1943 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics
Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 54-74
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Ollie Vanek (54-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
1943 Lynchburg Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 54-74
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Ollie Vanek (54-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1943 season with a record of 54 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.
Ollie Vanek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Herr | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.25 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 205.0 | 171 | 108 | 74 | 129 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| George Sumey | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.82 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 153.0 | 158 | 82 | 48 | 67 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Art Lopatka | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.03 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 172.0 | 177 | 84 | 58 | 80 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| James Bond | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.41 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 97.0 | 88 | 39 | 26 | 33 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Elmer Wachtler | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.79 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 121.0 | 114 | 65 | 51 | 56 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Theodore Garbee | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 29.0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Cletus Held | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Pete Brunswick | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Gordon Bragg | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Kenneth Young | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Pat McCullough | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| George Thorn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Herm Neuberger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Ned Jilton | 1 | 5 | .167 | 2.94 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 46 | 33 | 16 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Claude Weaver | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bennett Jaynes | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Pakron | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Mallot | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Donald Parker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| James Fitzsimmons | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Henry Koch | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Charles Miller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Henry Soven | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| John Boehringer | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 51 | 35 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 53 | 73 | .421 | 2.46 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 1080.0 | 996 | 565 | 295 | 0 | 532 | 0 | 564 | 35 | 10 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Rogers | 128 | 549 | 512 | 67 | 142 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 18 | 28 | 37 | .277 | .316 | .359 | .675 | 184 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| William Glover | 129 | 548 | 496 | 83 | 136 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 22 | 42 | 56 | .274 | .335 | .385 | .720 | 191 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Leroy Nichols | 123 | 532 | 464 | 66 | 132 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 59 | 47 | .284 | .366 | .356 | .722 | 165 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Ollie Vanek | 112 | 465 | 392 | 54 | 119 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 64 | 23 | .304 | .403 | .383 | .785 | 150 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| William Williams | 68 | 275 | 244 | 20 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 25 | .250 | .330 | .328 | .658 | 80 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| George Pratt | 67 | 250 | 226 | 18 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 22 | .230 | .275 | .283 | .558 | 64 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | 65 | 250 | 229 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 24 | .227 | .289 | .271 | .560 | 62 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Blaise Danos | 67 | 269 | 221 | 29 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 37 | 39 | .204 | .326 | .267 | .593 | 59 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Thomas Astbury | 44 | 188 | 161 | 19 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 18 | .261 | .353 | .360 | .714 | 58 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Art Lopatka | 58 | 180 | 160 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 17 | .212 | .276 | .288 | .563 | 46 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 58 | 209 | 186 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .145 | .213 | .183 | .396 | 34 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Elmer Wachtler | 50 | 155 | 135 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 33 | .185 | .281 | .237 | .518 | 32 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| John Boehringer | 33 | 92 | 81 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | .296 | .360 | .395 | .755 | 32 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Russ Nelson | 17 | 65 | 63 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .238 | .250 | .270 | .520 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Salvatore DiStefano | 22 | 71 | 68 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .221 | .232 | .250 | .482 | 17 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ken Blackman | 26 | 99 | 85 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .129 | .253 | .141 | .394 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Herr | 39 | 85 | 77 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .130 | .183 | .130 | .313 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| George Sumey | 27 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .155 | .246 | .207 | .453 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Donald Parker | 14 | 39 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .211 | .231 | .342 | .573 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Jacobson | 10 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .176 | .243 | .176 | .420 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Bond | 13 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .171 | .256 | .257 | .514 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Herm Neuberger | 23 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .128 | .128 | .179 | .308 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ned Jilton | 13 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .312 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Smith | 10 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .118 | .286 | .176 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1216 | 4543 | 4037 | 472 | 981 | 159 | 52 | 8 | 424 | 84 | 0 | 394 | 464 | .243 | .314 | .314 | .629 | 1268 | 0 | 27 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Rogers | 1B | 104 | 866 | 70 | 12 | 52 | .987 | 9.000 | ||||
| John Boehringer | 1B | 14 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .992 | 8.857 | ||||
| Salvatore DiStefano | 1B | 10 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .961 | 7.400 | ||||
| Blaise Danos | 2B | 63 | 189 | 205 | 21 | 34 | .949 | 6.254 | ||||
| Ollie Vanek | 2B | 35 | 90 | 104 | 6 | 15 | .970 | 5.543 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 2B | 13 | 50 | 26 | 4 | 7 | .950 | 5.846 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | 2B | 12 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .914 | 4.417 | ||||
| William Williams | 3B | 52 | 55 | 91 | 14 | 8 | .912 | 2.808 | ||||
| Ollie Vanek | 3B | 41 | 44 | 78 | 8 | 6 | .938 | 2.976 | ||||
| Forest Rogers | 3B | 18 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .909 | 2.222 | ||||
| Russ Nelson | 3B | 14 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 0 | .793 | 3.286 | ||||
| George Pratt | C | 65 | 298 | 32 | 5 | 4 | .985 | 5.077 | 12 | |||
| Alvin Kluttz | C | 29 | 113 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 4.448 | 3 | |||
| Ken Blackman | C | 26 | 126 | 28 | 8 | 3 | .951 | 5.923 | 3 | |||
| William Williams | C | 10 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 6.300 | 4 | |||
| William Glover | OF | 129 | 200 | 10 | 19 | 2 | .917 | 1.628 | ||||
| Leroy Nichols | OF | 122 | 240 | 5 | 16 | 2 | .939 | 2.008 | ||||
| Thomas Astbury | OF | 44 | 86 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .969 | 2.136 | ||||
| Ollie Vanek | OF | 38 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.816 | ||||
| Art Lopatka | OF | 20 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Donald Parker | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Herr | P | 36 | 13 | 58 | 3 | 2 | .959 | 1.972 | ||||
| George Sumey | P | 27 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 2 | .907 | 1.815 | ||||
| Art Lopatka | P | 27 | 17 | 56 | 7 | 3 | .912 | 2.704 | ||||
| Elmer Wachtler | P | 22 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Ned Jilton | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| James Bond | P | 13 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| John Boehringer | P | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Herm Neuberger | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Henry Koch | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Mallot | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Soven | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Weaver | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Fitzsimmons | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Thorn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Parker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat McCullough | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Theodore Garbee | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Miller | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bennett Jaynes | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Young | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pakron | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cletus Held | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Brunswick | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordon Bragg | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Erps | SS | 39 | 74 | 78 | 26 | 8 | .854 | 3.897 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | SS | 26 | 49 | 58 | 16 | 8 | .870 | 4.115 | ||||
| Elmer Wachtler | SS | 14 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 1 | .871 | 4.357 | ||||
| Bill Jacobson | SS | 10 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 5 | .882 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1172 | 3005 | 1219 | 226 | 182 | .949 | 3.604 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
