1944 Seattle Rainiers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-85
Finished 5th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Skiff (84-85)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 326,549, Avg. 3,864

1944 Seattle Rainiers Roster

The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1944 season with a record of 84 wins and 85 losses, finishing fifth in the PCL.

The Rainiers topped the circuit with just 569 runs allowed. Seattle scored 612 runs. Bill Matheson drove in 52 runs. Dick Gyselman led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .305. Joe Demoran paced the team with 18 wins, while Carl Fischer added 15 or more wins, too Carl Fischer recorded a 1.85 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1944 Seattle Rainiers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Syl Johnson, Jim Keesey, Carl Fischer, Hal Spindel, Johnny Babich, Al Libke, Jimmy Ripple, Connie Creeden, By Speece, Dick Gyselman, Glenn Elliott, Loyd Christopher, Cuddles Marshall and Roy Johnson.

Bill Skiff 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
Joe Demoran	18	16	.529	2.42	38	32		24	3		264.0	244	93	71		79		64	5	0	3
Carl Fischer	16	13	.552	1.85	32	30		19	5		234.0	213	70	48		47		144	1	0	3
Hal Turpin	13	15	.464	3.10	31	29		20	2		229.0	238	94	79		33		52	3	0	3
By Speece	10	13	.435	2.80	31	27		15	5		180.0	181	68	56		30		67	1	0	1
Johnny Babich	8	8	.500	3.16	22	19		11	1		134.0	99	56	47		66		38	1	0	2
Frank Tincup	8	10	.444	2.80	32	15		7	1		164.0	149	61	51		72		78	4	0	2
Glenn Elliott	6	6	.500	3.44	25	13		6	3		131.0	130	62	50		42		58	2	0	5
Syl Johnson	2	1	.667	0.00	13	0		0	0		32.0	36				2		13
Al Libke	2	2	.500	4.00	9	6		2	0		54.0	57	24	24		26		21	0	0	0
Jack McClure	1	0	1.000	0.00	13	1		0	0		26.0	37				23		8
Cuddles Marshall	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	2				2		2
Gene Holt	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		9.0	7				8		1
John Yelovic	0	1	.000	0.00	4	0		0	0		8.0	13				2		4
Totals	84	85	.497	2.61	254	172	0	104	20	0	1467.0	1406	528	426	0	432	0	550	17	0	19	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	160	660	607	78	185	28	4	0	49	23		36	48	.305	.345	.364	.709	221		1	16
Bill Matheson	153	621	567	76	156	36	6	2	52	21		46	47	.275	.331	.370	.701	210		1	7
Al Libke	117	446	397	50	122	13	3	5	51	13		37	41	.307	.368	.393	.761	156		1	11
Loyd Christopher	126	439	398	55	113	22	2	6	35	13		36	42	.284	.345	.394	.739	157		1	4
Joe Dobbins	132	487	445	42	99	14	3	1	49	6		27	33	.222	.268	.274	.543	122		1	14
Roy Johnson	115	417	369	38	96	14	5	2	35	12		41	39	.260	.339	.341	.680	126		3	4
Bill Lyman	118	436	375	38	84	20	0	0	31	14		51	40	.224	.320	.277	.597	104		2	8
Bobby Gorbould	87	369	327	37	81	15	1	0	23	12		27	18	.248	.313	.300	.613	98		4	11
Hal Spindel	65	241	211	22	75	13	2	0	32	2		18	14	.355	.406	.436	.842	92		0	12
Paul Carpenter	110	381	333	33	75	13	6	3	39	7		35	47	.225	.299	.327	.626	109		0	13
Hal Sueme	106	366	314	37	71	10	1	1	29	8		41	13	.226	.319	.274	.593	86		2	9
Connie Creeden	59	232	207	32	58	10	2	2	24	15		20	26	.280	.349	.377	.726	78		2	3
