1949 Bakersfield Indians Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 85-54
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Harry Griswold (85-54)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 140,389, Avg. 2,020

1949 Bakersfield Indians Roster

Playoffs - Ventura Yankees 3 games, Bakersfield Indians 2

The Bakersfield Indians of the California League ended the 1949 season with a record of 85 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the CL.

Harry Griswold 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
Earl Escalante	28	9	.757	2.85	42			29	1		300.0	205	143	95		109		187	7	1	8
Don Mossi	13	9	.591	4.62	30			13	0		195.0	198	122	100		115		149	0	0	7
Carl Hertz	9	10	.474	4.96	33			5	0		158.0	144	108	87		125		94	5	2	11
Mel Knezovich	8	3	.727	4.23	17			7	0		117.0	117	65	55		56		58	7	1	3
Dan Rowland	6	3	.667	5.82	13			4	0		68.0	87	55	44		38		29	1	0	0
Joseph DiPietro	5	4	.556	5.82	13			2	0		65.0	77	50	42		41		42	1	2	0
Frank Oxandabourne	5	6	.455	6.29	18			7	0		93.0	80	67	65		100		56	3	0	5
Willie Seward	4	3	.571	4.67	15			1	0		54.0	38	38	28		44		25	0	0	3
Bud Goldizen	3	0	1.000	4.34	4						29.0	35	18	14		9		22	1	1	1
Jerry Haines	2	3	.400	6.00	10						30.0	35	34	20		17		17	2	0	2
George Surprenant	1	1	.500	5.00	6						27.0	30	20	15		16		13	0	0	0
Del Clegg	1	2	.333	8.67	14						27.0	51	36	26		24		15	0	0	1
Manny Fierro	0	0		1.29	5						7.0	6	3	1		5		5	0	0	1
Bobby Cramer	0	0		7.50	6						24.0	35	22	20		4		6	0	0	1
Donald Pender	0	1	.000	14.40	5						10.0	21	18	16		15		8	1	0	2
Totals	85	54	.612	4.69	231	0	0	68	1	0	1204.0	1159	799	628	0	718	0	726	28	7	45	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
Wimpy Quinn	139	641	571	112	196	39	0	21	151	10		66	53	.343	.413	.522	.935	298		2	2
Jess Pike	139	647	440	167	141	22	5	37	156	14		194	67	.320	.537	.645	1.183	284		12	1
Ronald Gifford	127	599	491	88	135	12	2	1	67	5		103	46	.275	.401	.314	.714	154		0	5
Lester Rasmussen	119	539	467	94	128	26	5	3	55	3		62	57	.274	.363	.370	.733	173		3	7
Bobby Cramer	97	439	367	79	107	14	5	2	42	5		65	39	.292	.400	.373	.773	137		1	6
Merv Dubbers	123	543	447	73	105	24	2	5	75	13		89	61	.235	.365	.331	.697	148		3	4
Joe Borich	74	322	288	34	93	15	1	4	53	2		31	25	.323	.393	.424	.816	122		2	1
Mike Catron	90	390	317	51	76	18	0	6	47	4		60	68	.240	.367	.353	.721	112		4	9
Don Mallott	60	258	227	42	73	15	2	2	39	5		28	20	.322	.398	.432	.830	98		1	2
John Kovenz	58	253	204	54	57	8	1	4	23	7		39	51	.279	.407	.387	.795	79		5	5
Marco Guglielmo	33	135	117	16	31	6	0	0	20	0		18	15	.265	.363	.316	.679	37		0	0
Tony Barnett	32	147	123	21	29	3	1	1	8	3		22	29	.236	.352	.301	.653	37		0	2
Wayne Specht	35	100	85	9	23	7	0	0	10	1		15	14	.271	.380	.353	.733	30		0	0
George Nichols	25	109	95	13	23	2	0	0	18	3		13	6	.242	.339	.263	.603	25		1	0
