1944 St. Paul Saints Statistics
Team Record: 85-66
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Ray Blades (85-66)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ballpark: Lexington Park
Attendance: 116,315, Avg. 1,541
Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Toledo Mud Hens 3
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, St. Paul Saints 0
The St. Paul Saints of the American Association ended the 1944 season with a record of 85 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.
The Saints plated 706 runs and surrendered 704 runs.
Players from the 1944 St. Paul Saints who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Glenn Chapman, Art Herring, Walt Tauscher, Ernie Rudolph, Carden Gillenwater, Otho Nitcholas, Charlie Bates, Frank Drews, Cy Buker, Mike Sandlock, Bill Webb, Red Marion, Tom Padden, Fred Schulte and Lou Rochelli.
Ray Blades 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otho Nitcholas | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.89 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 218.0 | 231 | 80 | 70 | 40 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ernie Rudolph | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2.88 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 200.0 | 161 | 77 | 64 | 81 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Loy Camp | 14 | 14 | .500 | 4.69 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 167.0 | 195 | 103 | 87 | 88 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Cy Buker | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.23 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 128.0 | 125 | 54 | 46 | 49 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Webb | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.56 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 144.0 | 158 | 68 | 57 | 48 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Art Herring | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 103.0 | 89 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Walt Tauscher | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.88 | 36 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 139.0 | 152 | 68 | 60 | 43 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Claude Weaver | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.94 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Strincevich | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.03 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 58 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Franklin Pugsley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.81 | 30 | 62.0 | 71 | 47 | 40 | 55 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Don Ernst | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Furey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Werth | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 66 | .563 | 3.48 | 272 | 161 | 53 | 82 | 17 | 0 | 1283.0 | 1290 | 581 | 496 | 0 | 474 | 0 | 522 | 23 | 7 | 24 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Chapman | 146 | 594 | 528 | 85 | 172 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 93 | 13 | 54 | 48 | .326 | .389 | .417 | .806 | 220 | 19 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Charley Baron | 148 | 620 | 541 | 100 | 164 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 73 | 15 | 45 | 31 | .303 | .365 | .425 | .790 | 230 | 12 | 8 | 26 | |||
| Carden Gillenwater | 152 | 651 | 550 | 111 | 163 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 70 | 15 | 83 | 63 | .296 | .393 | .478 | .872 | 263 | 9 | 5 | 13 | |||
| Red Marion | 114 | 445 | 394 | 67 | 136 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 80 | 8 | 45 | 37 | .345 | .415 | .490 | .905 | 193 | 8 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Bud Kimball | 143 | 580 | 511 | 73 | 124 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 10 | 57 | 76 | .243 | .322 | .395 | .718 | 202 | 8 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Joe Vitter | 140 | 514 | 447 | 70 | 122 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 19 | 50 | 50 | .273 | .349 | .360 | .709 | 161 | 10 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Dominic Castro | 128 | 423 | 389 | 35 | 80 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 23 | 55 | .206 | .252 | .267 | .519 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Frank Drews | 95 | 364 | 298 | 35 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 57 | 17 | .248 | .371 | .322 | .693 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Mike Sandlock | 35 | 137 | 120 | 17 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 16 | .308 | .385 | .375 | .760 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Edward Badke | 28 | 112 | 97 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | .237 | .321 | .237 | .558 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Art Herring | 27 | 47 | 45 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .378 | .391 | .489 | .880 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Otho Nitcholas | 30 | 84 | 70 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .229 | .250 | .243 | .493 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Cy Buker | 37 | 68 | 65 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .224 | .231 | .455 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Walt Tauscher | 39 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .208 | .224 | .250 | .474 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill Webb | 36 | 61 | 56 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .161 | .190 | .161 | .350 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ernie Rudolph | 35 | 74 | 63 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .143 | .229 | .159 | .387 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Loy Camp | 34 | 68 | 62 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .129 | .156 | .145 | .301 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Strincevich | 33 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .206 | .229 | .235 | .464 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ken Mauer | 16 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .231 | .310 | .269 | .580 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Riskosky | 5 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Claude Weaver | 8 | 18 | 18 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lou Rochelli | 5 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Eugene Werth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Furey | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter King | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin Pugsley | 30 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Froehle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1487 | 5045 | 4424 | 649 | 1204 | 177 | 42 | 65 | 580 | 94 | 0 | 463 | 488 | .272 | .344 | .375 | .720 | 1660 | 103 | 25 | 133 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Baron | 1B | 148 | 1376 | 110 | 19 | 148 | .987 | 1.041 | ||||
| Frank Drews | 2B | 94 | 246 | 320 | 13 | 75 | .978 | 6.021 | ||||
| Joe Vitter | 2B | 53 | 137 | 166 | 8 | 33 | .974 | 5.717 | ||||
| Bud Kimball | 3B | 134 | 129 | 242 | 24 | 37 | .939 | 2.769 | ||||
| Joe Vitter | 3B | 15 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.733 | ||||
| Dominic Castro | C | 127 | 490 | 76 | 13 | 9 | .978 | 4.457 | 17 | |||
| Carden Gillenwater | OF | 149 | 343 | 16 | 11 | 4 | .970 | 2.409 | ||||
| Glenn Chapman | OF | 146 | 253 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .967 | 1.801 | ||||
| Red Marion | OF | 111 | 171 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .972 | 1.577 | ||||
| Edward Badke | OF | 27 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 2.185 | ||||
| Joe Vitter | OF | 20 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.850 | ||||
| Walt Tauscher | P | 36 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ernie Rudolph | P | 34 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.118 | ||||
| Loy Camp | P | 34 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.265 | ||||
| Bill Webb | P | 32 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.281 | ||||
| Franklin Pugsley | P | 30 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Otho Nitcholas | P | 29 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.931 | ||||
| Cy Buker | P | 25 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 1.080 | ||||
| Joseph Strincevich | P | 17 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .882 | ||||
| Art Herring | P | 15 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Claude Weaver | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Werth | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Furey | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Ernst | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Vitter | SS | 45 | 84 | 122 | 19 | 29 | .916 | 4.578 | ||||
| Mike Sandlock | SS | 35 | 72 | 98 | 6 | 20 | .966 | 4.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1376 | 3453 | 1440 | 143 | 378 | .972 | 3.556 | 17 | 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.
