1949 Petersburg Generals Statistics

Virginia League (VL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-54
Finished 2nd in the VL
Manager: Paul Varner (72-54)
Location: Petersburg, Virginia
Ballpark: McKenzie Street Park
Attendance: 76,000, Avg. 1,206

1949 Petersburg Generals Roster

Playoffs - Petersburg Generals 4 games, Emporia Nationals 3
Finals - Petersburg Generals 4 games, Franklin Kildees 2

The Petersburg Generals of the Virginia League ended the 1949 season with a record of 72 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the VL.

Paul Varner 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
Vernon Holland	18	8	.692	4.83	38			19	0		216.0	228	150	116		102		107	5	0	9
William Archer	14	12	.538	3.89	33			14	2		192.0	218	101	83		56		83	4	1	5
James Cornett	12	5	.706	3.51	34			9	0		182.0	188	93	71		36		109	4	0	5
Jake Pearce	9	7	.562	4.00	30			12	0		153.0	158	93	68		60		56	6	0	3
George James	3	4	.429	3.92	14			2	0		62.0	65	32	27		37		23	1	0	2
Totals	56	36	.609	4.08	149	0	0	56	2	0	805.0	857	469	365	0	291	0	378	20	1	24	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
Paul Varner	125	573	487	106	173	42	4	4	100	18		77	8	.355	.447	.483	.930	235		4	5
George Ring	114	541	449	103	133	21	5	4	70	22		86	48	.296	.409	.392	.801	176		0	6
Silvio DiMenna	119	514	424	79	131	36	0	19	94	1		86	49	.309	.429	.528	.957	224		3	1
Paul Crawford	124	526	458	81	124	22	4	20	102	2		62	41	.271	.363	.467	.830	214		4	2
Harwood Lowe	121	507	427	66	103	12	3	1	40	8		65	67	.241	.345	.290	.636	124		3	12
Ken Hatcher	99	342	293	52	88	13	1	14	67	3		46	33	.300	.401	.495	.895	145		3	0
Vernon Holland	95	301	285	39	86	9	0	0	34	4		10	22	.302	.330	.333	.663	95		2	4
Clarence Groat	57	246	190	58	53	11	3	5	38	2		54	33	.279	.443	.447	.890	85		2	0
William Newman	54	182	153	27	35	2	0	1	18	2		23	16	.229	.337	.261	.599	40		2	4
William Archer	44	114	102	14	24	1	0	3	20	0		6	9	.235	.278	.333	.611	34		0	6
William McKenna	26	114	98	14	20	4	0	2	11	3		12	5	.204	.291	.306	.597	30		0	4
Floyd Laney	19	62	56	7	16	3	0	0	11	0		5	4	.286	.344	.339	.684	19		0	1
Ted Lopat	36	89	71	10	13	8	0	0	6	1		18	21	.183	.348	.296	.644	21		0	0
Jake Pearce	32	68	51	7	8	2	0	0	4	0		4	21	.157	.218	.196	.414	10		0	13
James Cornett	34	86	57	9	7	1	0	0	8	0		25	19	.123	.390	.140	.531	8		0	4
James Coleman	11	47	39	5	6	1	0	0	4	2		8	4	.154	.298	.179	.477	7		0	0
George James	14	24	15	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		6	4	.267	.476	.333	.810	5		0	3
Malcolm Mallory	14	28	24	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	8	.167	.231	.167	.397	4		0	2
Jack Pope	11	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		1	0
Totals	1149	4377	3690	684	1029	189	20	73	628	68	0	596	420	.279	.383	.400	.783	1477	0	24	67	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Silvio DiMenna	1B	114	1035	51	20	96	.982	9.526
Vernon Holland	1B	12	76	3	1	10	.988	6.583
George Ring	2B	25	70	59	5	20	.963	5.160
William Newman	2B	22	61	44	1	7	.991	4.773
Paul Varner	3B	122	136	294	40	36	.915	3.525
Paul Crawford	C	123	574	73	20	7	.970	5.260	14
Floyd Laney	C	12	40	7	4	1	.922	3.917	0
George Ring	OF	93	134	10	6	2	.960	1.548
Ken Hatcher	OF	90	141	9	10	1	.938	1.667
Clarence Groat	OF	55	122	8	2	3	.985	2.364
Vernon Holland	OF	38	54	5	1	1	.983	1.553
William Newman	OF	23	20	1	0	0	1.000	.913
Ted Lopat	OF	23	27	1	2	0	.933	1.217
William McKenna	OF	20	40	4	4	1	.917	2.200
James Coleman	OF	11	15	0	2	0	.882	1.364
Vernon Holland	P	38	10	56	3	3	.957	1.737
James Cornett	P	34	9	37	5	4	.902	1.353
William Archer	P	33	10	53	3	4	.955	1.909
Jake Pearce	P	30	11	29	1	0	.976	1.333
George James	P	14	2	8	1	0	.909	.714
Harwood Lowe	SS	121	213	354	64	57	.899	4.686
Totals		1053	2800	1106	195	253	.952	3.709	14	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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