Don Mossi	31	96	78	11	19	3	2	2	13	0		12	21	.244	.344	.410	.755	32		0	6
Earl Escalante	42	139	103	18	12	2	0	2	10	0		28	32	.117	.305	.194	.500	20		0	8
Dan Rowland	15	38	30	7	8	0	0	0	6	0		6	5	.267	.389	.267	.656	8		0	2
Joseph DiPietro	18	32	26	4	7	3	0	1	3	1		6	5	.269	.406	.500	.906	13		0	0
Herbert Wilson	14	56	47	5	7	0	0	2	9	0		5	9	.149	.259	.277	.536	13		2	2
Carl Hertz	33	63	53	1	7	2	0	0	2	0		7	22	.132	.233	.170	.403	9		0	3
Frank Oxandabourne	18	45	36	3	6	1	1	0	3	0		6	9	.167	.302	.250	.552	9		1	2
Bud Goldizen	4	15	15	3	4	0	0	1	5	0		0	5	.267	.267	.467	.733	7		0	0
Willie Seward	15	21	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		5	8	.214	.421	.214	.635	3		0	2
Robert Bogle	11	26	23	4	3	0	0	1	2	0		3	4	.130	.231	.261	.492	6		0	0
Mel Knezovich	17	51	40	6	3	0	0	0	3	0		6	17	.075	.196	.075	.271	3		0	5
Jerry Haines	11	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	0
Manny Fierro	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Del Clegg	14	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
George Surprenant	6	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Donald Pender	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0
Totals	1410	5743	4741	917	1297	222	27	95	822	76	0	891	705	.274	.392	.392	.784	1858	0	37	74	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wimpy Quinn	1B	139	1181	58	13	114	.990	8.914
Ronald Gifford	2B	126	363	335	28	91	.961	5.540
Merv Dubbers	2B	14	38	28	7	8	.904	4.714
Merv Dubbers	3B	88	110	201	30	18	.912	3.534
Tony Barnett	3B	25	28	49	11	4	.875	3.080
Mike Catron	3B	22	17	53	10	5	.875	3.182
Joe Borich	C	73	411	39	13	7	.972	6.164	5
Marco Guglielmo	C	33	184	20	8	2	.962	6.182	2
Wayne Specht	C	26	104	13	6	0	.951	4.500	4
Herbert Wilson	C	13	85	7	3	1	.968	7.077	1
Jess Pike	OF	139	345	9	14	0	.962	2.547
Lester Rasmussen	OF	111	174	1	7	0	.962	1.577
Bobby Cramer	OF	90	169	7	15	1	.921	1.956
John Kovenz	OF	54	86	3	5	0	.947	1.648
George Nichols	OF	24	29	3	2	0	.941	1.333
Earl Escalante	P	42	11	68	5	5	.940	1.881
Carl Hertz	P	33	5	26	2	1	.939	.939
Don Mossi	P	30	9	34	3	1	.935	1.433
Frank Oxandabourne	P	18	2	19	2	0	.913	1.167
Mel Knezovich	P	17	2	17	1	1	.950	1.118
Willie Seward	P	15	1	10	0	0	1.000	.733
Del Clegg	P	14	0	1	5	0	.167	.071
Dan Rowland	P	13	0	17	0	1	1.000	1.308
Joseph DiPietro	P	13	1	3	2	0	.667	.308
Jerry Haines	P	10	0	7	0	0	1.000	.700
George Surprenant	P	6						.000
Bobby Cramer	P	6						.000
Donald Pender	P	5						.000
Manny Fierro	P	5						.000
Bud Goldizen	P	4						.000
Mike Catron	SS	65	97	182	19	39	.936	4.292
Don Mallott	SS	60	115	187	25	36	.924	5.033
Merv Dubbers	SS	19	25	57	4	11	.953	4.316
Totals		1352	3592	1454	240	346	.955	3.732	12	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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