1949 Centralia Cubs Statistics
Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 74-44
Finished 1st in the MOVL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (74-44)
Location: Centralia, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 35,000, Avg. 593
1949 Centralia Cubs RosterTeam Record: 74-44
Finished 1st in the MOVL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (74-44)
Location: Centralia, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 35,000, Avg. 593
Playoffs - Mattoon Indians 3 games, Centralia Cubs 0
The Centralia Cubs of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1949 season with a record of 74 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the MOVL.
Lew Bekeza 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Prucha | 19 | 8 | .704 | 2.69 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 211.0 | 152 | 79 | 63 | 94 | 135 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Bill Ecklund | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.63 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 134.0 | 123 | 83 | 54 | 89 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| Bruno Fabris | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.77 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 155.0 | 111 | 91 | 65 | 135 | 158 | 10 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Harry Ackerman | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.96 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 137.0 | 117 | 51 | 45 | 88 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jim Edgar | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.66 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 113.0 | 104 | 59 | 46 | 75 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Lewis Gisinger | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.01 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 75 | 41 | 33 | 45 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Cyrus Deem | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.62 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 | 104 | 77 | 64 | 67 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Lew Bekeza | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 42 | .625 | 3.66 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 911.0 | 786 | 481 | 370 | 0 | 593 | 0 | 603 | 51 | 7 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gatto | 118 | 572 | 476 | 102 | 133 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 85 | 43 | .279 | .396 | .366 | .762 | 174 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Bill Green | 118 | 545 | 447 | 87 | 124 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 81 | 35 | 87 | 55 | .277 | .401 | .349 | .750 | 156 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Joseph Kovalcik | 111 | 501 | 399 | 87 | 117 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 87 | 47 | 99 | 37 | .293 | .436 | .429 | .865 | 171 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Lew Bekeza | 100 | 463 | 408 | 73 | 116 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 72 | 39 | 46 | 56 | .284 | .361 | .434 | .795 | 177 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Roger Della Betta | 95 | 408 | 358 | 58 | 102 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 56 | 21 | 43 | 56 | .285 | .368 | .402 | .770 | 144 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Ray Gatts | 104 | 407 | 356 | 55 | 85 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 33 | 40 | 23 | .239 | .324 | .315 | .639 | 112 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Hornsby | 71 | 323 | 255 | 40 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 58 | 28 | .294 | .441 | .408 | .849 | 104 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Bleyer | 54 | 264 | 203 | 47 | 65 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 56 | 22 | .320 | .469 | .399 | .868 | 81 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Uno Larson | 52 | 256 | 207 | 34 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 37 | 44 | .232 | .364 | .290 | .654 | 60 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Joseph Naples | 49 | 175 | 141 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 28 | 43 | .262 | .399 | .362 | .761 | 51 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Edgar | 58 | 167 | 148 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 34 | .236 | .319 | .372 | .691 | 55 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Pearson | 24 | 98 | 95 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | .316 | .337 | .358 | .695 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Saric | 35 | 133 | 121 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .182 | .256 | .264 | .520 | 32 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Joseph Prucha | 44 | 103 | 88 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 30 | .205 | .293 | .295 | .588 | 26 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bruno Fabris | 33 | 75 | 66 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .167 | .257 | .288 | .545 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lewis Gisinger | 18 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .281 | .324 | .344 | .667 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Ecklund | 24 | 64 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .176 | .300 | .176 | .476 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Joseph Wishba | 11 | 42 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | .188 | .366 | .188 | .553 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Ackerman | 25 | 54 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .118 | .151 | .157 | .308 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cyrus Deem | 21 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .172 | .294 | .172 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1165 | 4721 | 3963 | 701 | 1053 | 167 | 67 | 27 | 563 | 240 | 0 | 652 | 598 | .266 | .376 | .362 | .739 | 1435 | 0 | 52 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uno Larson | 1B | 62 | 534 | 30 | 11 | 53 | .981 | 9.097 | ||||
| Lew Bekeza | 1B | 48 | 276 | 15 | 9 | 52 | .970 | 6.062 | ||||
| Jim Edgar | 1B | 20 | 139 | 3 | 4 | 13 | .973 | 7.100 | ||||
| Roger Della Betta | 2B | 95 | 244 | 263 | 21 | 83 | .960 | 5.337 | ||||
| Bill Green | 2B | 23 | 45 | 63 | 9 | 9 | .923 | 4.696 | ||||
| George Gatto | 3B | 118 | 154 | 256 | 22 | 35 | .949 | 3.475 | ||||
| Ray Gatts | C | 104 | 555 | 67 | 14 | 12 | .978 | 5.981 | 11 | |||
| Lew Bekeza | C | 29 | 176 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 6.690 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Kovalcik | OF | 111 | 196 | 13 | 8 | 3 | .963 | 1.883 | ||||
| Bill Hornsby | OF | 71 | 162 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .956 | 2.423 | ||||
| Bill Bleyer | OF | 54 | 91 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 1.759 | ||||
| Joseph Naples | OF | 46 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .893 | 1.087 | ||||
| Lew Bekeza | OF | 29 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.103 | ||||
| Fred Pearson | OF | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.042 | ||||
| Joseph Wishba | OF | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Joseph Prucha | P | 34 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.971 | ||||
| Bruno Fabris | P | 29 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 5 | .846 | 1.517 | ||||
| Bill Ecklund | P | 23 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.478 | ||||
| Jim Edgar | P | 22 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.636 | ||||
| Harry Ackerman | P | 22 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.773 | ||||
| Cyrus Deem | P | 21 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 1.619 | ||||
| Lewis Gisinger | P | 16 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 1.938 | ||||
| Lew Bekeza | P | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Bill Green | SS | 95 | 196 | 283 | 32 | 67 | .937 | 5.042 | ||||
| John Saric | SS | 26 | 53 | 66 | 13 | 12 | .902 | 4.577 | ||||
| Totals | 1149 | 2975 | 1354 | 192 | 361 | .958 | 3.768 | 15 | 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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