1941 Fond du Lac Panthers Statistics
Wisconsin State League (WSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 46-64
Finished 6th in the WSL
Manager: Harry Rice (46-64)
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park
1941 Fond du Lac Panthers RosterTeam Record: 46-64
Finished 6th in the WSL
Manager: Harry Rice (46-64)
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park
The Fond du Lac Panthers of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1941 season with a record of 46 wins and 64 losses, finishing sixth in the WSL.
The Panthers tallied 499 runs and surrendered 623 runs. Max Muhr paced Fond du Lac with 10 home runs and recorded 69 runs batted in. William Metzig topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .319 average. Donald Opperman led the squad with 13 wins, while Roland Marquardt registered a 2.3 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Harry Rice and William Metzig both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Harry Rice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Opperman | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.36 | 30 | 20 | 201.0 | 202 | 118 | 75 | 64 | 130 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Roland Marquardt | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.30 | 22 | 19 | 168.0 | 133 | 56 | 43 | 76 | 158 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| Walter Maslowski | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.18 | 27 | 3 | 120.0 | 155 | 97 | 69 | 57 | 106 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| George Krier | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.14 | 35 | 8 | 177.0 | 207 | 146 | 101 | 83 | 109 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ervin Liberton | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.93 | 13 | 4 | 84.0 | 84 | 56 | 46 | 65 | 66 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Russell Gresenz | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.79 | 8 | 2 | 47.0 | 51 | 35 | 25 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Harry Rice | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.21 | 8 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Paul Krahl | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.54 | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Frank LaDuha | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.85 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harry Wang | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Janzen | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Elbert Fenn | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Glen Clark | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ned Wyatt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Melvin Strong | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Oliver Ebert | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.18 | 8 | 1 | 33.0 | 46 | 37 | 30 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 45 | 65 | .409 | 4.49 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 914.0 | 983 | 624 | 456 | 0 | 435 | 0 | 686 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Metzig | 108 | 462 | 398 | 65 | 127 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 48 | 59 | .319 | .407 | .420 | .827 | 167 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| William Scheske | 106 | 461 | 385 | 77 | 113 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 35 | 71 | 64 | .294 | .406 | .400 | .806 | 154 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Harry Wang | 110 | 500 | 437 | 51 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 53 | 37 | .245 | .333 | .297 | .631 | 130 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Max Muhr | 107 | 451 | 376 | 64 | 98 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 69 | 7 | 68 | 61 | .261 | .378 | .386 | .764 | 145 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Bud Hembrook | 93 | 330 | 305 | 38 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 65 | .210 | .252 | .239 | .491 | 73 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Bill Kleist | 74 | 266 | 231 | 25 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 31 | 54 | .225 | .325 | .329 | .654 | 76 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Middlestead | 52 | 210 | 185 | 26 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 38 | .276 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 74 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Donald Opperman | 72 | 193 | 169 | 19 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 31 | .284 | .363 | .385 | .748 | 65 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Raymond Malewig | 33 | 136 | 116 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 21 | .207 | .298 | .259 | .556 | 30 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Harry Rice | 43 | 83 | 72 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .264 | .361 | .375 | .736 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Norman Clusman | 19 | 52 | 50 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .340 | .353 | .360 | .713 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Krier | 35 | 73 | 65 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .200 | .268 | .215 | .483 | 14 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | 9 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | .324 | .375 | .432 | .807 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Del Marquardt | 12 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .279 | .326 | .302 | .628 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roland Marquardt | 22 | 63 | 60 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .200 | .213 | .283 | .496 | 17 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Clinton Dahlberg | 9 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .333 | .436 | .606 | 1.042 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Maslowski | 36 | 70 | 67 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .164 | .176 | .209 | .385 | 14 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Russell Halford | 13 | 38 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .270 | .289 | .297 | .587 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Tabbert | 7 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .360 | .448 | .640 | 1.088 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack McShane | 13 | 42 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .243 | .333 | .243 | .577 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Burton Boyer | 12 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .190 | .244 | .190 | .435 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Warren Helminger | 6 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .240 | .240 | .240 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Hugh Pisani | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .308 | .526 | .308 | .834 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ervin Liberton | 13 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .120 | .312 | .160 | .473 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Adam Foster | 12 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .091 | .189 | .182 | .371 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Krueger | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Janzen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Archie Kirkland | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Krahl | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank LaDuha | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Oliver Ebert | 8 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Russell Gresenz | 8 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Glen Clark | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Elbert Fenn | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1056 | 3817 | 3333 | 454 | 851 | 122 | 24 | 35 | 388 | 101 | 0 | 399 | 626 | .255 | .341 | .338 | .679 | 1126 | 0 | 34 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kleist | 1B | 45 | 416 | 18 | 13 | 24 | .971 | 9.644 | ||||
| Fred Middlestead | 1B | 5 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 5.200 | ||||
| Walter Maslowski | 1B | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.750 | ||||
| Harry Rice | 1B | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Donald Opperman | 1B | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.667 | ||||
| William Metzig | 2B | 87 | 234 | 255 | 35 | 52 | .933 | 5.621 | ||||
| William Scheske | 2B | 10 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 3.700 | ||||
| Bud Hembrook | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Harry Rice | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Kleist | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harry Johnson | 2B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| William Scheske | 3B | 50 | 53 | 97 | 20 | 12 | .882 | 3.000 | ||||
| Raymond Malewig | 3B | 25 | 28 | 56 | 5 | 3 | .944 | 3.360 | ||||
| Bill Kleist | 3B | 16 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 2.125 | ||||
| Norman Clusman | 3B | 13 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .690 | 1.538 | ||||
| Harry Rice | 3B | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Del Marquardt | 3B | 12 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .886 | 2.583 | ||||
| Russell Halford | 3B | 8 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 2.625 | ||||
| Jack McShane | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Harry Wang | C | 110 | 755 | 100 | 27 | 6 | .969 | 7.773 | 18 | |||
| Donald Opperman | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Russell Halford | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Max Muhr | OF | 107 | 124 | 13 | 12 | 2 | .919 | 1.280 | ||||
| Bud Hembrook | OF | 91 | 134 | 9 | 13 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Fred Middlestead | OF | 48 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Donald Opperman | OF | 38 | 51 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .959 | 1.842 | ||||
| Bill Kleist | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Adam Foster | OF | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Burton Boyer | OF | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Clinton Dahlberg | OF | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Robert Tabbert | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Hugh Pisani | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bill Krueger | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Harry Rice | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Walter Maslowski | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Archie Kirkland | OF | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| George Krier | P | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Opperman | P | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Maslowski | P | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roland Marquardt | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ervin Liberton | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Rice | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Russell Gresenz | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oliver Ebert | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank LaDuha | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Krahl | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elbert Fenn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Clark | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Melvin Strong | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ned Wyatt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Wang | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Janzen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Scheske | SS | 46 | 83 | 106 | 20 | 21 | .904 | 4.109 | ||||
| William Metzig | SS | 21 | 33 | 54 | 8 | 4 | .916 | 4.143 | ||||
| Jack McShane | SS | 11 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .889 | 3.636 | ||||
| Raymond Malewig | SS | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .917 | 4.125 | ||||
| Hugh Lapham | SS | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | .794 | 3.857 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | SS | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.857 | ||||
| Warren Helminger | SS | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .812 | 4.333 | ||||
| Russell Halford | SS | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 2.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1039 | 2252 | 922 | 228 | 154 | .933 | 3.055 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
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