9-17-07

The League's All-Time Worst Teams







Number 1 - 1947 Grand Forks Chiefs

Record: 28-92 (.233)

MLB affiliation: None

Manager: Claude Jonnard


Hitters (batting ave, home runs, RBI, baseball future, year retired):

Frank Marchio .354 3 33 AAA 1957

John Hack .310 2 33 AAA 1956

Glen Selbo .306 3 45 B 1956

Charlie Wallraff .288 0 46 C 1947

Bob Perthel .282 1 24 C 1947

Del Marquardt .277 2 45 C 1949

Charlie Chapetta .275 1 9 C 1949

Ernie Marlow .263 3 24 C 1948

Ken Swanson .249 2 28 C 1947

Elwood Broecker .227 0 11 C 1947

Jack Schaefer .224 2 12 C 1948

Bob Nagle .208 0 5 C 1950

Don Howig .204 1 22 C 1949

Leroy Mueller .202 0 19 C 1948

Charlie Newman .200 2 19 C 1951

Charlie Nagle .196 0 8 C 1947

Bob Rock .179 0 2 C 1947

Ted Novak .175 0 12 C 1947

Harry Ahlers .175 0 4 C 1947

Roy Eder .174 0 7 AAA 1947

Ed Marquardt .160 1 4 C 1947

John Smith .160 0 5 C 1947



Pitchers (ERA, W-L, baseball future, year retired)

Ralph Wieczorek 4.25 6-17 C 1949

Milt Goerner 4.32 8-15 C 1948

Oswin Wadewitz 4.62 3-7 C 1949

Bob Moresi 5.07 3-9 C 1947

Harry Nygard 6.16 1-6 C 1949

Harry Hoelscher 6.29 3-11 C 1947

Gene Kintz 9.00 2-7 C 1948

Jim Benes n/a 0-0 C 1951


Number 2: 1966 Bismarck-Mandan Pards

Record: 16-47 (.254)

MLB affiliation: Astros

Manager: Tony Pacheco



Hitters (batting ave, home runs, RBI, baseball future, year. retired):

Jim Whaley .308 1 13 A 1966

Cesar DelaGara .286 0 3 A 1966

Fred Stanley .261 0 0 MLB 1982

Steve Molberg .258 0 0 A 1966

Frank Sands .241 4 16 AAA 1969

Slidell Harvey .232 9 20 AA 1972

Tom Koziol .232 1 16 A 1969

Herm Johnson .227 2 11 AA 1969

Boyd VanPatten .207 5 26 A 1967

Wes Harris .205 0 3 A 1967

Otis Thornton .191 0 9 MLB 1974

Bob Cassady .188 2 6 A 1966

Dick Lynn .183 1 9 AA 1968

Bart Hammer .182 0 3 A 1966

Herb Peterson .176 2 13 A 1967

Alan Pauska .137 1 11 A 1966

Daryl Graves .121 0 1 A 1966

Bill Steinkamp .118 0 1 A 1968

Al Mercado .091 0 1 A 1966

Pat Warren .083 0 1 A 1966

Gary Fields .000 0 0 A 1966

Stanley

Pitchers (ERA, W-L, baseball future, year retired):

Wayne Twitchell 1.41 4-1 MLB 1979

Scipio Spinks 2.54 1-1 MLB 1975

Bob Watkins 4.42 0-5 MLB 1971

Hank Boykin 4.50 0-0 A 1966

Mark Scally 4.75 1-6 AA 1971

Vern McNamee 4.88 0-1 A 1969

Roric Harrison 4.98 3-7 MLB 1978

John Respondek 5.08 2-3 A 1968

Lou McKown 5.40 0-2 A 1967

Tom Griffin 5.67 3-5 MLB 1982

John Frydrych 6.30 0-0

Mike Guillot 6.35 2-9

Tom Ford 6.58 0-2

Bob Grzymale 6.75 0-2

Steve Miller 9.00 0-2

Mike Cole 18.00 0-0

Jim Myrah 18.00 0-0

Stevenson Smith 18.00 0-0

Ernie Brown 19.00 0-0

Don Dahlgren 54.00 0-0

Gerry Bonaguidi n/a 0-1

Griffin

Twitchell


Number 3 - 1942 Grand Forks Chiefs

Record: 31-84 (.270)

MLB affiliation: White Sox

Manager: Bruno Haas





Hitters (batting ave, home runs, RBI, baseball future, year. retired):

Howie Schultz .289 12 66 MLB 1948

Bob Lakie .276 0 8 C 1942

Max Afanesko .259 0 26 C 1942

Ed Brosius .258 1 20 C 1942

Dave Webster .247 9 45 C 1947

Gordy Erickson .229 0 4 C 1942

George Meyer .228 1 22 MLB 1942

Warren Schue .214 3 25 C 1942

Tom Syfko .211 0 3 C 1942

Hank Wojcik .205 3 39 C 1948

Bill Mattke .203 4 15 C 1942

Ira Finney .200 0 2 C 1942

Ted Novak .194 1 4 C 1947

-- Kramer <?> .190 0 2 C 1942

Jim Perrault .181 9 46 C 1948

Ken Thompson .176 2 9 C 1946

Leon Schwartz .167 0 3 C 1942

Bruno Haas .160 0 3 <player/manager>

Harry Pan .160 0 5 C 1942

Schultz

Pitchers (ERA, W-L, baseball future, year retired):

