1946 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 76-62
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Dick Porter (76-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 131,529, Avg. 1,906

1946 Wilkes-Barre Barons Roster

Playoffs - Scranton Red Sox 4 games, Wilkes-Barre Barons 0

The Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League ended the 1946 season with a record of 76 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the EL.

Dick Porter 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
Joe Pennington	15	9	.625	2.94	31	19	9	14	2		187.0	173	78	61		52		79	5	0	3
Bob Kuzava	14	6	.700	2.36	26	26	0	18	2		217.0	176	70	57		73		207	1	1	2
Ernest Groth	13	7	.650	2.98	29	19	7	13	5		166.0	142	71	55		71		112	3	1	1
Alexander Danelishen	10	8	.556	3.09	25	21	4	11	2		175.0	175	89	60		64		82	1	0	2
Ray Bessom	9	9	.500	3.13	27	15	10	10	1		138.0	135	58	48		44		71	0	0	1
Charles Byers	7	9	.438	4.21	29	16	7	8	1		126.0	111	81	59		85		74	9	1	1
Eugene Conway	3	3	.500	4.02	7	7	0	3	0		47.0	40	23	21		15		15	2	1	0
Gordie Mueller	2	6	.250	4.29	13	9	3	5	1		63.0	55	36	30		27		39	2	1	3
Max Patkin	1	1	.500		5						0.0
Dave Paynter	1	2	.333		6						0.0
Fred Wollpert	0	0			8						0.0
John Bard	0	0			4						0.0
Charles Sipple	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Totals	75	62	.547	3.14	214	132	40	82	14	0	1119.0	1007	506	391	0	431	0	679	23	5	13	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
Bobby Wilson	135	624	544	103	157	22	7	1	52	46		76	61	.289	.377	.360	.737	196		1	3
Joe Frazier	135	586	503	82	151	25	8	6	91	8		69	51	.300	.389	.417	.806	210		4	10
Horace Brightman	109	436	389	52	115	26	4	6	59	3		44	43	.296	.367	.429	.797	167		0	3
William Holtz	121	421	342	58	93	16	12	4	52	10		75	61	.272	.404	.424	.828	145		1	3
Ralph Weigel	95	351	320	34	92	16	2	2	34	2		26	34	.288	.347	.369	.715	118		3	2
Cliff Mapes	68	270	236	37	69	11	10	5	43	7		32	40	.292	.379	.487	.866	115		1	1
Joseph Yankovich	84	293	253	31	63	13	5	3	40	4		34	47	.249	.345	.375	.720	95		3	3
Fred Chapman	53	235	200	39	55	6	1	0	17	3		26	19	.275	.361	.315	.676	63		1	8
Paul Brotherton	68	230	206	17	55	6	2	0	31	2		22	14	.267	.341	.316	.656	65		1	1
Ray Boone	77	248	213	37	55	7	3	4	31	2		34	30	.258	.360	.376	.736	80		0	1
Bob Rothel	68	254	215	32	51	14	1	0	24	0		35	12	.237	.349	.312	.661	67		2	2
Dave Garcia	68	240	216	24	46	9	1	1	20	0		20	37	.213	.280	.278	.557	60		0	4
Pete Milne	60	202	177	22	41	4	3	1	14	6		22	44	.232	.320	.305	.625	54		1	2
Walter Kordenbrock	32	120	104	21	33	5	2	0	14	0		15	8	.317	.408	.404	.812	42		1	0
Herb Conyers	36	129	116	15	28	3	1	1	26	1		12	16	.241	.312	.310	.623	36		0	1
Vern Freiburger	26	99	88	13	15	0	0	0	8	0		10	16	.170	.255	.170	.426	15		0	1
Ernest Groth	29	64	59	6	12	2	1	1	9	0		2	15	.203	.230	.322	.552	19		0	3
Bob Kuzava	26	86	66	10	12	0	0	0	3	0		14	23	.182	.325	.182	.507	12		0	6
Joe Pennington	35	75	72	5	12	2	0	0	4	0		2	18	.167	.189	.194	.384	14		0	1
Ray Bessom	28	59	50	4	11	2	0	0	5	0		5	6	.220	.291	.260	.551	13		0	4
Alexander Danelishen	25	76	73	6	11	2	1	0	6	0		2	28	.151	.173	.205	.379	15		0	1
Ray Curtiss	16	30	28	5	9	1	0	0	3	0		1	5	.321	.345	.357	.702	10		0	1
William Hankins	10	39	32	5	9	2	0	0	3	0		3	3	.281	.361	.344	.705	11		1	3
Eugene Conway	18	37	32	3	6	0	0	0	2	0		4	7	.188	.278	.188	.465	6		0	1
John Mihalik	13	41	40	5	6	0	0	0	3	1		1	9	.150	.171	.150	.321	6		0	0
Charles Byers	29	44	41	3	6	1	0	0	6	0		2	15	.146	.186	.171	.357	7		0	1
Gordie Mueller	13	19	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		0	0
Totals	1477	5308	4633	669	1215	195	64	35	600	95	0	589	671	.262	.348	.355	.703	1643	0	20	66	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Brotherton	1B	60	438	32	8	28	.983	7.833
Herb Conyers	1B	35	265	17	7	28	.976	8.057
Horace Brightman	1B	30	238	10	6	10	.976	8.267
Vern Freiburger	1B	25	213	12	3	14	.987	9.000
Bobby Wilson	2B	89	222	218	19	41	.959	4.944
Dave Garcia	2B	24	51	54	5	12	.955	4.375
Joseph Yankovich	2B	14	23	31	4	3	.931	3.857
John Mihalik	2B	12	28	23	3	8	.944	4.250
Walter Kordenbrock	2B	12	29	25	1	1	.982	4.500
Bob Rothel	3B	68	63	100	20	12	.891	2.397
Dave Garcia	3B	42	35	51	8	4	.915	2.048
Joseph Yankovich	3B	19	11	35	7	0	.868	2.421
Walter Kordenbrock	3B	18	18	29	1	3	.979	2.611
Ralph Weigel	C	83	510	54	8	8	.986	6.795	5
Ray Boone	C	62	346	27	9	4	.976	6.016	9
Joe Frazier	OF	134	223	16	7	4	.972	1.784
William Holtz	OF	107	177	9	7	2	.964	1.738
Horace Brightman	OF	73	129	6	5	1	.964	1.849
Cliff Mapes	OF	67	156	9	4	4	.976	2.463
Pete Milne	OF	48	101	2	8	0	.928	2.146
Joe Pennington	P	31	5	32	6	1	.860	1.194
Ernest Groth	P	29	5	52	1	6	.983	1.966
Charles Byers	P	29	10	23	2	1	.943	1.138
Ray Bessom	P	27	9	32	0	2	1.000	1.519
Bob Kuzava	P	26	6	42	3	1	.941	1.846
Alexander Danelishen	P	25	2	47	5	1	.907	1.960
Gordie Mueller	P	13	5	15	3	0	.870	1.538
Fred Wollpert	P	8						.000
Eugene Conway	P	7						.000
Dave Paynter	P	6						.000
Max Patkin	P	5						.000
Charles Sipple	P	4						.000
John Bard	P	4						.000
Fred Chapman	SS	53	73	135	13	19	.941	3.925
Bobby Wilson	SS	46	85	123	24	22	.897	4.522
Joseph Yankovich	SS	45	75	94	10	20	.944	3.756
Totals		1380	3551	1355	207	260	.960	3.555	14	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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