1942 St. Paul Saints Statistics
Team Record: 57-97
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Truck Hannah (0-0), Bob Tarlton (0-0)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 73,990, Avg. 961
The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1942 season with a record of 57 wins and 97 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Saints plated 568 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 699 runs. Guy Curtright and Phil Weintraub paced St. Paul with 13 home runs apiece. Jimmy Grant drove in 70 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Vedie Himsl led the team with 16 wins, while Bill Swift recorded a 3.15 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1942 St. Paul Saints who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Phil Weintraub, Stan Andrews, Dick Culler, Gil English, Dave Philley, Sig Gryska, Bill Swift, Joe Bowman, Dick Lanahan, Frank Drews, Skinny Graham, Jimmy Grant, Norm Schlueter, Art Herring, Johnny Pasek, Jake Powell, Guy Curtright, Clay Smith, Howie Schultz, George Stumpf, George Coffman and Morrie Martin.
Truck Hannah and Bob Tarlton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vedie Himsl | 16 | 13 | .552 | 3.56 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 253.0 | 283 | 116 | 100 | 39 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Art Herring | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.30 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 207.0 | 187 | 86 | 76 | 89 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Swift | 12 | 15 | .444 | 3.15 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 220.0 | 197 | 89 | 77 | 56 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clay Smith | 5 | 11 | .312 | 5.44 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 139.0 | 182 | 98 | 84 | 53 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Lanahan | 4 | 14 | .222 | 4.72 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 124.0 | 142 | 75 | 65 | 61 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| George Coffman | 3 | 12 | .200 | 3.48 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 145.0 | 142 | 63 | 56 | 61 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Bowman | 3 | 12 | .200 | 6.28 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 96.0 | 120 | 74 | 67 | 44 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Morrie Martin | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.69 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 80 | 50 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jake Powell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Howard Belknap | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.00 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 57 | 97 | .370 | 4.12 | 242 | 151 | 45 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 1305.0 | 1392 | 697 | 597 | 0 | 483 | 0 | 489 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Grant | 141 | 570 | 512 | 52 | 160 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 49 | 68 | .312 | .375 | .461 | .836 | 236 | 8 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Dick Culler | 143 | 632 | 570 | 64 | 148 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 47 | 35 | .260 | .316 | .321 | .637 | 183 | 11 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Frank Drews | 148 | 606 | 519 | 65 | 133 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 2 | 77 | 50 | .256 | .355 | .383 | .738 | 199 | 11 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Guy Curtright | 103 | 402 | 347 | 54 | 101 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 4 | 43 | 39 | .291 | .371 | .467 | .838 | 162 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Stan Andrews | 124 | 418 | 375 | 35 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 30 | 22 | .240 | .305 | .325 | .630 | 122 | 14 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Dave Philley | 56 | 192 | 173 | 28 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 20 | .237 | .298 | .329 | .627 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Schalow | 68 | 214 | 192 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 49 | .177 | .255 | .219 | .473 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Keith Bissonnette | 42 | 145 | 135 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .237 | .285 | .267 | .551 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vedie Himsl | 43 | 105 | 100 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .230 | .252 | .260 | .512 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| George Stumpf | 38 | 145 | 124 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | .177 | .282 | .242 | .524 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Skinny Graham | 40 | 159 | 128 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 18 | .164 | .305 | .219 | .524 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Joe Bowman | 63 | 81 | 73 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .233 | .282 | .301 | .583 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Swift | 30 | 87 | 79 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .203 | .259 | .241 | .499 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Howie Schultz | 12 | 53 | 52 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .288 | .288 | .500 | .788 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Art Herring | 35 | 82 | 77 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .182 | .203 | .221 | .423 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dick Lanahan | 25 | 46 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .209 | .209 | .279 | .488 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Sig Gryska | 12 | 46 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .189 | .302 | .189 | .492 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Clay Smith | 32 | 53 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .120 | .154 | .120 | .274 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Morrie Martin | 25 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .208 | .240 | .208 | .448 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Coffman | 23 | 50 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .106 | .143 | .149 | .292 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Howard Belknap | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1218 | 4126 | 3672 | 388 | 902 | 149 | 37 | 40 | 362 | 25 | 0 | 359 | 453 | .246 | .315 | .339 | .654 | 1245 | 76 | 12 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Schalow | 1B | 25 | 182 | 11 | 4 | 17 | .980 | 7.720 | ||||
| Howie Schultz | 1B | 12 | 100 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 9.250 | ||||
| Frank Drews | 2B | 148 | 389 | 403 | 15 | 95 | .981 | 5.351 | ||||
| Jimmy Grant | 3B | 135 | 117 | 197 | 25 | 16 | .926 | 2.326 | ||||
| Bill Schalow | 3B | 12 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Stan Andrews | C | 119 | 457 | 66 | 6 | 5 | .989 | 4.395 | 9 | |||
| Guy Curtright | OF | 99 | 191 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 2.010 | ||||
| Dave Philley | OF | 41 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.561 | ||||
| Skinny Graham | OF | 38 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.842 | ||||
| George Stumpf | OF | 35 | 93 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .949 | 2.686 | ||||
| Keith Bissonnette | OF | 27 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 2.333 | ||||
| Bill Schalow | OF | 15 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Vedie Himsl | P | 37 | 16 | 71 | 4 | 5 | .956 | 2.351 | ||||
| Clay Smith | P | 31 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .903 | ||||
| Bill Swift | P | 30 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Art Herring | P | 29 | 20 | 54 | 3 | 6 | .961 | 2.552 | ||||
| Joe Bowman | P | 28 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .714 | ||||
| Morrie Martin | P | 25 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .840 | ||||
| Dick Lanahan | P | 25 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.480 | ||||
| George Coffman | P | 23 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 2.304 | ||||
| Howard Belknap | P | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Jake Powell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Culler | SS | 143 | 351 | 412 | 28 | 74 | .965 | 5.336 | ||||
| Totals | 1091 | 2215 | 1434 | 114 | 240 | .970 | 3.345 | 9 | 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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