Don Weber 3.44 9-16 C 1949

Bob Henning 3.91 0-5 C 1942

Tom Warner 3.99 5-15 C 1946

Dale Heckenberg 4.21 3-10 C 1948

Maynard Brauher 4.81 7-8 C 1942

Ray Gamache 5.40 6-17 C 1948

Clarence Glenetzke 5.58 8-8 C 1947

Bruno Haas n/a 0-2 <see above>

Ted Novak n/a 0-2 <see above)

Harry Pan n/a 0-1 <see above>

Howie Schultz n/a 0-1 <see above>

Number 4 - 1946 Duluth Dukes

Record: 30-76 (.283)

MLB affiliation: Cardinals

Managers: Mercer Harris and Gene Sak


Hitters (batting ave, home runs, RBI, baseball future, year. retired):

Hudson Mealey .334 5 60 C 1947

Mercer Harris .322 2 37 <player/manager>

Walt Lakics .314 4 58 C 1947

Don Olix .311 0 14 B 1947

Gerry Peterson .299 2 21 C 1948

Gene Sack .290 1 31 C 1948

Ed Reilly .276 0 32 C 1947

Harrison Wickel .256 0 8 B 1942

Bartz Weaver .250 0 6 C 1946

John Michalowski .239 0 18 C 1946

Ted Lewandowski .234 1 27 A 1955

Stan Gibbons .230 0 12 C 1946

Harry Bowen .229 0 11 C 1946

Warren Gilbert .226 0 12 C 1946

Ray Gamache .224 0 21 C 1948

Dick W. Anderson .213 0 4 C 1946

Melvin Hoey .211 0 33 C 1946

Ted Beck .200 0 16 AAA 1954

Gene Shank .174 0 8 C 1946

Don Gross .143 0 5

Pitchers (ERA, W-L, baseball future, year retired):

John Remke 4.07 9-14 AAA 1949

Dave Thomas 4.56 4-14 AAA 1954

Ray Gamache 5.40 3-6 <see above>

Judson Moss 5.70 4-10 C 1946

Jim Atchley 5.88 3-6 AAA 1955

Bob Howe 6.56 2-5 A 1951

Cliff Homstad 8.31 1-6 C 1946

Arley Carlson n/a 2-2 C 1947

Bill Engen n/a 0-1 C 1946

Bob Habenicht n/a 0-1 MLB 1955

George Plamann n/a 1-3 C 1946

Bob Shepard n/a 0-2 C 1946

Tom Smith n/a 1-2 C 1946

Dan Ure n/a 0-1 C 1946

Bob Zachritz n/a 0-2 A 1952

Number 5 - 1933 Fargo-Moorhead Twins

Record: 30-75 (.286)

MLB affiliation: None

Managers: Alvin Theis and Ralph Williams



Hitters (batting ave, home runs, baseball future, year. retired) <RBI not available>:

Larry Turgeon .316 1 D 1933

Frank Cleve .307 1 D 1933

Marty Kuppich .307 5 D 1934

Jim Liddell .297 2 D 1936

Lester Moore .293 6 D 1933

Al Turgeon .293 10 D 1933

John McLaughan .287 8 D 1933

Ralph Williams .263 5 D 1933

Bernie Dombeck .257 1 D 1934

Harry Petroski .257 3 D 1934

Darwin Fogle .255 0 D 1933

Earl Plummer .253 6 D 1933

Jim McNellis .227 0 C 1942

George Turen .217 0 D 1933

Tony Butkus .207 0 D 1934

Justin Ray .194 0 B 1941


Pitchers (W-L, baseball future, year retired) <ERA not available>:

Tony Butkus 12-15 <see above>

Bernie Dombeck 7-18 <see above>

Justin Ray 6-6 <see above>

Al Bell 5-12 D 1933

George Haltermann 1-6 D 1934

- Carlson 1-4 <?>

- Patterson 1-3 <?>

Harvey Abar 0-4 D 1933

- Ridd 0-2 D 1933

- Thissen 0-5 D 1933

- Thomas 0-4 <?>


Number 6 - 1952 Grand Forks Chiefs

Record: 38-86 (.306)

MLB affiliation: Phillies

Manager: Ed Murphy




Number 7 - 1958 Aberdeen Pheasants

Record: 39-86 (.312)

MLB affiliation: Orioles

Managers: Barney Lutz and Billy DeMars

DeMars

Please see web pages entitled "The 1958 Aberdeen Pheasants".




Number 8 - 1955 Grand Forks Chiefs

Record: 39-85 (.315)

MLB affiliation: None

Managers: Johnny Hopp, Joe McDermott and Ray Fletcher

Hopp


Number 9 - 1938 Eau Claire Bears

Record: 39-84 (.317)

MLB affiliation: Cubs

Manager: Ed Gharrity


Gharrity

Number 10 - 1954 Grand Forks Chiefs

Record: 43-91 (.321)

MLB affiliation: None

Managers: Virl Minnis, Frank Calo and Frank Major


Sources:

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball - 2nd Ed., edited by Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, pub: Baseball America, Inc.

The Professional Baseball Players Database 4.0, pub: Old Time Data, Inc.

Topps Trading Card Company