1949 Harlan Smokies Statistics

Mountain States League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 83-41
Finished 1st in the MSL
Manager: George Motto (83-41)
Location: Harlan, Kentucky
Ballpark: Browning-Leonard Park
Attendance: 49,615, Avg. 800

1949 Harlan Smokies Roster

Playoffs - Harlan Smokies 3 games, Middlesboro Athletics 1
Finals - Harlan Smokies 3 games, Morristown Red Sox 2

The Harlan Smokies of the Mountain States League ended the 1949 season with a record of 83 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the MSL.

George Motto 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
Frank Wilson	27	8	.771	2.77	46			28	2		270.0	235	109	83		104		176	3	0	8
Frank Gaudio	14	9	.609	3.72	26			16	2		184.0	146	98	76		134		121	0	1	8
Francis Mehal	13	4	.765	3.14	21			13	1		132.0	118	63	46		60		38	1	0	0
Virgil Ferrell	8	1	.889	5.32	22			7	0		115.0	111	80	68		108		70	2	0	13
Jack Smith	6	3	.667	5.57	10			6	1		76.0	66	62	47		73		53	3	0	4
Grant Seale	6	5	.545	4.62	21			4	2		113.0	108	71	58		61		48	3	0	0
Harvey Chase	3	2	.600	5.56	11			2	0		55.0	48	38	34		69		40	4	0	6
Totals	77	32	.706	3.92	157	0	0	76	8	0	945.0	832	521	412	0	609	0	546	16	1	39	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
Ralph Painter	125	582	506	114	167	30	4	10	93	9		67	57	.330	.410	.464	.875	235		2	7
Bill Scopetone	124	555	497	92	157	37	4	4	105	36		42	30	.316	.373	.431	.803	214		3	13
Eddie Cousins	123	537	466	123	147	28	5	10	99	31		64	27	.315	.402	.461	.863	215		3	4
Charles McCormick	122	541	469	104	136	18	5	2	70	52		56	24	.290	.369	.362	.732	170		3	13
John Jones	122	530	435	106	135	23	3	2	76	8		86	23	.310	.427	.391	.818	170		3	6
Joseph Christian	116	479	374	84	101	15	7	6	62	13		87	76	.270	.413	.396	.809	148		4	14
William Geier	93	385	313	59	88	17	2	0	51	9		59	32	.281	.406	.348	.755	109		7	6
Earl Hill	80	310	268	46	87	13	4	2	43	3		33	27	.325	.403	.425	.828	114		2	7
Jack Smith	75	284	236	41	50	7	2	1	37	6		38	40	.212	.326	.271	.597	64		2	8
George Motto	35	112	96	17	30	8	1	1	26	1		12	4	.312	.389	.448	.837	43		0	4
Frank Gaudio	32	80	74	13	22	3	1	0	7	0		6	16	.297	.350	.365	.715	27		0	0
Francis Mehal	25	73	61	8	18	2	0	0	12	2		8	10	.295	.386	.328	.714	20		1	3
Frank Wilson	46	121	94	18	16	1	0	0	11	0		23	16	.170	.339	.181	.520	17		1	3
William Strong	22	70	65	6	15	2	0	0	5	0		2	3	.231	.275	.262	.537	17		2	1
Chuck Badger	10	39	30	6	6	2	0	0	1	1		6	3	.200	.333	.267	.600	8		0	3
Virgil Ferrell	23	56	46	7	5	0	1	0	5	0		10	18	.109	.268	.152	.420	7		0	0
Grant Seale	22	50	36	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		14	13	.111	.360	.139	.499	5		0	0
Harvey Chase	11	29	22	3	2	0	0	0	3	0		6	11	.091	.286	.091	.377	2		0	1
Totals	1206	4833	4088	851	1186	207	39	38	707	171	0	619	430	.290	.388	.388	.775	1585	0	33	93	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Jones	1B	122	994	70	11	95	.990	8.721
Ralph Painter	2B	125	325	353	38	92	.947	5.424
Eddie Cousins	3B	123	164	204	31	25	.922	2.992
Charles McCormick	C	122	691	72	25	12	.968	6.254	26
Bill Scopetone	OF	124	278	13	21	3	.933	2.347
Joseph Christian	OF	116	189	16	8	3	.962	1.767
Earl Hill	OF	80	178	11	10	2	.950	2.362
Frank Wilson	P	46	22	61	4	3	.954	1.804
Frank Gaudio	P	26	2	17	2	0	.905	.731
Virgil Ferrell	P	22	2	17	5	0	.792	.864
Grant Seale	P	21	4	18	1	0	.957	1.048
Francis Mehal	P	21	10	36	3	2	.939	2.190
Harvey Chase	P	11	2	8	1	0	.909	.909
Jack Smith	P	10	91	35	5	8	.962	12.600
William Geier	SS	93	176	291	28	65	.943	5.022
Totals		1062	3128	1222	193	310	.958	4.096	26	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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