1949 Grand Rapids Jets Statistics
Central League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Jack Knight (70-66)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Bigelow Field
Attendance: 62,982, Avg. 926
1949 Grand Rapids Jets RosterTeam Record: 70-66
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Jack Knight (70-66)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Bigelow Field
Attendance: 62,982, Avg. 926
Playoffs - Grand Rapids Jets 3 games, Flint Arrows 2
Finals - Grand Rapids Jets 4 games, Charleston Senators 2
The Grand Rapids Jets of the Central League ended the 1949 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the CL.
Jack Knight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Prempas | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4.63 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 179.0 | 184 | 107 | 92 | 75 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Eugene Costello | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.75 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 144.0 | 125 | 67 | 60 | 94 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Si Lambert | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.27 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 121.0 | 106 | 51 | 44 | 47 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Lawrence King | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.50 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 170.0 | 174 | 108 | 85 | 74 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Melvin Waters | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.83 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 177.0 | 216 | 104 | 95 | 41 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Dick Haack | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.84 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 106.0 | 131 | 58 | 57 | 31 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Edwin Oley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.05 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 73 | 47 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Richard Verbic | 2 | 11 | .154 | 3.98 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 131.0 | 129 | 74 | 58 | 62 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Hiram Bithorn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Albert Kinsey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Dave Hoskins | 0.00 | 1 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Alivojvodic | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 18.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Ostrowski | 0.00 | 3 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| John Hanssen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Robert Houghton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 70 | 66 | .515 | 4.04 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 1175.0 | 1235 | 679 | 528 | 0 | 486 | 0 | 589 | 32 | 5 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everett Robinson | 137 | 609 | 525 | 91 | 154 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 76 | 7 | 77 | 81 | .293 | .385 | .465 | .850 | 244 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Edward Krage | 134 | 578 | 485 | 83 | 148 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 92 | 12 | 89 | 88 | .305 | .417 | .468 | .885 | 227 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Martin Sebastian | 135 | 604 | 510 | 83 | 122 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 11 | 86 | 62 | .239 | .351 | .337 | .688 | 172 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Thomas Siok | 120 | 451 | 415 | 56 | 121 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 4 | 31 | 44 | .292 | .345 | .417 | .762 | 173 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Doug Donnan | 126 | 529 | 482 | 70 | 119 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 73 | 11 | 41 | 82 | .247 | .307 | .402 | .710 | 194 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Elzer Marx | 118 | 474 | 413 | 54 | 108 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 66 | 4 | 52 | 69 | .262 | .351 | .424 | .775 | 175 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| John Sebastian | 127 | 512 | 409 | 69 | 96 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 4 | 88 | 79 | .235 | .374 | .381 | .755 | 156 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| James Babcock | 62 | 275 | 251 | 47 | 77 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 17 | .307 | .363 | .466 | .829 | 117 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Trew | 45 | 161 | 138 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 7 | .268 | .365 | .341 | .705 | 47 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Maurice Mikesell | 68 | 239 | 201 | 22 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 39 | .184 | .296 | .219 | .515 | 44 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Richard Anderson | 33 | 89 | 79 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .253 | .337 | .367 | .704 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eugene Costello | 33 | 59 | 53 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .264 | .316 | .340 | .655 | 18 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | 13 | 52 | 48 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .271 | .327 | .583 | .910 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Si Lambert | 26 | 57 | 51 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .235 | .278 | .275 | .552 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Wilkins | 19 | 64 | 58 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .190 | .266 | .293 | .559 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Louis Prempas | 32 | 73 | 63 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .159 | .209 | .270 | .479 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dick Haack | 19 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .231 | .302 | .308 | .610 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Verbic | 28 | 50 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .234 | .244 | .478 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Lawrence King | 27 | 70 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .150 | .227 | .200 | .427 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Aldo Casadei | 10 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .242 | .324 | .303 | .627 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Melvin Waters | 27 | 69 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .138 | .219 | .138 | .357 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| John Langgood | 13 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .189 | .318 | .243 | .561 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edwin Oley | 11 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .105 | .292 | .158 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1363 | 5165 | 4472 | 665 | 1151 | 206 | 40 | 100 | 595 | 67 | 0 | 600 | 713 | .257 | .348 | .388 | .737 | 1737 | 0 | 23 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everett Robinson | 1B | 137 | 1163 | 58 | 7 | 101 | .994 | 8.912 | ||||
| Martin Sebastian | 2B | 134 | 336 | 369 | 29 | 89 | .960 | 5.261 | ||||
| James Babcock | 3B | 60 | 75 | 114 | 9 | 14 | .955 | 3.150 | ||||
| John Sebastian | 3B | 32 | 53 | 91 | 10 | 19 | .935 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jim Trew | 3B | 29 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | .891 | 1.966 | ||||
| Maurice Mikesell | 3B | 22 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .929 | 2.364 | ||||
| John Langgood | 3B | 10 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .737 | 1.400 | ||||
| Thomas Siok | C | 112 | 524 | 46 | 14 | 6 | .976 | 5.089 | 11 | |||
| Richard Anderson | C | 16 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| Bill Wilkins | C | 14 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 5.357 | 0 | |||
| Edward Krage | OF | 133 | 343 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .980 | 2.632 | ||||
| Doug Donnan | OF | 125 | 233 | 18 | 11 | 3 | .958 | 2.008 | ||||
| Elzer Marx | OF | 116 | 205 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 1.828 | ||||
| Pete Kousagan | OF | 12 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 2.583 | ||||
| Eugene Costello | P | 33 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.333 | ||||
| Louis Prempas | P | 32 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 3 | .949 | 1.750 | ||||
| Richard Verbic | P | 28 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 0 | .844 | .964 | ||||
| Melvin Waters | P | 27 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 1.444 | ||||
| Lawrence King | P | 26 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Si Lambert | P | 25 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .720 | ||||
| Dick Haack | P | 19 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.579 | ||||
| Edwin Oley | P | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Nick Alivojvodic | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Kinsey | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Houghton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Hanssen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stanley Ostrowski | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hiram Bithorn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Hoskins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Anderson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sebastian | SS | 96 | 180 | 237 | 34 | 49 | .925 | 4.344 | ||||
| Maurice Mikesell | SS | 34 | 61 | 100 | 9 | 16 | .947 | 4.735 | ||||
| Totals | 1311 | 3424 | 1362 | 175 | 316 | .965 | 3.651 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
