1946 San Diego Padres Statistics
Team Record: 78-108
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Pepper Martin (0-0), Jim Brillheart (0-0)
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field
Attendance: 291,004, Avg. 3,129
The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1946 season with a record of 78 wins and 108 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.
The Padres plated 638 runs and allowed 772 runs.
Members of the 1946 San Diego Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Bowman, Jim Brillheart, Pete Coscarart, Tony Criscola, Mike Dejan, Vallie Eaves, Debs Garms, Ben Guintini, Dick Gyselman, Jack Harshman, Oliver Hill, Vern Kennedy, Bruce Konopka, Jack Lohrke, Don Lund, Pepper Martin, Jim McDonnell, Boots Poffenberger, Len Rice, Manny Salvo, Tom Seats and Tommy Thompson.
Pepper Martin and Jim Brillheart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern Kennedy | 18 | 13 | .581 | 2.92 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 225.0 | 185 | 92 | 73 | 103 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Al Olsen | 17 | 15 | .531 | 2.91 | 45 | 24 | 5 | 288.0 | 309 | 112 | 93 | 68 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Ed Vitalich | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.42 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 213.0 | 229 | 88 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Seats | 11 | 18 | .379 | 3.13 | 36 | 18 | 0 | 236.0 | 226 | 103 | 82 | 52 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Boots Poffenberger | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.86 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 70.0 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Al Treichel | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.88 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 47 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Manny Salvo | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.33 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 92.0 | 96 | 43 | 34 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chuck Eisenmann | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.62 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 72.0 | 52 | 34 | 29 | 51 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Earl Chapple | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.33 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 102 | 62 | 52 | 74 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Jim Brillheart | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 20 | 37.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Giles Knowles | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 5 | 6.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Bowman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 15 | 40.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vallie Eaves | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0.00 | 4 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Dumler | 1 | 11 | .083 | 4.18 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 140 | 71 | 53 | 43 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Totals | 78 | 107 | .422 | 3.15 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 1578.0 | 1466 | 666 | 553 | 0 | 555 | 0 | 615 | 21 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Gyselman | 171 | 684 | 619 | 77 | 174 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 16 | 46 | 86 | .281 | .337 | .342 | .679 | 212 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| Tony Criscola | 163 | 653 | 603 | 81 | 165 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 13 | 44 | 51 | .274 | .326 | .352 | .678 | 212 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Johnny Jensen | 155 | 579 | 496 | 60 | 149 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 8 | 70 | 51 | .300 | .388 | .403 | .791 | 200 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Debs Garms | 142 | 526 | 466 | 48 | 126 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 46 | 37 | .270 | .337 | .320 | .657 | 149 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Jack Lohrke | 92 | 388 | 350 | 41 | 106 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 30 | 41 | .303 | .358 | .449 | .806 | 157 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jack Angle | 121 | 412 | 368 | 47 | 92 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 39 | 48 | .250 | .324 | .318 | .641 | 117 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Len Rice | 108 | 307 | 286 | 32 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 25 | .245 | .282 | .290 | .573 | 83 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Stan Breard | 96 | 330 | 318 | 18 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 19 | .217 | .227 | .286 | .513 | 91 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Pete Coscarart | 76 | 277 | 251 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 40 | .215 | .276 | .311 | .586 | 78 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Fred Lanifero | 73 | 247 | 224 | 21 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 15 | .214 | .270 | .237 | .506 | 53 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jim McDonnell | 69 | 210 | 189 | 14 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 8 | .238 | .298 | .259 | .557 | 49 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Ed Boehm | 62 | 227 | 206 | 29 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 42 | .204 | .265 | .301 | .566 | 62 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Lou Vezilich | 24 | 71 | 67 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .254 | .286 | .343 | .629 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Vern Kennedy | 34 | 86 | 85 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .200 | .209 | .282 | .492 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Konopka | 25 | 73 | 69 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .203 | .225 | .348 | .573 | 24 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mel Skelley | 40 | 87 | 72 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 17 | .181 | .314 | .208 | .522 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Al Olsen | 45 | 107 | 91 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .110 | .182 | .132 | .314 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Tom Seats | 36 | 79 | 68 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .118 | .143 | .132 | .275 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Joe Gedzius | 18 | 55 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .130 | .259 | .196 | .455 | 9 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ed Vitalich | 38 | 71 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Boots Poffenberger | 17 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .259 | .200 | .459 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Manny Salvo | 13 | 30 | 30 | 5 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Lund | 12 | 33 | 33 | 5 | .152 | .152 | .152 | .303 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| L. L. Martin | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Eisenmann | 18 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .304 | .200 | .504 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Earl Chapple | 36 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .143 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dutch Dumler | 40 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ed Ignasiak | 9 | 32 | 32 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Dejan | 18 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .105 | .277 | .105 | .382 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Pepper Martin | 11 | 15 | 15 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Brillheart | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Harshman | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Treichel | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Trusky | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Giles Knowles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Vallie Eaves | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Oliver Hill | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Bowman | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kirby Jordan | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Thompson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou Estes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Hackett | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1859 | 5849 | 5292 | 547 | 1285 | 182 | 44 | 29 | 461 | 83 | 0 | 418 | 622 | .243 | .301 | .310 | .611 | 1642 | 0 | 21 | 118 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Angle | 1B | 52 | 397 | 29 | 4 | 39 | .991 | 8.192 | ||||
| Fred Lanifero | 2B | 67 | 196 | 159 | 11 | 42 | .970 | 5.299 | ||||
| Pete Coscarart | 2B | 63 | 173 | 169 | 23 | 46 | .937 | 5.429 | ||||
| Stan Breard | 2B | 36 | 115 | 87 | 8 | 26 | .962 | 5.611 | ||||
| Mel Skelley | 2B | 19 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 11 | .934 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jack Angle | 2B | 14 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 8 | .968 | 4.286 | ||||
| Dick Gyselman | 3B | 162 | 185 | 395 | 38 | 46 | .939 | 3.580 | ||||
| Len Rice | C | 95 | 339 | 49 | 10 | 7 | .975 | 4.084 | 4 | |||
| Jim McDonnell | C | 57 | 216 | 21 | 11 | 4 | .956 | 4.158 | 6 | |||
| Tony Criscola | OF | 150 | 357 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .976 | 2.427 | ||||
| Johnny Jensen | OF | 149 | 332 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.329 | ||||
| Debs Garms | OF | 122 | 216 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .979 | 1.869 | ||||
| Ed Boehm | OF | 59 | 116 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .976 | 2.068 | ||||
| Lou Vezilich | OF | 18 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.833 | ||||
| Bruce Konopka | OF | 16 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.938 | ||||
| Don Lund | OF | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Al Olsen | P | 45 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 1.444 | ||||
| Dutch Dumler | P | 40 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .975 | .975 | ||||
| Ed Vitalich | P | 38 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.105 | ||||
| Tom Seats | P | 36 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 0 | .896 | 1.194 | ||||
| Earl Chapple | P | 35 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .486 | ||||
| Vern Kennedy | P | 34 | 16 | 62 | 2 | 3 | .975 | 2.294 | ||||
| Jim Brillheart | P | 20 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .700 | ||||
| Chuck Eisenmann | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Boots Poffenberger | P | 16 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Joe Bowman | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Al Treichel | P | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Manny Salvo | P | 13 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Giles Knowles | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vallie Eaves | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Lohrke | SS | 82 | 167 | 242 | 32 | 42 | .927 | 4.988 | ||||
| Stan Breard | SS | 54 | 103 | 160 | 21 | 32 | .926 | 4.870 | ||||
| Jack Angle | SS | 33 | 55 | 90 | 23 | 20 | .863 | 4.394 | ||||
| Joe Gedzius | SS | 17 | 32 | 59 | 6 | 13 | .938 | 5.353 | ||||
| Totals | 1606 | 3208 | 1869 | 236 | 357 | .956 | 3.161 | 10 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
