1949 Victoria Athletics Statistics

Western International League (WIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 68-84
Finished 5th in the WIL
Manager: Ted Norbert (0-0), Earle Bolyard (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 114,544, Avg. 1,507

1949 Victoria Athletics Roster

The Victoria Athletics of the Western International League ended the 1949 season with a record of 68 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the WIL.

Ted Norbert and Earle Bolyard 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
Jim Propst	17	6	.739	3.35	25			20	4		188.0	170	82	70		126		192	2	0	10
Larry Ward	12	11	.522	4.87	34			12	0		220.0	256	139	119		115		152	2	1	8
Frank Logue	10	12	.455	5.20	49			8	1		187.0	231	134	108		88		96	3	0	5
Frank Prowse	7	5	.583	5.80	19			6	0		107.0	133	83	69		68		45	2	0	2
Joe Blankenship	6	5	.545	5.10	15			4	1		67.0	76	46	38		26		25	0	0	2
Pete Vucurevich	5	10	.333	6.32	29			7	0		141.0	184	128	99		82		46	2	0	5
Clair Tobias	4	10	.286	6.31	27			6	0		124.0	148	108	87		99		73	7	3	7
Richard Mitchell	2	4	.333	6.40	7			1	0		45.0	57	36	32		17		21	0	1	4
Lee Jones	2	9	.182	5.78	15			2	0		67.0	87	63	43		39		35	3	0	3
Frank LaBrum	1	5	.167	6.80	9			3	0		45.0	59	37	34		23		18	0	0	0
Totals	66	77	.462	5.28	229	0	0	69	6	0	1191.0	1401	856	699	0	683	0	703	21	5	46	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
Gil McDougald	140	647	547	128	188	44	7	13	116	12		88	44	.344	.437	.521	.958	285		3	9
Vic Buccola	143	695	565	122	181	26	12	12	76	15		103	68	.320	.428	.473	.900	267		3	24
John Hack	144	634	565	106	178	29	5	8	104	13		68	43	.315	.390	.427	.816	241		1	0
Chuck Balassi	92	446	386	81	122	24	5	10	55	8		59	34	.316	.408	.482	.890	186		1	0
Frank Matoh	95	430	377	61	112	17	7	15	82	2		43	84	.297	.376	.499	.875	188		5	5
Bob Day	112	427	373	47	96	20	2	5	53	3		46	66	.257	.347	.362	.709	135		5	3
Len Noren	70	314	301	39	95	18	1	8	64	2		12	27	.316	.344	.462	.806	139		1	0
Raymond Jacobs	92	366	316	54	85	10	7	17	71	12		45	77	.269	.367	.506	.873	160		4	1
Dick Morgan	92	317	284	37	80	13	2	5	38	0		30	53	.282	.354	.394	.749	112		2	1
Russell Walseth	74	301	259	41	75	22	0	3	28	1		36	31	.290	.378	.409	.788	106		1	5
Roy Paton	64	244	219	28	56	10	0	3	24	1		19	17	.256	.318	.342	.660	75		1	5
Frank Finnegan	65	274	246	36	55	16	1	6	36	7		25	60	.224	.298	.370	.668	91		1	2
Gordon Johnston	41	200	166	39	48	7	2	0	12	1		31	19	.289	.410	.355	.765	59		3	0
Robert Keeler	43	171	149	24	39	5	3	2	17	7		18	18	.262	.349	.376	.725	56		2	2
Joseph Morjoseph	33	141	109	20	32	10	3	3	21	0		31	26	.294	.454	.523	.977	57		1	0
Solomon Israel	26	121	90	15	27	4	2	1	14	2		31	15	.300	.479	.422	.902	38		0	0
Jim Propst	28	91	84	11	20	5	0	0	7	0		4	12	.238	.273	.298	.570	25		0	3
Larry Ward	34	94	79	15	18	4	1	1	12	0		10	13	.228	.322	.342	.664	27		1	4
Pete Vucurevich	30	56	51	9	13	1	2	1	4	0		1	23	.255	.296	.412	.708	21		2	2
Frank Logue	49	71	57	4	11	0	0	0	2	0		10	14	.193	.324	.193	.517	11		1	3
Lee Jones	21	41	36	3	9	1	1	0	2	0		4	9	.250	.325	.333	.658	12		0	1
Clair Tobias	27	55	47	3	6	2	0	1	3	0		4	10	.128	.196	.234	.430	11		0	4
Joe Blankenship	17	29	23	6	4	0	0	1	1	0		6	9	.174	.345	.304	.649	7		0	0
Frank Prowse	19	45	37	7	4	0	0	1	1	0		6	22	.108	.233	.189	.422	7		0	2
Jim Moore	11	17	14	3	2	1	0	0	1	2		2	3	.143	.294	.214	.508	3		1	0
Frank Cirimele	11	16	14	2	2	1	0	1	3	0		2	8	.143	.250	.429	.679	6		0	0
Vince Pesky	10	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	0
Totals	1583	6257	5408	941	1559	290	63	117	848	88	0	734	810	.288	.377	.430	.807	2326	0	39	76	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Vic Buccola	1B	143	1216	87	16	111	.988	9.112
Roy Paton	1B	20	150	16	3	11	.982	8.300
Gil McDougald	2B	140	341	391	32	83	.958	5.229
Gordon Johnston	2B	33	66	90	9	15	.945	4.727
John Hack	2B	10	24	19	2	2	.956	4.300
Frank Matoh	3B	72	77	127	18	9	.919	2.833
John Hack	3B	49	54	83	20	4	.873	2.796
Bob Day	C	85	508	52	17	4	.971	6.588	12
Dick Morgan	C	62	418	39	3	2	.993	7.371	3
Chuck Balassi	OF	91	152	8	12	1	.930	1.758
Raymond Jacobs	OF	83	134	8	7	1	.953	1.711
Len Noren	OF	68	176	5	6	3	.968	2.662
Frank Finnegan	OF	65	145	7	7	2	.956	2.338
John Hack	OF	64	120	9	3	0	.977	2.016
Roy Paton	OF	39	71	2	0	0	1.000	1.872
Joseph Morjoseph	OF	32	64	3	4	1	.944	2.094
Solomon Israel	OF	26	49	5	1	0	.982	2.077
Dick Morgan	OF	13	24	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Frank Logue	P	49	4	28	2	1	.941	.653
Larry Ward	P	34	8	41	2	2	.961	1.441
Pete Vucurevich	P	29	5	24	4	2	.879	1.000
Clair Tobias	P	27	10	27	3	0	.925	1.370
Jim Propst	P	25	2	29	2	5	.939	1.240
Frank Prowse	P	19	6	32	4	2	.905	2.000
Lee Jones	P	15	5	14	0	1	1.000	1.267
Joe Blankenship	P	15	3	10	0	2	1.000	.867
Frank LaBrum	P	9						.000
Richard Mitchell	P	7						.000
Russell Walseth	SS	74	132	188	26	37	.925	4.324
Robert Keeler	SS	34	63	68	15	16	.897	3.853
Frank Matoh	SS	23	17	54	9	5	.888	3.087
John Hack	SS	21	28	49	6	9	.928	3.667
Totals		1476	4072	1517	233	331	.960	3.787	15	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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