1949 Davenport Pirates Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 67-59
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Bill Burwell (67-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 133,505, Avg. 2,119

1949 Davenport Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Davenport Pirates 3 games, Waterloo White Hawks 2
Finals - Davenport Pirates 3 games, Evansville Braves 0

The Davenport Pirates of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1949 season with a record of 67 wins and 59 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.

Bill Burwell 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
Bob Purkey	17	6	.739	2.94	31			15	3		205.0	172	81	67		92		133	14	1	10
Fred Strobel	12	6	.667	2.91	30			8	4		170.0	152	72	55		71		119	7	1	6
Bob Garber	10	7	.588	2.30	22			9	2		133.0	115	59	34		40		95	0	0	7
William LaThorpe	9	10	.474	3.46	34			9	0		164.0	159	84	63		73		103	4	0	13
Elias Castro	5	4	.556	2.73	19			5	2		79.0	75	33	24		27		44	4	0	1
Vern Law	5	11	.312	2.94	31			6	0		144.0	112	64	47		75		123	2	0	8
Harold Breeding	4	3	.571	2.38	11			4	0		53.0	40	17	14		23		33	1	0	0
Cal Hogue	2	3	.400	0.00	8			3	0		36.0	29	18			29		27	1	0	0
Louis Tond	1	1	.500	0.00	14			1	0		38.0	41	26			12		14	0	0	2
Lawrence Jones	1	2	.333	0.00	9			1	0		26.0	24	13			18		18	2	0	2
Harry Pritts	1	6	.143	2.74	11			3	0		69.0	69	31	21		24		44	0	0	0
Ronald Knutson	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Totals	67	59	.532	2.61	221	0	0	64	11	0	1121.0	988	498	325	0	484	0	753	35	2	49	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
Al Grunwald	126	551	478	75	136	34	7	6	75	0		60	66	.285	.375	.423	.797	202		9	4
Walt Wherry	116	484	446	58	113	23	8	13	70	2		31	76	.253	.302	.428	.730	191		0	7
Reno DeBenedetti	123	503	434	56	108	23	4	9	50	10		50	58	.249	.343	.382	.725	166		12	7
Lamar Dorton	97	351	321	45	95	16	4	1	37	14		24	25	.296	.349	.380	.729	122		2	4
Andy Anjeski	83	334	287	49	70	9	5	4	33	2		40	53	.244	.336	.352	.688	101		0	7
Clayton Van Alstyne	93	376	320	49	70	14	1	9	37	5		45	96	.219	.321	.353	.674	113		3	8
Fred Bortolotti	64	260	222	27	54	4	2	10	37	0		32	37	.243	.339	.414	.753	92		0	6
Robert Weygant	67	277	232	27	48	7	3	0	16	3		40	20	.207	.328	.263	.591	61		2	3
Floyd Chandler	40	176	154	30	42	8	0	0	10	5		15	11	.273	.349	.325	.674	50		3	4
Donald Spencer	43	192	165	25	37	5	3	2	22	4		23	21	.224	.323	.327	.650	54		1	3
Tony Sabol	55	221	192	19	37	4	2	0	20	7		21	27	.193	.286	.234	.520	45		4	4
Chet Hartmann	40	160	146	15	34	8	1	0	20	2		13	17	.233	.296	.301	.597	44		0	1
John Fiscalini	35	142	122	18	32	5	4	0	17	2		14	14	.262	.357	.369	.726	45		4	2
Delton Dunnack	47	158	140	14	32	4	2	0	9	1		16	33	.229	.312	.286	.598	40		1	1
Pete Maropis	30	129	115	24	26	2	2	1	5	6		10	16	.226	.288	.304	.592	35		0	4
Vern Law	34	62	57	7	15	3	2	0	7	0		4	14	.263	.311	.386	.697	22		0	1
Bob Purkey	33	85	72	10	13	4	0	0	5	0		9	23	.181	.272	.236	.508	17		0	4
Frank Thomas	13	48	43	7	10	2	1	0	7	1		5	4	.233	.312	.326	.638	14		0	0
Fred Strobel	31	61	54	4	10	2	0	0	1	0		3	13	.185	.241	.222	.464	12		1	3
Elias Castro	19	31	27	3	6	0	0	0	4	0		1	4	.222	.250	.222	.472	6		0	3
Bob Garber	22	54	48	5	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	19	.125	.125	.125	.250	6		0	6
Harry Pritts	11	25	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	8	.150	.320	.150	.470	3		0	0
William LaThorpe	34	56	47	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		4	23	.064	.137	.064	.201	3		0	5
Louis Tond	14	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	2		0	0
Jerry Cabaniss	10	25	25	1	2	1	0	0	4	0		0	4	.080	.080	.120	.200	3		0	0
Harold Breeding	11	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.067	.222	.067	.289	1		0	0
Totals	1291	4791	4192	574	1005	178	51	55	486	64	0	470	687	.240	.322	.346	.668	1450	0	42	87	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Grunwald	1B	126	1073	67	20	81	.983	9.048
Clayton Van Alstyne	2B	48	113	120	16	27	.936	4.854
Tony Sabol	2B	45	99	111	17	13	.925	4.667
Donald Spencer	2B	32	73	86	11	21	.935	4.969
Reno DeBenedetti	3B	122	128	234	24	17	.938	2.967
Lamar Dorton	C	81	540	62	11	10	.982	7.432	7
Delton Dunnack	C	40	258	27	7	1	.976	7.125	3
Walt Wherry	OF	115	279	25	5	4	.984	2.643
Andy Anjeski	OF	73	130	6	12	0	.919	1.863
Fred Bortolotti	OF	64	77	6	3	1	.965	1.297
Chet Hartmann	OF	40	71	6	5	1	.939	1.925
John Fiscalini	OF	33	56	1	0	0	1.000	1.727
Pete Maropis	OF	30	63	2	5	0	.929	2.167
Donald Spencer	OF	11	22	1	1	0	.958	2.091
William LaThorpe	P	34	3	34	3	1	.925	1.088
Bob Purkey	P	31	10	61	6	3	.922	2.290
Vern Law	P	31	11	29	5	1	.889	1.290
Fred Strobel	P	30	7	27	2	1	.944	1.133
Bob Garber	P	22	6	26	2	0	.941	1.455
Elias Castro	P	19	3	11	2	1	.875	.737
Louis Tond	P	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.000
Harry Pritts	P	11	4	12	1	1	.941	1.455
Harold Breeding	P	11	1	8	0	0	1.000	.818
Lawrence Jones	P	9						.000
Cal Hogue	P	8						.000
Ronald Knutson	P	1						.000
Robert Weygant	SS	65	129	172	36	29	.893	4.631
Floyd Chandler	SS	36	48	97	15	25	.906	4.028
Clayton Van Alstyne	SS	29	46	57	14	10	.880	3.552
Totals		1211	3253	1299	223	248	.953	3.759	10	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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