1946 New Bern Bears Statistics

Coastal Plain League (CPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 57-68
Finished 7th in the CPL
Manager: Abe White (57-68)
Location: New Bern, North Carolina
Ballpark: Kafer Park
Attendance: 90,485, Avg. 1,448

1946 New Bern Bears Roster

The New Bern Bears of the Coastal Plain League ended the 1946 season with a record of 57 wins and 68 losses, finishing seventh in the CPL.

Abe White 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
Abe White	13	7	.650	2.80	33						209.0	211		65		41		136
Red Derda	10	8	.556	2.87	30						166.0	149		53		70		87
Jerry Sheehan	10	8	.556	4.47	27						157.0	169		78		61		93
Ronald Turnage	9	13	.409	4.14	36						161.0	176		74		113		117
Frank Strickler	9	16	.360	3.47	35						192.0	194		74		50		145
Bob Doak	4	4	.500	5.21	18						76.0	89		44		40		31
Totals	55	56	.495	3.63	179	0	0	0	0	0	961.0	988	0	388	0	375	0	609	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
Vernon Shetler	123	403	403	83	146	31	11	20	95	10				.362	.362	.643	1.005	259
Curtis Lowry	125	487	487	78	142	21	7	1	45	16				.292	.292	.370	.661	180
Ray Urban	98	362	362	43	101	21	3	2	37	4				.279	.279	.370	.649	134
Ted Pinner	79	308	308	53	93	18	4	2	41	16				.302	.302	.406	.708	125
Johnny George	120	419	419	48	91	8	4	2	41	6				.217	.217	.270	.487	113
Bob Doak	87	276	276	45	80	3	1	11	21	15				.290	.290	.428	.717	118
Howard Hobgood	76	293	293	37	78	15	1	1	32	5				.266	.266	.334	.601	98
Grady Stott	58	221	221	32	66	9	5	4	31	3				.299	.299	.439	.738	97
Jack Kelly	81	258	258	26	66	6	2	1	28	7				.256	.256	.306	.562	79
Ken Guettler	47	171	171	28	42	7	4	3	21	4				.246	.246	.386	.632	66
Jerry Sheehan	46	120	120	13	30	6	0	0	15	0				.250	.250	.300	.550	36
Frank Strickler	42	93	93	11	27	3	0	1	5	2				.290	.290	.355	.645	33
Howard Adair	23	78	78	10	22	1	1	0	11	5				.282	.282	.321	.603	25
Frank Edde	20	73	73	8	20	3	0	3	11	0				.274	.274	.438	.712	32
Raymond Silbernagel	21	79	79	5	20	2	0	0	6	0				.253	.253	.278	.532	22
Adam Gruca	21	85	85	13	17	2	1	0	5	1				.200	.200	.247	.447	21
Abe White	36	79	79	4	16	3	0	0	3	0				.203	.203	.241	.443	19
Red Derda	31	59	59	2	10	1	0	0	5	0				.169	.169	.186	.356	11
John Murray	15	39	39	4	7	0	0	0	6	0				.179	.179	.179	.359	7
Joseph Lalak	12	32	32	1	6	1	0	0	3	0				.188	.188	.219	.406	7
Jim Hatchell	11	22	22	1	5	0	0	0	2	0				.227	.227	.227	.455	5
Ronald Turnage	36	56	56	2	4	0	0	0	1	1				.071	.071	.071	.143	4
Ray Landerfelt	10	17	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0				.059	.059	.118	.176	2
Totals	1218	4030	4030	547	1090	162	44	51	465	95	0	0	0	.270	.270	.370	.641	1493	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Vernon Shetler	1B		921	62	25		.975
Raymond Silbernagel	2B		31	2	2		.943
Jack Kelly	2B		172	126	27		.917
Howard Hobgood	2B		154	199	32		.917
Adam Gruca	2B		50	51	14		.878
Curtis Lowry	3B		147	260	22		.949
John Murray	C		62	7	2		.972
Johnny George	C		613	101	20		.973
Ray Urban	OF		231	11	20		.924
Grady Stott	OF		119	8	10		.927
Ray Landerfelt	OF		5	0	1		.833
Jim Hatchell	OF		8	2	1		.909
Ken Guettler	OF		54	15	0		1.000
Frank Edde	OF		31	2	2		.943
Bob Doak	OF		126	22	8		.949
Howard Adair	OF		29	0	2		.935
Ronald Turnage	P	36	4	43	7		.870	1.306
Frank Strickler	P	35	18	61	7		.919	2.257
Abe White	P	33	1	41	6		.875	1.273
Red Derda	P	30	46	3	4		.925	1.633
Jerry Sheehan	P	27	22	50	6		.923	2.667
Bob Doak	P	18						.000
Ted Pinner	SS		199	53	29		.897
Joseph Lalak	SS		11	10	4		.840
Totals		179	3054	1129	251	0	.943	23.369

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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