1929 Portland Beavers

1929 > Class AA > 1929 Pacific Coast League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Bill Rodgers
Represented: Portland, OR
Ballpark: Lucky Beavers Stadium (Portland, OR)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1928 / 1930

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	Ed Baecht	22	31	69	15	4	0	0	.217	.275	19	Stats for 2 teams
2	Charlie Bates	21	171	661	198	32	12	11	.300	.434	287
3	Johnny Beck?	--	18	14	4	0	0	0	.286	.286	4
4	Nick Borrelli	24	50	177	48	8	1	7	.271	.446	79
5	Joe Bowman*	19	17	57	10	2	0	0	.175	.211	12
6	Bullet Joe Bush	36	27	95	26	6	1	3	.274	.453	43
7	Joe Cascarella	22	44	84	11	2	0	0	.131	.155	13
8	Buster Chatham	27	64	263	82	16	2	6	.312	.456	120
9	Roy Chesterfield	25	38	50	10	0	0	1	.200	.260	13	Stats for 2 teams
10	Guy Cooper#	36	17	37	13	2	0	1	.351	.486	18
11	Jim Cronin#	23	53	199	51	7	2	0	.256	.312	62
12	Carl Frey*	25	74	285	81	11	1	0	.284	.330	94
13	Curt Fullerton*	30	42	89	21	0	0	1	.236	.270	24
14	Dave Harris	28	84	309	113	17	5	15	.366	.599	185
15	Joe Hassler	24	56	194	47	7	0	4	.242	.340	66
16	Mack Hillis	27	122	441	125	17	3	4	.283	.363	160
17	Art Jahn	33	174	619	188	44	3	3	.304	.399	247	Stats for 2 teams
18	Bob Johnson	23	81	264	67	16	3	5	.254	.394	104
19	Jim Keesey	26	185	705	246	54	8	12	.349	.499	352
20	Jack Knight*	34	72	143	36	6	0	1	.252	.315	45	Stats for 2 teams
21	Fritz Knothe	26	176	630	181	38	1	10	.287	.398	251
22	Roy Mahaffey	25	57	130	27	4	0	1	.208	.262	34
23	Ray O'Dell?	--	56	187	53	8	1	1	.283	.353	66
24	Bill Olney?	--	44	81	16	1	0	0	.198	.210	17	Stats for 2 teams
25	Lefty Ortman?	22	39	66	21	3	0	0	.318	.364	24
26	Leo Ostenberg	21	37	98	22	5	1	1	.224	.327	32	Stats for 2 teams
27	Ike Powers	23	20	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
28	Tony Rego	31	68	194	51	7	1	0	.263	.309	60
29	Bob Richards?	24	36	137	52	7	2	0	.380	.460	63
30	Mickey Shader?	38	6	6	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	2
31	Les Sheehan?	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
32	Frank Sigafoos	25	56	204	55	12	3	2	.270	.387	79
33	Gale Staley*	30	84	280	76	21	2	0	.271	.361	101
34	Ed Tomlin?	30	69	155	45	5	3	4	.290	.439	68
35	Ray Volkman?	26	24	38	9	1	0	0	.237	.263	10	Stats for 2 teams
36	William Walters?	--	129	438	133	26	1	13	.304	.457	200	Stats for 2 teams
37	Larry Woodall	34	110	347	98	11	3	1	.282	.340	118
38	Yats Wuestling	25	34	111	28	5	0	2	.252	.351	39
	38 Players	26.8

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Ed Baecht	22	14	7	.667	3.44	31		183.0	166	77	70	60	1.235	8.2	3.0	Stats for 2 teams
2	Johnny Beck	--	2	1	.667	5.88	18		49.0	45	36	32	33	1.592	8.3	6.1
3	Joe Cascarella	22	13	15	.464	4.80	43		238.0	305	162	127	90	1.660	11.5	3.4
4	Roy Chesterfield	25	5	7	.417	4.25	35		163.0	200	118	77	67	1.638	11.0	3.7	Stats for 2 teams
5	Curt Fullerton	30	19	18	.514	4.50	42		270.0	322	171	135	92	1.533	10.7	3.1
6	Jack Knight	34	15	21	.417	4.95	42		313.0	414	193	172	79	1.575	11.9	2.3	Stats for 2 teams
7	Roy Mahaffey	25	21	25	.457	4.01	56		370.0	397	192	165	113	1.378	9.7	2.7
8	Hank McDonald	18	0	1	.000	4.91	5		11.0			6
9	George Nielsen?	--	0	1	.000	9.00	1		7.0			7
10	Lefty Ortman*	22	8	15	.348	5.07	34		181.0	232	123	102	55	1.586	11.5	2.7
11	Bill Posedel	22	0	0		2.65	7	1	17.0	15	8	5	13	1.647	7.9	6.9
12	Ike Powers	23	1	4	.200	1.09	16		33.0			4
13	Bob Shanklin?	22	0	0			3		10.0
14	George Snider?	17	0	4	.000	4.26	9		38.0			18
15	Ed Tomlin?	30	1	1	.500	3.38	10		40.0			15
16	T. Tomlin?	34	0	0			1
17	William Walters?	--	12	5	.706	3.77	25		160.0	160	85	67	61	1.381	9.0	3.4	Stats for 2 teams
	17 Players	25.5

