1944 Los Angeles Angels Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 99-70
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (99-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Los Angeles, California
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 162,881, Avg. 1,928

1944 Los Angeles Angels Roster

Playoffs - Los Angeles Angels 4 games, Portland Beavers 2
Finals - San Francisco Seals 4 games, Los Angeles Angels 3

The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1944 season with a record of 99 wins and 70 losses, finishing first in the PCL.

The Angels led the league with 764 runs, powered by 71 home runs. Los Angeles allowed 622 runs. Rip Russell paced the squad with 17 home runs and drove in 89 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .315 clip. Ray Prim topped the squad with 22 wins, and Jorge Comellas and Don Osborn as well added 15 or more victories as well Ray Prim earned a 1.7 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Roy Smalley, Ed Sauer, Red Adams, Reggie Otero, Charlie English, Ray Prim, Jorge Comellas, Tony York, Dick Conger, Ed Fernandes, Johnny Ostrowski, Pete Elko, Johnny Moore, Cecil Garriott, Irv Stein, Rip Russell, Hugh Willingham and Bill Sarni were all players from the 1944 Los Angeles Angels who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Sweeney 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
Ray Prim	22	10	.688	1.70	41	35		27	6		286.0	238	75	54		40		139	2	0	5
Jorge Comellas	18	14	.562	2.61	41	35		20	1		276.0	258	108	80		94		128	1	0	6
Don Osborn	15	13	.536	3.25	42	25		11	2		216.0	235	112	78		44		47	2	0	5
Dick Conger	13	7	.650	2.88	26	23		14	5		169.0	168	62	54		35		65	7	0	6
Red Adams	10	7	.588	3.58	44	18		8	3		186.0	176	88	74		56		87	1	0	6
Claude Horton	9	4	.692	2.87	18	12		6	1		91.0	78	31	29		31		26	0	0	1
Pete Mallory	6	3	.667	2.59	12	9		7	1		73.0	57	23	21		17		46	0	0	2
Boyd Tepler	3	4	.429	2.81	11	8		1	1		48.0	28	19	15		52		51	2	0	0
Jodie Phipps	2	4	.333	0.00	18	4		0	0		32.0	42				19		8
Irv Stein	1	4	.200	4.70	25	2		0	0		67.0	74	41	35		13		21	0	0	0
Leon Foulk	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2				0		0
Maury Ayala	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		0.7	0				0		0
Jack Rager	0	0		0.00	7	0		0	0		8.0	18				7		5
Totals	99	70	.586	2.72	287	171	0	94	20	0	1453.7	1374	559	440	0	408	0	623	15	0	31	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
Rip Russell	155	646	585	90	184	31	2	17	89	4		35	55	.315	.355	.462	.817	270		2	24
Cecil Garriott	170	762	619	148	177	34	5	13	70	24		124	72	.286	.408	.420	.828	260		3	16
Johnny Ostrowski	124	530	475	62	134	27	7	10	67	7		37	74	.282	.338	.432	.769	205		3	15
Reggie Otero	129	467	421	36	129	15	3	0	54	6		27	17	.306	.354	.356	.710	150		4	15
Guy Miller	156	568	519	50	121	14	0	0	47	3		33	39	.233	.280	.260	.540	135		1	15
Ed Sauer	108	434	392	61	115	25	4	5	52	19		27	33	.293	.344	.416	.759	163		3	12
Ed Fernandes	130	496	400	69	112	23	2	5	57	2		85	42	.280	.407	.385	.792	154		1	10
Ted Norbert	111	413	363	58	105	21	5	10	57	1		37	26	.289	.366	.457	.823	166		7	6
