1944 Elmira Pioneers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-80
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Al Todd (58-80)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 55,661, Avg. 807

1944 Elmira Pioneers Roster

The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1944 season with a record of 58 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

Al Todd 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
Elwood Knierim	12	12	.500	3.66	36	20	12	12	2		182.0	181	102	74		58		64	1	1	2
Herman Fink	9	3	.750	3.64	26	9	14	4	1		99.0	97	51	40		53		60	1	0	0
Brad Trine	6	4	.600	4.45	15	13	1	6	1		99.0	111	58	49		44		35	3	2	0
Thomas Baker	6	10	.375	3.27	26	19	5	9	2		146.0	145	81	53		61		43	2	2	6
Roxy Bush	5	6	.455	3.60	14	11	2	5	0		75.0	76	47	30		28		33	1	0	0
John Riley	5	9	.357	3.82	37	9	17	3	1		113.0	119	69	48		41		38	8	0	1
Ernie Bickhaus	4	11	.267	4.88	26	13	9	8	0		120.0	133	89	65		62		67	3	0	6
Jim Mains	3	9	.250	3.87	19	14	5	6	0		107.0	107	68	46		46		69	4	0	3
George Kaufman	1	6	.143	6.66	13	10	1	2	0		50.0	60	56	37		46		34	3	3	1
Bob Doak					23						0.0
Moose Fralick					3						0.0
Totals	51	70	.421	4.01	238	118	66	55	7	0	991.0	1029	621	442	0	439	0	443	26	8	19	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
John Sabrinsky	135	583	517	84	143	19	4	0	52	16		55	37	.277	.347	.329	.676	170		1	10
Thomas Davis	134	558	453	69	134	24	12	2	77	10		95	52	.296	.424	.415	.839	188		6	4
Joseph Bolla	112	481	394	59	128	11	8	1	55	16		77	21	.325	.439	.401	.840	158		3	7
Walter Nowak	111	470	405	74	123	15	9	0	53	19		56	42	.304	.391	.385	.776	156		2	7
Anthony Rogala	112	444	376	54	90	20	2	0	38	9		51	68	.239	.339	.303	.643	114		6	11
Ken Gregory	80	308	258	48	78	7	5	0	39	8		49	27	.302	.414	.368	.782	95		0	1
Robert Comyn	90	279	258	34	77	9	5	0	40	3		20	23	.298	.349	.372	.721	96		0	1
Al Todd	83	269	233	36	76	9	2	0	42	7		29	9	.326	.408	.382	.790	89		3	4
George Mitrus	70	283	249	37	65	11	2	0	26	4		31	28	.261	.345	.321	.666	80		1	2
Mike Brutchak	56	233	208	25	44	7	0	0	15	3		18	30	.212	.274	.245	.520	51		0	7
John Macsay	27	118	99	17	26	0	0	0	6	5		13	13	.263	.360	.263	.622	26		2	4
Richard Morse	25	90	77	6	19	5	1	0	15	1		8	5	.247	.333	.338	.671	26		2	3
Ernie Bickhaus	43	81	68	9	17	3	0	2	15	1		10	12	.250	.346	.382	.729	26		0	3
Floyd Rightenburg	30	120	109	6	16	0	0	0	5	0		6	23	.147	.198	.147	.345	16		1	4
Elwood Knierim	36	69	61	7	12	2	1	0	3	0		3	14	.197	.234	.262	.497	16		0	5
Herman Fink	29	40	35	3	10	0	0	0	2	0		2	5	.286	.324	.286	.610	10		0	3
Charles Clarke	14	42	30	12	9	0	0	1	5	1		9	9	.300	.488	.400	.888	12		2	1
Gene Crumling	14	40	38	3	6	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.158	.200	.158	.358	6		0	0
George Kaufman	13	19	14	0	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	2	.357	.500	.357	.857	5		0	1
Thomas Baker	26	51	43	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		7	22	.116	.240	.116	.356	5		0	1
Floyd Wade	11	19	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	5	.188	.278	.250	.528	4		0	1
Brad Trine	15	43	35	5	3	0	1	0	4	0		3	6	.086	.158	.143	.301	5		0	5
Jim Mains	19	38	37	2	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	14	.081	.105	.135	.240	5		1	0
John Riley	37	31	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	15	.074	.107	.074	.181	2		0	3
Warren Mason	10	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	1
Roxy Bush	14	25	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.045	.045	.045	.091	1		0	3
Totals	1346	4745	4072	598	1096	143	53	6	494	103	0	551	499	.269	.360	.335	.695	1363	0	30	92	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Walter Nowak	1B	106	929	44	16	69	.984	9.179
Floyd Rightenburg	1B	29	253	8	3	13	.989	9.000
Anthony Rogala	2B	97	274	283	33	57	.944	5.742
George Mitrus	2B	21	58	70	5	9	.962	6.095
Ken Gregory	2B	15	37	40	6	5	.928	5.133
Joseph Bolla	3B	83	121	188	31	13	.909	3.723
Mike Brutchak	3B	35	30	80	13	5	.894	3.143
Richard Morse	3B	17	21	41	3	8	.954	3.647
Robert Comyn	C	71	288	35	13	6	.961	4.549	18
Al Todd	C	59	279	34	6	6	.981	5.305	3
Gene Crumling	C	12	43	8	1	3	.981	4.250	0
John Sabrinsky	OF	134	264	14	16	2	.946	2.075
Thomas Davis	OF	132	205	16	12	3	.948	1.674
John Macsay	OF	26	52	3	3	0	.948	2.115
George Mitrus	OF	11	16	0	1	0	.941	1.455
Charles Clarke	OF	11	17	0	1	0	.944	1.545
John Riley	P	37	0	24	1	0	.960	.649
Brad Trine	P	36	6	37	1	2	.977	1.194
Elwood Knierim	P	36	7	51	1	3	.983	1.611
Herman Fink	P	26	3	18	2	1	.913	.808
Ernie Bickhaus	P	26	7	30	7	1	.841	1.423
Thomas Baker	P	26	1	46	2	2	.959	1.808
Bob Doak	P	23						.000
Jim Mains	P	19	1	26	4	1	.871	1.421
Roxy Bush	P	14	2	13	1	0	.938	1.071
George Kaufman	P	13	4	17	2	0	.913	1.615
Warren Mason	P	10	3	7	1	0	.909	1.000
Moose Fralick	P	3						.000
Ken Gregory	SS	58	104	156	28	22	.903	4.483
George Mitrus	SS	38	60	91	20	15	.883	3.974
Joseph Bolla	SS	28	53	59	11	10	.911	4.000
Mike Brutchak	SS	13	21	26	14	13	.770	3.615
Totals		1265	3159	1465	258	269	.947	3.655	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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