1946 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
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
1946 Columbus Red Birds Roster

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.


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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
Wayne McLeland119.5503.423420790171.019389655181403
Jack Griffore1110.5243.6231251131184.018694745584614
Pete Mazar913.4093.1438201093175.020198615782412
Jack Creel811.4214.192920460144.014077677371502
Bill Clemensen811.4214.533418870155.0151102787064519
Jim Hearn45.4444.13248103098.010355454648201
Charlie Root301.0001.5750023.02754510200
John Herr36.3333.9838131420113.010764508263113
Eddie Malone201.0001.714222021.02064137000
Walter Goodall21.6673.77120031.02920131717002
Charlie Sproull28.2005.2516941072.07549424530000
Don Fisher15.1675.02215101052.05436293316302
Charles Gooding000.001001.00010
George Kleine000.004003.7452
Joe Demoran000.0070014.02055
Andreas Mohrlock000.001002.00010
Arthur Nelson000.002002.01020
Don Schuchmann01.00012.004006.089875001
Clarence Beers01.00012.386008.0171811106000
Joe Shroba02.0005.0670016.019129139100
Bill Brandt03.0004.85100026.039191459000
Jim Hopper04.0008.404401015.0251614105002
Totals6490.4163.973321447054401332.7141976958806060614334310

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 Bergamo1446215267716221736498743.308.407.392.7992061117
Tommy Nelson1335535026215422177454055.307.359.396.75619917110
Bobby Rhawn14559754562153243116533754.281.329.396.72521610213
Michael Natisin12051844564122213137246525.274.372.422.794188744
Jack McLain1094854415910013812884373.227.295.299.595132401
Bill Howerton733052684481164104033654.302.387.504.891135210
Del Wilber10133729735789973303554.263.344.424.769126323
Eddie Malone101315266306317222714541.237.354.338.69290331
Vaughn Hazen60226203294510531371943.222.291.365.65674313
Pep Young6119517210325001621943.186.271.215.48637413
Dick Cole371261088262011201515.241.333.287.62031103
Pete Mazar4266598191004235.322.355.339.69420004
George Stumpf18716471800290610.281.343.375.71824201
Norman Richards2288769132005199.171.259.197.45615103
Jim Hearn2437354122006017.343.361.400.76114101
Jack Griffore31726561030140222.154.179.246.42516205
Hal Marnie27917981000041128.127.242.127.36810000
Robert Collett729296810030.276.276.310.5869
Jack Creel3550483710040117.146.163.167.3308001
Bill Burich204744261001037.136.191.159.3517300
Claude Wright133733450103038.152.222.212.4347001
Don Fisher231919140002007.211.211.211.4214100
Billy Kerr122423140003011.174.208.174.3824500
John Herr3837313400010615.129.270.129.3994100
William Wachtler132621331000044.143.280.190.4704001
Peter Kramer113330130103035.100.182.167.3485100
Bill Clemensen3453445310020621.068.180.091.2714003
Wayne McLeland3461572310020122.053.069.070.1394003
Johnny Bucha610102200001.200.200.200.4002
Bill Brandt1076010000000.167.167.167.3331001
Walter Goodall1287010000011.143.250.143.3931000
Adrian Thompson3770110000.143.143.286.4292
Joe King416162100010.062.062.062.1251
Dick Gracey112321010001022.048.130.048.1781000
Charlie Sproull162321010001028.048.130.048.1781000
Joe Shroba7330.000.000.000.0000
Hooper Triplett1110000000.000.000.000.0000
Joe Demoran7110.000.000.000.0000
Jim Hopper4550.000.000.000.0000
Charlie Root510100.000.000.000.0000
Wilbur Buerckholtz2110000000.000.000.000.0000
Totals15765234463955711561754461503470507679.249.325.345.671160282167200


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Michael Natisin1B119940672399.9788.462
Norman Richards1B2118911518.9769.524
Tommy Nelson2B1042892832459.9605.500
Pep Young2B255160310.9744.440
Hal Marnie2B14363436.9595.000
Dick Cole2B113035414.9425.909
Bobby Rhawn3B76881561411.9463.211
Del WilberC7839551105.9785.7183
Eddie MaloneC7434253173.9595.3387
Augie BergamoOF1382888150.9522.145
Jack McLainOF1062224101.9582.132
Bill HowertonOF68151762.9632.324
Vaughn HazenOF47113550.9592.511
George StumpfOF16371001.0002.375
Bobby RhawnOF1220010.9521.667
Pete MazarP38114025.9621.342
John HerrP3831411.944.447
Wayne McLelandP3473031.9251.088
Bill ClemensenP34133963.8971.529
Jack GrifforeP31112222.9431.065
Jack CreelP2942810.9701.103
Jim HearnP2431111.933.583
Don FisherP210510.833.238
Charlie SproullP1641810.9571.375
Walter GoodallP121210.750.250
Bill BrandtP100811.889.800
Joe ShrobaP7.000
Joe DemoranP7.000
Clarence BeersP6.000
Charlie RootP5.000
Don SchuchmannP4.000
Eddie MaloneP4.000
George KleineP4.000
Jim HopperP4.000
Arthur NelsonP2.000
Andreas MohrlockP1.000
Charles GoodingP1.000
Bobby RhawnSS601191651532.9504.733
Pep YoungSS3457761319.9113.912
Dick ColeSS234451118.8964.130
Tommy NelsonSS214850817.9254.667
Claude WrightSS12213043.9274.250
Hal MarnieSS111525102.8003.636
Totals140235521389221323.9573.5241000

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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