1949 Hopkinsville Hoppers Statistics
Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-56
Finished 3rd in the KITL
Manager: John Mueller (68-56)
Location: Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Kentucky Park
Attendance: 31,090, Avg. 501
1949 Hopkinsville Hoppers RosterTeam Record: 68-56
Finished 3rd in the KITL
Manager: John Mueller (68-56)
Location: Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Kentucky Park
Attendance: 31,090, Avg. 501
Playoffs - Cairo Dodgers 3 games, Hopkinsville Hoppers 2
The Hopkinsville Hoppers of the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League ended the 1949 season with a record of 68 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the KITL.
John Mueller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Thaxton | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.82 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 165.0 | 176 | 104 | 70 | 77 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Raymond Sefcik | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.95 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 139.0 | 135 | 78 | 61 | 71 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Steve Zakany | 7 | 4 | .636 | 6.04 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 85.0 | 98 | 84 | 57 | 83 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Gene Nelson | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 128.0 | 136 | 81 | 59 | 61 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Pat Saviano | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.64 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 50 | 40 | 34 | 62 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Ernie Arnett | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.50 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 79 | 57 | 40 | 58 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| Hutch Lewis | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.38 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 73 | 42 | 36 | 51 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| John Mueller | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wilbert Pender | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.65 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 45 | 42 | 34 | 43 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Michael Brticevich | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.89 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Alph Morrow | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 49 | 48 | 34 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Totals | 63 | 51 | .553 | 4.80 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 891.0 | 896 | 627 | 475 | 0 | 576 | 0 | 573 | 34 | 5 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mueller | 115 | 472 | 400 | 97 | 149 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 97 | 30 | 67 | 20 | .372 | .463 | .518 | .980 | 207 | 5 | |||||
| Joseph Podoley | 110 | 444 | 421 | 66 | 136 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 83 | 14 | 22 | 32 | .323 | .357 | .485 | .841 | 204 | 1 | |||||
| Rogers Werner | 121 | 569 | 456 | 114 | 120 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 110 | 56 | .263 | .406 | .320 | .727 | 146 | 3 | |||||
| George Reding | 102 | 446 | 405 | 69 | 110 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 78 | 18 | 36 | 29 | .272 | .331 | .388 | .719 | 157 | 5 | |||||
| Eddie Lempas | 123 | 528 | 447 | 84 | 110 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 25 | 74 | 84 | .246 | .353 | .322 | .675 | 144 | 7 | |||||
| Buddy Afremow | 91 | 420 | 333 | 71 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 70 | 52 | .297 | .419 | .351 | .771 | 117 | 17 | |||||
| Joe DeGrazia | 103 | 383 | 317 | 79 | 88 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 16 | 64 | 48 | .278 | .399 | .413 | .812 | 131 | 2 | |||||
| Ray Imler | 90 | 350 | 306 | 54 | 81 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 12 | 43 | 80 | .265 | .355 | .464 | .819 | 142 | 1 | |||||
| Willard Schaedig | 23 | 106 | 88 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 10 | .330 | .443 | .500 | .943 | 44 | 0 | |||||
| Ned Thaxton | 44 | 94 | 82 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .317 | .385 | .402 | .787 | 33 | 3 | |||||
| Pat Saviano | 42 | 98 | 88 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .227 | .306 | .284 | .590 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| John Ciofani | 23 | 91 | 70 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 15 | .257 | .416 | .500 | .916 | 35 | 2 | |||||
| Hutch Lewis | 18 | 38 | 36 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .389 | .405 | .528 | .933 | 19 | 1 | |||||
| Steve Zakany | 25 | 48 | 39 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .333 | .435 | .513 | .948 | 20 | 2 | |||||
| Dick Ciacchi | 14 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .323 | .400 | .516 | .916 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Gene Nelson | 28 | 46 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .146 | .186 | .195 | .381 | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Raymond Sefcik | 44 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .140 | .178 | .256 | .434 | 11 | 4 | |||||
| Ernie Arnett | 19 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .185 | .290 | .185 | .476 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Wilbert Pender | 16 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .231 | .412 | .308 | .719 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Michael Brticevich | 14 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 1165 | 4286 | 3657 | 747 | 1045 | 207 | 28 | 54 | 632 | 158 | 0 | 570 | 525 | .286 | .382 | .402 | .784 | 1470 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Werner | 1B | 121 | 960 | 65 | 11 | 95 | .989 | 8.471 | ||||
| Eddie Lempas | 2B | 123 | 344 | 344 | 27 | 63 | .962 | 5.593 | ||||
| Ray Imler | 3B | 90 | 72 | 134 | 46 | 13 | .817 | 2.289 | ||||
| Joe DeGrazia | 3B | 32 | 53 | 59 | 15 | 5 | .882 | 3.500 | ||||
| John Ciofani | C | 22 | 135 | 23 | 10 | 4 | .940 | 7.182 | 1 | |||
| Joe DeGrazia | C | 13 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 3.846 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Podoley | OF | 104 | 178 | 9 | 18 | 2 | .912 | 1.798 | ||||
| George Reding | OF | 102 | 145 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Mueller | OF | 86 | 191 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .976 | 2.337 | ||||
| Joe DeGrazia | OF | 38 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .941 | 1.684 | ||||
| Pat Saviano | OF | 15 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.933 | ||||
| Raymond Sefcik | P | 39 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .821 | ||||
| Ned Thaxton | P | 29 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .929 | .897 | ||||
| Gene Nelson | P | 21 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.667 | ||||
| Steve Zakany | P | 20 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.050 | ||||
| Ernie Arnett | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .765 | ||||
| Hutch Lewis | P | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Wilbert Pender | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Michael Brticevich | P | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| John Mueller | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Pat Saviano | P | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Alph Morrow | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Afremow | SS | 91 | 148 | 262 | 32 | 51 | .928 | 4.505 | ||||
| Willard Schaedig | SS | 23 | 53 | 64 | 10 | 12 | .921 | 5.087 | ||||
| Joe DeGrazia | SS | 10 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | .783 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1072 | 2455 | 1160 | 208 | 265 | .946 | 3.372 | 1 | 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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