1944 Kansas City Blues Statistics
American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 41-110
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Jack Saltzgaver (41-110)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 37,199, Avg. 493
1944 Kansas City Blues RosterTeam Record: 41-110
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Jack Saltzgaver (41-110)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 37,199, Avg. 493
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 41 wins and 110 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Blues scored 573 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 923 runs.
Members of the 1944 Kansas City Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Bates, Tom Upton, Gene Corbett, Roy Zimmerman, Ken Gables, Jack Saltzgaver, Jack Phillips, Don Johnson, Elmer Singleton, Tom Jordan, Jesse Landrum and Don Hendrickson.
Jack Saltzgaver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Singleton | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.38 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 150.0 | 163 | 87 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Vincent DeBiasi | 7 | 18 | .280 | 4.59 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 194.0 | 201 | 122 | 99 | 107 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Davis | 6 | 17 | .261 | 5.55 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 175.0 | 217 | 132 | 108 | 84 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Pepper | 5 | 18 | .217 | 5.83 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 176.0 | 215 | 140 | 114 | 100 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Don Johnson | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.40 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 131.0 | 147 | 81 | 64 | 53 | 67 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Charles Shanklin | 2 | 10 | .167 | 5.72 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 96.0 | 130 | 76 | 61 | 52 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Propst | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Carter | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.20 | 2 | 10.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Phillips | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11.57 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 44 | 47 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Norman McCormick | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Hendrickson | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hearn | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elden Clark | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Goldie Holt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Wittmer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don King | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maurice Belshe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Rager | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.31 | 5 | 13.0 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Uniak | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.85 | 5 | 13.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Goff | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.73 | 14 | 33.0 | 47 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| William Wiley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.54 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 50 | 42 | 37 | 43 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ken Gables | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.42 | 9 | 19.0 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 33 | 101 | .246 | 5.42 | 263 | 134 | 36 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 1100.0 | 1297 | 810 | 663 | 0 | 595 | 0 | 419 | 26 | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Glunt | 152 | 643 | 610 | 79 | 187 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 5 | 23 | 34 | .307 | .335 | .384 | .719 | 234 | 8 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Jesse Landrum | 148 | 604 | 562 | 78 | 175 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 82 | 5 | 36 | 33 | .311 | .357 | .440 | .797 | 247 | 19 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Stan Platek | 137 | 521 | 455 | 46 | 116 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 58 | 44 | .255 | .340 | .325 | .666 | 148 | 10 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Gene Corbett | 103 | 413 | 364 | 39 | 98 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 42 | 39 | .269 | .350 | .376 | .726 | 137 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Bill Kats | 73 | 310 | 271 | 47 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 32 | .314 | .396 | .358 | .754 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 85 | 266 | 210 | 42 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 53 | 13 | .348 | .481 | .457 | .938 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Goldie Holt | 80 | 265 | 236 | 26 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 28 | 22 | .250 | .330 | .297 | .626 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Roy Zimmerman | 47 | 190 | 174 | 19 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 5 | .293 | .353 | .397 | .749 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Mike Portner | 49 | 215 | 194 | 27 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 30 | .263 | .329 | .330 | .659 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Roy Musser | 50 | 201 | 184 | 24 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 30 | .261 | .320 | .310 | .630 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Hugh Taylor | 51 | 166 | 149 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 22 | .221 | .297 | .255 | .552 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Bodner | 28 | 102 | 93 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .237 | .290 | .301 | .591 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Edward Patrow | 29 | 101 | 87 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .241 | .347 | .276 | .622 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Pepper | 42 | 82 | 78 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .244 | .272 | .308 | .579 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Upton | 43 | 154 | 149 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53 | .121 | .138 | .121 | .259 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Morgan | 41 | 95 | 87 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .184 | .237 | .218 | .455 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eugene Roberts | 39 | 129 | 118 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 31 | .127 | .195 | .144 | .339 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Marvin McNulty | 28 | 75 | 65 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .200 | .288 | .215 | .503 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Davis | 31 | 66 | 57 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .211 | .262 | .211 | .473 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Vincent DeBiasi | 31 | 74 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .179 | .225 | .194 | .419 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Elmer Singleton | 32 | 60 | 53 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .208 | .263 | .226 | .490 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Walter Sierotko | 25 | 62 | 59 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .186 | .226 | .186 | .412 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Hower | 13 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .379 | .407 | .787 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris McKenna | 21 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Johnson | 18 | 52 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .152 | .188 | .152 | .340 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Phillips | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Musulas | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Rager | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Wiley | 14 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Shanklin | 18 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .000 | .034 | .000 | .034 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Carter | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Elden Clark | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Wittmer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Crosby | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Uniak | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Propst | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Gables | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Goff | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eugene McCready | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Zych | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Grunwald | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1488 | 5026 | 4539 | 517 | 1176 | 163 | 38 | 24 | 437 | 45 | 0 | 408 | 594 | .259 | .323 | .328 | .651 | 1487 | 92 | 23 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Corbett | 1B | 103 | 885 | 78 | 9 | 65 | .991 | 9.350 | ||||
| Roy Zimmerman | 1B | 46 | 417 | 48 | 11 | 31 | .977 | 1.109 | ||||
| Charlie Glunt | 2B | 91 | 212 | 254 | 31 | 39 | .938 | 5.121 | ||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 2B | 47 | 102 | 127 | 3 | 20 | .987 | 4.872 | ||||
| Charlie Glunt | 3B | 63 | 49 | 132 | 14 | 9 | .928 | 2.873 | ||||
| Eugene Roberts | 3B | 35 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 3 | .837 | 2.057 | ||||
| Edward Patrow | 3B | 27 | 16 | 52 | 5 | 4 | .932 | 2.519 | ||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 3B | 20 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Goldie Holt | 3B | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Hugh Taylor | C | 43 | 166 | 27 | 5 | 6 | .975 | 4.488 | 7 | |||
| Dick Morgan | C | 28 | 81 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .946 | 3.143 | 4 | |||
| Marvin McNulty | C | 19 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 3.632 | 4 | |||
| Walter Sierotko | C | 16 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 2.625 | 2 | |||
| Jesse Landrum | OF | 144 | 260 | 16 | 11 | 3 | .962 | 1.917 | ||||
| Stan Platek | OF | 129 | 219 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .954 | 1.783 | ||||
| Bill Kats | OF | 69 | 182 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .959 | 2.710 | ||||
| Goldie Holt | OF | 55 | 112 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .945 | 2.182 | ||||
| Roy Musser | OF | 50 | 96 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .944 | 2.020 | ||||
| Chris McKenna | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Fred Pepper | P | 36 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 3 | .926 | 1.389 | ||||
| William Davis | P | 31 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.194 | ||||
| Vincent DeBiasi | P | 29 | 16 | 52 | 3 | 3 | .958 | 2.345 | ||||
| Elmer Singleton | P | 26 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.808 | ||||
| Dick Hearn | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Shanklin | P | 18 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.222 | ||||
| Don Johnson | P | 18 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Don Hendrickson | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Wiley | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .286 | ||||
| Jim Goff | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Ken Gables | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Phillips | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Uniak | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Rager | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elden Clark | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Carter | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Maurice Belshe | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Wittmer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Propst | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norman McCormick | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don King | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Goldie Holt | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Portner | SS | 46 | 96 | 134 | 16 | 20 | .935 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom Upton | SS | 43 | 66 | 87 | 10 | 15 | .939 | 3.558 | ||||
| Joe Bodner | SS | 28 | 37 | 75 | 10 | 12 | .918 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1386 | 3224 | 1369 | 205 | 248 | .957 | 3.314 | 17 | 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.
