1949 Galax Leafs Statistics
Blue Ridge League (BRL) - Class: D
Team Record: 66-61
Finished 2nd in the BRL
Manager: Steve Sloboda (0-0), Bob Latshaw (0-0)
Location: Galax, Virginia
Ballpark: Felt's Park
Attendance: 24,353, Avg. 384
1949 Galax Leafs RosterTeam Record: 66-61
Finished 2nd in the BRL
Manager: Steve Sloboda (0-0), Bob Latshaw (0-0)
Location: Galax, Virginia
Ballpark: Felt's Park
Attendance: 24,353, Avg. 384
Playoffs - North Wilkesboro Flashers 4 games, Galax Leafs 2
The Galax Leafs of the Blue Ridge League ended the 1949 season with a record of 66 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the BRL.
Steve Sloboda and Bob Latshaw 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Kirchoff | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.56 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 158.0 | 134 | 61 | 45 | 55 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Julius Masinick | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.66 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 196.0 | 181 | 95 | 58 | 88 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Sid Weinbach | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.42 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 192.0 | 185 | 94 | 73 | 67 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Thomas Williams | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.99 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 68.0 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 53 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Bobby Bickford | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.62 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 110.0 | 98 | 59 | 32 | 41 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Kraus | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.45 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 73.0 | 81 | 41 | 28 | 40 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Len Feriancek | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.94 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 121.0 | 130 | 71 | 53 | 46 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Joseph O'Neil | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.91 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 78 | 58 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Mitchell Mozejko | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 52 | .536 | 3.09 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 973.0 | 927 | 497 | 334 | 0 | 423 | 0 | 596 | 30 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Horan | 121 | 520 | 440 | 92 | 128 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 70 | 21 | 63 | 57 | .291 | .387 | .416 | .803 | 183 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| Steve Sloboda | 113 | 505 | 431 | 75 | 126 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 60 | 24 | .292 | .386 | .374 | .760 | 161 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Sam Claypool | 107 | 453 | 414 | 67 | 125 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 32 | 54 | .302 | .353 | .413 | .767 | 171 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Tagliarino | 116 | 496 | 435 | 73 | 125 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 49 | 41 | .287 | .365 | .386 | .751 | 168 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Edward Ruotolo | 112 | 491 | 433 | 67 | 104 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 18 | 41 | 72 | .240 | .315 | .358 | .673 | 155 | 6 | 11 | ||||
| Gene Kowalski | 107 | 449 | 410 | 45 | 94 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 3 | 29 | 54 | .229 | .285 | .339 | .624 | 139 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Bob Latshaw | 73 | 301 | 236 | 44 | 79 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 3 | 60 | 20 | .335 | .475 | .513 | .988 | 121 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| James Staff | 51 | 189 | 156 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 28 | 39 | .199 | .324 | .314 | .638 | 49 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Fred Petty | 36 | 145 | 128 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 27 | .234 | .310 | .352 | .661 | 45 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph O'Neil | 43 | 160 | 133 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 23 | .188 | .316 | .278 | .595 | 37 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Robert Roth | 23 | 91 | 85 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 16 | .235 | .278 | .282 | .560 | 24 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Julius Masinick | 40 | 99 | 90 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .211 | .268 | .267 | .535 | 24 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Jack Biggerstaff | 22 | 87 | 72 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 22 | .208 | .345 | .292 | .636 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Weinbach | 29 | 83 | 73 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | .192 | .244 | .247 | .490 | 18 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ray Kirchoff | 25 | 72 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .182 | .250 | .212 | .462 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Janotta | 15 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .234 | .333 | .255 | .589 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Len Feriancek | 31 | 53 | 51 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .216 | .231 | .294 | .525 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mitchell Mozejko | 22 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .256 | .310 | .282 | .592 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Williams | 12 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .310 | .333 | .414 | .747 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ellsworth Wrenn | 10 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .257 | .278 | .400 | .678 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Bickford | 18 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .081 | .171 | .108 | .279 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1126 | 4399 | 3840 | 583 | 1000 | 196 | 44 | 38 | 506 | 96 | 0 | 453 | 557 | .260 | .344 | .364 | .708 | 1398 | 0 | 33 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Latshaw | 1B | 73 | 693 | 30 | 8 | 55 | .989 | 9.904 | ||||
| Edward Ruotolo | 1B | 46 | 419 | 14 | 20 | 37 | .956 | 9.413 | ||||
| Steve Sloboda | 2B | 105 | 254 | 322 | 20 | 71 | .966 | 5.486 | ||||
| Gene Kowalski | 3B | 98 | 138 | 213 | 29 | 24 | .924 | 3.582 | ||||
| Robert Roth | 3B | 23 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 2 | .835 | 3.304 | ||||
| Sam Claypool | C | 101 | 573 | 70 | 15 | 9 | .977 | 6.366 | 27 | |||
| Ellsworth Wrenn | C | 10 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.800 | 2 | |||
| Robert Horan | OF | 112 | 213 | 19 | 9 | 6 | .963 | 2.071 | ||||
| Edward Ruotolo | OF | 68 | 153 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 2.412 | ||||
| James Staff | OF | 40 | 59 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .918 | 1.675 | ||||
| Fred Petty | OF | 35 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .924 | 1.743 | ||||
| Joseph O'Neil | OF | 34 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.441 | ||||
| Jack Biggerstaff | OF | 17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Howard Janotta | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Julius Masinick | P | 30 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 2.100 | ||||
| Len Feriancek | P | 30 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 2 | .891 | 1.367 | ||||
| Sid Weinbach | P | 29 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .900 | .931 | ||||
| Ray Kirchoff | P | 25 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.680 | ||||
| Kraus | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Bickford | P | 18 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Williams | P | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Mitchell Mozejko | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Joseph O'Neil | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Tagliarino | SS | 114 | 180 | 323 | 43 | 55 | .921 | 4.412 | ||||
| Totals | 1065 | 2934 | 1254 | 188 | 278 | .957 | 3.932 | 29 | 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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