1948 Topeka Owls Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 4th in the WA
Manager: Winlow Johnson (0-0), Butch Nieman (0-0)
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 95,722, Avg. 1,408

1948 Topeka Owls Roster

Playoffs - Topeka Owls 3 games, Fort Smith Giants 1
Finals - St. Joseph Cardinals 4 games, Topeka Owls 2

The Topeka Owls of the Western Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the WA.

Winlow Johnson and Butch Nieman 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
Winlow Johnson	16	7	.696	2.89	56						218.0	228	103	70		75
Richard Pahmahmie	13	3	.812	2.51	18						111.0	119	38	31		46
Red Vogel	7	5	.583	5.29	18						102.0	119	76	60		34
Jack Bell	7	6	.538	3.74	19						118.0	111	68	49		82
Robert Scheer	6	9	.400	6.40	24						121.0	147	92	86		89
James McGee	6	12	.333	7.00	32						135.0	168	128	105		84
Jesse Van Hoose	5	6	.455	6.49	13						86.0	113	70	62		36
Bob Hegwood	2	1	.667	7.06	13						51.0	72	47	40		21
Totals	62	49	.559	4.81	193	0	0	0	0	0	942.0	1077	622	503	0	467	0	0	0	0	0	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
Omar Lane	129	485	485		164	25	0	11						.338	.338	.458	.796	222
Loren Packard	134	497	497		155	30	6	4						.312	.312	.421	.732	209
Butch Nieman	137	470	470		153	33	7	34						.326	.326	.643	.968	302
Casey Wonka	100	430	430		123	23	3	8						.286	.286	.409	.695	176
Frank Celona	126	437	437		110	13	3	1						.252	.252	.302	.554	132
Dick McConnell	133	488	488		108	24	1	1						.221	.221	.281	.502	137
Earl Skaggs	120	418	418		105	18	3	9						.251	.251	.373	.624	156
Joseph Yednock	86	331	331		96	17	3	10						.290	.290	.450	.740	149
Bob Hegwood	88	212	212		52	11	1	1						.245	.245	.321	.566	68
Gus Freeman	32	119	119		18	2	0	0						.151	.151	.168	.319	20
Duane Melvin	22	76	76		16	3	2	0						.211	.211	.303	.513	23
Winlow Johnson	57	76	76		14	1	1	0						.184	.184	.224	.408	17
Ray Lippman	18	61	61		13	1	1	0						.213	.213	.262	.475	16
Edward Brennan	17	35	35		11	3	1	0						.314	.314	.457	.771	16
Robert Scheer	28	54	54		10	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	10
Red Vogel	22	40	40		9	1	1	0						.225	.225	.300	.525	12
Jack Bell	21	39	39		8	2	0	0						.205	.205	.256	.462	10
Richard Pahmahmie	19	44	44		8	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	8
James McGee	32	44	44		7	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.318	7
Jesse Van Hoose	15	37	37		6	1	0	0						.162	.162	.189	.351	7
Robert McManus	11	35	35		5	1	0	0						.143	.143	.171	.314	6
Totals	1347	4428	4428	0	1191	209	33	79	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.385	.654	1703	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Winlow Johnson	P	56					.000
James McGee	P	32					.000
Robert Scheer	P	24					.000
Jack Bell	P	19					.000
Red Vogel	P	18					.000
Richard Pahmahmie	P	18					.000
Jesse Van Hoose	P	13					.000
Totals		180	0	0	0	0	.000

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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