1944 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Nick Cullop (86-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 137,782, Avg. 1,801

1944 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Red Birds scored 814 runs and yielded 856 runs.

Players from the 1944 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jackie Price, Art Lopatka, Johnny Wyrostek, Jim Mallory, Gene Crumling, Elmer Burkart, Pat Capri, Lee Pfund, Johnny Podgajny, Pep Young, Ken Burkhart, Lou Scoffic, Joe Garagiola, Stan Partenheimer, Art Rebel, Glenn Crawford, John Antonelli, Johnny Bucha, Larry Drake, Joe Mack, Tommy Heath, George Stumpf, Frank Barrett, Nick Cullop, Jack Creel and Ed Blake.

Nick Cullop 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 Burkhart	15	9	.625	4.05	33	31	1	17	1		231.0	259	115	104		69		86	4	0	1
Art Lopatka	11	9	.550	3.49	27	21	5	16	5		170.0	154	73	66		97		88	3	0	6
Jack Creel	11	15	.423	4.25	32	28	4	13	1		199.0	221	108	94		86		99	10	1	4
John Herr	9	5	.643	3.98	30	13	10	4	0		122.0	116	69	54		73		63	10	1	4
Johnny Podgajny	6	2	.750	4.61	13	11	2	5	0		80.0	114	47	41		22		22	5	1	0
Wesley Cunningham	5	5	.500	2.95	40						113.0	105	45	37		40		41	0	0	2
Frank Barrett	4	3	.571	2.28	16						67.0	53	25	17		24		44	2	0	1
Elmer Burkart	4	3	.571	3.56	8	8	0	4	0		48.0	52	31	19		19		13	2	0	0
Lee Pfund	4	4	.500	5.91	19	9	9	1	0		70.0	96	49	46		36		25	1	0	5
Tom Ananicz	3	3	.500	5.87	12	7	5	4	1		46.0	62	32	30		18		18	0	1	1
Art Frantz	1	2	.333	3.86	8						28.0	38	15	12		11		14	0	0	0
Ed Blake	1	3	.250	6.58	8	4	3	1	0		26.0	39	23	19		6		5	1	0	0
Stan Partenheimer					21						0.0
Totals	74	63	.540	4.04	267	132	39	65	8	0	1200.0	1309	632	539	0	501	0	518	38	4	24	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
Jim Mallory	153	692	637	91	189	34	10	1	82	15		34	54	.297	.332	.386	.719	246	5	0	21
John Antonelli	139	576	526	77	164	31	6	6	88	4		39	14	.312	.362	.428	.789	225	10	2	9
Joe Mack	155	678	543	95	156	36	5	7	102	5		115	61	.287	.415	.411	.825	223	6	3	17
George Stumpf	144	641	554	18	156	36	4	19	68	3		72	57	.282	.368	.464	.832	257	6	4	11
Johnny Wyrostek	110	491	416	87	149	50	5	10	69	11		60	36	.358	.443	.575	1.017	239	6	3	12
Glenn Crawford	130	566	495	87	144	21	8	8	71	11		61	43	.291	.373	.414	.787	205	4	4	6
Pep Young	121	464	419	44	103	17	3	6	59	4		37	57	.246	.309	.344	.652	144	10	1	7
Jackie Price	82	315	283	38	76	14	2	0	24	0		27	11	.269	.334	.332	.667	94	1	1	4
Tommy Heath	68	247	216	20	58	11	3	1	33	0		26	19	.269	.350	.361	.711	78	7	1	4
Gerald Burmeister	74	257	221	28	49	3	2	7	32	0		30	21	.222	.323	.348	.671	77	4	3	3
Art Rebel	22	102	88	16	32	10	2	0	19	2		11	3	.364	.440	.523	.963	46	1	1	2
Gene Crumling	39	133	125	16	32	4	0	0	19	0		7	16	.256	.295	.288	.583	36	3	0	1
Art Lopatka	39	78	73	6	26	3	2	0	4	0		3	17	.356	.397	.452	.849	33	2	2	0
Jack McLain	39	115	102	20	24	2	3	1	11	7		11	16	.235	.310	.343	.653	35	0	0	2