Bill Sarni	87	259	229	30	52	6	2	5	24	0		18	37	.227	.286	.336	.623	77		1	11
George Ogorek	50	199	188	20	46	9	0	0	14	4		10	26	.245	.283	.293	.575	55		0	1
Johnny Moore	85	134	120	11	39	9	0	3	30	2		13	6	.325	.391	.475	.866	57		0	1
Manny Salvatierra	45	141	122	12	30	6	1	1	14	4		19	18	.246	.348	.336	.684	41		0	0
Roy Smalley	61	170	160	13	30	3	0	1	11	1		7	50	.188	.222	.225	.447	36		0	3
Don Osborn	43	84	72	7	23	4	0	0	5	0		2	13	.319	.347	.375	.722	27		1	9
Dick Conger	27	71	53	8	17	2	0	0	8	0		10	2	.321	.429	.358	.787	19		0	8
Ray Prim	41	109	93	8	16	3	0	0	7	0		9	6	.172	.245	.204	.449	19		0	7
Pete Elko	16	47	42	1	13	1	0	0	4	1		5	2	.310	.383	.333	.716	14		0	0
Red Adams	49	64	63	6	13	2	2	0	4	0		0	29	.206	.206	.302	.508	19		0	1
Jorge Comellas	41	103	99	4	12	3	0	0	4	0		2	24	.121	.139	.152	.290	15		0	2
Tony York	32	45	39	3	9	4	0	0	9	0		4	4	.231	.302	.333	.636	13		0	2
Don Grigg	20	33	29	4	7	1	0	0	1	0		4	9	.241	.333	.276	.609	8		0	0
Claude Horton	18	31	29	4	5	1	1	1	4	0		2	9	.172	.226	.379	.605	11		0	0
Ted Fritsch	5	14	14		4	1	0	0	0	0				.286	.286	.357	.643	5
Jodie Phipps	18	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	4	0		0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	4		0	0
Irv Stein	25	25	23	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.130	.167	.130	.297	3		1	1
Pete Mallory	13	24	24		1	0	0	0	0	0				.042	.042	.042	.083	1
Boyd Tepler	11	14	14		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hugh Willingham	7	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1777	5894	5198	708	1400	246	34	71	637	78	0	510	596	.269	.338	.371	.708	1927	0	27	159	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Reggie Otero	1B	120	1114	48	9	77	.992	9.683
Rip Russell	1B	47	436	16	5	31	.989	9.617
Ed Sauer	1B	10	69	5	1	2	.987	7.400
Rip Russell	2B	101	249	293	30	56	.948	5.366
George Ogorek	2B	48	130	123	19	24	.930	5.271
Guy Miller	2B	20	59	51	5	13	.957	5.500
Johnny Ostrowski	3B	59	46	142	18	6	.913	3.186
Guy Miller	3B	18	16	50	3	5	.957	3.667
Pete Elko	3B	12	14	31	7	2	.865	3.750
Ed Fernandes	C	94	360	48	6	4	.986	4.340	6
Bill Sarni	C	87	301	35	10	8	.971	3.862	5
Don Grigg	C	16	43	5	2	3	.960	3.000	2
Cecil Garriott	OF	165	465	10	10	0	.979	2.879
Ed Sauer	OF	105	192	2	6	1	.970	1.848
Ted Norbert	OF	96	170	6	4	2	.978	1.833
Johnny Ostrowski	OF	65	124	5	3	2	.977	1.985
Manny Salvatierra	OF	38	58	4	4	2	.939	1.632
Ed Fernandes	OF	29	34	1	0	1	1.000	1.207
Johnny Moore	OF	18	31	0	1	0	.969	1.722
Red Adams	P	44	8	50	1	1	.983	1.318
Don Osborn	P	42	8	53	2	5	.968	1.452
Ray Prim	P	41	11	79	2	1	.978	2.195
Jorge Comellas	P	41	11	57	6	2	.919	1.659
Dick Conger	P	26	7	42	3	0	.942	1.885
Irv Stein	P	25	4	14	0	0	1.000	.720
Jodie Phipps	P	18	2	10	0	1	1.000	.667
Claude Horton	P	18	2	15	2	0	.895	.944
Pete Mallory	P	12	3	17	0	1	1.000	1.667
Boyd Tepler	P	11	1	7	0	0	1.000	.727
Jack Rager	P	7						.000
Leon Foulk	P	1						.000
Maury Ayala	P	1						.000
Guy Miller	SS	119	200	376	34	50	.944	4.840
Roy Smalley	SS	55	87	156	23	15	.914	4.418
Tony York	SS	23	17	44	0	8	1.000	2.652
Totals		1632	4272	1795	216	323	.966	3.718	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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