1949 Florence Steelers Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 87-59
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: James Martin (87-59)
Location: Florence, South Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Stadium
Attendance: 60,124, Avg. 824

1949 Florence Steelers Roster

Playoffs - Florence Steelers 3 games, Rock Hill Chiefs 2
Finals - Florence Steelers 4 games, Spartanburg Peaches 2

The Florence Steelers of the Tri-State League ended the 1949 season with a record of 87 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the TSL.

James Martin 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
Mel Fisher	27	12	.692	2.77	55			25	5		351.0	352	145	108		97		160	7	0	5
John Fitzgerald	17	10	.630	3.12	34			20	4		216.0	184	101	75		119		166	4	0	6
James Scott	14	8	.636	3.35	28			18	1		204.0	199	96	76		55		57	6	1	2
Jack Clifton	10	7	.588	3.85	26			11	1		138.0	144	77	59		58		36	2	0	7
George Greene	9	7	.562	3.34	24			10	3		148.0	137	68	55		44		52	1	0	2
Walt Dixon	4	4	.500	3.09	8			6	0		70.0	72	43	24		21		16	4	0	2
Robert Zachritz	2	7	.222	3.78	14			7	0		81.0	80	47	34		36		43	0	0	9
Totals	83	55	.601	3.21	189	0	0	97	14	0	1208.0	1168	577	431	0	430	0	530	24	1	33	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
Wilmer Chappell	146	665	628	77	173	28	4	5	59	0		25	31	.275	.304	.357	.661	224		1	11
James Martin	136	623	564	89	171	36	0	3	60	7		47	20	.303	.359	.383	.742	216		2	10
John Streza	134	532	484	87	153	31	4	8	80	8		32	29	.316	.372	.446	.818	216		11	5
Edward Neighbors	129	557	516	69	140	16	8	3	70	12		33	35	.271	.319	.351	.670	181		3	5
Wally Schroeder	89	360	316	55	103	18	6	5	38	8		39	34	.326	.405	.468	.873	148		3	2
Bruce Ohlinger	103	394	331	50	98	18	1	3	49	4		55	29	.296	.404	.384	.788	127		5	3
Bill Kennedy	128	490	404	61	89	14	2	2	46	6		73	35	.220	.340	.280	.619	113		0	13
William Hankins	84	293	268	26	71	19	1	2	35	0		16	19	.265	.309	.366	.674	98		1	8
Bernie Loman	76	281	253	33	67	5	0	2	27	0		24	23	.265	.329	.308	.637	78		0	4
Albert Fisher	38	161	141	19	43	9	0	2	24	1		19	16	.305	.388	.411	.799	58		0	1
Mel Fisher	64	161	147	17	37	5	2	1	16	0		10	29	.252	.299	.333	.633	49		0	4
James Burns	32	139	124	15	30	4	3	0	11	4		13	14	.242	.314	.323	.636	40		0	2
Jack Clifton	29	68	56	8	14	3	0	1	8	0		10	10	.250	.364	.357	.721	20		0	2
James Scott	30	94	83	9	12	1	0	0	4	1		9	18	.145	.228	.157	.385	13		0	2
John Fitzgerald	38	86	76	5	10	2	0	0	1	0		7	11	.132	.214	.158	.372	12		1	2
George Greene	25	58	53	3	8	3	0	0	1	0		1	11	.151	.182	.208	.389	11		1	3
Walt Dixon	16	46	42	3	7	0	0	2	8	0		4	2	.167	.239	.310	.549	13		0	0
Robert Zachritz	16	34	31	0	3	0	0	0	4	0		2	11	.097	.152	.097	.248	3		0	1
Peter Pawlowski	10	19	18	2	2	0	0	0	3	0		1	8	.111	.158	.111	.269	2		0	0
Totals	1323	5061	4535	628	1231	212	31	39	544	51	0	420	385	.271	.337	.358	.695	1622	0	28	78	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Streza	1B	133	1231	85	34	106	.975	9.895
Bernie Loman	1B	11	72	8	0	7	1.000	7.273
James Martin	2B	79	206	232	20	51	.956	5.544
Bernie Loman	2B	37	86	102	4	30	.979	5.081
James Burns	2B	32	81	84	13	20	.927	5.156
Bernie Loman	3B	20	23	29	4	1	.929	2.600
Bill Kennedy	3B	17	14	47	5	1	.924	3.588
William Hankins	C	75	331	42	6	8	.984	4.973	5
Bruce Ohlinger	C	69	305	30	8	3	.977	4.855	4
Wilmer Chappell	OF	144	215	8	9	1	.961	1.549
Edward Neighbors	OF	125	320	21	8	4	.977	2.728
Wally Schroeder	OF	89	267	10	9	1	.969	3.112
Albert Fisher	OF	35	57	2	6	0	.908	1.686
Bruce Ohlinger	OF	27	42	3	0	1	1.000	1.667
Bill Kennedy	OF	13	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.154
Mel Fisher	P	55	18	55	4	3	.948	1.327
John Fitzgerald	P	34	13	33	6	2	.885	1.353
James Scott	P	28	16	42	5	1	.921	2.071
Jack Clifton	P	26	6	21	5	0	.844	1.038
George Greene	P	24	12	14	1	0	.963	1.083
Robert Zachritz	P	14	3	16	2	2	.905	1.357
Walt Dixon	P	8						.000
Bill Kennedy	SS	99	148	293	39	47	.919	4.455
James Martin	SS	56	110	194	26	46	.921	5.429
Totals		1250	3590	1372	214	335	.959	3.970	9	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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