1949 Gadsden Chiefs Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 39-95
Finished 8th in the SL
Manager: Ben Chapman (39-95)
Location: Gadsden, Alabama
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 52,166, Avg. 779

1949 Gadsden Chiefs Roster

The Gadsden Chiefs of the Southeastern League ended the 1949 season with a record of 39 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the SL.

Ben Chapman 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
Dale Matthewson	9	12	.429	3.70	27			13	0		163.0	177	95	67		42		119	1	1	5
Carl Meurer	9	14	.391	4.67	34			11	1		187.0	216	132	97		93		72	3	0	7
Jack Cardey	5	22	.185	5.17	34			15	1		202.0	221	164	116		140		122	15	1	6
Ray Rapacki	2	7	.222	5.88	16			4	0		72.0	77	57	47		60		32	1	0	2
Robert Steadman	1	0	1.000	0.00	5			0	0		9.0	12	7			4		5	0	1	1
Roland Crabbe	1	0	1.000	0.00	2			0	0		4.0	4	3			4		3	3	0	0
Charles Stock	1	1	.500	0.00	2			1	0		16.0	28	12			6		6	0	0	0
Russell Henegar	1	3	.250	0.00	5			1	0		30.0	39	33			24		15	3	1	1
Henry Soven	1	3	.250	0.00	8			1	0		35.0	51	43			32		14	1	1	1
Nick Pappas	0	0		0.00	7						14.0
Don Littell	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
Hal Stewart	0	0		0.00	3						9.0
James Smith	0	1	.000	0.00	6			1	0		22.0	29	21			13		9	0	0	1
Ray Chandler	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0	0		2.0	2	6			8		0	0	0	1
Ben Chapman	0	1	.000	0.00	9			0	0		22.0	22	17			14		19	2	0	0
James Philpot	0	2	.000	0.00	11			0	0		30.0	39	32			33		12	0	0	4
Daniel Costello	0	2	.000	0.00	5			0	0		16.0	21	14			17		4	2	0	1
Walter Doherty	0	3	.000	0.00	4			0	0		10.0	14	21			21		6	1	0	3
Totals	30	72	.294	3.48	182	0	0	47	2	0	846.0	952	657	327	0	511	0	438	32	5	33	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
Bennie Shaw	132	552	472	78	127	34	8	2	55	2		75	72	.269	.372	.388	.759	183		2	3
Basil Beringhele	88	370	315	41	90	9	3	0	43	2		50	17	.286	.387	.333	.720	105		2	3
John Powers	75	313	272	49	79	14	8	11	51	5		34	45	.290	.377	.522	.899	142		4	3
Alan Swygert	76	302	272	22	75	11	4	0	34	0		15	18	.276	.330	.346	.676	94		7	8
Jim Carlin	84	355	309	43	74	17	1	6	32	2		41	36	.239	.332	.359	.692	111		2	3
James Smith	76	306	278	25	71	8	2	0	24	0		22	44	.255	.312	.299	.611	83		1	5
Robert Reash	47	204	171	29	43	4	2	6	39	2		31	19	.251	.369	.404	.773	69		1	1
Jack Cardey	69	191	183	18	40	5	2	2	11	2		5	36	.219	.239	.301	.540	55		0	3
Raymond King	70	238	204	16	38	4	1	0	15	0		30	47	.186	.294	.216	.509	44		1	3
Norris Strickland	37	153	133	14	29	3	2	3	14	3		17	30	.218	.311	.338	.650	45		1	2
Norman Sego	34	139	121	11	26	5	3	1	10	1		14	21	.215	.307	.331	.637	40		2	2
Joe Bodner	32	145	124	12	25	5	0	0	3	1		17	13	.202	.303	.242	.545	30		1	3
