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1941 Green Bay Blue Sox

1941 > Class D > 1941 Wisconsin State League
Overall: 76-35
Scored 758 runs, Allowed 531 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-38

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Red Smith
Represented: Green Bay, WI
Ballpark: Joannes Park (I) (Green Bay, WI)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1940 / 1942

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Nick Baffa?	19	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
2	George Binks*	26	29	127	112	36	42	11	2	7	34	2	14	14	.375	.444	.696	1.141	78	0	1
3	John Byrnes?	--	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0
4	Leon Conway?	--	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0
5	Jerome Crowley	19	27	88	71	10	16	5	0	1	13	1	8	15	.225	.313	.338	.651	24	1	8
6	Vic Delmore	25	29	86	69	17	17	4	1	0	18	1	11	14	.246	.358	.333	.691	23	1	5
7	Tony Endres?	--	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
8	Hank Ertman*	17	6	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0
9	Robert Essex	24	16	32	30	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	.167	.194	.200	.394	6	0	1
10	Earl Gillespie*	18	107	440	371	67	105	16	4	5	43	7	55	59	.283	.383	.388	.771	144	5	9	Stats for 2 teams
11	Orville Grubb	23	15	44	39	5	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	10	.231	.231	.410	.641	16	0	5	Stats for 2 teams
12	Roland Herman?	23	44	126	110	23	34	9	0	3	29	0	9	22	.309	.361	.473	.834	52	0	7
13	Joe Janet	19	110	520	455	100	139	31	5	5	67	13	54	44	.305	.383	.429	.811	195	3	8
14	Nick Kamzic	22	110	457	386	59	95	17	2	2	60	11	54	80	.246	.343	.316	.659	122	3	14
15	Eddie Karas	22	23	80	71	6	14	2	0	0	7	0	4	13	.197	.240	.225	.465	16	0	5
16	William Kushta	19	94	369	313	72	95	23	2	6	59	13	50	68	.304	.399	.447	.847	140	0	6
17	John Lakars?	22	30	100	89	8	21	3	1	1	11	2	8	30	.236	.313	.326	.639	29	2	1
18	Andy Pafko	20	87	360	318	74	111	19	3	12	66	8	33	34	.349	.412	.541	.953	172	1	8
19	Joe Pizzi*	19	71	283	222	57	72	11	0	11	43	8	53	27	.324	.464	.523	.987	116	5	3
20	Richard Ronovsky	20	110	502	447	89	153	27	5	12	100	12	38	48	.342	.400	.506	.906	226	5	12
21	John Rowe	21	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
22	Russell Sherman	22	98	447	377	73	107	8	0	3	40	16	49	32	.284	.368	.329	.697	124	1	20
23	Red Smith	37	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0
24	Ordie Timm	20	106	462	409	89	135	25	2	16	89	12	40	66	.330	.394	.518	.912	212	3	10
25	Henry Vallee*	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
26	LaVerne Wilke?	--	8	10	10	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	.400	.400	.500	.900	5	0	0
	26 Players	20.4	110	4324	3716	758	1109	204	24	82	658	114	462	558	.298	.380	.432	.813	1607	28	118

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	John Byrnes?	--	0	1	.000	7.41	8		0	17.0	21	18	14	6	12	2	0	1.588	11.1	3.2	6.4	2.00
2	Leon Conway?	--	0	0		7.20	2		0	10.0	11	12	8	10	8	0	1	2.100	9.9	9.0	7.2	0.80
3	Jerome Crowley	19	15	8	.652	3.51	26		20	195.0	143	99	76	110	242	7	10	1.297	6.6	5.1	11.2	2.20
4	Vic Delmore	25	16	6	.727	4.28	28		16	185.0	212	108	88	74	136	3	2	1.546	10.3	3.6	6.6	1.84
5	Robert Essex	24	8	3	.727	4.97	13		6	67.0	83	45	37	36	40	1	2	1.776	11.1	4.8	5.4	1.11
6	Orville Grubb	23	5	7	.417	3.64	13		6	84.0	66	50	34	57	88	14	8	1.464	7.1	6.1	9.4	1.54	Stats for 2 teams
7	Roland Herman	23	16	4	.800	3.84	26		13	171.0	163	105	73	119	144	8	12	1.649	8.6	6.3	7.6	1.21
8	Eddie Karas	22	14	6	.700	3.38	22		17	176.0	169	77	66	89	129	5	5	1.466	8.6	4.6	6.6	1.45
9	Joe Pizzi?	19	2	0	1.000	7.29	7		0	21.0	29	19	17	7	23	0	1	1.714	12.4	3.0	9.9	3.29
10	John Rowe	21	0	1	.000	7.50	2		0	6.0	10	5	5	2	3	2	0	2.000	15.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
11	Red Smith	37	0	0		0.00	1		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.000	18.0	0.0	9.0
12	Henry Vallee?	20	0	0		18.00	1		0	1.0	1	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.000	9.0	18.0	18.0	1.00
	12 Players	22.4	76	35	.685		110	110				531

