Compiling Batters Walks & the 1932 American Association Walks Totals, Part Two by Will Christensen

Compiling  Batters’ Walks & the 1932 American Association Walks Totals, Part Two by Will Christensen


Here are team-by-team listings. Players in bold led the league in one category. Any player not listed had zero walks in 1932.

COLUMBUS RED BIRDS

Name     Walks     HBP
Lew Riggs     57     15
Evar Swanson     55     0
Pat Crawford     54     1
Nick Cullop     48     8
Otto Bluege     46     1
Burgess Whitehead     45     6
Joe Sprinz     41     3
Bevo LeBourveau     39     3
Stewart Clarke     22     1
Hal Anderson     20     1
George Selkirk     17     2
George Rensa     16     1
Joel Hunt     14     0
Ernie Parker     11     0
Fran Healey     9     2
Ken Ash     8     1
Harold King     7     0
Ival Goodman     6     0
Ken O’Dea     6     0
Bill Lee     5     0
Al Grabowski     3     0
Tom Carey     3     0
Paul Dean     3     0
Joe Bilgere     3     0
Pete Fowler     2     0
Harold Wysong     2     1
Sheriff Blake     2     0
Carmen Hill     2     0
Ray Mondron     2     0
Wattie Holm     2     0
Gordon Hinkle     1     0
Phil Weinert     1     0
Earl Webb     1     0
Leroy Parmalee     1     0
Johnny Keane     1     0
Ward Cross     1     0
Perry Moore     1     0
James Lyons     1     0
Tom Moxley     1     0
Unattributed*     1     0

Totals     560     46

*9-11 vs. Ind.: Unable to determine if final walk belonged to Sprinz or O’Dea.

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Name     Walks     HBP
Jonah Goldman     73     6
Frank Sigafoos     47     1
Harry Rosenberg     39     1
Doug Taitt     38     0
Ray Fitzgerald     36     2
Tom Angley     32     0
Ernie Wingard     31     5
Pid Purdy     28     0
Sammy Hale     22     2
John Kroner     21     3
Curtis Walker     18     0
John Riddle     18     0
Fuzzy Hufft     16     2
Emmett McCann     15     1
Leo Norris     15     0
John Cooney     11     1
Fred Bedore     8     1
Glenn Chapman     8     0
Bill Burwell     4     0
Stewart Bolen     3     1
Ray White     3     1
Archie Campbell     2     0
Elam Van Gilder     2     1
John Berly     1     0
Les Barnhart     1     0
Bill Thomas     1     0
Ed Lowell     0     1
Pete Daglia     0     1

Unattributed*     1     0

Totals     494     30

*9-24 vs. Lou: Unable to determine if final walk belonged to Goldman or White.

KANSAS CITY BLUES

Name     Walks     HBP
Eddie Pick     101     2
Denver Grigsby     78     1
Pat Collins     78     1
Pete Monahan     71     2
Herb Kelly     46     0
Al Marquardt     44     3
Bob Boken     38     2
Jim Mosolf     38     0
Ray Treadaway     33     1
Joe Hassler     22     0
Ed Taylor     21     2
Morgan Snyder     14     0
Bill Dunlap     12     2
Ed Phillips     10     0
Bill Bayne     4     0
Hal Smith     3     0
John Tising     2     0
Lou Fette     2     0
Herb Pember     2     0
Max Thomas     1     0
Joe Dawson     1     0
Harold Carson     1     0
Bob Osborn     1     0
Pete Fowler     1     0
Joe Blackwell     1     0
Frank Gabler     1     0

Unattributed*     4     0

Totals     630     16

*6-5 vs. Minn: Unable to determine if final walk belonged to Collins or Snyder; 6-29 vs. Minn: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Hassler or Mosolf; 7-22 vs. Mil: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Collins or Snyder; 9-6 vs. StP: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Kelly or Hassler.

