1949 Springfield Cubs Statistics

New England League (NEL) - Class: B
Team Record: 57-64
Finished 4th in the NEL
Manager: Robert Peterson (57-64)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 102,387, Avg. 1,692

1949 Springfield Cubs Roster

Playoffs - Springfield Cubs 2 games, Pawtucket Slaters 0
Finals - Portland Pilots 4 games, Springfield Cubs 3

The Springfield Cubs of the New England League ended the 1949 season with a record of 57 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the NEL.

Robert Peterson 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
Wes Carr	12	15	.444	2.83	35			21	2		229.0	225	96	72		81		130	5	1	6
Robert Giddens	10	10	.500	4.12	31			8	2		153.0	160	88	70		91		59	4	0	3
Bill Adkins	10	13	.435	3.68	31			10	0		181.0	179	90	74		106		105	12	0	9
Lawrence Gapinski	9	4	.692	3.47	21			12	1		135.0	134	64	52		61		71	4	0	2
Roman Bartkowski	5	3	.625	3.81	9			5	0		59.0	50	30	25		36		33	2	0	4
Joe Kuncl	5	6	.455	3.74	14			8	1		101.0	110	52	42		46		48	1	1	6
Connie Scherzer	3	6	.333	5.48	15			6	0		87.0	113	63	53		49		35	1	0	3
Robert Peterson	2	2	.500	0.00	11			1	0		31.0	31	17			13		24	2	0	2
Robert Kuhlman	1	1	.500	0.00	2			1	0		17.0	13	7			9		14	1	0	0
Luther Burns	0	0		0.00	5						9.0
Rudy Wojnarowski	0	0		0.00	2						8.0
Albert Kinsey	0	0		0.00	2						11.0
Robert Pugatch	0	0		0.00	1						3.0
Dusty Rhodes	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		4.0	8	4			1		3	0	0	0
Stephen Kelly	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		0.3	1	4			2		0	0	0	0
Ray Johnston	0	2	.000	0.00	5			0	0		247.0	32	19			10		11	1	0	0
Totals	57	64	.471	2.74	186	0	0	72	6	0	1275.3	1056	534	388	0	505	0	533	33	2	35	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 Klaus	120	565	483	87	158	27	17	2	42	3		77	36	.327	.422	.466	.888	225		2	3
Robert Pugatch	120	535	483	70	134	38	0	4	69	10		41	47	.277	.339	.381	.720	184		4	7
Dusty Rhodes	119	521	451	81	131	20	9	10	82	13		65	33	.290	.383	.441	.825	199		3	2
Dwight Maxhimer	101	431	369	55	109	18	3	11	70	2		57	45	.295	.391	.450	.841	166		1	4
James Forbes	119	503	437	46	108	13	8	1	46	2		56	71	.247	.333	.320	.653	140		0	10
Hank Nasternak	81	327	272	38	70	12	2	0	33	12		49	31	.257	.375	.316	.691	86		2	4
Ed McDade	79	316	281	34	70	6	1	0	18	4		27	21	.249	.317	.278	.595	78		1	7
Joe Sullivan	60	224	199	16	46	6	0	1	23	0		22	27	.231	.308	.276	.584	55		0	3
Fred Storck	23	99	85	11	24	2	1	0	9	2		14	8	.282	.384	.329	.713	28		0	0
Bill Wilkins	38	136	115	9	23	5	2	0	17	0		19	23	.200	.319	.278	.597	32		1	1
Wes Carr	40	102	98	4	17	6	0	1	4	0		1	17	.173	.182	.265	.447	26		0	3
Dick Aylward	15	60	55	3	16	2	0	0	4	0		3	11	.291	.328	.327	.655	18		0	2
Irvin Fortune	21	63	53	5	13	4	0	1	7	0		10	12	.245	.365	.377	.742	20		0	0
Connie Scherzer	16	40	37	10	9	3	1	0	0	0		3	7	.243	.300	.378	.678	14		0	0
Robert Giddens	31	56	52	2	7	2	0	0	3	0		4	20	.135	.196	.173	.370	9		0	0
Bill Adkins	31	71	55	3	7	0	0	0	2	1		12	26	.127	.284	.127	.411	7		0	4
Robert Peterson	18	23	19	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		2	4	.316	.381	.368	.749	7		0	2
Joe Kuncl	14	38	36	4	6	1	0	0	1	0		1	16	.167	.189	.194	.384	7		0	1
Lawrence Gapinski	21	54	48	2	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	16	.104	.140	.125	.265	6		0	4
Roman Bartkowski	15	33	29	4	4	1	0	0	2	0		3	2	.138	.219	.172	.391	5		0	1
Totals	1082	4197	3657	487	963	168	44	31	436	49	0	468	473	.263	.349	.359	.708	1312	0	14	58	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Forbes	1B	119	1038	76	15	110	.987	9.361
Ed McDade	2B	42	105	117	11	40	.953	5.286
Billy Klaus	3B	92	93	175	20	17	.931	2.913
Joe Sullivan	C	58	281	48	12	8	.965	5.672	3
Bill Wilkins	C	36	164	27	12	2	.941	5.306	5
Irvin Fortune	C	16	74	13	5	3	.946	5.438	3
Dick Aylward	C	12	66	7	1	0	.986	6.083	3
Robert Pugatch	OF	120	249	22	10	3	.964	2.258
Dusty Rhodes	OF	113	213	12	6	2	.974	1.991
Dwight Maxhimer	OF	100	195	19	9	7	.960	2.140
Fred Storck	OF	21	41	2	4	1	.915	2.048
Wes Carr	P	35	10	46	3	4	.949	1.600
Robert Giddens	P	31	5	36	2	4	.953	1.323
Bill Adkins	P	31	12	44	3	5	.949	1.806
Lawrence Gapinski	P	21	8	27	3	2	.921	1.667
Connie Scherzer	P	15	6	26	2	4	.941	2.133
Joe Kuncl	P	14	3	22	3	2	.893	1.786
Robert Peterson	P	11	6	8	0	1	1.000	1.273
Roman Bartkowski	P	9						.000
Ray Johnston	P	5						.000
Luther Burns	P	5						.000
Rudy Wojnarowski	P	2						.000
Robert Kuhlman	P	2						.000
Albert Kinsey	P	2						.000
Dusty Rhodes	P	1						.000
Robert Pugatch	P	1						.000
Stephen Kelly	P	1						.000
Hank Nasternak	SS	73	175	214	23	53	.944	5.329
Ed McDade	SS	30	55	98	12	17	.927	5.100
Billy Klaus	SS	18	46	53	7	16	.934	5.500
Totals		1036	2845	1092	163	301	.960	3.800	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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