1946 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 88-65
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Bill Burwell (88-65)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 317,223, Avg. 4,147
1946 Indianapolis Indians Roster

Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 0

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 88 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Indians tallied 749 runs and yielded 625 runs. Joe Bestudik paced Indianapolis with 15 home runs and drove in 109 runs. Sibby Sisti led all regular batters with a .343 average. Rex Cecil and Johnny Hutchings topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Paul Derringer registered a 2.65 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1946 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Roy Weatherly, Stan Wentzel, Hugh Poland, Woody Rich, Ted Cieslak, Bob Brady, Frank Barrett, Paul Derringer, Elmer Singleton, Sibby Sisti, Ed Klieman, Eddie Turchin, Rex Cecil, Johnny Hutchings, Ducky Detweiler, Steve Shemo, Vince Shupe, Earl Reid, Skippy Roberge, Lefty Wallace, Frank Drews, Steve Roser, Gil English, Chet Ross, Art Parks, Butch Nieman, Pinky Woods, Wes Flowers, Morrie Aderholt, Bob Logan and Johnny Riddle.

Bill Burwell 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
Johnny Hutchings116.6473.542620291155.014173616259121
Rex Cecil1113.4583.7433256102178.0180917493114707
Earl Reid102.8333.302816852120.011155444440112
Paul Derringer911.4502.6532244124180.018574535584101
Ed Klieman85.6154.131815180109.011456504549102
Glen Fletcher87.5333.7739121440124.013068527473102
Steve Roser73.7001.73131124083.06221164137114
Pinky Woods76.5383.1438112021129.011061457365501
Frank Barrett64.6002.77250065.04526203240101
Al Treichel53.6253.74131123077.06842325255214
Bob Logan31.7506.38150024.0331717813001
Lefty Wallace101.0002.00110109.072266000
Lee Hazel11.5003.606411025.028151066100
Elmer Singleton12.3336.266421023.02516161810001
Woody Rich000.002003.0501
Wes Flowers000.00170029.0261315
Charles Schupp01.0005.144007.076446200
Totals8865.5753.3331615462601001340.0127762349606260673245270

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
Sibby Sisti149660592992033314686144780.343.398.476.87428210714
Vince Shupe1536515857717444647345085.297.353.414.76624211016
Stan Wentzel154638565941693031279206271.299.370.427.7972411529
Joe Bestudik139560484761352521510977357.279.376.432.807209621
Skippy Roberge934173746311626444812728.310.360.433.7931625214
Chester Wieczorek963713344810218454743327.305.370.428.7981431413
Frank Drews114424363528712412745234.240.338.303.641110727
Johnny Riddle78264233246516034222019.279.336.386.722907011
Eddie Turchin8330325539637302083648.247.340.298.638766012
Wayne Blackburn10025822545605511533125.267.358.347.70578311
Bob Brady6722419329458553112725.233.336.404.74078431
Gil English581571351641703172219.304.401.422.82357110
Roy Weatherly46135130153772117249.285.306.392.69851101
Hugh Poland309990123031114075.333.388.422.81038111
Butch Nieman25101861414401601313.163.273.244.51721102
Paul Derringer32686871300040020.191.191.191.38213100
Ted Cieslak8333321141090.333.333.515.84817
Rex Cecil3365593111004139.186.226.203.42912103
Glen Fletcher3944374101106076.270.386.351.73813100
Earl Reid29454221020030111.238.273.286.55812011
Johnny Hutchings26605841010030111.172.186.190.37611101
Ed Klieman1943378940090210.243.282.351.63313004
Pinky Woods384744491013018.205.239.295.53513111
Al Treichel133129585005104.276.300.448.74813011
Ducky Detweiler113733160000134.182.250.182.4326101
George Lacy616162510140.312.312.562.8759
Steve Roser133025251005047.200.310.240.5506001
Art Parks224536550002091.139.311.139.4505000
Lefty Wallace1551210000.400.400.6001.0003
Elmer Singleton6992.222.222.222.4442
Chet Ross512122200000.167.167.167.3332
Charles Schupp4221100000.500.500.5001.0001
Lee Hazel6771.143.143.143.2861
Steve Shemo2220000000.000.000.000.0000
Frank Barrett252120000000008.000.000.000.0000001
Wes Flowers1744000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Bob Logan1544000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Morrie Aderholt2110000000.000.000.000.0000
Frankie Staucet2001000000000
Totals17595893522775714612675564688750534636.280.349.388.7372030982510700


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Vince Shupe1B15312899821106.9859.065
Skippy Roberge2B902072441455.9705.011
Frank Drews2B57147151929.9715.228
Eddie Turchin2B10343327.9716.700
Eddie Turchin3B536093911.9442.887
Frank Drews3B494786127.9172.714
Gil English3B29325355.9442.931
Wayne Blackburn3B12101721.9312.250
Johnny RiddleC763345550.9875.1186
Bob BradyC6430747114.9705.5316
Hugh PolandC291291121.9864.8281
Stan WentzelOF1533972473.9842.752
Joe BestudikOF1231791241.9791.553
Chester WieczorekOF88176550.9732.057
Wayne BlackburnOF5075541.9521.600
Roy WeatherlyOF3668141.9451.917
Butch NiemanOF22380001.0001.727
Glen FletcherP3942431.903.718
Pinky WoodsP3873823.9571.184
Rex CecilP33123450.9021.394
Paul DerringerP3253523.9521.250
Earl ReidP2872220.9351.036
Johnny HutchingsP261130001.0001.577
Frank BarrettP25318001.000.840
Ed KliemanP18425011.0001.611
Wes FlowersP1702001.000.118
Bob LoganP1506001.000.400
Al TreichelP13613001.0001.462
Steve RoserP13101821.9332.154
Elmer SingletonP6.000
Lee HazelP6.000
Charles SchuppP4.000
Woody RichP2.000
Lefty WallaceP1.000
Sibby SistiSS1483184005579.9294.851
Eddie TurchinSS13212352.8983.385
Totals157139371623192322.9673.5391300

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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