1949 Waco Pirates Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 76-72
Finished 4th in the BSL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (76-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Katy Park
Attendance: 95,825, Avg. 1,295

1949 Waco Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Waco Pirates 4 games, Wichita Falls Spudders 2
Finals - Waco Pirates 4 games, Texarkana Bears 1

The Waco Pirates of the Big State League ended the 1949 season with a record of 76 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the BSL.

Buddy Hancken 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
Bill Pierro	18	11	.621	2.96	36			21	2		255.0	199	107	84		126		275	16	3	6
Tommie Encinas	15	6	.714	3.99	30			12	1		169.0	155	92	75		92		102	4	0	3
Jodie Howington	12	9	.571	4.21	43			9	0		186.0	222	110	87		80		85	4	1	3
Carmen DiMuzio	10	10	.500	4.50	32			3	1		116.0	94	80	58		119		76	0	0	7
Albert Fedak	8	1	.889	4.59	24			2	0		102.0	133	80	52		52		43	3	0	5
Jack Bumgarner	5	6	.455	5.52	19			4	1		93.0	108	70	57		59		46	4	1	5
Laurence Watson	3	8	.273	6.59	18			1	0		71.0	88	69	52		49		26	7	0	4
Carroll Dial	2	1	.667	0.00	5			0	0		16.0	6	4			12		14	1	1	3
Reed Lovsness	1	1	.500	0.00	9			0	0		28.0	28	24			22		18	1	0	1
John Hahn	1	1	.500	0.00	3			0	0		10.0	9	6			9		6	0	0	0
Tom Anson	1	5	.167	6.28	31			1	0		86.0	99	72	60		70		32	1	1	4
Harold Haddican	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Buddy Hancken	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
George Trejo	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
William Zollo	0	0		0.00	2						5.0
John Baas	0	1	.000	0.00	5			0	0		11.0	12	12			8		3	1	0	0
John Fitzgerald	0	2	.000	0.00	5			0	0		10.0	15	18			18		1	1	0	0
Tony Segzda	0	2	.000	0.00	4			0	0		7.0	11	8			5		5	0	0	0
Donald Weber	0	2	.000	0.00	12			1	0		36.0	36	28			31		14	0	0	2
Cal Hogue	0	6	.000	5.40	18			2	0		80.0	86	63	48		75		69	8	2	7
Totals	76	72	.514	4.01	300	0	0	56	5	0	1287.0	1301	843	573	0	827	0	815	51	9	50	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
Dixie Upright	147	636	576	110	200	41	7	17	112	15		50	57	.347	.400	.531	.932	306		1	9
John Baas	133	591	521	105	168	26	9	13	87	5		51	27	.322	.388	.482	.870	251		5	14
Clarence Pfeil	144	637	558	84	167	18	1	5	73	11		69	23	.299	.379	.362	.741	202		3	7
Harold Haddican	139	622	556	95	162	21	3	10	57	24		55	76	.291	.357	.394	.751	219		2	9
Raymond Feraco	148	674	568	104	153	32	4	11	67	27		87	48	.269	.374	.398	.772	226		8	11
Frank Gibbs	123	487	420	59	111	18	3	4	46	7		55	56	.264	.356	.350	.706	147		5	7
John McKeown	87	368	303	70	107	13	4	15	62	3		60	23	.353	.460	.571	1.031	173		0	5
Buddy Hancken	102	323	294	38	75	14	0	5	46	1		24	13	.255	.318	.354	.671	104		3	2
John Fiscalini	65	250	222	37	69	12	1	7	43	3		23	19	.311	.381	.468	.849	104		2	3
Troy Mitchell	44	164	157	22	49	9	0	6	29	4		4	10	.312	.337	.484	.821	76		2	1
