1949 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-83
Finished 7th in the AA
Manager: Hal Anderson (70-83)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 170,464, Avg. 2,228

1949 Columbus Red Birds Roster

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 70 wins and 83 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.

The Red Birds scored 740 runs and yielded 745 runs.

Players from the 1949 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ike Pearson, Kurt Krieger, Ira Hutchinson, Barney Olsen, Bill Howerton, Charley Stanceu, Wayne McLeland, Ray Yochim, Cot Deal, Bob Habenicht, Les Fusselman, Jack Crimian, Bud Hardin, Don Lang, Harvey Haddix and Ben Steiner.

Hal Anderson 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
Harvey Haddix	13	13	.500	3.49	35			14	4		219.0	206	98	85		94		177	3	0	1
Jack Crimian	11	9	.550	3.47	51			7	0		187.0	209	91	72		74		52	6	0	2
Bob Habenicht	7	9	.438	5.54	37			6	0		151.0	171	102	93		69		75	3	1	4
Charley Stanceu	7	13	.350	4.83	35			7	1		166.0	201	105	89		64		75	1	0	5
Kurt Krieger	6	7	.462	5.17	28			6	1		127.0	136	82	73		91		58	2	0	5
John Remke	5	9	.357	5.21	22			4	1		102.0	105	65	59		84		67	3	0	8
Pete Bryant	2	5	.286	4.67	12			3	0		52.0	44	31	27		36		21	1	0	3
Cot Deal					29						0.0
Ira Hutchinson					18						0.0
Mike Mikan					10						0.0
Ike Pearson					7						0.0
Ray Yochim					12						0.0
Totals	51	65	.440	4.46	296	0	0	47	7	0	1004.0	1072	574	498	0	512	0	525	19	1	28	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
Bill Howerton	148	647	547	101	180	43	4	21	111	3		91	55	.329	.426	.537	.963	294	16	1	8
Roy Broome	145	593	551	69	163	30	8	2	76	8		30	41	.296	.332	.390	.722	215	16	0	12
Ben Steiner	145	661	564	92	150	19	11	5	44	7		88	64	.266	.365	.365	.730	206	4	0	9
Don Lang	128	540	435	81	129	22	7	13	76	3		89	51	.297	.420	.469	.889	204	17	4	12
Michael Natisin	130	553	457	89	121	15	2	24	89	1		91	49	.265	.387	.464	.851	212	8	0	5
Mel McGaha	114	437	407	70	118	13	5	1	37	5		19	47	.290	.323	.354	.677	144	7	1	10
Billy Costa	147	556	478	53	111	20	3	1	46	3		72	37	.232	.334	.293	.627	140	21	1	5
Ernie Logan	115	403	352	55	98	12	7	15	75	0		43	26	.278	.360	.480	.840	169	9	2	6
Les Fusselman	97	368	332	34	93	13	6	7	57	2		32	40	.280	.343	.419	.762	139	12	0	4
Vern Rapp	77	272	249	30	64	14	5	6	29	2		22	33	.257	.317	.426	.743	106	4	0	1
Claude Wright	62	195	163	22	35	4	1	0	12	3		26	21	.215	.326	.252	.578	41	6	1	5
Harvey Haddix	44	93	82	6	21	2	0	1	9	0		9	14	.256	.330	.317	.647	26	2	0	2
Barney Olsen	29	83	70	5	15	1	0	0	7	0		13	11	.214	.337	.229	.566	16	5	0	0
Jack Crimian	51	67	62	5	14	0	0	0	3	0		4	7	.226	.273	.226	.499	14	1	0	1
Kurt Krieger	28	46	43	4	10	0	0	0	0	0		1	14	.233	.250	.233	.483	10	0	0	2
Bob Habenicht	38	53	45	3	8	0	0	0	2	0		4	6	.178	.245	.178	.423	8	0	0	4
Charley Stanceu	35	64	54	4	5	0	0	1	3	0		4	22	.093	.155	.148	.303	8	4	0	6
Ray Yochim	13	12	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.273	.333	.273	.606	3	0	1	0
John Remke	22	39	33	2	3	0	1	0	1	0		3	18	.091	.167	.152	.318	5	0	0	3
Mike Mikan	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Pete Bryant	12	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	3	.067	.222	.067	.289	1	1	1	0
Ira Hutchinson	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1608	5706	4956	727	1343	208	60	97	680	37	0	643	562	.271	.356	.396	.752	1962	133	12	95	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Michael Natisin	1B	127	959	94	6	104	.994	8.291
Mel McGaha	1B	30	237	19	6	24	.977	8.533
Ben Steiner	2B	142	393	375	17	94	.978	5.408
Claude Wright	2B	15	35	44	6	10	.929	5.267
Don Lang	3B	126	123	238	17	20	.955	2.865
Claude Wright	3B	25	25	41	3	2	.957	2.640
Les Fusselman	C	89	440	61	11	6	.979	5.629	12
Vern Rapp	C	69	313	40	14	5	.962	5.116	12
Bill Howerton	OF	148	394	12	5	3	.988	2.743
Roy Broome	OF	137	293	17	6	2	.981	2.263
Ernie Logan	OF	94	147	5	4	0	.974	1.617
Mel McGaha	OF	75	123	2	2	0	.984	1.667
Barney Olsen	OF	23	34	1	1	0	.972	1.522
Jack Crimian	P	51	17	36	3	6	.946	1.039
Bob Habenicht	P	37	10	20	3	2	.909	.811
Charley Stanceu	P	35	8	19	0	1	1.000	.771
Harvey Haddix	P	35	17	53	4	0	.946	2.000
Cot Deal	P	29						.000
Kurt Krieger	P	28	9	18	1	2	.964	.964
John Remke	P	22	6	18	1	0	.960	1.091
Ira Hutchinson	P	18	0	5	0	0	1.000	.278
Ray Yochim	P	12	5	6	1	0	.917	.917
Pete Bryant	P	12	2	12	1	0	.933	1.167
Mike Mikan	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
Ike Pearson	P	7						.000
Billy Costa	SS	147	307	417	22	105	.971	4.925
Claude Wright	SS	15	15	28	5	3	.896	2.867
Totals		1558	3912	1584	139	389	.975	3.528	24	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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