1944 Newark Bears Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 85-69
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Billy Meyer (85-69)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 152,852, Avg. 1,985
1944 Newark Bears RosterTeam Record: 85-69
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Billy Meyer (85-69)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 152,852, Avg. 1,985
Playoffs - Newark Bears 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Finals - Baltimore Orioles 4 games, Newark Bears 3
The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1944 season with a record of 85 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the IL.
Billy Meyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Holcombe | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3.82 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 205.0 | 193 | 112 | 87 | 116 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Frank Hiller | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.08 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 216.0 | 205 | 83 | 74 | 79 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Bill Bevens | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.96 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 149.0 | 119 | 56 | 49 | 65 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| John Maldovan | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.09 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 165.0 | 142 | 83 | 75 | 128 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Mel Queen | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.18 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 133.0 | 101 | 60 | 47 | 66 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Charles Marleau | 7 | 1 | .875 | 5.47 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 92 | 57 | 48 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Don Johnson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.03 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 67.0 | 66 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Joe Page | 4 | 5 | .444 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Phil Page | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Rager | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.00 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Karl Drews | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Flannagan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elden Clark | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Crow | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rudolph Immarata | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Mistos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ray Uniak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elmer Singleton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Sucky | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.22 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 55 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 85 | 69 | .552 | 3.77 | 281 | 132 | 0 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 1115.0 | 1005 | 549 | 467 | 0 | 617 | 0 | 655 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Buzas | 125 | 502 | 465 | 66 | 138 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 29 | 10 | 26 | 24 | .297 | .335 | .387 | .722 | 180 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Danny Reynolds | 146 | 549 | 462 | 67 | 121 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 39 | .262 | .349 | .374 | .724 | 173 | 13 | 0 | 25 | ||
| William Rabe | 139 | 574 | 463 | 81 | 120 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 26 | 5 | 92 | 60 | .259 | .388 | .371 | .759 | 172 | 10 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Bill Drescher | 122 | 457 | 401 | 50 | 110 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 24 | .274 | .356 | .369 | .725 | 148 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Roy Zimmerman | 103 | 449 | 378 | 63 | 107 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 14 | 8 | 60 | 31 | .283 | .385 | .397 | .782 | 150 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Stephen Kuk | 101 | 438 | 373 | 82 | 104 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 29 | .279 | .371 | .437 | .808 | 163 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Nick Rhabe | 76 | 320 | 276 | 35 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | .312 | .358 | .366 | .724 | 101 | 8 | 3 | 24 | ||
| Mike Portner | 97 | 361 | 300 | 47 | 81 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 40 | .270 | .383 | .390 | .773 | 117 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lew Flick | 62 | 236 | 213 | 37 | 71 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 12 | .333 | .393 | .399 | .792 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Crosby | 92 | 273 | 226 | 35 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 21 | .239 | .356 | .372 | .727 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Gene Corbett | 47 | 193 | 174 | 22 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | .282 | .346 | .379 | .725 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Dwyer | 76 | 200 | 160 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 9 | .281 | .398 | .362 | .760 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Grady Dunlap | 43 | 130 | 109 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | .275 | .378 | .413 | .791 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Arky Biggs | 37 | 124 | 110 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .264 | .325 | .364 | .689 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Walter Van Grofski | 59 | 153 | 134 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .209 | .293 | .291 | .584 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Arnold Cohen | 29 | 122 | 100 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 9 | .260 | .393 | .280 | .673 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hiller | 39 | 86 | 78 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .231 | .268 | .244 | .512 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Bevens | 19 | 61 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .245 | .259 | .377 | .637 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Maldovan | 29 | 67 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .200 | .267 | .236 | .503 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ken Holcombe | 33 | 82 | 71 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .141 | .218 | .155 | .373 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Reid | 19 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .318 | .400 | .409 | .809 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Queen | 24 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .140 | .140 | .209 | .349 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joe Page | 10 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .179 | .281 | .286 | .567 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Marleau | 41 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Johnson | 13 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Silvanic | 11 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .065 | .147 | .065 | .212 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phil Page | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Miller | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Sucky | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Capri | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Phillips | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1654 | 5577 | 4777 | 728 | 1275 | 177 | 58 | 59 | 638 | 128 | 83 | 613 | 462 | .267 | .353 | .365 | .718 | 1745 | 98 | 24 | 163 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Zimmerman | 1B | 103 | 809 | 65 | 9 | 76 | .990 | 8.485 | ||||
| Gene Corbett | 1B | 45 | 423 | 29 | 7 | 35 | .985 | 1.044 | ||||
| Joe Buzas | 2B | 104 | 255 | 266 | 16 | 58 | .970 | 5.010 | ||||
| Jerry Crosby | 2B | 35 | 67 | 84 | 9 | 16 | .944 | 4.314 | ||||
| Arky Biggs | 2B | 17 | 50 | 60 | 2 | 9 | .982 | 6.471 | ||||
| Mike Portner | 3B | 92 | 82 | 114 | 10 | 17 | .951 | 2.130 | ||||
| Jerry Crosby | 3B | 35 | 36 | 58 | 12 | 6 | .887 | 2.686 | ||||
| Joe Buzas | 3B | 18 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 4 | .911 | 2.833 | ||||
| Arky Biggs | 3B | 14 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 2.643 | ||||
| Bill Drescher | C | 118 | 650 | 73 | 7 | 11 | .990 | 6.127 | 5 | 59 | 34 | 36.6 |
| Walter Van Grofski | C | 55 | 254 | 28 | 5 | 4 | .983 | 5.127 | 2 | 54 | 15 | 21.7 |
| Charlie Munday | C | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | ||||||||
| William Rabe | OF | 133 | 267 | 8 | 9 | 4 | .968 | 2.068 | ||||
| Stephen Kuk | OF | 95 | 194 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 2.137 | ||||
| Nick Rhabe | OF | 75 | 125 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.720 | ||||
| Lew Flick | OF | 59 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.441 | ||||
| Joe Dwyer | OF | 42 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.024 | ||||
| Grady Dunlap | OF | 29 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.759 | ||||
| Arnold Cohen | OF | 28 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.393 | ||||
| Frank Silvanic | OF | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Charles Marleau | P | 41 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .390 | ||||
| Ken Holcombe | P | 33 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 2.030 | ||||
| John Maldovan | P | 29 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .724 | ||||
| Frank Hiller | P | 29 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .944 | 1.759 | ||||
| Mel Queen | P | 24 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.042 | ||||
| Phil Page | P | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Bill Bevens | P | 19 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.684 | ||||
| William Sucky | P | 17 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bob Miller | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Don Johnson | P | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Joe Page | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Uniak | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elmer Singleton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Drews | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Crow | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Rager | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Mistos | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elden Clark | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudolph Immarata | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Flannagan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Reynolds | SS | 145 | 253 | 423 | 41 | 76 | .943 | 4.662 | ||||
| Totals | 1534 | 3770 | 1499 | 155 | 334 | .971 | 3.435 | 7 | 114 | 50 | 30.5 |
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.
