1949 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 80-58
Finished 3rd in the WA
Manager: Johnny Sturm (80-58)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Ballpark: Miners Park II
Attendance: 67,434, Avg. 977

1949 Joplin Miners Roster

Playoffs - Joplin Miners 3 games, Fort Smith Giants 0
Finals - Joplin Miners 4 games, Topeka Owls 2

The Joplin Miners of the Western Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 80 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the WA.

Johnny Sturm 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
Billy Joe Bagwell	20	14	.588	2.89	42			18	5		224.0	194	106	72		135		123	12	1	2
Denis Jent	15	7	.682	3.25	37			13	3		205.0	181	90	74		110		214	6	1	1
Hal Coffman	15	12	.556	3.15	37			18	3		234.0	231	112	82		96		145	4	0	11
Carl Sellers	12	6	.667	4.83	29			6	0		151.0	140	124	81		151		121	3	1	17
Lilburn Smith	7	8	.467	3.63	42			7	1		161.0	154	86	65		90		72	0	1	4
Thomas Hesketh	4	4	.500	4.70	21			3	0		88.0	96	60	46		60		46	6	0	8
Albert Johnston					14						0.0
Charles Nichols					13						0.0
Totals	73	51	.589	3.56	235	0	0	65	12	0	1063.0	996	578	420	0	642	0	721	31	4	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
Jim Finigan	139	637	562	120	180	34	19	7	79	22		64	61	.320	.393	.486	.878	273		3	8
Olin Martin	124	517	417	89	148	30	6	3	64	28		80	37	.355	.475	.477	.952	199		15	5
Casey Darrah	139	594	506	111	142	30	4	12	94	46		75	110	.281	.381	.427	.808	216		7	6
Al Pilarcik	107	494	437	93	133	20	12	4	49	33		50	34	.304	.382	.432	.815	189		5	2
Johnny Sturm	121	465	397	63	115	27	0	5	83	3		61	23	.290	.388	.395	.784	157		3	4
Ray Haley	122	455	400	61	115	22	3	3	61	16		45	69	.288	.372	.380	.752	152		9	1
George Sawyer	129	515	464	64	113	10	10	3	57	17		48	89	.244	.316	.328	.643	152		1	2
Warren Moore	111	426	403	46	110	20	5	5	50	4		21	56	.273	.311	.385	.695	155		1	1
Cal Neeman	110	413	368	57	108	19	1	7	73	13		39	66	.293	.367	.408	.775	150		4	2
Denis Jent	50	89	74	18	23	0	0	0	4	1		12	9	.311	.420	.311	.731	23		2	1
Robert Hamric	29	106	93	16	19	4	1	0	13	4		12	19	.204	.295	.269	.564	25		0	1
Hal Coffman	50	107	94	11	19	5	1	1	8	3		8	14	.202	.265	.309	.573	29		0	5
Dave Waters	35	98	91	11	18	2	2	2	10	1		7	15	.198	.255	.330	.585	30		0	0
Billy Joe Bagwell	47	96	84	11	17	1	3	0	10	0		8	26	.202	.280	.286	.565	24		1	3
Carl Sellers	37	72	61	12	13	3	0	0	6	0		6	23	.213	.294	.262	.556	16		1	4
Ken Petersen	27	65	55	8	12	3	0	0	2	0		9	10	.218	.338	.273	.611	15		1	0
Lilburn Smith	42	57	49	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		6	13	.143	.236	.143	.379	7		0	2
Thomas Hesketh	21	36	34	2	6	0	0	0	3	1		0	8	.176	.176	.176	.353	6		0	2
Robert Sattler	10	18	18	1	5	0	0	1	4	0		0	6	.278	.278	.444	.722	8		0	0
Richard Wuestling	12	28	23	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		5	9	.217	.357	.217	.575	5		0	0
Charles Nichols	13	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		3	2	.333	.556	.333	.889	2		0	0
Albert Johnston	14	9	9	1	2	0	1	0	3	0		0	4	.222	.222	.444	.667	4		0	0
Totals	1489	5306	4645	802	1312	230	68	53	677	192	0	559	703	.282	.366	.395	.761	1837	0	53	49	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Johnny Sturm	1B	117	834	75	12	73	.987	7.769
Cal Neeman	1B	30	165	8	4	8	.977	5.767
Jim Finigan	2B	139	320	395	41	67	.946	5.144
Olin Martin	3B	104	98	117	18	7	.923	2.067
Dave Waters	3B	20	11	22	3	0	.917	1.650
Ken Petersen	3B	15	6	16	5	2	.815	1.467
Ray Haley	C	105	644	101	13	14	.983	7.095	13
Cal Neeman	C	49	253	34	10	7	.966	5.857	4
Casey Darrah	OF	135	267	18	8	5	.973	2.111
George Sawyer	OF	127	226	21	10	6	.961	1.945
Al Pilarcik	OF	106	241	18	5	3	.981	2.443
Cal Neeman	OF	35	44	5	1	1	.980	1.400
Olin Martin	OF	17	37	3	0	0	1.000	2.353
Lilburn Smith	P	42	4	46	4	1	.926	1.190
Billy Joe Bagwell	P	42	16	62	7	1	.918	1.857
Denis Jent	P	37	15	33	5	1	.906	1.297
Hal Coffman	P	37	14	48	3	0	.954	1.676
Carl Sellers	P	29	8	25	5	2	.868	1.138
Thomas Hesketh	P	21	9	14	3	2	.885	1.095
Albert Johnston	P	14	0	9	0	0	1.000	.643
Charles Nichols	P	13	1	5	2	2	.750	.462
Warren Moore	SS	109	171	288	46	63	.909	4.211
Robert Hamric	SS	22	47	50	20	10	.829	4.409
Totals		1365	3431	1413	225	275	.956	3.549	17	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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