1931 Columbus Red Birds

1931 > Class AA > 1931 American Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Nemo Leibold
Represented: Columbus, OH
Ballpark: n/a
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	Ken Ash	29	43	75	20	4	0	0	.267	.320	24
2	Al Baker	25	15	13	3	0	0	0	.231	.231	3
3	Frederick Bedore	27	134	478	142	30	8	2	.297	.406	194	Stats for 2 teams
4	George Binder	23	63	227	53	10	3	0	.233	.304	69
5	Harold Bohl	24	16	47	13	1	2	0	.277	.383	18
6	John Brown?	--	5	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	1
7	Burton Bruckman?	--	12	35	6	2	0	0	.171	.229	8
8	Burns?	--	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
9	Archie Campbell	27	41	67	11	1	0	0	.164	.179	12	Stats for 2 teams
10	Ed Chapman#	25	31	47	6	2	0	0	.128	.170	8
11	Pat Crawford*	29	157	633	237	41	13	28	.374	.613	388
12	Mike Cvengros*	30	48	86	22	3	1	1	.256	.349	30	Stats for 2 teams
13	Paul Dean	18	12	9	2	1	0	0	.222	.333	3
14	Bill DeLancey*	19	11	32	8	0	0	1	.250	.344	11
15	Eddie Delker	25	47	187	56	18	4	4	.299	.503	94
16	Gene Desautels	24	96	275	75	16	1	0	.273	.338	93
17	Al Eckert*	25	20	27	5	1	0	0	.185	.222	6
18	Al Grabowski*	29	31	60	12	1	0	1	.200	.267	16
19	Marv Gudat*	27	102	213	73	10	1	4	.343	.455	97
20	Gordie Hinkle	26	100	271	60	13	2	3	.221	.317	86
21	Joel Hunt	25	77	281	78	6	9	4	.278	.406	114
22	Kaines?	--	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
23	Harold King*	24	50	157	50	7	0	13	.318	.611	96
24	Blaine Kunes	26	3	2	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1
25	Bevo LeBourveau*	34	114	440	165	33	6	12	.375	.559	246	Stats for 2 teams
26	Bill Lee	21	2	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.333	2
27	Nemo Leibold*	39	1	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.667	2
28	Carlisle Littlejohn	29	14	11	3	0	0	0	.273	.273	3
29	Russ Miller	31	31	30	7	0	0	0	.233	.233	7	Stats for 2 teams
30	Al Moore	28	50	173	48	10	6	1	.277	.422	73
31	Bill Narleski	31	164	660	195	38	6	12	.295	.426	281	Stats for 2 teams
32	Roy Parmelee	24	36	67	25	4	0	0	.373	.433	29
33	Pid Purdy*	27	111	371	122	27	3	5	.329	.458	170
34	Lew Riggs*	21	138	510	149	18	10	18	.292	.473	241
35	Red Rollings*	27	58	178	55	10	3	3	.309	.449	80
36	Floyd Rose?	24	16	11	2	0	0	0	.182	.182	2
37	Earl Smith#	40	56	200	63	14	2	8	.315	.525	105
38	Evar Swanson	28	146	528	175	38	14	8	.331	.502	265
39	Tucker?	--	3	5	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	1
40	Del Wetherell#	25	37	51	14	2	1	0	.275	.353	18	Stats for 2 teams
41	Burgess Whitehead	21	135	515	169	19	7	1	.328	.398	205
42	Elmer Yoter	31	89	342	103	16	3	2	.301	.383	131	Stats for 2 teams
	42 Players	27.2

