1946 San Diego Padres

1946 > Class AAA > 1946 Pacific Coast League
Overall: 78-108
Scored 638 runs, Allowed 772 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-109

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Pepper Martin
Represented: San Diego, CA
Ballpark: Lane Field (San Diego, CA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1945 / 1947

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	Jack Angle	30	121	412	368	47	92	7	6	2	24	5	39	48	.250	.324	.318	.641	117	1	4
2	Del Ballinger*	27	92	297	276	19	76	11	2	1	32	0	16	10	.275	.322	.341	.663	94	3	2	Stats for 2 teams
3	Ed Boehm*	23	62	227	206	29	42	6	1	4	17	1	16	42	.204	.265	.301	.566	62	1	4
4	Joe Bowman*	36	16	14	14	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.071	.071	.143	.214	2	0	0
5	Stan Breard#	28	96	330	318	18	69	11	4	1	32	2	4	19	.217	.227	.286	.513	91	0	8
6	Jim Brillheart	42	20	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0
7	Earl Chapple	24	36	30	28	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	14	.143	.200	.179	.379	5	0	0
8	Pete Coscarart	33	76	277	251	23	54	10	1	4	24	2	19	40	.215	.276	.311	.586	78	2	5
9	Tony Criscola*	30	163	653	603	81	165	29	6	2	56	13	44	51	.274	.326	.352	.678	212	3	3
10	Mike Dejan*	31	18	47	38	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	8	7	.105	.277	.105	.382	4	1	0
11	Dutch Dumler	31	40	32	30	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	4	0	2
12	Vallie Eaves	34	4		9		1	0	0	0	0	0			.111		.111		1
13	Chuck Eisenmann*	27	18	24	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.200	.304	.200	.504	4	0	1
14	Earl Escalante	28	19	18	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	.250	.333	.250	.583	4	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
15	Lou Estes	22	3		2		0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
16	Debs Garms*	39	142	526	466	48	126	14	3	1	44	16	46	37	.270	.337	.320	.657	149	1	13
17	Joe Gedzius	30	18	55	46	4	6	3	0	0	3	0	8	10	.130	.259	.196	.455	9	0	1
18	Ben Guintini	27	72	278	257	29	66	13	3	4	24	3	18	32	.257	.310	.377	.688	97	2	1	Stats for 2 teams
19	Dick Gyselman	38	171	684	619	77	174	22	8	0	58	16	46	86	.281	.337	.342	.679	212	6	13
20	Jack Hackett?	25	4		3		0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
21	Jack Harshman*	18	3		13		2	0	0	0	0	0			.154		.154		2
22	Oliver Hill*	36	10		11		1	0	0	0	2	0			.091		.091		1
23	Ed Ignasiak*	30	9		32		4	0	0	0	3	0			.125		.125		4
24	Johnny Jensen	29	155	579	496	60	149	27	6	4	53	8	70	51	.300	.388	.403	.791	200	1	12
25	Kirby Jordan*	29	5		3		0	0	0	0	0	0			.000		.000		0
26	Vern Kennedy*	39	34	86	85	6	17	3	2	0	4	1	1	20	.200	.209	.282	.492	24	0	0
27	Giles Knowles	28	5		1		1	1	0	0	1	0			1.000		2.000		2
28	Bruce Konopka*	26	25	73	69	9	14	2	1	2	11	0	2	6	.203	.225	.348	.573	24	0	2
29	Fred Lanifero	27	73	247	224	21	48	5	0	0	19	2	16	15	.214	.270	.237	.506	53	1	6
30	Jack Lohrke	22	92	388	350	41	106	19	4	8	48	3	30	41	.303	.358	.449	.806	157	0	8
31	Don Lund	23	12		33		5	1	0	0	1	1			.152		.182		6
32	Pepper Martin	42	16		26	4	7	1	0	0	1	0			.269		.308		8
33	George McDonald*	28	142	558	506	55	140	21	5	1	56	7	42	28	.277	.332	.344	.676	174	0	10	Stats for 2 teams
34	Jim McDonnell*	23	69	210	189	14	45	4	0	0	13	1	15	8	.238	.298	.259	.557	49	1	5
35	Al Olsen*	25	45	107	91	5	10	2	0	0	7	0	8	28	.110	.182	.132	.314	12	0	8
36	Boots Poffenberger	30	17	28	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.200	.259	.200	.459	5	2	1
37	Len Rice	27	108	307	286	32	70	9	2	0	26	11	14	25	.245	.282	.290	.573	83	1	6
38	Manny Salvo	34	13		30		5	0	1	0	2	0			.167		.233		7
39	Tom Seats	35	36	79	68	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	2	13	.118	.143	.132	.275	9	0	9
40	Mel Skelley	25	40	87	72	8	13	2	0	0	6	1	14	17	.181	.314	.208	.522	15	0	1
41	Tommy Thompson*	36	3		3		0	0	0	0	1	0			.000		.000		0
42	Al Treichel	28	13		14		2	1	0	0	0	0			.143		.214		3
43	Vic Trusky*	25	7		17		2	0	0	0	0	0			.118		.118		2
44	Lou Vezilich	34	24	71	67	6	17	3	0	1	2	1	3	11	.254	.286	.343	.629	23	0	1
45	Ed Vitalich	26	38	71	60	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	6	19	.100	.182	.100	.282	6	0	5
	45 Players	29.9	186	6732	6079	638	1502	220	52	33	568	93	488	727	.247	.306	.317	.622	1925	25	140

