Salem Witches (baseball)
The Salem Witches were a baseball team of the New England League, a minor league in American major league baseball. The team played a total of five non-consecutive seasons using the "Witches" moniker. Salem also hosted the New England League Salem Fairies (1887)[1] and Salem (1891–1892), as well as Salem of the New England Association (1895).[2] Salem first had a team in the 1884 Massachusetts State Association.[3]
- Location: Lowell, Massachusetts; Salem, Massachusetts[4]
- League: New England League 1888, 1926–1928, 1930
- Ballpark: Alumni Field, Donovan Park[4]
Year-by-year record
| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 36–34 | -- | John Tofani | Team disbanded August 3 |
| 1926 | 38–3 | 1st | -- | Team from Lowell (6-8) moved to Salem June 3 |
| 1927 | 42–50 | 6th | Tom DeNoville | |
| 1928 | 51–50 | 5th | Stuffy McInnis | |
| 1930 | 21–9 | 1st | Sam Post | League disbanded June 22 |
Rosters
Empty boxes indicate unknown values.
1926 season
| Player ▴ | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beegan | ||||||
| Edgar Bennett | ||||||
| Bernard | ||||||
| James Bodner | ||||||
| Boucher | ||||||
| Carroll | ||||||
| Daniel Cashman | ||||||
| Cornevale | ||||||
| John Cox | ||||||
| Thomas DeNoville | ||||||
| Elmer Duggan | L | January 29, 1903 | ||||
| Duncan | ||||||
| Joe Dwyer | L | L | March 27, 1903 | 5'9" | 186 | Orange, NJ US |
| Robert Fransen | ||||||
| Garrity | ||||||
| Ernest Gourley | ||||||
| Arthur Grant | ||||||
| Hetherton | ||||||
| Kennedy | ||||||
| Leighton | ||||||
| Leslie McCullough | ||||||
| John McDonnell | ||||||
| McWilliams | ||||||
| Murray | ||||||
| Newell | ||||||
| Pouliot | ||||||
| Bernard Preo | ||||||
| Prushak | ||||||
| Norman Sauvage | ||||||
| Sigman | ||||||
| Dante Sorenti | ||||||
| Louis Strecker | ||||||
| Arthur Thurston | ||||||
| Walsh | ||||||
| Ware | ||||||
| Charles Weafer | ||||||
| Wilson |
1927 season
| Player ▴ | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Bachand | ||||||
| Joe Batchelder | R | L | July 11, 1898 | 5'7" | 165 | Wenham, MA US |
| Cassidy | ||||||
| John Cox | ||||||
| Thomas DeNoville | ||||||
| Elmer Duggan | L | January 29, 1903 | ||||
| Joe Dwyer | L | L | March 27, 1903 | 5'9" | 186 | Orange, NJ US |
| Robert Fransen | ||||||
| Chick Gagnon | R | R | September 27, 1897 | 5'7" | 158 | Milbury, MA US |
| Ernest Gourley | ||||||
| Lee | ||||||
| MacGregor | ||||||
| Edward McCormack | ||||||
| John McDonnell | ||||||
| Edward O'Connor | ||||||
| Walter Oberc | ||||||
| Myron Ruckstull | ||||||
| Frank Schmidt | ||||||
| Simmons | ||||||
| Peter Stack | R | R | November 25, 1906 | 5'11" | 168 | |
| Bernie Starr | ||||||
| Louis Strecker | ||||||
| Thomas Sullivan | ||||||
| Arthur Thurston | ||||||
| Robert Unglaub |
1928 season
| Player ▴ | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Barciewicz | ||||||
| Joe Batchelder | R | L | July 11, 1898 | 5'7" | 165 | Wenham, MA US |
| Blume | ||||||
| Boerner | ||||||
| Bogart | ||||||
| Casey | ||||||
| Joe Cicero | R | R | November 18, 1910 | 5'8" | 167 | Atlantic City, NJ US |
| Alexander Clement | ||||||
| Cook | ||||||
| Thomas DeNoville | ||||||
| DeVinney | ||||||
| Francis | ||||||
| Robert Fransen | ||||||
| Hansbury | ||||||
| Harrington | ||||||
| Paul Hinson[5][6] | R | R | May 9, 1904 | 5'10" | 150 | Vanleer, TN US |
| Jones | ||||||
| Lucas | ||||||
| Martin | ||||||
| Stuffy McInnis | R | R | September 19, 1890 | 5'9" | 162 | Gloucester, MA US |
| Murphy | ||||||
| Edward O'Connor | ||||||
| Roy Parmelee | R | R | April 25, 1907 | 6'1" | 190 | Lambertville, MI US |
| Roach | ||||||
| Joseph Ruane | ||||||
| Norman Sauvage | ||||||
| Walter Simpson | R | R | February 4, 1900 | 6'1" | 185 | |
| Albert Spaulding | L | |||||
| Sterling | ||||||
| Tarbert | ||||||
| Turner | ||||||
| Robert Unglaub | ||||||
| Ellerton Urann | July 9, 1900 | Massachusetts | ||||
| Wichenback |
In later seasons, the rosters were unrecorded.[7]
Statistics
Pitching
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsh | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.97 | 26 | 143.0 | 168 | 100 | 79 | 58 | ||||||||||||
| Louis Strecker | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.47 | 19 | 158.0 | 145 | 71 | 61 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Ernest Gourley | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Cox | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pouliot | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.44 | 11 | 48.0 | 65 | 43 | 29 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| Leighton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Garrity | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Murray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hetherton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 26 | .458 | 4.36 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 349.0 | 378 | 214 | 169 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Dwyer | 88 | 350 | 350 | 129 | 17 | 5 | 8 | .369 | .369 | .514 | .883 | 180 | |||||||||||
| Thomas DeNoville | 98 | 374 | 374 | 121 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .324 | .324 | .422 | .746 | 158 | |||||||||||
| John Cox | 90 | 343 | 343 | 105 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .306 | .306 | .379 | .685 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Norman Sauvage | 99 | 363 | 363 | 94 | 14 | 3 | 7 | .259 | .259 | .372 | .631 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Robert Fransen | 70 | 268 | 268 | 87 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .325 | .325 | .433 | .757 | 116 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Grant | 58 | 232 | 232 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .284 | .284 | .353 | .638 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Charles Weafer | 29 | 107 | 107 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .280 | .280 | .383 | .664 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Leslie McCullough | 21 | 74 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .324 | .324 | .446 | .770 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Prushak | 32 | 108 | 108 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .185 | .185 | .269 | .454 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Louis Strecker | 23 | 75 | 75 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .293 | .547 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Thurston | 11 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .279 | .279 | .488 | .767 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Walsh | 26 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .192 | .250 | .442 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Pouliot | 11 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 656 | 2407 | 2407 | 0 | 721 | 80 | 29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Player ▴ | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Batchelder | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.45 | 13 | 86.0 | 96 | 53 | 33 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| John McDonnell | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.70 | 30 | 207.0 | 180 | 100 | 62 | 117 | ||||||||||||
