1944 Memphis Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 44-55
Finished 4th in the NAL
Ballpark: Martin Park
Manager: Ruben Jones (65-78)
1944 Memphis Red Sox Results
The Memphis Red Sox of the National Arena League ended the 1944 season with a record of 44 wins and 55 losses, finishing fourth in the NAL.
Ruben Jones coached the team.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdell Mathis | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.97 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 84 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 375 |
| Willie Hutchinson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.57 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 49.0 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 197 |
| Porter Moss | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.42 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 48.3 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
| Les Henderson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Robert Keys | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Steve Wylie | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Rufus Ligon | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Felix Evans | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Pepper Sharpe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Edgar Chatman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Totals | 15 | 16 | .484 | 2.72 | 48 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 271.3 | 237 | 110 | 82 | 3 | 92 | 2 | 154 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1148 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Bankhead | 29 | 115 | 103 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .320 | .364 | .369 | .733 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ford | 28 | 114 | 103 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .282 | .336 | .340 | .676 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Robinson | 29 | 120 | 109 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .266 | .328 | .339 | .667 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McDaniel | 27 | 110 | 99 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .283 | .343 | .354 | .696 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Verdell Mathis | 24 | 77 | 72 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .278 | .325 | .333 | .658 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cowan Hyde | 30 | 113 | 108 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .185 | .221 | .269 | .490 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. J. Brown | 21 | 88 | 85 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .212 | .230 | .259 | .489 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Canada | 27 | 99 | 87 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .172 | .242 | .184 | .426 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Jones | 21 | 51 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .208 | .255 | .250 | .505 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Longley | 21 | 66 | 52 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .173 | .328 | .192 | .520 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pepper Sharpe | 8 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 14 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .207 | .324 | .276 | .599 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Felder | 13 | 41 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .161 | .333 | .226 | .559 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Porter Moss | 9 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Keys | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spike Garrett | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Felix Evans | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rufus Ligon | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Rogers | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willie Wells Jr. | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Hutchinson | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Jones | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgar Chatman | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Wylie | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Henderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 353 | 1137 | 1025 | 105 | 240 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 27 | 0 | 80 | 3 | .234 | .293 | .288 | .581 | 295 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Canada | 1B | 26 | 25 | 221.0 | 223 | 11 | 4 | 9 | .983 | 9.529 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verdell Mathis | 1B | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 11.769 | 11.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Longley | 1B | 2 | 2 | 13.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bankhead | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepper Sharpe | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.714 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bankhead | 2B | 27 | 26 | 221.0 | 70 | 57 | 6 | 8 | .955 | 5.172 | 4.704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Ford | 2B | 5 | 5 | 41.0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 4.171 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Wells Jr. | 2B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Garrett | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.154 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Ford | 3B | 23 | 22 | 187.0 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .911 | 2.455 | 2.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Longley | 3B | 5 | 5 | 38.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.553 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. J. Brown | 3B | 4 | 3 | 32.0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.094 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred McDaniel | 3B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bankhead | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Wells Jr. | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casey Jones | C | 18 | 13 | 113.0 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 4 | .963 | 6.133 | 4.278 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Larry Brown | C | 14 | 10 | 89.3 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 8.362 | 5.929 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Red Longley | C | 12 | 8 | 69.0 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 6.391 | 4.083 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Neil Robinson | OF | 29 | 29 | 249.3 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.166 | 2.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cowan Hyde | OF | 30 | 27 | 236.3 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.790 | 1.567 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred McDaniel | OF | 25 | 24 | 208.3 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.382 | 1.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verdell Mathis | OF | 7 | 5 | 48.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.437 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepper Sharpe | OF | 6 | 4 | 35.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .514 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Longley | OF | 4 | 2 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Felder | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Felix Evans | OF | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Rogers | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Hutchinson | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Verdell Mathis | P | 12 | 10 | 88.0 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Hutchinson | P | 10 | 5 | 49.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.469 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Porter Moss | P | 9 | 6 | 48.3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 2.793 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Keys | P | 4 | 4 | 30.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.800 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edgar Chatman | P | 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jones | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.765 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepper Sharpe | P | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wylie | P | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Felix Evans | P | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rufus Ligon | P | 2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Henderson | P | 2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| T. J. Brown | SS | 18 | 18 | 154.0 | 46 | 44 | 11 | 5 | .891 | 5.260 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Felder | SS | 12 | 10 | 86.3 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 5.004 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Wells Jr. | SS | 4 | 2 | 17.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 3.176 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Bankhead | SS | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 6.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Robinson | SS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Longley | SS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 338 | 279 | 2442.0 | 814 | 307 | 57 | 41 | .952 | 4.131 | 3.317 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 |
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