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	Ken Ash	29	16	10	.615	5.28	37	201.0	255	154	118	60	1.567	11.4	2.7
2	Al Baker	25	3	5	.375		15	43.0	43			18	1.419	9.0	3.8
3	Bill Beckmann	23	2	1	.667		6	24.0	41	23		10	2.125	15.4	3.8
4	John Brown?	--	0	1	.000		5	17.0	17			13	1.765	9.0	6.9
5	Burns?	--	0	0			1	4.0	8			1	2.250	18.0	2.2
6	Archie Campbell	27	13	15	.464	4.89	41	195.0	221	132	106	110	1.697	10.2	5.1	Stats for 2 teams
7	Ed Chapman	25	8	9	.471	4.53	30	129.0	108	80	65	103	1.636	7.5	7.2
8	Mike Cvengros*	30	10	10	.500	5.23	37	191.0	222	133	111	72	1.539	10.5	3.4	Stats for 2 teams
9	Paul Dean	18	0	2	.000		12	36.0	39			24	1.750	9.8	6.0
10	Al Eckert*	25	4	3	.571	5.16	20	75.0	101	48	43	28	1.720	12.1	3.4
11	Al Grabowski*	29	10	6	.625	4.66	28	141.0	167	87	73	40	1.468	10.7	2.6
12	Marv Gudat*	27	4	4	.500	4.31	30	142.0	187	93	68	24	1.486	11.9	1.5
13	Clarence Heise*	23	2	0	1.000		4	26.0	26			7	1.269	9.0	2.4
14	Percy Jones*	31	2	0	1.000		3	18.0	18			9	1.500	9.0	4.5
15	William Kermode	22	0	1	.000		3	12.0	29			5	2.833	21.8	3.8
16	Ted Kleinhans*	32	0	1	.000		3	8.0	11			8	2.375	12.4	9.0
17	Blaine Kunes	26	0	0			3	17.0	13			5	1.059	6.9	2.6
18	Bill Lee	21	2	0	1.000	0.53	2	17.0	6	2	1	4	0.588	3.2	2.1
19	Carlisle Littlejohn	29	2	4	.333		14	40.0	62			12	1.850	14.0	2.7
20	Russ Miller	31	4	2	.667	5.21	29	95.0	133	71	55	25	1.663	12.6	2.4	Stats for 2 teams
21	Roy Parmelee	24	8	6	.571	4.73	30	154.0	174	108	81	78	1.636	10.2	4.6
22	Floyd Rose	24	2	2	.500		16	42.0	43			31	1.762	9.2	6.6
23	Del Wetherell	25	7	13	.350	5.53	37	158.0	210	126	97	57	1.690	12.0	3.2	Stats for 2 teams
24	Jim Winford	21	0	1	.000		3	11.0	18			6	2.182	14.7	4.9
25	Lawrence Winters?	--	1	0	1.000		4	5.0	11			1	2.400	19.8	1.8
	25 Players	26.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Gordie Hinkle	91	306	31	17	.952	3.70
Gene Desautels	89	311	69	11	.972	4.27
Burton Bruckman	10	35	2	0	1.000	3.70

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Pat Crawford	156		1448	115	24		.985	10.02
Frederick Bedore	48		398	34	8		.982	9.00			Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Burgess Whitehead	68		158	195	17		.954	5.19
Harold King	48		85	140	7		.970	4.69

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Bill Narleski	104	98	227	29	.918	3.13	Stats for 2 teams
Elmer Yoter	83	89	166	12	.955	3.07	Stats for 2 teams
Red Rollings	33	38	69	3	.973	3.24
Harold Bohl	13	15	25	3	.930	3.08

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Binder	57		109	179	28		.911	5.05
Eddie Delker	37		89	101	13		.936	5.14

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Evar Swanson	135	290	8	7	.977	2.21
Bevo LeBourveau	112	205	9	9	.960	1.91	Stats for 2 teams
Pid Purdy	98	223	14	12	.952	2.42
Lew Riggs	83	160	7	9	.949	2.01
Joel Hunt	66	150	5	7	.957	2.35
Earl Smith	51	102	5	6	.947	2.10
Al Moore	46	104	6	11	.909	2.39

