1944 Indianapolis Indians

1944 > Class AA > 1944 American Association
Overall: 57-93
Scored 640 runs, Allowed 593 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-70

Affiliation: Boston Braves-NL
Manager: Mike Kelley and Mike Kelly
Represented: Indianapolis, IN
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1943 / 1945

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	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Joseph Aliperto	17	94	313	288	20	62	7	3	1	25	4	23	57	.215	.273	.271	.544	78	8	0	2
2	Charles Anderson	22	18	60	54	2	12	3	0	0	3	0	5	10	.222	.300	.278	.578	15	3	1	0
3	Wayne Blackburn*	29	149	653	535	104	180	23	7	1	65	25	99	29	.336	.445	.411	.857	220	7	6	13
4	Red Borom*	28	79	342	311	50	84	9	2	0	16	9	20	26	.270	.314	.312	.626	97	9	0	11
5	Paul Bowman?	--	13	33	29	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	.172	.250	.172	.422	5	0	0	1
6	Albert Bronkhurst	27	4		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
7	Joe Burns	28	59	252	232	29	70	12	3	1	34	4	16	22	.302	.349	.392	.742	91	11	1	3
8	Ollie Byers	27	30	80	68	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	10	13	.088	.205	.088	.293	6	2	0	2	Stats for 2 teams
9	Pat Capri	25	20	77	66	12	21	2	0	0	9	0	9	5	.318	.408	.348	.756	23	0	1	1	Stats for 2 teams
10	Chet Clemens	27	101	441	405	82	119	10	10	3	43	21	31	30	.294	.350	.390	.740	158	9	4	1
11	Cosmo Cotelle*	39	115	423	385	53	132	18	9	1	68	5	28	16	.343	.395	.444	.839	171	7	5	5	Stats for 2 teams
12	George Diehl	26	23	52	46	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	15	.152	.204	.152	.356	7	1	0	3	Stats for 2 teams
13	Deacon Donahue	24	9		14	3	5	0	0	0	1	0			.357		.357		5
14	Gil English	34	91	375	332	59	107	18	6	4	47	2	34	14	.322	.387	.449	.836	149	14	1	8
15	Kerby Farrell*	30	123	497	458	53	134	9	5	2	44	7	34	24	.293	.343	.347	.690	159	10	1	4
16	Wes Flowers*	30	15	34	31	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	2	8	.226	.273	.258	.531	8	0	0	1
17	Heinie Heltzel	30	70	265	235	16	50	7	1	0	18	1	20	20	.213	.277	.251	.528	59	7	1	9
18	Roy Herndon*	29	25	63	54	6	12	1	0	1	10	3	7	5	.222	.311	.296	.608	16	0	0	2
19	Johnny Hutchings#	28	34	65	55	2	11	2	0	0	6	0	9	9	.200	.313	.236	.549	13	1	0	1
20	Nicholas Kanavas*	24	6		5		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
21	Harry Kelley	38	43	60	57	4	12	1	0	0	8	0	2	3	.211	.237	.228	.465	13	3	0	1
22	Stan Klopp	33	10	14	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	.182	.357	.273	.630	3	0	0	0
23	John Lehman	41	11	23	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	.182	.217	.182	.399	4	0	0	0
24	Carl Lindquist	25	32	46	41	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	2	19	.146	.205	.220	.424	9	1	1	2
25	Bob Logan	34	66	183	168	13	38	4	1	0	16	2	7	18	.226	.261	.262	.523	44	7	1	7
26	Russ Lyon	31	64	185	167	17	59	14	1	2	55	1	16	13	.353	.416	.485	.901	81	11	2	0
27	George Mitrus	24	39	121	113	15	21	6	0	1	5	0	7	15	.186	.233	.265	.499	30	4	0	1
28	Eddie Morgan*	29	65	245	213	27	67	10	3	1	33	4	31	12	.315	.404	.404	.808	86	0	1	0
29	Dave Odom	26	21	33	29	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	11	.207	.258	.241	.499	7	0	0	2
30	Hugh Poland*	34	123	436	413	37	115	20	4	2	64	6	19	23	.278	.313	.361	.674	149	10	2	2
31	Nick Rhabe*	28	38	125	115	12	27	0	0	0	12	1	7	8	.235	.290	.235	.525	27	5	2	1
32	Woody Rich*	28	41	83	76	2	19	2	0	0	8	0	3	5	.250	.288	.276	.564	21	1	1	3
33	Michael Sabena#	22	61	219	205	22	65	8	0	0	12	3	11	13	.317	.352	.356	.708	73	4	0	3
34	Norm Schlueter	27	12	37	33	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	4	2	.273	.351	.333	.685	11	0	0	0
35	Fred Schulte	43	37	106	99	9	19	5	0	0	5	0	7	6	.192	.245	.242	.488	24	5	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
36	Allyn Stout	39	3		3		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
37	Frank Wilkie*	18	16	36	30	6	6	1	0	0	2	1	6	9	.200	.333	.233	.567	7	0	0	0
38	Preston Wint?	--	3		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
	38 Players	29.6	152	5647	5084	640	1407	188	49	19	568	96	453	456	.277	.340	.344	.684	1750	136	30	80

