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1941 Columbus Red Birds

1941 > Class AA > 1941 American Association
Overall: 95-58
Scored 876 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-61

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Burt Shotton
Represented: Columbus, OH
Ballpark: n/a
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	Frank Barrett	27	42	51	42	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	5	11	.214	.298	.214	.512	9	0	4
2	Augie Bergamo*	24	57	247	214	31	57	9	4	1	23	0	25	14	.266	.346	.360	.706	77	1	7
3	Carl Boyer	22	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
4	Harry Brecheen*	26	45	90	79	11	17	2	1	1	5	0	7	18	.215	.287	.304	.591	24	1	3
5	Charles Brumbeloe	27	13	12	12	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500	.750	6	0	0
6	Jim Bucher*	30	52	131	116	23	30	8	0	3	11	2	13	10	.259	.333	.405	.739	47	0	2
7	Jack Creel	25	11	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
8	Murry Dickson	24	63	135	132	18	45	3	1	1	27	0	1	7	.341	.346	.402	.747	53	0	2
9	Frank Gabler	29	20	43	37	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	5	8	.162	.262	.162	.424	6	0	1
10	Carden Gillenwater	24	66	250	215	33	57	12	1	1	28	2	29	25	.265	.355	.344	.699	74	1	5
11	Jack Griffore	20	4		4		2								.500
12	Johnny Grodzicki	24	34	84	74	10	16	6	0	0	6	0	7	17	.216	.284	.297	.581	22	0	3
13	Bert Haas	27	156	671	594	102	187	37	12	15	131	10	64	41	.315	.385	.493	.878	293	4	9
14	George Hader	24	31	42	36	3	9	1	1	0	3	0	2	9	.250	.289	.333	.623	12	0	4
15	Tommy Heath	27	99	333	263	35	67	12	1	3	43	1	57	28	.255	.388	.342	.730	90	0	13
16	Vernon Horn	24	1		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
17	Red Jones*	29	87	321	279	53	75	17	4	4	43	1	29	41	.269	.346	.401	.748	112	4	9
18	Lou Klein	22	112	428	362	67	133	22	11	5	54	10	53	23	.367	.453	.530	.984	192	4	9
19	Max Marshall*	27	138	539	493	79	149	19	11	17	101	6	41	68	.302	.356	.489	.845	241	0	5
20	George Myatt*	27	110	460	402	84	119	17	2	1	33	24	44	55	.296	.370	.356	.725	143	3	11
21	Sam Nahem	25	5		8		1								.125
22	George Niedson#	23	1		3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0			.333		.333		1
23	Hugh Poland*	31	85	261	242	20	59	7	1	2	25	0	15	21	.244	.288	.306	.594	74	0	4
24	William Rabe	20	11	38	29	9	12	1	0	0	4	1	9	6	.414	.553	.448	1.001	13	0	0
25	Bill Ramsey	21	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
26	Bob Repass	23	117	445	391	68	124	18	6	0	56	11	45	32	.317	.389	.394	.783	154	1	8
27	Preacher Roe	25	30	56	46	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	.152	.220	.152	.372	7	0	6
28	Ray Sanders*	24	152	669	587	119	181	40	9	14	120	6	76	63	.308	.389	.479	.867	281	1	5
29	Albert Thomas	25	1		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
30	Averett Thompson*	26	4		5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0			.200		.200		1
31	Richard Tichacek	24	1		3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			.333		.667		2
32	Hooper Triplett	21	21	90	76	15	19	6	2	1	9	1	12	4	.250	.352	.421	.773	32	0	2
33	Harry Walker*	24	121	516	445	79	124	25	1	4	58	13	54	23	.279	.359	.366	.726	163	2	15
34	Edward Wissman*	26	21	24	23	2	6	0	1	0	5	0	1	6	.261	.292	.348	.639	8	0	0
	34 Players	25.6	156	5973	5222	876	1517	262	69	74	803	87	602	551	.291	.366	.410	.776	2139	22	127

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	Frank Barrett	27	7	5	.583	4.47	42	13	15	8	2	145.0	161	82	72	76	73	1	0	7	1.634	10.0	4.7	4.5	0.96
2	Harry Brecheen*	26	16	6	.727	3.64	35	25	9	11	2	188.0	175	95	76	66	112	2	1	4	1.282	8.4	3.2	5.4	1.70
3	Charles Brumbeloe	27	1	3	.250	6.43	13	4	4	2	0	35.0	46	32	25	25	17	3	0	2	2.029	11.8	6.4	4.4	0.68
4	Jack Creel	25	2	2	.500	3.15	11			0	0	20.0	22	15	7	10	6	1	0	0	1.600	9.9	4.5	2.7	0.60
5	Murry Dickson	24	21	11	.656	3.30	44	31	10	22	4	259.0	244	117	95	124	153	4	0	6	1.421	8.5	4.3	5.3	1.23
6	Frank Gabler	29	6	6	.500	3.20	20	8	5	3	0	104.0	103	48	37	25	38	0	0	1	1.231	8.9	2.2	3.3	1.52
7	Jack Griffore	20	1	0	1.000	5.79	4	1	1	1	0	14.0	12	9	9	15	6	2	0	0	1.929	7.7	9.6	3.9	0.40
8	Johnny Grodzicki	24	19	5	.792	2.58	32	24	7	17	4	199.0	169	64	57	83	136	4	0	1	1.266	7.6	3.8	6.2	1.64
9	George Hader	24	8	5	.615	5.01	30	13	7	5	1	106.0	122	70	59	51	49	6	0	4	1.632	10.4	4.3	4.2	0.96
10	Vernon Horn	24	0	0			1			0	0	2.0	7			1	0				4.000	31.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
11	Sam Nahem	25	0	2	.000	9.41	5			0	0	22.0	45	27	23	7	6	1	0	0	2.364	18.4	2.9	2.5	0.86
12	Preacher Roe*	25	11	9	.550	3.57	30	20	7	9	2	159.0	156	73	63	41	82	2	0	2	1.239	8.8	2.3	4.6	2.00
13	Albert Thomas	25	0	0			1			0	0	4.0	4			2	1				1.500	9.0	4.5	2.2	0.50
14	Jim Winford	31	0	0			2			0	0	3.0	2			5	1				2.333	6.0	15.0	3.0	0.20
15	Edward Wissman*	26	3	4	.429	5.43	20	11	7	1	0	63.0	77	56	38	34	29	2	0	3	1.762	11.0	4.9	4.1	0.85
	15 Players	25.4	95	58	.621		156	156						700

