1949 Oakland Oaks Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 104-83
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Chuck Dressen (104-83)
Location: Oakland, California
Ballpark: Oaks' Park
Attendance: 534,711, Avg. 5,719

1949 Oakland Oaks Roster

Playoffs - San Diego Padres 4 games, Oakland Oaks 3

The Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1949 season with a record of 104 wins and 83 losses, finishing second in the PCL.

The Oaks scored 985 runs, most in the league. Oakland yielded 886 runs.

Players from the 1949 Oakland Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Charlie Gassaway, Al Gettel, Jim Tobin, Lefty Wallace, Bud Sheely, Milo Candini, Gordon Goldsberry, Dario Lodigiani, Maurice Van Robays, Don Padgett, Lloyd Hittle, George Metkovich, Ed Samcoff, Ralph Buxton, Alonzo Perry, Forrest Thompson, Parnell Woods, Don Ferrarese, Artie Wilson, Earl Jones, Rex Cecil, Lou Tost, Rube Fischer, Aldon Wilkie, Jackie Jensen, Ray Hamrick, Les Scarsella, Dick Kryhoski, Billy Martin, Loyd Christopher, Earl Rapp, Bill Taylor, Les Webber, Earl Harrist, Tom Seats and Cookie Lavagetto.

Chuck Dressen 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
Charlie Gassaway	15	9	.625	3.94	38			12	2		217.0	219	102	95		79		97	11	1	0
Milo Candini	15	9	.625	4.04	34			11	0		176.0	167	89	79		67		88	1	0	1
Lou Tost	14	7	.667	4.01	43			6	2		157.0	158	89	70		48		78	4	1	1
Frank Nelson	14	11	.560	3.25	45			13	4		208.0	202	96	75		78		74	7	0	2
Forrest Thompson	11	8	.579	3.16	37			2	0		111.0	104	55	39		46		37	0	0	1
Earl Jones	10	10	.500	4.33	34			8	1		162.0	160	83	78		78		52	5	0	2
Lloyd Hittle	5	4	.556	3.89	15			7	1		74.0	63	36	32		25		42	2	0	2
Al Gettel	4	0	1.000	3.60	12			1	0		55.0	44	26	22		27		29	2	0	0
Ralph Buxton	4	4	.500	3.39	25			2	0		77.0	67	43	29		32		58	0	0	3
Rex Cecil	3	3	.500	5.27	24			1	0		70.0	66	50	41		26		37	2	0	2
Earl Harrist					11						0.0
Tom Seats					14						0.0
Frank Shone					12						0.0
Matt Zidich					12						0.0
Totals	95	65	.594	3.86	356	0	0	63	10	0	1307.0	1250	669	560	0	506	0	592	34	2	14	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
Billy Martin	172	692	623	90	178	27	3	12	92	11		41	49	.286	.338	.396	.734	247		8	20
Mel Duezabou	150	493	441	81	136	24	4	6	65	15		43	37	.308	.375	.422	.797	186		4	5
Cookie Lavagetto	142	534	459	76	133	23	1	6	58	2		72	40	.290	.386	.383	.770	176		0	3
Don Padgett	129	461	424	48	124	23	0	12	79	3		36	19	.292	.348	.432	.779	183		0	1
Jackie Jensen	125	510	467	63	122	21	7	9	77	5		36	43	.261	.317	.394	.711	184		2	5
Earl Rapp	97	402	340	76	117	24	3	15	86	6		56	40	.344	.441	.565	1.006	192		3	3
Loyd Christopher	135	446	395	61	109	26	0	21	69	4		45	51	.276	.353	.501	.854	198		2	4
George Metkovich	77	328	285	50	96	13	5	14	50	9		35	34	.337	.415	.565	.980	161		3	5
Dick Kryhoski	66	281	253	46	83	22	5	5	50	4		25	19	.328	.388	.514	.902	130		0	3
Maurice Van Robays	98	262	238	32	71	13	1	3	42	1		21	10	.298	.363	.399	.762	95		3	0
Les Scarsella	64	254	226	31	59	10	1	12	44	1		26	26	.261	.340	.473	.813	107		1	1
Parnell Woods	40	101	91	14	25	3	2	2	15	4		6	11	.275	.333	.418	.751	38		2	2
Ed Samcoff	54	131	109	12	23	6	0	0	8	2		15	15	.211	.306	.266	.573	29		0	7
