1949 Kingsport Cherokees Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 35-84
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Irv Jeffries (0-0), Alvin Kluttz (0-0)
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 23,967, Avg. 403
1949 Kingsport Cherokees RosterTeam Record: 35-84
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Irv Jeffries (0-0), Alvin Kluttz (0-0)
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 23,967, Avg. 403
The Kingsport Cherokees of the Appalachian League ended the 1949 season with a record of 35 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
Irv Jeffries and Alvin Kluttz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Silliman | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.30 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 199.0 | 220 | 118 | 95 | 63 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Sonny Palcek | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.43 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 193.0 | 195 | 127 | 95 | 121 | 122 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Robert Schopp | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.50 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 82.0 | 97 | 58 | 41 | 18 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Dick McCallum | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.45 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 142.0 | 159 | 108 | 86 | 88 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Alvin Kluttz | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 54.0 | 65 | 32 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Neil Curry | 2 | 10 | .167 | 7.53 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 92.0 | 124 | 109 | 77 | 78 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Theodore Pontrich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Gary Thornburg | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Forrest Boelling | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 44 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Ralph Pownall | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.98 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 49.0 | 69 | 54 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Bob Mrozinski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Eades | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alvin Hollkamp | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 19.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Galasso | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bertrand Heuser | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donald Mulholland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philip Iosso | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Richard Hays | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Edward McKeeta | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| David Donaldson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Cassius Clay | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Paul Short | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Eugene Freiberger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Robert Costinett | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| John Delke | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Alton Reynolds | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 35 | 84 | .294 | 4.02 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1008.7 | 1170 | 855 | 451 | 0 | 635 | 0 | 601 | 34 | 3 | 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 Stilz | 116 | 475 | 413 | 64 | 110 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 8 | 59 | 45 | .266 | .361 | .370 | .731 | 153 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Powell King | 75 | 341 | 305 | 58 | 96 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 31 | 33 | 59 | .315 | .383 | .446 | .829 | 136 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Anthony Franc | 79 | 359 | 331 | 47 | 96 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 23 | 23 | .290 | .336 | .369 | .705 | 122 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| James Watkins | 104 | 404 | 358 | 39 | 82 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 44 | 73 | .229 | .313 | .299 | .612 | 107 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Fitzner | 120 | 475 | 397 | 48 | 77 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 62 | 90 | .194 | .309 | .234 | .543 | 93 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Percy Hough | 85 | 334 | 270 | 51 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 60 | 72 | .281 | .417 | .463 | .880 | 125 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | 73 | 243 | 214 | 31 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 22 | 18 | .294 | .376 | .421 | .797 | 90 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| John Van Meter | 55 | 249 | 222 | 33 | 60 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 50 | .270 | .336 | .374 | .710 | 83 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Gary Thornburg | 77 | 289 | 265 | 25 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 19 | 39 | .223 | .282 | .264 | .546 | 70 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Pope | 40 | 152 | 130 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 36 | .315 | .390 | .438 | .829 | 57 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Heidelbach | 39 | 170 | 153 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 25 | .268 | .341 | .346 | .688 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Silliman | 66 | 164 | 147 | 18 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 15 | .245 | .306 | .272 | .578 | 40 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Carl Harris | 24 | 98 | 96 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .302 | .309 | .396 | .705 | 38 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Roger Baylor | 27 | 101 | 89 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 36 | .213 | .307 | .393 | .700 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Dome | 27 | 106 | 78 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 7 | .192 | .406 | .231 | .636 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sonny Palcek | 30 | 85 | 66 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .212 | .316 | .333 | .649 | 22 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Dick McCallum | 37 | 61 | 58 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .224 | .262 | .276 | .538 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bertrand Heuser | 20 | 75 | 59 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | .220 | .370 | .305 | .675 | 18 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Herbert Rhodes | 10 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .286 | .342 | .286 | .628 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Daniel Clark | 11 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .194 | .341 | .250 | .591 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ralph Pownall | 10 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .261 | .238 | .499 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Schopp | 12 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .148 | .233 | .185 | .419 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Neil Curry | 21 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .094 | .194 | .094 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1158 | 4355 | 3802 | 533 | 968 | 164 | 43 | 30 | 433 | 90 | 0 | 470 | 684 | .255 | .341 | .344 | .685 | 1308 | 0 | 27 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Van Meter | 1B | 52 | 419 | 15 | 12 | 38 | .973 | 8.346 | ||||
| Anthony Franc | 1B | 41 | 273 | 23 | 6 | 21 | .980 | 7.220 | ||||
| Daniel Clark | 1B | 11 | 79 | 6 | 4 | 6 | .955 | 7.727 | ||||
| Anthony Franc | 2B | 39 | 102 | 96 | 13 | 24 | .938 | 5.077 | ||||
| Robert Heidelbach | 2B | 37 | 74 | 84 | 14 | 21 | .919 | 4.270 | ||||
| Robert Dome | 2B | 25 | 48 | 46 | 14 | 4 | .870 | 3.760 | ||||
| Carl Harris | 2B | 24 | 57 | 56 | 7 | 15 | .942 | 4.708 | ||||
| James Watkins | 3B | 92 | 74 | 122 | 38 | 7 | .838 | 2.130 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | 3B | 16 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 3.938 | ||||
| Percy Hough | C | 82 | 444 | 56 | 23 | 7 | .956 | 6.098 | 9 | |||
| Alvin Kluttz | C | 28 | 122 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 4.750 | 0 | |||
| John Stilz | C | 14 | 63 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .924 | 5.214 | 4 | |||
| Bertrand Heuser | C | 12 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| John Stilz | OF | 103 | 146 | 15 | 14 | 2 | .920 | 1.563 | ||||
| Powell King | OF | 75 | 155 | 8 | 15 | 0 | .916 | 2.173 | ||||
| Gary Thornburg | OF | 67 | 122 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .957 | 1.970 | ||||
| Bill Pope | OF | 39 | 86 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .911 | 2.359 | ||||
| Roger Baylor | OF | 24 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.458 | ||||
| George Silliman | OF | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | OF | 14 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dick McCallum | P | 35 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .600 | ||||
| George Silliman | P | 30 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 2.067 | ||||
| Sonny Palcek | P | 28 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 2.036 | ||||
| Neil Curry | P | 21 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.333 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | P | 13 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Robert Schopp | P | 12 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Ralph Pownall | P | 10 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Thornburg | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alvin Hollkamp | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Forrest Boelling | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Theodore Pontrich | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alton Reynolds | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Costinett | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Freiberger | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Delke | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cassius Clay | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward McKeeta | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Iosso | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Hays | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Eades | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Mrozinski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Donaldson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Short | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Mulholland | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bertrand Heuser | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Galasso | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Fitzner | SS | 115 | 201 | 330 | 52 | 56 | .911 | 4.617 | ||||
| Totals | 1156 | 2650 | 1128 | 261 | 218 | .935 | 3.268 | 13 | 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.
