1948 Lawton Giants Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 77-59
Finished 2nd in the SSL
Manager: Louis Brower (77-59)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 33,864, Avg. 498

1948 Lawton Giants Roster

Playoffs - Seminole Oilers 3 games, Lawton Giants 2

The Lawton Giants of the Sooner State League ended the 1948 season with a record of 77 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the SSL.

Louis Brower 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
Bob Giddings	25	8	.758	3.20	48	23					259.0	230	120	92		116
Paul Merritt	15	7	.682	4.30	37	21					199.0	200	121	95		134
Charles Menke	15	11	.577	2.99	39	27					232.0	196	125	77		161
Dempsey Sterling	7	2	.778	3.96	13	11					84.0	74	45	37		48
Marion Grant	5	6	.455	4.88	20	12					94.0	90	75	51		75
Jim de Bruin	3	4	.429	4.58	13	9					53.0	42	37	27		59
Ray Ditto	1	3	.250	4.88	8	4					48.0	50	37	26		39
Eldon Schrader	0	6	.000	5.50	11	7					54.0	55	45	33		40
Totals	71	47	.602	3.85	189	114	0	0	0	0	1023.0	937	605	438	0	672	0	0	0	0	0	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
Marv Blaylock	129	477	477		136	17	18	6						.285	.285	.434	.719	207
Howard Weeks	138	439	439		128	25	4	10						.292	.292	.435	.727	191
Ray Ditto	135	531	531		125	20	7	0						.235	.235	.299	.535	159
Thomas Marino	113	393	393		115	27	9	3						.293	.293	.430	.723	169
Marcel Poelker	133	523	523		110	14	2	1						.210	.210	.250	.461	131
Herbert Tufts	121	400	400		92	14	6	0						.230	.230	.295	.525	118
Gail Leachman	72	269	269		81	8	11	3						.301	.301	.446	.747	120
George Cullum	61	168	168		44	8	3	3						.262	.262	.399	.661	67
John Rapacz	47	155	155		35	7	3	0						.226	.226	.310	.535	48
Bob Giddings	63	143	143		33	4	2	1						.231	.231	.308	.538	44
Mace Avant	29	107	107		25	2	2	0						.234	.234	.290	.523	31
Paul Merritt	44	99	99		22	2	0	0						.222	.222	.242	.465	24
Charles Menke	52	103	103		19	2	0	0						.184	.184	.204	.388	21
Ron Samford	17	64	64		15	2	1	0						.234	.234	.297	.531	19
Thomas McCreary	38	121	121		15	0	2	0						.124	.124	.157	.281	19
Dempsey Sterling	13	35	35		10	1	0	0						.286	.286	.314	.600	11
Robert Klube	16	48	48		8	1	0	0						.167	.167	.188	.354	9
Tom Null	21	54	54		7	1	0	0						.130	.130	.148	.278	8
Bob Harrison	13	23	23		5	1	0	0						.217	.217	.261	.478	6
Jim de Bruin	14	17	17		4	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.471	4
Marion Grant	23	39	39		4	0	1	0						.103	.103	.154	.256	6
Eldon Schrader	12	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Totals	1304	4222	4222	0	1035	156	71	27	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.335	.580	1414	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Giddings	P	48					.000
Charles Menke	P	39					.000
Paul Merritt	P	37					.000
Marion Grant	P	20					.000
Dempsey Sterling	P	13					.000
Jim de Bruin	P	13					.000
Eldon Schrader	P	11					.000
Totals		181	0	0	0	0	.000

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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