Ken Burkhart	33	97	91	10	22	2	1	1	9	0		4	11	.242	.274	.319	.592	29	4	0	2
Lou Scoffic	46	108	97	9	22	8	0	1	20	1		10	10	.227	.299	.340	.639	33	2	0	1
Jack Burman	29	102	91	8	17	1	0	0	4	2		9	3	.187	.260	.198	.458	18	2	0	2
Jack Creel	36	80	75	6	7	2	0	1	2	0		2	20	.093	.117	.160	.277	12	2	0	3
Wesley Cunningham	40	38	29	4	5	0	1	0	0	0		5	7	.172	.294	.241	.535	7	1	0	4
John Herr	30	42	38	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.132	.175	.132	.307	5	0	0	2
Art Frantz	12	11	11	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.364	.364	.364	.727	4	0	0	0
Elmer Burkart	8	18	18		4									.222	.222	.222	.444	4
Lee Pfund	19	26	25	3	4	3	1	0	0	0		1	11	.160	.192	.360	.552	9	0	0	0
Johnny Podgajny	18	33	30	1	4	2	0	0	4	0		2	5	.133	.188	.200	.388	6	2	0	1
Vaughn Hazen	9	5	5		3									.600	.600	.600	1.200	3
Nick Cullop	10	10	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	0	.500	.700	.500	1.200	3	1	0	0
Tom Ananicz	12	18	15	3	3	0	0	1	4	0		1	4	.200	.250	.400	.650	6	0	0	2
Ed Blake	9	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Frank Barrett	16	27	21	3	2	0	0	0	2	0		4	8	.095	.240	.095	.335	2	0	0	2
Joe Garagiola	1	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Johnny Bucha	2	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Drake	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1646	5986	5266	694	1465	290	58	70	727	65	0	577	515	.278	.352	.395	.747	2081	79	25	118	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Mack	1B	155	1357	124	10	161	.993	9.555
John Antonelli	2B	83	201	226	16	57	.964	5.145
Pep Young	2B	55	158	149	7	41	.978	5.582
Jack Burman	2B	23	71	72	5	13	.966	6.217
Jackie Price	3B	57	60	100	8	17	.952	2.807
John Antonelli	3B	56	66	109	6	12	.967	3.125
Glenn Crawford	3B	44	52	76	3	13	.977	2.909
Gerald Burmeister	C	72	284	41	8	4	.976	4.514	3
Tommy Heath	C	65	257	39	4	4	.987	4.554	7
Gene Crumling	C	37	162	23	3	6	.984	5.000	6
Jim Mallory	OF	153	307	9	10	2	.969	2.065
George Stumpf	OF	144	328	9	6	1	.983	2.340
Johnny Wyrostek	OF	109	197	16	5	3	.977	1.954
Jack McLain	OF	26	53	1	2	0	.964	2.077
Lou Scoffic	OF	25	19	0	0	0	1.000	.760
Art Rebel	OF	22	42	5	1	2	.979	2.136
Wesley Cunningham	P	40	6	32	0	2	1.000	.950
Ken Burkhart	P	33	15	33	2	4	.960	1.455
Jack Creel	P	32	13	60	6	1	.924	2.281
John Herr	P	30	7	32	0	1	1.000	1.300
Art Lopatka	P	27	12	46	0	3	1.000	2.148
Stan Partenheimer	P	21						.000
Lee Pfund	P	19	5	13	3	0	.857	.947
Frank Barrett	P	16	2	19	0	2	1.000	1.312
Johnny Podgajny	P	13	12	26	2	1	.950	2.923
Tom Ananicz	P	12	3	13	0	1	1.000	1.333
Art Frantz	P	8						.000
Elmer Burkart	P	8						.000
Ed Blake	P	8						.000
Glenn Crawford	SS	82	151	214	43	52	.895	4.451
Pep Young	SS	67	134	187	23	53	.933	4.791
Jackie Price	SS	18	31	36	13	6	.838	3.722
Totals		1560	4005	1710	186	462	.968	3.663	16	0	0

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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