1949 Des Moines Bruins Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Stan Hack (70-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 210,204, Avg. 3,003
1949 Des Moines Bruins RosterTeam Record: 70-70
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Stan Hack (70-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 210,204, Avg. 3,003
Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Lincoln Athletics 1
Finals - Pueblo Dodgers 4 games, Des Moines Bruins 3
The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1949 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.
Stan Hack 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Stabelfeld | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.57 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 222.0 | 209 | 100 | 88 | 65 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Don Swartz | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.41 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 214.0 | 242 | 117 | 81 | 71 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Vern Fear | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.82 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 155.0 | 195 | 100 | 83 | 62 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Bill Moisan | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.00 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 135.0 | 135 | 70 | 60 | 59 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Leon Foulk | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.17 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 136.0 | 139 | 73 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Cal Howe | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.92 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 64.0 | 66 | 37 | 35 | 29 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Paul Schnieders | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.70 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 56.0 | 57 | 28 | 23 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| John Warsaw | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.59 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 78 | 52 | 41 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Connie Scherzer | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 61 | .496 | 4.07 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 1048.0 | 1121 | 577 | 474 | 0 | 419 | 0 | 545 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Richards | 140 | 623 | 587 | 99 | 178 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 91 | 7 | 31 | 49 | .303 | .340 | .467 | .807 | 274 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Les Peden | 127 | 544 | 471 | 74 | 147 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 102 | 2 | 57 | 62 | .312 | .399 | .527 | .925 | 248 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| Bob Talbot | 129 | 558 | 509 | 67 | 142 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 9 | 40 | 53 | .279 | .334 | .379 | .713 | 193 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Danny Lynch | 133 | 575 | 489 | 67 | 131 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 19 | 81 | 70 | .268 | .374 | .352 | .726 | 172 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Schramka | 129 | 515 | 447 | 82 | 116 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 1 | 68 | 93 | .260 | .357 | .421 | .778 | 188 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Guettler | 102 | 399 | 347 | 47 | 101 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 62 | 0 | 44 | 67 | .291 | .374 | .516 | .890 | 179 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Leon Brinkopf | 109 | 430 | 364 | 42 | 83 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 59 | 41 | .228 | .343 | .332 | .676 | 121 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Aylward | 48 | 180 | 171 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .275 | .299 | .374 | .674 | 64 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Chuck Balogh | 68 | 243 | 215 | 17 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 15 | .205 | .272 | .237 | .510 | 51 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Wallace Pearsall | 57 | 193 | 161 | 34 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 26 | .255 | .372 | .354 | .726 | 57 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Whitman | 32 | 136 | 110 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 25 | .291 | .418 | .318 | .736 | 35 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| John Picchiotti | 29 | 111 | 94 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 8 | .213 | .327 | .266 | .593 | 25 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dolph Regelsky | 32 | 88 | 81 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .235 | .295 | .309 | .604 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Elvin Stabelfeld | 34 | 90 | 73 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .178 | .302 | .219 | .522 | 16 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Swartz | 41 | 94 | 84 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .155 | .220 | .226 | .446 | 19 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Leon Foulk | 23 | 53 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .188 | .235 | .229 | .464 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Moisan | 33 | 64 | 57 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .158 | .226 | .263 | .489 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Lee | 14 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .182 | .325 | .333 | .658 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Vern Fear | 37 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .098 | .164 | .137 | .301 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Connie Scherzer | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cal Howe | 12 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .150 | .320 | .150 | .470 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Warsaw | 30 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 1373 | 5051 | 4442 | 633 | 1162 | 207 | 48 | 84 | 576 | 48 | 0 | 519 | 662 | .262 | .343 | .387 | .730 | 1717 | 0 | 33 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Richards | 1B | 140 | 1295 | 51 | 23 | 128 | .983 | 9.614 | ||||
| Danny Lynch | 2B | 86 | 202 | 238 | 25 | 47 | .946 | 5.116 | ||||
| Chuck Balogh | 2B | 61 | 157 | 179 | 18 | 46 | .949 | 5.508 | ||||
| Leon Brinkopf | 3B | 106 | 95 | 233 | 32 | 26 | .911 | 3.094 | ||||
| Les Peden | 3B | 14 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 2.500 | ||||
| Les Peden | C | 94 | 477 | 69 | 7 | 14 | .987 | 5.809 | 11 | |||
| Dick Aylward | C | 45 | 227 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 5.911 | 5 | |||
| Bob Talbot | OF | 127 | 284 | 16 | 10 | 4 | .968 | 2.362 | ||||
| Paul Schramka | OF | 123 | 223 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .963 | 1.902 | ||||
| Ken Guettler | OF | 89 | 145 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 1.685 | ||||
| Wallace Pearsall | OF | 42 | 68 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .936 | 1.738 | ||||
| Les Peden | OF | 23 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.348 | ||||
| Elvin Stabelfeld | P | 34 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 2 | .948 | 1.618 | ||||
| Vern Fear | P | 32 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .906 | ||||
| Don Swartz | P | 31 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 4 | .952 | 1.903 | ||||
| John Warsaw | P | 30 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .967 | ||||
| Bill Moisan | P | 24 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Leon Foulk | P | 22 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.273 | ||||
| Connie Scherzer | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Cal Howe | P | 12 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Paul Schnieders | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Lynch | SS | 54 | 99 | 181 | 21 | 51 | .930 | 5.185 | ||||
| Frank Whitman | SS | 32 | 57 | 81 | 10 | 15 | .932 | 4.312 | ||||
| John Picchiotti | SS | 29 | 66 | 91 | 16 | 22 | .908 | 5.414 | ||||
| Dolph Regelsky | SS | 23 | 31 | 51 | 14 | 6 | .854 | 3.565 | ||||
| Totals | 1295 | 3494 | 1501 | 210 | 381 | .960 | 3.857 | 16 | 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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