1931 Rock Island Islanders

1931 > Class D > 1931 Mississippi Valley League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Clarence Roper
Represented: Rock Island, IL
Ballpark: Douglas Park (Rock Island, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1930 / 1932

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	Luther Allison?	--	29	89	24	2	0	0	.270	.292	26
2	Tiger Bengel?	--	35	136	32	7	2	0	.235	.316	43	Stats for 2 teams
3	Howard Blethen?	--	63	249	71	10	4	2	.285	.382	95
4	George Caithamer	20	72	247	42	8	3	6	.170	.300	74	Stats for 3 teams
5	Joseph Desits?	--	13	25	3	0	0	0	.120	.120	3	Stats for 2 teams
6	C. Evans?	--	58	235	63	13	9	1	.268	.413	97
7	Felber?	--	50	175	55	14	1	2	.314	.440	77	Stats for 2 teams
8	Edward Fischer?	--	103	391	104	22	7	1	.266	.366	143
9	Forrest?	--	47	170	37	9	1	0	.218	.282	48
10	Sewell Glidden?	23	65	252	55	18	0	4	.218	.337	85	Stats for 5 teams
11	Al Hollingsworth*	23	102	392	120	24	9	1	.306	.421	165
12	Hyma?	--	16	24	7	1	0	1	.292	.458	11
13	Kelley?	--	19	60	12	1	0	0	.200	.217	13
14	Mel Kerr*	28	118	448	148	21	7	1	.330	.415	186	Stats for 2 teams
15	Koller?	--	13	20	3	0	0	0	.150	.150	3
16	Thomas Leonard*	25	70	286	96	11	5	1	.336	.420	120
17	Clyde Maltby?	--	118	425	119	17	4	0	.280	.339	144	Stats for 2 teams
18	Eugene McAuliffe?	--	21	75	14	3	0	0	.187	.227	17	Stats for 2 teams
19	Walter Murphy	23	10	19	2	0	0	0	.105	.105	2
20	Fred Newton?	--	18	42	7	0	1	0	.167	.214	9
21	Dink O'Brien	36	102	323	75	16	5	2	.232	.331	107	Stats for 3 teams
22	Otto Plummer?	--	56	141	35	2	4	0	.248	.319	45	Stats for 2 teams
23	Ralston?	--	32	112	32	6	1	4	.286	.464	52	Stats for 5 teams
24	Rojan?	--	67	236	56	7	9	0	.237	.343	81
25	Clarence Roper	33	125	500	151	22	7	1	.302	.380	190
26	Arthur Smargiassi?	--	63	225	55	6	4	0	.244	.307	69
27	Steamboat Struss	22	39	83	17	1	0	1	.205	.253	21
28	Thomas Thomas?	--	99	341	98	17	9	3	.287	.416	142	Stats for 2 teams
29	Adolph Wrobel?	--	17	39	9	1	2	0	.231	.359	14
30	Mike Yaros?	--	42	87	13	5	0	1	.149	.241	21	Stats for 2 teams
	30 Players	27.4

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Joseph Desits?	--	5	5	.500	4.50	12	66.0	67	45	33	45	1.697	9.1	6.1	Stats for 2 teams
2	Hyma?	--	2	5	.286	4.05	15	60.0	61	33	27	31	1.533	9.2	4.6
3	Koller?	--	3	4	.429	4.98	13	65.0	58	46	36	57	1.769	8.0	7.9
4	Walter Murphy	23	2	5	.286	5.37	10	52.0	59	35	31	24	1.596	10.2	4.2
5	Fred Newton?	--	12	4	.750	2.30	18	137.0	130	45	35	26	1.139	8.5	1.7
6	Otto Plummer?	--	16	13	.552	3.39	36	255.0	238	134	96	146	1.506	8.4	5.2	Stats for 2 teams
7	Steamboat Struss	22	8	13	.381	4.59	39	208.0	209	149	106	143	1.692	9.0	6.2
8	Adolph Wrobel?	--	7	4	.636	3.76	16	91.0	88	47	38	51	1.527	8.7	5.0
9	Mike Yaros?	--	12	7	.632	3.08	31	190.0	180	81	65	97	1.458	8.5	4.6	Stats for 2 teams
	9 Players	22.2

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Dink O'Brien	91	154	9	5	.970	1.79	Stats for 3 teams
George Caithamer	72	408	87	7	.986	6.88	Stats for 3 teams
Forrest	47	329	46	10	.974	7.98
Luther Allison	27	149	27	3	.983	6.52
Ralston	22	119	24	3	.979	6.50	Stats for 5 teams

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Al Hollingsworth	102		898	42	16		.983	9.22
Thomas Thomas	99		857	42	22		.976	9.08			Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Clyde Maltby	115		256	424	29		.959	5.91			Stats for 2 teams
Arthur Smargiassi	52		116	133	19		.929	4.79

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Clarence Roper	82		88	160	19		.929	3.02

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Edward Fischer	61		128	130	26		.908	4.23
Kelley	15		31	33	6		.914	4.27

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Mel Kerr	118	219	7	11	.954	1.92	Stats for 2 teams
Thomas Leonard	70	149	9	3	.981	2.26
Rojan	67	102	2	1	.990	1.55
C. Evans	58	108	6	1	.991	1.97
Sewell Glidden	57	103	26	2	.985	2.26	Stats for 5 teams
Howard Blethen	52	103	4	7	.939	2.06
Felber	50	61	6	2	.971	1.34	Stats for 2 teams
Tiger Bengel	35	54	3	2	.966	1.63	Stats for 2 teams
Eugene McAuliffe	21	29	1	3	.909	1.43	Stats for 2 teams

P

	G
Steamboat Struss	39
Otto Plummer	36	Stats for 2 teams
Mike Yaros	31	Stats for 2 teams
Fred Newton	18
Adolph Wrobel	16
Hyma	15
Koller	13
Joseph Desits	12	Stats for 2 teams
Walter Murphy	10

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Luther Allison	--					Unknown
Tiger Bengel	--					Unknown
Howard Blethen	--					Unknown
George Caithamer	20	R	R	5' 7.0"	160	Jul 22, 1910	Chicago, IL, US
Joseph Desits	--					Unknown
C. Evans	--					Unknown
Felber	--					Unknown
Edward Fischer	--					Unknown
Forrest	--					Unknown
Sewell Glidden	23					Nov 23, 1907
Al Hollingsworth	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	174	Feb 25, 1908	St. Louis, MO, US
Hyma	--					Unknown
Kelley	--					Unknown
Mel Kerr	28	L	L	5' 11.0"	155	May 22, 1903	Souris, MB, CA
Koller	--					Unknown
Thomas Leonard	25	L	R	5' 11.0"		May 17, 1906	Columbus, OH, US
Clyde Maltby	--					Unknown
Eugene McAuliffe	--					Unknown
Walter Murphy	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Sep 27, 1907	New York, NY, US
Fred Newton	--					Unknown
Dink O'Brien	36	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Sep 13, 1894	San Francisco, CA, US
Otto Plummer	--					Unknown
Ralston	--					Unknown
Rojan	--					Unknown
Clarence Roper	33	R		5' 11.0"	160	1898
Arthur Smargiassi	--					Unknown
Steamboat Struss	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	163	Feb 24, 1909	Riverdale, IL, US
Thomas Thomas	--					Unknown
Adolph Wrobel	--					Unknown
Mike Yaros	--					Unknown

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