| Simmons | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.03 | 31 | 195.0 | 163 | 67 | 44 | 91 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Sullivan | 4 | 10 | .286 | 2.49 | 23 | 134.0 | 141 | 64 | 37 | 68 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 30 | 39 | .435 | 2.55 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 622.0 | 580 | 284 | 176 | 0 | 298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Unglaub | 92 | 369 | 369 | 125 | 17 | 10 | 7 | .339 | .339 | .496 | .835 | 183 | |||||||||||
| John Cox | 88 | 332 | 332 | 97 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .292 | .292 | .358 | .651 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Bernie Starr | 85 | 279 | 279 | 90 | 18 | 4 | 5 | .323 | .323 | .470 | .792 | 131 | |||||||||||
| Walter Oberc | 71 | 235 | 235 | 77 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .328 | .328 | .464 | .791 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Myron Ruckstull | 54 | 192 | 192 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .292 | .292 | .339 | .630 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Lee | 65 | 217 | 217 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .286 | .525 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Edward O'Connor | 44 | 147 | 147 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .299 | .299 | .463 | .762 | 68 | |||||||||||
| John McDonnell | 43 | 99 | 99 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .293 | .545 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Peter Stack | 10 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .367 | .700 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Simmons | 31 | 71 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .169 | .310 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Elmer Duggan | 11 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .423 | .731 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Edward McCormack | 12 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .250 | .444 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Cassidy | 20 | 52 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .192 | .327 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Gourley | 13 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Joe Batchelder | 13 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .258 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Sullivan | 25 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .021 | .021 | .042 | .062 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 677 | 2190 | 2190 | 0 | 618 | 90 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .379 | .661 | 830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.54 | 27 | 160.0 | 136 | 87 | 63 | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Roy Parmelee | 10 | 18 | .357 | 4.25 | 35 | 212.0 | 163 | 137 | 100 | 133 | ||||||||||||
| Martin | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.76 | 15 | 98.0 | 100 | 41 | 30 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Blume | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.95 | 22 | 116.0 | 104 | 56 | 38 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Boerner | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turner | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.19 | 14 | 73.0 | 77 | 50 | 34 | 47 | ||||||||||||
| DeVinney | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Batchelder | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 46 | .446 | 3.62 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 659.0 | 580 | 371 | 265 | 0 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Unglaub | 103 | 394 | 394 | 121 | 22 | 9 | 1 | .307 | .307 | .416 | .723 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Joe Cicero | 93 | 309 | 309 | 88 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .285 | .285 | .372 | .657 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Robert Fransen | 83 | 285 | 285 | 79 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .330 | .607 | 94 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Ruane | 77 | 250 | 250 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .320 | .568 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Jones | 72 | 201 | 201 | 51 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .368 | .622 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Roy Parmelee | 65 | 179 | 179 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .268 | .268 | .385 | .654 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Stuffy McInnis | 38 | 115 | 115 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .339 | .339 | .417 | .757 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Francis | 34 | 112 | 112 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .321 | .580 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Edward O'Connor | 35 | 121 | 121 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .240 | .240 | .380 | .620 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Tarbert | 25 | 89 | 89 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .258 | .494 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Casey | 23 | 66 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .303 | .561 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Wichenback | 35 | 106 | 106 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .151 | .151 | .226 | .377 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Cook | 30 | 63 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .206 | .413 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Hinson | 12 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Turner | 14 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Blume | 24 | 41 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .195 | .390 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Lucas | 27 | 54 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .185 | .315 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Hansbury | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Martin | 15 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .097 | .194 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 823 | 2503 | 2503 | 0 | 653 | 94 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .341 | .602 | 853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- "1887 Salem Fairies Statistics".
- "Salem, Massachusetts Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
- "1884 Salem Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- "1926 Lowell Highwaymen/Salem Witches Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- "Red Sox Send Three to Salem Club on Option". The Boston Globe. June 1, 1928. p. 19. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- "Ex-Red Sox Help Salem to Victory". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- "Salem Witches Statistics and Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- "1926 Lowell Highwaymen/Salem Witches Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- "1927 Salem Witches Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- "1928 Salem Witches Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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