1932 Fort Wayne Chiefs

1932 > Class B > 1932 Central League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: Bill Wambsganss
Represented: Fort Wayne, IN
Ballpark: The Grand Duchess (Fort Wayne, IN)
Attendance: n/a

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	Earle Bolyard	20	122	442	122	33	3	13	.276	.452	200
2	Bradley?	--	29	85	26	3	1	0	.306	.365	31
3	Ed Clough*	25	65	130	37	9	0	6	.285	.492	64	Stats for 2 teams
4	William Cuppett?	--	53	132	37	2	1	0	.280	.311	41	Stats for 2 teams
5	Doell?	--	79	279	76	17	7	1	.272	.394	110
6	Eugene Englehart?	--	17	54	10	2	1	0	.185	.259	14
7	Vic Frette?	--	20	47	15	3	0	0	.319	.383	18	Stats for 3 teams
8	Denny Galehouse	20	27	63	9	2	0	0	.143	.175	11
9	Allan Giles?	--	90	309	65	18	4	1	.210	.304	94
10	Kenny Hogan*	29	86	310	71	11	2	2	.229	.297	92	Stats for 3 teams
11	Ted Menze	34	106	365	102	27	8	7	.279	.455	166
12	P. Miahlic?	--	21	73	19	7	0	1	.260	.397	29
13	Ralph Miller	36	118	467	152	29	4	4	.325	.430	201
14	Parker?	--	83	282	71	9	1	1	.252	.301	85	Stats for 3 teams
15	Leon Rhodes	24	28	73	13	4	1	0	.178	.260	19
16	Sanders?	--	22	81	21	2	2	1	.259	.370	30
17	Walter Shannon?	25	66	254	76	16	2	3	.299	.413	105	Stats for 2 teams
18	Tripp Sigman*	33	112	456	162	38	3	21	.355	.590	269
19	Elmer Smith*	39	114	410	152	49	11	10	.371	.617	253
20	Springmeyer?	--	16	50	14	1	2	0	.280	.380	19	Stats for 2 teams
21	Stokes?	--	15	39	11	3	0	0	.282	.359	14	Stats for 3 teams
22	Arthur Trefz?	--	85	268	68	11	3	4	.254	.362	97
23	Veller?	--	15	40	10	1	0	0	.250	.275	11
24	Bill Wambsganss	38	15	19	4	1	0	0	.211	.263	5
25	Eli Ward?	--	19	47	11	2	0	0	.234	.277	13	Stats for 2 teams
26	Kenneth Watier?	--	44	149	42	5	3	0	.282	.356	53	Stats for 2 teams
27	Del Young#	20	120	492	147	31	9	6	.299	.435	214
	27 Players	29.1

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	Bradley?	--	18	7	.720	4.17	30	220.0	254	131	102	81	1.523	10.4	3.3
2	Ed Clough*	25	16	14	.533	5.20	39	225.0	278	164	130	130	1.813	11.1	5.2	Stats for 2 teams
3	William Cuppett?	--	11	12	.478	4.87	24	183.0	233	136	99	51	1.552	11.5	2.5	Stats for 2 teams
4	Vic Frette?	--	3	8	.273	6.14	16	88.0	119	78	60	56	1.989	12.2	5.7	Stats for 3 teams
5	Denny Galehouse	20	14	6	.700	4.06	29	186.0	191	110	84	104	1.586	9.2	5.0
6	McNeill?	--	4	1	.800	4.40	9	45.0	61	36	22	23	1.867	12.2	4.6
7	Leon Rhodes	24	13	9	.591	4.62	29	189.0	228	122	97	52	1.481	10.9	2.5
8	Stewart?	--	2	4	.333	4.21	7	47.0	60	26	22	19	1.681	11.5	3.6
9	Stokes?	--	6	6	.500	3.20	20	107.0	117	55	38	38	1.449	9.8	3.2	Stats for 3 teams
10	Veller?	--	10	3	.769	3.45	18	99.0	90	53	38	64	1.556	8.2	5.8
11	Eli Ward?	--	5	10	.333	4.08	24	150.0	182	108	68	45	1.513	10.9	2.7	Stats for 2 teams
	11 Players	23.2

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Arthur Trefz	79	375	51	10	.977	5.39
Parker	73	436	59	4	.992	6.78	Stats for 3 teams
Springmeyer	17	98	14	3	.974	6.59	Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ralph Miller	117		1091	63	8		.993	9.86
Eugene Englehart	17		190	11	6		.971	11.82

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Del Young	120	309	371	39	.946	5.67
P. Miahlic	118	222	353	17	.971	4.87
Walter Shannon	33	66	89	5	.969	4.70	Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Doell	73		80	152	24		.906	3.18
Ted Menze	61		56	113	10		.944	2.77

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Allan Giles	86		150	279	24		.947	4.99
Kenneth Watier	36		55	111	15		.917	4.61			Stats for 2 teams

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Earle Bolyard	112	242	27	13	.954	2.40
Tripp Sigman	112	163	9	9	.950	1.54
Elmer Smith	112	151	14	8	.954	1.47
Kenny Hogan	84	210	6	14	.939	2.57	Stats for 3 teams
Sanders	22	38	0	4	.905	1.73

P

	G
Ed Clough	39	Stats for 2 teams
Bradley	30
Denny Galehouse	29
Leon Rhodes	29
William Cuppett	24	Stats for 2 teams
Eli Ward	24	Stats for 2 teams
Stokes	20	Stats for 3 teams
Veller	18
Vic Frette	16	Stats for 3 teams
McNeill	9
Stewart	7

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Earle Bolyard	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 24, 1912	Fort Wayne, IN, US
Bradley	--					Unknown
Ed Clough	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	188	Oct 28, 1906	Wiconisco, PA, US
William Cuppett	--					Unknown
Doell	--					Unknown
Eugene Englehart	--					Unknown
Vic Frette	--					Unknown
Denny Galehouse	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 7, 1911	Marshallville, OH, US
Allan Giles	--					Unknown
Kenny Hogan	29	L	R	5' 9.0"	145	Oct 9, 1902	Cleveland, OH, US
McNeill	--					Unknown
Ted Menze	34	R	R	5' 9.0"	172	Nov 4, 1897	St. Louis, MO, US
P. Miahlic	--					Unknown
Ralph Miller	36	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Feb 29, 1896	Fort Wayne, IN, US
Parker	--					Unknown
Leon Rhodes	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	1908
Sanders	--					Unknown
Walter Shannon	25					Mar 20, 1907
Tripp Sigman	33	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 17, 1899	Mooresville, NC, US
Elmer Smith	39	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Sep 21, 1892	Erie County, OH, US
Springmeyer	--					Unknown
Stewart	--					Unknown
Stokes	--					Unknown
Arthur Trefz	--					Unknown
Veller	--					Unknown
Bill Wambsganss	38	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 19, 1894	Cleveland, OH, US
Eli Ward	--					Unknown
Kenneth Watier	--					Unknown
Del Young	20	S	R	5' 11.0"	168	Mar 11, 1912	Cleveland, OH, US

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