1945 Newark Bears Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 89-64
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Billy Meyer (89-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 135,000, Avg. 1,765

1945 Newark Bears Roster

Playoffs - Newark Bears 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 2
Finals - Newark Bears 4 games, Montreal Royals 3

The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1945 season with a record of 89 wins and 64 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
Karl Drews	19	9	.679	2.70	33	30		24	6		240.0	193	90	72		113		115	14	0	4
John Maldovan	16	6	.727	3.95	28	22		12	3		180.0	142	93	79		148		112	4	0	9
Frank Hiller	14	8	.636	2.58	25	25		13	3		185.0	169	76	53		68		70	7	0	3
Edward Mackay	12	12	.500	3.18	31	25		14	1		195.0	178	90	69		84		86	8	0	4
Harry Garbett	5	1	.833	3.80	10	9		5	0		64.0	62	30	27		57		33	5	0	4
John Moore	5	2	.714		8						0.0
Charles Mistos	5	5	.500	3.35	14	9		6	0		78.0	81	34	29		34		27	0		0
Jack Farmer	4	3	.571	3.27	19	2		1	0		44.0	40	21	16		19		13	1	0	0
Bill Houtz	4	4	.500	5.46	14	9		1	1		56.0	47	46	34		65		32	3	0	3
Frank Makosky	2	1	.667	1.80	19	0		0	0		35.0	22	11	7		14		23	0	0	1
William Sucky	2	2	.500	7.14	14	4		1	0		29.0	38	30	23		25		9	1	0	3
Fred Pepper	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Jack Gambol	0	0			1						0.0
Theodore Pfennig	0	0			3						0.0
Carmine Melignano	0	0			2						0.0
Jack McKinney	0	0			6						0.0
Gene Bearden	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Thomas Grace	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Walter Ockey	0	2	.000		8						0.0
Phil Page	0	4	.000	4.00	23	0		0	0		45.0	63	30	20		15		11	0	0	1
Totals	89	64	.582	3.35	267	135	0	77	14	0	1151.0	1035	551	429	0	642	0	531	43	0	32	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
Mike Portner	143	565	482	83	132	21	9	18	91	26	10	75	78	.274	.373	.467	.840	225	11	1	7
William Rabe	146	612	498	110	125	19	4	9	56	42	15	102	75	.251	.386	.359	.745	179	7	7	5
Dick Baker	135	497	449	58	122	20	3	3	46	22	9	34	52	.272	.323	.350	.673	157	13	0	14
Hal Douglas	91	403	373	53	120	22	4	2	57	11	3	16	17	.322	.350	.418	.768	156	8	0	14
Roy Zimmerman	109	474	404	81	114	15	4	32	81	19	7	60	50	.282	.387	.577	.964	233	6	9	1
Jerry Crosby	110	397	363	46	100	17	4	12	64	7	8	31	32	.275	.334	.444	.778	161	6	1	2
Stephen Kuk	107	404	338	57	91	13	1	7	39	15	8	55	26	.269	.376	.376	.752	127	5	3	8
Jay Difani	72	259	230	35	63	10	1	1	24	7	3	25	22	.274	.345	.339	.684	78	3	0	4
Walter Van Grofski	76	233	200	21	58	7	0	2	20	4	0	21	9	.290	.360	.355	.715	71	2	1	11
Joe Buzas	61	226	212	30	54	8	2	3	35	14	2	10	9	.255	.295	.354	.648	75	3	2	2
Frank Drews	44	191	158	37	45	10	2	2	20	11	3	27	10	.285	.389	.411	.801	65	2	0	6
Hugh Taylor	71	239	193	23	43	9	0	2	19	9	1	35	12	.223	.345	.301	.645	58	6	1	10
Phil Weintraub	40	160	132	28	41	10	2	8	25	1	1	26	13	.311	.431	.598	1.030	79	2	2	0
Nick Rhabe	25	103	91	14	30	3	0	0	7	1	2	7	0	.330	.384	.363	.746	33	1	1	4
Bill Steinecke	28	92	79	9	25	2	0	0	14	5	1	10	2	.316	.393	.342	.735	27	1	0	3
Walter Nowak	22	83	78	11	22	8	1	0	7	4	2	4	10	.282	.317	.410	.727	32	1	0	1
Goldie Holt	55	91	75	7	20	1	0	0	7	2	0	13	5	.267	.382	.280	.662	21	0	1	2
