Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944
87-67, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill McKechnie (87-67)
Scored 608 runs, Allowed 543 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 379,122 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Ray Mueller | 31 | 141 | 496 | 427 | 50 | 111 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 56 | 42 | .260 | .347 | .379 | .726 | 111 | 162 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Frank McCormick | 32 | 126 | 506 | 472 | 56 | 143 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 56 | 2 | 29 | 15 | .303 | .345 | .413 | .758 | 119 | 195 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Lonny Frey* | 32 | 144 | 667 | 586 | 78 | 154 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 76 | 56 | .263 | .347 | .334 | .682 | 98 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 4 | SS | Eddie Miller | 26 | 154 | 632 | 576 | 49 | 129 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 8 | 33 | 43 | .224 | .271 | .293 | .564 | 64 | 169 | 10 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Steve Mesner | 25 | 137 | 548 | 504 | 53 | 137 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 26 | 20 | .272 | .309 | .327 | .636 | 85 | 165 | 14 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Eric Tipton | 28 | 140 | 585 | 493 | 82 | 142 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 85 | 36 | .288 | .395 | .424 | .819 | 137 | 209 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | Max Marshall* | 29 | 132 | 555 | 508 | 55 | 120 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 8 | 34 | 52 | .236 | .287 | .313 | .600 | 74 | 159 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| 8 | Gee Walker | 35 | 114 | 445 | 429 | 48 | 105 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 38 | .245 | .270 | .329 | .599 | 73 | 141 | 13 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | CI | Bert Haas | 29 | 101 | 356 | 332 | 39 | 87 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 6 | 22 | 26 | .262 | .308 | .386 | .693 | 101 | 128 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Estel Crabtree* | 39 | 95 | 285 | 254 | 25 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 17 | .276 | .345 | .346 | .692 | 101 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | Dain Clay | 23 | 49 | 106 | 93 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .269 | .333 | .376 | .710 | 106 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | IF | Woody Williams | 30 | 30 | 72 | 69 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .377 | .386 | .435 | .820 | 138 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | C | Al Lakeman | 24 | 22 | 59 | 55 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .255 | .293 | .327 | .620 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 14 | C | Tony DePhillips | 30 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .143 | .150 | .293 | -15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 15 | Mike McCormick | 26 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Frankie Kelleher | 26 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | -50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Chuck Aleno | 26 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .717 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | 2B | Charlie Brewster | 26 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | -27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 19 | 1B | Lonnie Goldstein* | 25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Dick West | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | P | Johnny Vander Meer# | 28 | 40 | 112 | 95 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 28 | .137 | .212 | .147 | .359 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 22 | P | Elmer Riddle | 28 | 36 | 104 | 93 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .194 | .235 | .226 | .461 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 23 | P | Bucky Walters | 34 | 37 | 101 | 90 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .267 | .313 | .400 | .713 | 106 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 24 | P | Ray Starr | 37 | 36 | 81 | 74 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .122 | .133 | .135 | .268 | -22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 25 | P | Clyde Shoun* | 31 | 45 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .310 | .356 | .333 | .689 | 100 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 26 | P | Joe Beggs | 32 | 39 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .143 | .189 | .143 | .332 | -3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 27 | P | Ed Heusser# | 34 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .185 | .185 | .185 | .370 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 28 | P | Rocky Stone | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | P | Bob Malloy | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 380 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | P | Jack Niemes | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.9 | 155 | 5911 | 5329 | 608 | 1362 | 229 | 47 | 43 | 556 | 49 | 0 | 445 | 481 | .256 | .315 | .340 | .655 | 90 | 1814 | 104 | 17 | 120 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Johnny Vander Meer* | 28 | 15 | 16 | .484 | 2.87 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 289.0 | 228 | 102 | 92 | 5 | 162 | 174 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1204 | 116 | 1.349 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 1.07 | |
| 2 | SP | Elmer Riddle | 28 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2.63 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 260.1 | 235 | 87 | 76 | 6 | 107 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1086 | 127 | 1.314 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.64 | |
| 3 | SP | Bucky Walters | 34 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.54 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 246.1 | 244 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 109 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1054 | 94 | 1.433 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 0.73 | |
| 4 | SP | Ray Starr | 37 | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.64 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 217.1 | 201 | 93 | 88 | 9 | 91 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 923 | 92 | 1.344 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.46 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | CL | Clyde Shoun* | 31 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 3.06 | 45 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 147.0 | 131 | 52 | 50 | 5 | 46 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 601 | 109 | 1.204 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 1.33 | |
| 6 | RP | Joe Beggs | 32 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.34 | 39 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 115.1 | 121 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 479 | 143 | 1.266 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.12 | |
| 7 | RP | Ed Heusser | 34 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.46 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 97 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 380 | 96 | 1.319 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.22 | |
| 8 | RP | Rocky Stone | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.38 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 76 | 1.257 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.38 | |
| 9 | RP | Bob Malloy | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 53 | 2.200 | 12.6 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 0.50 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Jack Niemes* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 2.333 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | |||
| Team Totals | 31.4 | 87 | 67 | .565 | 3.13 | 155 | 155 | 77 | 78 | 18 | 17 | 1404.0 | 1299 | 542 | 489 | 38 | 581 | 498 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 5876 | 106 | 1.339 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 0.86 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4063 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Beggs | 32 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.90 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Brewster | 26 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.50 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony DePhillips | 30 | 35 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.49 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Lonny Frey | 32 | 144 | 873 | 399 | 461 | 13 | 112 | .985 | 5.97 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Lonnie Goldstein | 25 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.50 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bert Haas | 29 | 67 | 493 | 389 | 96 | 8 | 52 | .984 | 7.24 | 1B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Heusser | 34 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.77 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Lakeman | 24 | 21 | 63 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Malloy | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frank McCormick | 32 | 120 | 1247 | 1156 | 85 | 6 | 116 | .995 | 10.34 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Mesner | 25 | 130 | 430 | 132 | 274 | 24 | 29 | .944 | 3.12 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Miller | 26 | 154 | 897 | 335 | 543 | 19 | 121 | .979 | 5.70 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Mueller | 31 | 140 | 687 | 579 | 100 | 8 | 17 | .988 | 4.85 | 5 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Niemes | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Elmer Riddle | 28 | 36 | 65 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 1.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Clyde Shoun | 31 | 45 | 40 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 0.84 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Starr | 37 | 36 | 55 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rocky Stone | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 0.31 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Vander Meer | 28 | 36 | 82 | 11 | 67 | 4 | 7 | .951 | 2.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bucky Walters | 34 | 34 | 70 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Woody Williams | 30 | 24 | 90 | 37 | 47 | 6 | 7 | .933 | 3.50 | 2B-3B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 155 | 6285 | 4210 | 1950 | 125 | 496 | .980 | 3.83 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |