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1943 Kansas City Blues

1943 > Class AA > 1943 American Association
Overall: 67-85
Scored 523 runs, Allowed 628 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-89

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Johnny Neun
Represented: Kansas City, MO
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1942 / 1944

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	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Johnny Babich	30	7		10		2								.200
2	Bill Bevens	26	34	48	43	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	2	18	.116	.156	.163	.318	7	1	0	3
3	Oliver Blakeney#	31	98	323	272	31	71	9	2	4	31	1	42	32	.261	.362	.353	.715	96	5	1	8
4	Loyd Christopher	23	32	101	87	13	21	1	1	6	12	0	12	15	.241	.333	.483	.816	42	1	0	2
5	Harry Craft	28	8		30	5	9	0	0	3	6	0			.300		.600		18
6	Bill Cronin	40	14	37	31	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	.097	.243	.129	.372	4	2	0	0
7	Jerry Crosby#	24	22	71	62	6	17	0	0	0	6	1	7	3	.274	.348	.274	.622	17	2	0	2
8	Bobby Dews	27	2		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			.500		.500		1
9	Jack Fallon	30	9		14		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
10	Joe Glenn	34	120	426	390	41	102	20	1	4	53	3	36	35	.262	.324	.349	.673	136	12	0	0
11	Clem Hausmann	23	37	69	57	8	9	2	0	0	6	1	10	12	.158	.284	.193	.477	11	1	0	2
12	Don Hendrickson	29	37	51	42	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	14	.048	.149	.048	.197	2	2	0	4
13	Johnny Johnson*	28	24	53	45	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	5	20	.156	.240	.178	.418	8	1	0	3
14	Lynn King*	35	71	295	260	38	72	11	3	0	18	5	25	16	.277	.343	.342	.685	89	4	1	9
15	Richard Korte	25	9		10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0			.300		.300		3
16	Jesse Landrum	30	117	429	406	32	117	14	7	3	43	4	16	38	.288	.317	.379	.696	154	3	1	6
17	Al Lyons	24	108	353	314	37	74	13	1	6	48	3	36	49	.236	.314	.341	.655	107	6	0	3
18	Garrett McBryde*	25	8		27	5	5	1	0	0	0	1			.185		.222		6
19	Jim McLeod	34	36	138	127	19	27	3	1	0	6	1	9	11	.213	.265	.252	.517	32	5	0	2
20	Russell Messerly	26	24	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	0	0	1
21	Mike Milosevich	28	139	568	523	46	127	19	5	1	42	3	30	42	.243	.285	.304	.589	159	11	1	14
22	Mel Queen	25	25	55	53	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	.132	.132	.151	.283	8	1	0	2
23	William Rabe	22	23	76	64	0	11	1	1	2	4	1	10	17	.172	.284	.313	.596	20	0	0	2
24	Tommy Reis	28	29	71	64	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	5	21	.125	.188	.141	.329	9	0	0	2
25	Jack Saltzgaver*	40	103	325	259	44	68	12	5	1	22	2	58	18	.263	.401	.359	.760	93	1	2	6
26	George Scharein	28	105	451	419	53	121	12	5	2	29	8	23	34	.289	.327	.356	.683	149	8	1	8
27	Hugh Shelley	32	130	538	495	43	128	20	2	0	38	8	33	45	.259	.306	.307	.613	152	7	1	9
28	Albert Smith	27	9		21	2	3	1	0	0	0	0			.143		.190		4
29	Larry Smith	26	41	141	133	14	40	9	0	2	20	0	5	18	.301	.336	.414	.749	55	1	2	1
30	Frank Tincup*	24	33	36	35	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	.314	.333	.343	.676	12	0	0	0
31	Roy Zimmerman*	26	151	593	553	61	154	26	9	2	63	6	28	36	.278	.313	.369	.682	204	9	0	12
	31 Players	29.5	152	5400	4868	523	1228	183	43	36	464	49	419	553	.252	.313	.330	.643	1605	89	11	102

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Johnny Babich	30	0	5	.000	9.00	7	7	0	2	0	34.0	44	39	34	23	10	2	0	0	1.971	11.6	6.1	2.6	0.43
2	Bill Bevens	26	7	8	.467	3.08	34	19	12	7	2	149.0	145	63	51	82	87	4	0	3	1.523	8.8	5.0	5.3	1.06
3	Jack Fallon	30	1	1	.500	3.68	9	2	6	2	0	44.0	43	21	18	21	12	0	0	2	1.455	8.8	4.3	2.5	0.57
4	George Feikert*	25	0	0			2			0	0	3.0	2			3	1				1.667	6.0	9.0	3.0	0.33
5	Clem Hausmann	23	14	14	.500	4.02	36	24	9	11	2	179.0	170	92	80	77	58	1	0	6	1.380	8.5	3.9	2.9	0.75
6	Don Hendrickson	29	9	12	.429	3.69	37	15	16	7	0	144.0	136	74	59	59	54	2	0	2	1.354	8.5	3.7	3.4	0.92
7	Johnny Johnson*	28	8	5	.615	3.27	22	20	1	7	1	143.0	145	61	52	46	58	5	0	4	1.336	9.1	2.9	3.7	1.26
8	Al Lyons	24	4	6	.400	3.49	19	10	9	9	1	80.0	68	34	31	46	51	2	0	5	1.425	7.6	5.2	5.7	1.11
9	Jack McClure	25	0	0			1			0	0	1.0	0			2	0				2.000	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
10	Russell Messerly	26	2	2	.500	2.72	24	4	13	1	0	76.0	65	26	23	51	29	4	0	6	1.526	7.7	6.0	3.4	0.57
11	Mel Queen	25	7	12	.368	3.43	25	22	2	8	3	160.0	133	71	61	100	90	3	1	7	1.456	7.5	5.6	5.1	0.90
12	Tommy Reis	28	12	14	.462	4.11	29	27	2	14	2	195.0	206	109	89	69	77	3	0	8	1.410	9.5	3.2	3.6	1.12
13	Frank Tincup	24	3	6	.333	5.09	20			0	0	53.0	61	35	30	40	19	1	0	2	1.906	10.4	6.8	3.2	0.48
	13 Players	26.3	67	85	.441		152	152						628

