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1937 Charlotte Hornets

1937 > Class B > 1937 Piedmont League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Washington Senators-AL
Manager: Alex McColl, Lee Head and Bill Rodgers
Represented: Charlotte, NC
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1936 / 1938

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	Michael Anderson?	--	25	43	6	0	0	0	.140	.140	6
2	Joe Bokina	27	31	70	17	3	1	0	.243	.314	22
3	James Bratton	24	13	31	6	1	0	0	.194	.226	7
4	Stakley Brown*	25	30	122	30	5	3	2	.246	.385	47
5	John Campbell	29	15	26	7	0	0	0	.269	.269	7
6	Chet Cichosz	23	79	274	74	13	4	5	.270	.401	110
7	Herb Crompton	25	82	276	68	9	1	3	.246	.319	88
8	Eddie Davis*	31	10	38	10	6	0	0	.263	.421	16
9	Jake Early*	22	37	117	26	3	1	1	.222	.291	34
10	Bobby Estalella	26	106	350	122	20	3	33	.349	.706	247
11	Beverly Ferrell	21	143	512	141	30	9	15	.275	.457	234
12	Allen Griswold	20	142	526	124	23	5	7	.236	.338	178
13	Lum Harris	22	14	31	3	1	0	0	.097	.129	4
14	Lee Head	38	30	111	31	6	0	1	.279	.360	40
15	Ralph Hodgin*	22	29	115	31	11	1	0	.270	.383	44
16	Julius Katzen	22	11	27	3	0	0	0	.111	.111	3
17	Mickey Livingston	22	13	50	7	1	1	1	.140	.260	13
18	James Martell?	--	10	12	7	1	0	1	.583	.917	11
19	Alex McColl#	43	11	21	3	1	0	0	.143	.190	4
20	Otto Meyers*	23	143	565	174	31	15	5	.308	.442	250
21	George Nix	21	143	589	148	28	11	8	.251	.377	222
22	Richard Pitman	25	35	61	11	2	0	2	.180	.311	19
23	LeRoy Pritchett	23	26	60	9	2	0	0	.150	.183	11
24	Elmer Riddle	22	42	90	26	4	3	3	.289	.500	45
25	Alex Sparra	22	136	506	141	23	6	5	.279	.377	191	Stats for 2 teams
26	Pete Susko*	32	12	50	9	2	0	0	.180	.220	11
27	Gil Torres	21	131	464	131	25	7	9	.282	.425	197
	27 Players	23.0

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%	G	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Michael Anderson?	--	5	4	.556	25	107.0	123	73	46	1.579	10.3	3.9
2	Joe Bokina	27	6	9	.400	16	96.0	107	68	49	1.625	10.0	4.6
3	James Bratton	24	5	3	.625	13	78.0	86	40	31	1.500	9.9	3.6
4	John Campbell	29	2	5	.286	10	56.0	69	40	24	1.661	11.1	3.9
5	Alex Crisfield?	--	1	1	.500	2	8.0	11	7	5	2.000	12.4	5.6
6	Russell Gillespie*	23	0	1	.000	1	6.0	3	6	8	1.833	4.5	12.0
7	Lum Harris	22	4	5	.444	12	64.0	68	38	26	1.469	9.6	3.7
8	Maurice Isbell	23	1	3	.250	8	37.0	42	24	14	1.514	10.2	3.4
9	Harry Kelly	22	1	0	1.000	2	15.0	12	8	20	2.133	7.2	12.0
10	Alex McColl	43	4	2	.667	11	61.0	65	34	11	1.246	9.6	1.6
11	Eugene Mote	23	0	1	.000	2	9.0	11	10	3	1.556	11.0	3.0
12	George Nix?	21	0	1	.000	2	8.0	3	3	4	0.875	3.4	4.5
13	Frank Peticolas	20	1	2	.333	5	15.0	26	20	16	2.800	15.6	9.6
14	Richard Pitman	25	8	15	.348	34	178.0	191	114	71	1.472	9.7	3.6
15	LeRoy Pritchett	23	8	10	.444	24	175.0	162	83	80	1.383	8.3	4.1
16	Elmer Riddle	22	13	6	.684	25	155.0	141	88	79	1.419	8.2	4.6
17	George Simons	20	0	1	.000	6	13.0	18	11	10	2.154	12.5	6.9
18	Gil Torres	21	7	6	.538	20	111.0	157	82	31	1.694	12.7	2.5
	18 Players	24.6

