1949 Topeka Owls Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 77-61
Finished 4th in the WA
Manager: Butch Nieman (77-61)
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 116,136, Avg. 1,683

1949 Topeka Owls Roster

Playoffs - Topeka Owls 3 games, St. Joseph Cardinals 2
Finals - Joplin Miners 4 games, Topeka Owls 2

The Topeka Owls of the Western Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 77 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the WA.

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
Richard Pahmahmie	18	10	.643	3.63	33			21	3		243.0	232	115	98		86		154	9	1	4
Jack Dean	13	7	.650	3.99	23			14	0		158.0	156	83	70		67		98	7	0	4
Jack Bell	13	12	.520	3.59	27			19	2		203.0	173	102	81		108		169	3	0	12
James Price	11	9	.550	2.89	33			13	3		190.0	177	84	61		79		126	5	0	7
Alex Grieves	9	11	.450	4.29	24			10	2		147.0	164	83	70		54		61	6	2	8
Ed Wilson	6	3	.667	4.54	29			3	0		103.0	125	64	52		53		45	4	0	2
Rudy Neumann	6	5	.545	4.64	24			5	0		99.0	117	62	51		45		57	4	0	1
Totals	76	57	.571	3.80	193	0	0	85	10	0	1143.0	1144	593	483	0	492	0	710	38	3	38	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
Loren Packard	136	616	531	92	175	41	2	6	99	2		76	15	.330	.416	.448	.865	238		3	6
Gerald Nemitz	132	605	480	100	150	25	3	7	59	7		108	32	.312	.450	.421	.871	202		12	5
Butch Nieman	122	551	416	104	137	29	4	26	110	17		132	72	.329	.491	.606	1.097	252		0	3
Dick McConnell	133	594	528	66	133	15	3	2	70	11		60	47	.252	.332	.303	.635	160		3	3
Adam Zwierzynski	107	465	405	61	121	20	1	7	92	8		52	33	.299	.384	.405	.789	164		4	4
Bob Lee	87	402	347	83	101	10	7	3	36	13		48	38	.291	.379	.386	.765	134		1	6
John Bulkley	81	368	302	54	80	10	1	0	24	8		59	58	.265	.385	.305	.690	92		0	7
Joseph Verbanic	50	227	204	23	50	4	0	0	19	10		20	20	.245	.322	.265	.586	54		3	0
Murphy Malattia	51	235	190	27	49	2	0	0	32	5		43	16	.258	.397	.268	.666	51		1	1
Earl Skaggs	51	196	169	26	42	6	0	6	32	3		26	27	.249	.352	.391	.743	66		1	0
Rube Walker	62	218	176	16	41	4	4	3	30	0		40	15	.233	.381	.352	.733	62		2	0
Robert Paulausky	47	153	140	13	31	5	1	0	13	4		12	18	.221	.288	.271	.559	38		1	0
Al Sheriff	47	131	118	15	24	5	0	5	21	0		12	8	.203	.282	.373	.655	44		1	0
Les Harris	25	98	85	10	22	0	1	0	3	3		13	15	.259	.357	.282	.639	24		0	0
Jim Reaugh	17	77	64	13	20	4	1	0	12	1		11	10	.312	.421	.406	.827	26		1	1
James Price	33	79	74	9	19	3	0	0	7	0		1	6	.257	.276	.297	.574	22		1	3
Richard Pahmahmie	34	110	102	6	18	2	0	0	5	0		3	24	.176	.215	.196	.411	20		2	3
Alex Grieves	28	63	55	6	14	4	1	0	1	0		7	8	.255	.339	.364	.702	20		0	1
Jim Anderson	16	49	43	12	9	1	0	0	5	0		5	2	.209	.292	.233	.524	10		0	1
Jack Dean	23	69	60	6	9	3	0	0	4	0		4	23	.150	.215	.200	.415	12		1	4
Rudy Neumann	25	46	40	7	7	2	0	0	3	0		6	17	.175	.283	.225	.508	9		0	0
Jack Bell	27	86	67	6	6	1	0	0	3	0		13	26	.090	.247	.104	.351	7		1	5
Ed Wilson	29	40	33	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	11	.152	.222	.152	.374	5		0	4
Totals	1363	5478	4629	758	1263	196	29	65	681	92	0	754	541	.273	.379	.370	.749	1712	0	38	57	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Loren Packard	1B	87	739	38	19	50	.976	8.931
Murphy Malattia	1B	51	467	22	10	39	.980	9.588
Gerald Nemitz	2B	132	294	354	21	70	.969	4.909
John Bulkley	3B	57	57	134	13	6	.936	3.351
Joseph Verbanic	3B	49	46	100	14	8	.912	2.980
Dick McConnell	3B	22	18	40	7	3	.892	2.636
Rube Walker	C	55	303	25	9	6	.973	5.964	4
Earl Skaggs	C	44	246	50	19	4	.940	6.727	12
Robert Paulausky	C	40	207	16	6	3	.974	5.575	2
Butch Nieman	OF	121	278	6	8	0	.973	2.347
Adam Zwierzynski	OF	105	186	9	5	1	.975	1.857
Bob Lee	OF	87	168	6	7	0	.961	2.000
Loren Packard	OF	49	71	3	3	0	.961	1.510
Al Sheriff	OF	28	40	3	1	1	.977	1.536
Jim Reaugh	OF	17	36	1	1	0	.974	2.176
James Price	P	33	11	58	5	1	.932	2.091
Richard Pahmahmie	P	33	9	51	3	4	.952	1.818
Ed Wilson	P	29	1	22	1	0	.958	.793
Jack Bell	P	27	6	49	6	4	.902	2.037
Rudy Neumann	P	24	3	15	1	2	.947	.750
Alex Grieves	P	24	4	40	3	1	.936	1.833
Jack Dean	P	23	4	18	1	1	.957	.957
Dick McConnell	SS	107	195	226	28	53	.938	3.935
John Bulkley	SS	24	31	58	9	6	.908	3.708
Les Harris	SS	11	19	25	7	6	.863	4.000
Totals		1279	3439	1369	207	269	.959	3.759	18	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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