1937 Moline Plow Boys Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 74-41
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Mike Gazella (74-41)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Moline, Illinois
Ballpark: Browning Field
Attendance: 40,000, Avg. 696

1937 Moline Plow Boys Roster

Playoffs - Moline Plow Boys 4 games, Clinton Owls 1

The Moline Plow Boys of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1937 season with a record of 74 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.

Mike Gazella served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Kirby Higbe	21	5	.808	30						215.0	143	85			141
Don Jones	18	8	.692	28						227.0	205	96			89
Al Epperly	14	6	.700	28						183.0	132	67			71
Myron Meyer	9	4	.692	15						119.0	115	50			28
William Minarik	2	3	.400	8						49.0	53	39			32
Joe Sosnouski	1	0	1.000	3						12.0	17	14			8
Derwin Steimling	1	0	1.000	1						3.0	3	1			0
Mike Gazella	1	1	.500	2						12.0	11	4			2
Louis Stefani	1	6	.143	10						63.0	64	37			36
Joe Mene	0	1	.000	2						13.0	13	9			5
Totals	72	38	.655	135	0	0	0	0	0	953.0	824	448	0	0	436	0	0	0	0	0	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
Joe Mene	112	479	479		164	16	16	6						.342	.342	.480	.823	230
Roy Zimmerman	113	458	458		142	26	18	12						.310	.310	.524	.834	240
Hank Majeski	105	403	403		139	20	15	9						.345	.345	.536	.881	216
Henry Meyer	115	456	456		135	26	9	4						.296	.296	.419	.715	191
Edward Jabb	102	377	377		113	24	10	7						.300	.300	.472	.772	178
Red Steiner	98	358	358		101	15	6	2						.282	.282	.374	.656	134
Ken Richardson	64	239	239		64	18	4	8						.268	.268	.477	.745	114
Stuart Merrill	80	313	313		63	6	1	2						.201	.201	.246	.447	77
Peanuts Lowrey	45	181	181		55	6	2	3						.304	.304	.409	.713	74
Don Jones	40	116	116		28	3	0	0						.241	.241	.267	.509	31
Edward Kraus	20	73	73		20	3	0	0						.274	.274	.315	.589	23
Al Epperly	29	83	83		20	2	2	0						.241	.241	.313	.554	26
Kirby Higbe	33	97	97		19	1	2	2						.196	.196	.309	.505	30
Neal Stepp	17	63	63		17	1	0	1						.270	.270	.333	.603	21
Fred Wiesler	19	76	76		16	0	1	0						.211	.211	.237	.447	18
Frank Gaul	31	90	90		14	3	0	1						.156	.156	.222	.378	20
Myron Meyer	17	50	50		12	1	0	0						.240	.240	.260	.500	13
Virgil Siemer	6	22	22	5	6	1	1	0						.273	.273	.409	.682	9
Louis Stefani	10	22	22		4	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	4
Totals	1056	3956	3956	5	1132	172	87	57	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.417	.703	1649	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Roy Zimmerman	1B	113	941	60	24		.977	8.858
Ken Richardson	2B	64	178	167	15		.958	5.391
Hank Majeski	3B	69	70	130	18		.917	2.899
Fred Wiesler	3B	19	7	40	7		.870	2.474
Edward Kraus	3B	19	18	40	3		.951	3.053
Red Steiner	C	94	682	80	17		.978	8.106
Frank Gaul	C	19	135	14	5		.968	7.842
Henry Meyer	OF	115	158	15	9		.951	1.504
Joe Mene	OF	109	216	8	20		.918	2.055
Edward Jabb	OF	99	162	9	7		.961	1.727
Neal Stepp	OF	17	24	2	4		.867	1.529
Kirby Higbe	P	30						.000
Don Jones	P	28						.000
Al Epperly	P	28						.000
Myron Meyer	P	15						.000
Louis Stefani	P	10						.000
William Minarik	P	8						.000
Stuart Merrill	SS	79	111	204	46		.873	3.987
Peanuts Lowrey	SS	30	50	68	16		.881	3.933
Totals		973	2752	837	191	0	.949	3.689

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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