P

	G
Archie Campbell	41	Stats for 2 teams
Ken Ash	37
Mike Cvengros	37	Stats for 2 teams
Del Wetherell	37	Stats for 2 teams
Ed Chapman	30
Marv Gudat	30
Roy Parmelee	30
Russ Miller	29	Stats for 2 teams
Al Grabowski	28
Al Eckert	20
Floyd Rose	16
Al Baker	15
Carlisle Littlejohn	14
Paul Dean	12
Bill Beckmann	6
John Brown	5
Clarence Heise	4
Lawrence Winters	4
Percy Jones	3
William Kermode	3
Ted Kleinhans	3
Jim Winford	3
Bill Lee	2

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ken Ash	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Sep 16, 1901	Anmoore, WV, US
Al Baker	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 28, 1906	Batesville, MS, US
Bill Beckmann	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 8, 1907	Clayton, MO, US
Frederick Bedore	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	172	Mar 31, 1904	Chicago, IL, US
Herbert Bellman	--					Unknown
George Binder	23	R		5' 8.0"	175	Feb 15, 1908
Harold Bohl	24	R		5' 8.0"	158	Feb 17, 1907
John Brown	--					Unknown
Burton Bruckman	--					Unknown
Burns	--					Unknown
Archie Campbell	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 20, 1903	Maplewood, NJ, US
Ed Chapman	25	S	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 28, 1905	Courtland, MS, US
Pat Crawford	29	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 28, 1902	Society Hill, SC, US
Mike Cvengros	30	L	L	5' 8.0"	159	Dec 1, 1900	Pana, IL, US
Paul Dean	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 14, 1912	Lucas, AR, US
Bill DeLancey	19	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Nov 28, 1911	Greensboro, NC, US
Eddie Delker	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Apr 17, 1906	Palo Alto, PA, US
Gene Desautels	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jun 13, 1907	Worcester, MA, US
Al Eckert	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	174	May 17, 1906	Milwaukee, WI, US
Al Grabowski	29	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 4, 1901	Syracuse, NY, US
Marv Gudat	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	162	Aug 27, 1903	Goliad, TX, US
Clarence Heise	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	172	Aug 7, 1907	Topeka, KS, US
Gordie Hinkle	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 3, 1905	Toronto, OH, US
Joel Hunt	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 11, 1905	Texico, NM, US
Percy Jones	31	R	L	5' 11.0"	175	Oct 28, 1899	Harwood, TX, US
Kaines	--					Unknown
William Kermode	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1909
Harold King	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	1907	Holloway, OH, US
Ted Kleinhans	32	R	L	6' 0.0"	170	Apr 8, 1899	Deer Park, WI, US
Blaine Kunes	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Feb 7, 1905
Bevo LeBourveau	34	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 24, 1896	Dana, CA, US
Bill Lee	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Oct 21, 1909	Plaquemine, LA, US
Nemo Leibold	39	L	R	5' 6.0"	157	Feb 17, 1892	Butler, IN, US
Carlisle Littlejohn	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 6, 1901	Irene, TX, US
Russ Miller	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Mar 25, 1900	Etna, OH, US
Al Moore	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	174	Aug 4, 1902	Brooklyn, NY, US
Bill Narleski	31	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Mar 9, 1900	Perth Amboy, NJ, US
Roy Parmelee	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 25, 1907	Lambertville, MI, US
Pid Purdy	27	L	R	5' 6.0"	150	Jun 15, 1904	Beatrice, NE, US
Lew Riggs	21	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 22, 1910	Mebane, NC, US
Red Rollings	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	167	Mar 31, 1904	Mobile, AL, US
Floyd Rose	24		R			1907	TX, US
Earl Smith	40	S	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 20, 1891	Oak Hill, OH, US
Evar Swanson	28	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Oct 15, 1902	DeKalb, IL, US
Tucker	--					Unknown
Del Wetherell	25	S	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 1, 1905	Shumway, IL, US
Burgess Whitehead	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Jun 29, 1910	Tarboro, NC, US
Jim Winford	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 9, 1909	Shelbyville, TN, US
Lawrence Winters	--					Unknown
Elmer Yoter	31	R	R	5' 7.0"	155	Jun 26, 1900	Plainfield, PA, US

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