1939 Durham Bulls Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Oscar Roettger (75-65)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
1939 Durham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Oscar Roettger (75-65)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Playoffs - Rocky Mount Red Sox 3 games, Durham Bulls 1
The Durham Bulls of the Piedmont League ended the 1939 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the PL.
Oscar Roettger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Hawley | 17 | 5 | .773 | 0.00 | 33 | 191.0 | 146 | 80 | 112 | |||||||||||||
| Ed Hill | 11 | 10 | .524 | 0.00 | 29 | 158.0 | 179 | 89 | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Harry Wolfe | 9 | 7 | .562 | 0.00 | 19 | 111.0 | 111 | 53 | 37 | |||||||||||||
| Barney DeForge | 8 | 11 | .421 | 0.00 | 41 | 192.0 | 204 | 118 | 65 | |||||||||||||
| John Ludsick | 5 | 3 | .625 | 0.00 | 16 | 61.0 | 78 | 42 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Jug Thesenga | 5 | 5 | .500 | 0.00 | 20 | 88.0 | 92 | 53 | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Elmer Riddle | 3 | 4 | .429 | 0.00 | 12 | 60.0 | 60 | 40 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Wes Livengood | 3 | 9 | .250 | 0.00 | 15 | 79.0 | 94 | 46 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Earl Harrist | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Don Bird | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 12 | 49.0 | 63 | 34 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 56 | .521 | 0.02 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 989.3 | 1029 | 557 | 2 | 0 | 409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Blackburn | 126 | 462 | 462 | 159 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .344 | .344 | .426 | .771 | 197 | |||||||||||
| Vann Harrington | 140 | 534 | 534 | 158 | 25 | 6 | 10 | .296 | .296 | .421 | .717 | 225 | |||||||||||
| Tom Oliver | 116 | 449 | 449 | 123 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .274 | .274 | .354 | .628 | 159 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Aleno | 133 | 482 | 482 | 122 | 20 | 2 | 12 | .253 | .253 | .378 | .631 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Ed Ignasiak | 139 | 475 | 475 | 120 | 16 | 8 | 10 | .253 | .253 | .383 | .636 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Dutch Mele | 87 | 318 | 318 | 108 | 21 | 6 | 10 | .340 | .340 | .538 | .877 | 171 | |||||||||||
| Don Gugler | 87 | 312 | 312 | 84 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .269 | .269 | .375 | .644 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Allen Hunt | 46 | 175 | 175 | 73 | 18 | 2 | 10 | .417 | .417 | .714 | 1.131 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Pudge Powers | 84 | 247 | 247 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .267 | .340 | .607 | 84 | |||||||||||
| Martin Malatin | 43 | 123 | 123 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .260 | .260 | .366 | .626 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Toni Gridaitis | 27 | 96 | 96 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .406 | .656 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Hawley | 53 | 85 | 85 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .247 | .247 | .412 | .659 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Roy Easterwood | 24 | 68 | 68 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .279 | .279 | .441 | .721 | 30 | |||||||||||
| John Kuk | 20 | 81 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .259 | .481 | 21 | |||||||||||
| John Ludsick | 21 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .308 | .308 | .500 | .808 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Russ Lyon | 23 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Barney DeForge | 45 | 58 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .138 | .259 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Riddle | 20 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Harry Wolfe | 19 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .146 | .146 | .293 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jug Thesenga | 21 | 31 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ed Hill | 30 | 50 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Wes Livengood | 15 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .138 | .241 | .379 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Don Bird | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Roettger | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Timm | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1345 | 4230 | 4230 | 0 | 1177 | 194 | 48 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .396 | .675 | 1677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Ignasiak | 1B | 139 | 1222 | 84 | 21 | .984 | 9.396 | |
| Wayne Blackburn | 2B | 126 | 342 | 354 | 35 | .952 | 5.524 | |
| Chuck Aleno | 3B | 100 | 98 | 193 | 26 | .918 | 2.910 | |
| Pudge Powers | C | 77 | 325 | 41 | 4 | .989 | 4.753 | |
| Martin Malatin | C | 37 | 165 | 13 | 4 | .978 | 4.811 | |
| Roy Easterwood | C | 20 | 80 | 10 | 1 | .989 | 4.500 | |
| Tom Oliver | OF | 116 | 296 | 10 | 1 | .997 | 2.638 | |
| Dutch Mele | OF | 85 | 129 | 8 | 2 | .986 | 1.612 | |
| Don Gugler | OF | 83 | 135 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 1.675 | |
| Allen Hunt | OF | 46 | 81 | 8 | 5 | .947 | 1.935 | |
| Toni Gridaitis | OF | 27 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.333 | |
| John Kuk | OF | 20 | 49 | 0 | 3 | .942 | 2.450 | |
| Barney DeForge | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Hawley | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Hill | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Jug Thesenga | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Wolfe | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| John Ludsick | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Wes Livengood | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Elmer Riddle | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Don Bird | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Harrist | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Vann Harrington | SS | 140 | 269 | 444 | 67 | .914 | 5.093 | |
| Totals | 1214 | 3226 | 1170 | 173 | 0 | .962 | 3.621 |
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