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	Albert Bronkhurst	27	1	1	.500	2.25	4	2	1	1	0	12.0	11	5	3	3	5	0	0	0	1.167	8.2	2.2	3.8	1.67
2	Ollie Byers	27	10	11	.476	4.84	30	21	7	11	1	184.0	216	117	99	61	74	1	0	3	1.505	10.6	3.0	3.6	1.21	Stats for 2 teams
3	George Diehl	26	5	11	.313	5.96	23	20	0	8	1	136.0	185	114	90	48	48	1	3	5	1.713	12.2	3.2	3.2	1.00	Stats for 2 teams
4	Deacon Donahue	24	2	3	.400	9.55	9	6	1	1	0	33.0	46	42	35	25	16	1	0	3	2.152	12.5	6.8	4.4	0.64
5	Kerby Farrell*	30	0	0			6			0	0	22.0	33			8	5				1.864	13.5	3.3	2.0	0.63
6	Wes Flowers*	30	6	4	.600	3.94	14	10	4	4	0	80.0	83	49	35	41	36	0	1	4	1.550	9.3	4.6	4.0	0.88
7	Johnny Hutchings	28	6	13	.316	4.70	22	18	4	11	1	132.0	147	88	69	46	81	8	2	2	1.462	10.0	3.1	5.5	1.76
8	Nicholas Kanavas*	24	0	2	.000	4.24	6	2	4	1	0	17.0	17	16	8	11	5	0	0	3	1.647	9.0	5.8	2.6	0.45
9	Harry Kelley	38	9	9	.500	3.81	43	14	22	7	0	163.0	201	92	69	49	58	4	0	4	1.534	11.1	2.7	3.2	1.18
10	Stan Klopp	33	3	4	.429	4.70	10	7	3	2	2	46.0	53	27	24	33	24	1	0	3	1.870	10.4	6.5	4.7	0.73
11	Carl Lindquist	25	6	13	.316	5.81	28	18	6	8	0	124.0	145	106	80	73	45	7	1	6	1.758	10.5	5.3	3.3	0.62
12	Bob Logan*	34	12	11	.522	3.08	33	24	7	18	1	225.0	224	93	77	57	98	3	1	10	1.249	9.0	2.3	3.9	1.72
13	Robert Martin?	--	0	0			3			0	0	3.0	6			4	2				3.333	18.0	12.0	6.0	0.50
14	Dave Odom	26	2	4	.333	6.33	21	11	6	2	0	81.0	84	71	57	61	43	1	1	5	1.790	9.3	6.8	4.8	0.70
15	Woody Rich	28	4	14	.222	4.50	26	20	6	11	1	168.0	204	105	84	94	103	5	0	4	1.774	10.9	5.0	5.5	1.10
16	Allyn Stout	39	0	1	.000	7.71	3			0	0	7.0	7	6	6	6	3	1	0	0	1.857	9.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
	16 Players	29.4	57	93	.380		152	152						593

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
Hugh Poland	113	480	82	13	14	.977	4.97	4
Russ Lyon	45	161	25	6	2	.969	4.13	2
Norm Schlueter	12	36	6	1	0	.977	3.50	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kerby Farrell	123	1041	80	10	84	.991	9.11
Eddie Morgan	20	140	5	4	10	.973	7.25
Gil English	15	117	9	3	5	.977	8.40

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Red Borom	55	134	161	14	26	.955	5.36
Joe Burns	48	133	134	17	21	.940	5.56
Michael Sabena	17	34	42	5	7	.938	4.47
Pat Capri	16	44	47	12	13	.883	5.69	Stats for 2 teams
Charles Anderson	12	33	29	7	7	.899	5.17

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gil English	48	32	81	4	2	.966	2.35
George Mitrus	29	21	45	6	7	.917	2.28
Michael Sabena	25	26	33	4	3	.937	2.36
Red Borom	19	18	38	1	3	.982	2.95
Wayne Blackburn	17	10	30	1	4	.976	2.35
Heinie Heltzel	15	10	20	0	2	1.000	2.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joseph Aliperto	87		148	223	35	38	.914	4.26
Heinie Heltzel	58		107	143	18	24	.933	4.31

