1946 Elizabethton Betsy Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (68-57)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Cherokee Park
Attendance: 37,660, Avg. 603
Playoffs - Elizabethton Betsy Cubs 3 games, Bristol Twins 0
Finals - New River Rebels 4 games, Elizabethton Betsy Cubs 2
The Elizabethton Betsy Cubs of the Appalachian League ended the 1946 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the AL.
Lew Bekeza 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 Borkowski | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.46 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 208.0 | 192 | 98 | 80 | 105 | 183 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Ralph Shell | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.23 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 245.0 | 245 | 112 | 88 | 56 | 142 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Jerry Rezack | 13 | 13 | .500 | 2.85 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 205.0 | 181 | 90 | 65 | 123 | 157 | 10 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Stanley Wnetrzak | 10 | 7 | .588 | 5.46 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 127.0 | 164 | 112 | 77 | 45 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Umberto Flammini | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0.00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
Robert Davis | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 49 | 26 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Ken Mack | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Lawrence Gapinski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 49 | 41 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Rocco Rotunno | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.77 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 45 | 35 | 34 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
William Ciske | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Lew Bekeza | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 24.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Martin Champion | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
Orbie Brewer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
George Brinkerhoff | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Harold Warren | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 55 | 41 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Totals | 68 | 57 | .544 | 3.07 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1092.0 | 1117 | 673 | 372 | 0 | 518 | 0 | 740 | 45 | 2 | 55 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Borkowski | 114 | 432 | 406 | 81 | 156 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 90 | 21 | 20 | 38 | .384 | .417 | .589 | 1.006 | 239 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Lew Bekeza | 119 | 503 | 447 | 93 | 145 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 26 | 50 | 54 | .324 | .396 | .456 | .852 | 204 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Orbie Brewer | 123 | 559 | 517 | 81 | 145 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 51 | 41 | 42 | .280 | .333 | .352 | .685 | 182 | 0 | 1 | ||||
William Polubiatka | 109 | 444 | 388 | 81 | 122 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 51 | 31 | .314 | .401 | .448 | .849 | 174 | 5 | 0 | ||||
John Knox | 95 | 392 | 364 | 64 | 120 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 20 | 21 | 39 | .330 | .371 | .437 | .808 | 159 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Willard Sellergren | 122 | 515 | 451 | 70 | 108 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 24 | 59 | 65 | .239 | .331 | .348 | .679 | 157 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Glenn Winslett | 115 | 456 | 419 | 59 | 103 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 18 | 31 | 58 | .246 | .302 | .296 | .598 | 124 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Pete Robichaud | 82 | 310 | 291 | 51 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 19 | .313 | .349 | .364 | .713 | 106 | 4 | 3 | ||||
Stanley Wnetrzak | 58 | 141 | 134 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 29 | .291 | .326 | .381 | .707 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alfred Podolak | 60 | 186 | 159 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 50 | .208 | .304 | .245 | .549 | 39 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Frank Toth | 45 | 129 | 108 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 24 | .241 | .364 | .370 | .735 | 40 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Ralph Shell | 37 | 98 | 88 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .193 | .237 | .239 | .475 | 21 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Harold Wheeler | 26 | 81 | 66 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .182 | .316 | .182 | .498 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Pete Neukirch | 27 | 76 | 69 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .174 | .240 | .188 | .428 | 13 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Fred Dreyer | 14 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ralph Sabatino | 14 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .222 | .317 | .278 | .595 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Jerry Rezack | 40 | 76 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | .104 | .155 | .104 | .259 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Umberto Flammini | 16 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .125 | .222 | .188 | .410 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dick Ciacchi | 11 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rocco Rotunno | 17 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harold Warren | 12 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1256 | 4544 | 4107 | 683 | 1159 | 185 | 59 | 31 | 558 | 194 | 0 | 363 | 586 | .282 | .346 | .379 | .724 | 1555 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lew Bekeza | 1B | 88 | 646 | 31 | 18 | 43 | .974 | 7.693 | ||||
Stanley Wnetrzak | 1B | 12 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .953 | 6.750 | ||||
Willard Sellergren | 2B | 70 | 180 | 193 | 19 | 27 | .952 | 5.329 | ||||
Glenn Winslett | 2B | 55 | 129 | 116 | 27 | 16 | .901 | 4.455 | ||||
Alfred Podolak | 3B | 56 | 49 | 72 | 21 | 9 | .852 | 2.161 | ||||
John Knox | 3B | 43 | 50 | 45 | 12 | 4 | .888 | 2.209 | ||||
Harold Wheeler | 3B | 25 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 2 | .881 | 2.360 | ||||
Pete Robichaud | C | 80 | 474 | 50 | 15 | 9 | .972 | 6.550 | 11 | |||
Lew Bekeza | C | 32 | 174 | 26 | 8 | 3 | .962 | 6.250 | 6 | |||
Frank Toth | C | 31 | 170 | 21 | 13 | 1 | .936 | 6.161 | 10 | |||
Orbie Brewer | OF | 122 | 238 | 22 | 22 | 2 | .922 | 2.131 | ||||
William Polubiatka | OF | 106 | 156 | 8 | 18 | 0 | .901 | 1.547 | ||||
Bob Borkowski | OF | 86 | 99 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.302 | ||||
Glenn Winslett | OF | 55 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 1.836 | ||||
Pete Neukirch | OF | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.080 | ||||
Stanley Wnetrzak | OF | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .818 | ||||
Frank Toth | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
Jerry Rezack | P | 40 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 2 | .891 | 1.225 | ||||
Ralph Shell | P | 34 | 7 | 46 | 8 | 3 | .869 | 1.559 | ||||
Bob Borkowski | P | 29 | 18 | 43 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 2.103 | ||||
Stanley Wnetrzak | P | 26 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.077 | ||||
Rocco Rotunno | P | 16 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
Umberto Flammini | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .600 | ||||
Harold Warren | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
Lawrence Gapinski | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Davis | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Lew Bekeza | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
William Ciske | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
George Brinkerhoff | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Ken Mack | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Martin Champion | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Orbie Brewer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Willard Sellergren | SS | 59 | 104 | 141 | 38 | 15 | .866 | 4.153 | ||||
John Knox | SS | 59 | 88 | 142 | 34 | 13 | .871 | 3.898 | ||||
Ralph Sabatino | SS | 14 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 5 | .891 | 2.929 | ||||
Totals | 1257 | 2860 | 1138 | 295 | 163 | .931 | 3.181 | 27 | 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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