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1941 St. Paul Saints

1941 > Class AA > 1941 American Association
Overall: 61-92
Scored 610 runs, Allowed 806 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-96

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Red Kress
Represented: St. Paul, MN
Ballpark: Lexington Park (II) (St. Paul, MN)
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 Herman Bauer 23 27 82 78 5 21 1 0 1 9 0 2 3 .269 .288 .321 .608 25 0 2
2 Ollie Bejma 33 123 470 417 49 125 8 1 3 53 5 44 21 .300 .368 .345 .713 144 1 8
3 Fern Bell 28 151 634 567 96 161 31 1 18 80 10 59 51 .284 .351 .437 .789 248 0 8
4 Bill Clemensen 22 11 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 1
5 Dick Coffman 34 11 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 2 0 0
6 Gil English 31 152 633 551 84 174 32 5 13 93 9 70 37 .316 .396 .463 .859 255 3 9
7 Ed Fernandes# 23 102 349 257 33 69 16 1 4 48 2 89 41 .268 .458 .385 .843 99 1 2
8 Sig Gryska 26 136 506 450 58 98 19 1 14 49 9 45 78 .218 .290 .358 .648 161 1 10 Stats for 2 teams
9 Art Herring 35 36 73 61 5 9 1 0 1 3 0 6 9 .148 .224 .213 .437 13 0 6
10 Oral Hildebrand 34 16 30 25 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 .160 .222 .160 .382 4 0 3
11 Vedie Himsl 24 51 94 82 11 22 1 0 0 7 0 9 8 .268 .341 .280 .621 23 0 3
12 Lloyd Johnson* 30 22 36 35 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 .086 .086 .086 .171 3 0 1 Stats for 2 teams
13 Frank Kalin 23 94 346 329 33 97 17 2 5 36 6 16 33 .295 .328 .404 .732 133 0 1
14 Frank Knox 22 10 26 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .182 .308 .182 .490 4 1 0
15 Red Kress 36 118 420 382 36 112 11 2 10 57 6 34 36 .293 .351 .411 .762 157 0 4
16 Dick Lanahan* 29 28 49 46 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 15 .196 .245 .196 .441 9 1 0
17 Jesse Newman* 25 111 417 354 62 100 13 7 3 30 4 55 50 .282 .380 .384 .765 136 1 7 Stats for 2 teams
18 Armand Payton 27 11 28 27 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .185 .214 .296 .511 8 0 0
19 Ken Raffensberger 23 32 58 51 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 24 .059 .094 .059 .153 3 0 5
20 Norm Schlueter 24 47 170 157 10 38 5 2 0 10 2 11 30 .242 .292 .299 .591 47 0 2
21 Frank Silvanic 23 98 333 289 43 65 11 1 10 44 4 33 49 .225 .309 .374 .682 108 2 9 Stats for 2 teams
22 Lefty Sloat 22 31 33 29 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .172 .250 .172 .422 5 0 1
23 Clay Smith 26 31 54 48 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 4 17 .167 .231 .167 .397 8 0 2
24 Mearl Strachan 23 15 10 8 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .125 .222 .250 .472 2 0 1
25 Steamboat Struss 32 7 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
26 George Stumpf* 30 144 540 472 43 120 18 6 1 51 6 59 33 .254 .337 .324 .661 153 0 9
27 Bill Swift 33 16 50 45 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 .156 .208 .156 .364 7 0 2
28 Leo Wells 23 152 665 602 81 167 16 7 5 26 22 52 64 .277 .339 .352 .691 212 4 7
28 Players 27.5 153 5622 4960 610 1330 191 34 84 571 76 558 571 .268 .344 .371 .715 1841 14 90
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 Bill Clemensen 22 0 2 .000 5.06 11 3 3 1 0 32.0 52 24 18 15 7 0 0 3 2.094 14.6 4.2 2.0 0.47
2 Dick Coffman 34 0 2 .000 5.48 11 0 0 23.0 32 16 14 4 2 0 0 0 1.565 12.5 1.6 0.8 0.50
3 Gil English 31 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 7 1 0 4.000 31.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
4 Art Herring 35 11 17 .393 4.59 31 26 4 13 1 190.0 200 112 97 82 76 4 0 1 1.484 9.5 3.9 3.6 0.93
5 Oral Hildebrand 34 5 3 .625 4.27 16 12 2 4 1 78.0 98 44 37 28 38 1 0 1 1.615 11.3 3.2 4.4 1.36
6 Vedie Himsl 24 12 15 .444 4.28 33 24 8 16 1 229.0 260 120 109 47 66 0 0 4 1.341 10.2 1.8 2.6 1.40
7 Lloyd Johnson* 30 5 6 .455 3.99 22 10 9 6 1 106.0 108 48 47 28 38 2 0 2 1.283 9.2 2.4 3.2 1.36 Stats for 2 teams
8 Red Kress 36 0 1 .000 2.57 2 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.714 9.0 6.4 3.9 0.60
9 Dick Lanahan* 29 5 14 .263 5.37 28 18 5 8 2 134.0 156 91 80 66 49 4 0 2 1.657 10.5 4.4 3.3 0.74
10 Ken Raffensberger* 23 10 9 .526 4.85 32 20 10 10 3 156.0 183 92 84 49 89 2 0 2 1.487 10.6 2.8 5.1 1.82
11 Lefty Sloat* 22 1 6 .143 7.03 30 5 19 3 0 105.0 126 92 82 93 50 6 0 11 2.086 10.8 8.0 4.3 0.54
12 Clay Smith 26 8 10 .444 5.41 30 20 5 8 0 148.0 180 98 89 59 75 2 0 5 1.615 10.9 3.6 4.6 1.27
13 Mearl Strachan 23 2 4 .333 7.46 15 5 7 1 0 35.0 52 35 29 27 12 0 0 0 2.257 13.4 6.9 3.1 0.44
14 Steamboat Struss 32 0 0 7 0 0 11.0 11 8 4 1.727 9.0 6.5 3.3 0.50
15 Bill Swift 33 7 8 .467 3.19 16 16 0 11 3 124.0 104 53 44 34 72 4 0 1 1.113 7.5 2.5 5.2 2.12
15 Players 27.9 61 92 .399 153 153 806

