1941 Green Bay Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 76-35
Finished 1st in the WSL
Manager: Red Smith (76-35)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Bluejay Field
Playoffs - Green Bay Blue Jays 2 games, Appleton Papermakers 0 - Rain forced postponement, last game played September 6.
The Green Bay Blue Jays of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1941 season with a record of 76 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the WSL.
The Blue Jays paced the circuit with 758 runs, spearheaded by 79 home runs. Green Bay allowed 531 runs. Ordie Timm powered the team with 16 home runs Richard Ronovsky accounted for 100 RBI. Andy Pafko led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .349 clip. Vic Delmore and Roland Herman topped the squad with 16 wins each, while Jerome Crowley also added 15 or more wins also Eddie Karas recorded a 3.38 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1941 Green Bay Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Andy Pafko, Red Smith and George Binks.
Red Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Herman | 16 | 4 | .800 | 3.84 | 26 | 13 | 171.0 | 163 | 105 | 73 | 119 | 144 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
| Vic Delmore | 16 | 6 | .727 | 4.28 | 28 | 16 | 185.0 | 212 | 108 | 88 | 74 | 136 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Jerome Crowley | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.51 | 26 | 20 | 195.0 | 143 | 99 | 76 | 110 | 242 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| Eddie Karas | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.38 | 22 | 17 | 176.0 | 169 | 77 | 66 | 89 | 129 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Robert Essex | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.97 | 13 | 6 | 67.0 | 83 | 45 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Joe Pizzi | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.29 | 7 | 0 | 21.0 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Red Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leon Conway | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Henry Vallee | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Byrnes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.41 | 8 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Rowe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 71 | 29 | .710 | 4.09 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 850.0 | 844 | 491 | 386 | 0 | 455 | 0 | 740 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ronovsky | 110 | 502 | 447 | 89 | 153 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 100 | 12 | 38 | 48 | .342 | .400 | .506 | .906 | 226 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Joe Janet | 110 | 520 | 455 | 100 | 139 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 13 | 54 | 44 | .305 | .383 | .429 | .811 | 195 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Ordie Timm | 106 | 462 | 409 | 89 | 135 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 89 | 12 | 40 | 66 | .330 | .394 | .518 | .912 | 212 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Andy Pafko | 87 | 360 | 318 | 74 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 66 | 8 | 33 | 34 | .349 | .412 | .541 | .953 | 172 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Russell Sherman | 98 | 447 | 377 | 73 | 107 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 49 | 32 | .284 | .368 | .329 | .697 | 124 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| William Kushta | 94 | 369 | 313 | 72 | 95 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 13 | 50 | 68 | .304 | .399 | .447 | .847 | 140 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Nick Kamzic | 110 | 457 | 386 | 59 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 11 | 54 | 80 | .246 | .343 | .316 | .659 | 122 | 3 | 14 | ||||
| Joe Pizzi | 71 | 283 | 222 | 57 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 8 | 53 | 27 | .324 | .464 | .523 | .987 | 116 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| George Binks | 29 | 127 | 112 | 36 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 14 | .375 | .444 | .696 | 1.141 | 78 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roland Herman | 44 | 126 | 110 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .309 | .361 | .473 | .834 | 52 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| John Lakars | 30 | 100 | 89 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 30 | .236 | .313 | .326 | .639 | 29 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Vic Delmore | 29 | 86 | 69 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .246 | .358 | .333 | .691 | 23 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Jerome Crowley | 27 | 88 | 71 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .225 | .312 | .338 | .651 | 24 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Eddie Karas | 23 | 80 | 71 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .197 | .240 | .225 | .465 | 16 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Robert Essex | 16 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .194 | .200 | .394 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| LaVerne Wilke | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Red Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Baffa | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hank Ertman | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Endres | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Rowe | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Leon Conway | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Byrnes | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Vallee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1018 | 4077 | 3514 | 722 | 1063 | 197 | 23 | 79 | 647 | 99 | 0 | 428 | 525 | .303 | .382 | .439 | .821 | 1543 | 0 | 25 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Binks | 1B | 29 | 237 | 15 | 4 | 22 | .984 | 8.690 | ||||
| Ordie Timm | 1B | 24 | 184 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .975 | 8.125 | ||||
| Roland Herman | 1B | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Hank Ertman | 1B | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 3.000 | ||||
| Russell Sherman | 2B | 98 | 183 | 245 | 31 | 43 | .932 | 4.367 | ||||
| Joe Pizzi | 2B | 11 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 3.545 | ||||
| Roland Herman | 2B | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.400 | ||||
| William Kushta | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Orville Grubb | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Vic Delmore | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Joe Janet | 3B | 110 | 87 | 208 | 14 | 17 | .955 | 2.682 | ||||
| LaVerne Wilke | 3B | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Roland Herman | 3B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Hank Ertman | 3B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| William Kushta | C | 93 | 700 | 82 | 21 | 11 | .974 | 8.409 | 19 | |||
| John Lakars | C | 29 | 169 | 25 | 11 | 6 | .946 | 6.690 | 6 | |||
| Red Smith | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
| Richard Ronovsky | OF | 110 | 169 | 12 | 17 | 2 | .914 | 1.645 | ||||
| Andy Pafko | OF | 87 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .965 | 1.264 | ||||
| Ordie Timm | OF | 82 | 106 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 1.317 | ||||
| Joe Pizzi | OF | 53 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .971 | 1.245 | ||||
| Nick Baffa | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Lakars | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerome Crowley | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Vic Delmore | P | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roland Herman | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerome Crowley | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Karas | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Essex | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Byrnes | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Pizzi | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Rowe | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leon Conway | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Vallee | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Red Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Kamzic | SS | 110 | 200 | 267 | 73 | 59 | .865 | 4.245 | ||||
| Russell Sherman | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1007 | 2291 | 919 | 197 | 184 | .942 | 3.188 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
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