Bill Kats	49	173	155	16	31	2	2	1	10	10		11	17	.200	.257	.258	.516	40		1	6
Joe Demoran	43	111	104	5	21	1	1	0	10	1		2	11	.202	.224	.231	.455	24		1	4
Frank Tincup	44	82	78	5	16	1	0	0	9	1		3	21	.205	.235	.218	.453	17		0	1
Hal Turpin	33	87	82	5	16	2	0	0	9	0		2	7	.195	.214	.220	.434	18		0	3
Jim Keesey	18	50	50	2	12	2	0	0	5	1		0	3	.240	.240	.280	.520	14		0	0
Carl Fischer	32	87	76	5	12	2	0	0	8	1		5	11	.158	.210	.184	.394	14		0	6
John Penso	22	60	58	6	10	2	0	0	5	0		2	6	.172	.200	.207	.407	12		0	0
Johnny Babich	26	51	46	4	9	2	0	0	6	0		0	9	.196	.196	.239	.435	11		0	5
By Speece	31	61	53	3	9	2	0	0	0	0		1	14	.170	.185	.208	.393	11		0	7
Glenn Elliott	32	42	40	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.125	.146	.125	.271	5		0	1
Joe Nokes	6	18	18		3	0	0	0	1	0				.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Phil Gatto	3	3	3		2	1	0	0	3	0				.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3
Harold Hoffmann	9	14	14		2	0	0	0	3	0				.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Frank Tobin	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	0				1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Jack McClure	17	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0
Bill Derflinger	5	7	7		1	0	0	0	0	0				.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Syl Johnson	13	9	9		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Holt	3	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Yelovic	7	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1742	5958	5351	594	1366	225	38	23	519	160	0	442	518	.255	.314	.324	.639	1736	0	20	145	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Libke	1B	84	754	46	17	49	.979	9.524
Bill Matheson	1B	60	592	23	9	43	.986	1.250
Jim Keesey	1B	13	83	9	1	8	.989	7.077
Hal Sueme	1B	10	82	4	1	7	.989	8.600
Joe Dobbins	2B	80	215	205	20	41	.955	5.250
Bobby Gorbould	2B	46	114	122	10	22	.959	5.130
John Penso	2B	14	22	26	2	5	.960	3.429
Dick Gyselman	3B	158	161	369	32	33	.943	3.354
Hal Sueme	C	95	347	56	5	7	.988	4.242	0
Hal Spindel	C	61	236	33	6	5	.978	4.410	2
Loyd Christopher	OF	113	314	9	6	2	.982	2.858
Paul Carpenter	OF	106	200	11	6	0	.972	1.991
Roy Johnson	OF	97	157	9	6	0	.965	1.711
Bill Matheson	OF	90	175	11	4	2	.979	2.067
Connie Creeden	OF	52	96	7	5	2	.954	1.981
Bill Kats	OF	44	101	5	3	0	.972	2.409
Al Libke	OF	20	50	3	1	1	.981	2.650
Joe Demoran	P	38	18	79	8	4	.924	2.553
Frank Tincup	P	32	9	45	4	2	.931	1.688
Carl Fischer	P	32	8	46	5	1	.915	1.688
Hal Turpin	P	31	15	69	0	2	1.000	2.710
By Speece	P	31	6	48	0	4	1.000	1.742
Glenn Elliott	P	25	5	34	4	1	.907	1.560
Johnny Babich	P	22	9	34	4	3	.915	1.955
Jack McClure	P	13	2	7	0	0	1.000	.692
Syl Johnson	P	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	.308
Al Libke	P	9						.000
John Yelovic	P	4						.000
Gene Holt	P	3						.000
Cuddles Marshall	P	1						.000
Bill Lyman	SS	95	194	268	29	34	.941	4.863
Joe Dobbins	SS	43	82	113	19	19	.911	4.535
Bobby Gorbould	SS	40	79	117	11	19	.947	4.900
Totals		1575	4126	1812	218	316	.965	3.770	2	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.

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