1944 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 57-93
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Donie Bush (0-0), Mike Kelly (0-0)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 121,100, Avg. 1,615
1944 Indianapolis Indians RosterTeam Record: 57-93
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Donie Bush (0-0), Mike Kelly (0-0)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 121,100, Avg. 1,615
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 57 wins and 93 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Indians scored 640 runs and surrendered 593 runs.
Members of the 1944 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kerby Farrell, Heinie Heltzel, Woody Rich, Hugh Poland, Allyn Stout, Johnny Hutchings, Fred Schulte, Norm Schlueter, Red Borom, Bob Logan, Russ Lyon, Wes Flowers, Carl Lindquist, Harry Kelley, Eddie Morgan, Deacon Donahue, Dave Odom, George Diehl, Chet Clemens, Pat Capri, Gil English, Stan Klopp and Joe Burns.
Donie Bush and Mike Kelly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Logan | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.08 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 225.0 | 224 | 93 | 77 | 57 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Harry Kelley | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.81 | 43 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 163.0 | 201 | 92 | 69 | 49 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Wes Flowers | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.94 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 80.0 | 83 | 49 | 35 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Johnny Hutchings | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.70 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 132.0 | 147 | 88 | 69 | 46 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Carl Lindquist | 6 | 13 | .316 | 5.81 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 124.0 | 145 | 106 | 80 | 73 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Woody Rich | 4 | 14 | .222 | 4.50 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 168.0 | 204 | 105 | 84 | 94 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Stan Klopp | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.70 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 46.0 | 53 | 27 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Deacon Donahue | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.55 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 46 | 42 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dave Odom | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 61 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Albert Bronkhorst | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Diehl | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ollie Byers | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kerby Farrell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 22.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Martin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Allyn Stout | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 3 | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nick Kanavas | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.24 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 51 | 79 | .392 | 4.42 | 254 | 133 | 64 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 1113.0 | 1222 | 700 | 547 | 0 | 499 | 0 | 517 | 31 | 6 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Blackburn | 149 | 653 | 535 | 104 | 180 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 65 | 25 | 99 | 29 | .336 | .445 | .411 | .857 | 220 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||
| Kerby Farrell | 123 | 497 | 458 | 53 | 134 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 7 | 34 | 24 | .293 | .343 | .347 | .690 | 159 | 10 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Chet Clemens | 101 | 441 | 405 | 82 | 119 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 31 | 30 | .294 | .350 | .390 | .740 | 158 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Hugh Poland | 123 | 436 | 413 | 37 | 115 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 6 | 19 | 23 | .278 | .313 | .361 | .674 | 149 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Gil English | 91 | 375 | 332 | 59 | 107 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 34 | 14 | .322 | .387 | .449 | .836 | 149 | 14 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Red Borom | 79 | 342 | 311 | 50 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 26 | .270 | .314 | .312 | .626 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Joe Burns | 59 | 252 | 232 | 29 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 22 | .302 | .349 | .392 | .742 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Eddie Morgan | 65 | 245 | 213 | 27 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 12 | .315 | .404 | .404 | .808 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Sabena | 61 | 219 | 205 | 22 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 13 | .317 | .352 | .356 | .708 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joseph Aliperto | 94 | 313 | 288 | 20 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 57 | .215 | .273 | .271 | .544 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Russ Lyon | 64 | 185 | 167 | 17 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .353 | .416 | .485 | .901 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Heinie Heltzel | 70 | 265 | 235 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 20 | .213 | .277 | .251 | .528 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Bob Logan | 66 | 183 | 168 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 18 | .226 | .261 | .262 | .523 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Nick Rhabe | 38 | 125 | 115 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .235 | .290 | .235 | .525 