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	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Joe Bowman	36	1	2	.333	3.60	15	1	0	0	40.0	40	25	16	21	16				1.525	9.0	4.7	3.6	0.76
2	Jim Brillheart*	42	1	1	.500		20	3	1	0	37.0	47			25	17				1.946	11.4	6.1	4.1	0.68
3	Tony Chapetta	28	0	0			4	0	0	0	5.0	10			2	2				2.400	18.0	3.6	3.6	1.00
4	Earl Chapple	24	2	6	.250	4.33	35	9	1	0	108.0	102	62	52	74	50	2	0	3	1.630	8.5	6.2	4.2	0.68
5	Dutch Dumler	31	1	11	.083	4.18	40	11	1	0	114.0	140	71	53	43	48	0	0	2	1.605	11.1	3.4	3.8	1.12
6	Vallie Eaves	34	1	3	.250	3.41	4	4	2	1	29.0	31	13	11	16	21				1.621	9.6	5.0	6.5	1.31
7	Chuck Eisenmann	27	3	6	.333	3.62	17	9	4	0	72.0	52	34	29	51	62	2	0	2	1.431	6.5	6.4	7.8	1.22
8	Earl Escalante	28	3	5	.375	3.57	19	3	2	0	58.0	54	34	23	27	19	0	0	3	1.397	8.4	4.2	2.9	0.70	Stats for 2 teams
9	Joe Faria	28	0	0			1	0	0	0	1.0	0			0	0				0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Vern Kennedy	39	18	13	.581	2.92	34	28	17	3	225.0	185	92	73	103	95	4	1	4	1.280	7.4	4.1	3.8	0.92
11	Giles Knowles	28	1	1	.500		5	0	0	0	6.0	4			2	3				1.000	6.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
12	Pepper Martin	42	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1			0.667	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
13	Al Olsen*	25	17	15	.531	2.91	45	35	24	5	288.0	309	112	93	68	104	1	0	2	1.309	9.7	2.1	3.2	1.53
14	Boots Poffenberger	30	5	6	.455	3.86	16	10	5	0	70.0	80	39	30	32	19	0	0	2	1.600	10.3	4.1	2.4	0.59
15	Manny Salvo	34	3	6	.333	3.33	13	13	6	0	92.0	96	43	34	20	20	4	0	0	1.261	9.4	2.0	2.0	1.00
16	Tom Seats*	35	11	18	.379	3.13	36	30	18	0	236.0	226	103	82	52	96	2	0	1	1.178	8.6	2.0	3.7	1.85
17	Al Treichel	28	3	3	.500	4.88	13	2	1	0	48.0	47	22	26	30	43	0	0	1	1.604	8.8	5.6	8.1	1.43
18	Ed Vitalich	26	11	16	.407	3.42	38	30	14	3	213.0	229	88	81	82	78	6	2	0	1.460	9.7	3.5	3.3	0.95
	18 Players	30.6	78	108	.419		186	186					772

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
Len Rice	95	339	49	10	7	.975	4.08	4
Del Ballinger	83	323	51	9	6	.977	4.51	3	Stats for 2 teams
Jim McDonnell	57	216	21	11	4	.956	4.16	6

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George McDonald	142		1189	99	17	106	.987	9.07			Stats for 2 teams
Jack Angle	52		397	29	4	39	.991	8.19

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Lanifero	67	196	159	11	42	.970	5.30
Pete Coscarart	63	173	169	23	46	.937	5.43
Stan Breard	36	115	87	8	26	.962	5.61
Mel Skelley	19	35	22	4	11	.934	3.00
Jack Angle	14	27	33	2	8	.968	4.29

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dick Gyselman	162		185	395	38	46	.939	3.58

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Lohrke	82	167	242	32	42	.927	4.99
Stan Breard	54	103	160	21	32	.926	4.87
Jack Angle	33	55	90	23	20	.863	4.39
Joe Gedzius	17	32	59	6	13	.938	5.35