LOUISVILLE COLONELS

Name     Walks     HBP
Butch Weis     73     2
Merv Shea     51     1
Herman Layne     50     0
Dud Branom     49     2
Jose Olivares     44     3
Clarence Nachand     37     1
Mel Simons     33     1
Jimmy Adair     32     0
Henry Erickson     24     7
Art Funk     18     4
Claude Jonnard     10     0
John Marcum     9     1
Lester Bell     7     0
Liz Funk     6     0
Fred Maguire     4     0
Ken Penner     3     0
Clyde Hatter     3     1
Joe DeBerry     3     0
Max Kron     3     0
Archie McKain     2     0
William Moore     2     0
Lou Russell     2     0
Phil Weinert     1     0
Roy Wilkinson     1     0
Kola Sharpe     1     0

Unresolved*     2     0
Unattributed**     2     0

Totals     472     23

* 9-18 vs. Col: Box said Columbus pitchers allowed 2 walks. Branom, Erickson and A. Funk each have one plate appearance unaccounted for either in box or game stories in Columbus and Louisville papers.

** 6-16 vs. Mil: Unable to determine if final walk belonged to Layne or Nachand; 7-20 vs. Minn: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Simons or Weis.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS

Name     Walks     HBP
Jack Tavener     89     1
Alex Metzler     86     7
Bud Connally     75     7
Walt Christensen     51     2
Buck Stanton     50     6
Tedd Gullic     44     0
Pip Koehler     42     0
Russ Young     37     1
Jack Crouch     36     4
Tony Kubek     25     0
Frank O’Rourke     14     1
George Fisher     13     1
Clarence Hoffman     10     3
Fred Stiely     7     0
Jack Knott     6     1
Lou Polli     5     0
Earl Caldwell     5     1
Garland Braxton     4     0
Al Bool     3     1
George Gerken     2     0
Larry Kessenich     2     0
Ash Hillin     1     1

Unresolved*     0     0

Totals     607     37

*8-30 vs. Tol: In the second game of a doubleheader, box said no walks were allowed by Toledo pitchers. Christensen had a plate appearance unaccounted for in either the box or stories in Milwaukee or Toledo papers.

MINNEAPOLIS MILLERS

Name     Walks     HBP
Joe Hauser     125     13
Foster Ganzel     99     4
Spencer Harris     82     6
Ernie Smith     74     3
Joe Mowry     64     2
Harry Rice     56     4
Art Ruble     49     3
Ed Sicking     35     1
Wes Griffin     32     2
Paul Richards     25     1
Andy Cohen     18     2
Hugh McMullen     15     0
Ray Fitzgerald     7     1
Jake Flowers     7     1
Bill Rodda     4     1
Rosy Ryan     4     0
Leo Norris     4     0
Rube Benton     4     0
Clyde Day     3     3
John Brillheart     3     0
Hy Vandenburg     3     1
Jess Petty     3     0
Carmen Hill     3     0
Frank Henry     2     0
Ray Phelps     2     0
Phil Hensick     2     0
Elam Van Glider     1     0
Bill Wilson     1     0
Ad Liska     0     1

Unresolved*     0     0
Unattributed**     5     0

Totals     732     49

* 8-11 vs. Lou: Box did not list any walks allowed by Louisville pitching. Ganzel, Rice and Smith each had a plate appearance unaccounted for in the box. The game story in the Minneapolis Tribune mentioned walks taken by both Rice and Smith, and those were included in the players’ totals. But it made no mention of Ganzel’s missing plate appearance. Other Minneapolis and Louisville papers did not clear up the issue.

** 7-10 vs. Col: Unable to determine if final walk belonged to Ruble or Rice; 7-17 vs. Ind: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Griffin or Richards; 8-28 vs. Lou: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Ruble or Fitzgerald; 9-25 (2) vs. KC: unable to determine if final walk belonged to Cohen or Fitzgerald.
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ST. PAUL SAINTS

Name     Walks     HBP
Marty Hopkins     97     2
Fred Koster     71     6
Bill Norman     56     7
Clyde Beck     46     3
Bob Fenner     38     3
Phil Todt     37     2
Ben Paschal     32     3
Irv Jeffries     29     3
Ced Durst     25     3
Russ Van Atta     13     0
Angelo Giuliani     10     2
Jimmy Reese     9     0
Ed Strelecki     8     1
Frank Snyder     8     0
Paul Wanninger     6     0
Slim Harriss     4     0
Grady Adkins     3     0
Harold Elliot     1     0
Les Munns     1     0
Eugene Trow     1     0
Al Harvin     1     0
Oswald Orwoll     1     0

Unattributed*     3     0

Totals     500     35

* 4-18 vs. Ind: Unable to determine if final walk belonged to Beck or Jeffries; 9-25 (2) vs. Minn: unable to determine if final two walks belonged to Giuliani or Snyder.