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
Ed Fernandes 82 344 43 5 2 .987 4.72 13
Norm Schlueter 46 190 21 6 1 .972 4.59 5
Herman Bauer 24 76 15 3 2 .968 3.79 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Red Kress 68 518 36 2 43 .996 8.15
Jesse Newman 67 604 63 5 59 .993 9.96 Stats for 2 teams
Sig Gryska 22 133 11 2 8 .986 6.55 Stats for 2 teams
Frank Silvanic 16 122 8 2 4 .985 8.13 Stats for 2 teams

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ollie Bejma 110 270 274 21 51 .963 4.95
Sig Gryska 61 142 181 17 22 .950 5.30 Stats for 2 teams
Leo Wells 30 70 98 6 22 .966 5.60

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gil English 107 101 165 8 10 .971 2.49
Sig Gryska 52 47 87 13 6 .912 2.58 Stats for 2 teams
Jesse Newman 32 26 51 4 3 .951 2.41 Stats for 2 teams

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Leo Wells 122 262 333 25 68 .960 4.88
Red Kress 33 73 105 10 21 .947 5.39

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fern Bell 151 283 6 10 3 .967 1.91
George Stumpf 135 335 6 8 1 .977 2.53
Frank Kalin 86 202 8 7 1 .968 2.44
Frank Silvanic 61 111 3 3 0 .974 1.87 Stats for 2 teams
Gil English 46 96 4 2 0 .980 2.17

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Vedie Himsl 33 10 61 1 3 .986 2.15
Ken Raffensberger 32 11 23 2 2 .944 1.06
Art Herring 31 9 52 2 3 .968 1.97
Lefty Sloat 30 5 24 2 1 .935 0.97
Clay Smith 30 6 26 2 2 .941 1.07
Dick Lanahan 28 12 28 2 1 .952 1.43
Lloyd Johnson 22 0 21 2 1 .913 0.95 Stats for 2 teams
Oral Hildebrand 16 9 14 2 1 .920 1.44
Bill Swift 16 5 19 3 0 .889 1.50
Mearl Strachan 15 1 9 1 2 .909 0.67
Bill Clemensen 11 7 10 2 0 .895 1.55
Dick Coffman 11 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.55
Steamboat Struss 7 0.00
Red Kress 2 0.00
Gil English 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Herman Bauer 23 R 6' 0.0" 165 1918 East St. Louis, IL, US
Ollie Bejma 33 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Sep 12, 1907 South Bend, IN, US
Fern Bell 28 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 21, 1913 Ada, OK, US
Bill Clemensen 22 R R 6' 1.0" 193 Jun 20, 1919 New Brunswick, NJ, US
Dick Coffman 34 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Dec 18, 1906 Veto, AL, US
Gil English 31 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Jul 2, 1909 Glenola, NC, US
Ed Fernandes 23 S R 5' 9.0" 185 Mar 11, 1918 Oakland, CA, US
Sig Gryska 26 R R 5' 11.0" 173 Nov 4, 1914 Chicago, IL, US
Art Herring 35 R R 5' 7.0" 168 Mar 10, 1906 Altus, OK, US
Oral Hildebrand 34 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Apr 7, 1907 Indianapolis, IN, US
Vedie Himsl 24 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Apr 2, 1917 Plevna, MT, US
Lloyd Johnson 30 L L 6' 4.0" 204 Dec 24, 1910 Santa Rosa, CA, US
Frank Kalin 23 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Oct 3, 1917 Steubenville, OH, US
Frank Knox 22 R 5' 7.0" 150 1919
Red Kress 36 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Jan 2, 1905 Columbia, CA, US
Dick Lanahan 29 L L 6' 0.0" 186 Sep 27, 1911 Washington, DC, US
Jesse Newman 25 L 6' 0.0" 195 1916
Armand Payton 27 R 5' 10.0" 176 1914
Ken Raffensberger 23 R L 6' 2.0" 185 Aug 8, 1917 York, PA, US
Norm Schlueter 24 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Sep 25, 1916 Belleville, IL, US
Frank Silvanic 23 R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 13, 1917 Pittston, PA, US
Lefty Sloat 22 R L 6' 0.0" 168 Dec 1, 1918 Nokomis, IL, US
Clay Smith 26 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Sep 11, 1914 Cambridge, KS, US
Mearl Strachan 23 R R 6' 1.0" 175 1918 Northwood, NH, US
Steamboat Struss 32 R R 5' 11.0" 163 Feb 24, 1909 Riverdale, IL, US
George Stumpf 30 L L 5' 8.0" 155 Dec 15, 1910 New Orleans, LA, US
Bill Swift 33 R R 6' 1.0" 192 Jun 19, 1908 Elmira, NY, US
Leo Wells 23 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Jul 18, 1917 Kansas City, KS, US

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