1945 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 63-90
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Charlie Root (63-90)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 87,248, Avg. 1,140

1945 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 63 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

The Red Birds scored 672 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 787 runs. Art Rebel led Columbus with 10 home runs and recorded 70 runs batted in. Jack McLain paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .272 clip. Pete Mazar topped the squad with 12 wins, while Pete Brunswick registered a 3.47 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1945 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Filipowicz, Gene Crumling, Elmer Burkart, Pep Young, Art Rebel, Dave Bartosch, Stan Partenheimer, Art Lopatka, Jackie Price, Jim Mallory, Charlie Root, Johnny Bucha, George Stumpf, Bobby Rhawn and Warren Huston.

Charlie Root 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
Pete Mazar	12	10	.545	3.85	35	18	12	10	2		166.0	170	82	71		55		60	0	0	1
Pete Brunswick	11	14	.440	3.47	36	26	5	13	1		210.0	227	113	81		83		85	1	1	5
Art Lopatka	10	13	.435	4.82	30	24	2	11	2		168.0	180	119	90		99		88	7	0	9
Charlie Root	9	8	.529	2.53	22	15	7	12	3		121.0	112	40	34		20		64	2	0	0
George Sumey	7	15	.318	4.26	41	24	16	10	1		190.0	215	118	90		95		94	2	2	6
Clair Strommen	5	5	.500	4.55	22	11	5	4	0		93.0	105	61	47		64		44	2	0	6
Wesley Cunningham	3	4	.429	3.94	12	5	5	3	0		48.0	51	27	21		7		12	1	0	3
Lewis Brock	3	6	.333	4.40	26	10	10	3	0		94.0	99	54	46		54		53	3	0	4
Milton Lowery	1	1	.500	5.77	14			0	0		39.0	52	27	25		34		16	1	1	1
Stan Partenheimer	1	3	.250	6.19	6	5	1	1	0		32.0	39	24	22		22		14	1	0	2
Elmer Burkart					5						0.0
Robert Matthews	0	0		0.00	4			0	0		8.0	4				4		2
Charles Gooding	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		5.0	3				7		3
Robert Eisiminger	0	0		0.00	2			0	0		2.0	0				5		2
Conk Meriwether	0	1	.000	3.94	6			0	0		16.0	16	16	7		14		5	0	0	1
Henry Koch	0	1	.000	6.75	5			0	0		12.0	16	10	9		7		1	0	0	1
Michael Cronin	0	2	.000	15.75	2			0	0		4.0	7	11	7		9		1	0	0	0
Nicholas Vucovich	0	3	.000	6.09	13			0	0		34.0	36	30	23		28		26	0	0	2
Chauncey Peffer	0	3	.000	9.00	7			0	0		22.0	36	23	22		11		3	0	1	0
Totals	62	89	.411	4.24	291	138	63	67	9	0	1264.0	1368	755	595	0	618	0	573	20	5	41	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
Jack McLain	137	534	485	61	132	26	4	2	55	22		35	57	.272	.325	.355	.680	172	9	3	11
Johnny Bucha	119	447	396	54	130	17	5	3	47	4		40	38	.328	.391	.419	.810	166	7	1	10
Vaughn Hazen	113	445	408	59	111	14	6	3	36	10		28	58	.272	.320	.358	.678	146	3	1	8
Art Rebel	94	402	340	69	110	16	4	10	70	6		55	24	.324	.419	.482	.902	164	1	1	6
George Davis	91	391	347	45	97	7	3	1	35	5		39	30	.280	.354	.326	.680	113	6	1	4
Jack Sturdy	99	414	349	45	95	9	2	1	37	12		50	18	.272	.370	.318	.688	111	7	4	11
Warren Huston	84	333	305	37	74	11	2	0	31	0		23	21	.243	.296	.292	.588	89	12	0	5
Pep Young	88	320	287	35	72	9	3	2	36	0		31	51	.251	.326	.324	.650	93	6	1	1
Dick Gracey	73	285	238	35	70	10	2	0	42	4		45	20	.294	.406	.353	.759	84	2	0	2
James Towns	62	251	234	28	65	8	3	0	18	2		15	9	.278	.321	.338	.659	79	3	0	2
Steve Filipowicz	53	207	187	28	49	7	4	2	34	1		16	18	.262	.320	.374	.695	70	8	0	4
Charley Baron	38	164	146	22	46	9	3	1	32	2		9	9	.315	.379	.438	.817	64	1	6	3
Dave Bartosch	50	198	184	18	41	6	2	0	24	0		13	26	.223	.274	.277	.551	51	3	0	1
Luco Lancellotti	29	126	113	17	37	7	0	1	22	0		12	15	.327	.392	.416	.808	47	4	0	1
Bobby Rhawn	32	113	104	12	25	4	3	2	12	1		7	5	.240	.288	.394	.683	41	3	0	2
Vernon Rider	39	131	114	9	21	3	1	0	7	1		16	14	.184	.285	.228	.513	26	4	0	1
Pete Mazar	37	68	61	8	20	1	0	0	5	0		3	1	.328	.359	.344	.704	21	1	0	4
Pete Brunswick	37	80	77	9	19	1	1	1	12	0		1	19	.247	.256	.325	.581	25	0	0	2
