1944 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 51-89
Finished 8th in the EL
Manager: Jack Sanford (51-89)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 33,035, Avg. 472

1944 Wilkes-Barre Barons Roster

The Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League ended the 1944 season with a record of 51 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the EL.

Jack Sanford 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
Earl Henry	16	10	.615	3.69	43	28	14	16	2		249.0	237	128	102		135		145	8	1	10
Joseph Karakul	8	16	.333	4.38	31	23	6	14	2		156.0	171	98	76		103		74	4	0	6
William Skinner	8	18	.308	5.39	35	28	4	11	1		192.0	228	148	115		113		77	9	0	4
Pershing Towery	3	6	.333	4.32	17	7	8	4	0		75.0	98	52	36		30		21	3	1	5
Bill Bonness	3	10	.231	5.00	35	19	5	6	2		144.0	139	98	80		127		88	9	1	17
William Thomason					19						0.0
Claude Weldon	0	4	.000	4.68	14	4	5	1	0		50.0	65	39	26		24		17	0	1	2
Totals	38	64	.373	4.52	194	109	42	52	7	0	866.0	938	563	435	0	532	0	422	33	4	44	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
Ben Visan	137	582	548	53	167	26	10	2	91	2		25	41	.305	.337	.400	.737	219		2	7
John Ward	123	551	465	92	151	20	13	2	46	22		69	41	.325	.414	.437	.851	203		2	15
Norm Wallen	121	499	462	44	132	21	4	6	75	3		31	33	.286	.333	.387	.721	179		2	4
Jack Massey	135	533	463	65	106	18	3	2	32	6		61	96	.229	.323	.294	.616	136		3	6
Jack Sanford	106	369	320	44	94	16	7	0	33	7		45	16	.294	.381	.388	.768	124		0	4
Hank Ruszkowski	95	285	260	38	71	11	6	4	32	3		22	35	.273	.332	.408	.740	106		1	2
Bill Pardon	74	267	245	25	64	6	2	3	30	0		19	38	.261	.320	.339	.658	83		2	1
Jack Bell	72	278	242	26	59	8	1	0	14	1		31	24	.244	.332	.285	.617	69		1	4
Ted Klonowski	56	225	182	24	40	12	2	0	23	7		38	46	.220	.366	.308	.674	56		4	1
Earl Henry	74	156	137	16	39	7	2	0	21	1		15	23	.285	.355	.365	.720	50		0	4
Ray Maloney	77	229	200	19	39	5	2	0	16	0		23	32	.195	.288	.240	.528	48		3	3
Albert Standaert	31	107	91	15	32	5	1	0	8	1		13	10	.352	.433	.429	.861	39		0	3
Kenneth Mapes	40	121	113	8	28	5	0	0	11	2		6	23	.248	.286	.292	.578	33		0	2
George McNair	35	138	115	15	25	5	0	0	11	1		21	33	.217	.338	.261	.599	30		0	2
Ray Kleine	23	72	59	9	12	4	0	0	3	0		9	18	.203	.319	.271	.590	16		1	3
Dale Smith	18	60	46	5	10	3	0	2	6	0		14	17	.217	.400	.413	.813	19		0	0
Joseph Karakul	34	62	60	3	10	2	0	0	3	0		1	27	.167	.180	.200	.380	12		0	1
Bill Dornbusch	21	63	51	7	9	1	0	0	4	0		7	12	.176	.276	.196	.472	10		0	5
Ken Blackman	21	62	54	3	9	1	0	0	3	0		6	4	.167	.250	.185	.435	10		0	2
Pershing Towery	17	32	30	1	8	1	0	0	2	0		1	5	.267	.290	.300	.590	9		0	1
Alex Korponay	12	45	37	6	8	2	0	0	3	2		5	2	.216	.341	.270	.611	10		2	1
Carl Hecker	21	65	57	6	8	2	0	0	2	3		7	17	.140	.234	.175	.410	10		0	1
Sammy McLawhorn	11	16	16	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	4		0	0
Bill Bonness	35	52	45	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		6	25	.089	.196	.089	.285	4		0	1
Jim Kleckley	11	15	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.273	.385	.273	.657	3		0	2
William Skinner	35	66	58	3	3	0	1	0	2	0		4	13	.052	.113	.086	.199	5		0	4
Claude Weldon	14	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.118	.211	.118	.328	2		0	0
Edgar Chitwood	10	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	6	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	1
Totals	1459	4982	4392	532	1137	181	54	21	472	61	0	487	650	.259	.336	.339	.675	1489	0	23	80	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ben Visan	1B	61	489	31	12	39	.977	8.525
Jack Sanford	1B	38	282	17	7	14	.977	7.868
George McNair	1B	32	253	17	8	28	.971	8.438
Carl Hecker	1B	17	111	4	5	7	.958	6.765
Jack Sanford	2B	63	148	136	9	32	.969	4.508
Jack Bell	2B	50	119	112	17	25	.931	4.620
Ray Kleine	2B	18	25	41	3	7	.957	3.667
Albert Standaert	2B	16	31	34	6	6	.915	4.062
Norm Wallen	3B	110	133	228	39	27	.902	3.282
Bill Pardon	3B	18	17	33	7	2	.877	2.778
Hank Ruszkowski	C	74	318	69	23	5	.944	5.230	6
Ray Maloney	C	64	292	56	14	8	.961	5.438	5
Ken Blackman	C	16	73	28	6	5	.944	6.312	0
John Ward	OF	123	230	19	14	3	.947	2.024
Ben Visan	OF	78	101	17	4	1	.967	1.513
Ted Klonowski	OF	56	144	4	4	0	.974	2.643
Bill Pardon	OF	52	75	8	8	0	.912	1.596
Kenneth Mapes	OF	36	53	7	1	1	.984	1.667
Bill Dornbusch	OF	19	35	1	1	0	.973	1.895
Dale Smith	OF	17	27	0	1	0	.964	1.588
Norm Wallen	OF	11	20	0	1	0	.952	1.818
Earl Henry	OF	11	12	0	2	0	.857	1.091
Earl Henry	P	43	11	41	6	0	.897	1.209
William Skinner	P	35						.000
Bill Bonness	P	35	5	30	3	3	.921	1.000
Joseph Karakul	P	31	7	34	6	3	.872	1.323
William Thomason	P	19						.000
Pershing Towery	P	17	2	22	0	1	1.000	1.412
Claude Weldon	P	14	1	15	0	0	1.000	1.143
Sammy McLawhorn	P	11	0	8	2	0	.800	.727
Jim Kleckley	P	11	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.000
Edgar Chitwood	P	10	1	6	0	0	1.000	.700
Jack Massey	SS	125	284	334	69	64	.900	4.944
Jack Bell	SS	18	36	47	13	8	.865	4.611
Totals		1349	3336	1409	291	289	.942	3.517	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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