1946 Columbus Red Birds Statistics
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Charlie Root (64-90)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 102,127, Avg. 1,326
The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Red Birds scored 632 runs and conceded 787 runs. Michael Natisin led Columbus with 13 home runs Tommy Nelson drove in 74 runs. Augie Bergamo paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .308 clip. Jack Griffore and Wayne McLeland topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Pete Mazar recorded a 3.14 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1946 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Clarence Beers, Augie Bergamo, Bill Brandt, Johnny Bucha, Bill Burich, Bill Clemensen, Dick Cole, Jack Creel, Don Fisher, Jim Gleeson, Jim Hearn, Jim Hopper, Bill Howerton, Don Lang, Eddie Malone, Hal Marnie, Wayne McLeland, Tommy Nelson, Bobby Rhawn, Charlie Root, Charlie Sproull, George Stumpf, Del Wilber and Pep Young.
Charlie Root served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne McLeland | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.42 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 171.0 | 193 | 89 | 65 | 51 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Jack Griffore | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.62 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 184.0 | 186 | 94 | 74 | 55 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Pete Mazar | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.14 | 38 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 175.0 | 201 | 98 | 61 | 57 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Jack Creel | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.19 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 144.0 | 140 | 77 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Bill Clemensen | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.53 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 155.0 | 151 | 102 | 78 | 70 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Jim Hearn | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.13 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 98.0 | 103 | 55 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Charlie Root | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
John Herr | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.98 | 38 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 107 | 64 | 50 | 82 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Eddie Malone | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.71 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Walter Goodall | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.77 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Charlie Sproull | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 75 | 49 | 42 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Don Fisher | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.02 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 54 | 36 | 29 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Charles Gooding | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
George Kleine | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Joe Demoran | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Andreas Mohrlock | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
Arthur Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
Don Schuchmann | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Clarence Beers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Joe Shroba | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.06 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bill Brandt | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.85 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Jim Hopper | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 64 | 90 | .416 | 3.97 | 332 | 144 | 70 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 1332.7 | 1419 | 769 | 588 | 0 | 606 | 0 | 614 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augie Bergamo | 144 | 621 | 526 | 77 | 162 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 9 | 87 | 43 | .308 | .407 | .392 | .799 | 206 | 11 | 1 | 7 | |||
Tommy Nelson | 133 | 553 | 502 | 62 | 154 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 74 | 5 | 40 | 55 | .307 | .359 | .396 | .756 | 199 | 17 | 1 | 10 | |||
Bobby Rhawn | 145 | 597 | 545 | 62 | 153 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 37 | 54 | .281 | .329 | .396 | .725 | 216 | 10 | 2 | 13 | |||
Michael Natisin | 120 | 518 | 445 | 64 | 122 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 72 | 4 | 65 | 25 | .274 | .372 | .422 | .794 | 188 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||
Jack McLain | 109 | 485 | 441 | 59 | 100 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 43 | 73 | .227 | .295 | .299 | .595 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bill Howerton | 73 | 305 | 268 | 44 | 81 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 36 | 54 | .302 | .387 | .504 | .891 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
Del Wilber | 101 | 337 | 297 | 35 | 78 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 35 | 54 | .263 | .344 | .424 | .769 | 126 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
Eddie Malone | 101 | 315 | 266 | 30 | 63 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 45 | 41 | .237 | .354 | .338 | .692 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
Vaughn Hazen | 60 | 226 | 203 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 43 | .222 | .291 | .365 | .656 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
Pep Young | 61 | 195 | 172 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 43 | .186 | .271 | .215 | .486 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
Dick Cole | 37 | 126 | 108 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 15 | .241 | .333 | .287 | .620 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Pete Mazar | 42 | 66 | 59 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .322 | .355 | .339 | .694 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
