1944 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 51-89
Finished 8th in the EL
Manager: Jack Sanford (51-89)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 33,035, Avg. 472
1944 Wilkes-Barre Barons Roster

The Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League ended the 1944 season with a record of 51 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the EL.

Jack Sanford 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
Earl Henry1610.6153.69432814162249.02371281021351458110
Joseph Karakul816.3334.3831236142156.0171987610374406
William Skinner818.3085.3935284111192.022814811511377904
Pershing Towery36.3334.3217784075.09852363021315
Bill Bonness310.2315.003519562144.01399880127889117
William Thomason190.0
Claude Weldon04.0004.6814451050.06539262417012
Totals3864.3734.52194109425270866.093856343505320422334440

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
Ben Visan13758254853167261029122541.305.337.400.73721927
John Ward123551465921512013246226941.325.414.437.851203215
Norm Wallen1214994624413221467533133.286.333.387.72117924
Jack Massey1355334636510618323266196.229.323.294.61613636
Jack Sanford106369320449416703374516.294.381.388.76812404
Hank Ruszkowski95285260387111643232235.273.332.408.74010612
Bill Pardon7426724525646233001938.261.320.339.6588321
Jack Bell7227824226598101413124.244.332.285.6176914
Ted Klonowski56225182244012202373846.220.366.308.6745641
Earl Henry7415613716397202111523.285.355.365.7205004
Ray Maloney7722920019395201602332.195.288.240.5284833
Albert Standaert31107911532510811310.352.433.429.8613903
Kenneth Mapes40121113828500112623.248.286.292.5783302
George McNair3513811515255001112133.217.338.261.5993002
Ray Kleine23725991240030918.203.319.271.5901613
Dale Smith186046510302601417.217.400.413.8131900
Joseph Karakul34626031020030127.167.180.200.3801201
William Dornbusch2163517910040712.176.276.196.4721005
Ken Blackman216254391003064.167.250.185.4351002
Pershing Towery173230181002015.267.290.300.590901
Alex Korponay124537682003252.216.341.270.6111021
Carl Hecker2165576820023717.140.234.175.4101001
Sammy McLawhorn111616240000004.250.250.250.500400
Bill Bonness3552452400000625.089.196.089.285401
Jim Kleckley111511130001023.273.385.273.657302
William Skinner3566583301020413.052.113.086.199504
Claude Weldon141917020000026.118.211.118.328200
Edgar Chitwood10138000000046.000.333.000.333001
Totals14594982439253211371815421472610487650.259.336.339.67514890238000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ben Visan1B61489311239.9778.525
Jack Sanford1B3828217714.9777.868
George McNair1B3225317828.9718.438
Carl Hecker1B17111457.9586.765
Jack Sanford2B63148136932.9694.508
Jack Bell2B501191121725.9314.620
Ray Kleine2B18254137.9573.667
Albert Standaert2B16313466.9154.062
Norm Wallen3B1101332283927.9023.282
Bill Pardon3B18173372.8772.778
Hank RuszkowskiC7431869235.9445.2306
Ray MaloneyC6429256148.9615.4385
Ken BlackmanC16732865.9446.3120
John WardOF12323019143.9472.024
Ben VisanOF781011741.9671.513
Ted KlonowskiOF56144440.9742.643
Bill PardonOF5275880.9121.596
Kenneth MapesOF3653711.9841.667
William DornbuschOF1935110.9731.895
Dale SmithOF1727010.9641.588
Norm WallenOF1120010.9521.818
Earl HenryOF1112020.8571.091
Earl HenryP43114160.8971.209
William SkinnerP35.000
Bill BonnessP3553033.9211.000
Joseph KarakulP3173463.8721.323
William ThomasonP19.000
Pershing ToweryP17222011.0001.412
Claude WeldonP14115001.0001.143
Sammy McLawhornP110820.800.727
Jim KleckleyP11110001.0001.000
Edgar ChitwoodP1016001.000.700
Jack MasseySS1252843346964.9004.944
Jack BellSS183647138.8654.611
Totals134933361409291289.9423.5171100

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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