Holyoke Purple Knights
League: American League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: HOL
Micro Manager: Chappy Ross IV
Owner Name: Brian Whitacre
All Time Record: 1901 - Current, 2287-3523, .394 (Playoffs: 19-7, .731)
Trophy Case: 
 35+ 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: 38 (21/17) - 1939 Season
Team WAR: 21.3 (13.9 H / 7.4 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 6 -1 R Tony Giuliani 26 .250 .267 .308 .575 54 181 172 20 43 6 2 0 18 0 1 -0.5 930
C 7 0 L Ken O'Dea 26 .175 .252 .278 .531 52 109 97 7 17 1 0 3 11 0   -0.6 930
C+ 6 -1 R Rudy York 25 .307 .387 .544 .931 102 376 329 66 101 16 1 20 68 5 0 2.8 573
1B+ 4 29 L Buddy Hassett 27 .308 .342 .354 .696 147 638 590 72 182 15 3 2 60 13   1.3 955
1B 3 31 R Rip Russell 24 .273 .318 .386 .704 143 594 542 55 148 24 5 9 79 2   -0.2 890
1B 2 30 L Jimmy Wasdell 25 .303 .361 .367 .728 29 121 109 12 33 5 1 0 13 3 1 0.0 198
1B+ 2 31 R Pinky Whitney 34 .187 .256 .253 .509 34 88 75 9 14 0 1 1 6 0   -0.2 930
2B+ 7 31 R Jimmy Bloodworth 21 .289 .313 .409 .722 83 333 318 34 92 24 1 4 40 3 1 1.0 507
2B+ 6 27 B Heinie Mueller 26 .279 .342 .437 .779 115 382 341 46 95 19 4 9 43 4   1.2 576
2B+ 8 32 R Burgess Whitehead 29 .239 .299 .293 .592 95 370 335 31 80 6 3 2 24 1   0.7 930
3B 3 31 R Frankie Gustine 19 .186 .278 .229 .507 22 84 70 5 13 3 0 0 3 0   -0.4 930
3B+ 3 29 R Dario Lodigiani 23 .260 .337 .382 .719 121 446 393 46 102 22 4 6 44 2 0 0.3 676
3B+ 4 32 R Eric McNair 30 .324 .375 .426 .800 129 525 479 62 155 18 5 7 82 17 9 2.5 798
3B 3 34 R Jim Tabor 22 .289 .337 .447 .784 149 626 577 76 167 33 8 14 95 16 10 1.6 952
SS+ 7 30 R Mark Christman 25 .218 .279 .277 .556 85 264 238 27 52 8 3 0 20 2 1 -1.5 930
OF+ 2 32 R Johnny Cooney 38 .274 .317 .318 .635 118 401 368 39 101 8 1 2 27 2   0.4 602
OF 1 28 R Joe Gallagher 25 .277 .325 .459 .785 85 338 307 49 85 17 3 11 49 1 1 0.2 507
OF+ 2 34 L Tommy Henrich 26 .277 .371 .429 .800 99 406 347 64 96 18 4 9 57 7 0 2.4 615
OF 2 32 R Joe Marty 25 .229 .283 .384 .667 114 408 375 38 86 13 6 11 54 3   -1.0 621
OF 2 31 L Jo-Jo Moore 30 .269 .324 .370 .694 138 612 562 80 151 23 2 10 47 5   0.2 914
OF 2 33 L Taffy Wright 27 .309 .359 .435 .794 129 546 499 77 154 29 11 4 93 1 2 2.1 829

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 Johnny Broaca 29 4   W L 4 2 0 22 2 4.70 1.76 46.0 53 5 28 13 2.5 1000 -0.7
SP R Slick Castleman 25 4   W G 1 2 0 12 4 4.54 1.75 33.2 36 1 23 6 1.6 1000 0.1
SP R Mort Cooper 26 13   X G 12 6 5 45 26 3.25 1.45 210.2 208 6 97 130 5.6 1141 3.2
SP L Chubby Dean 23 4   W 5 8 7 54 1 5.25 1.82 116.2 132 8 80 39 3.0 1000 -0.5
SP R Wes Ferrell 31 3   W L 1 2 0 3 3 4.66 1.60 19.1 14 2 17 6 2.8 1000 0.1
SP L Johnny Gee 23 4   XY H 1 2 0 3 3 4.12 1.53 19.2 20 0 10 16 7.3 1000 -0.5
SP R Johnny Humphries 24 1   YW H 2 4 2 15 1 8.26 2.19 28.1 30 0 32 12 3.8 1000 -1.1
SP R Dutch Leonard 30 14   Z 20 8 0 34 34 3.54 1.23 269.1 273 16 59 88 2.9 1373 4.8
SP L Hal Newhouser 18 2   XW 0 1 0 1 1 5.40 1.40 5.0 3 0 4 4 7.2 1000 0.1
SP R Nels Potter 27 1   L 8 12 2 41 25 6.60 1.76 196.1 258 26 88 60 2.8 1000 -1.2
SP R Woody Rich 23 3   G 4 3 1 21 12 4.91 1.47 77.0 78 2 35 24 2.8 1000 0.7
SP R Steve Sundra 29 12   11 1 0 24 11 2.76 1.38 120.2 110 7 56 27 2.0 660 2.3
SP L Tom Sunkel 26 5   XW 4 4 0 20 11 4.22 1.58 85.1 79 4 56 54 5.7 488 0.3
SP L Jake Wade 27 1   YW G 1 6 0 24 8 7.45 2.34 64.0 94 2 56 30 4.2 1000 -0.7
RP R Spud Chandler 31   7 H 3 0 0 11 0 2.84 1.84 19.0 26 0 9 4 1.9 115 0.3
RP R Elmer Riddle 24   1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.50 2.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1000 0.1
DNP   Howie Krist                                      

Draft Picks Owned (16)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
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