1946 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-82
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (0-0), Burleigh Grimes (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 222,259, Avg. 2,983

1946 Kansas City Blues Roster

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 67 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Blues plated 606 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 675 runs. Eddie Bockman paced Kansas City with 12 home runs and drove in 95 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Karl Drews topped the team with 14 wins, and Carl DeRose recorded a 3.16 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1946 Kansas City Blues who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Karl Drews, Al Lyons, Marius Russo, Milt Byrnes, Charlie Silvera, Don Hendrickson, Eddie Bockman, Ken Holcombe, Johnny Sturm, Irv Hall, Frank Makosky, Jerry Coleman, Joe Murray, Harry Craft, Bud Metheny, George Scharein, Bill Drescher, Frank Secory, Ralph Houk, Fred Bradley, Frankie Zak, Gus Niarhos, Tommy Reis, Porter Vaughan, Mike Milosevich and Chuck Aleno.

Billy Meyer and Burleigh Grimes 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
Karl Drews	14	9	.609	3.36	24	24	0	13	0		182.0	174	80	68		75		89	8	0	3
Carl DeRose	12	6	.667	3.16	25	23	2	11	2		165.0	156	65	58		72		97	5	0	2
Tommy Reis	7	5	.583	3.57	21	17	3	7	1		121.0	124	54	48		42		45	1	0	0
Fred Bradley	7	9	.438	3.59	30	13	13	4	1		123.0	117	61	49		49		54	3	0	0
Al Lyons	7	12	.368	3.67	24	22	2	11	1		169.0	168	83	69		73		99	4	0	1
Joe Valenzuela	6	7	.462	3.60	19	12	4	7	0		100.0	100	49	40		46		33	1	0	0
John Maldovan	5	15	.250	4.38	33	18	8	6	1		156.0	128	86	76		122		105	4	0	4
Porter Vaughan	4	2	.667	2.22	12	9	1	2	0		69.0	65	28	17		29		24	2	0	1
Don Hendrickson	4	4	.500	4.06	42			0	0		82.0	80	45	37		35		30	2	0	1
Frank Makosky	1	1	.500	4.65	18			0	0		31.0	38	19	16		12		22	1	0	0
Ray Louthen	0	0		0.00	6			0	0		12.0	16				7		7
Vance Carlson	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		1.0	3				2		0
Carl Ray	0	0		18.00	2			0	0		1.0	0		2		3		0
Marius Russo	0	1	.000	3.38	3			0	0		8.0	13	4	3		2		4	0	0	0
Willis Baker	0	1	.000	3.75	4			0	0		12.0	12	5	5		6		7	2	0	1
John Bianco	0	1	.000	7.11	6	3	2	1	0		19.0	24	17	15		10		10	2	0	1
Gale Pringle	0	1	.000	15.00	3			0	0		6.0	13	10	10		2		5	0	0	1
Joe Murray	0	2	.000	6.00	6			0	0		18.0	20	12	12		16		9	2	0	0
Robert Revels	0	2	.000	6.43	5			0	0		21.0	27	24	15		10		13	1	0	1
Ken Holcombe	0	4	.000	6.00	10			0	0		21.0	29	18	14		13		9	0	0	1
Totals	67	82	.450	3.79	294	141	35	62	6	0	1317.0	1307	660	554	0	626	0	662	38	0	17	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
Eddie Bockman	144	614	528	73	160	27	4	12	95	29		78	59	.303	.394	.438	.831	231	9	1	7
Don Smith	96	355	310	56	93	9	5	0	16	18		38	23	.300	.376	.361	.738	112	4	0	7
Bud Metheny	101	413	367	48	92	14	5	6	42	5		40	37	.251	.326	.365	.691	134	10	1	5
Odie Strain	116	438	390	48	79	8	3	5	35	24		33	83	.203	.268	.277	.545	108	3	2	13
Harry Craft	94	298	260	34	75	17	0	7	35	3		36	51	.288	.379	.435	.814	113	3	2	0
Charlie Silvera	91	321	284	22	71	13	2	3	45	5		34	22	.250	.332	.342	.674	97	4	1	2
Wayne Tucker	82	313	285	30	64	9	2	3	30	8		17	27	.225	.280	.302	.582	86	3	5	6
Rusty Burns	78	289	263	40	62	10	5	8	44	1		24	54	.236	.300	.403	.703	106	11	0	2
George Scharein	72	215	198	21	60	11	1	0	15	4		11	17	.303	.346	.369	.715	73	6	2	4
Milt Byrnes	77	279	211	33	58	10	5	1	24	4		65	18	.275	.446	.384	.830	81	4	0	3
Benjamin Drake	53	195	178	18	53	4	2	1	15	5		11	21	.298	.352	.360	.712	64	3	4	2
Hal Douglas	46	193	169	28	48	8	2	0	11	6		18	12	.284	.353	.355	.708	60	2	0	6
Frankie Zak	68	254	217	26	48	6	2	0	11	9		33	32	.221	.324	.267	.591	58	2	0	4
Johnny Sturm	45	177	161	14	43	11	0	3	22	1		13	19	.267	.326	.391	.717	63	4	1	2
Irv Hall	45	163	153	12	39	5	0	0	12	2		6	18	.255	.292	.288	.580	44	14	2	2
Bill Drescher	60	193	162	15	35	4	3	0	14	1		29	20	.216	.335	.278	.613	45	0	0	2
Mike Milosevich	38	149	121	17	27	5	0	0	6	1		22	15	.223	.352	.264	.616	32	4	2	4
Frank Secory	28	109	99	13	25	4	2	4	17	2		10	17	.253	.321	.455	.776	45	2	0	0
Al Lyons	53	97	85	11	20	2	3	3	9	1		12	26	.235	.330	.435	.765	37	0	0	0
Gus Niarhos	17	56	51	8	12	2	0	0	3	2		5	4	.235	.304	.275	.578	14	2	0	0
Joe Valenzuela	20	37	34	0	10	0	0	0	3	0		1	4	.294	.314	.294	.608	10	0	0	2
Fred Collins	19	56	49	5	10	1	0	1	6	1		6	9	.204	.291	.286	.577	14	2	0	1
Karl Drews	28	76	66	9	10	0	0	0	5	0		7	16	.152	.233	.152	.384	10	0	0	3
Fred Bradley	31	43	41	4	9	1	0	0	4	0		0	6	.220	.220	.244	.463	10	2	0	2
Ralph Houk	8	23	23	5	8	2	0	1	1	0				.348	.348	.565	.913	13
Tommy Reis	21	43	38	1	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	13	.184	.225	.184	.409	7	1	0	3
John Maldovan	37	48	43	2	6	0	1	0	2	0		3	18	.140	.196	.186	.382	8	0	0	2
Chuck Aleno	12	33	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	1	.172	.273	.172	.445	5	0	0	0
Carl DeRose	25	62	56	1	5	1	1	0	0	0		4	16	.089	.164	.143	.307	8	2	1	1
Herb White	5	8	8	2	4	0	0	0	3	0				.500	.500	.500	1.000	4
Don Hendrickson	42	15	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.308	.357	.308	.665	4	0	0	1
Porter Vaughan	12	28	26	3	4	2	0	0	0	0		1	6	.154	.185	.231	.416	6	1	0	1
Urban Pfeffer	6	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	2	1				.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Goldie Holt	5	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0				.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Mike Portner	9	10	10	3	2	0	1	0	1	0				.200	.200	.400	.600	4
Gale Pringle	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Jerry Coleman	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0				.333	.333	.333	.667	1
John Bianco	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Frank Makosky	18	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ken Holcombe	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Ray Louthen	6	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Marius Russo	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Revels	5	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Joe Murray	6	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Willis Baker	4	4	4		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1750	5667	4990	607	1256	186	49	58	531	133	0	566	671	.252	.331	.343	.674	1714	98	24	87	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wayne Tucker	1B	57	444	39	4	42	.992	8.474
Benjamin Drake	1B	50	398	47	12	46	.974	8.900
Johnny Sturm	1B	44	378	27	3	38	.993	9.205
George Scharein	2B	45	94	83	6	15	.967	3.933
Irv Hall	2B	39	123	108	8	29	.967	5.923
Mike Milosevich	2B	37	82	110	6	26	.970	5.189
Frankie Zak	2B	16	31	28	3	7	.952	3.688
Wayne Tucker	2B	14	28	33	0	6	1.000	4.357
Odie Strain	2B	14	42	31	4	10	.948	5.214
Eddie Bockman	3B	144	140	287	27	36	.941	2.965
Charlie Silvera	C	87	420	69	13	9	.974	5.621	9
Bill Drescher	C	53	244	40	6	7	.979	5.358	5
Gus Niarhos	C	17	71	9	1	3	.988	4.706	2
Bud Metheny	OF	100	192	7	6	3	.971	1.990
Don Smith	OF	86	226	5	3	1	.987	2.686
Harry Craft	OF	70	149	8	1	1	.994	2.243
Rusty Burns	OF	67	133	0	4	0	.971	1.985
Milt Byrnes	OF	62	104	6	6	0	.948	1.774
Hal Douglas	OF	45	75	3	2	0	.975	1.733
Frank Secory	OF	27	36	2	2	2	.950	1.407
Fred Collins	OF	14	26	1	0	0	1.000	1.929
Don Hendrickson	P	42	6	15	0	4	1.000	.500
John Maldovan	P	33	5	29	1	0	.971	1.030
Fred Bradley	P	30	10	26	2	2	.947	1.200
Carl DeRose	P	25	10	26	2	3	.947	1.440
Al Lyons	P	24	6	38	3	0	.936	1.833
Karl Drews	P	24	16	38	4	2	.931	2.250
Tommy Reis	P	21	11	26	1	3	.974	1.762
Joe Valenzuela	P	19	6	27	1	1	.971	1.737
Frank Makosky	P	18	0	9	0	0	1.000	.500
Porter Vaughan	P	12	4	11	0	1	1.000	1.250
Ken Holcombe	P	10	2	5	1	0	.875	.700
Joe Murray	P	6						.000
Ray Louthen	P	6						.000
John Bianco	P	6						.000
Robert Revels	P	5						.000
Willis Baker	P	4						.000
Marius Russo	P	3						.000
Gale Pringle	P	3						.000
Carl Ray	P	2						.000
Vance Carlson	P	1						.000
Odie Strain	SS	101	195	248	28	54	.941	4.386
Frankie Zak	SS	53	119	143	17	34	.939	4.943
George Scharein	SS	11	9	16	4	2	.862	2.273
Totals		1547	3835	1600	181	387	.968	3.513	16	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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