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, 2618-3962, .398 (Playoffs: 23-8, .742)
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 1943 World Series Winner 1943 AL Pennant Winner

 
Majors Roster: 32 (19/13) - 1944 Season
Team WAR: 47.6 (24.3 H / 23.3 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 -2 R Bob Finley 28 .249 .292 .306 .598 94 308 281 18 70 11 1 1 21 1 0 -0.2 930
C 5 -3 R Tom Jordan 24 .267 .283 .333 .616 14 46 45 2 12 1 1 0 3 0 0 -0.3 76
C 6 -3 R Frank Mancuso 26 .205 .271 .262 .533 88 269 244 19 50 11 0 1 24 1 0 -1.2 930
C 7 1 R Roy Partee 26 .243 .333 .307 .640 89 323 280 18 68 12 0 2 41 0 1 0.7 490
1B 2 32 R Joe Cronin 37 .241 .358 .356 .714 76 231 191 24 46 7 0 5 28 1 4 0.3 375
1B 2 28 L Bill McGhee 35 .289 .338 .341 .679 77 308 287 27 83 12 0 1 19 2 1 0.5 474
1B 2 29 L Mickey Rocco 28 .266 .325 .392 .717 155 722 653 87 174 29 7 13 70 4 8 2.3 1000
2B 8 29 R Snuffy Stirnweiss 25 .319 .389 .460 .849 154 723 643 125 205 35 16 8 43 55 11 8.5 1000
3B+ 2 30 R Ted Cieslak 31 .245 .314 .318 .632 85 243 220 18 54 10 0 2 11 1 0 -0.2 402
3B 3 33 R Jim Tabor 27 .285 .334 .445 .779 116 482 438 58 125 25 3 13 72 4 4 2.9 724
SS+ 7 32 R Frankie Gustine 24 .230 .288 .304 .591 127 446 405 42 93 18 3 2 42 8 5 -0.9 930
SS+ 8 30 R Charlie Letchas 28 .237 .298 .258 .555 116 438 396 29 94 8 0 0 33 0 4 -0.1 930
SS 6 31 R Frankie Zak 22 .300 .385 .331 .716 87 186 160 33 48 3 1 0 11 6 3 0.6 302
OF 1 28 L Hal Epps 30 .244 .321 .337 .658 89 329 291 42 71 9 9 0 16 2 2 0.1 499
OF 1 28 L Chuck Hostetler 40 .298 .350 .347 .697 90 292 265 42 79 9 2 0 20 4 4 0.4 441
OF 2 31 R Bob Johnson 38 .324 .431 .528 .959 144 626 525 106 170 40 8 17 106 2 7 6.3 954
OF 1 35 L Ron Northey 24 .288 .367 .496 .863 152 644 570 72 164 35 9 22 104 1 1 4.4 987
OF 2 31 L Johnny Rucker 27 .244 .275 .325 .600 144 622 587 79 143 14 8 6 39 8 5 -2.1 943
OF 2 30 R Eric Tipton 29 .301 .380 .390 .770 140 547 479 62 144 28 3 3 36 5 9 3.4 832

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 Hank Borowy 28 13   Y L 17 12 2 35 30 2.64 1.24 252.2 224 15 88 107 3.8 1177 4.2
SP R Rex Cecil 27 3   YW L 4 5 0 11 9 5.16 1.72 61.0 72 5 33 33 4.9 318 -1.2
SP R Ed Hanyzewski 23 4   Y L 2 5 0 14 7 4.47 1.39 58.1 61 6 20 19 2.9 283 -0.1
SP R Johnny Humphries 29 5   L 8 10 1 30 20 3.67 1.34 169.0 170 9 57 42 2.2 812 1.1
SP R Al Javery 26 6   X 10 19 3 40 33 3.54 1.44 254.0 248 12 118 137 4.9 1243 3.0
SP L Hal Newhouser 23 19   X G 29 9 2 47 34 2.22 1.17 312.1 264 6 102 187 5.4 1429 7.8
SP R Emmett O'Neill 26 3   YW 6 11 0 28 22 4.63 1.60 151.2 154 6 89 68 4.0 770 -0.8
SP R Nels Potter 32 14   Y 19 7 0 32 29 2.83 1.21 232.0 211 6 70 91 3.5 1076 5.7
SP R Frank Seward 23 2   L 3 2 0 25 7 5.40 1.66 78.1 98 8 32 16 1.8 440 -0.6
SP R Nick Strincevich 29 12   Z G 14 7 2 40 26 3.08 1.20 190.0 190 5 37 47 2.2 881 2.5
SP R Bill Zuber 31 5   XW 5 7 0 22 13 4.21 1.45 107.0 101 5 54 59 5.0 525 -0.1
RP R George Caster 36   14 X L 6 6 12 42 0 2.44 1.53 81.0 91 5 33 46 5.1 404 0.8
RP R Carl Lindquist 25   7 YZ M 0 0 0 5 0 3.12 1.15 8.2 8 1 2 4 4.2 41 0.0
Inactive Roster (8)
POS PLAYER NAME SL TERM END VIEW
IA Charlie Keller      
IA Don Kolloway      
IA Phil Marchildon      
IA Clyde McCullough      
IA Mel Queen      
IA Bob Scheffing      
IA Birdie Tebbetts      
IA Taffy Wright      


Draft Picks Owned (14)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1945 HOL Annual Draft #3  
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