1948 Welch Miners Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-53
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Woody Wheaton (70-53)
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 52,838, Avg. 859

1948 Welch Miners Roster

Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 3 games, Welch Miners 0

The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1948 season with a record of 70 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the AL.

Woody Wheaton 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
Calvin Barnes	20	13	.606	4.28	42						225.0	275	137	107		70
Woody Wheaton	14	6	.700	3.53	30						191.0	201	91	75		47
Jack Gilbo	11	7	.611	4.50	26						128.0	135	84	64		87
Mike Kume	9	7	.562	4.01	23						137.0	131	81	61		78
Frederick Hessenauer	9	8	.529	6.21	33						168.0	224	138	116		79
Robert Minnick	3	2	.600	9.71	17						51.0	75	61	55		44
Louis Norton	2	4	.333	7.43	9						46.0	71	49	38		26
Totals	68	47	.591	4.91	180	0	0	0	0	0	946.0	1112	641	516	0	431	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
James Carlin	124	497	497		158	28	7	6						.318	.318	.439	.757	218
Woody Wheaton	104	364	364		130	28	6	2						.357	.357	.484	.841	176
Robert Cathey	105	396	396		127	24	8	6						.321	.321	.467	.788	185
Bill Hoffner	111	399	399		114	26	2	5						.286	.286	.398	.684	159
Bob Ganung	120	447	447		111	13	3	2						.248	.248	.304	.553	136
Bill McGarvey	101	378	378		90	17	4	8						.238	.238	.368	.606	139
Frank Whitehead	93	337	337		80	12	3	0						.237	.237	.291	.528	98
Anthony Popelsky	86	296	296		73	13	3	0						.247	.247	.311	.557	92
Jack Gilbo	46	85	85		30	5	0	0						.353	.353	.412	.765	35
Jack Carter	31	96	96		24	4	0	2						.250	.250	.354	.604	34
Robert Minnick	40	89	89		17	3	1	1						.191	.191	.281	.472	25
Calvin Barnes	42	81	81		14	2	0	0						.173	.173	.198	.370	16
Frederick Hessenauer	33	60	60		12	3	1	0						.200	.200	.283	.483	17
Anthony DiSalvo	10	36	36		11	1	0	1						.306	.306	.417	.722	15
Fred Schubach	12	34	34		8	0	1	0						.235	.235	.294	.529	10
Carl Moyer	16	44	44		8	1	0	0						.182	.182	.205	.386	9
Louis Norton	10	24	24		5	0	3	0						.208	.208	.458	.667	11
Mike Kume	23	55	55		5	0	0	1						.091	.091	.145	.236	8
Elzie Beck	16	35	35		4	0	1	0						.114	.114	.171	.286	6
William Moore	14	16	16		1	1	0	0						.062	.062	.125	.188	2
Totals	1137	3769	3769	0	1022	181	43	34	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.369	.640	1391	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Calvin Barnes	P	42					.000
Frederick Hessenauer	P	33					.000
Jack Gilbo	P	26					.000
Mike Kume	P	23					.000
Louis Norton	P	9					.000
Totals		133	0	0	0	0	.000

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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