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tony Criscola	150	357	7	9	2	.976	2.43
Johnny Jensen	149	332	15	8	2	.977	2.33
Debs Garms	122	216	12	5	2	.979	1.87
Ben Guintini	69	190	17	10	4	.954	3.00	Stats for 2 teams
Ed Boehm	59	116	6	3	3	.976	2.07
Lou Vezilich	18	33	0	1	0	.971	1.83
Bruce Konopka	16	28	3	1	1	.969	1.94
Don Lund	10	19	1	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Al Olsen	45	10	55	1	5	.985	1.44
Dutch Dumler	40	6	33	1	0	.975	0.98
Ed Vitalich	38	7	35	1	1	.977	1.11
Tom Seats	36	7	36	5	0	.896	1.19
Earl Chapple	35	3	14	0	1	1.000	0.49
Vern Kennedy	34	16	62	2	3	.975	2.29
Jim Brillheart	20	2	12	3	0	.824	0.70
Earl Escalante	19	1	21	0	1	1.000	1.16	Stats for 2 teams
Chuck Eisenmann	17	3	9	1	1	.923	0.71
Boots Poffenberger	16	7	12	1	0	.950	1.19
Joe Bowman	15	1	9	0	0	1.000	0.67
Manny Salvo	13	5	23	1	0	.966	2.15
Al Treichel	13	0	10	0	0	1.000	0.77
Giles Knowles	5						0.00
Tony Chapetta	4						0.00
Vallie Eaves	4						0.00
Joe Faria	1						0.00
Pepper Martin	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jack Angle	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	167	1916
Del Ballinger	27	L	R	5' 8.0"	185	Mar 17, 1919	Fort Oglethorpe, GA, US
Ed Boehm	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	182	Apr 28, 1923	Methuen, MA, US
Joe Bowman	36	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jun 17, 1910	Kansas City, KS, US
Stan Breard	28	S	R	5' 6.0"	153	Mar 25, 1918	Montreal, QC, CA
Jim Brillheart	42	R	L	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 28, 1903	Dublin, VA, US
Tony Chapetta	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 21, 1917	Roslyn, WA, US
Earl Chapple	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 21, 1921	Idaho Falls, ID, US
Pete Coscarart	33	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 16, 1913	Escondido, CA, US
Tony Criscola	30	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 9, 1915	Walla Walla, WA, US
Mike Dejan	31	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 13, 1915	Cleveland, OH, US
Dutch Dumler	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	Dec 3, 1914	Russell, KS, US
Vallie Eaves	34	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Sep 6, 1911	Allen, OK, US
Chuck Eisenmann	27	L	R	6' 1.0"	186	Sep 22, 1918	Hawthorne, WI, US
Earl Escalante	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 5, 1918	San Luis Obispo, CA, US
Lou Estes	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	196	Jun 8, 1924
Joe Faria	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	1918
Debs Garms	39	L	R	5' 8.0"	165	Jun 26, 1907	Bangs, TX, US
Joe Gedzius	30	R		5' 10.0"	170	1916	Dunn, NC, US
Ben Guintini	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 13, 1919	Los Banos, CA, US
Dick Gyselman	38	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Apr 6, 1908	San Francisco, CA, US
Jack Hackett	25					Jun 19, 1921	MT, US
Jack Harshman	18	L	L	6' 2.0"	178	Jul 12, 1927	San Diego, CA, US
Oliver Hill	36	L	R	5' 11.0"	178	Oct 16, 1909	Powder Springs, GA, US
Ed Ignasiak	30	L		6' 2.0"	185	May 8, 1916	Toledo, OH, US
Johnny Jensen	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	198	Mar 2, 1917	San Diego, CA, US
Kirby Jordan	29	L		6' 1.0"	170	1917
Vern Kennedy	39	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 20, 1907	Kansas City, MO, US
Giles Knowles	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 22, 1917	Greenbush, WI, US
Bruce Konopka	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 16, 1919	Hammond, IN, US
Fred Lanifero	27	R		5' 7.0"	180	May 23, 1919	Providence, RI, US
Jack Lohrke	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 25, 1924	Los Angeles, CA, US
Don Lund	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	May 18, 1923	Detroit, MI, US
Pepper Martin	42	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Feb 29, 1904	Temple, OK, US
George McDonald	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	195	Apr 12, 1918	Seattle, WA, US
Jim McDonnell	23	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 15, 1922	Gagetown, MI, US
Al Olsen	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 30, 1921	San Diego, CA, US
Boots Poffenberger	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Jul 1, 1915	Williamsport, MD, US
Len Rice	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 2, 1918	Lead, SD, US
Manny Salvo	34	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jun 30, 1912	Sacramento, CA, US
Tom Seats	35	R	L	5' 11.0"	190	Sep 24, 1910	Farmington, NC, US
Mel Skelley	25	R		5' 10.0"	165	Dec 2, 1920	Atchison, KS, US
Tommy Thompson	36	L	R	5' 9.0"	155	May 19, 1910	Elkhart, IL, US
Al Treichel	28	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Oct 31, 1917	St. Louis, MO, US
Vic Trusky	25	L		6' 1.0"	181	Aug 3, 1920	Portland, OR, US
Lou Vezilich	34	R		6' 2.0"	185	May 30, 1912	Oakland, CA, US
Ed Vitalich	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 22, 1920	San Diego, CA, US

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