Charley Dykes	24	111	100	15	22	4	1	1	8	2		10	13	.220	.291	.310	.601	31		0	1
Henry Lefler	19	71	61	10	19	3	0	0	9	0		8	12	.311	.391	.361	.752	22		0	2
Peter Benenati	18	76	67	6	19	5	0	1	2	0		9	7	.284	.368	.403	.771	27		0	0
Leonard Cross	17	63	59	6	14	5	0	1	12	0		4	19	.237	.286	.373	.659	22		0	0
Dale Matthewson	27	66	55	10	12	0	0	0	3	0		2	12	.218	.246	.218	.464	12		0	9
Harry Davis	15	67	52	8	9	3	0	0	7	1		15	3	.173	.358	.231	.589	12		0	0
Carl Meurer	34	73	64	4	8	3	0	0	9	0		2	17	.125	.152	.172	.323	11		0	7
Jimmy Morgan	11	46	36	5	7	0	1	0	3	0		10	8	.194	.370	.250	.620	9		0	0
Ray Rapacki	17	40	39	3	7	0	1	0	2	0		1	6	.179	.200	.231	.431	9		0	0
Charles Stock	12	33	31	5	6	2	0	1	2	1		1	5	.194	.242	.355	.597	11		1	0
Clarence Bailey	20	75	62	5	6	1	0	0	2	0		12	26	.097	.253	.113	.366	7		1	0
Ben Chapman	11	13	12	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	4		0	0
James Philpot	11	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0
Totals	1056	4013	3503	436	850	146	39	35	394	24	0	426	529	.243	.329	.337	.666	1179	0	26	58	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Basil Beringhele	1B	87	735	47	11	52	.986	8.989
Norman Sego	1B	34	266	19	2	14	.993	8.382
Harry Davis	1B	15	126	6	3	14	.978	8.800
Joe Bodner	2B	32	87	74	9	17	.947	5.031
Charley Dykes	2B	24	63	60	9	13	.932	5.125
James Smith	3B	49	46	65	11	6	.910	2.265
Jim Carlin	3B	21	49	63	12	15	.903	5.333
Henry Lefler	3B	18	34	14	4	2	.923	2.667
Leonard Cross	3B	14	8	22	2	4	.938	2.143
Bennie Shaw	3B	12	9	31	5	0	.889	3.333
Raymond King	C	70	315	45	13	4	.965	5.143	4
Alan Swygert	C	54	232	23	7	4	.973	4.722	2
Clarence Bailey	C	20	102	9	6	3	.949	5.550	0
Bennie Shaw	OF	119	172	28	10	5	.952	1.681
John Powers	OF	75	174	9	9	1	.953	2.440
Robert Reash	OF	47	113	5	6	0	.952	2.511
Norris Strickland	OF	37	49	5	6	1	.900	1.459
Jack Cardey	OF	31	49	7	8	3	.875	1.806
Alan Swygert	OF	24	35	1	2	0	.947	1.500
Peter Benenati	OF	18	48	1	0	0	1.000	2.722
Carl Meurer	P	34	13	49	3	1	.954	1.824
Jack Cardey	P	34	34	62	9	6	.914	2.824
Dale Matthewson	P	27	8	26	0	1	1.000	1.259
Ray Rapacki	P	16	7	8	1	0	.938	.938
James Philpot	P	11	1	5	0	0	1.000	.545
Ben Chapman	P	9						.000
Henry Soven	P	8						.000
Nick Pappas	P	7						.000
James Smith	P	6						.000
Robert Steadman	P	5						.000
Russell Henegar	P	5						.000
Daniel Costello	P	5						.000
Walter Doherty	P	4						.000
Hal Stewart	P	3						.000
Charles Stock	P	2						.000
Don Littell	P	2						.000
Roland Crabbe	P	2						.000
Ray Chandler	P	2						.000
Jim Carlin	SS	52	63	42	16	26	.868	2.019
James Smith	SS	27	38	79	21	3	.848	4.333
Jimmy Morgan	SS	11	23	38	4	7	.938	5.545
Totals		1073	2899	843	189	202	.952	3.487	6	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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