1944 Sacramento Solons Statistics
Team Record: 76-93
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Earl Sheely (76-93)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Sacramento, California
Ballpark: Moreing Field
Attendance: 199,808, Avg. 2,365
The Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1944 season with a record of 76 wins and 93 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.
The Solons scored 534 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 654 runs. Bill Ramsey drove in 70 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .278 clip. Clem Dreisewerd led the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 1.61 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Gene Handley, Doug Taitt, Joe Rossi, Red Steiner, Clem Dreisewerd, Herman Pillette and Bill Ramsey were all players from the 1944 Sacramento Solons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Earl Sheely 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem Dreisewerd | 20 | 9 | .690 | 1.61 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 252.0 | 226 | 57 | 45 | 21 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Guy Fletcher | 12 | 19 | .387 | 2.82 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 268.0 | 249 | 111 | 84 | 94 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Earl Porter | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.65 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 190.0 | 188 | 89 | 77 | 62 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Steve LeGault | 9 | 16 | .360 | 3.84 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 218.0 | 237 | 113 | 93 | 65 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Gene Babbitt | 8 | 15 | .348 | 3.24 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 203.0 | 198 | 88 | 73 | 73 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Dick Powers | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.98 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 136.0 | 134 | 67 | 45 | 56 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Bud Beasley | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.00 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 105.0 | 100 | 44 | 35 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Herman Pillette | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.43 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
| Lou Penrose | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 32 | 14 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Larry Kempe | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28.0 | 38 | 19 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Bob Condon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Meado Rossi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| John Pintar | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 93 | .450 | 2.79 | 254 | 170 | 0 | 99 | 11 | 0 | 1492.0 | 1469 | 581 | 462 | 0 | 459 | 0 | 556 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Ramsey | 166 | 750 | 687 | 81 | 191 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 70 | 45 | 51 | 74 | .278 | .330 | .362 | .692 | 249 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Gene Handley | 134 | 583 | 499 | 47 | 129 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 59 | 48 | .259 | .342 | .299 | .640 | 149 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| Allen McElreath | 114 | 474 | 425 | 42 | 123 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 36 | 36 | .289 | .348 | .362 | .710 | 154 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Jake Suytar | 127 | 515 | 466 | 39 | 102 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 41 | 65 | .219 | .282 | .273 | .555 | 127 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Red Steiner | 95 | 352 | 314 | 26 | 98 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 34 | 20 | .312 | .379 | .373 | .752 | 117 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Angle | 96 | 395 | 351 | 45 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 35 | 41 | .279 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 118 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Forest Rogers | 94 | 353 | 328 | 29 | 80 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 25 | .244 | .277 | .323 | .600 | 106 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Ralph Watson | 112 | 408 | 369 | 32 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 53 | .217 | .261 | .255 | .516 | 94 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Mel Serafini | 96 | 369 | 308 | 41 | 73 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 56 | 71 | .237 | .356 | .380 | .736 | 117 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Mark Marcucci | 72 | 165 | 156 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .269 | .305 | .314 | .619 | 49 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| William Cox | 46 | 152 | 140 | 8 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .257 | .307 | .329 | .635 | 46 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Rossi | 45 | 172 | 154 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 23 | .214 | .284 | .266 | .550 | 41 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Bowa | 72 | 152 | 145 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | .221 | .236 | .221 | .457 | 32 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ted Greenhalgh | 52 | 126 | 115 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 14 | .261 | .303 | .304 | .608 | 35 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Eddie Weigandt | 43 | 120 | 112 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .232 | .283 | .241 | .524 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Clem Dreisewerd | 31 | 97 | 81 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .259 | .326 | .346 | .672 | 28 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Steve LeGault | 30 | 82 | 72 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .236 | .304 | .250 | .554 | 18 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Powers | 40 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .333 | .349 | .357 | .706 | 15 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Earl Porter | 30 | 68 | 57 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .211 | .274 | .228 | .502 | 13 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Manny Vias | 22 | 67 | 58 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .190 | .277 | .207 | .484 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Guy Fletcher | 38 | 100 | 86 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .116 | .156 | .116 | .272 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Gene Babbitt | 32 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .132 | .192 | .221 | .412 | 15 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tony Governor | 12 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .296 | .296 | .296 | .593 | 8 | |||||||||
| Jim Jewell | 8 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .370 | .630 | 10 | |||||||||
| Bud Beasley | 15 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .212 | .212 | .273 | .485 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Larry Kempe | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 5 | |||||||||
| Tony Firpo | 8 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 6 | |||||||||
| Joe Molina | 12 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | |||||||||
| Doug Taitt | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | |||||||||
| Gene Gaviglio | 11 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||
| Herman Pillette | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ted Smith | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bob Condon | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jack Balestreri | 7 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||
| James Dunlap | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Meado Rossi | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lou Penrose | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Pintar | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1714 | 5876 | 5280 | 491 | 1316 | 174 | 45 | 16 | 451 | 118 | 0 | 432 | 679 | .249 | .308 | .308 | .617 | 1628 | 0 | 20 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Suytar | 1B | 126 | 1167 | 48 | 16 | 54 | .987 | 9.643 | ||||
| Jack Angle | 1B | 38 | 318 | 23 | 6 | 19 | .983 | 8.974 | ||||
| Gene Handley | 2B | 126 | 357 | 359 | 22 | 53 | .970 | 5.683 | ||||
| Jack Angle | 2B | 12 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Gene Gaviglio | 2B | 11 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 4 | .875 | 4.455 | ||||
| Mel Serafini | 3B | 96 | 117 | 195 | 16 | 15 | .951 | 3.250 | ||||
| Paul Bowa | 3B | 32 | 39 | 66 | 7 | 5 | .938 | 3.281 | ||||
| Forest Rogers | 3B | 20 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 0 | .925 | 3.100 | ||||
| William Cox | 3B | 13 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 2 | .926 | 3.846 | ||||
| Red Steiner | C | 94 | 360 | 66 | 7 | 7 | .984 | 4.532 | 2 | |||
| Mark Marcucci | C | 46 | 135 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .981 | 3.370 | 5 | |||
| Joe Rossi | C | 45 | 169 | 32 | 6 | 5 | .971 | 4.467 | 3 | |||
| Bill Ramsey | OF | 165 | 434 | 10 | 14 | 3 | .969 | 2.691 | ||||
| Allen McElreath | OF | 111 | 245 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .966 | 2.324 | ||||
| Forest Rogers | OF | 45 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 2.067 | ||||
| Eddie Weigandt | OF | 29 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .932 | 1.897 | ||||
| William Cox | OF | 17 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.824 | ||||
| Manny Vias | OF | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.846 | ||||
| Jack Angle | OF | 13 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 2.923 | ||||
| Dick Powers | P | 40 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.025 | ||||
| Guy Fletcher | P | 38 | 18 | 47 | 2 | 4 | .970 | 1.711 | ||||
| Gene Babbitt | P | 32 | 22 | 71 | 5 | 4 | .949 | 2.906 | ||||
| Clem Dreisewerd | P | 31 | 12 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.806 | ||||
| Earl Porter | P | 30 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Steve LeGault | P | 30 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 2.300 | ||||
| Herman Pillette | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Bud Beasley | P | 15 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.867 | ||||
| Larry Kempe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pintar | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Penrose | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Meado Rossi | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Condon | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Watson | SS | 111 | 169 | 334 | 49 | 34 | .911 | 4.532 | ||||
| Jack Angle | SS | 34 | 60 | 78 | 12 | 9 | .920 | 4.059 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3969 | 1692 | 207 | 235 | .965 | 3.901 | 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.
