1942 Wilmington Blue Rocks

1942 > Class B > 1942 Interstate League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics-AL
Manager: Duke Brett
Represented: Wilmington, DE
Ballpark: Wilmington Park (Wilmington, DE)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1941 / 1943

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Ted Abernathy	20	27	44	5	2	0	0	.114	.159	7
2	Dick Adkins	22	107	387	101	23	5	6	.261	.393	152
3	Sig Broskie	31	78	213	41	11	1	2	.192	.282	60	Stats for 2 teams
4	John Burrows	28	32	70	10	1	0	0	.143	.157	11
5	Fred Caligiuri	23	30	66	20	6	1	0	.303	.424	28
6	Ted Cieslak	29	11	43	10	0	0	0	.233	.233	10
7	Joe Coleman	19	38	75	15	1	0	0	.200	.213	16
8	Bob Daughters	27	19	36	9	1	0	0	.250	.278	10
9	Jim Devlin*	19	85	251	57	5	1	0	.227	.255	64
10	Willie Duke*	32	33	130	29	9	1	3	.223	.377	49
11	Gifford Kirchdoerfer?	22	12	23	6	1	0	0	.261	.304	7
12	Bruce Konopka*	22	75	293	95	12	3	2	.324	.406	119
13	Sam Lowry	22	41	66	15	0	1	0	.227	.258	17
14	Felix Mackiewicz	24	136	501	142	24	4	5	.283	.377	189
15	Bill McCahan	21	25	31	8	1	1	0	.258	.355	11
16	Cal McIrvin*	18	11	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	Stats for 2 teams
17	Marvin Pelton	28	62	255	65	10	2	3	.255	.345	88
18	Pat Ralsh	27	21	51	6	0	1	0	.118	.157	8
19	William Ratteree*	22	18	48	8	2	1	0	.167	.250	12
20	Lee Riley*	35	71	211	43	8	4	3	.204	.322	68
21	Joe Rullo	26	137	497	106	20	5	2	.213	.286	142
22	Mickey Rutner	23	122	448	124	22	5	2	.277	.362	162
23	Joseph Scheldt*	22	134	494	136	18	8	4	.275	.368	182
24	Stephen Sloboda	26	47	171	40	7	1	2	.234	.322	55
25	Ed Sudol	21	23	75	17	1	0	0	.227	.240	18
26	Edward Yarmul	25	17	44	11	1	1	0	.250	.318	14
	26 Players	24.6

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Ted Abernathy*	20	8	6	.571	2.61	27	138.0	121	51	40	74	1.413	7.9	4.8
2	Hope Beard	20	1	4	.200		21	21.0	25	19		19	2.095	10.7	8.1
3	John Burrows*	28	15	10	.600	2.43	32	215.0	189	71	58	108	1.381	7.9	4.5
4	Fred Caligiuri	23	12	6	.667	2.19	20	148.0	117	47	36	47	1.108	7.1	2.9
5	Joe Coleman	19	18	9	.667	2.32	37	213.0	169	72	55	73	1.136	7.1	3.1
6	Virgil Feeney?	24	1	1	.500		12	12.0	13	10		12	2.083	9.8	9.0
7	Charlie Frye	28	0	2	.000		20	20.0	22	11		10	1.600	9.9	4.5
8	Ray Hardee?	21	0	0			3	4.0
9	Arnold Heft*	24	1	0	1.000		13	13.0	11	7		14	1.923	7.6	9.7
10	Sam Lowry	22	8	12	.400	2.69	40	181.0	184	70	54	41	1.243	9.1	2.0
11	Bill McCahan	21	5	3	.625	3.51	22	77.0	74	41	30	35	1.416	8.6	4.1
12	Cal McIrvin*	18	1	1	.500		31	31.0	34	23		40	2.387	9.9	11.6	Stats for 2 teams
13	Pat Ralsh	27	10	4	.714	2.55	21	134.0	109	51	38	55	1.224	7.3	3.7
	13 Players	22.4

