1949 Eau Claire Bears Statistics
Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 71-52
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Andy Cohen (71-52)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 100,996, Avg. 1,642
1949 Eau Claire Bears RosterTeam Record: 71-52
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Andy Cohen (71-52)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 100,996, Avg. 1,642
Playoffs - Eau Claire Bears 3 games, St. Cloud Rox 1
Finals - Aberdeen Pheasants 4 games, Eau Claire Bears 1
The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1949 season with a record of 71 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the NL.
Andy Cohen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Yorke | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.06 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 144.0 | 123 | 55 | 33 | 48 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| John Bench | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.86 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 168.0 | 140 | 90 | 72 | 99 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| Bill Sorrels | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.54 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 160.0 | 137 | 92 | 63 | 123 | 109 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Elmer Haas | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.47 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 167.0 | 165 | 103 | 83 | 130 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Hal Luddy | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.69 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 140.0 | 138 | 92 | 73 | 106 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Harry Whitney | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 87.0 | 74 | 39 | 30 | 45 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Arthur Kenyon | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.60 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 90.0 | 97 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Joseph Tamaska | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| James Hanabury | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Jerry McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marion Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bill Tremel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Leslie Saffer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 71 | 52 | .577 | 3.51 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 1072.0 | 997 | 611 | 418 | 0 | 676 | 0 | 603 | 40 | 6 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitey Ries | 124 | 569 | 517 | 101 | 175 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 95 | 9 | 45 | 6 | .338 | .398 | .509 | .907 | 263 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Don Steger | 122 | 529 | 473 | 78 | 122 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 77 | 13 | 50 | 63 | .258 | .331 | .404 | .735 | 191 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Karol Kwak | 119 | 520 | 422 | 84 | 103 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 5 | 94 | 82 | .244 | .385 | .396 | .781 | 167 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| James Linehan | 99 | 374 | 330 | 61 | 99 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 5 | 41 | 46 | .300 | .379 | .470 | .849 | 155 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Earl Bass | 84 | 363 | 350 | 52 | 99 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 36 | .283 | .305 | .397 | .702 | 139 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Barry Cox | 78 | 368 | 303 | 73 | 88 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 61 | 49 | .290 | .411 | .409 | .820 | 124 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Norm Ozark | 65 | 270 | 233 | 40 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 31 | .305 | .391 | .386 | .777 | 90 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Raymond Bortz | 77 | 309 | 252 | 41 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 52 | 28 | .226 | .361 | .294 | .654 | 74 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Pottenger | 55 | 227 | 198 | 31 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 26 | 17 | .283 | .369 | .414 | .783 | 82 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| George Patterson | 36 | 145 | 136 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | .294 | .333 | .331 | .664 | 45 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Alfred Facchini | 60 | 252 | 225 | 27 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 34 | .173 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 45 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| John Zajac | 24 | 108 | 93 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 9 | .280 | .374 | .323 | .696 | 30 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Hicks | 37 | 137 | 118 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 11 | .153 | .265 | .237 | .502 | 28 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Elmer Haas | 33 | 69 | 63 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .254 | .277 | .270 | .547 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Allen | 19 | 78 | 66 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 7 | .227 | .346 | .379 | .725 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Sorrels | 38 | 79 | 71 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .197 | .260 | .268 | .527 | 19 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Hal Luddy | 25 | 64 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .216 | .365 | .275 | .640 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mack Couch | 25 | 94 | 74 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 19 | .149 | .323 | .257 | .579 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| George Yorke | 27 | 62 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .170 | .279 | .189 | .467 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Bench | 32 | 71 | 59 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .153 | .265 | .237 | .502 | 14 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph Tamaska | 18 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .238 | .304 | .238 | .542 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Whitney | 18 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .118 | .189 | .147 | .336 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Arthur Kenyon | 15 | 35 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .111 | .314 | .111 | .425 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1230 | 4783 | 4169 | 699 | 1090 | 192 | 66 | 50 | 600 | 70 | 0 | 543 | 528 | .261 | .350 | .375 | .725 | 1564 | 0 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Steger | 1B | 122 | 1128 | 82 | 17 | 111 | .986 | 9.918 | ||||
| Norm Ozark | 2B | 64 | 163 | 192 | 11 | 46 | .970 | 5.547 | ||||
| George Patterson | 2B | 34 | 72 | 98 | 7 | 24 | .960 | 5.000 | ||||
| Raymond Bortz | 2B | 25 | 44 | 71 | 10 | 14 | .920 | 4.600 | ||||
| Mack Couch | 2B | 15 | 38 | 48 | 10 | 12 | .896 | 5.733 | ||||
| Whitey Ries | 3B | 124 | 151 | 266 | 40 | 25 | .912 | 3.363 | ||||
| Robert Pottenger | C | 55 | 310 | 37 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 6.309 | 7 | |||
| Bill Hicks | C | 35 | 167 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 5.257 | 6 | |||
| Jack Allen | C | 19 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 4.895 | 2 | |||
| James Linehan | C | 18 | 70 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 4.222 | 2 | |||
| Karol Kwak | OF | 118 | 217 | 21 | 15 | 3 | .941 | 2.017 | ||||
| Earl Bass | OF | 83 | 128 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .959 | 1.699 | ||||
| Barry Cox | OF | 75 | 145 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 2.013 | ||||
| James Linehan | OF | 71 | 77 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .930 | 1.127 | ||||
| John Zajac | OF | 23 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.435 | ||||
| Elmer Haas | P | 32 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.281 | ||||
| John Bench | P | 31 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 1 | .927 | 1.645 | ||||
| Bill Sorrels | P | 29 | 11 | 47 | 8 | 2 | .879 | 2.000 | ||||
| George Yorke | P | 27 | 7 | 54 | 4 | 2 | .938 | 2.259 | ||||
| Hal Luddy | P | 24 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 1.458 | ||||
| Harry Whitney | P | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Tamaska | P | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Arthur Kenyon | P | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| James Hanabury | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Tremel | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leslie Saffer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marion Gregory | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry McGrath | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alfred Facchini | SS | 58 | 106 | 164 | 29 | 39 | .903 | 4.655 | ||||
| Raymond Bortz | SS | 46 | 77 | 121 | 9 | 30 | .957 | 4.304 | ||||
| Totals | 1196 | 3058 | 1405 | 200 | 324 | .957 | 3.732 | 17 | 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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