1944 Hollywood Stars Statistics
Team Record: 83-86
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Charlie Root (83-86)
Location: Hollywood, California
Ballpark: Gilmore Field
Attendance: 322,959, Avg. 3,822
The Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1944 season with a record of 83 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.
The Stars scored 733 runs and gave up 769 runs, most in the circuit. Frankie Kelleher led Hollywood with 29 home runs and accounted for 121 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .329. Joe Mishasek and Ron Smith topped the team with 16 wins each, and Johnny Intlekofer earned a 2.92 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1944 Hollywood Stars who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Newt Kimball, Ken Richardson, Les Powers, Don Hanski, Charlie Root, Joe Gonzales, Frankie Kelleher, Babe Herman, Cy Blanton, Tod Davis, Buck Fausett and Gordon Goldsberry.
Charlie Root 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mishasek | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.79 | 39 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 209.0 | 220 | 106 | 88 | 74 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Ron Smith | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.63 | 46 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 213.0 | 214 | 100 | 86 | 79 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Johnny Intlekofer | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.92 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 145.0 | 137 | 65 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Earl Escalante | 10 | 14 | .417 | 4.10 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 200.0 | 212 | 112 | 91 | 96 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Clint Hufford | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.61 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 137.0 | 133 | 74 | 55 | 70 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Alex Weldon | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.89 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 125.0 | 134 | 62 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Sharp | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.90 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 134.0 | 134 | 72 | 73 | 103 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Newt Kimball | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.92 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 62.0 | 76 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Cy Blanton | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.18 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 68.0 | 72 | 34 | 24 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie Root | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.21 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 91 | 55 | 31 | 28 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Mistele | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Miller | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Al Treichel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bob Rodríguez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 22 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Earl Embree | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 83 | 84 | .497 | 3.63 | 341 | 169 | 0 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 1429.0 | 1478 | 711 | 576 | 0 | 645 | 0 | 542 | 36 | 2 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Moran | 141 | 579 | 521 | 70 | 164 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 8 | 37 | 24 | .315 | .362 | .411 | .773 | 214 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| Brooks Holder | 161 | 713 | 583 | 119 | 163 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 21 | 99 | 39 | .280 | .390 | .386 | .775 | 225 | 6 | 25 | ||||
| Frankie Kelleher | 130 | 560 | 487 | 90 | 160 | 34 | 2 | 29 | 121 | 0 | 69 | 58 | .329 | .415 | .585 | 1.000 | 285 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Tod Davis | 169 | 660 | 604 | 56 | 150 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 37 | 71 | .248 | .293 | .308 | .601 | 186 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Ken Richardson | 159 | 636 | 536 | 66 | 135 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 7 | 85 | 48 | .252 | .354 | .360 | .714 | 193 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Buck Fausett | 94 | 408 | 381 | 44 | 120 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 17 | 15 | .315 | .346 | .394 | .740 | 150 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Delbert Jones | 110 | 433 | 367 | 75 | 103 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 50 | 25 | .281 | .380 | .324 | .705 | 119 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Jim Hill | 112 | 410 | 375 | 44 | 95 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 26 | 84 | .253 | .303 | .315 | .618 | 118 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Roy Younker | 106 | 332 | 299 | 21 | 71 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 53 | .237 | .309 | .321 | .630 | 96 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Olsen | 92 | 355 | 302 | 26 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 27 | 42 | .232 | .335 | .334 | .670 | 101 | 20 | 6 | ||||
| Les Powers | 83 | 254 | 239 | 26 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 22 | .280 | .304 | .368 | .672 | 88 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Babe Herman | 78 | 124 | 107 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 10 | .346 | .435 | .439 | .875 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Clements | 37 | 157 | 148 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .243 | .268 | .311 | .579 | 46 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Joe Gonzales | 52 | 135 | 119 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .294 | .368 | .462 | .831 | 55 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Mishasek | 39 | 82 | 77 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .208 | .228 | .234 | .462 | 18 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Earl Escalante | 43 | 71 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .188 | .246 | .188 | .434 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ron Smith | 46 | 73 | 64 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .172 | .209 | .203 | .412 | 13 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Charlie Root | 22 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .258 | .303 | .452 | .755 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alex Weldon | 34 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .219 | .265 | .219 | .483 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Intlekofer | 40 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .132 | .195 | .132 | .327 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Clint Hufford | 36 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .122 | .143 | .122 | .265 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jim Sharp | 29 | 49 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .116 | .174 | .116 | .290 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Cy Blanton | 14 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 4 | |||||||||
| Newt Kimball | 11 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||
| Ernest Potocar | 14 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .148 | .259 | 4 | |||||||||
| Steve Sitek | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||
| Les Barnes | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Rodríguez | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Earl Embree | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gordon Goldsberry | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Williams | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1901 | 6285 | 5553 | 723 | 1486 | 251 | 43 | 64 | 645 | 71 | 0 | 534 | 631 | .268 | .338 | .363 | .700 | 2015 | 0 | 52 | 146 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Moran | 1B | 137 | 1193 | 95 | 17 | 100 | .987 | 9.401 | ||||
| Les Powers | 1B | 31 | 238 | 12 | 9 | 26 | .965 | 8.065 | ||||
| Babe Herman | 1B | 13 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .966 | 6.615 | ||||
| Ken Richardson | 2B | 103 | 261 | 256 | 24 | 59 | .956 | 5.019 | ||||
| Ray Olsen | 2B | 68 | 173 | 193 | 28 | 42 | .929 | 5.382 | ||||
| Buck Fausett | 3B | 93 | 117 | 233 | 16 | 27 | .956 | 3.763 | ||||
| Harry Clements | 3B | 36 | 33 | 90 | 12 | 7 | .911 | 3.417 | ||||
| Ken Richardson | 3B | 28 | 25 | 57 | 7 | 5 | .921 | 2.929 | ||||
| Ray Olsen | 3B | 13 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 3.538 | ||||
| Jim Hill | C | 105 | 376 | 75 | 23 | 4 | .951 | 4.295 | 8 | |||
| Roy Younker | C | 64 | 221 | 37 | 6 | 7 | .977 | 4.031 | 8 | |||
| Brooks Holder | OF | 161 | 391 | 18 | 7 | 6 | .983 | 2.540 | ||||
| Frankie Kelleher | OF | 130 | 321 | 24 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.654 | ||||
| Delbert Jones | OF | 100 | 178 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .968 | 1.800 | ||||
| Les Powers | OF | 34 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 1.559 | ||||
| Roy Younker | OF | 30 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Joe Gonzales | OF | 29 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.966 | ||||
| Ken Richardson | OF | 22 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.864 | ||||
| Ron Smith | P | 46 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .943 | .717 | ||||
| Earl Escalante | P | 41 | 12 | 58 | 3 | 2 | .959 | 1.707 | ||||
| Johnny Intlekofer | P | 40 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.275 | ||||
| Joe Mishasek | P | 39 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Clint Hufford | P | 36 | 13 | 37 | 4 | 3 | .926 | 1.389 | ||||
| Alex Weldon | P | 34 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 1.147 | ||||
| Jim Sharp | P | 29 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.276 | ||||
| Charlie Root | P | 21 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .952 | ||||
| Cy Blanton | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
| Earl Embree | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Newt Kimball | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Bob Williams | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Mistele | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Miller | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Treichel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Rodríguez | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tod Davis | SS | 169 | 370 | 492 | 47 | 96 | .948 | 5.101 | ||||
| Totals | 1707 | 4236 | 1933 | 248 | 398 | .961 | 3.614 | 16 | 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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