1949 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 88-34
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Ernie White (88-34)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 116,572, Avg. 1,911

1949 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 2 games, Johnson City Cardinals 0
Finals - Bluefield Blue-Grays 3 games, Bristol Twins 0

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1949 season with a record of 88 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the AL.

Ernie White 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
Clayton Taylor	17	3	.850	4.37	28			14	1		169.0	167	101	82		102		125	5	0	12
Bob Bowman	14	3	.824	3.72	23			13	1		155.0	155	82	64		23		110	0	0	0
William Williams	14	9	.609	4.26	27			17	1		186.0	182	106	88		83		144	2	0	2
Buddy Boehm	10	4	.714	3.91	22			8	0		129.0	149	75	56		63		74	5	0	5
Skip Pope	9	2	.818	1.56	12			6	0		75.0	64	26	13		36		63	4	1	2
Robert Brown	7	2	.778	3.36	16			3	0		67.0	45	29	25		58		62	1	0	5
James Herndon	4	1	.800	2.29	7			5	0		51.0	41	15	13		16		45	0	0	0
Ernie White	3	0	1.000	0.00	5			2	1		34.0	27	11			8		44	0	2	1
George Hennessey	3	4	.429	3.31	19			4	1		68.0	67	32	25		25		60	1	0	2
Benjamin Gregory	1	0	1.000	0.00	1			0	0		5.0	2	3			5		2	2	0	1
John Karpinski	1	0	1.000	0.00	2			0	0		8.0	7	3			7		4	0	0	0
Warren Ley	1	0	1.000	0.00	5			0	0		10.0	8	8			13		12	3	0	4
Eugene Leach	1	1	.500	0.00	6			1	0		22.0	26	21			13		15	0	0	0
Robert Schlemmer	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Robert Pottenger	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Joseph Roddin	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Jack Sanford	0	0		0.00	3						4.0
Ed Dobbins	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Stanton Brownell	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0	0		2.0	5	5			4		2	1	0	0
Edwin Gilman	0	1	.000	0.00	3			0	0		13.0	15	14			16		15	1	0	1
William Colby	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		3.0	3	3			6		3	0	0	0
Totals	85	32	.726	3.26	186	0	0	73	5	0	1009.0	963	534	366	0	478	0	780	25	3	35	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
Ed Heap	122	563	518	112	190	44	9	9	123	31		39	46	.367	.415	.539	.954	279		4	2
John Karpinski	122	563	506	117	172	39	5	20	137	7		52	67	.340	.404	.555	.959	281		2	3
Joseph Roddin	121	580	517	110	169	26	9	1	69	8		53	29	.327	.396	.418	.814	216		6	4
William Green	120	564	474	125	158	33	7	4	69	10		84	31	.333	.438	.458	.896	217		4	2
Nelvin Cooper	97	444	389	67	119	31	2	3	81	4		48	19	.306	.386	.419	.805	163		3	4
Benjamin Gregory	47	205	173	55	77	24	3	6	48	2		27	19	.445	.529	.723	1.252	125		4	1
John Zajac	67	255	217	53	70	15	1	1	51	5		34	11	.323	.417	.415	.831	90		1	3
Robert Pottenger	52	212	174	46	67	12	7	10	57	2		36	12	.385	.495	.707	1.202	123		2	0
Luther Tucker	62	233	200	32	57	12	3	1	32	0		28	33	.285	.373	.390	.763	78		0	5
Robert Schlemmer	54	219	189	43	51	11	1	6	38	3		28	38	.270	.367	.434	.801	82		1	1
Paul Battavio	50	234	188	44	47	11	1	2	27	9		41	38	.250	.390	.351	.741	66		2	3
Earl Hill	23	92	79	19	28	6	1	1	18	2		12	6	.354	.440	.494	.933	39		0	1
Ralph Beard	20	69	62	16	20	7	3	1	10	1		7	7	.323	.391	.581	.972	36		0	0
Dick Rigazio	29	114	82	20	18	3	0	0	11	2		26	15	.220	.413	.256	.669	21		1	5
Mickey McGuire	18	72	67	13	17	1	2	0	12	7		5	14	.254	.306	.328	.634	22		0	0
Buddy Boehm	23	63	57	9	15	2	1	1	9	0		5	18	.263	.323	.386	.709	22		0	1
William Williams	30	77	72	10	15	3	1	0	8	0		3	24	.208	.240	.278	.518	20		0	2
Clayton Taylor	28	80	65	8	14	2	0	0	5	0		12	15	.215	.338	.246	.584	16		0	3
Harry Miller	10	32	21	4	8	1	0	0	4	0		8	3	.381	.567	.429	.995	9		1	2
Clarence Twitchell	15	46	42	6	7	0	0	2	8	2		3	7	.167	.239	.310	.549	13		1	0
Bob Bowman	23	72	48	9	6	0	0	1	6	1		15	17	.125	.333	.188	.521	9		0	9
George Hennessey	21	26	25	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	9	.200	.231	.200	.431	5		0	0
Robert Brown	16	29	24	5	4	0	0	0	0	1		5	12	.167	.310	.167	.477	4		0	0
Skip Pope	13	34	27	6	4	0	0	0	3	0		4	7	.148	.258	.148	.406	4		0	3
Totals	1183	4878	4216	930	1338	283	56	69	827	97	0	576	497	.317	.403	.460	.864	1940	0	32	54	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ed Heap	1B	122	917	53	30	58	.970	7.951
Robert Schlemmer	2B	51	135	112	15	24	.943	4.843
Paul Battavio	2B	48	98	76	18	17	.906	3.625
Ralph Beard	2B	16	37	35	4	5	.947	4.500
Joseph Roddin	3B	121	139	205	32	13	.915	2.843
John Zajac	3B	10	7	13	1	0	.952	2.000
Luther Tucker	C	57	369	22	11	5	.973	6.860	3
Robert Pottenger	C	49	310	32	9	3	.974	6.980	6
Clarence Twitchell	C	12	94	3	4	0	.960	8.083	1
John Karpinski	OF	120	194	21	5	3	.977	1.792
William Green	OF	118	274	14	8	2	.973	2.441
John Zajac	OF	49	63	6	2	1	.972	1.408
Benjamin Gregory	OF	45	72	1	3	0	.961	1.622
Earl Hill	OF	19	20	1	3	0	.875	1.105
Mickey McGuire	OF	17	24	1	0	0	1.000	1.471
Clayton Taylor	P	28	5	27	3	1	.914	1.143
William Williams	P	27	4	24	7	1	.800	1.037
Bob Bowman	P	23	1	24	0	3	1.000	1.087
Buddy Boehm	P	22	5	19	0	0	1.000	1.091
George Hennessey	P	19	3	11	0	1	1.000	.737
Robert Brown	P	16	2	11	0	0	1.000	.812
Skip Pope	P	12	9	10	1	2	.950	1.583
James Herndon	P	7						.000
Eugene Leach	P	6						.000
Ernie White	P	5						.000
Warren Ley	P	5						.000
Jack Sanford	P	3						.000
Edwin Gilman	P	3						.000
John Karpinski	P	2						.000
Stanton Brownell	P	2						.000
Robert Schlemmer	P	1						.000
Joseph Roddin	P	1						.000
Robert Pottenger	P	1						.000
Benjamin Gregory	P	1						.000
Ed Dobbins	P	1						.000
William Colby	P	1						.000
Nelvin Cooper	SS	97	141	281	48	35	.898	4.351
Dick Rigazio	SS	25	37	63	6	8	.943	4.000
Totals		1162	2960	1065	210	182	.950	3.464	10	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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