Jim Mallory	16	71	61	10	17	3	1	1	1	0		6	8	.279	.353	.410	.763	25	3	1	3
George Sumey	41	70	63	8	17	2	3	0	6	0		4	11	.270	.313	.397	.710	25	0	0	3
Art Lopatka	33	73	64	12	16	3	1	0	8	0		5	9	.250	.314	.328	.642	21	0	1	3
George Pratt	28	70	63	3	12	0	0	2	10	0		7	7	.190	.271	.286	.557	18	1	0	0
Eddie Storenski	21	64	58	6	11	0	1	1	7	0		6	10	.190	.266	.276	.541	16	0	0	0
Gene Crumling	13	39	35	7	8	3	0	0	1	0		1	4	.229	.270	.314	.585	11	2	1	2
Peter Prunczik	10	30	23	6	7	1	0	0	2	0		5	3	.304	.448	.348	.796	8	0	1	1
Conk Meriwether	15	15	14	0	6	1	1	0	4	0		1	1	.429	.467	.643	1.110	9	0	0	0
Milton Lowery	18	19	18	3	6	1	0	1	2	0		1	4	.333	.368	.556	.924	10	1	0	0
Lewis Brock	26	31	29	2	6	1	0	1	3	0		1	3	.207	.233	.345	.578	10	1	0	1
Charlie Root	22	44	39	0	6	1	0	0	1	0		3	10	.154	.214	.179	.394	7	2	0	2
Clair Strommen	22	33	28	0	4	1	0	0	3	0		1	5	.143	.172	.179	.351	5	0	0	4
Joe Sugrue	5	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Robert Archer	7	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0				.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Stan Partenheimer	6	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Wesley Cunningham	12	18	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	2	0	0	1
Louis Zaden	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.200	.200	.200	.400	1
George Stumpf	2	7	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0				.143	.143	.286	.429	2
Joseph Urso	4	13	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0				.077	.077	.231	.308	3
Raymond Baughn	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Nicholas Vucovich	13	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	0	0
Robert Matthews	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Michael Cronin	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Henry Koch	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Chauncey Peffer	7	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1612	5573	4971	654	1343	183	56	35	606	70	0	482	514	.270	.337	.351	.688	1743	90	22	98	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Sturdy	1B	93	716	46	2	70	.997	8.194
Charley Baron	1B	38	312	29	7	28	.980	8.974
Jack McLain	1B	15	119	9	0	8	1.000	8.533
Dick Gracey	1B	11	80	9	2	11	.978	8.091
George Davis	2B	80	232	215	19	45	.959	5.588
Dick Gracey	2B	23	56	60	2	10	.983	5.043
Warren Huston	2B	21	44	51	1	9	.990	4.524
Pep Young	2B	18	49	61	4	22	.965	6.111
Warren Huston	3B	62	63	108	11	17	.940	2.758
Luco Lancellotti	3B	28	25	50	7	2	.915	2.679
Bobby Rhawn	3B	19	16	17	3	3	.917	1.737
Johnny Bucha	C	107	481	76	28	12	.952	5.206	12
Dick Gracey	C	25	84	13	4	0	.960	3.880	5
George Pratt	C	16	76	8	3	0	.966	5.250	2
Gene Crumling	C	12	43	8	1	1	.981	4.250	2
Jack McLain	OF	122	264	10	9	1	.968	2.246
Vaughn Hazen	OF	100	242	13	11	2	.959	2.550
Art Rebel	OF	93	158	10	4	3	.977	1.806
Dave Bartosch	OF	50	78	4	1	0	.988	1.640
Steve Filipowicz	OF	48	123	5	4	0	.970	2.667
Vernon Rider	OF	30	52	5	2	3	.966	1.900
Jim Mallory	OF	16	30	0	0	0	1.000	1.875
George Sumey	P	41	7	36	3	4	.935	1.049
Pete Brunswick	P	36	8	49	2	4	.966	1.583
Pete Mazar	P	35	10	29	5	2	.886	1.114
Art Lopatka	P	30	7	37	4	1	.917	1.467
Lewis Brock	P	26	2	15	1	1	.944	.654
Clair Strommen	P	22	3	21	0	3	1.000	1.091
Charlie Root	P	22	4	16	2	2	.909	.909
Milton Lowery	P	14	3	3	0	0	1.000	.429
Nicholas Vucovich	P	13	3	9	2	0	.857	.923
Wesley Cunningham	P	12	4	7	0	0	1.000	.917
Chauncey Peffer	P	7						.000
Stan Partenheimer	P	6						.000
Conk Meriwether	P	6						.000
Henry Koch	P	5						.000
Robert Matthews	P	4						.000
Charles Gooding	P	3						.000
Robert Eisiminger	P	2						.000
Michael Cronin	P	2						.000
Pep Young	SS	65	132	208	20	33	.944	5.231
James Towns	SS	60	113	153	27	40	.908	4.433
Bobby Rhawn	SS	11	24	24	2	5	.960	4.364
Eddie Storenski	SS	10	14	21	1	2	.972	3.500
Totals		1459	3677	1435	194	344	.963	3.504	21	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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