1941 Indianapolis Indians

1941 > Class AA > 1941 American Association
Overall: 65-88
Scored 597 runs, Allowed 690 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-87

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: Red Killefer
Represented: Indianapolis, IN
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
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	Chuck Aleno	24	19	77	69	11	24	4	1	1	9	3	7	3	.348	.408	.478	.886	33	0	1
2	Wayne Ambler	25	139	598	515	59	126	10	3	2	43	3	63	31	.245	.327	.287	.614	148	0	20
3	Jack Bastien	20	2		5		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
4	Joe Becker	33	10	34	28	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	5	4	.250	.364	.286	.649	8	0	1
5	Joseph Bestudik#	26	117	444	388	55	117	10	10	3	49	5	53	32	.302	.385	.402	.788	156	0	3
6	Wayne Blackburn*	26	113	502	428	79	134	21	4	2	32	16	71	38	.313	.413	.395	.808	169	2	1
7	Orville Bolton	19	6		22		3								.136
8	Gibby Brack	33	3		11		3								.273
9	Bill Brubaker	30	54	194	166	14	40	6	1	0	26	0	26	25	.241	.344	.289	.633	48	0	2
10	Carmel Castle	23	14	27	26	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	.192	.222	.269	.491	7	0	0
11	Italo Chelini*	26	14	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.048	.130	.048	.178	1	0	0
12	Bill Cox	28	30	69	61	2	16	0	0	0	3	0	2	10	.262	.286	.262	.548	16	0	6
13	Glenn Fletcher*	24	29	45	41	4	6	0	2	0	4	0	3	8	.146	.205	.244	.448	10	0	1
14	Milt Galatzer*	34	98	307	262	33	63	7	4	0	36	1	42	13	.240	.348	.298	.645	78	1	2
15	George Gill	32	30	68	60	5	14	2	0	1	8	0	7	15	.233	.313	.317	.630	19	0	1
16	Skinny Graham*	31	9		18		5								.278
17	Allen Hunt*	28	133	528	457	75	134	15	7	4	61	12	63	41	.293	.381	.383	.764	175	2	6
18	Lloyd Johnson*	30	22	36	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	.086	.086	.086	.171	3	0	1	Stats for 2 teams
19	Al Lakeman	22	70	215	199	16	57	12	3	1	24	1	16	33	.286	.340	.392	.731	78	0	0
20	Kermit Lewis	27	120	462	425	57	119	15	7	4	59	15	28	50	.280	.333	.376	.710	160	6	3
21	Bob Logan	31	31	60	55	5	11	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	.200	.214	.200	.414	11	0	4
22	Joe Mack#	29	35	127	113	9	22	5	0	0	12	3	11	11	.195	.272	.239	.511	27	1	2
23	Stanley Mazgay	19	53	213	197	22	56	4	2	1	20	2	12	19	.284	.332	.340	.672	67	2	2
24	Charley Moncrief	30	19	15	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	0
25	Mike Naymick	23	4		3		1								.333
26	Johnny Pasek	36	97	317	288	20	78	8	1	0	31	0	26	10	.271	.335	.306	.641	88	2	1
27	Bill Phebus	31	2		2		1								.500
28	LeGrant Scott*	30	22	76	72	5	19	3	0	0	9	0	2	4	.264	.284	.306	.589	22	0	2
29	Eddie Shokes*	21	81	305	283	27	67	13	2	2	28	2	18	31	.237	.282	.318	.600	90	0	4
30	Pete Sivess	27	7		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
31	Ray Starr	35	42	112	97	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	4	42	.082	.119	.082	.201	8	0	11
32	Ben Wade	18	32	45	44	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	10	.159	.159	.182	.341	8	0	1
33	Jake Wade*	29	7		2		1								.500
34	Benny Zientara	23	151	646	588	77	160	34	10	2	64	8	41	30	.272	.326	.374	.700	220	6	11
	34 Players	26.7	154	5617	4995	597	1310	172	58	23	536	71	512	508	.262	.334	.334	.667	1667	24	86

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	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Jack Bastien	20	0	1	.000	6.23	2	2	0	1	0	13.0	17	9	9	13	6	1	0	1	2.308	11.8	9.0	4.2	0.46
2	Italo Chelini*	26	2	8	.200	6.14	14	9	3	3	1	66.0	84	51	45	27	18	1	0	0	1.682	11.5	3.7	2.5	0.67
3	Bill Cox	28	8	16	.333	3.75	29	24	3	14	4	185.0	185	91	77	73	68	3	0	3	1.395	9.0	3.6	3.3	0.93
4	Glenn Fletcher	24	3	12	.200	4.66	27	15	10	6	1	114.0	116	70	59	65	41	2	0	6	1.588	9.2	5.1	3.2	0.63
5	George Gill	32	11	9	.550	3.75	30	20	5	12	2	163.0	194	89	68	63	44	1	0	2	1.577	10.7	3.5	2.4	0.70
6	Lloyd Johnson*	30	5	6	.455	3.99	22	10	9	6	1	106.0	108	48	47	28	38	2	0	2	1.283	9.2	2.4	3.2	1.36	Stats for 2 teams
7	Bob Logan*	31	8	14	.364	4.72	26	25	1	14	1	166.0	192	100	87	48	61	1	1	6	1.446	10.4	2.6	3.3	1.27
8	Charley Moncrief	30	3	0	1.000	4.00	19			0	0	45.0	45	22	20	21	2	1	0	0	1.467	9.0	4.2	0.4	0.10
9	Mike Naymick	23	0	0			4			0	0	9.0	11			11	7				2.444	11.0	11.0	7.0	0.64
10	Bill Phebus	31	0	0			2			0	0	5.0	9			2	1				2.200	16.2	3.6	1.8	0.50
11	Pete Sivess	27	0	2	.000	8.44	6			0	0	16.0	24	16	15	7	5	0	0	0	1.938	13.5	3.9	2.8	0.71
12	Ray Starr	35	20	15	.571	3.43	42	35	7	22	6	273.0	245	124	104	112	145	5	0	1	1.308	8.1	3.7	4.8	1.29
13	Ben Wade	18	4	5	.444	2.83	32	9	14	5	0	127.0	104	51	40	84	40	5	0	3	1.480	7.4	6.0	2.8	0.48
14	Jake Wade*	29	0	1	.000	9.00	7			0	0	9.0	19	12	9	6	3	0	0	1	2.778	19.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
	14 Players	28.8	65	88	.425		154	154						690

