1949 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 91-62
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Pinky Higgins (91-62)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 421,305, Avg. 5,507

1949 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Mobile Bears 4 games, Birmingham Barons 1

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 91 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the SA.

Pinky Higgins 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
Jim McDonald	16	9	.640	3.15	31			17	3		223.0	211	94	78		98		76	3	1	5
Willard Nixon	14	7	.667	3.41	22			16	1		177.0	141	79	67		99		104	3	1	12
Jim Davis	11	7	.611	4.03	27			9	3		154.0	176	88	69		58		74	5	0	2
Robert Brake	10	4	.714	4.35	23			11	1		149.0	145	82	72		57		83	2	1	3
Jim Suchecki	10	11	.476	2.77	25			12	2		172.0	159	63	53		63		126	3	0	5
Earl Caldwell	8	5	.615	2.59	41			2	0		87.0	88	41	25		30		52	3	0	2
Johnny Podgajny	6	2	.750	4.68	22			3	2		77.0	94	51	40		32		15	3	0	1
Pete Modica					14						0.0
James Atkins					14						0.0
Totals	75	45	.625	3.50	219	0	0	70	12	0	1039.0	1014	498	404	0	437	0	530	22	3	30	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
Norman Koney	141	638	581	111	194	24	9	3	62	22		50	30	.334	.391	.422	.812	245		4	3
Ralph Atkins	152	647	550	99	159	22	5	26	83	7		87	78	.289	.391	.489	.880	269		5	5
Fred Hatfield	154	667	597	98	156	21	13	25	101	6		57	100	.261	.333	.466	.798	278		7	6
Ed Lyons	152	622	546	78	148	24	10	3	67	11		70	39	.271	.356	.368	.724	201		2	4
George Strickland	128	500	417	56	109	18	5	5	66	5		77	82	.261	.380	.365	.745	152		3	3
Hal Bamberger	102	393	354	56	96	19	6	11	53	8		34	40	.271	.337	.452	.789	160		1	4
Red Lavigne	66	271	238	39	77	13	0	8	41	0		30	27	.324	.404	.479	.883	114		2	1
Karl Olson	77	314	285	39	70	12	2	6	33	3		26	42	.246	.309	.365	.674	104		0	3
Tommy Tatum	67	281	244	28	69	16	1	2	35	7		31	20	.283	.375	.381	.756	93		5	1
Robert Nelson	66	223	195	28	51	7	3	2	22	2		26	23	.262	.351	.359	.710	70		1	1
Dick Adkins	50	138	123	20	33	8	0	0	17	0		15	23	.268	.348	.333	.681	41		0	0
Joe Stephenson	45	158	139	15	33	4	0	1	16	0		15	24	.237	.321	.288	.608	40		2	2
Willard Nixon	33	89	84	6	29	5	0	0	10	0		4	12	.345	.375	.405	.780	34		0	1
Jim Davis	29	65	57	10	17	1	0	0	6	0		6	15	.298	.365	.316	.681	18		0	2
Stanley Gravino	19	70	68	6	16	1	2	2	9	0		2	18	.235	.257	.397	.654	27		0	0
Robert Brake	23	63	55	5	14	1	0	0	6	0		2	11	.255	.293	.273	.566	15		1	5
Jim McDonald	32	95	82	9	11	2	0	0	14	0		9	29	.134	.228	.159	.387	13		1	3
Earl Caldwell	41	25	25	2	7	2	0	1	3	1		0	5	.280	.280	.480	.760	12		0	0
Johnny Podgajny	22	26	23	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	6	.130	.167	.174	.341	4		0	2
Jim Suchecki	25	54	46	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	9	.043	.083	.043	.127	2		0	6
Totals	1424	5339	4709	708	1294	201	56	95	648	72	0	544	633	.275	.354	.402	.756	1892	0	34	52	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ralph Atkins	1B	152	1346	100	23	148	.984	9.513
Norman Koney	1B	140	336	18	7	3	.981	2.529
Ed Lyons	2B	152	410	440	28	117	.968	5.592
Fred Hatfield	3B	154	155	344	20	26	.961	3.240
Robert Nelson	C	56	237	26	9	1	.967	4.696	3
Joe Stephenson	C	44	190	14	4	2	.981	4.636	1
Hal Bamberger	OF	94	167	5	4	0	.977	1.830
Karl Olson	OF	76	131	9	11	1	.927	1.842
Red Lavigne	OF	66	83	6	8	0	.918	1.348
Tommy Tatum	OF	65	152	2	1	0	.994	2.369
Stanley Gravino	OF	18	35	3	2	0	.950	2.111
Earl Caldwell	P	41	7	18	1	2	.962	.610
Jim McDonald	P	31	16	36	3	0	.945	1.677
Jim Davis	P	27	9	28	2	1	.949	1.370
Jim Suchecki	P	25	11	22	1	1	.971	1.320
Robert Brake	P	23	5	23	0	1	1.000	1.217
Johnny Podgajny	P	22	5	8	0	0	1.000	.591
Willard Nixon	P	22	13	27	2	2	.952	1.818
Pete Modica	P	14						.000
James Atkins	P	14						.000
George Strickland	SS	128	237	401	32	90	.952	4.984
Dick Adkins	SS	29	44	85	11	20	.921	4.448
Totals		1393	3589	1615	169	415	.969	3.736	4	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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