1949 Waycross Bears Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: Mickey Katkaveck (83-56)
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Ralph Newton Field
Attendance: 54,508, Avg. 784

1949 Waycross Bears Roster

Playoffs - Waycross Bears 3 games, Valdosta Dodgers 0
Finals - Waycross Bears 4 games, Albany Cardinals 1

The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1949 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the GGL.

Mickey Katkaveck 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
Paul Jay	21	8	.724	3.30	38			20	2		237.0	232	111	87		76		158	4	0	4
Harry Raulerson	18	3	.857	3.32	27			19	3		198.0	198	87	73		70		139	7	0	4
Richard Childs	9	6	.600	2.91	20			8	2		127.0	99	67	41		64		71	0	0	3
Marshall O'Coine	8	4	.667	3.86	21			5	0		91.0	93	54	39		45		51	6	0	2
Paul Olmsted	6	5	.545	5.21	27			5	0		121.0	149	89	70		78		80	5	1	9
Bob Galey	5	3	.625	3.87	15			6	1		93.0	79	48	40		67		68	3	0	3
Jack Ingalls	4	5	.444	7.89	13			5	0		57.0	64	59	50		82		55	3	0	10
Moe Bremer	2	1	.667	0.00	6			2	0		33.0	38	26			20		16	1	0	0
Rodney Dorwin	2	6	.250	7.60	9			2	0		45.0	61	45	38		37		19	0	0	4
Herbert Young	2	7	.222	7.85	11			2	0		55.0	60	55	48		53		41	6	0	6
William Anderson	1	1	.500	0.00	3			0	0		9.0	14	14			11		3	0	0	2
Flay Betts	0	0		0.00	9				0		15.0
Harold Shiles	0	0		0.00	2				0		2.0
Bob Land	0	0		0.00	1				0		2.0
Kimsey Creel	0	0		0.00	6				0		16.0
George Fisher	0	0		0.00	2				0		1.0
Cal Fisher	0	0		0.00	3				0		4.0
Robert Lyons	0	0		0.00	3				0		2.0
Donald Harwood	0	1	.000	0.00	3			1	0		8.0	6	3			11		2	1	0	0
Totals	78	50	.609	3.92	219	0	0	75	8	0	1116.0	1093	658	486	0	614	0	703	36	1	47	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
Robert Lyons	116	580	453	135	131	25	5	0	56	7		105	36	.289	.432	.366	.799	166		9	13
Harold Shiles	127	585	447	134	117	24	9	21	85	47		114	93	.262	.425	.497	.922	222		13	11
Alvin Austin	122	555	453	93	116	19	8	1	69	9		91	60	.256	.386	.340	.726	154		5	6
Moe Bremer	102	442	370	70	87	21	5	4	88	8		64	43	.235	.352	.351	.704	130		3	5
Ben Abadie	76	319	289	45	84	14	5	5	57	7		21	47	.291	.343	.426	.769	123		2	7
George Fisher	61	283	230	52	77	13	2	1	37	15		45	23	.335	.446	.422	.867	97		1	7
Charlie Bloodworth	95	354	298	53	77	11	4	1	41	6		47	61	.258	.363	.332	.695	99		2	7
Mickey Katkaveck	95	383	308	51	73	11	0	2	39	3		68	59	.237	.378	.292	.671	90		2	5
Rodney Dorwin	77	336	247	56	60	6	6	3	36	6		85	55	.243	.438	.352	.791	87		1	3
Harry Raulerson	43	106	93	25	33	9	1	3	14	0		7	7	.355	.417	.570	.987	53		3	3
Paul Jay	60	151	135	25	29	5	1	2	25	1		11	18	.215	.284	.311	.595	42		2	3
Don Gross	20	84	73	17	21	1	20	0	7	2		10	6	.288	.373	.849	1.223	62		0	1
Pete Thomassie	23	107	97	17	21	3	0	0	18	3		7	5	.216	.269	.247	.517	24		0	3
Herbert Young	21	46	42	11	15	1	0	3	9	0		4	6	.357	.413	.595	1.008	25		0	0
John Futcher	13	57	53	8	15	3	0	0	10	0		2	12	.283	.321	.340	.661	18		1	1
Howard Johnson	27	103	88	16	14	4	0	2	9	1		12	21	.159	.267	.273	.540	24		1	2
Marshall O'Coine	22	42	39	5	12	2	0	0	6	0		3	10	.308	.357	.359	.716	14		0	0
Bob Galey	21	54	50	7	12	2	0	1	6	0		3	9	.240	.296	.340	.636	17		1	0
James Morrison	10	44	40	7	11	2	1	0	4	0		4	10	.275	.341	.375	.716	15		0	0
Paul Olmsted	28	55	50	8	11	1	1	0	1	0		5	11	.220	.291	.280	.571	14		0	0
Charlie Beverly	12	56	41	9	9	1	0	0	8	1		13	9	.220	.429	.244	.672	10		2	0
Richard Childs	20	52	49	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	20	.102	.154	.102	.256	5		0	0
Jack Ingalls	15	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	10	.097	.125	.097	.222	3		0	1
Totals	1206	4827	3976	847	1033	178	68	49	628	116	0	725	631	.260	.380	.376	.756	1494	0	48	78	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Fisher	1B	58	490	34	12	54	.978	9.034
Robert Lyons	2B	116	291	310	32	62	.949	5.181
Charlie Beverly	2B	12	29	26	2	6	.965	4.583
Moe Bremer	3B	92	111	181	33	21	.898	3.174
Harold Shiles	3B	10	8	21	3	3	.906	2.900
Mickey Katkaveck	C	95	561	77	14	1	.979	6.716	49
Howard Johnson	C	27	162	24	3	3	.984	6.889	6
Alvin Austin	OF	122	200	11	10	4	.955	1.730
Charlie Bloodworth	OF	79	148	13	4	2	.976	2.038
Ben Abadie	OF	75	121	7	12	1	.914	1.707
Rodney Dorwin	OF	65	159	8	7	1	.960	2.569
Pete Thomassie	OF	22	35	3	1	2	.974	1.727
Paul Jay	OF	11	10	2	1	0	.923	1.091
Paul Jay	P	38	19	39	3	5	.951	1.526
Harry Raulerson	P	30	7	29	4	1	.900	1.200
Paul Olmsted	P	27	3	38	3	1	.932	1.519
Marshall O'Coine	P	21	4	10	1	0	.933	.667
Richard Childs	P	20	3	32	2	3	.946	1.750
Bob Galey	P	15	5	15	3	0	.870	1.333
Jack Ingalls	P	14	5	9	2	0	.875	1.000
Herbert Young	P	12	8	11	1	1	.950	1.583
Rodney Dorwin	P	9						.000
Flay Betts	P	9						.000
Kimsey Creel	P	6						.000
Moe Bremer	P	6						.000
Robert Lyons	P	3						.000
Donald Harwood	P	3						.000
Cal Fisher	P	3						.000
William Anderson	P	3						.000
Harold Shiles	P	2						.000
George Fisher	P	2						.000
Bob Land	P	1						.000
Harold Shiles	SS	111	217	298	54	45	.905	4.640
James Morrison	SS	10	15	26	9	4	.820	4.100
Totals		1129	2611	1224	216	220	.947	3.397	55	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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