1949 Rochester Red Wings Roster

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-67
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Johnny Keane (85-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 443,536, Avg. 5,836
1949 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

Playoffs - Montreal Royals 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 0

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1949 season with a record of 85 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the IL.

Johnny Keane served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Vern BensonLRSeptember 19, 19245'10"160Granite Quarry, NC US
Steve BilkoRRNovember 13, 19286'1"230Nanticoke, PA US
Ed BlakeRRDecember 23, 19255'11"175East St. Louis, IL US
Dick BokelmannRROctober 26, 19266'0"180Arlington Heights, IL US
Cloyd BoyerRRSeptember 1, 19276'1"188Alba, MO US
Pete BryantRRJune 28, 19226'1"197Lasker, NC US
Johnny BuchaRRJanuary 22, 19255'11"190Allentown, PA US
Richard BurgettRFebruary 27, 19226'1"185
Larry CiaffoneRRAugust 17, 19245'9"185Brooklyn, NY US
Dick ColeRRMay 6, 19266'2"175Long Beach, CA US
Jackie CollumLLJune 21, 19275'7"160Victor, IA US
George CopelandRRSeptember 28, 19216'0"180
Russ DerryLROctober 7, 19166'1"180Princeton, MO US
Erv DusakRRJuly 29, 19206'2"185Chicago, IL US
Johnny GrodzickiRRFebruary 26, 19176'1"200Nanticoke, PA US
Vaughn HazenRSeptember 30, 19245'11"170
Jim HearnRRApril 11, 19216'3"205Atlanta, GA US
Dan HileRLMay 8, 19256'0"190, CA US
Ralph LaPointeRRJanuary 8, 19225'11"185Winooski, VT US
Chip MarshallRRAugust 28, 19195'10"178Wilmington, DE US
Wilber McCulloughRRAugust 26, 19246'2"180Jacksonville, FL US
Willis McDonaldRR5'9"155
Wayne McLelandRRAugust 29, 19246'0"180Stockport, IA US
Ed MierkowiczRRMarch 6, 19246'4"205Wyandotte, MI US
Barney OlsenRRSeptember 11, 19195'11"179Everett, MA US
Tom PoholskyRRAugust 26, 19296'3"205Detroit, MI US
Don RichmondLROctober 27, 19196'1"175Gillett, PA US
Octavio RubertRRApril 9, 19256'0"160Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus CU
Mike SchultzLLDecember 17, 19206'1"175Syracuse, NY US
Al StringerRRJune 6, 19246'0"170
David ThomasRRJuly 6, 19235'9"150
Don ThompsonLLDecember 28, 19236'0"185Swepsonville, NC US
Bobby YoungLRJanuary 22, 19256'1"175Granite, MD US
Eddie YuhasRRAugust 5, 19246'1"180Youngstown, OH US

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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