Record: 22-20 / 3rd place / Western Baseball League
Des Moines Bears (A)

Historical Team WAR (1942)

Batters
Pos Player Batting WAR
1B Johnny LeClair -0.67
P Andy Ferguson -0.63
P Pete Carey -0.57
P Georgie Thompson -0.57
P Danny Gomez -0.52
2B Emil Cornell -0.45
3B Virgil Chandler -0.40
P Jose Padilla -0.35
P Nat Smith -0.32
P Taylor Collins -0.28
SS Jesse DeShazer -0.16
P Jesse Patterson -0.04
RF Steve DeMartini -0.04
C Tom Wyatt -0.02
P Joe Miller -0.02
SS George Barr -0.01
1B Bill Elicker 0.00
P Gus Place 0.00
3B Cletus Purcell 0.01
3B Steve Bender 0.02
C William Rollins 0.06
1B Larry Riley 0.12
CF Slim Sadler 0.12
2B Pat Powell 0.14
2B Charlie Adamson 0.26
RF Maurice Myers 0.56
LF John Woods 0.83
1B Ben Rouse 0.83
C Roy Brown 1.03
SS Rip Agee 2.03
2B Jake Allen 2.29
LF Bert Harrison 2.45
CF Aaron Cunningham 2.49
RF Jerry Pierce 2.93
2B Jim Foeller 3.20
Pitchers
Pos Player Pitching WAR
SP Andy Ferguson -1.32
SP Joe Miller -1.00
RP Georgie Thompson -0.52
CL Gus Place 0.01
P Charlie Adamson 0.02
SP Jesse Patterson 0.13
SP Taylor Collins 0.14
RP Jose Padilla 0.21
SP Nat Smith 0.44
SP Danny Gomez 1.38
SP Pete Carey 2.24