1941 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 65-88
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Red Killefer (65-88)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 88,840, Avg. 1,161

1941 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1941 season with a record of 65 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

The Indians plated 597 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 690 runs. Benny Zientara accounted for 64 RBI. Wayne Blackburn paced all regular hitters with a .313 average. Ray Starr topped the squad with 20 wins, while Ben Wade earned a 2.83 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1941 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Gill, Ben Wade, Wayne Ambler, Al Lakeman, Bill Phebus, Lloyd Johnson, Bill Cox, Skinny Graham, Chuck Aleno, Jake Wade, Eddie Shokes, LeGrant Scott, Italo Chelini, Benny Zientara, Gibby Brack, Bob Logan, Pete Sivess, Joe Becker, Joe Mack, Mike Naymick, Milt Galatzer, Bill Brubaker, Johnny Pasek and Ray Starr.

Red Killefer 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
Ray Starr	20	15	.571	3.43	42	35	7	22	6		273.0	245	124	104		112		145	5	0	1
George Gill	11	9	.550	3.75	30	20	5	12	2		163.0	194	89	68		63		44	1	0	2
Bob Logan	8	14	.364	4.72	26	25	1	14	1		166.0	192	100	87		48		61	1	1	6
Bill Cox	8	16	.333	3.75	29	24	3	14	4		185.0	185	91	77		73		68	3	0	3
Ben Wade	4	5	.444	2.83	32	9	14	5	0		127.0	104	51	40		84		40	5	0	3
Charley Moncrief	3	0	1.000	4.00	19			0	0		45.0	45	22	20		21		2	1	0	0
Glen Fletcher	3	12	.200	4.66	27	15	10	6	1		114.0	116	70	59		65		41	2	0	6
Italo Chelini	2	8	.200	6.14	14	9	3	3	1		66.0	84	51	45		27		18	1	0	0
Mike Naymick	0	0		0.00	4			0	0		9.0	11				11		7
Bill Phebus	0	0		0.00	2			0	0		5.0	9				2		1
Jack Bastien	0	1	.000	6.23	2	2	0	1	0		13.0	17	9	9		13		6	1	0	1
Jake Wade	0	1	.000	9.00	7			0	0		9.0	19	12	9		6		3	0	0	1
Pete Sivess	0	2	.000	8.44	6			0	0		16.0	24	16	15		7		5	0	0	0
Totals	59	83	.415	4.03	240	139	43	77	15	0	1191.0	1245	635	533	0	532	0	441	20	1	23	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
Benny Zientara	151	646	588	77	160	34	10	2	64	8		41	30	.272	.326	.374	.700	220		6	11
Wayne Blackburn	113	502	428	79	134	21	4	2	32	16		71	38	.313	.413	.395	.808	169		2	1
Allen Hunt	133	528	457	75	134	15	7	4	61	12		63	41	.293	.381	.383	.764	175		2	6
Wayne Ambler	139	598	515	59	126	10	3	2	43	3		63	31	.245	.327	.287	.614	148		0	20
Kermit Lewis	120	462	425	57	119	15	7	4	59	15		28	50	.280	.333	.376	.710	160		6	3
Joe Bestudik	117	444	388	55	117	10	10	3	49	5		53	32	.302	.385	.402	.788	156		0	3
Johnny Pasek	97	317	288	20	78	8	1	0	31	0		26	10	.271	.335	.306	.641	88		2	1
Eddie Shokes	81	305	283	27	67	13	2	2	28	2		18	31	.237	.282	.318	.600	90		0	4
Milt Galatzer	98	307	262	33	63	7	4	0	36	1		42	13	.240	.348	.298	.645	78		1	2
Al Lakeman	70	215	199	16	57	12	3	1	24	1		16	33	.286	.340	.392	.731	78		0	0
Stanley Mazgay	53	213	197	22	56	4	2	1	20	2		12	19	.284	.332	.340	.672	67		2	2
