Holyoke Purple Knights
League: American League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: HOL
Micro Manager: Tony Soprano
Owner Name: Brian Whitacre
All Time Record: 1901 - Current, 2447-3825, .390 (Playoffs: 19-7, .731)
Trophy Case: 
 40+ Years In League 1901 AL Pennant Winner 1912 World Series Winner 1912 AL Pennant Winner 1913 World Series Winner 1913 AL Pennant Winner 1914 World Series Winner 1914 AL Pennant Winner 1934 World Series Winner 1934 AL Pennant Winner

 
Majors Roster: 37 (21/16) - 1942 Season
Team WAR: 46.5 (24.5 H / 22.0 P)

POS D TH B PLAYER NAME AGE AVG OBP SLG OPS G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS WAR PR
VIEW
C 7 1 R Clyde McCullough 25 .282 .331 .398 .729 109 372 337 39 95 22 1 5 31 7 2 2.5 530
C 7 -1 R Bob Scheffing 28 .196 .248 .284 .532 44 109 102 7 20 3 0 2 12 2 1 0.0 930
C 8 3 R Birdie Tebbetts 29 .247 .335 .292 .627 99 353 308 24 76 11 0 1 27 4 0 0.7 838
1B 4 29 L Buddy Hassett 30 .284 .325 .364 .689 132 581 538 80 153 16 6 5 48 5 5 1.3 831
1B 3 32 L Johnny Hopp 25 .258 .334 .382 .716 95 355 314 41 81 16 7 3 37 14 4 0.4 869
2B+ 7 32 R Jimmy Bloodworth 24 .242 .295 .362 .657 137 579 533 62 129 23 1 13 57 2 8 0.7 839
2B+ 7 -4 R Frankie Gustine 22 .229 .286 .294 .580 115 422 388 34 89 11 4 2 35 5 4 -0.8 1000
2B+ 7 30 R Don Kolloway 23 .273 .311 .368 .678 147 644 601 72 164 40 4 3 60 16 14 0.9 926
3B 3 30 L Buddy Blair 31 .279 .325 .397 .722 137 523 484 48 135 26 8 5 66 1 6 0.9 757
3B+ 3 30 R Cy Block 23 .364 .417 .455 .871 9 36 33 6 12 1 1 0 4 2 2 0.3 57
3B+ 3 33 R Whitey Kurowski 24 .254 .326 .391 .717 115 419 366 51 93 17 3 9 42 7 1 1.9 835
SS 7 32 R Lennie Merullo 25 .256 .310 .324 .634 143 576 515 53 132 23 3 2 37 14 8 2.1 813
OF 2 29 L Tony Criscola 26 .297 .331 .399 .730 91 167 158 17 47 9 2 1 13 2 2 -0.5 262
OF 1 29 R Ed Freed 22 .303 .378 .455 .833 13 38 33 3 10 3 1 0 1 1 1 0.2 58
OF 2 29 R Frankie Kelleher 25 .182 .286 .309 .595 38 128 110 13 20 3 1 3 12 0 1 0.0 930
OF 2 32 L Charlie Keller 25 .292 .417 .513 .930 152 661 544 106 159 24 9 26 108 14 2 6.7 957
OF 1 26 R Glenn McQuillen 27 .283 .306 .425 .730 100 350 339 40 96 15 12 3 47 1 1 0.6 827
OF 1 28 R Lou Novikoff 26 .300 .337 .416 .753 128 513 483 48 145 25 5 7 64 3 3 1.8 747
OF 2 30 R Eric Tipton 27 .222 .309 .353 .662 63 241 207 22 46 5 5 4 18 1 3 0.5 368
OF 3 36 L Dixie Walker 31 .290 .367 .412 .780 118 451 393 57 114 28 1 6 54 1 1 2.9 885
OF 2 34 L Taffy Wright 30 .333 .432 .410 .842 85 353 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 1 8 2.3 991

POS TH PLAYER NAME AGE SG RG CTRL W L SV G GS ERA WHIP IP H HR BB K K/9 MBF WAR VIEW
SP R Hi Bithorn 26 7   Y 9 14 2 38 16 3.68 1.59 171.1 191 8 81 65 3.4 865 -0.7
SP R Hank Borowy 26 16   X 15 4 1 25 21 2.52 1.25 178.1 157 6 66 85 4.3 834 2.2
SP R Spud Chandler 34 17   Y L 16 5 0 24 24 2.38 1.25 200.2 176 13 74 74 3.3 942 2.7
SP L Ken Chase 28 6   YW 5 1 0 13 10 3.81 1.53 80.1 82 5 41 34 3.8 400 0.5
SP R Russ Christopher 24 6   W 4 13 1 30 18 3.82 1.53 165.0 154 8 99 58 3.2 826 2.1
SP R Paul Erickson 26 1   YW 1 6 0 18 7 5.43 1.76 63.0 70 4 41 26 3.7 360 -0.6
SP R John Humphries 27 14   Z 12 12 0 28 28 2.68 1.25 228.1 227 9 59 71 2.8 1075 3.9
SP R Al Javery 24 14   Z 12 16 0 42 37 3.03 1.26 261.0 251 8 78 85 2.9 1227 3.2
SP R Howie Krist 26 10 14 Y H 13 3 1 34 8 2.51 1.23 118.1 103 2 43 47 3.6 553 2.3
SP R Phil Marchildon 28 10   YW 17 14 1 38 31 4.20 1.46 244.0 215 14 140 110 4.1 1200 2.2
SP L Hal Newhouser 21 16   XW G 8 14 5 38 23 2.45 1.37 183.2 137 4 114 103 5.0 884 4.1
SP R Nick Strincevich 27 5 6 Y L 0 0 0 7 1 2.82 1.25 22.1 19 2 9 10 4.0 106 0.5
SP R Yank Terry 31 6   YW 6 5 1 20 11 3.92 1.47 85.0 82 5 43 37 3.9 420 -0.6
RP L Bob Chipman 23   1 XW 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 2.25 1.1 1 0 2 1 6.8 12 0.1
RP L Paul Masterson 26   1 YW M 0 0 0 4 0 6.48 1.80 8.1 10 1 5 3 3.2 48 -0.1
RP R Mel Queen 24   4 W G 1 0 0 4 0 0.00 1.59 5.2 6 0 3 0 0.0 34 0.2
Inactive Roster (4)
POS PLAYER NAME SL TERM END VIEW
IA Mark Christman      
IA Nels Potter      
IA Johnny Rucker      
IA Dick Wakefield      


Draft Picks Owned (14)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1943 HOL Annual Draft #1  
1943 HOL Annual Draft #3  
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