Overview
If only we could have tossed out half a year... following the loss to Berlin on June 30, we were 17-32 and headed for dead last thanks in large part to the onerous reparations
levied upon us by the so-called Allies. However, we were able to throw off the shackles of domination the rest of the way and came surprisingly close to evening up our record by
the end of the year. Our general tactic was to drop easy ones against the good teams, thus lulling the league into a state of unconsciousness, then beating up on the bad clubs
in the league. This year, we're going to try and concentrate our losingness on our real allies, the Germans; maybe a couple extra wins from us will prove the difference.
Retirements
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MR Max Plischke - A major player in 1919, he fell victim to the youth movement in 1920, playing in just 8 games and 15.1 innings.
Code:
78-84, .481 PCT 6th, 21.0 GB
Home 45-36, .556 PCT
Road 33-48, .407 PCT
X-inning games 7-8, .467 PCT
One-run games 29-19, .604 PCT
Versus LHP 10-14, .417 PCT
Versus RHP 68-70, .493 PCT
April 6-14, .300 PCT
May 12-18, .400 PCT
June 14-14, .500 PCT
July 17-13, .567 PCT
August 15-13, .536 PCT
September 14-12, .538 PCT
Batting Average .271 - 7th in EURO
On-Base Percentage .328 - 6th in EURO
Slugging Percentage .354 - 7th in EURO
Runs Scored 721 - 7th in EURO
Hits 1543 - 7th in EURO
Extra-Base Hits 333 - 7th in EURO
Home Runs 42 - 6th in EURO
Bases-On-Balls 479 - 4th in EURO
Strikeouts 525 - 6th in EURO
Stolen Bases 237 - 2nd in EURO
Earned Run Average 3.60 - 5th in EURO
Runs allowed 734 - 5th in EURO
Hits allowed 1592 - 5th in EURO
Opponents AVG .276 - 6th in EURO
Home Runs allowed 41 - 4th in EURO
Bases-On-Balls 395 - 3rd in EURO
Strikeouts 484 - 6th in EURO
Pitching
The pitching staff was essentially four men in size the entire year. The Musik featured 3 pitchers in the top 25 in innings pitched, quite a large number for a rebuilding team
if you ask us. Maybe the "re" should be lopped off as that implies there is some element in the past to build to. One guy who we did not include in our "basic four" was Simon
Stangassinger, who has one of the best names in the league. Say it out loud. Stangassinger. Stangassinger. It just sounds like a fastball or perhaps a bratwust sizzling past
you. A bratwurst that sizzles "past" you isn't maybe the kind of bratwurst you might enjoy but you get the drift.
Code:
Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
Florian Knaus 33 16 22 0.421 40 40 0 321 347 125 2 57 117 3.50
Frantz Kauntiz 28 17 14 0.548 39 39 0 306 303 106 2 95 129 3.12
Ludwig Senner 34 15 19 0.441 39 39 0 302 369 130 6 61 106 3.87
Oktav Roga 21 12 11 0.522 33 22 0 208.1 202 71 7 79 40 3.07
Simon Stangassinger 33 10 8 0.556 26 17 0 142.1 172 73 8 39 41 4.62
Helmut Horngacher 33 4 6 0.400 33 0 4 65.1 73 19 5 21 27 2.62
Thomas Miko 28 1 1 0.500 11 1 0 23.1 34 20 5 10 5 7.71
Rudjer Todorovic 29 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 17 18 5 0 8 5 2.65
Gernot Voglreiter 18 1 1 0.500 2 2 0 16 18 7 1 7 2 3.94
Max Plischke 38 0 0 0.000 8 0 0 15.1 11 6 2 4 4 3.52
Franz Griesser 19 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 13.2 19 8 3 9 2 5.27
Helmut Renner 22 0 2 0.000 2 2 0 12.2 18 8 0 4 5 5.68
Clemenz Schaller 21 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 5.1 8 1 0 1 1 1.69
Team Totals 27.5 78 84 0.481 245 162 4 1448.1 1592 579 41 395 484 3.60
Batting
To get this out of the way first: Veit Aehrenthal helped out immensely because he was the best player in the European League. The entire outfield was speedy and good: all three
starters bad at least 35 steals, and snagged stray fly balls with aplomb. The great news about the rest of the team is that they were so bad they should be easily replaceable.
Code:
Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG
C *Benjamin Lueger 30 133 130 496 52 151 19 5 1 88 7 3 44 50 0.304 0.359 0.369
C Michael Zweig 27 88 34 169 19 46 6 2 1 22 0 0 14 7 0.272 0.335 0.349
C Florian Maurer 30 32 5 46 7 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 4 0.283 0.340 0.370
C Ludwig Rieser 25 3 2 9 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.333 0.333 0.556
C Florian Raich 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
1B #Frantz Felbiger 26 146 112 450 51 104 21 1 4 60 0 0 72 11 0.231 0.336 0.309
1B *Werner Zingler 28 41 41 133 8 32 4 0 0 15 1 0 11 25 0.241 0.301 0.271
1B *Mijalko Panic 30 26 0 24 2 6 0 1 1 5 3 0 4 4 0.250 0.357 0.458
2B Julian Gerg 23 130 123 418 38 124 20 4 0 43 10 6 16 67 0.297 0.320 0.364
2B Manfred Pirktl 26 70 22 83 12 21 5 0 1 6 1 1 4 7 0.253 0.303 0.349
2B #Clemenz Reiter 21 58 21 77 3 14 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 12 0.182 0.220 0.182
3B David Schwarzacher 25 61 52 193 17 46 10 0 0 16 2 1 7 23 0.238 0.267 0.290
3B Michael Koellerer 38 38 38 111 11 33 5 0 1 14 0 0 30 0 0.297 0.447 0.369
SS David Lichtenegger 30 158 158 611 93 153 26 4 6 56 17 8 54 9 0.250 0.312 0.336
SS Dietmar Poestinger 23 133 72 279 48 61 10 2 0 30 39 14 10 35 0.219 0.247 0.269
LF *Helmuth Grosskopf 25 150 142 579 86 166 24 10 8 66 35 12 47 56 0.287 0.343 0.404
LF Rainer Spitzaner 33 24 16 58 6 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 0.259 0.295 0.293
CF *Veit Schusetka 22 134 97 420 56 113 15 11 0 33 50 22 35 42 0.269 0.322 0.357
CF Alex Schrattenthaler 26 93 62 248 25 71 8 1 1 23 3 2 16 24 0.286 0.336 0.339
CF #Alois Schmollinger 23 121 15 150 18 41 6 0 0 18 16 9 5 20 0.273 0.296 0.313
RF *Veit Aehrenthal 29 154 154 582 106 195 31 12 18 90 38 13 91 43 0.335 0.420 0.522
RF *Ari Mautner 22 103 0 69 17 14 3 0 0 9 15 3 2 11 0.203 0.219 0.246
Team Totals 26.8 2142 1458 5697 721 1543 235 56 42 656 237 96 479 525 0.271 0.328 0.354