1939 Waterloo Red Hawks Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 42-78
Finished 8th in the IIIL
Manager: Cap Crossley (42-78)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Red Hawk Stadium
Attendance: 28,935, Avg. 482

1939 Waterloo Red Hawks Roster

The Waterloo Red Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1939 season with a record of 42 wins and 78 losses, finishing eighth in the IIIL.

Cap Crossley 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
John Deets	11	13	.458	4.82	28						168.0	187	119	90		61
Hale Swanson	10	14	.417	4.62	30						189.0	221	113	97		51
Wayne Rossbach	8	8	.500	5.70	22						131.0	175	116	83		45
Jug Thesenga	4	6	.400	6.75	14						72.0	102	62	54		34
John Ludsick	2	8	.200	5.93	17						91.0	114	62	60		34
Clayton Lambert	2	12	.143	5.08	24						124.0	124	81	70		55
John Lotz	1	5	.167	5.77	11						64.0	69	48	41		39
Totals	38	66	.365	5.31	146	0	0	0	0	0	839.0	992	601	495	0	319	0	0	0	0	0	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
Robert Falk	119	465	465		147	28	8	7						.316	.316	.456	.772	212
Danny Escobar	117	433	433		119	17	10	6						.275	.275	.402	.677	174
Andrew Vavrek	100	363	363		94	11	4	3						.259	.259	.336	.595	122
Marvin Rumsey	84	324	324		93	13	4	1						.287	.287	.361	.648	117
Otto Meyers	70	240	240		76	9	5	7						.317	.317	.483	.800	116
Lawrence Steinbeck	87	264	264		71	15	1	4						.269	.269	.379	.648	100
Babe Coltrin	67	238	238		66	8	5	2						.277	.277	.378	.655	90
Lawrence Webber	73	269	269		65	9	1	7						.242	.242	.361	.602	97
Ray Rice	67	214	214		62	6	3	8						.290	.290	.458	.748	98
Joe Bestudik	64	208	208		55	9	0	3						.264	.264	.351	.615	73
Alex Filbert	52	192	192		50	6	0	2						.260	.260	.323	.583	62
Bobby Byrne	34	128	128		35	2	1	1						.273	.273	.328	.602	42
Walter Warsick	27	82	82		19	4	1	4						.232	.232	.451	.683	37
Leo Marion	13	50	50		17	5	0	1						.340	.340	.500	.840	25
George Stein	17	65	65		16	3	1	0						.246	.246	.323	.569	21
John Deets	28	67	67		16	3	0	3						.239	.239	.418	.657	28
Wayne Rossbach	27	63	63		15	0	0	0						.238	.238	.238	.476	15
Charles Sellers	19	63	63		14	3	1	0						.222	.222	.302	.524	19
Harold Palmer	13	32	32		11	0	0	0						.344	.344	.344	.688	11
Clayton Lambert	26	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Jug Thesenga	14	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
John Lotz	12	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
John Ludsick	25	43	43		3	1	0	1						.070	.070	.163	.233	7
Totals	1155	3896	3896	0	1059	154	45	60	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.272	.381	.652	1483	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Babe Coltrin	1B	66	589	41	9		.986	9.545
Leo Marion	1B	13	103	7	0		1.000	8.462
Alex Filbert	2B	52	117	139	24		.914	4.923
George Stein	2B	16	39	45	10		.894	5.250
Lawrence Webber	3B	73	88	152	22		.916	3.288
Bobby Byrne	3B	34	26	48	21		.779	2.176
Lawrence Steinbeck	C	64	300	24	15		.956	5.062
Ray Rice	C	55	269	43	11		.966	5.673
Harold Palmer	C	12	64	8	5		.935	6.000
Robert Falk	OF	103	224	14	3		.988	2.311
Danny Escobar	OF	76	121	11	6		.957	1.737
Marvin Rumsey	OF	74	132	7	7		.952	1.878
Otto Meyers	OF	64	111	10	6		.953	1.891
Walter Warsick	OF	21	44	3	4		.922	2.238
Charles Sellers	OF	17	28	2	4		.882	1.765
Hale Swanson	P	30						.000
John Deets	P	28						.000
Clayton Lambert	P	24						.000
Wayne Rossbach	P	22						.000
John Ludsick	P	17						.000
Jug Thesenga	P	14						.000
John Lotz	P	11						.000
Andrew Vavrek	SS	71	127	194	44		.879	4.521
Joe Bestudik	SS	50	102	145	24		.911	4.940
Totals		1007	2484	893	215	0	.940	3.354

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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