1949 Newnan Brownies Statistics
Georgia-Alabama League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 74-52
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Joe Schmidt (74-52)
Location: Newnan, Georgia
Ballpark: Pickett Field
Attendance: 56,976, Avg. 904
1949 Newnan Brownies RosterTeam Record: 74-52
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Joe Schmidt (74-52)
Location: Newnan, Georgia
Ballpark: Pickett Field
Attendance: 56,976, Avg. 904
Playoffs - Newnan Brownies 3 games, Tallassee Cardinals 2
Finals - Alexander City Millers 4 games, Newnan Brownies 2
The Newnan Brownies of the Georgia-Alabama League ended the 1949 season with a record of 74 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the GGL.
Joe Schmidt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McFadden | 21 | 9 | .700 | 2.55 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 244.0 | 196 | 98 | 69 | 99 | 180 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Billy Niepoetter | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4.26 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 184.0 | 189 | 120 | 87 | 116 | 142 | 6 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Parks Thomas | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.59 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 167.0 | 141 | 73 | 48 | 84 | 112 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Elmer Wallace | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.02 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 147.0 | 141 | 50 | 33 | 65 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Homer Garner | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.50 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 120.0 | 118 | 79 | 60 | 45 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Richard Wagner | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.60 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 80.0 | 66 | 41 | 32 | 35 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| James Tenney | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.64 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 94.0 | 87 | 50 | 38 | 51 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Glenn Bird | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Millard Swancey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Theodore Cromleigh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peter Konek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steve Hirkala | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Lutz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Auge | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Garner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Vince Natale | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 74 | 52 | .587 | 3.03 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 1089.0 | 982 | 537 | 367 | 0 | 511 | 0 | 676 | 37 | 0 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Schmidt | 123 | 552 | 455 | 102 | 140 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 108 | 13 | 93 | 21 | .308 | .425 | .484 | .909 | 220 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Millard | 124 | 542 | 462 | 80 | 135 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 81 | 9 | 70 | 41 | .292 | .393 | .403 | .796 | 186 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| Carl Franson | 124 | 576 | 498 | 106 | 134 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 104 | 4 | 68 | 70 | .269 | .368 | .530 | .898 | 264 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Alton McAfee | 121 | 508 | 434 | 73 | 112 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 12 | 67 | 29 | .258 | .359 | .350 | .709 | 152 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Robert Fulton | 113 | 434 | 347 | 56 | 98 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 63 | 7 | 86 | 27 | .282 | .426 | .444 | .870 | 154 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Spaff Taylor | 89 | 327 | 270 | 43 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 55 | 55 | .222 | .356 | .256 | .611 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Edwin Dickson | 63 | 290 | 236 | 50 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 46 | 23 | .233 | .365 | .275 | .640 | 65 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| James Lazzari | 36 | 164 | 135 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 25 | .200 | .341 | .289 | .630 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert McCulloch | 54 | 149 | 118 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 45 | .212 | .372 | .280 | .651 | 33 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Parks Thomas | 26 | 77 | 70 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .271 | .320 | .300 | .620 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John McFadden | 37 | 97 | 87 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .184 | .228 | .195 | .424 | 17 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Billy Niepoetter | 34 | 79 | 63 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .159 | .254 | .159 | .412 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| William Hardegree | 16 | 76 | 64 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | .156 | .289 | .156 | .446 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Homer Garner | 20 | 54 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .188 | .264 | .250 | .514 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Peter Konek | 10 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .276 | .364 | .310 | .674 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernest Rees | 12 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .167 | .255 | .190 | .446 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Wagner | 13 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .200 | .333 | .240 | .573 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| James Tenney | 18 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .148 | .378 | .148 | .527 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Elmer Wallace | 42 | 62 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .060 | .190 | .060 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 1075 | 4139 | 3460 | 607 | 877 | 147 | 27 | 68 | 539 | 67 | 0 | 606 | 440 | .253 | .369 | .371 | .740 | 1282 | 0 | 28 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton McAfee | 1B | 121 | 991 | 53 | 19 | 76 | .982 | 8.628 | ||||
| Joe Schmidt | 2B | 123 | 326 | 304 | 17 | 65 | .974 | 5.122 | ||||
| Carl Franson | 3B | 124 | 122 | 250 | 37 | 19 | .910 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Fulton | C | 98 | 609 | 60 | 26 | 4 | .963 | 6.827 | 16 | |||
| Robert McCulloch | C | 39 | 174 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 4.974 | 8 | |||
| Spaff Taylor | OF | 69 | 129 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .937 | 1.942 | ||||
| Edwin Dickson | OF | 63 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.444 | ||||
| James Lazzari | OF | 36 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 2.028 | ||||
| William Hardegree | OF | 16 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 2.625 | ||||
| Ernest Rees | OF | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 2.091 | ||||
| Robert Fulton | OF | 11 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.909 | ||||
| Elmer Wallace | P | 42 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| John McFadden | P | 37 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | .897 | .946 | ||||
| Billy Niepoetter | P | 34 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .676 | ||||
| Parks Thomas | P | 26 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 4 | .911 | 1.577 | ||||
| James Tenney | P | 18 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .944 | ||||
| Homer Garner | P | 17 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Richard Wagner | P | 13 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| Glenn Bird | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Millard Swancey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Smith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vince Natale | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Lutz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Konek | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Hirkala | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garner | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Theodore Cromleigh | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Auge | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Millard | SS | 123 | 258 | 326 | 61 | 57 | .905 | 4.748 | ||||
| Totals | 1037 | 2868 | 1197 | 197 | 232 | .954 | 3.920 | 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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