1948 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 50-75
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: Red Lucas (0-0), Nelson Burbrink (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 44,943, Avg. 719

1948 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1948 season with a record of 50 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.

Red Lucas and Nelson Burbrink 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
Don Swartz	12	9	.571	3.39	25						178.0	193	94	67		54
Vern Fear	11	11	.500	3.40	27						172.0	147	79	65		65
Arnie Atkins	7	14	.333	4.58	28						161.0	159	99	82		93
Richard Verbic	7	15	.318	4.14	30						174.0	180	116	80		87
Harold Jungbluth	3	3	.500	3.90	18						60.0	56	34	26		22
Doug Lorman	3	4	.429	4.79	19						92.0	101	55	49		31
George Zoeterman	3	5	.375	6.37	20						106.0	101	87	75		107
Lawrence Gapinski	1	6	.143	4.58	15						57.0	63	40	29		29
Louis Prempas					13						0.0
Totals	47	67	.412	4.26	195	0	0	0	0	0	1000.0	1000	604	473	0	488	0	0	0	0	0	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
Chuck Balogh	116	488	488		136	20	4	0						.279	.279	.336	.615	164
John Picchiotti	118	442	442		124	13	2	0						.281	.281	.319	.600	141
Jim Trew	95	373	373		112	9	9	5						.300	.300	.413	.713	154
Theodore Lotz	90	352	352		96	12	4	1						.273	.273	.338	.611	119
Nick Starasta	86	291	291		89	15	6	3						.306	.306	.430	.735	125
Earl York	64	250	250		75	16	7	11						.300	.300	.552	.852	138
John Smith	51	202	202		55	9	0	0						.272	.272	.317	.589	64
Bob Anderlik	47	161	161		48	6	5	2						.298	.298	.435	.733	70
Jacob Curnal	53	194	194		46	8	3	0						.237	.237	.309	.546	60
Bob Talbot	42	161	161		40	4	4	1						.248	.248	.342	.590	55
Nelson Burbrink	36	123	123		37	8	1	0						.301	.301	.382	.683	47
Lee Eilbracht	42	125	125		36	10	0	2						.288	.288	.416	.704	52
Don Swartz	60	139	139		35	5	3	3						.252	.252	.396	.647	55
Thomas Clemente	31	101	101		22	4	1	0						.218	.218	.277	.495	28
Edward Kosan	21	73	73		19	4	1	1						.260	.260	.384	.644	28
Lloyd Lowe	29	99	99		16	4	0	3						.162	.162	.293	.455	29
Dennis Aeschliman	16	66	66		15	2	0	1						.227	.227	.303	.530	20
Joe Blake	24	91	91		15	4	0	0						.165	.165	.209	.374	19
Bob Lee	19	72	72		14	1	1	0						.194	.194	.236	.431	17
George Zoeterman	24	48	48		10	0	0	0						.208	.208	.208	.417	10
Robert Ludwig	14	50	50		10	1	0	0						.200	.200	.220	.420	11
Joseph Pickart	13	40	40		9	2	0	0						.225	.225	.275	.500	11
Richard Verbic	30	62	62		9	1	0	0						.145	.145	.161	.306	10
Vern Fear	28	58	58		8	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.276	8
Doug Lorman	19	28	28		7	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	7
Arnie Atkins	28	54	54		5	0	0	0						.093	.093	.093	.185	5
Harold Jungbluth	19	22	22		3	2	1	0						.136	.136	.318	.455	7
Louis Prempas	14	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Lawrence Gapinski	15	18	18		1	1	0	0						.056	.056	.111	.167	2
Totals	1244	4195	4195	0	1094	161	52	33	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.348	.608	1458	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Richard Verbic	P	30					.000
Arnie Atkins	P	28					.000
Vern Fear	P	27					.000
George Zoeterman	P	20					.000
Doug Lorman	P	19					.000
Harold Jungbluth	P	18					.000
Lawrence Gapinski	P	15					.000
Louis Prempas	P	13					.000
Totals		170	0	0	0	0	.000

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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