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Devlin	76	359	40	8	.980	5.25
Sig Broskie	69	285	38	3	.991	4.68	Stats for 2 teams
William Ratteree	16	85	10	0	1.000	5.94

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bruce Konopka	75		683	52	6		.992	9.80
Ed Sudol	22		156	5	0		1.000	7.32

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Rullo	137		397	440	40		.954	6.11

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mickey Rutner	120		128	254	35		.916	3.18

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dick Adkins	89		163	269	33		.929	4.85
Stephen Sloboda	47		96	123	15		.936	4.66

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Felix Mackiewicz	134	260	15	16	.945	2.05
Joseph Scheldt	85	150	8	5	.969	1.86
Lee Riley	69	86	6	2	.979	1.33
Marvin Pelton	62	92	4	4	.960	1.55
Willie Duke	33	54	4	1	.983	1.76
Bob Daughters	16	24	2	0	1.000	1.63
Ted Cieslak	10	16	1	3	.850	1.70

P

	G
Sam Lowry	40
Joe Coleman	37
John Burrows	32
Cal McIrvin	31	Stats for 2 teams
Ted Abernathy	27
Bill McCahan	22
Hope Beard	21
Pat Ralsh	21
Fred Caligiuri	20
Charlie Frye	20
Arnold Heft	13
Virgil Feeney	12
Ray Hardee	3

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ted Abernathy	20	R	L	6' 2.0"	210	Oct 30, 1921	Bynum, NC, US
Dick Adkins	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Mar 3, 1920	Electra, TX, US
Hope Beard	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	192	1922
Duke Brett	42	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	May 23, 1900	Lawrenceville, VA, US
Sig Broskie	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	200	Mar 23, 1911	Iselin, PA, US
John Burrows	28	R	L	5' 10.0"	200	Oct 30, 1913	Winnfield, LA, US
Fred Caligiuri	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Oct 22, 1918	West Hickory, PA, US
Ted Cieslak	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 22, 1912	Milwaukee, WI, US
Joe Coleman	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jul 30, 1922	Medford, MA, US
Bob Daughters	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Aug 5, 1914	Cincinnati, OH, US
Jim Devlin	19	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 25, 1922	Plains, PA, US
Willie Duke	32	L		5' 11.0"	185	Jul 5, 1909
Paul Dunlap	29	L	R	6' 0.0"	199	Apr 4, 1913	Silver City, NC, US
Virgil Feeney	24					Jul 2, 1917	Defiance, OH, US
Charlie Frye	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jul 17, 1913	Hickory, NC, US
Ray Hardee	21					Oct 27, 1920	Clayton, NC, US
Arnold Heft	24	S	L	5' 10.0"	150	May 29, 1918
Gifford Kirchdoerfer	22					1920
Bruce Konopka	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 16, 1919	Hammond, IN, US
Wally Kopp	28	L		6' 0.0"	195	1914
Sam Lowry	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 25, 1920	Philadelphia, PA, US
Felix Mackiewicz	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Nov 20, 1917	Chicago, IL, US
Bill McCahan	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	200	Jun 7, 1921	Philadelphia, PA, US
Cal McIrvin	18	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	May 6, 1924	Clatskanie, OR, US
Eddie Neville	19	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Sep 25, 1922
Marvin Pelton	28	R		6' 2.0"	185	1914
Pat Ralsh	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Jul 24, 1914	Springfield, IL, US
William Ratteree	22	L		5' 11.0"	160	1920
Lee Riley	35	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 20, 1906	Princeton, NE, US
Joe Rullo	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Jun 16, 1916	New York, NY, US
Mickey Rutner	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Mar 18, 1919	Hempstead, NY, US
Joseph Scheldt	22	L		6' 2.0"	196	1920
Stephen Sloboda	26	R		5' 7.0"	165	1916
Ed Sudol	21	R		6' 3.0"	193	Sep 13, 1920	Passaic, NJ, US
Edward Yarmul	25	R		5' 11.0"	190	Aug 24, 1916	Oakdale, PA, US

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