1949 Evansville Braves Statistics
Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 74-51
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (74-51)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 145,657, Avg. 2,331
1949 Evansville Braves RosterTeam Record: 74-51
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Bob Coleman (74-51)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 145,657, Avg. 2,331
Playoffs - Evansville Braves 3 games, Terre Haute Phillies 2
Finals - Davenport Pirates 3 games, Evansville Braves 0
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1949 season with a record of 74 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
Bob Coleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Sheehan | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.38 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 178.0 | 137 | 60 | 47 | 72 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Chet Nichols | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.32 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 198.0 | 136 | 82 | 51 | 106 | 183 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Clarence Peters | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.82 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 198.0 | 184 | 94 | 62 | 61 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Robert Gordon | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.35 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 53 | 32 | 29 | 45 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| John Walsh | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.60 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 115.0 | 119 | 62 | 46 | 50 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Joe Reardon | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.60 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| James Herndon | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.80 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 97.0 | 111 | 55 | 41 | 30 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Elmer Toth | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ben Johnson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Jack Allen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.74 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 93 | 47 | 40 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| George Yorke | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Arthur Cook | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Boehm | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ed Rossi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 74 | 51 | .592 | 2.74 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 1105.0 | 953 | 496 | 336 | 0 | 435 | 0 | 679 | 33 | 1 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Jordan | 113 | 514 | 453 | 76 | 134 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 15 | 50 | 41 | .296 | .368 | .417 | .786 | 189 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Harry Hanebrink | 125 | 529 | 474 | 67 | 130 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 8 | 45 | 63 | .274 | .342 | .392 | .735 | 186 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Pete Whisenant | 118 | 514 | 461 | 83 | 120 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 16 | 46 | 86 | .260 | .330 | .427 | .757 | 197 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Duri Vital | 117 | 502 | 428 | 52 | 108 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 15 | 64 | 61 | .252 | .355 | .350 | .705 | 150 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Charles Samson | 114 | 452 | 397 | 45 | 102 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 47 | 40 | .257 | .343 | .345 | .688 | 137 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph DellaMonica | 114 | 490 | 415 | 45 | 87 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 29 | 71 | 71 | .210 | .326 | .270 | .596 | 112 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Gene Edwards | 72 | 283 | 250 | 34 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 50 | .252 | .337 | .416 | .753 | 104 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Del Crandall | 38 | 165 | 154 | 28 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 12 | .351 | .394 | .630 | 1.024 | 97 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Pennell | 75 | 307 | 270 | 42 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 51 | .196 | .291 | .333 | .624 | 90 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Harold Pfeiffer | 55 | 199 | 161 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 50 | .211 | .355 | .292 | .647 | 47 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Hennerich | 48 | 169 | 149 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 26 | .201 | .292 | .268 | .560 | 40 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Allen | 34 | 101 | 82 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 18 | .195 | .340 | .207 | .547 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| David Sheehan | 27 | 71 | 65 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .154 | .167 | .169 | .336 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Chet Nichols | 27 | 79 | 74 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .135 | .147 | .162 | .309 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Earl Bass | 10 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .242 | .424 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Queen | 14 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .154 | .298 | .205 | .503 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Reardon | 13 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .238 | .333 | .381 | .714 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Walsh | 33 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .122 | .182 | .146 | .328 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Robert Gordon | 34 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .160 | .250 | .160 | .410 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Clarence Peters | 32 | 84 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .052 | .076 | .078 | .154 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Dante DiGiorgio | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Herndon | 22 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .029 | .083 | .029 | .113 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1246 | 4690 | 4111 | 550 | 983 | 160 | 54 | 60 | 496 | 97 | 0 | 491 | 676 | .239 | .324 | .348 | .672 | 1431 | 0 | 28 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Pennell | 1B | 75 | 668 | 46 | 14 | 38 | .981 | 9.520 | ||||
| Harold Pfeiffer | 1B | 50 | 424 | 28 | 14 | 43 | .970 | 9.040 | ||||
| Joseph DellaMonica | 2B | 114 | 275 | 289 | 51 | 58 | .917 | 4.947 | ||||
| John Hennerich | 2B | 13 | 31 | 33 | 7 | 9 | .901 | 4.923 | ||||
| Ford Jordan | 3B | 113 | 81 | 231 | 37 | 7 | .894 | 2.761 | ||||
| Gene Edwards | C | 70 | 413 | 41 | 8 | 4 | .983 | 6.486 | 8 | |||
| Del Crandall | C | 38 | 250 | 29 | 3 | 5 | .989 | 7.342 | 6 | |||
| Jack Allen | C | 16 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 6.562 | 1 | |||
| Pete Whisenant | OF | 118 | 290 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .981 | 2.568 | ||||
| Duri Vital | OF | 116 | 228 | 10 | 15 | 3 | .941 | 2.052 | ||||
| Charles Samson | OF | 107 | 160 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .960 | 1.561 | ||||
| John Hennerich | OF | 17 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.824 | ||||
| Robert Gordon | P | 33 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .545 | ||||
| John Walsh | P | 30 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Clarence Peters | P | 27 | 20 | 45 | 3 | 3 | .956 | 2.407 | ||||
| Chet Nichols | P | 27 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 4 | .984 | 2.333 | ||||
| David Sheehan | P | 24 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| James Herndon | P | 20 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .850 | ||||
| Jack Allen | P | 13 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.846 | ||||
| Joe Reardon | P | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Elmer Toth | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Yorke | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Cook | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Rossi | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Boehm | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Hanebrink | SS | 125 | 251 | 334 | 47 | 65 | .926 | 4.680 | ||||
| Totals | 1187 | 3246 | 1292 | 226 | 252 | .953 | 3.823 | 15 | 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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