1949 Savannah Indians Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 84-68
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Frank Skaff (84-68)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 150,109, Avg. 1,975

1949 Savannah Indians Roster

Playoffs - Greenville Spinners 4 games, Savannah Indians 3

The Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League ended the 1949 season with a record of 84 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

Frank Skaff 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
Alfred Burch	20	6	.769	2.47	31			16	6		211.0	172	66	58		83		101	2	1	2
Sandy Silverstein	14	11	.560	2.10	31			20	3		231.0	193	78	54		64		110	4	1	5
Moe Burtschy	12	12	.500	3.35	31			14	2		204.0	163	96	76		121		146	8	0	7
Kelly Swift	10	3	.769	2.47	24			10	2		131.0	91	48	36		81		83	7	0	7
Herbert Whitcomb	7	5	.583	3.52	32			7	1		156.0	144	68	61		69		81	4	0	10
Art Ditmar	7	6	.538	2.85	30			7	1		142.0	119	57	45		57		56	3	0	6
Harry Desert	6	7	.462	5.67	28			0	0		81.0	101	54	51		38		33	1	1	6
Bill Hockenbury	3	2	.600	6.46	11			2	0		46.0	45	36	33		42		21	1	1	7
Jeff Warren	2	4	.333	4.21	19			1	0		47.0	44	28	22		42		21	3	1	10
Harry Byrd	2	8	.200	4.67	10			4	0		54.0	51	32	28		34		42	3	0	4
Zeb Eaton	1	0	1.000	0.00	5			1	0		21.0	19	13			15		11	3	0	0
Bob Davis	0	0		0.00	3						1.3
William LaFrance	0	0		0.00	4						5.0
Plaskie McCree	0	0		0.00	4						9.0
Mike Kume	0	1	.000	0.00	4			0	0		10.0	9	7			9		9	0	1	2
Mason Bowes	0	3	.000	0.00	3			0	0		8.0	18	18			9		5	0	0	0
Totals	84	68	.553	3.08	270	0	0	82	15	0	1357.3	1169	601	464	0	664	0	719	39	6	66	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
Cal Ermer	153	692	612	84	141	28	6	9	60	3		61	99	.230	.303	.340	.643	208		3	16
George Wright	138	587	512	73	138	28	7	6	64	4		66	39	.270	.355	.387	.742	198		2	7
William Benton	149	609	526	90	137	29	12	14	77	13		68	67	.260	.349	.441	.791	232		4	11
Jim Edwards	148	597	545	56	129	21	0	8	50	12		42	72	.237	.294	.319	.613	174		2	8
Freddie Rossetti	131	557	491	68	128	12	2	1	30	19		59	11	.261	.341	.299	.641	147		1	6
Dick Adams	125	540	477	73	122	20	3	14	79	5		49	56	.256	.330	.398	.729	190		4	10
Joe Stringfellow	136	548	463	78	121	26	3	18	77	7		77	81	.261	.374	.447	.821	207		6	2
Bob Wellman	111	448	413	55	117	15	4	13	63	3		30	46	.283	.333	.433	.767	179		1	4
Zeb Eaton	49	174	155	11	36	8	2	3	16	1		16	56	.232	.308	.368	.676	57		1	2
Alfred Burch	42	91	87	11	24	3	0	0	8	0		2	6	.276	.292	.310	.602	27		0	2
Edward Wayne	32	119	106	12	22	5	0	0	13	1		13	7	.208	.294	.255	.549	27		0	0
Sandy Silverstein	32	94	87	4	21	1	0	0	5	1		2	14	.241	.275	.253	.528	22		2	3
William LaFrance	49	150	121	12	19	4	1	1	14	0		27	37	.157	.311	.231	.542	28		0	2
Theodore Zakrzewski	22	84	65	10	16	1	1	0	8	0		18	16	.246	.417	.292	.709	19		1	0
Art Ditmar	31	59	57	6	13	0	0	1	7	0		1	13	.228	.241	.281	.522	16		0	1
Bill Phillips	19	42	42	1	10	3	0	0	6	0		0	14	.238	.238	.310	.548	13		0	0
Bill Hockenbury	26	51	48	2	10	2	0	0	2	0		2	13	.208	.255	.250	.505	12		1	0
Moe Burtschy	33	81	68	5	9	2	1	0	2	0		10	31	.132	.253	.191	.444	13		1	2
Jim Vojcsik	25	62	55	7	8	1	0	1	8	0		5	24	.145	.230	.218	.448	12		1	1
Herbert Whitcomb	34	60	56	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		2	14	.143	.172	.161	.333	9		0	2
Jeff Warren	19	14	13	2	4	1	0	0	5	0		1	2	.308	.357	.385	.742	5		0	0
Harry Desert	28	29	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		2	5	.120	.185	.120	.305	3		0	2
Kelly Swift	25	54	45	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		7	28	.044	.173	.044	.218	2		0	2
Harry Byrd	10	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1
Totals	1567	5760	5086	670	1238	211	42	89	599	70	0	560	755	.243	.322	.354	.676	1800	0	30	84	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Adams	1B	122	1014	86	15	89	.987	9.016
Bob Wellman	1B	14	117	12	1	11	.992	9.214
William LaFrance	1B	13	115	5	5	19	.960	9.231
Cal Ermer	2B	153	414	420	24	100	.972	5.451
George Wright	3B	132	162	275	28	30	.940	3.311
Freddie Rossetti	3B	24	29	39	8	3	.895	2.833
Joe Stringfellow	C	130	695	63	16	14	.979	5.831	13
Jim Vojcsik	C	19	27	9	1	0	.973	1.895	5
Bill Phillips	C	16	57	2	3	1	.952	3.688	5
William Benton	OF	149	371	13	11	1	.972	2.577
Freddie Rossetti	OF	105	200	3	8	0	.962	1.933
Bob Wellman	OF	96	185	6	7	1	.965	1.990
Zeb Eaton	OF	42	67	6	0	0	1.000	1.738
William LaFrance	OF	26	43	7	1	2	.980	1.923
Theodore Zakrzewski	OF	20	33	1	2	0	.944	1.700
Edward Wayne	OF	20	45	5	6	1	.893	2.500
Herbert Whitcomb	P	32	8	34	2	3	.955	1.312
Sandy Silverstein	P	31	12	38	2	1	.962	1.613
Moe Burtschy	P	31	15	48	8	4	.887	2.032
Alfred Burch	P	31	12	53	2	6	.970	2.097
Art Ditmar	P	30	7	21	2	0	.933	.933
Kelly Swift	P	24	4	16	0	1	1.000	.833
Harry Desert	P	23	2	22	0	0	1.000	1.043
Jeff Warren	P	19	2	5	1	1	.875	.368
Bill Hockenbury	P	11	6	5	1	0	.917	1.000
Harry Byrd	P	10	0	8	0	1	1.000	.800
Zeb Eaton	P	5						.000
Plaskie McCree	P	4						.000
William LaFrance	P	4						.000
Mike Kume	P	4						.000
Bob Davis	P	3						.000
Mason Bowes	P	3						.000
Jim Edwards	SS	148	289	404	60	77	.920	4.682
Totals		1494	3931	1606	214	366	.963	3.706	23	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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