1946 Seattle Rainiers Statistics
Team Record: 74-109
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Skiff (0-0), Eddie Taylor (0-0), Jo-Jo White (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 444,551, Avg. 4,858
The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1946 season with a record of 74 wins and 109 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.
The Rainiers plated 628 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 795 runs, most in the league.
Chuck Aleno, Joe Buzas, Eddie Carnett, Glenn Elliott, Bob Ferguson, Bob Finley, Carl Fischer, Len Gabrielson, Paul Gregory, Bob Hall, Heinie Heltzel, Ira Hutchinson, Bob Kahle, Garth Mann, Cliff Mapes, Charlie Metro, Blas Monaco, Al Niemiec, Lou Novikoff, Ike Pearson, Hugh Poland, Bill Ramsey, Jim Tobin, Earl Torgeson, Lou Tost, Jo-Jo White, Ace Williams and Tony York were all players from the 1946 Seattle Rainiers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Skiff, Eddie Taylor and Jo-Jo White 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Tost | 16 | 13 | .552 | 2.70 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 240.0 | 204 | 83 | 72 | 68 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Glenn Elliott | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.26 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 235.0 | 216 | 100 | 85 | 74 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Dewey Soriano | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.58 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 166.0 | 171 | 77 | 66 | 62 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Ike Pearson | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.75 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 110.0 | 118 | 70 | 58 | 41 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Joe Demoran | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.63 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 166.0 | 172 | 86 | 67 | 45 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Pete Jonas | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.66 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 61.0 | 40 | 27 | 18 | 33 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| John Orphal | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.56 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 86.0 | 72 | 39 | 34 | 55 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| John Yelovic | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 51.0 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Ira Scribner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 7 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ace Williams | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0.00 | 12 | 44.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Guay | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Collins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 7 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ira Hutchinson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 11 | 28.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harold Anderson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 7 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 83 | .415 | 3.01 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 1233.0 | 1032 | 498 | 412 | 0 | 397 | 0 | 563 | 15 | 4 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony York | 158 | 590 | 546 | 53 | 137 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 24 | 78 | .251 | .284 | .322 | .606 | 176 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Edo Vanni | 127 | 429 | 402 | 50 | 119 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 24 | .296 | .326 | .341 | .667 | 137 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Earl Torgeson | 103 | 414 | 354 | 46 | 101 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 20 | 59 | 39 | .285 | .387 | .407 | .794 | 144 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Lou Novikoff | 84 | 328 | 312 | 24 | 94 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 34 | .301 | .329 | .375 | .704 | 117 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Hal Sueme | 102 | 305 | 262 | 21 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 20 | .240 | .332 | .275 | .607 | 72 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Hal Patchett | 109 | 276 | 238 | 24 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 25 | .244 | .338 | .265 | .603 | 63 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ned Stickle | 74 | 264 | 232 | 24 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 23 | .246 | .308 | .284 | .593 | 66 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Joe Buzas | 55 | 197 | 189 | 16 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .291 | .306 | .328 | .634 | 62 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Chuck Aleno | 65 | 192 | 176 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .233 | .286 | .352 | .638 | 62 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bobby Gorbould | 55 | 189 | 167 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 20 | .228 | .299 | .257 | .556 | 43 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Eddie Carnett | 52 | 197 | 181 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 29 | .204 | .242 | .265 | .507 | 48 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Cliff Mapes | 47 | 159 | 145 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 29 | .241 | .308 | .421 | .729 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Beard | 64 | 168 | 152 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .217 | .283 | .263 | .546 | 40 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 33 | 111 | 89 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 23 | .191 | .339 | .326 | .665 | 29 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Stagg | 24 | 74 | 57 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .263 | .417 | .333 | .750 | 19 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Finley | 20 | 