George Stumpf | 18 | 71 | 64 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .281 | .343 | .375 | .718 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Norman Richards | 22 | 88 | 76 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | .171 | .259 | .197 | .456 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Jim Hearn | 24 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .343 | .361 | .400 | .761 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Jack Griffore | 31 | 72 | 65 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .154 | .179 | .246 | .425 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Hal Marnie | 27 | 91 | 79 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .127 | .242 | .127 | .368 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Robert Collett | 7 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .310 | .586 | 9 | ||||||||
Jack Creel | 35 | 50 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .146 | .163 | .167 | .330 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bill Burich | 20 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .136 | .191 | .159 | .351 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Claude Wright | 13 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .152 | .222 | .212 | .434 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Don Fisher | 23 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Billy Kerr | 12 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .174 | .208 | .174 | .382 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Herr | 38 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .129 | .270 | .129 | .399 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
William Wachtler | 13 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .143 | .280 | .190 | .470 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Peter Kramer | 11 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .100 | .182 | .167 | .348 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Clemensen | 34 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .068 | .180 | .091 | .271 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Wayne McLeland | 34 | 61 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .053 | .069 | .070 | .139 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Johnny Bucha | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||
Bill Brandt | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Walter Goodall | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Adrian Thompson | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | ||||||||
Joe King | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | ||||||||
Dick Gracey | 11 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .048 | .130 | .048 | .178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charlie Sproull | 16 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .048 | .130 | .048 | .178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Shroba | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Hooper Triplett | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Joe Demoran | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jim Hopper | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Charlie Root | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Wilbur Buerckholtz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 1576 | 5234 | 4639 | 557 | 1156 | 175 | 44 | 61 | 503 | 47 | 0 | 507 | 679 | .249 | .325 | .345 | .671 | 1602 | 82 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Natisin | 1B | 119 | 940 | 67 | 23 | 99 | .978 | 8.462 | ||||
Norman Richards | 1B | 21 | 189 | 11 | 5 | 18 | .976 | 9.524 | ||||
Tommy Nelson | 2B | 104 | 289 | 283 | 24 | 59 | .960 | 5.500 | ||||
Pep Young | 2B | 25 | 51 | 60 | 3 | 10 | .974 | 4.440 | ||||
Hal Marnie | 2B | 14 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 6 | .959 | 5.000 | ||||
Dick Cole | 2B | 11 | 30 | 35 | 4 | 14 | .942 | 5.909 | ||||
Bobby Rhawn | 3B | 76 | 88 | 156 | 14 | 11 | .946 | 3.211 | ||||
Del Wilber | C | 78 | 395 | 51 | 10 | 5 | .978 | 5.718 | 3 | |||
Eddie Malone | C | 74 | 342 | 53 | 17 | 3 | .959 | 5.338 | 7 | |||
Augie Bergamo | OF | 138 | 288 | 8 | 15 | 0 | .952 | 2.145 | ||||
Jack McLain | OF | 106 | 222 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .958 | 2.132 | ||||
Bill Howerton | OF | 68 | 151 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 2.324 | ||||
Vaughn Hazen | OF | 47 | 113 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .959 | 2.511 | ||||
George Stumpf | OF | 16 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
Bobby Rhawn | OF | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
Pete Mazar | P | 38 | 11 | 40 | 2 | 5 | .962 | 1.342 | ||||
John Herr | P | 38 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .447 | ||||
Wayne McLeland | P | 34 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.088 | ||||
Bill Clemensen | P | 34 | 13 | 39 | 6 | 3 | .897 | 1.529 | ||||
Jack Griffore | P | 31 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.065 | ||||
Jack Creel | P | 29 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.103 | ||||
Jim Hearn | P | 24 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .583 | ||||
Don Fisher | P | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .238 | ||||
Charlie Sproull | P | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
Walter Goodall | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
Bill Brandt | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .800 | ||||
Joe Shroba | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Demoran | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Clarence Beers | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Charlie Root | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Schuchmann | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Eddie Malone | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
George Kleine | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Hopper | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Arthur Nelson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Andreas Mohrlock | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Charles Gooding | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Bobby Rhawn | SS | 60 | 119 | 165 | 15 | 32 | .950 | 4.733 | ||||
Pep Young | SS | 34 | 57 | 76 | 13 | 19 | .911 | 3.912 | ||||
Dick Cole | SS | 23 | 44 | 51 | 11 | 8 | .896 | 4.130 | ||||
Tommy Nelson | SS | 21 | 48 | 50 | 8 | 17 | .925 | 4.667 | ||||
Claude Wright | SS | 12 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .927 | 4.250 | ||||
Hal Marnie | SS | 11 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | .800 | 3.636 | ||||
Totals | 1402 | 3552 | 1389 | 221 | 323 | .957 | 3.524 | 10 | 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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