TOLEDO MUD HENS

Name     Walks     HBP
Mike Powers     58     4
Odell Hale     54     3
John Ward     47     3
Max West     44     0
Bill Knickerbocker     35     8
Pete Turgeon     34     1
Bill Sweeney     33     3
Frankie Pytlak     30     3
Bibb Falk     29     2
Milt Galatzer     26     0
Walt Henline     22     2
Harry White     22     2
Steve O’Neill     22     0
Curtis Walker     19     1
Ralph Winegarner     11     1
Howard Craghead     4     0
Roxie Lawson     3     0
Roy Hudson     3     0
Forrest Twogood     2     0
Lester Burke     2     0
James Moore     2     0
Al DeVormer     1     1
Elam Van Gilder     1     0
Hugh Wise     1     0
Thornton Lee     1     0
Belve Bean     0     1

Unresolved*     1     0

Totals     507     35

* 5-15 vs. Col: Box said Columbus pitcher allowed 1 walk. Henline and Powers each have one plate appearance unaccounted for either in box or game stories in Columbus and Toledo papers.

TWO OR MORE TEAMS

Name     Walks     HBP
Ray Fitzgerald     43     3
Curtis Walker     37     1
Leo Norris     19     0
Carmen Hill     5     0
Elam Van Glider     4     1
Pete Fowler     3     0
Phil Weinert     1     0
Bob Osborn     1     0
Al Harvin     1     0

     A couple of notes:
     1.) Spencer Harris is now officially the minor-league career walks leader. It had been assumed he was, but it wasn’t known for sure. The highest total is credited to Ray Perry, who played primarily low-level ball on the West Coast during the Forties and Fifties. Perry walked 1,739 times in his career. Harris had 1,690 but with data missing from two seasons -- 1932 and 1938, when he played in the Pacific Coast League, which didn’t keep track of batter walks until 1939. With the 82 walks Harris is credited with in 1932, he moves ahead of Perry, 1,772-1,739, with one season remaining. (Preliminary estimates show Harris will add another 85-95 walks once 1938 PCL data is complete).
     2.) Minneapolis first baseman Joe Hauser was the AA’s best offensive player in 1932 on an unadjusted basis. While Harris led the league in on-base percentage, Hauser was close enough behind that his huge lead in slugging average blew away the field in OPS (on base-plus-slugging), a rudimentary offensive evaluation not possible without walks. Here are the top 10 in each category:

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE
1. Spencer Harris, Minn     .454
2. Joe Hauser, Minn     .448
3. Mike Powers, Tol     .443
4. Eddie Pick, KC     .438
5. Harry Rice, Minn     .432
6. Art Ruble, Minn     .429
7. Evar Swanson, Col     .426
8. Nick Cullop, Col     .422
9. Pat Crawford, Col     .419
10. Alex Metzler, Mil     .415

OPS
1. Joe Hauser, Minn     1.103
2. Nick Cullop, Col     1.049
3. Art Ruble, Minn     1.044
4. Spencer Harris, Minn     1.015
5. Tedd Gullic, Mil     1.002
6. Pat Crawford, Col     .997
7. Mike Powers, Tol     .993
8. Evar Swanson, Col     .983
9. Ernie Wingard, Ind     .970
10. Eddie Pick, KC     .928

     That Crawford was chosen the AA’s best first baseman and MVP in light of this information appears curious, but then maybe the scribes 70 years ago were taking into consideration how much Nicollet Field inflated the numbers of left-handed fly-ball hitters such as Hauser. There’s no doubt that infamous bandbox helped. How much is another piece to the puzzle.
     At least the previously missing walks piece finally is in place.


There is a lot of unrecognized work going on in minor league research, and this two-part article shows you the depth of commitment by these dedicated researchers.

One of the things I’ve been working on over the years is “Estimated Earned Runs.”  Because we seem to have gone off on another tangent again, I will be posting sometime this week my article, What to Do About ERA, and posting an updated chart for calculating Earned Runs and Earned Run Averages for the many minor league seasons before earned runs were available.