65 | 59 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .254 | .302 | .322 | .624 | 19 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Glenn Elliott | 42 | 85 | 80 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .188 | .207 | .200 | .407 | 16 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Al Kretchmar | 14 | 46 | 46 | 14 | .304 | .304 | .304 | .609 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Ted Norbert | 20 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .302 | .400 | .419 | .819 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ike Pearson | 20 | 42 | 41 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .268 | .286 | .341 | .627 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hugh Poland | 20 | 53 | 53 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .208 | .208 | .245 | .453 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Demoran | 27 | 58 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .200 | .273 | .240 | .513 | 12 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Dewey Soriano | 25 | 59 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .185 | .228 | .241 | .469 | 13 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Lou Tost | 33 | 90 | 82 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .110 | .180 | .122 | .302 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Pete Jonas | 15 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .364 | .381 | .745 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Len Gabrielson | 11 | 21 | 21 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| John Orphal | 25 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Heinie Heltzel | 15 | 41 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .132 | .132 | .184 | .316 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Al Niemiec | 11 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Anderson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ira Scribner | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ace Williams | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Wert | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Hall | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ira Hutchinson | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Yelovic | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Ferguson | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Stumpf | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Collins | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Snyder | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Ryan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Len Tran | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1532 | 4641 | 4206 | 395 | 1046 | 133 | 29 | 24 | 387 | 87 | 0 | 324 | 502 | .249 | .305 | .311 | .616 | 1309 | 0 | 18 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Torgeson | 1B | 106 | 883 | 56 | 15 | 58 | .984 | 8.858 | ||||
| Joe Buzas | 1B | 40 | 313 | 28 | 5 | 8 | .986 | 8.525 | ||||
| Eddie Carnett | 1B | 17 | 138 | 8 | 4 | 12 | .973 | 8.588 | ||||
| Tony York | 2B | 57 | 155 | 150 | 12 | 26 | .962 | 5.351 | ||||
| Bobby Gorbould | 2B | 52 | 131 | 127 | 11 | 23 | .959 | 4.962 | ||||
| Blas Monaco | 2B | 26 | 63 | 41 | 6 | 14 | .945 | 4.000 | ||||
| Joe Buzas | 2B | 17 | 53 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 4.706 | ||||
| Al Kretchmar | 2B | 14 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .949 | 4.000 | ||||
| Chuck Aleno | 3B | 28 | 27 | 64 | 5 | 5 | .948 | 3.250 | ||||
| Hal Sueme | C | 97 | 396 | 45 | 4 | 9 | .991 | 4.546 | 7 | |||
| Bill Beard | C | 61 | 212 | 30 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 3.967 | 7 | |||
| Bob Stagg | C | 22 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 4.273 | 0 | |||
| Bob Finley | C | 20 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 4.100 | 2 | |||
| Hugh Poland | C | 13 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .962 | 5.846 | 2 | |||
| Edo Vanni | OF | 99 | 182 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .963 | 1.848 | ||||
| Lou Novikoff | OF | 81 | 173 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 2.198 | ||||
| Hal Patchett | OF | 65 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.923 | ||||
| Cliff Mapes | OF | 40 | 81 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .934 | 2.125 | ||||
| Eddie Carnett | OF | 31 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.710 | ||||
| Ted Norbert | OF | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Glenn Elliott | P | 40 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.075 | ||||
| Lou Tost | P | 33 | 8 | 47 | 9 | 3 | .859 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joe Demoran | P | 27 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dewey Soriano | P | 25 | 8 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .894 | 1.680 | ||||
| John Orphal | P | 23 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .870 | .870 | ||||
| Ike Pearson | P | 20 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.850 | ||||
| John Yelovic | P | 12 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ace Williams | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Pete Jonas | P | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Ira Hutchinson | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Ira Scribner | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Collins | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Anderson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Guay | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony York | SS | 95 | 147 | 277 | 27 | 36 | .940 | 4.463 | ||||
| Ned Stickle | SS | 69 | 69 | 193 | 20 | 20 | .929 | 3.797 | ||||
| Heinie Heltzel | SS | 15 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Chuck Aleno | SS | 14 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 6 | .982 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1329 | 3549 | 1453 | 173 | 253 | .967 | 3.764 | 18 | 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.
