
John Dantonio	101	329	294	36	90	18	0	3	47	1		28	13	.306	.370	.398	.768	117	4	2	5
Joe Vitter	110	351	281	44	64	12	4	2	26	9		59	50	.228	.364	.320	.684	90	4	1	10
Homer Matney	57	168	153	17	41	8	2	0	22	1		13	12	.268	.325	.346	.672	53	1	0	2
Lou Rochelli	58	173	156	21	37	6	2	5	27	2		12	22	.237	.300	.397	.697	62	6	2	3
Cliff Dapper	37	120	100	8	21	4	0	1	17	0		15	13	.210	.319	.280	.599	28	6	1	4
Harry Taylor	41	81	67	9	17	0	1	0	4	1		4	9	.254	.306	.284	.589	19	2	1	9
Otho Nitcholas	32	72	67	6	17	3	0	1	11	0		0	14	.254	.254	.343	.597	23	2	0	5
Mike Sandlock	37	85	79	12	14	2	1	1	11	0		5	10	.177	.226	.266	.492	21	0	0	1
Walt Nothe	33	58	47	4	9	2	0	1	4	0		1	15	.191	.208	.298	.506	14	1	0	10
Lloyd Dietz	49	56	48	3	7	1	0	1	7	0		2	10	.146	.180	.229	.409	11	1	0	6
Jack Banta	12	25	20	2	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	6	1	0	3
George Coffman	50	28	25	1	6	1	0	0	3	0		1	2	.240	.269	.280	.549	7	0	0	2
Tom Sunkel	17	35	30	2	6	1	0	0	1	0		1	9	.200	.226	.233	.459	7	0	0	4
Dick Lanahan	16	24	21	1	5	2	0	0	1	0		1	5	.238	.273	.333	.606	7	0	0	2
Al Sherer	45	30	29	4	5	0	0	1	1	0		1	5	.172	.200	.276	.476	8	0	0	0
Ed Weiland	36	62	54	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	19	.093	.140	.093	.233	5	0	0	5
Don Lund	14	15	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0				.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Ernest Davis	1	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Vedie Himsl	34	12	12	2	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	2	.167	.167	.250	.417	3	0	0	0
Dwain Sloat	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1
Eugene Kelly	6	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Sam Narron	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1744	5733	4883	714	1280	201	38	79	635	74	0	679	642	.262	.356	.367	.723	1794	99	29	142	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Douglas	1B	144	1270	76	15	106	.989	9.347
Joe Vitter	1B	12	82	3	2	12	.977	7.083
Eddie Basinski	2B	134	309	359	29	86	.958	4.985
Lou Rochelli	2B	22	44	47	2	14	.978	4.136
Bud Kimball	3B	113	120	246	35	21	.913	3.239
Lou Rochelli	3B	35	35	56	8	8	.919	2.600
Joe Vitter	3B	11	4	14	2	1	.900	1.636
Mike Sandlock	3B	10	7	18	2	1	.926	2.500
John Dantonio	C	82	373	54	9	4	.979	5.207	15
Cliff Dapper	C	29	144	21	5	4	.971	5.690	1
Mike Sandlock	C	12	31	1	2	0	.941	2.667	0
Eric Tipton	OF	144	267	12	4	0	.986	1.938
Larry Rosenthal	OF	133	330	11	5	3	.986	2.564
Johnny Rizzo	OF	95	148	8	4	1	.975	1.642
Joe Vitter	OF	65	111	10	3	3	.976	1.862
Homer Matney	OF	46	91	11	3	1	.971	2.217
George Coffman	P	50	5	17	1	1	.957	.440
Al Sherer	P	45	7	31	1	1	.974	.844
Lloyd Dietz	P	39	6	27	0	0	1.000	.846
Ed Weiland	P	36	8	39	3	2	.940	1.306
Walt Nothe	P	33	2	30	3	0	.914	.970
Otho Nitcholas	P	32	3	41	2	3	.957	1.375
Harry Taylor	P	29	10	41	3	2	.944	1.759
Vedie Himsl	P	27	1	21	0	3	1.000	.815
Tom Sunkel	P	16	2	10	0	2	1.000	.750
Dick Lanahan	P	16	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.062
Dwain Sloat	P	11	0	5	0	0	1.000	.455
Jack Banta	P	8						.000
Eugene Kelly	P	4						.000
Gene Mauch	SS	149	296	417	64	81	.918	4.785
Totals		1582	3709	1640	207	360	.963	3.381	16	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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