Bill Brubaker	54	194	166	14	40	6	1	0	26	0		26	25	.241	.344	.289	.633	48		0	2
Chuck Aleno	19	77	69	11	24	4	1	1	9	3		7	3	.348	.408	.478	.886	33		0	1
Joe Mack	35	127	113	9	22	5	0	0	12	3		11	11	.195	.272	.239	.511	27		1	2
LeGrant Scott	22	76	72	5	19	3	0	0	9	0		2	4	.264	.284	.306	.589	22		0	2
Bill Cox	30	69	61	2	16	0	0	0	3	0		2	10	.262	.286	.262	.548	16		0	6
George Gill	30	68	60	5	14	2	0	1	8	0		7	15	.233	.313	.317	.630	19		0	1
Bob Logan	31	60	55	5	11	0	0	0	3	0		1	5	.200	.214	.200	.414	11		0	4
Ray Starr	42	112	97	2	8	0	0	0	4	0		4	42	.082	.119	.082	.201	8		0	11
Joe Becker	10	34	28	1	7	1	0	0	2	0		5	4	.250	.364	.286	.649	8		0	1
Ben Wade	32	45	44	2	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.159	.159	.182	.341	8		0	1
Glen Fletcher	29	45	41	4	6	0	2	0	4	0		3	8	.146	.205	.244	.448	10		0	1
Skinny Graham	9	18	18		5									.278	.278	.278	.556	5
Carmel Castle	14	27	26	3	5	0	1	0	2	0		1	5	.192	.222	.269	.491	7		0	0
Gibby Brack	3	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Orville Bolton	6	22	22		3									.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Charley Moncrief	19	15	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	0
Bill Phebus	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Jake Wade	7	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Mike Naymick	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Italo Chelini	14	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.048	.130	.048	.178	1		0	0
Pete Sivess	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Bastien	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1593	5575	4963	585	1307	171	58	23	533	71	0	505	477	.263	.334	.335	.669	1663	0	22	85	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Eddie Shokes	1B	78	594	46	10	51	.985	8.205
Milt Galatzer	1B	38	321	18	6	25	.983	8.921
Joe Mack	1B	32	275	18	4	29	.987	9.156
Benny Zientara	2B	151	426	453	27	81	.970	5.821
Joe Bestudik	3B	96	108	165	20	17	.932	2.844
Bill Brubaker	3B	38	30	55	3	5	.966	2.237
Chuck Aleno	3B	19	24	56	5	3	.941	4.211
Johnny Pasek	C	92	321	56	5	6	.987	4.098	3
Al Lakeman	C	58	231	50	11	8	.962	4.845	8
Allen Hunt	OF	133	307	16	9	2	.973	2.429
Kermit Lewis	OF	111	202	12	7	3	.968	1.928
Wayne Blackburn	OF	106	273	12	8	3	.973	2.689
Stanley Mazgay	OF	52	121	5	1	1	.992	2.423
Milt Galatzer	OF	37	78	6	1	3	.988	2.270
LeGrant Scott	OF	17	20	1	1	0	.955	1.235
Ray Starr	P	42	4	54	3	2	.951	1.381
Ben Wade	P	32	5	31	3	5	.923	1.125
George Gill	P	30	4	30	2	2	.944	1.133
Bill Cox	P	29	10	43	5	5	.914	1.828
Glen Fletcher	P	27	2	18	3	1	.870	.741
Bob Logan	P	26	6	33	4	5	.907	1.500
Charley Moncrief	P	19	0	11	0	0	1.000	.579
Italo Chelini	P	14	4	13	1	1	.944	1.214
Jake Wade	P	7						.000
Pete Sivess	P	6						.000
Mike Naymick	P	4						.000
Bill Phebus	P	2						.000
Jack Bastien	P	2						.000
Wayne Ambler	SS	139	286	385	31	71	.956	4.827
Joe Bestudik	SS	13	31	43	4	9	.949	5.692
Totals		1450	3683	1630	174	338	.968	3.664	11	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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