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Woodall	110	443	94	7	.987	4.88
Tony Rego	68	227	57	13	.956	4.18
Ray Volkman	24	37	8	1	.978	1.88	Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Keesey	185	1766	143	10	.995	10.32
Bill Olney	25	50	1	1	.981	2.04	Stats for 2 teams
Guy Cooper	17	59	2	2	.968	3.59

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Mack Hillis	103	240	273	25	.954	4.98
Ray O'Dell	40	79	97	10	.946	4.40
Bob Richards	19	30	49	4	.952	4.16

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Fritz Knothe	157	197	340	40	.931	3.42
Gale Staley	61	50	127	10	.947	2.90
Frank Sigafoos	56	63	113	4	.978	3.14
Leo Ostenberg	35	21	53	8	.902	2.11	Stats for 2 teams
Nick Borrelli	30	24	42	4	.943	2.20

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Buster Chatham	64	112	190	15	.953	4.72
Joe Hassler	56	113	180	22	.930	5.23
Yats Wuestling	34	75	112	4	.979	5.50
Jim Cronin	33	60	105	6	.965	5.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Art Jahn	174	266	12	6	.979	1.60	Stats for 2 teams
Charlie Bates	147	369	21	26	.938	2.65
Dave Harris	84	186	6	7	.965	2.29
Bob Johnson	81	168	9	7	.962	2.19
Carl Frey	74	178	12	9	.955	2.57
William Walters	57	113	8	10	.924	2.12	Stats for 2 teams
Bullet Joe Bush	27	30	1	2	.939	1.15
Ed Tomlin	26	16	2	0	1.000	0.69

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ed Baecht	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	May 15, 1907	Paden, OK, US
Charlie Bates	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Sep 17, 1907	Philadelphia, PA, US
Johnny Beck	--		R			Unknown
Nick Borrelli	24	R		5' 10.0"	180	Mar 2, 1905	Cliffside Park, NJ, US
Joe Bowman	19	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jun 17, 1910	Kansas City, KS, US
Leo Budde	--		R			Unknown
Bullet Joe Bush	36	R	R	5' 9.0"	173	Nov 27, 1892	Ehime, MN, US
Joe Cascarella	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 28, 1907	Philadelphia, PA, US
Buster Chatham	27	R	R	5' 5.0"	150	Dec 25, 1901	West, TX, US
Roy Chesterfield	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 16, 1903	Brazil, IN, US
Clark	--					Unknown
Guy Cooper	36	S	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 28, 1893	Rome, GA, US
Jim Cronin	23	S	R	5' 10.0"	150	Aug 7, 1905	Richmond, CA, US
Carl Frey	25	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 5, 1903	West Homestead, PA, US
Curt Fullerton	30	L	R	6' 0.0"	162	Sep 13, 1898	Ellsworth, ME, US
Dave Harris	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 14, 1900	Summerfield, NC, US
Joe Hassler	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Apr 7, 1905	Fort Smith, AR, US
Mack Hillis	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jul 23, 1901	Cambridge, MA, US
Art Jahn	33	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 2, 1895	Struble, IA, US
Bob Johnson	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Nov 26, 1905	Pryor, OK, US
Jim Keesey	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 27, 1902	Perryville, MO, US
Jack Knight	34	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 12, 1895	Pittsboro, MS, US
Fritz Knothe	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	May 1, 1903	Passaic, NJ, US
Roy Mahaffey	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 9, 1904	Belton, SC, US
Hank McDonald	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Jan 16, 1911	Santa Monica, CA, US
George Nielsen	--					Unknown
Ray O'Dell	--		R			Unknown
Bill Olney	--					Unknown
Lefty Ortman	22		L			Dec 3, 1906	Portland, OR, US
Leo Ostenberg	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jul 8, 1907	Collinsville, IL, US
Bill Posedel	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 2, 1906	San Francisco, CA, US
Ike Powers	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	188	Mar 13, 1906	Hancock, MD, US
Tony Rego	31	R	R	5' 4.0"	165	Oct 31, 1897	Wailuku, HI, US
Bob Richards	24		R			Jul 13, 1904	Hereford, TX, US
Mickey Shader	38					Feb 22, 1891	Petaluma, CA, US
Bob Shanklin	22					Sep 3, 1906	Chicago, IL, US
Les Sheehan	34					Jul 30, 1894	Sacramento, CA, US
Frank Sigafoos	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Mar 21, 1904	Easton, PA, US
George Snider	17					1912	Flusiana County, VA, US
Gale Staley	30	L	R	5' 8.0"	167	May 2, 1899	De Pere, WI, US
Ed Tomlin	30					Oct 17, 1898	Brownsville, TX, US
T. Tomlin	34					Mar 19, 1895	Greenridge, MO, US
Joe Trembly	--					Unknown
Ray Volkman	26					Jun 10, 1903	San Francisco, CA, US
William Walters	--					Unknown
Larry Woodall	34	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Jul 26, 1894	Staunton, VA, US
Yats Wuestling	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	167	Oct 18, 1903	St. Louis, MO, US

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