Jimmy Dykes	43	188	160	34	48	9	2	9	35	0		24	31	.300	.401	.550	.951	88		3	1
Frank Thomas	20	77	73	17	25	3	0	4	17	1		3	6	.342	.377	.548	.925	40		1	0
Eugene Lavery	35	111	98	12	24	7	1	1	19	2		10	8	.245	.315	.367	.682	36		0	3
Duane Eckert	31	74	65	8	16	3	2	0	11	0		7	14	.246	.329	.354	.683	23		1	1
Jodie Howington	52	88	79	9	15	2	0	1	5	0		7	12	.190	.256	.253	.509	20		0	2
Carmen DiMuzio	41	64	64	8	14	5	0	1	9	0		0	16	.219	.219	.344	.562	22		0	0
Albert Fedak	33	58	53	9	11	2	0	1	6	0		4	12	.208	.263	.302	.565	16		0	1
Tommie Encinas	32	74	63	5	11	1	0	0	4	1		4	14	.175	.246	.190	.437	12		2	5
Bill Pierro	36	110	96	4	10	0	0	0	3	0		7	40	.104	.173	.104	.277	10		1	6
Jack Bumgarner	22	38	36	7	9	2	0	0	4	0		1	5	.250	.270	.306	.576	11		0	1
Cal Hogue	22	41	39	4	9	3	0	0	7	0		1	12	.231	.250	.308	.558	12		0	1
Art Billings	12	36	33	0	8	1	0	0	3	0		3	7	.242	.306	.273	.578	9		0	0
Laurence Watson	18	28	22	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	7	.227	.346	.227	.573	5		0	2
Tom Anson	32	28	24	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		2	9	.125	.222	.125	.347	3		1	1
Donald Weber	12	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0
Totals	1573	5778	5091	847	1470	242	37	110	748	104	0	555	552	.289	.363	.416	.779	2116	0	40	92	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dixie Upright	1B	144	1073	58	22	118	.981	7.854
Harold Haddican	2B	138	405	349	37	88	.953	5.464
Frank Gibbs	3B	107	97	210	19	25	.942	2.869
John McKeown	3B	30	22	39	9	5	.871	2.033
Eugene Lavery	3B	19	20	30	7	2	.877	2.632
Buddy Hancken	C	98	508	69	8	12	.986	5.888	7
Troy Mitchell	C	38	191	25	5	4	.977	5.684	8
Duane Eckert	C	27	101	5	0	2	1.000	3.926	5
Art Billings	C	12	60	8	3	0	.958	5.667	2
Clarence Pfeil	OF	140	346	16	13	1	.965	2.586
John Baas	OF	123	247	16	10	1	.963	2.138
John McKeown	OF	61	88	4	6	0	.939	1.508
John Fiscalini	OF	58	104	6	7	1	.940	1.897
Jimmy Dykes	OF	42	66	2	8	2	.895	1.619
Frank Thomas	OF	18	33	3	4	0	.900	2.000
Jodie Howington	P	43	9	27	4	1	.900	.837
Bill Pierro	P	36	6	30	3	3	.923	1.000
Carmen DiMuzio	P	32	4	15	6	0	.760	.594
Tom Anson	P	31	3	12	4	0	.789	.484
Tommie Encinas	P	30	10	28	3	3	.927	1.267
Albert Fedak	P	24	1	22	0	5	1.000	.958
Jack Bumgarner	P	19	9	16	1	3	.962	1.316
Laurence Watson	P	18	4	23	3	1	.900	1.500
Cal Hogue	P	18	3	14	5	4	.773	.944
Donald Weber	P	12	3	6	4	0	.692	.750
Reed Lovsness	P	9						.000
John Fitzgerald	P	5						.000
Carroll Dial	P	5						.000
John Baas	P	5						.000
Tony Segzda	P	4						.000
John Hahn	P	3						.000
William Zollo	P	2						.000
George Trejo	P	2						.000
Buddy Hancken	P	1						.000
Harold Haddican	P	1						.000
Raymond Feraco	SS	148	272	426	60	81	.921	4.716
Totals		1503	3685	1459	251	362	.953	3.422	22	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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