1938 Welch Miners Statistics

Mountain State League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-64
Finished 4th in the MSL
Manager: Eddie Krajnik (0-0), Charlie Bowles (0-0), Carlos Ratliff (0-0)
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field

1938 Welch Miners Roster

Playoffs - Beckley Bengals 2 games, Welch Miners 0

The Welch Miners of the Mountain State League ended the 1938 season with a record of 56 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the MSL.

Eddie Krajnik, Charlie Bowles and Carlos Ratliff 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
Henry Mestnik	11	15	.423	4.27	39						194.0	185	111	92		106
Leonard Ford	9	5	.643	3.50	16						113.0	107	52	44		55
Ralph Waite	7	6	.538	3.31	18						125.0	105	58	46		85
Joe Petrick	4	4	.500	7.57	14						69.0	83	68	58		48
Walt Ripley	4	8	.333	5.66	21						105.0	132	85	66		63
Frank Hadley	0	2	.000	7.90	12						41.0	49	42	36		19
Totals	35	40	.467	4.76	120	0	0	0	0	0	647.0	661	416	342	0	376	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
Thaddeus Cash	120	467	467		162	38	1	13						.347	.347	.516	.863	241
John Mervar	110	430	430		135	29	3	16						.314	.314	.507	.821	218
Lawrence Insley	105	420	420		123	22	5	14						.293	.293	.469	.762	197
Alton Bell	107	423	423		118	22	2	2						.279	.279	.355	.634	150
Ludwig Jasilunas	110	407	407		111	23	7	6						.273	.273	.408	.681	166
Vincent Shuster	119	386	386		104	23	1	5						.269	.269	.373	.642	144
Martin Malatin	89	290	290		71	16	0	6						.245	.245	.362	.607	105
Barney Beluscak	50	180	180		42	8	2	2						.233	.233	.333	.567	60
Sig Broskie	35	104	104		30	7	0	6						.288	.288	.529	.817	55
Vic Massie	16	67	67		17	1	1	3						.254	.254	.433	.687	29
Joe Petrick	19	46	46		13	3	0	0						.283	.283	.348	.630	16
Henry Mestnik	39	72	72		13	0	1	0						.181	.181	.208	.389	15
Benny Majek	30	74	74		12	3	1	1						.162	.162	.270	.432	20
Leonard Ford	16	38	38		9	3	0	0						.237	.237	.316	.553	12
Ralph Waite	18	43	43		7	0	0	1						.163	.163	.233	.395	10
Frank Hadley	12	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Walt Ripley	26	46	46		2	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	2
Totals	1021	3508	3508	0	972	198	24	75	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.411	.688	1443	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Vincent Shuster	1B	119	1042	63	15		.987	9.286
Ludwig Jasilunas	2B	94	213	301	31		.943	5.468
Thaddeus Cash	3B	120	120	206	35		.903	2.717
Martin Malatin	C	77	525	38	6		.989	7.312
Sig Broskie	C	31	237	23	7		.974	8.387
Benny Majek	C	22	138	12	5		.968	6.818
John Mervar	OF	106	150	8	10		.940	1.491
Lawrence Insley	OF	105	177	24	8		.962	1.914
Alton Bell	OF	105	161	17	11		.942	1.695
Vic Massie	OF	16	23	1	0		1.000	1.500
Henry Mestnik	P	39						.000
Walt Ripley	P	21						.000
Ralph Waite	P	18						.000
Leonard Ford	P	16						.000
Joe Petrick	P	14						.000
Frank Hadley	P	12						.000
Barney Beluscak	SS	28	43	82	13		.906	4.464
Totals		943	2829	775	141	0	.962	3.822

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