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
Joe Glenn	108	442	84	11	17	.980	4.87	14
Larry Smith	38	143	25	3	6	.982	4.42	3
Bill Cronin	13	50	10	0	1	1.000	4.62	1

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Roy Zimmerman	149		1240	110	23	111	.983	9.06

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Milosevich	138		394	395	23	85	.972	5.72
Jack Saltzgaver	12		28	16	4	3	.917	3.67

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Oliver Blakeney	52	49	96	8	9	.948	2.79
Jack Saltzgaver	52	46	86	8	6	.943	2.54
Jim McLeod	35	34	57	4	4	.958	2.60
Jerry Crosby	17	7	28	5	1	.875	2.06

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Scharein	105		208	308	22	65	.959	4.91
Oliver Blakeney	40		73	94	8	23	.954	4.18

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Hugh Shelley	130	307	9	5	4	.984	2.43
Jesse Landrum	110	196	9	8	5	.962	1.86
Al Lyons	78	144	12	3	4	.981	2.00
Lynn King	70	178	4	1	1	.995	2.60
Loyd Christopher	30	46	1	2	0	.959	1.57
William Rabe	21	28	2	1	0	.968	1.43
Jack Saltzgaver	14	29	1	2	0	.938	2.14

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Don Hendrickson	37	4	21	4	1	.862	0.68
Clem Hausmann	36	11	42	3	2	.946	1.47
Bill Bevens	34	5	29	1	1	.971	1.00
Tommy Reis	29	9	44	1	7	.981	1.83
Mel Queen	25	10	32	3	2	.933	1.68
Russell Messerly	24	1	8	1	1	.900	0.38
Johnny Johnson	22	11	31	0	1	1.000	1.91
Frank Tincup	20	3	16	1	1	.950	0.95
Al Lyons	19	6	21	1	1	.964	1.42
Jack Fallon	9						0.00
Johnny Babich	7						0.00
George Feikert	2						0.00
Jack McClure	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Johnny Babich	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 14, 1913	Albion, CA, US
Bill Bevens	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Oct 21, 1916	Hubbard, OR, US
Oliver Blakeney	31	S	R	5' 11.0"	165	Apr 18, 1912	Peru, NE, US
Loyd Christopher	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Dec 31, 1919	Richmond, CA, US
Harry Craft	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Apr 19, 1915	Ellisville, MS, US
Bill Cronin	40	R	R	5' 9.0"	167	Dec 26, 1902	West Newton, MA, US
Jerry Crosby	24	S		5' 11.0"	175	1919
Bobby Dews	27	R		5' 7.0"	148	Jul 10, 1915	Nashville, TN, US
Jack Fallon	30	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 17, 1912
George Feikert	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1918
Joe Glenn	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 19, 1908	Dickson City, PA, US
Clem Hausmann	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 17, 1919	Houston, TX, US
Don Hendrickson	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	204	Jul 14, 1913	Kewanna, IN, US
Svend Jessen	20	L	L	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 18, 1922	San Leandro, CA, US
Johnny Johnson	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	182	Sep 29, 1914	Belmore, OH, US
Lynn King	35	L	R	5' 9.0"	165	Nov 28, 1907	Villisca, IA, US
Richard Korte	25	R		5' 11.0"	170	1918
Jesse Landrum	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jul 31, 1912	Crockett, TX, US
Al Lyons	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 18, 1918	St. Joseph, MO, US
Garrett McBryde	25	L		6' 0.0"	173	1918
Jack McClure	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Apr 7, 1918	Modesto, CA, US
Jim McLeod	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Sep 12, 1908	Jones, LA, US
Russell Messerly	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	197	Jul 11, 1916
Mike Milosevich	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	Jan 13, 1915	Zeigler, IL, US
Mel Queen	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	204	Mar 4, 1918	Maxwell, PA, US
William Rabe	22	R		5' 9.0"	154	1921
Tommy Reis	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 6, 1914	Newport, KY, US
Jack Saltzgaver	40	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Jan 23, 1903	Croton, IA, US
George Scharein	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	174	Nov 21, 1914	Decatur, IL, US
Hugh Shelley	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 26, 1910	Rogers, TX, US
Albert Smith	27	R		6' 0.0"	187	1916
Larry Smith	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	1917	Angier, NC, US
Frank Tincup	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	200	Jun 30, 1919
Roy Zimmerman	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	187	Sep 13, 1916	Pine Grove, PA, US

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