Baseball in Marion

Player Roster

Players who played for teams in Marion, Illinois, during its tenure as an Illinois State League city (the ISL is a Midwest League predecessor). This list includes all players and coaching staff members I can identify, and selected front office staff. There are certainly players missing from this list, as the available sources are known to be incomplete.

Players who played in Marion for both seasons are listed for each season.

44 different players are listed on this page (1 of whom played in the majors), as are 3 non-playing personnel; some are listed more than once.

My intention is to include everyone who wore a Marion uniform on an ISL diamond. While the information here is intended to be both complete and accurate, it's likely that there are omissions and the scale of the project guarantees errors; there's a lot of data here, from a variety of sources, all of which was originally in another format.

I will correct errors, or fill in missing birthdates and uniform numbers as I learn of them. Feel free to help; just drop me a line. Thanks.

There's more information about the MWL Roster project on my blog, A Dabbler's Journal.

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Anderson                ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            
        Socrates Anthony        R/? 5-08 155    00/00/1925      N/A             1948            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Bill Barth              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            
        Willard Boerger         ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            
        Frank Braden            L/? 6-00 175    00/00/1927      N/A             1948            
        Adolph Brown            R/R 5-11 165    00/00/1928      N/A             1947            
        Charles Brymer          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1948            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Charlie Davis           R/? 5-10 150    00/00/1926      N/A             1948            
        Paul Deters             R/? 6-00 170    00/00/1925      N/A             1948            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        John Farkas             R/R 5-11 175    00/00/1923      N/A             1947            
        Tony Frailly            L/? 5-08 170    00/00/1925      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        John Gabriel            R/? 5-10 168    00/00/1929      N/A             1947            
        Ray Gabrych             R/? 5-08 155    00/00/1926      N/A             1948            
        Bob Goddard             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            
        George Greenwood        ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947    President       
        Narciss Gugala          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Jim Harsey              R/? 5-08 155    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            
        Roy Hawes               L/L 6-02 190    07/05/1926      N/A             1947            MLB
        Don Hensiek             R/R 6-03 182    00/00/1927      N/A             1947            
        John Hurley             R/? 6-07 192    00/00/1927      N/A             1948            
        Bud Hutson              R/? 6-00 185    02/06/1926      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Mel Ivy (Ivanski)       R/? 5-11 160    04/28/1914      N/A             1947            
        Mel Ivy (Ivanski)       R/? 5-11 160    04/28/1914      N/A             1948    Manager 

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Jim Johnson             R/? 6-02 205    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            
        John Jones              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Harold Lawder           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/1928      N/A             1948            
        Tony Levanti            R/? 5-10 160    00/00/1925      N/A             1948            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Dick Martz              L/? 5-11 190    00/00/1928      N/A             1948            
        Chester McDowell        L/R 5-08 160    00/00/1925      N/A             1947            
        Art McIntire            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            
        Frank Monaco            R/? 5-08 160    00/00/1926      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Dick Martz              L/? 5-11 190    00/00/1928      N/A             1948            
        Chester McDowell        L/R 5-08 160    00/00/1925      N/A             1947            
        Art McIntire            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1947            
        Frank Monaco            R/? 5-08 160    00/00/1926      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Ed Rullman              R/? 5-10 170    00/00/1926      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Joe Sadowski            R/? 6-00 171    03/24/1924      N/A             1948            
        Bob Samaras             L/? 5-11 180    00/00/1928      N/A             1947            
        Bill Savage             R/? 6-00 175    00/00/1927      N/A             1947            
        Ed Schanz               R/R 5-08 157    00/00/1926      N/A             1947            
        Gerald Schold           R/? 6-02 165    00/00/1927      N/A             1948            
        Wayne Sengstock         R/? 5-11 165    00/00/1928      N/A             1948            
        Dom Serafini            R/? 6-01 185    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            
        Warren Sliter           R/? 6-00 165    00/00/1930      N/A             1947            
        Lilburn Smith           R/? 6-01 175    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            
        Bob Staton              R/? 6-01 180    00/00/1925      N/A             1947            
        S.E. Storme             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1948    President       

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Carl Tremain            R/R 6-00 180    00/00/1924      N/A             1947            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Rogers Werner           L/? 6-00 160    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            
        Bob Wylupek             R/? 5-11 180    00/00/1929      N/A             1947            
        Bob Wylupek             R/? 5-11 180    00/00/1929      N/A             1948            

This list was compiled from a number of sources, including those listed below. It was checked against both Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database and SABR's Minor League Statistics Database. Inevitably, there are errors; those are mine.

Sources

• Assorted Sporting News Baseball Guides and Registers.
• Assorted Baseball Blue Books and related publications.
• Yearbooks and scorecard inserts in my collection.