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Johnny Pasek	92		321	56	5	6	.987	4.10	3
Al Lakeman	58		231	50	11	8	.962	4.84	8

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eddie Shokes	78	594	46	10	51	.985	8.21
Milt Galatzer	38	321	18	6	25	.983	8.92
Joe Mack	32	275	18	4	29	.987	9.16

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Benny Zientara	151		426	453	27	81	.970	5.82

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joseph Bestudik	96	108	165	20	17	.932	2.84
Bill Brubaker	38	30	55	3	5	.966	2.24
Chuck Aleno	19	24	56	5	3	.941	4.21

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Wayne Ambler	139		286	385	31	71	.956	4.83
Joseph Bestudik	13		31	43	4	9	.949	5.69

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Allen Hunt	133	307	16	9	2	.973	2.43
Kermit Lewis	111	202	12	7	3	.968	1.93
Wayne Blackburn	106	273	12	8	3	.973	2.69
Stanley Mazgay	52	121	5	1	1	.992	2.42
Milt Galatzer	37	78	6	1	3	.988	2.27
LeGrant Scott	17	20	1	1	0	.955	1.24

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ray Starr	42	4	54	3	2	.951	1.38
Ben Wade	32	5	31	3	5	.923	1.13
George Gill	30	4	30	2	2	.944	1.13
Bill Cox	29	10	43	5	5	.914	1.83
Glenn Fletcher	27	2	18	3	1	.870	0.74
Bob Logan	26	6	33	4	5	.907	1.50
Lloyd Johnson	22	0	21	2	1	.913	0.95	Stats for 2 teams
Charley Moncrief	19	0	11	0	0	1.000	0.58
Italo Chelini	14	4	13	1	1	.944	1.21
Jake Wade	7						0.00
Pete Sivess	6						0.00
Mike Naymick	4						0.00
Jack Bastien	2						0.00
Bill Phebus	2						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Chuck Aleno	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	215	Feb 19, 1917	St. Louis, MO, US
Wayne Ambler	25	R	R	5' 8.0"	165	Nov 8, 1915	Abington, PA, US
Jack Bastien	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	1921
Joe Becker	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 25, 1908	St. Louis, MO, US
Joseph Bestudik	26	S	L	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 29, 1914	Springfield, IL, US
Wayne Blackburn	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	Jul 10, 1914	Harmon, OH, US
Orville Bolton	19	R		6' 0.0"	180	Oct 22, 1921
Gibby Brack	33	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Mar 29, 1908	Chicago, IL, US
Bill Brubaker	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Nov 7, 1910	Cleveland, OH, US
Carmel Castle	23	R		6' 5.0"	214	1918
Italo Chelini	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 10, 1914	San Francisco, CA, US
Bill Cox	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 23, 1913	Ashmore, IL, US
Glenn Fletcher	24	L	R	5' 9.0"	170	1917
Milt Galatzer	34	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	May 4, 1907	Chicago, IL, US
George Gill	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 13, 1909	Catchings, MS, US
Skinny Graham	31	L	R	5' 7.0"	162	Aug 12, 1909	Somerville, MA, US
Allen Hunt	28	L		5' 10.0"	175	1913
Lloyd Johnson	30	L	L	6' 4.0"	204	Dec 24, 1910	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Al Lakeman	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 31, 1918	Cincinnati, OH, US
Kermit Lewis	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jan 29, 1914	Linn Creek, MO, US
Bob Logan	31	R	L	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 10, 1910	Thompson, NE, US
Joe Mack	29	S	L	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 4, 1912	Chicago, IL, US
Stanley Mazgay	19	R		5' 10.0"	170	1922
Charley Moncrief	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 27, 1910	Maricopa, CA, US
Mike Naymick	23	R	R	6' 8.0"	225	Aug 26, 1917	Berlin, PA, US
Johnny Pasek	36	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 25, 1905	Niagara Falls, NY, US
Bill Phebus	31	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Aug 2, 1909	Cherryvale, KS, US
LeGrant Scott	30	L	L	5' 8.0"	170	Jul 25, 1910	Cleveland, OH, US
Eddie Shokes	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jan 27, 1920	Charleston, SC, US
Pete Sivess	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 23, 1913	South River, NJ, US
Ray Starr	35	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	Apr 23, 1906	Nowata, OK, US
Ben Wade	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Nov 25, 1922	Morehead City, NC, US
Jake Wade	29	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	Apr 1, 1912	Morehead City, NC, US
Benny Zientara	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 14, 1918	Chicago, IL, US

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