Baseball in Vincennes

Player Roster

Players who played for teams in Vincennes, Indiana, during its tenure as a Mississippi-Ohio Valley League city (the MOV is a Midwest League predecessor). This list includes all players and coaching staff members I can identify, and selected front office staff. There are almost certainly players missing from this list, as the available sources are known to be incomplete.

Players who played in Vincennes for more than one season are listed for each season. Since this list includes the 1952 team which moved to Canton in mid-season, it's possible that some of these guys never played for Vincennes.

58 different players are listed on this page (1 of whom played in the majors), as are 11 non-playing personnel; some are listed more than once.

My intention is to include everyone who wore an Vincennes uniform on an MOV 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
        Lavance Anthony         L/? 5-11 175    00/00/1930      N/A             1952    C       

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Bob Boyd                ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950            
        Frank Braden            L/? 6-00 175    00/00/1927      N/A             1952            
        Ernie Brinkman          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950    GM      
        Morris Byrum            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Morris Byrum            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Fred Caffey             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    OF      
        Doug Clarke             L/? 5-09 155    00/00/1924      N/A             1952    OF      
        Frank Crews             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    P       
        Mac Crum                R/? 6-03 228    09/29/1926      N/A             1952            
        Bob Cruse               ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Cyrus Deem              R/? 5-08 185    00/00/1930      N/A             1950            
        Cyrus Deem              R/? 5-08 185    00/00/1930      N/A             1951            
        Charles DeMinico        L/? 5-08 155    00/00/1924      N/A             1950            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Joe Ecoppi              R/? 6-00 180    00/00/1930      N/A             1950            
        Joe Elble               ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Tony Estill             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    1B      

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        John Finigan            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952            
        Bill Flynn              L/? 6-00 175    00/00/1929      N/A             1950            
        Ken Frank               R/? 5-11 200    00/00/1931      N/A             1950            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Eduardo Garcia          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Ed Glide                ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    P-OF    
        Joe Gulvas              R/? 5-08 160    00/00/1929      N/A             1950            
        Homer Guthrie           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    SS      

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Wayne Haas              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Roy Hawes               L/L 6-02 190    07/05/1926      N/A             1950            MLB
        Chuck Hawley            R/? 6-03 210    04/03/1915      N/A             1952    P/Manager       
        Sixto Hechevarria       ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952            
        Mel Heim                L/? 5-11 180    00/00/1930      N/A             1951            
        Joe Henry               S/R 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    3B      
        Bill Hobbs              R/? 5-08 170    00/00/1929      N/A             1950            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Mel Ivy (Ivanski)       R/? 5-11 160    04/28/1914      N/A             1950    Manager 

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Paul Keeling            L/? 5-10 155    00/00/1932      N/A             1950            
        George Krider           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    OF      
        Stormy Kromer           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951    Manager 

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Jose Martinez           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    OF      
        Jeptha McCormick        L/? 5-08 170    06/18/1930      N/A             1950            
        Orville Mehringer       L/L 5-11 160    10/08/1930      N/A             1951    P      
        Don Messel              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Norm Miller             L/? 5-10 190    00/00/1932      N/A             1952    C       

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Addie Nesbit            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950    President       
        Harvey Noland           R/? 5-11 180    00/00/1926      N/A             1952            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Alfonso Owens           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    OF      

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Horace Parrish          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951    President       
        Horace Parrish          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    President       
        Dave Perello            R/? 5-11 180    00/00/1926      N/A             1951            
        Flash Perez             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    OF      

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Jim Qualls              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Ed Rellegert            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Rocco Ricciardi         R/? 6-02 165    00/00/1933      N/A             1952    P       
        John Richmond           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Robert Rouse            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951    GM      
        Robert Rouse            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1952    GM      

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Sam Scarpone            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950    3-O-C   
        Lyle Shaw               R/? 6-01 185    00/00/1933      N/A             1951            
        Bob Signaigo            R/? 5-08 170    00/00/1925      N/A             1950            
        Bob Signaigo            R/? 5-08 170    00/00/1925      N/A             1951    Manager 
        Bob Signaigo            R/? 5-09 170    00/00/1925      N/A             1952            
        Bob Sisk                R/? 6-00 175    00/00/1931      N/A             1950    P-OF    
        Bob Sisk                R/? 6-00 175    00/00/1931      N/A             1951    P-S-O   
        Bob Sisk                R/? 6-00 175    00/00/1931      N/A             1952    1-O-C/Manager   
        Gus Skizas              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950            
        Andy Smith              L/? 6-01 200    00/00/1923      N/A             1950    Manager 
        George Smith            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            
        Paul Smith              R/? 6-02 170    00/00/1933      N/A             1951            
        Quincy Smith            S/R 5-10 171    00/00/1921      N/A             1950    OF      
        Bill Spinks             L/? 6-02 165    00/00/1929      N/A             1950            
        Wade Stalions           R/? 5-07 145    00/00/1929      N/A             1950            
        Wade Stalions           R/? 5-07 145    00/00/1929      N/A             1951            
        Wade Stalions           R/? 5-07 145    00/00/1929      N/A             1952            
        Cal Steinberg           R/? 5-08 185    00/00/1926      N/A             1950            
        Ralph Stumborg          ?/? 0-00 000    08/11/1920      N/A             1950    Manager 

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Bob Watson              R/? 6-02 220    00/00/1931      N/A             1951            
        Rogers Werner           L/? 6-00 160    00/00/1929      N/A             1952            
        Bob Wills               ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1950            
        Dale Wirth              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             1951            

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Bob Zimmerman           L/? 5-08 160    00/00/1925      N/A             1950            

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.