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1941 Springfield Browns

1941 > Class B > 1941 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Browns-AL
Manager: Art Scharein
Represented: Springfield, IL
Ballpark: Lanphier Park (I) (Springfield, IL)
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 CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Harry Bailey? 22 13 24 2 0 1 0 .083 .167 4
2 Floyd Baker* 24 124 486 154 25 8 8 .317 .451 219
3 George Bradley 27 113 410 97 20 2 15 .237 .405 166
4 Rudolph Briner 23 16 43 3 0 0 0 .070 .070 3
5 Ed Busch 23 31 116 44 5 1 3 .379 .517 60
6 Homer Gibson 23 23 57 10 0 0 0 .175 .175 10
7 John Hansen* 25 112 411 124 21 3 8 .302 .426 175
8 Harry Hatch 22 76 286 82 8 6 1 .287 .367 105
9 George Hausmann 25 84 336 95 17 7 9 .283 .455 153
10 John Hyver 22 12 10 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
11 Ralph Ifft 27 18 41 8 0 0 0 .195 .195 8
12 Earl Jones* 22 18 28 6 0 0 0 .214 .214 6
13 Art Keller 24 87 294 86 16 2 8 .293 .442 130
14 Henry Mestnik# 24 13 24 5 1 0 0 .208 .250 6
15 Grover Miller 24 19 42 8 3 1 0 .190 .310 13
16 John Novosel 23 121 470 142 27 9 14 .302 .487 229
17 Ray Parrott* 21 119 473 138 14 11 10 .292 .431 204
18 Sid Peterson 23 34 82 9 1 0 1 .110 .159 13
19 Art Scharein 36 43 107 31 5 2 0 .290 .374 40
20 William Scott 23 15 38 11 0 1 1 .289 .421 16
21 Michael Sertich 21 36 94 23 3 2 2 .245 .383 36
22 Garland Sewell 25 45 161 39 10 0 4 .242 .379 61
23 Charles Wagener* 26 19 29 7 2 0 0 .241 .310 9
24 Ken Wood 16 6 14 4 0 0 0 .286 .286 4
25 Al Zarilla* 22 25 89 29 7 5 2 .326 .584 52
25 Players 24.0
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% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Harry Bailey? 22 4 6 .400 6.51 12 65.0 88 64 47 38 1.938 12.2 5.3
2 Tom Calahan 23 1 0 1.000 2 13.0 12 7 14 2.000 8.3 9.7
3 Homer Gibson 23 11 5 .688 4.32 23 146.0 152 82 70 57 1.432 9.4 3.5
4 John Hyver 22 0 1 .000 12 28.0 35 35 31 2.357 11.2 10.0
5 Ralph Ifft 27 8 7 .533 3.39 18 114.0 112 53 43 43 1.360 8.8 3.4
6 Earl Jones* 22 4 7 .364 4.33 17 79.0 63 44 38 59 1.544 7.2 6.7
7 Henry Mestnik 24 1 9 .100 6.15 13 79.0 81 60 54 29 1.392 9.2 3.3
8 Grover Miller 24 8 7 .533 3.75 19 120.0 134 68 50 51 1.542 10.0 3.8
9 Herbert Nordquist 21 0 2 .000 2 10.0 14 11 4 1.800 12.6 3.6
10 Sid Peterson 23 15 6 .714 3.29 34 205.0 219 97 75 90 1.507 9.6 4.0
11 William Scott 23 7 6 .538 4.25 15 106.0 128 65 50 52 1.698 10.9 4.4
12 Charles Wagener* 26 6 3 .667 3.14 16 86.0 98 37 30 22 1.395 10.3 2.3
12 Players 23.6

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
Art Keller 82 437 38 12 .975 5.79
Michael Sertich 31 190 17 4 .981 6.68
Rudolph Briner 15 61 6 2 .971 4.47

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Hansen 111 1027 40 21 .981 9.61

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Hausmann 83 206 254 15 .968 5.54
Garland Sewell 38 85 100 13 .934 4.87

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Hatch 71 84 125 16 .929 2.94
Ed Busch 31 28 89 13 .900 3.77
Art Scharein 22 18 41 3 .952 2.68

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Floyd Baker 124 231 406 31 .954 5.14

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Novosel 120 149 17 10 .943 1.38
Ray Parrott 118 206 8 11 .951 1.81
George Bradley 99 207 17 7 .970 2.26
Al Zarilla 22 42 3 1 .978 2.05

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Sid Peterson 34 0.00
Homer Gibson 23 0.00
Grover Miller 19 0.00
Ralph Ifft 18 0.00
Earl Jones 17 0.00
Charles Wagener 16 0.00
William Scott 15 0.00
Henry Mestnik 13 0.00
Harry Bailey 12 0.00
John Hyver 12 0.00
Tom Calahan 2 0.00
Herbert Nordquist 2 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Harry Bailey 22 6' 1.0" 190 1919
Floyd Baker 24 L R 5' 9.0" 160 Oct 10, 1916 Luray, VA, US
George Bradley 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 1, 1914 Greenwood, AR, US
Rudolph Briner 23 R 5' 10.0" 200 Jul 18, 1917
Ed Busch 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Nov 16, 1917 Lebanon, IL, US
Tom Calahan 23 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1918
Homer Gibson 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1918
John Hansen 25 L 5' 10.0" 170 1916
Harry Hatch 22 R 5' 10.0" 170 1919
George Hausmann 25 R R 5' 5.0" 145 Feb 11, 1916 St. Louis, MO, US
John Hyver 22 R R 6' 1.0" 180 May 1, 1919
Ralph Ifft 27 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 14, 1914 Zelienpole, PA, US
Earl Jones 22 L L 5' 10.0" 190 Jun 11, 1919 Fresno, CA, US
Art Keller 24 R 5' 11.0" 187 Jul 28, 1916 Octavia, NE, US
Henry Mestnik 24 S R 6' 2.0" 185 1917
Grover Miller 24 R R 6' 0.0" 195 1917
Joseph Morjoseph 21 R 6' 0.0" 195 1920
Herbert Nordquist 21 R R 6' 1.0" 182 1920
John Novosel 23 R 5' 11.0" 190 Apr 6, 1918
Ray Parrott 21 L 6' 3.0" 193 1920
Sid Peterson 23 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jan 31, 1918 Havelock, ND, US
Art Scharein 36 R R 5' 11.0" 155 Jun 30, 1905 Decatur, IL, US
William Scott 23 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 26, 1917
Michael Sertich 21 R 5' 10.0" 185 Jun 29, 1920
Garland Sewell 25 R 5' 10.0" 165 1916
Richard Valencia 23 L 5' 9.0" 175 1918
Charles Wagener 26 L L 6' 4.0" 208 1915
Ken Wood 16 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Jul 1, 1924 Lincolnton, NC, US
Al Zarilla 22 L R 5' 11.0" 180 May 1, 1919 Los Angeles, CA, US

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