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
William Kushta	93	700	82	21	11	.974	8.41	19
John Lakars	29	169	25	11	6	.946	6.69	6
Red Smith	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Earl Gillespie	107	899	43	14	70	.985	8.80	Stats for 2 teams
George Binks	29	237	15	4	22	.984	8.69
Ordie Timm	24	184	11	5	6	.975	8.13
Hank Ertman	5	15	0	3	2	.833	3.00
Roland Herman	5	25	2	1	3	.964	5.40

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Sherman	98	183	245	31	43	.932	4.37
Joe Pizzi	11	20	19	2	3	.951	3.55
Roland Herman	5	6	1	2	1	.778	1.40
Vic Delmore	1	3	3	0	2	1.000	6.00
William Kushta	1	4	1	0	1	1.000	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Janet	110	87	208	14	17	.955	2.68
LaVerne Wilke	8	3	4	1	1	.875	0.88
Hank Ertman	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00
Roland Herman	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Nick Kamzic	110		200	267	73	59	.865	4.25
Russell Sherman	1		0	0	0	0		0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Richard Ronovsky	110	169	12	17	2	.914	1.65
Andy Pafko	87	97	13	4	2	.965	1.26
Ordie Timm	82	106	2	5	0	.956	1.32
Joe Pizzi	53	60	6	2	2	.971	1.25
Nick Baffa	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Jerome Crowley	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
John Lakars	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00

P

	G
Vic Delmore	28
Jerome Crowley	26
Roland Herman	26
Eddie Karas	22
Robert Essex	13
Orville Grubb	13	Stats for 2 teams
John Byrnes	8
Joe Pizzi	7
Leon Conway	2
John Rowe	2
Red Smith	1
Henry Vallee	1

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Nick Baffa	19					Aug 26, 1921
George Binks	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 11, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
John Byrnes	--					Unknown
Leon Conway	--					Unknown
Jerome Crowley	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	191	1922
Vic Delmore	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Oct 21, 1915	Dunmore, PA, US
Tony Endres	--					Unknown
Hank Ertman	17	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Oct 18, 1923	Sobieski, WI, US
Robert Essex	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	178	1917
Earl Gillespie	18	L		5' 11.0"	170	Jul 25, 1922	Chicago, IL, US
Orville Grubb	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1918
Roland Herman	23		R	6' 1.0"	187	Jul 29, 1917
Joe Janet	19	R		5' 10.0"	180	Sep 12, 1921
Nick Kamzic	22	R		5' 8.0"	165	Dec 13, 1918
Eddie Karas	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1919
William Kushta	19	R		5' 7.0"	175	1922
John Lakars	22			5' 11.0"	175	1919
Andy Pafko	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Feb 25, 1921	Boyceville, WI, US
Joe Pizzi	19	L		5' 11.0"	172	1922
Richard Ronovsky	20	R		5' 9.0"	168	Jun 12, 1921	Chicago, IL, US
John Rowe	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1920
Russell Sherman	22	R		5' 8.0"	166	1919
Red Smith	37	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	May 18, 1904	Brokaw, WI, US
Ordie Timm	20	R		5' 11.0"	185	1921
Henry Vallee	20	L		6' 0.0"	190	1921
LaVerne Wilke	--					Unknown

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