1949 Vandergrift Pioneers Statistics
Middle Atlantic League (MAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 63-72
Finished 6th in the MAL
Manager: George Savino (63-72)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Davis Field
Attendance: 40,523, Avg. 600
1949 Vandergrift Pioneers RosterTeam Record: 63-72
Finished 6th in the MAL
Manager: George Savino (63-72)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Davis Field
Attendance: 40,523, Avg. 600
The Vandergrift Pioneers of the Middle Atlantic League ended the 1949 season with a record of 63 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the MAL.
George Savino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Restic | 13 | 9 | .591 | 6.00 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 201.0 | 245 | 178 | 134 | 124 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Phil Paine | 12 | 13 | .480 | 5.48 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 202.0 | 239 | 149 | 123 | 136 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Jake Schmitt | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.90 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 164.0 | 167 | 94 | 71 | 77 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Walter Beacham | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.71 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 147.0 | 179 | 117 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Edward Kempka | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.86 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 111.0 | 126 | 85 | 60 | 64 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Frank Sabine | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.08 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 148.0 | 195 | 126 | 100 | 92 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Samuel Tompkins | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 59 | 43 | 32 | 45 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Andrew Pavuk | 5 | 6 | .455 | 8.16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 92 | 81 | 68 | 70 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Totals | 62 | 67 | .481 | 5.38 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1113.0 | 1302 | 873 | 665 | 0 | 689 | 0 | 580 | 29 | 3 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Vangelas | 137 | 643 | 515 | 127 | 166 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 115 | 9 | 4 | 119 | 58 | .322 | .457 | .518 | .976 | 267 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Micelotta | 129 | 583 | 485 | 100 | 139 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 87 | 75 | .287 | .396 | .400 | .796 | 194 | 1 | 10 | |||
| John McCullough | 137 | 681 | 532 | 143 | 135 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 136 | 95 | .254 | .409 | .368 | .778 | 196 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Joe Lonnett | 104 | 477 | 398 | 105 | 122 | 33 | 8 | 20 | 93 | 13 | 5 | 75 | 61 | .307 | .419 | .580 | .999 | 231 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Frank Merola | 89 | 387 | 330 | 46 | 99 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 48 | .300 | .403 | .424 | .827 | 140 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Rush | 84 | 384 | 298 | 73 | 85 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 79 | 48 | .285 | .445 | .409 | .855 | 122 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Paul Scheuch | 88 | 384 | 338 | 43 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 58 | .249 | .339 | .322 | .661 | 109 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Alex Korponay | 51 | 234 | 213 | 43 | 69 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 34 | .324 | .385 | .601 | .986 | 128 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Prusiecki | 75 | 374 | 274 | 58 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 96 | 43 | .212 | .419 | .296 | .715 | 81 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Joe Restic | 57 | 175 | 157 | 31 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .299 | .364 | .401 | .765 | 63 | 7 | 2 | |||
| James Zewe | 64 | 215 | 195 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 35 | .236 | .304 | .292 | .596 | 57 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Robert Wigle | 45 | 205 | 159 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 33 | .283 | .444 | .396 | .840 | 63 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Walter Beacham | 56 | 177 | 143 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 18 | .301 | .435 | .545 | .980 | 78 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Owcar | 31 | 109 | 103 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .243 | .284 | .320 | .605 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Schmitt | 28 | 81 | 72 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .264 | .329 | .292 | .621 | 21 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Phil Paine | 38 | 87 | 80 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 26 | .238 | .282 | .412 | .695 | 33 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Shimshock | 12 | 46 | 42 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .333 | .391 | .452 | .844 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Keon | 23 | 83 | 72 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .194 | .293 | .208 | .501 | 15 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Maggio | 12 | 49 | 45 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .244 | .306 | .378 | .684 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Sabine | 31 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .177 | .239 | .226 | .465 | 14 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Samuel Tompkins | 11 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Andrew Pavuk | 18 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .069 | .156 | .069 | .225 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Edward Kempka | 25 | 49 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .051 | .229 | .051 | .280 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 1345 | 5553 | 4608 | 936 | 1259 | 259 | 45 | 94 | 810 | 79 | 23 | 860 | 751 | .273 | .393 | .410 | .803 | 1890 | 0 | 49 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Vangelas | 1B | 137 | 1193 | 70 | 34 | 110 | .974 | 9.219 | ||||
| John McCullough | 2B | 137 | 354 | 214 | 60 | 38 | .904 | 4.146 | ||||
| Paul Scheuch | 3B | 87 | 90 | 210 | 35 | 16 | .896 | 3.448 | ||||
| James Zewe | 3B | 27 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 2 | .933 | 2.593 | ||||
| Frank Merola | 3B | 16 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 5 | .892 | 3.625 | ||||
| Joe Lonnett | C | 99 | 498 | 59 | 11 | 6 | .981 | 5.626 | 11 | |||
| Ed Keon | C | 23 | 106 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .960 | 5.174 | 3 | |||
| James Zewe | C | 21 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .978 | 4.190 | 4 | |||
| Larry Rush | OF | 84 | 177 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .948 | 2.167 | ||||
| Joseph Prusiecki | OF | 73 | 111 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .938 | 1.644 | ||||
| Frank Merola | OF | 73 | 150 | 11 | 16 | 1 | .910 | 2.205 | ||||
| Alex Korponay | OF | 51 | 79 | 9 | 10 | 2 | .898 | 1.725 | ||||
| Robert Wigle | OF | 45 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.578 | ||||
| Eddie Owcar | OF | 22 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 2.136 | ||||
| Walter Beacham | OF | 22 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Restic | OF | 20 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.850 | ||||
| John Maggio | OF | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Phil Paine | P | 35 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.400 | ||||
| Joe Restic | P | 32 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .900 | 1.406 | ||||
| Frank Sabine | P | 31 | 11 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 1.387 | ||||
| Walter Beacham | P | 29 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 1.517 | ||||
| Edward Kempka | P | 25 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .865 | 1.280 | ||||
| Jake Schmitt | P | 23 | 14 | 37 | 5 | 5 | .911 | 2.217 | ||||
| Andrew Pavuk | P | 18 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Samuel Tompkins | P | 11 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.636 | ||||
| Mickey Micelotta | SS | 129 | 257 | 391 | 67 | 65 | .906 | 5.023 | ||||
| Totals | 1282 | 3406 | 1327 | 305 | 270 | .939 | 3.692 | 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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