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Herb Crompton	68	302	56	5	.986	5.26
Jake Early	31	125	29	11	.933	4.97
Lee Head	28	157	30	6	.969	6.68
Mickey Livingston	12	75	7	3	.965	6.83
Julius Katzen	10	35	5	1	.976	4.00

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Gil Torres	88	739	55	23	.972	9.02
Pete Susko	12	116	10	1	.992	10.50
Eddie Davis	10	85	5	3	.968	9.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Nix	141		379	427	37		.956	5.72
Alex Sparra	116		319	262	22		.964	5.01			Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chet Cichosz	79		97	145	27		.900	3.06
Stakley Brown	29		31	49	9		.899	2.76

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Allen Griswold	141		295	447	51		.936	5.26

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Beverly Ferrell	143	312	14	11	.967	2.28
Otto Meyers	143	199	17	8	.964	1.51
Bobby Estalella	99	185	16	5	.976	2.03
Ralph Hodgin	29	58	3	1	.984	2.10

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Richard Pitman	34							0.00
Michael Anderson	25							0.00
Elmer Riddle	25							0.00
LeRoy Pritchett	24							0.00
Joe Bokina	16							0.00
James Bratton	13							0.00
Lum Harris	12							0.00
Alex McColl	11							0.00
John Campbell	10							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Michael Anderson	--					Unknown
Mervin Bensmiller	21	R		5' 10.0"	153	Sep 22, 1915
Arthur Bloom	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1915
Joe Bokina	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	184	Apr 4, 1910	Northampton, MA, US
James Bratton	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	1913
Stakley Brown	25	L		5' 9.0"	168	1912
John Campbell	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	184	Sep 13, 1907	Washington, DC, US
Chet Cichosz	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Apr 20, 1914	Winona, MN, US
Alex Crisfield	--					Unknown
Herb Crompton	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 7, 1911	Taylor Ridge, IL, US
Eddie Davis	31	L		6' 0.0"	178	1906
Jake Early	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	168	May 19, 1915	Kings Mountain, NC, US
Bobby Estalella	26	R	R	5' 8.0"	180	Apr 25, 1911	Cardenas, Matanzas, CU
Beverly Ferrell	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	172	Jul 22, 1915	Durham, NC, US
Clarence Fieber	23	L	L	6' 4.0"	187	Sep 4, 1913	San Francisco, CA, US
Russell Gillespie	23		L	6' 0.0"	175	1914
Allen Griswold	20	R		5' 11.0"	167	1917
Lum Harris	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 17, 1915	New Castle, AL, US
Edward Hauser	--					Unknown
Lee Head	38	R	R	5' 7.0"	170	Jan 19, 1899	Birmingham, AL, US
Clarence Heise	29	L	L	5' 10.0"	172	Aug 7, 1907	Topeka, KS, US
Ralph Hodgin	22	L	R	5' 10.0"	167	Feb 10, 1915	Greensboro, NC, US
Maurice Isbell	23		R	6' 2.0"	190	Jul 31, 1913
Julius Katzen	22	R		5' 10.0"	175	1915
Harry Kelly	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1915
William Lanier	--					Unknown
Glenn Larsen	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	176	1914
Babe Lawrie	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 22, 1912	Indianapolis, IN, US
Mickey Livingston	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 15, 1914	Newberry, SC, US
Frank Marinette	--					Unknown
James Martell	--					Unknown
Alex McColl	43	S	R	6' 1.0"	178	Mar 29, 1894	Eagleville, OH, US
Otto Meyers	23	L		5' 10.0"	165	Mar 1, 1914	Wauseon, OH, US
Eugene Mote	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1914
Joseph Murff	24	S		6' 0.0"	185	1913
George Nix	21	R		5' 10.0"	170	1916
Frank Peticolas	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	196	1917
Richard Pitman	25	R	R	6' 6.0"	185	1912
LeRoy Pritchett	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1914
Walter Purcey	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	148	1914
Elmer Riddle	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 31, 1914	Columbus, GA, US
Maxie Shirley	--					Unknown
George Simons	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	178	1917
Alex Sparra	22	R		5' 10.0"	170	1915
Art Steinfadt	--					Unknown
Pete Susko	32	L	L	5' 11.0"	172	Jul 2, 1904	Laura, OH, US
Gil Torres	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Aug 23, 1915	Regla, CU

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