1949 Marshall Browns Statistics
East Texas League (ETL) - Class: C
Team Record: 69-68
Finished 5th in the ETL
Manager: Walt DeFreitas (69-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Marshall, Texas
Ballpark: East Texas Fair Grounds Ball Field
Attendance: 60,585, Avg. 884
1949 Marshall Browns RosterTeam Record: 69-68
Finished 5th in the ETL
Manager: Walt DeFreitas (69-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Marshall, Texas
Ballpark: East Texas Fair Grounds Ball Field
Attendance: 60,585, Avg. 884
The Marshall Browns of the East Texas League ended the 1949 season with a record of 69 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the ETL.
Walt DeFreitas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Upchurch | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.20 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 205.0 | 156 | 82 | 50 | 81 | 210 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Mike Blyzka | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.61 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 262.0 | 261 | 138 | 105 | 147 | 173 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| William David | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.90 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 136.0 | 157 | 102 | 74 | 83 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Gene Leigh | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.39 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 137.0 | 163 | 103 | 82 | 72 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Merrill Merkle | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.91 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 99.0 | 104 | 79 | 65 | 102 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Louis Vavro | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.38 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 146.0 | 151 | 85 | 71 | 71 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jack Houston | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.48 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 69.0 | 82 | 69 | 42 | 57 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Don Cierniak | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Charles Roberts | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Snyder | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.39 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 72 | 73 | 55 | 64 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| John Chorley | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walt DeFreitas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Donald Pope | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Steve Kovach | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 68 | 67 | .504 | 4.36 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 1161.0 | 1189 | 756 | 563 | 0 | 717 | 0 | 716 | 43 | 2 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt DeFreitas | 124 | 493 | 460 | 77 | 148 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 87 | 14 | 28 | 12 | .322 | .363 | .459 | .822 | 211 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Kurtz | 135 | 607 | 520 | 85 | 148 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 59 | 6 | 74 | 57 | .285 | .377 | .385 | .761 | 200 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Bud Thomas | 136 | 569 | 540 | 64 | 142 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 79 | 6 | 18 | 65 | .263 | .288 | .387 | .675 | 209 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Henry Kane | 137 | 599 | 514 | 100 | 136 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 58 | 37 | 70 | 106 | .265 | .364 | .385 | .749 | 198 | 10 | 5 | ||||
| Tony Costa | 128 | 573 | 511 | 91 | 132 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 48 | 33 | .258 | .324 | .337 | .661 | 172 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Steve Kovach | 110 | 420 | 395 | 49 | 128 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 12 | 20 | 20 | .324 | .358 | .390 | .748 | 154 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Art Lucchesi | 107 | 430 | 372 | 57 | 106 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 18 | 53 | 52 | .285 | .380 | .382 | .762 | 142 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Schambon | 87 | 388 | 330 | 50 | 91 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 43 | 28 | .276 | .366 | .379 | .745 | 125 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| John Howson | 76 | 327 | 274 | 45 | 72 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 46 | 32 | .263 | .371 | .365 | .736 | 100 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Red Jones | 47 | 194 | 170 | 25 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 20 | 9 | .300 | .380 | .435 | .816 | 74 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Donald Pope | 41 | 173 | 154 | 29 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 13 | .279 | .347 | .390 | .737 | 60 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Mike Blyzka | 39 | 114 | 106 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .236 | .270 | .292 | .563 | 31 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Gene Leigh | 35 | 71 | 67 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .239 | .271 | .269 | .540 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Upchurch | 30 | 84 | 78 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .167 | .188 | .218 | .405 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Louis Vavro | 21 | 62 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .200 | .279 | .218 | .497 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| William David | 36 | 79 | 60 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .183 | .338 | .183 | .521 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Merrill Merkle | 16 | 43 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .220 | .238 | .268 | .506 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Houston | 10 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .167 | .194 | .200 | .394 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Snyder | 17 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .174 | .321 | .174 | .495 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Roberts | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Cierniak | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1338 | 5298 | 4710 | 730 | 1291 | 241 | 56 | 37 | 634 | 117 | 0 | 471 | 542 | .274 | .344 | .373 | .717 | 1755 | 0 | 34 | 83 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Schambon | 1B | 87 | 738 | 39 | 9 | 70 | .989 | 8.931 | ||||
| Donald Pope | 1B | 37 | 289 | 15 | 11 | 27 | .965 | 8.216 | ||||
| Red Jones | 1B | 14 | 116 | 5 | 3 | 17 | .976 | 8.643 | ||||
| Walt DeFreitas | 2B | 122 | 317 | 348 | 26 | 88 | .962 | 5.451 | ||||
| John Howson | 2B | 22 | 36 | 51 | 7 | 9 | .926 | 3.955 | ||||
| Robert Kurtz | 3B | 135 | 146 | 291 | 31 | 31 | .934 | 3.237 | ||||
| Steve Kovach | C | 106 | 576 | 59 | 14 | 4 | .978 | 5.991 | 14 | |||
| John Howson | C | 41 | 175 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .976 | 4.976 | 10 | |||
| Henry Kane | OF | 137 | 251 | 9 | 15 | 1 | .945 | 1.898 | ||||
| Tony Costa | OF | 125 | 226 | 14 | 17 | 1 | .934 | 1.920 | ||||
| Art Lucchesi | OF | 106 | 240 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .988 | 2.292 | ||||
| Red Jones | OF | 32 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.594 | ||||
| John Howson | OF | 22 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.955 | ||||
| Mike Blyzka | P | 38 | 14 | 56 | 4 | 6 | .946 | 1.842 | ||||
| James Upchurch | P | 29 | 9 | 42 | 4 | 4 | .927 | 1.759 | ||||
| Gene Leigh | P | 28 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .829 | 1.036 | ||||
| William David | P | 27 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 2 | .898 | 1.630 | ||||
| Louis Vavro | P | 21 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.619 | ||||
| Robert Snyder | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .941 | ||||
| Merrill Merkle | P | 16 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .808 | 1.312 | ||||
| Jack Houston | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Don Cierniak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Chorley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Roberts | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Pope | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Kovach | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt DeFreitas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bud Thomas | SS | 136 | 237 | 353 | 51 | 65 | .920 | 4.338 | ||||
| Totals | 1321 | 3487 | 1450 | 226 | 333 | .956 | 3.737 | 24 | 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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