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
Tommy Heath	97		476	76	5	7	.991	5.69	5
Hugh Poland	83		348	43	5	6	.987	4.71	5

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ray Sanders	151		1153	81	14	85	.989	8.17

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Myatt	101	242	216	28	48	.942	4.53
Bob Repass	38	128	102	8	18	.966	6.05
Jim Bucher	28	64	68	12	16	.917	4.71

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bert Haas	153		168	220	32	18	.924	2.54

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lou Klein	101		150	239	42	30	.903	3.85
Bob Repass	63		128	151	19	30	.936	4.43

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Max Marshall	133	240	9	7	1	.973	1.87
Harry Walker	120	319	11	15	1	.957	2.75
Red Jones	78	134	5	5	4	.965	1.78
Carden Gillenwater	63	141	10	6	0	.962	2.40
Augie Bergamo	57	107	4	4	1	.965	1.95
Hooper Triplett	21	28	1	3	0	.906	1.38
William Rabe	11	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.27

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Murry Dickson	44	20	53	4	5	.948	1.66
Frank Barrett	42	5	25	0	2	1.000	0.71
Harry Brecheen	35	8	36	0	0	1.000	1.26
Johnny Grodzicki	32	7	32	1	1	.975	1.22
George Hader	30	11	23	2	2	.944	1.13
Preacher Roe	30	3	30	0	0	1.000	1.10
Frank Gabler	20	5	23	1	2	.966	1.40
Edward Wissman	20	2	16	0	1	1.000	0.90
Charles Brumbeloe	13	3	13	1	1	.941	1.23
Jack Creel	11	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.64
Sam Nahem	5						0.00
Jack Griffore	4						0.00
Jim Winford	2						0.00
Vernon Horn	1						0.00
Albert Thomas	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Frank Barrett	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	173	Jul 1, 1913	Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
Augie Bergamo	24	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 14, 1917	Detroit, MI, US
Carl Boyer	22	R		5' 11.0"	180	1919
Harry Brecheen	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 14, 1914	Broken Bow, OK, US
Charles Brumbeloe	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Apr 24, 1914	Augusta, GA, US
Jim Bucher	30	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 24, 1911	Manassas, VA, US
Jack Creel	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Apr 23, 1916	Kyle, TX, US
Murry Dickson	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	157	Aug 21, 1916	Tracy, MO, US
Frank Gabler	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 6, 1911	East Highland, CA, US
Carden Gillenwater	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	May 13, 1917	Riceville, TN, US
Jack Griffore	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Mar 28, 1921
Johnny Grodzicki	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 26, 1917	Nanticoke, PA, US
Bert Haas	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Feb 8, 1914	Naperville, IL, US
George Hader	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1917
Tommy Heath	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Aug 18, 1913	Akron, CO, US
Vernon Horn	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	1917
Red Jones	29	L	R	6' 3.0"	190	Nov 2, 1911	Timpson, TX, US
Lou Klein	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	167	Oct 22, 1918	New Orleans, LA, US
Max Marshall	27	L	R	6' 1.0"	180	Sep 18, 1913	Randolph, IA, US
George Myatt	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	167	Jun 14, 1914	Denver, CO, US
Sam Nahem	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 19, 1915	New York, NY, US
George Niedson	23	S		5' 10.0"	205	1918
Hugh Poland	31	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 19, 1910	Tompkinsville, KY, US
William Rabe	20	R		5' 9.0"	154	1921
Bill Ramsey	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Feb 20, 1920	Osceola, AR, US
Bob Repass	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 6, 1917	West Pittston, PA, US
Preacher Roe	25	R	L	6' 2.0"	170	Feb 26, 1916	Ash Flat, AR, US
Ray Sanders	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	185	Dec 4, 1916	Bonne Terre, MO, US
Albert Thomas	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	164	1916
Averett Thompson	26	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jan 14, 1915	Clarksville, TN, US
Richard Tichacek	24	R		5' 10.0"	175	1917
Hooper Triplett	21	R		5' 10.0"	170	Dec 17, 1919	Triplett, NC, US
Harry Walker	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	Oct 22, 1916	Pascagoula, MS, US
Jim Winford	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 9, 1909	Shelbyville, TN, US
Edward Wissman	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	1915

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