1937 Waterloo Red Hawks Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-55
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Lonny Backer (61-55)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Red Hawk Stadium
Attendance: 34,184, Avg. 589

1937 Waterloo Red Hawks Roster

The Waterloo Red Hawks of the Western League ended the 1937 season with a record of 61 wins and 55 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

Lonny Backer 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
Edward Bastien	13	9	.591	3.75	27						180.0	174	91	75		107
Guenther Schmidt	12	8	.600	2.95	24						171.0	150	89	56		94
Emil Hemenway	12	11	.522	3.61	34						182.0	177	92	73		78
Steve LeGault	8	13	.381	3.22	28						179.0	174	95	64		92
Don King	7	4	.636	3.23	14						103.0	92	56	37		51
Roy Helser	5	3	.625	4.41	18						98.0	73	69	48		115
John Ludsick	1	1	.500	0.00	3						12.0	10	6			7
William Anderson	1	2	.333	6.80	15						49.0	65	49	37		45
Gene Thompson	0	0		0.00	1						4.0	3				6
Nelson	0	1	.000	0.00	1						1.0	1	1			1
Lowell Gosser	0	1	.000	0.00	3						4.0	6	8			5
Totals	59	53	.527	3.57	168	0	0	0	0	0	983.0	925	556	390	0	601	0	0	0	0	0	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
Joe Mack	108	415	415		140	23	14	7						.337	.337	.511	.848	212
Lonny Backer	115	425	425		129	32	5	1						.304	.304	.409	.713	174
Lee Gamble	57	251	251		87	12	12	2						.347	.347	.514	.861	129
Verne Richards	79	303	303		87	16	6	5						.287	.287	.429	.716	130
Wayne Blackburn	68	275	275		70	11	0	0						.255	.255	.295	.549	81
Harry Craft	49	193	193		69	11	4	4						.358	.358	.518	.876	100
Joe Bestudik	55	208	208		62	8	1	1						.298	.298	.361	.659	75
Hal Cosbey	56	205	205		51	9	3	4						.249	.249	.380	.629	78
Hank Erickson	66	220	220		51	7	2	0						.232	.232	.282	.514	62
Clifford Geer	48	198	198		45	10	6	0						.227	.227	.338	.566	67
Carl Kentling	43	161	161		42	7	2	1						.261	.261	.348	.609	56
Len Kahny	48	177	177		40	7	5	1						.226	.226	.339	.565	60
Milton Stroner	41	142	142		35	9	2	5						.246	.246	.444	.690	63
Joe Corbelli	23	70	70		22	3	2	0						.314	.314	.414	.729	29
Roy Helser	31	66	66		16	2	0	0						.242	.242	.273	.515	18
Edward Bastien	35	75	75		16	3	3	0						.213	.213	.333	.547	25
Guenther Schmidt	24	62	62		14	2	0	2						.226	.226	.355	.581	22
Emil Hemenway	42	88	88		14	1	0	0						.159	.159	.170	.330	15
Don King	21	56	56		11	1	0	0						.196	.196	.214	.411	12
Zeke Clementi	14	45	45		10	3	0	0						.222	.222	.289	.511	13
Steve LeGault	28	63	63		10	1	0	0						.159	.159	.175	.333	11
Harold Blackstock	17	58	58		8	1	0	0						.138	.138	.155	.293	9
William Anderson	16	22	22		4	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	4
Totals	1084	3778	3778	0	1033	179	67	33	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.382	.656	1445	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Carl Kentling	1B	41	408	17	6		.986	1.366
Milton Stroner	1B	21	194	10	5		.976	9.714
Wayne Blackburn	2B	68	165	193	29		.925	5.265
Clifford Geer	2B	48	121	157	18		.939	5.792
Lonny Backer	3B	115	134	226	19		.950	3.130
Hank Erickson	C	64	310	47	12		.967	5.578
Verne Richards	C	47	216	24	11		.956	5.106
Joe Mack	OF	91	152	12	12		.932	1.802
Lee Gamble	OF	57	160	11	3		.983	3.000
Hal Cosbey	OF	49	80	6	3		.966	1.755
Harry Craft	OF	47	109	12	4		.968	2.574
Joe Corbelli	OF	21	28	3	1		.969	1.476
Zeke Clementi	OF	12	22	0	0		1.000	1.833
Emil Hemenway	P	34						.000
Steve LeGault	P	28						.000
Edward Bastien	P	27						.000
Guenther Schmidt	P	24						.000
Roy Helser	P	18						.000
William Anderson	P	15						.000
Don King	P	14						.000
Gene Thompson	P	1						.000
Joe Bestudik	SS	49	82	142	27		.892	4.571
Len Kahny	SS	48	94	173	19		.934	5.562
Harold Blackstock	SS	13	26	30	4		.933	4.308
Totals		952	2301	1063	173	0	.951	3.534

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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