John Maldovan	30	81	70	11	17	1	2	0	9	0	1	9	14	.243	.329	.314	.643	22	1	0	2
Edward Mackay	32	75	63	6	16	0	0	0	6	0	0	8	10	.254	.347	.254	.601	16	0	1	3
Frank Hiller	29	73	65	10	16	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	9	.246	.279	.277	.556	18	2	0	5
Karl Drews	33	96	86	12	15	1	0	0	9	1	0	6	15	.174	.228	.186	.414	16	1	0	4
Murray Rothman	22	77	70	7	11	1	0	0	11	2	0	5	3	.157	.224	.171	.395	12	0	1	1
Bill Houtz	16	27	24	7	8	3	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	.333	.407	.542	.949	13	0	0	0
Charles Mistos	14	28	20	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	2	.300	.462	.300	.762	6	0	0	2
Joe Dwyer	11	19	15	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	5	1	0	2
Harry Garbett	10	25	19	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	2	.211	.400	.211	.611	4	2	0	0
Daniel Doy	10	38	36	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.111	.135	.139	.274	5	1	0	1
Phil Page	23	10	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	2
Frank Makosky	19	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	0
Jack Farmer	19	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0
William Sucky	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1617	5606	4858	766	1310	205	40	101	664	204	77	601	496	.270	.354	.391	.744	1898	86	31	116	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Roy Zimmerman	1B	109	1019	89	20	88	.982	1.165
Phil Weintraub	1B	39	314	15	5	39	.985	8.436
Jay Difani	2B	47	91	160	11	32	.958	5.340
Frank Drews	2B	44	107	155	4	36	.985	5.955
Jerry Crosby	2B	31	75	92	3	14	.982	5.387
Joe Buzas	2B	26	57	83	8	15	.946	5.385
Daniel Doy	2B	10	23	27	4	2	.926	5.000
Mike Portner	3B	139	160	276	25	32	.946	3.137
Joe Buzas	3B	11	11	19	3	1	.909	2.727
Walter Van Grofski	C	74	294	59	5	7	.986	4.770	3	33	32	49.2
Hugh Taylor	C	65	278	38	8	6	.975	4.862	4	21	10	32.3
Bill Steinecke	C	27	101	13	4	1	.966	4.222	1	14	6	30.0
Perry Losey	C									5	1	16.7
William Rabe	OF	142	264	7	7	2	.975	1.908
Stephen Kuk	OF	100	176	10	5	2	.974	1.860
Hal Douglas	OF	93	143	14	6	7	.963	1.688
Jerry Crosby	OF	72	105	4	1	0	.991	1.514
Nick Rhabe	OF	25	35	5	1	2	.976	1.600
Murray Rothman	OF	19	19	1	0	0	1.000	1.053
Walter Nowak	OF	18	18	1	1	0	.950	1.056
Goldie Holt	OF	17	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.176
Karl Drews	P	33	17	63	3	7	.964	2.424
Edward Mackay	P	31	17	39	6	2	.903	1.806
John Maldovan	P	28	3	23	0	2	1.000	.929
Frank Hiller	P	25	25	46	4	6	.947	2.840
Phil Page	P	23	2	13	2	1	.882	.652
Frank Makosky	P	19	0	7	0	0	1.000	.368
Jack Farmer	P	19	2	6	0	0	1.000	.421
William Sucky	P	14	4	4	0	0	1.000	.571
Charles Mistos	P	14						.000
Bill Houtz	P	14	2	8	1	0	.909	.714
Harry Garbett	P	10	4	13	1	0	.944	1.700
Walter Ockey	P	8						.000
John Moore	P	8						.000
Jack McKinney	P	6						.000
Fred Pepper	P	5						.000
Theodore Pfennig	P	3						.000
Thomas Grace	P	3						.000
Carmine Melignano	P	2						.000
Jack Gambol	P	1						.000
Gene Bearden	P	1						.000
Dick Baker	SS	133	285	366	59	79	.917	4.895
Joe Buzas	SS	19	38	36	4	13	.949	3.895
Jay Difani	SS	11	18	24	4	1	.913	3.818
Totals		1538	3727	1716	205	397	.964	3.539	8	73	49	40.2

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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