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| George Mitrus | 39 | 121 | 113 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .186 | .233 | .265 | .499 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Woody Rich | 41 | 83 | 76 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .250 | .288 | .276 | .564 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Roy Herndon | 25 | 63 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | .222 | .311 | .296 | .608 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charles Anderson | 18 | 60 | 54 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harry Kelley | 43 | 60 | 57 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .211 | .237 | .228 | .465 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Hutchings | 34 | 65 | 55 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .200 | .312 | .236 | .549 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Norm Schlueter | 12 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .273 | .351 | .333 | .685 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wes Flowers | 15 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .531 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Odom | 21 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .207 | .258 | .241 | .499 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Frank Wilkie | 16 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .200 | .333 | .233 | .567 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Lindquist | 32 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .146 | .205 | .220 | .424 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Deacon Donahue | 9 | 14 | 14 | 5 | .357 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Bowman | 13 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .172 | .250 | .172 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Lehman | 11 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Klopp | 10 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .182 | .357 | .273 | .630 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Albert Bronkhorst | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Kanavas | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Allyn Stout | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Preston Wint | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1538 | 5265 | 4738 | 598 | 1314 | 173 | 47 | 19 | 539 | 96 | 0 | 424 | 420 | .277 | .340 | .346 | .686 | 1638 | 125 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Farrell | 1B | 123 | 1041 | 80 | 10 | 84 | .991 | 9.114 | ||||
| Eddie Morgan | 1B | 20 | 140 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .973 | 7.250 | ||||
| Gil English | 1B | 15 | 117 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .977 | 8.400 | ||||
| Red Borom | 2B | 55 | 134 | 161 | 14 | 26 | .955 | 5.364 | ||||
| Joe Burns | 2B | 48 | 133 | 134 | 17 | 21 | .940 | 5.562 | ||||
| Mike Sabena | 2B | 17 | 34 | 42 | 5 | 7 | .938 | 4.471 | ||||
| Charles Anderson | 2B | 12 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 7 | .899 | 5.167 | ||||
| Gil English | 3B | 48 | 32 | 81 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 2.354 | ||||
| George Mitrus | 3B | 29 | 21 | 45 | 6 | 7 | .917 | 2.276 | ||||
| Mike Sabena | 3B | 25 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .937 | 2.360 | ||||
| Red Borom | 3B | 19 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 8 | .982 | 2.947 | ||||
| Wayne Blackburn | 3B | 17 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 2.353 | ||||
| Heinie Heltzel | 3B | 15 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Hugh Poland | C | 113 | 480 | 82 | 13 | 14 | .977 | 4.973 | 4 | |||
| Russ Lyon | C | 45 | 161 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 4.133 | 2 | |||
| Norm Schlueter | C | 12 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 3.500 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Blackburn | OF | 134 | 311 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .970 | 2.396 | ||||
| Chet Clemens | OF | 101 | 213 | 6 | 10 | 3 | .956 | 2.168 | ||||
| Eddie Morgan | OF | 43 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 1.535 | ||||
| Gil English | OF | 32 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Bob Logan | OF | 31 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 1.419 | ||||
| Nick Rhabe | OF | 30 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.567 | ||||
| Mike Sabena | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Roy Herndon | OF | 11 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 2.273 | ||||
| Paul Bowman | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Harry Kelley | P | 43 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.186 | ||||
| Bob Logan | P | 33 | 11 | 54 | 4 | 1 | .942 | 1.970 | ||||
| Carl Lindquist | P | 28 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.393 | ||||
| Woody Rich | P | 26 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Johnny Hutchings | P | 22 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.136 | ||||
| Dave Odom | P | 21 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| Ollie Byers | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Flowers | P | 14 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Stan Klopp | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| George Diehl | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Deacon Donahue | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Kanavas | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kerby Farrell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Bronkhorst | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allyn Stout | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Martin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Aliperto | SS | 87 | 148 | 223 | 35 | 38 | .914 | 4.264 | ||||
| Heinie Heltzel | SS | 58 | 107 | 143 | 18 | 24 | .933 | 4.310 | ||||
| Totals | 1421 | 3520 | 1442 | 193 | 283 | .963 | 3.492 | 6 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
