Holyoke Purple Knights
League: American League
Division: N/A
Team Initials: HOL
Micro Manager: Alexander Cartwright
Owner Name: Brian Whitacre
All Time Record: 1901 - Current, 1760-2510, .412 (Playoffs: 15-6, .714)
Trophy Case: 
 25+ 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

 
Majors Roster: 40 (19/21) - 1929 Season
Team WAR: 8.0 (8.1 H / -0.1 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 2 R Moe Berg 27 .287 .323 .307 .630 107 384 352 32 101 7 0 0 47 5 1 0.7 823
C 7 1 L Glenn Myatt 31 .233 .277 .302 .580 59 141 129 14 30 4 1 1 17 0 1 -0.5 930
C 8 1 L Bennie Tate 27 .294 .335 .362 .697 81 289 265 26 78 12 3 0 30 2 6 0.8 823
1B 3 27 L Don Hurst 23 .304 .390 .525 .914 154 692 589 100 179 29 4 31 125 10   2.5 970
1B 5 34 L Phil Todt 27 .262 .305 .393 .698 153 591 534 49 140 38 10 4 64 6 7 0.4 830
2B+ 6 31 R Carl Lind 25 .240 .282 .284 .566 66 249 225 19 54 8 1 0 13 0 2 -1.4 930
2B 8 32 R Oscar Melillo 29 .296 .337 .401 .738 141 546 494 57 146 17 10 5 67 11 6 3.0 769
2B+ 5 31 R Buck Redfern 27 .130 .184 .130 .314 21 47 46 0 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 -0.5 930
3B 4 32 R Norm McMillan 33 .271 .324 .392 .716 124 541 495 77 134 35 5 5 55 13   0.1 781
3B+ 4 33 R Frank O'Rourke 35 .251 .306 .332 .637 154 659 585 81 147 23 9 2 62 14 7 -0.9 924
SS 6 32 R Eric McNair 20 .500 .500 .625 1.125 4 8 8 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0.2 13
OF 2 31 R Ethan Allen 25 .292 .317 .416 .734 143 568 538 69 157 27 11 6 64 21   0.8 817
OF 1 32 L Buzz Boyle 21 .263 .333 .386 .719 17 66 57 8 15 2 1 1 2 2   -0.1 99
OF 2 34 L Walt French 29 .267 .298 .356 .653 45 51 45 7 12 1 0 1 9 0 0 -0.2 74
OF+ 1 27 R Wattie Holm 27 .233 .282 .330 .611 64 196 176 21 41 5 6 0 14 1   -0.9 297
OF 2 32 L Chuck Klein 24 .356 .407 .657 1.065 149 679 616 126 219 45 6 43 145 5   5.1 938
OF 2 33 R Denny Sothern 25 .306 .346 .449 .795 76 318 294 52 90 21 3 5 27 13   0.2 515
OF 1 29 L Homer Summa 30 .272 .298 .321 .619 37 88 81 12 22 4 0 0 10 1 1 -0.3 133
OF 2 29 L Sammy West 24 .267 .326 .347 .673 142 578 510 60 136 16 8 3 75 10 8 0.5 813

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 L Garland Braxton 29 6   YZ 12 10 4 37 20 4.85 1.48 182.0 219 6 51 59 2.9 900 0.4
SP L Bobby Burke 22 3   Y 6 8 0 37 17 4.79 1.48 141.0 154 6 55 51 3.3 700 -0.2
SP R Bill Clarkson 30 1   W H 0 1 0 2 1 10.29 2.86 7.0 16 0 4 0 0.0 49 -0.3
SP R Bruce Cunningham 23 4   4 6 1 17 8 4.52 1.44 91.2 100 7 32 22 2.2 451 1.0
SP R Hal Elliott 30 1   YW G 3 7 1 40 8 6.06 1.79 114.1 146 5 59 32 2.5 656 -0.3
SP L Larry French 21 5   YW 7 5 1 30 13 4.90 1.56 123.0 130 10 62 49 3.6 620 0.7
SP R Joe Genewich 32 1   L 3 7 1 21 9 6.78 1.92 85.0 133 9 30 19 2.0 503 -1.3
SP R Art Herring 23 3   XW H 2 1 0 4 4 4.78 1.78 32.0 38 0 19 15 4.2 168 0.4
SP L Chief Hogsett 25 5   YZ H 1 2 0 4 4 2.83 1.50 28.2 34 0 9 9 2.8 143 0.9
SP R Trader Horne 31 3   W M 1 1 0 11 1 5.09 1.96 23.0 24 3 21 6 2.3 125 -0.5
SP L Percy Jones 29 4   Y 7 15 0 35 22 4.64 1.61 188.1 219 15 84 69 3.3 958 1.6
SP R Bob McGraw 34 2   W 5 5 4 41 4 5.73 1.81 86.1 113 6 43 22 2.3 499 -0.5
SP R Doug McWeeny 32 1   YW L 4 10 1 36 22 6.10 1.78 146.0 167 17 93 59 3.6 826 -1.1
SP L John Milligan 25 1   W H 0 1 0 8 3 16.76 4.03 9.2 29 0 10 2 1.9 84 -0.9
SP R Augie Prudhomme 26 1   W 1 6 1 34 6 6.22 1.83 94.0 119 7 53 26 2.5 547 -1.0
SP R Eddie Rommel 31 10 15 Z L 12 2 4 32 6 2.85 1.49 113.2 135 10 34 25 2.0 563 1.7
SP R Luther Roy 26 1   L 3 7 0 23 11 8.29 1.95 92.1 141 11 39 16 1.6 554 -1.5
SP R Vic Sorrell 28 6   Y 14 15 1 36 31 5.18 1.66 226.0 270 15 106 81 3.2 1162 0.8
SP R Lil Stoner 30 2   W 3 3 4 24 3 5.26 1.66 53.0 57 2 31 12 2.0 299 -0.1
RP R Hod Lisenbee 30   1 L 0 0 0 5 0 5.19 1.62 8.2 10 1 4 2 2.1 49 0.1
RP R Ed Strelecki 24   2 W L 1 1 0 7 0 4.91 1.64 11.0 12 1 6 2 1.6 61 0.0

Draft Picks Owned (18)
YEAR INIT DESC ROUND TRANS
1929 HOL Annual Draft #1  
1929 SCB Annual Draft #2 1928.3
1929 HOM Annual Draft #2 1928.2
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