1942 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Eddie Dyer (82-72)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 162,629, Avg. 2,112
1942 Columbus Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Kansas City Blues 3
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Toledo Mud Hens 0

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Red Birds scored 621 runs and yielded 536 runs. Eddie Lukon led Columbus with 23 home runs and drove in 65 runs. Jim Gleeson paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .264 clip. Harry Brecheen topped the team with 19 wins, while Red Munger, too added 15 or more wins, too Harry Brecheen registered a 2.09 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1942 Columbus Red Birds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chuck Aleno, John Antonelli, Frank Barrett, Augie Bergamo, Rae Blaemire, Harry Brecheen, Ken Burkhart, Bill Crouch, Harry Davis, Frank Gabler, Jim Gleeson, Tommy Heath, Lou Klein, Eddie Lukon, Max Marshall, Howie Moss, Red Munger, George Myatt, Preacher Roe, Ted Wilks, Dib Williams and Pep Young.

Eddie Dyer 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 Brecheen1910.6552.0933293236246.0211665753156611
Red Munger1613.5523.5239325194243.02371139590140102
Ted Wilks129.5712.4132205123164.013662444078310
Bill Crouch1112.4784.0732281130179.019595814955301
Frank Barrett83.7272.723962520106.08437324657001
Frank Gabler79.4383.0736131460132.012854453842200
Preacher Roe611.3533.023317672158.014661536192004
Ken Burkhart35.3753.6021983180.09044323539101
Gilbert Dobbs000.001001.0330
Lloyd Hopkins000.001001.0110
Totals8272.5323.0226715467851601310.0123153243904160659162100

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
Eddie Lukon13455148771126207236555163.259.334.470.804229749
Pep Young1435865416412516434923490.231.279.292.5711581129
John Antonelli1315344685712120104835334.259.337.306.64214318211
Jim Gleeson13455345174119166855159156.264.387.379.76717116011
Lou Klein138518465681162401463184348.249.318.391.710182546
George Myatt11638432260901110035325439.280.389.376.765121044
Howie Moss95340310288210533402428.265.321.358.679111924
Tommy Heath117399318358212234227341.258.398.336.7341071017
Augie Bergamo90280244327412213033225.303.384.381.76593504
Dib Williams85293263267210124322420.274.334.342.677901006
Chuck Aleno6622319722432202202127.218.297.249.54649114
Rae Blaemire691831741038931110720.218.253.322.57556511
Red Munger4198931128410150116.301.309.366.67434404
Harry Davis29121102923501801514.225.325.304.62931004
Max Marshall177460162143061126.350.458.517.97531002
Harry Brecheen4010295102152091415.221.260.316.57630112
Bill Crouch32685961710070510.288.344.305.64918204
Jack Angle1765603110007035.183.222.183.40611102
Frank Gabler364139191001026.231.268.256.52510000
Preacher Roe3357514900030312.176.222.176.3999103
Hooper Triplett154941583007162.195.298.268.56611202
Frank Barrett392925371001038.280.357.320.6778101
Ken Burkhart212723161012034.261.346.435.78110101
Ted Wilks3455494410010115.082.100.102.2025205
Floyd Beal4440100020.250.250.250.5001
Billy Kerr2220000000.000.000.000.0000
Gilbert Dobbs1110000.000.000.000.0000
Wilbur Buerckholtz1110000000.000.000.000.0000
Ken Blackman3110000000.000.000.000.0000
Lloyd Hopkins6001000000000
Totals16895639494662112531884960566850565604.253.333.348.68017191122210600


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Dib Williams1B7258234348.9958.556
Chuck Aleno1B3324913324.9897.939
Harry Davis1B2923912315.9888.655
Jack Angle1B171668311.9831.235
Pep Young2B992362602451.9545.010
George Myatt2B4092741020.9434.150
John Antonelli2B296668410.9714.621
John Antonelli3B103107137714.9722.369
Chuck Aleno3B30273573.8992.067
Lou Klein3B16102141.8861.938
Tommy HeathC10949964910.9845.1655
Rae BlaemireC632382473.9744.1590
Jim GleesonOF134322420.9942.433
Eddie LukonOF132298990.9722.326
Howie MossOF83147571.9561.831
Augie BergamoOF63126513.9922.079
George MyattOF3874360.9282.026
Max MarshallOF1625010.9621.562
Hooper TriplettOF1319120.9091.538
Red MungerP39125213.9851.641
Frank BarrettP3932721.938.769
Frank GablerP3622522.931.750
Preacher RoeP3353732.9331.273
Harry BrecheenP33136853.9422.455
Ted WilksP32724011.000.969
Bill CrouchP321629031.0001.406
Ken BurkhartP2121521.895.810
Lloyd HopkinsP1.000
Gilbert DobbsP1.000
Lou KleinSS1192043083468.9384.303
Pep YoungSS42701071415.9274.214
Totals154738561469175313.9683.442500

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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