1942 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 79-73
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Johnny Riddle (79-73)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 113,937, Avg. 1,499

1942 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Vols 3 games, Birmingham Barons 1

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the SA.

Johnny Riddle 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 Matuzak	14	15	.483	4.01	38	30					258.0	284	136	115		79
Bob Malloy	13	13	.500	4.08	39	28					223.0	239	129	101		108
Ed Heusser	12	6	.667	2.77	25	21					166.0	155	61	51		31
Rocky Stone	12	10	.545	3.99	43	21					194.0	179	98	86		98
Mike Schultz	9	5	.643	3.58	32	10					113.0	86	54	45		40
George Burpo	7	7	.500	5.76	18	17					100.0	74	74	64		127
Johnny Hetki	4	1	.800	2.16	7	5					50.0	37	14	12		22
Charles Kane	2	1	.667	7.04	6	5					23.0	28	20	18		18
James Davis	2	2	.500	7.96	12	4					26.0	33	26	23		28
Roy Peeler	2	4	.333	4.75	12	2					53.0	62	34	28		22
Chet Covington	1	1	.500	11.77	4						13.0	24	20	17		6
Ed Hill	1	3	.250	5.14	14						42.0	53	32	24		23
Carmel Castle	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
William Kolkmeyer	0	0		0.00	2						8.0
Ken Polivka	0	1	.000	5.85	6						20.0	21	13	13		14
Joe Mitchell	0	1	.000	10.80	2						5.0	8	9	6		9
Warren Kanagy	0	1	.000	13.50	3						4.0	4	6	6		8
William Gill	0	2	.000	15.43	3						7.0	8	13	12		13
Totals	79	73	.520	4.28	267	143	0	0	0	0	1306.0	1295	739	621	0	646	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
Lee Gamble	150	607	607		188	30	9	4						.310	.310	.409	.718	248
Johnny Conway	153	639	639		177	19	4	0						.277	.277	.319	.596	204
Mike Dejan	150	515	515		171	25	8	17						.332	.332	.511	.843	263
Lon Goldstein	153	563	563		164	27	7	15						.291	.291	.444	.735	250
Nick Polly	153	544	544		146	30	7	6						.268	.268	.382	.651	208
Clyde Vollmer	83	314	314		97	19	7	5						.309	.309	.462	.771	145
Carmel Castle	98	317	317		88	17	5	5						.278	.278	.410	.688	130
Vann Harrington	91	305	305		86	12	0	9						.282	.282	.410	.692	125
Johnny Riddle	95	265	265		70	12	0	1						.264	.264	.321	.585	85
Tommie West	59	171	171		53	6	2	1						.310	.310	.386	.696	66
Joe Just	64	164	164		41	8	1	0						.250	.250	.311	.561	51
Harry Matuzak	39	88	88		25	4	1	0						.284	.284	.352	.636	31
Charles Quimby	26	80	80		20	6	0	0						.250	.250	.325	.575	26
Bob Malloy	48	80	80		19	3	1	0						.238	.238	.300	.538	24
Jodie Beeler	32	103	103		15	3	0	1						.146	.146	.204	.350	21
Roy Peeler	29	39	39		12	1	2	1						.308	.308	.513	.821	20
Ed Heusser	26	53	53		9	1	0	0						.170	.170	.189	.358	10
Mike Schultz	36	45	45		8	3	0	0						.178	.178	.244	.422	11
Rocky Stone	44	61	61		8	1	0	0						.131	.131	.148	.279	9
Robert Brossart	13	38	38		7	1	0	0						.184	.184	.211	.395	8
Ed Hill	14	12	12		6	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	6
George Burpo	18	39	39		5	1	1	0						.128	.128	.205	.333	8
Bobby Mattick	3	5	5		3	1	0	0						.600	.600	.800	1.400	4
Ken Polivka	6	8	8		3									.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Johnny Hetki	8	21	21		3									.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Chet Covington	4	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
James Davis	13	7	7		1	1	0	0						.143	.143	.286	.429	2
Joe Mitchell	10	12	12		1	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	1
William Kolkmeyer	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charles Kane	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Gill	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1629	5110	5110	0	1427	231	55	65	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.384	.663	1963	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lon Goldstein	1B	153	1344	106	10		.993	9.477
Vann Harrington	2B	87	199	247	16		.965	5.126
Jodie Beeler	2B	30	68	96	6		.965	5.467
Charles Quimby	2B	22	39	45	1		.988	3.818
Nick Polly	3B	129	103	231	29		.920	2.589
Johnny Riddle	C	73	293	42	4		.988	4.589
Joe Just	C	55	223	23	6		.976	4.473
Tommie West	C	49	175	23	2		.990	4.041
Lee Gamble	OF	150	401	16	10		.977	2.780
Mike Dejan	OF	150	282	7	14		.954	1.927
Carmel Castle	OF	90	154	11	6		.965	1.833
Clyde Vollmer	OF	72	143	5	2		.987	2.056
Robert Brossart	OF	12	17	0	0		1.000	1.417
Rocky Stone	P	43						.000
Bob Malloy	P	39						.000
Harry Matuzak	P	38						.000
Mike Schultz	P	32						.000
Ed Heusser	P	25						.000
George Burpo	P	18						.000
Ed Hill	P	14						.000
Roy Peeler	P	12						.000
James Davis	P	12						.000
Johnny Hetki	P	7						.000
Ken Polivka	P	6						.000
Charles Kane	P	6						.000
Chet Covington	P	4						.000
Warren Kanagy	P	3						.000
William Gill	P	3						.000
Joe Mitchell	P	2						.000
William Kolkmeyer	P	2						.000
Johnny Conway	SS	153	302	446	37		.953	4.889
Totals		1491	3743	1298	143	0	.972	3.381

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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