1949 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-102
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Bill Sweeney (85-102)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: Vaughn Street Park
Attendance: 378,892, Avg. 4,052

1949 Portland Beavers Roster

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1949 season with a record of 85 wins and 102 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.

The Beavers scored 780 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 850 runs.

Members of the 1949 Portland Beavers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Gladd, Tommy Bridges, Ad Liska, Leo Thomas, Johnny Barrett, Eddie Basinski, George Diehl, Red Lynn, Frankie Austin, Ed Fernandes, Bill Fleming, Vince Shupe, Luis Márquez, Frankie Zak, Joe Brovia, Bob Joyce, Art Pennington, Johnny Lazor, Johnny Rucker, Bud Swartz, Ford Mullen and Jake Mooty.

Bill Sweeney 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
Hal Saltzman	23	13	.639	3.26	45			22	4		276.0	252	122	100		111		120	5	1	7
Roy Helser	16	10	.615	2.95	35			19	2		223.0	208	90	73		77		125	4	1	4
Tommy Bridges	11	11	.500	3.82	28			15	2		184.0	179	80	78		75		110	1	0	6
Vincent DeBiasi	9	16	.360	4.07	41			13	2		201.0	237	113	91		98		102	3	0	6
Bill Fleming	6	8	.429	3.99	45			4	2		142.0	157	84	63		61		56	3	0	3
Ad Liska	4	11	.267	3.86	32			4	1		140.0	147	75	60		42		4	3	0	2
Cal McIrvin	3	3	.500	6.75	23			0	0		56.0	62	47	42		46		18	2	0	8
Frank Dierickx					10						0.0
George Diehl					31						0.0
Red Lynn					21						0.0
Ray McNulty					10						0.0
Jake Mooty					10						0.0
Totals	72	72	.500	3.73	331	0	0	77	13	0	1222.0	1242	611	507	0	510	0	535	21	2	36	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
Leo Thomas	185	780	709	106	208	43	7	18	95	15		56	67	.293	.349	.450	.799	319		5	10
Johnny Rucker	174	728	687	108	203	39	3	17	95	13		28	32	.295	.323	.435	.758	299		0	13
Eddie Basinski	164	683	592	74	158	32	7	12	79	4		76	76	.267	.352	.405	.758	240		2	13
Luis Márquez	132	566	511	87	150	26	7	4	46	32		40	76	.294	.353	.395	.748	202		7	8
Joe Brovia	117	408	364	59	114	21	2	11	51	2		43	29	.313	.386	.473	.858	172		0	1
Frankie Austin	135	481	429	45	104	6	1	4	34	2		35	18	.242	.306	.289	.595	124		4	13
Jim Gladd	123	407	366	41	98	22	4	9	57	3		35	66	.268	.337	.423	.760	155		3	3
Dick Wenner	105	337	295	35	68	14	1	8	48	2		37	61	.231	.322	.366	.688	108		3	2
Ford Mullen	86	227	208	25	47	9	0	1	12	1		17	13	.226	.284	.284	.568	59		0	2
Joe Burgher	57	167	145	12	37	7	0	3	17	1		20	33	.255	.345	.366	.711	53		0	2
Ed Fernandes	57	160	117	13	32	3	0	2	18	0		43	17	.274	.469	.350	.819	41		0	0
Johnny Lazor	59	122	115	14	22	3	0	1	10	0		6	8	.191	.238	.243	.481	28		1	0
Roy Helser	44	99	94	7	19	5	0	0	13	0		3	13	.202	.235	.255	.490	24		1	1
Hal Saltzman	45	106	98	6	18	2	0	0	8	0		1	36	.184	.192	.204	.396	20		0	7
Marty Krug	31	106	96	8	16	3	1	1	7	0		9	14	.167	.238	.250	.488	24		0	1
Vincent DeBiasi	46	80	74	6	15	3	0	0	7	0		2	11	.203	.224	.243	.467	18		0	4
Dick Sinovic	14	61	53	6	14	6	1	0	7	1		5	7	.264	.328	.415	.743	22		0	3
Art Pennington	20	72	53	7	11	1	0	0	2	1		18	9	.208	.417	.226	.643	12		1	0
George Diehl	31	37	34	7	9	2	0	0	2	0		0	8	.265	.265	.324	.588	11		0	3
Bill Fleming	45	50	37	4	8	1	0	0	0	0		5	8	.216	.326	.243	.569	9		1	7
Tommy Bridges	28	67	59	3	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	29	.119	.148	.153	.300	9		0	6
Cal McIrvin	23	15	14	3	4	0	1	1	5	0		1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	9		0	0
Ray McNulty	18	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0
Frank Dierickx	10	14	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.077	.077	.154	.231	2		0	1
Ad Liska	32	49	39	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		6	13	.026	.174	.026	.200	1		1	3
Totals	1781	5828	5208	680	1365	251	35	92	615	77	0	488	651	.262	.329	.377	.705	1962	0	29	103	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Marty Krug	1B	31	255	13	4	22	.985	8.645
Leo Thomas	1B	21	165	9	1	18	.994	8.286
Eddie Basinski	2B	164	409	427	22	14	.974	5.098
Ford Mullen	2B	24	58	68	1	14	.992	5.250
Leo Thomas	3B	136	168	303	30	39	.940	3.463
Ford Mullen	3B	38	23	51	11	6	.871	1.947
Jim Gladd	C	116	511	63	10	6	.983	4.948	11
Joe Burgher	C	45	149	23	7	6	.961	3.822	2
Ed Fernandes	C	38	130	25	3	7	.981	4.079	3
Johnny Rucker	OF	165	415	8	10	2	.977	2.564
Luis Márquez	OF	132	380	23	13	4	.969	3.053
Joe Brovia	OF	95	182	7	5	1	.974	1.989
Dick Wenner	OF	83	142	10	1	1	.993	1.831
Johnny Lazor	OF	30	39	3	1	1	.977	1.400
Art Pennington	OF	15	23	4	2	0	.931	1.800
Dick Sinovic	OF	14	26	1	1	0	.964	1.929
Hal Saltzman	P	45	13	36	2	2	.961	1.089
Bill Fleming	P	45	6	19	2	1	.926	.556
Vincent DeBiasi	P	41	15	42	4	1	.934	1.390
Roy Helser	P	35	8	56	1	4	.985	1.829
Ad Liska	P	32	8	37	1	0	.978	1.406
George Diehl	P	31	6	15	3	0	.875	.677
Tommy Bridges	P	28	12	27	0	1	1.000	1.393
Cal McIrvin	P	23	3	13	0	1	1.000	.696
Red Lynn	P	21						.000
Jake Mooty	P	10						.000
Ray McNulty	P	10	0	7	2	0	.778	.700
Frank Dierickx	P	10	1	5	2	0	.750	.600
Frankie Austin	SS	134	237	374	41	62	.937	4.560
Leo Thomas	SS	17	21	21	3	5	.933	2.471
Ford Mullen	SS	11	6	17	1	1	.958	2.091
Totals		1640	3411	1707	184	219	.965	3.121	16	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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