1946 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Hutchings | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.54 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 155.0 | 141 | 73 | 61 | 62 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Rex Cecil | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.74 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 178.0 | 180 | 91 | 74 | 93 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Earl Reid | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.30 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 120.0 | 111 | 55 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Paul Derringer | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.65 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 180.0 | 185 | 74 | 53 | 55 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ed Klieman | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.13 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 109.0 | 114 | 56 | 50 | 45 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Glen Fletcher | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.77 | 39 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 124.0 | 130 | 68 | 52 | 74 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Steve Roser | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.73 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 83.0 | 62 | 21 | 16 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Pinky Woods | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.14 | 38 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 129.0 | 110 | 61 | 45 | 73 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Frank Barrett | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.77 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 45 | 26 | 20 | 32 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Al Treichel | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.74 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 68 | 42 | 32 | 52 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Bob Logan | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Lefty Wallace | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lee Hazel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Elmer Singleton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Woody Rich | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Wes Flowers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 26 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Charles Schupp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 88 | 65 | .575 | 3.33 | 316 | 154 | 62 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1340.0 | 1277 | 623 | 496 | 0 | 626 | 0 | 673 | 24 | 5 | 27 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sibby Sisti | 149 | 660 | 592 | 99 | 203 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 86 | 14 | 47 | 80 | .343 | .398 | .476 | .874 | 282 | 10 | 7 | 14 | |||
Vince Shupe | 153 | 651 | 585 | 77 | 174 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 50 | 85 | .297 | .353 | .414 | .766 | 242 | 11 | 0 | 16 | |||
Stan Wentzel | 154 | 638 | 565 | 94 | 169 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 79 | 20 | 62 | 71 | .299 | .370 | .427 | .797 | 241 | 15 | 2 | 9 | |||
Joe Bestudik | 139 | 560 | 484 | 76 | 135 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 109 | 7 | 73 | 57 | .279 | .376 | .432 | .807 | 209 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||
Skippy Roberge | 93 | 417 | 374 | 63 | 116 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 27 | 28 | .310 | .360 | .433 | .793 | 162 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |||
Chester Wieczorek | 96 | 371 | 334 | 48 | 102 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 33 | 27 | .305 | .370 | .428 | .798 | 143 | 14 | 1 | 3 | |||
Frank Drews | 114 | 424 | 363 | 52 | 87 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 52 | 34 | .240 | .338 | .303 | .641 | 110 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||
Johnny Riddle | 78 | 264 | 233 | 24 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 20 | 19 | .279 | .336 | .386 | .722 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |||
Eddie Turchin | 83 | 303 | 255 | 39 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 36 | 48 | .247 | .340 | .298 | .638 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |||
Wayne Blackburn | 100 | 258 | 225 | 45 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 25 | .267 | .358 | .347 | .705 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Bob Brady | 67 | 224 | 193 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 25 | .233 | .336 | .404 | .740 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
Gil English | 58 | 157 | 135 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 9 | .304 | .401 | .422 | .823 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Roy Weatherly | 46 | 135 | 130 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .285 | .306 | .392 | .698 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Hugh Poland | 30 | 99 | 90 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .333 | .388 | .422 | .810 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Butch Nieman | 25 | 101 | 86 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .163 | .273 | .244 | .517 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Paul Derringer | 32 | 68 | 68 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .191 | .191 | .191 | .382 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ted Cieslak | 8 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .515 | .848 | 17 | ||||||||
Rex Cecil | 33 | 65 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .186 | .226 | .203 | .429 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Glen Fletcher | 39 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .270 | .386 | .351 | .738 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Earl Reid | 29 | 45 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .238 | .273 | .286 | .558 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Johnny Hutchings | 26 | 60 | 58 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .172 | .186 | .190 | .376 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ed Klieman | 19 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .243 | .282 | .351 | .633 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
Pinky Woods | 38 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .205 | .239 | .295 | .535 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Al Treichel | 13 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .276 | .300 | .448 | .748 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ducky Detweiler | 11 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
George Lacy | 6 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .562 | .875 | 9 | ||||||||
Steve Roser | 13 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .200 | .310 | .240 | .550 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Art Parks | 22 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .139 | .311 | .139 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lefty Wallace | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||||||
Elmer Singleton | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Chet Ross | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||
Charles Schupp | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||
Lee Hazel | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Steve Shemo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Frank Barrett | 25 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Wes Flowers | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Logan | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Morrie Aderholt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Frankie Staucet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Totals | 1759 | 5893 | 5227 | 757 | 1461 | 267 | 55 | 64 | 688 | 75 | 0 | 534 | 636 | .280 | .349 | .388 | .737 | 2030 | 98 | 25 | 107 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vince Shupe | 1B | 153 | 1289 | 98 | 21 | 106 | .985 | 9.065 | ||||
Skippy Roberge | 2B | 90 | 207 | 244 | 14 | 55 | .970 | 5.011 | ||||
Frank Drews | 2B | 57 | 147 | 151 | 9 | 29 | .971 | 5.228 | ||||
Eddie Turchin | 2B | 10 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 6.700 | ||||
Eddie Turchin | 3B | 53 | 60 | 93 | 9 | 11 | .944 | 2.887 | ||||
Frank Drews | 3B | 49 | 47 | 86 | 12 | 7 | .917 | 2.714 | ||||
Gil English | 3B | 29 | 32 | 53 | 5 | 5 | .944 | 2.931 | ||||
Wayne Blackburn | 3B | 12 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 2.250 | ||||
Johnny Riddle | C | 76 | 334 | 55 | 5 | 0 | .987 | 5.118 | 6 | |||
Bob Brady | C | 64 | 307 | 47 | 11 | 4 | .970 | 5.531 | 6 | |||
Hugh Poland | C | 29 | 129 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 4.828 | 1 | |||
Stan Wentzel | OF | 153 | 397 | 24 | 7 | 3 | .984 | 2.752 | ||||
Joe Bestudik | OF | 123 | 179 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 1.553 | ||||
Chester Wieczorek | OF | 88 | 176 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .973 | 2.057 | ||||
Wayne Blackburn | OF | 50 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 1.600 | ||||
Roy Weatherly | OF | 36 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .945 | 1.917 | ||||
Butch Nieman | OF | 22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
Glen Fletcher | P | 39 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .903 | .718 | ||||
Pinky Woods | P | 38 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.184 | ||||
Rex Cecil | P | 33 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .902 | 1.394 | ||||
Paul Derringer | P | 32 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
Earl Reid | P | 28 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.036 | ||||
Johnny Hutchings | P | 26 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.577 | ||||
Frank Barrett | P | 25 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .840 | ||||
Ed Klieman | P | 18 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.611 | ||||
Wes Flowers | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
Bob Logan | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Al Treichel | P | 13 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
Steve Roser | P | 13 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 2.154 | ||||
Elmer Singleton | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Lee Hazel | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Charles Schupp | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Woody Rich | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Lefty Wallace | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Sibby Sisti | SS | 148 | 318 | 400 | 55 | 79 | .929 | 4.851 | ||||
Eddie Turchin | SS | 13 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .898 | 3.385 | ||||
Totals | 1571 | 3937 | 1623 | 192 | 322 | .967 | 3.539 | 13 | 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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