Ray Hamrick	40	103	91	16	17	2	0	0	4	2		10	13	.187	.267	.209	.476	19		0	2
Lou Tost	43	57	50	3	11	1	1	0	3	0		4	18	.220	.278	.280	.558	14		0	3
Frank Nelson	54	80	65	9	11	1	0	0	4	1		8	21	.169	.260	.185	.445	12		0	7
Earl Jones	34	62	56	3	10	1	0	1	6	1		1	12	.179	.193	.250	.443	14		0	5
Charlie Gassaway	38	79	70	2	10	2	1	0	8	0		4	27	.143	.189	.200	.389	14		0	5
Milo Candini	36	68	61	5	9	1	0	0	4	0		2	13	.148	.175	.164	.339	10		0	5
Forrest Thompson	38	39	38	2	8	1	0	0	5	0		0	7	.211	.231	.237	.468	9		1	0
Bill Taylor	11	17	16	4	7	0	0	4	6	0		1	2	.438	.471	1.188	1.658	19		0	0
Rex Cecil	24	22	18	2	5	1	0	0	5	0		2	2	.278	.350	.333	.683	6		0	2
Lyle Palmer	10	11	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	4		0	0
Earl Harrist	11	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	1
Alonzo Perry	12	18	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		3	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	3		0	0
Matt Zidich	12	16	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.188	.188	.250	.438	4		0	0
Frank Shone	14	16	16	3	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	5	.188	.188	.312	.500	5		0	0
Lloyd Hittle	15	31	25	4	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	4	.120	.185	.120	.305	3		0	4
Al Gettel	12	20	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.118	.118	.176	.294	3		0	3
Walt Pocekay	10	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	1
Ralph Buxton	25	22	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.050	.095	.050	.145	1		0	1
James Tote	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0
Totals	1798	5585	4961	739	1386	248	35	122	786	71	0	497	539	.279	.348	.417	.766	2070	0	29	98	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Kryhoski	1B	66	574	43	8	57	.987	9.348
Les Scarsella	1B	64	552	38	7	57	.988	9.219
Cookie Lavagetto	1B	19	150	8	2	17	.988	8.316
Billy Martin	2B	152	415	426	29	109	.967	5.533
Cookie Lavagetto	3B	102	95	170	16	19	.943	2.598
Parnell Woods	3B	29	34	60	6	10	.940	3.241
Ed Samcoff	3B	11	5	13	2	0	.900	1.636
Ray Hamrick	3B	11	3	20	0	3	1.000	2.091
Don Padgett	C	108	435	31	15	7	.969	4.315	2
Mel Duezabou	OF	130	221	5	6	2	.974	1.738
Jackie Jensen	OF	121	248	12	16	2	.942	2.149
Loyd Christopher	OF	103	234	8	7	3	.972	2.350
Earl Rapp	OF	88	201	6	7	1	.967	2.352
George Metkovich	OF	73	180	7	2	2	.989	2.562
Maurice Van Robays	OF	55	85	1	4	0	.956	1.564
Frank Nelson	P	45	10	45	2	2	.965	1.222
Lou Tost	P	43	6	29	1	0	.972	.814
Charlie Gassaway	P	38	12	39	5	7	.911	1.342
Forrest Thompson	P	37	6	16	0	1	1.000	.595
Earl Jones	P	34	9	27	2	0	.947	1.059
Milo Candini	P	34	13	33	2	3	.958	1.353
Ralph Buxton	P	25	9	20	1	1	.967	1.160
Rex Cecil	P	24	2	7	0	0	1.000	.375
Lloyd Hittle	P	15	3	5	2	0	.800	.533
Tom Seats	P	14						.000
Matt Zidich	P	12	0	7	1	1	.875	.583
Frank Shone	P	12	5	5	1	0	.909	.833
Al Gettel	P	12	3	12	1	1	.938	1.250
Earl Harrist	P	11	1	2	1	0	.750	.273
Ed Samcoff	SS	29	55	89	9	15	.941	4.966
Ray Hamrick	SS	20	21	54	5	3	.938	3.750
Billy Martin	SS	18	39	49	8	14	.917	4.889
Totals		1555	3626	1287	168	337	.967	3.159	2	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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