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wayne Blackburn	134	311	10	10	1	.970	2.40
Cosmo Cotelle	110	197	12	8	3	.963	1.90	Stats for 2 teams
Chet Clemens	101	213	6	10	3	.956	2.17
Eddie Morgan	43	65	1	4	0	.943	1.53
Gil English	32	50	4	0	2	1.000	1.69
Bob Logan	31	42	2	3	1	.936	1.42
Nick Rhabe	30	46	1	2	0	.959	1.57
Fred Schulte	25	38	3	2	0	.953	1.64	Stats for 2 teams
Michael Sabena	16	25	0	1	0	.962	1.56
Paul Bowman	11	13	0	1	0	.929	1.18
Roy Herndon	11	24	1	2	0	.926	2.27

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Kelley	43	10	41	2	4	.962	1.19
Bob Logan	33	11	54	4	1	.942	1.97
Ollie Byers	30	15	43	2	3	.967	1.93	Stats for 2 teams
Carl Lindquist	28	8	31	0	1	1.000	1.39
Woody Rich	26	8	44	0	4	1.000	2.00
George Diehl	23	6	41	1	5	.979	2.04	Stats for 2 teams
Johnny Hutchings	22	7	18	3	1	.893	1.14
Dave Odom	21	2	16	2	0	.900	0.86
Wes Flowers	14	3	21	0	1	1.000	1.71
Stan Klopp	10	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.70
Deacon Donahue	9						0.00
Kerby Farrell	6						0.00
Nicholas Kanavas	6						0.00
Albert Bronkhurst	4						0.00
Robert Martin	3						0.00
Allyn Stout	3						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Joseph Aliperto	17	R		5' 11.0"	180	Jul 1, 1926
Charles Anderson	22	R		6' 1.0"	175	1922
Wayne Blackburn	29	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	Jul 10, 1914	Harmon, OH, US
Red Borom	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 30, 1915	Spartanburg, SC, US
Paul Bowman	--					Unknown
Albert Bronkhurst	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1917
Joe Burns	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 17, 1916	Bryn Mawr, PA, US
Ollie Byers	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 24, 1916
Pat Capri	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Nov 27, 1918	New York, NY, US
Chet Clemens	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	May 10, 1917	San Fernando, CA, US
Cosmo Cotelle	39	L	L	5' 5.0"	155	Nov 5, 1904	St. James, LA, US
George Diehl	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	196	Feb 25, 1918	Emmaus, PA, US
Deacon Donahue	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 23, 1920	Chicago, IL, US
Gil English	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 2, 1909	Glenola, NC, US
Kerby Farrell	30	L	L	5' 11.0"	172	Sep 3, 1913	Leapwood, TN, US
Wes Flowers	30	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 13, 1913	Vanndale, AR, US
Heinie Heltzel	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	Dec 21, 1913	York, PA, US
Roy Herndon	29	L		5' 11.0"	165	1915
Johnny Hutchings	28	S	R	6' 2.0"	250	Apr 14, 1916	Chicago, IL, US
Nicholas Kanavas	24	L	L	5' 8.0"	175	Sep 21, 1919
Harry Kelley	38	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Feb 13, 1906	Parkin, AR, US
Stan Klopp	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Dec 22, 1910	Womelsdorf, PA, US
John Lehman	41	R		6' 0.0"	173	1903
Carl Lindquist	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	May 9, 1919	Morris Run, PA, US
Bob Logan	34	R	L	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 10, 1910	Thompson, NE, US
Russ Lyon	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	230	Jun 26, 1913	Ball Ground, GA, US
Robert Martin	--					Unknown
George Mitrus	24	R		5' 9.0"	175	1920
Eddie Morgan	29	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Nov 19, 1914	Brady Lake, OH, US
Dave Odom	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Jun 5, 1918	Dinuba, CA, US
Hugh Poland	34	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 19, 1910	Tompkinsville, KY, US
Nick Rhabe	28	L		5' 11.0"	185	Jun 10, 1916	Detroit, MI, US
Woody Rich	28	L	R	6' 2.0"	185	Mar 9, 1916	Morganton, NC, US
Michael Sabena	22	S	R	5' 11.0"	180	Sep 19, 1921	Williamstown, PA, US
Norm Schlueter	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 25, 1916	Belleville, IL, US
Fred Schulte	43	R	R	6' 1.0"	183	Jan 13, 1901	Belvidere, IL, US
Allyn Stout	39	R	R	5' 10.0"	167	Oct 31, 1904	Peoria, IL, US
Frank Wilkie	18	L	R	5' 10.0"	158	1926
Preston Wint	--					Unknown

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