1941 St. Paul Saints Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 61-92
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Red Kress (61-92)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 75,178, Avg. 983

1941 St. Paul Saints Roster

The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1941 season with a record of 61 wins and 92 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Saints scored 610 runs and yielded 806 runs. Fern Bell led St. Paul with 18 home runs Gil English drove in 93 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Vedie Himsl paced the squad with 12 wins, while Bill Swift recorded a 3.19 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1941 St. Paul Saints who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Art Herring, Norm Schlueter, Clarence Struss, Clay Smith, Bill Clemensen, Frank Kalin, George Stumpf, Ollie Bejma, Ken Raffensberger, Gil English, Leo Wells, Dick Coffman, Oral Hildebrand, Sig Gryska, Bill Swift, Fern Bell, Red Kress, Lloyd Johnson, Dwain Sloat, Ed Fernandes and Dick Lanahan.

Red Kress 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
Vedie Himsl	12	15	.444	4.28	33	24	8	16	1		229.0	260	120	109		47		66	0	0	4
Art Herring	11	17	.393	4.59	31	26	4	13	1		190.0	200	112	97		82		76	4	0	1
Ken Raffensberger	10	9	.526	4.85	32	20	10	10	3		156.0	183	92	84		49		89	2	0	2
Clay Smith	8	10	.444	5.41	30	20	5	8	0		148.0	180	98	89		59		75	2	0	5
Bill Swift	7	8	.467	3.19	16	16	0	11	3		124.0	104	53	44		34		72	4	0	1
Oral Hildebrand	5	3	.625	4.27	16	12	2	4	1		78.0	98	44	37		28		38	1	0	1
Dick Lanahan	5	14	.263	5.37	28	18	5	8	2		134.0	156	91	80		66		49	4	0	2
Mearl Strachan	2	4	.333	7.46	15	5	7	1	0		35.0	52	35	29		27		12	0	0	0
Dwain Sloat	1	6	.143	7.03	30	5	19	3	0		105.0	126	92	82		93		50	6	0	11
Gil English	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		2.0	7				1		0
Clarence Struss	0	0		0.00	7			0	0		11.0	11				8		4
Red Kress	0	1	.000	2.57	2			0	0		7.0	7	2	2		5		3	0	0	0
Bill Clemensen	0	2	.000	5.06	11	3	3	1	0		32.0	52	24	18		15		7	0	0	3
Dick Coffman	0	2	.000	5.48	11			0	0		23.0	32	16	14		4		2	0	0	0
Totals	61	91	.401	4.84	263	149	63	75	11	0	1274.0	1468	779	685	0	518	0	543	23	0	30	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
Gil English	152	633	551	84	174	32	5	13	93	9		70	37	.316	.396	.463	.859	255		3	9
Leo Wells	152	665	602	81	167	16	7	5	26	22		52	64	.277	.339	.352	.691	212		4	7
Fern Bell	151	634	567	96	161	31	1	18	80	10		59	51	.284	.351	.437	.789	248		0	8
Ollie Bejma	123	470	417	49	125	8	1	3	53	5		44	21	.300	.368	.345	.713	144		1	8
George Stumpf	144	540	472	43	120	18	6	1	51	6		59	33	.254	.337	.324	.661	153		0	9
Red Kress	118	420	382	36	112	11	2	10	57	6		34	36	.293	.351	.411	.762	157		0	4
Frank Kalin	94	346	329	33	97	17	2	5	36	6		16	33	.295	.328	.404	.732	133		0	1
Ed Fernandes	102	349	257	33	69	16	1	4	48	2		89	41	.268	.458	.385	.843	99		1	2
Norm Schlueter	47	170	157	10	38	5	2	0	10	2		11	30	.242	.292	.299	.591	47		0	2
Vedie Himsl	51	94	82	11	22	1	0	0	7	0		9	8	.268	.341	.280	.621	23		0	3
Herman Bauer	27	82	78	5	21	1	0	1	9	0		2	3	.269	.288	.321	.608	25		0	2
Dick Lanahan	28	49	46	3	9	0	0	0	3	0		2	15	.196	.245	.196	.441	9		1	0
Art Herring	36	73	61	5	9	1	0	1	3	0		6	9	.148	.224	.213	.437	13		0	6
Clay Smith	31	54	48	1	8	0	0	0	2	0		4	17	.167	.231	.167	.397	8		0	2
Bill Swift	16	50	45	3	7	0	0	0	3	0		3	6	.156	.208	.156	.364	7		0	2
Armond Payton	11	28	27	1	5	3	0	0	1	0		1	3	.185	.214	.296	.511	8		0	0
Dwain Sloat	31	33	29	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	11	.172	.250	.172	.422	5		0	1
Frank Knox	10	26	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	.182	.308	.182	.490	4		1	0
Oral Hildebrand	16	30	25	1	4	0	0	0	3	0		2	4	.160	.222	.160	.382	4		0	3
Ken Raffensberger	32	58	51	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	24	.059	.094	.059	.153	3		0	5
Dick Coffman	11	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	0
Mearl Strachan	15	10	8	4	1	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	2		0	1
Bill Clemensen	11	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	1
Clarence Struss	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1416	4831	4271	507	1164	161	27	61	490	68	0	473	451	.273	.347	.366	.712	1562	0	11	76	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Red Kress	1B	68	518	36	2	43	.996	8.147
Ollie Bejma	2B	110	270	274	21	51	.963	4.945
Leo Wells	2B	30	70	98	6	22	.966	5.600
Gil English	3B	107	101	165	8	10	.971	2.486
Ed Fernandes	C	82	344	43	5	2	.987	4.720	13
Norm Schlueter	C	46	190	21	6	1	.972	4.587	5
Herman Bauer	C	24	76	15	3	2	.968	3.792	1
Fern Bell	OF	151	283	6	10	3	.967	1.914
George Stumpf	OF	135	335	6	8	1	.977	2.526
Frank Kalin	OF	86	202	8	7	1	.968	2.442
Gil English	OF	46	96	4	2	0	.980	2.174
Vedie Himsl	P	33	10	61	1	3	.986	2.152
Ken Raffensberger	P	32	11	23	2	2	.944	1.062
Art Herring	P	31	9	52	2	3	.968	1.968
Clay Smith	P	30	6	26	2	2	.941	1.067
Dwain Sloat	P	30	5	24	2	1	.935	.967
Dick Lanahan	P	28	12	28	2	1	.952	1.429
Bill Swift	P	16	5	19	3	0	.889	1.500
Oral Hildebrand	P	16	9	14	2	1	.920	1.438
Mearl Strachan	P	15	1	9	1	2	.909	.667
Dick Coffman	P	11	4	2	0	0	1.000	.545
Bill Clemensen	P	11	7	10	2	0	.895	1.545
Clarence Struss	P	7						.000
Red Kress	P	2						.000
Gil English	P	1						.000
Leo Wells	SS	122	262	333	25	68	.960	4.877
Red Kress	SS	33	73	105	10	21	.947	5.394
Totals		1303	2899	1382	132	240	.970	3.285	19	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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