1949 Albany Cardinals Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 96-42
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Chief Bender (96-42)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Albany, Georgia
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 93,096, Avg. 1,349

1949 Albany Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Albany Cardinals 3 games, Americus Phillies 1
Finals - Waycross Bears 4 games, Albany Cardinals 1

The Albany Cardinals of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1949 season with a record of 96 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the GGL.

Chief Bender served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Morris Frank	22	9	.710	1.94	38			20	5		236.0	170	77	51		93		254	11	0	11
George Boggan	15	5	.750	3.52	28			12	0		189.0	155	87	74		81		113	1	1	4
Howard Henley	13	7	.650	2.51	30			10	2		165.0	161	78	46		67		105	1	1	10
Don Watts	13	7	.650	2.71	26			14	1		163.0	141	71	49		65		125	4	0	7
Vinegar Bend Mizell	12	3	.800	1.98	23			10	3		141.0	85	45	31		65		175	1	0	7
Chief Bender	11	3	.786	2.42	26			3	0		119.0	114	54	32		25		54	5	1	2
Ray Klobe	7	1	.875	5.61	22			4	0		85.0	92	57	53		41		61	5	0	1
Rondel Hawley	1	4	.200	5.10	14			0	0		60.0	57	39	34		36		44	3	0	7
Larry White	0	1	.000	0.00	7			0	0		25.0	24	26			26		23	2	0	8
Marcus Gamble	0	2	.000	0.00	5			1	0		17.0	13	10			16		9	2	0	3
Totals	94	42	.691	2.78	219	0	0	74	11	0	1200.0	1012	544	370	0	515	0	963	35	3	60	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Russ Rac	136	619	519	103	164	31	12	16	134	16		79	89	.316	.421	.514	.935	267		15	6
Delton Childs	113	537	443	109	152	24	6	0	47	35		81	61	.343	.449	.424	.873	188		4	9
Neal Hertweck	139	626	539	96	137	17	10	12	109	14		67	74	.254	.345	.390	.735	210		8	12
John Reale	137	593	521	77	130	23	0	4	75	8		62	98	.250	.337	.317	.654	165		7	3
Albert Bodner	132	570	488	73	113	15	4	3	59	8		78	97	.232	.339	.297	.636	145		1	3
Robert Koppenhaver	93	448	357	94	104	7	2	0	32	31		81	51	.291	.424	.322	.746	115		1	9
Raymond Sowins	110	496	360	94	102	20	4	15	95	20		133	72	.283	.479	.486	.965	175		2	1
Willie Osteen	81	292	252	45	82	11	6	1	38	8		32	22	.325	.414	.429	.842	108		6	2
Hal Smith	99	355	321	50	72	12	2	1	31	7		29	39	.224	.293	.283	.576	91		2	3
Erwin Adamcewicz	27	127	107	17	29	8	1	1	19	1		16	21	.271	.371	.393	.763	42		1	3
Jack Hinkle	33	164	128	29	29	3	2	0	10	5		35	24	.227	.396	.281	.678	36		1	0
Don Watts	33	80	70	10	20	3	1	0	6	0		5	18	.286	.333	.357	.690	25		0	5
Don Foreman	25	97	93	11	20	4	0	1	4	2		3	26	.215	.240	.290	.530	27		0	1
Chief Bender	41	96	86	13	19	1	0	0	11	1		6	18	.221	.287	.233	.520	20		2	2
Howard Henley	33	71	57	5	14	4	1	0	6	0		10	14	.246	.358	.351	.709	20		0	4
Morris Frank	39	96	88	6	13	4	0	1	7	0		6	36	.148	.202	.227	.429	20		0	2
Ray Klobe	23	41	39	9	11	1	0	0	4	1		2	9	.282	.317	.308	.625	12		0	0
George Boggan	28	81	66	8	10	2	0	0	7	0		13	20	.152	.291	.182	.473	12		0	2
Vinegar Bend Mizell	23	63	59	2	6	2	0	0	1	0		2	27	.102	.131	.136	.267	8		0	2
Rondel Hawley	15	22	20	4	5	2	0	0	4	0		0	1	.250	.286	.350	.636	7		1	1
Walter Lamey	11	36	26	8	5	1	1	0	0	0		9	7	.192	.400	.308	.708	8		0	1
Totals	1371	5510	4639	863	1237	195	52	55	699	157	0	749	824	.267	.375	.367	.741	1701	0	51	71	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Neal Hertweck	1B	139	1273	73	19	92	.986	9.683
Albert Bodner	2B	131	275	334	38	69	.941	4.649
John Reale	3B	131	125	270	45	17	.898	3.015
Hal Smith	C	84	542	57	19	9	.969	7.131	22
Willie Osteen	C	58	405	41	9	6	.980	7.690	7
Russ Rac	OF	136	236	9	14	1	.946	1.801
Delton Childs	OF	113	167	8	8	3	.956	1.549
Raymond Sowins	OF	109	164	18	8	4	.958	1.670
Erwin Adamcewicz	OF	27	44	1	2	0	.957	1.667
Don Foreman	OF	24	29	3	6	0	.842	1.333
Morris Frank	P	38	6	21	3	1	.900	.711
Howard Henley	P	30	8	36	6	2	.880	1.467
George Boggan	P	28	6	33	4	0	.907	1.393
Don Watts	P	27	6	37	4	1	.915	1.593
Chief Bender	P	27	9	26	2	4	.946	1.296
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	23	3	20	3	0	.885	1.000
Ray Klobe	P	22	9	17	0	0	1.000	1.182
Rondel Hawley	P	15	1	11	0	1	1.000	.800
Larry White	P	7						.000
Marcus Gamble	P	5						.000
Robert Koppenhaver	SS	93	166	274	49	47	.900	4.731
Jack Hinkle	SS	33	55	96	17	14	.899	4.576
Totals		1300	3529	1385	256	271	.950	3.780	29	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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