1931 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-82
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Nemo Leibold (84-82)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Neil Park
Attendance: 174,511, Avg. 2,103

1931 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1931 season with a record of 84 wins and 82 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

Nemo Leibold 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
Ken Ash	16	10	.615	5.28	37						201.0	255	154	118		60
Al Grabowski	10	6	.625	4.66	28						141.0	167	87	73		40
Roy Parmelee	8	6	.571	4.73	30						154.0	174	108	81		78
Ed Chapman	8	9	.471	4.53	30						129.0	108	80	65		103
Al Eckert	4	3	.571	5.16	20						75.0	101	48	43		28
Marv Gudat	4	4	.500	4.31	30						142.0	187	93	68		24
Al Baker	3	5	.375	0.00	15						43.0	43				18
Percy Jones	2	0	1.000	0.00	3						18.0	18				9
Clarence Heise	2	0	1.000	0.00	4						26.0	26				7
Bill Lee	2	0	1.000	0.53	2						17.0	6	2	1		4
Bill Beckmann	2	1	.667	0.00	6						24.0	41	23			10
Floyd Rose	2	2	.500	0.00	16						42.0	43				31
Carlisle Littlejohn	2	4	.333	0.00	14						40.0	62				12
Larry Winters	1	0	1.000	0.00	4						5.0	11				1
Blaine Kunes	0	0		0.00	3						17.0	13				5
Jim Winford	0	1	.000	0.00	3						11.0	18				6
William Kermode	0	1	.000	0.00	3						12.0	29				5
John Brown	0	1	.000	0.00	5						17.0	17				13
Ted Kleinhans	0	1	.000	0.00	3						8.0	11				8
Paul Dean	0	2	.000	0.00	12						36.0	39				24
Totals	66	56	.541	3.48	269	0	0	0	0	0	1162.0	1377	595	449	0	487	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
Pat Crawford	157	633	633		237	41	13	28						.374	.374	.613	.987	388
Evar Swanson	146	528	528		175	38	14	8						.331	.331	.502	.833	265
Burgess Whitehead	135	515	515		169	19	7	1						.328	.328	.398	.726	205
Lew Riggs	138	510	510		149	18	10	18						.292	.292	.473	.765	241
Pid Purdy	111	371	371		122	27	3	5						.329	.329	.458	.787	170
Joel Hunt	77	281	281		78	6	9	4						.278	.278	.406	.683	114
Gene Desautels	96	275	275		75	16	1	0						.273	.273	.338	.611	93
Marv Gudat	102	213	213		73	10	1	4						.343	.343	.455	.798	97
Earl Smith	56	200	200		63	14	2	8						.315	.315	.525	.840	105
Gordie Hinkle	100	271	271		60	13	2	3						.221	.221	.317	.539	86
Eddie Delker	47	187	187		56	18	4	4						.299	.299	.503	.802	94
Red Rollings	58	178	178		55	10	3	3						.309	.309	.449	.758	80
George Binder	63	227	227		53	10	3	0						.233	.233	.304	.537	69
John King	50	157	157		50	7	0	13						.318	.318	.611	.930	96
Al Moore	50	173	173		48	10	6	1						.277	.277	.422	.699	73
Roy Parmelee	36	67	67		25	4	0	0						.373	.373	.433	.806	29
Ken Ash	43	75	75		20	4	0	0						.267	.267	.320	.587	24
Harold Bohl	16	47	47		13	1	2	0						.277	.277	.383	.660	18
Al Grabowski	31	60	60		12	1	0	1						.200	.200	.267	.467	16
Bill DeLancey	11	32	32		8	0	0	1						.250	.250	.344	.594	11
Burton Bruckman	12	35	35		6	2	0	0						.171	.171	.229	.400	8
Ed Chapman	31	47	47		6	2	0	0						.128	.128	.170	.298	8
Al Eckert	20	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Carlisle Littlejohn	14	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Al Baker	15	13	13		3	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Paul Dean	12	9	9		2	1	0	0						.222	.222	.333	.556	3
Floyd Rose	16	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Blaine Kunes	3	2	2		1	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Nemo Leibold	1	3	3		1	1	0	0						.333	.333	.667	1.000	2
Tucker	3	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Bill Lee	2	6	6		1	1	0	0						.167	.167	.333	.500	2
John Brown	5	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Kaines	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1659	5178	5178	0	1573	275	80	102	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.447	.751	2314	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pat Crawford	1B	156	1448	115	24		.985	1.019
Burgess Whitehead	2B	68	158	195	17		.954	5.191
John King	2B	48	85	140	7		.970	4.688
Red Rollings	3B	33	38	69	3		.973	3.242
Harold Bohl	3B	13	15	25	3		.930	3.077
Gordie Hinkle	C	91	306	31	17		.952	3.703
Gene Desautels	C	89	311	69	11		.972	4.270
Burton Bruckman	C	10	35	2	0		1.000	3.700
Evar Swanson	OF	135	290	8	7		.977	2.207
Pid Purdy	OF	98	223	14	12		.952	2.418
Lew Riggs	OF	83	160	7	9		.949	2.012
Joel Hunt	OF	66	150	5	7		.957	2.348
Earl Smith	OF	51	102	5	6		.947	2.098
Al Moore	OF	46	104	6	11		.909	2.391
Ken Ash	P	37						.000
Roy Parmelee	P	30						.000
Marv Gudat	P	30						.000
Ed Chapman	P	30						.000
Al Grabowski	P	28						.000
Al Eckert	P	20						.000
Floyd Rose	P	16						.000
Al Baker	P	15						.000
Carlisle Littlejohn	P	14						.000
Paul Dean	P	12						.000
Bill Beckmann	P	6						.000
John Brown	P	5						.000
Larry Winters	P	4						.000
Clarence Heise	P	4						.000
Jim Winford	P	3						.000
Ted Kleinhans	P	3						.000
William Kermode	P	3						.000
Percy Jones	P	3						.000
Bill Lee	P	2						.000
George Binder	SS	57	109	179	28		.911	5.053
Eddie Delker	SS	37	89	101	13		.936	5.135
Totals		1346	3623	971	175	0	.963	3.413

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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