1949 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 55-70
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Eddie Kearse (0-0), Joe McDermott (0-0), Wally Berger (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 49,757, Avg. 796

1949 Grand Forks Chiefs Roster

The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1949 season with a record of 55 wins and 70 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

Eddie Kearse, Joe McDermott and Wally Berger 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
Neil Lettau	15	10	.600	3.29	26			19	2		208.0	196	103	76		92		112	6	0	5
Richard Crichton	11	9	.550	2.70	25			16	1		160.0	149	77	48		56		65	0	1	1
Frank Simanovsky	10	10	.500	3.35	27			13	1		156.0	157	76	58		76		71	3	0	9
Paul Nichols	9	13	.409	4.52	30			13	1		181.0	162	123	91		119		70	4	2	7
Howard Schemerhorn	4	2	.667	5.69	12			3	1		49.0	48	37	31		28		18	0	0	3
Joseph Meshelski	3	2	.600	0.00	5			3	0		37.0	43	30			32		24	0	0	4
Edward Sandusky	2	14	.125	5.15	28			6	0		124.0	119	96	71		100		52	8	1	4
Teddy Eberhard	1	4	.200	5.51	21			1	0		80.0	87	62	49		82		37	4	0	5
Eddie Kearse	0	0		0.00	1						0.7
Richard Cassidy	0	0		0.00	3						11.0
Harold Anderson	0	0		0.00	4						5.0
Ben Anderson	0	1	.000	0.00	11			0	0		29.0	12	24			42		12	4	1	10
Walter Eads	0	2	.000	0.00	3			0	0		15.0	10	14			24		8	1	0	2
Sam Adkisson	0	3	.000	0.00	10			0	0		28.0	43	36			22		10	1	0	1
Totals	55	70	.440	3.52	206	0	0	74	6	0	1083.7	1026	678	424	0	673	0	479	31	5	51	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
Albert Billingsly	125	589	520	95	165	7	2	2	56	13		60	29	.317	.390	.350	.740	182		2	7
Tom Gott	124	568	498	86	145	25	11	7	80	8		66	39	.291	.377	.428	.805	213		3	1
Charlie Fontana	125	481	471	75	142	22	10	8	76	3		7	64	.301	.312	.442	.753	208		0	3
Cromer Smotherman	125	552	466	72	132	18	6	10	80	15		70	91	.283	.392	.412	.804	192		13	3
James Arend	126	560	488	74	130	16	3	1	64	9		57	37	.266	.350	.318	.668	155		6	9
Dale Walter	71	325	265	53	80	10	3	7	56	9		59	40	.302	.431	.442	.872	117		1	0
Dally Canfield	74	340	291	48	74	11	2	3	31	5		47	23	.254	.358	.337	.695	98		0	2
Allen Nordgren	78	249	197	30	41	6	2	5	20	2		51	38	.208	.371	.335	.706	66		0	1
Eddie Kearse	47	148	122	18	38	9	1	2	32	2		23	7	.311	.432	.451	.883	55		3	0
Jim Robertson	44	193	153	30	38	8	0	5	19	3		38	22	.248	.401	.399	.800	61		1	1
Ted Kobrin	42	183	147	25	36	8	1	4	14	3		30	22	.245	.383	.395	.778	58		3	3
Dave Waters	29	128	110	21	32	4	2	1	18	0		17	7	.291	.386	.391	.777	43		0	1
Richard Crichton	34	82	66	8	19	2	1	0	16	0		9	5	.288	.382	.348	.730	23		1	6
Teddy Eberhard	50	133	115	3	15	1	0	2	7	0		13	43	.130	.219	.191	.410	22		0	5
Neil Lettau	27	86	74	9	14	0	1	0	2	0		8	16	.189	.277	.216	.493	16		1	3
Frank Simanovsky	30	67	59	7	7	1	0	0	6	0		3	20	.119	.161	.136	.297	8		0	5
Paul Nichols	31	76	59	12	6	1	0	0	3	0		7	30	.102	.197	.119	.316	7		0	10
Sam Adkisson	11	12	12	2	3	1	1	1	4	0		0	6	.250	.250	.750	1.000	9		0	0
Edward Sandusky	28	51	43	3	3	2	0	0	2	0		6	17	.070	.184	.116	.300	5		0	2
Ben Anderson	11	13	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	3		0	1
Howard Schemerhorn	12	20	13	3	0	0	0	0	2	0		5	4	.000	.278	.000	.278	0		0	2
Totals	1244	4856	4180	674	1122	153	46	58	588	72	0	577	560	.268	.362	.369	.730	1541	0	34	65	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Cromer Smotherman	1B	125	1185	66	20	104	.984	1.008
Albert Billingsly	2B	124	384	403	36	86	.956	6.347
Dale Walter	3B	71	78	134	33	13	.865	2.986
Ted Kobrin	3B	42	32	112	10	12	.935	3.429
Allen Nordgren	C	58	220	37	12	11	.955	4.431	3
Jim Robertson	C	42	190	28	8	2	.965	5.190	6
Eddie Kearse	C	27	134	15	6	1	.961	5.519	2
Charlie Fontana	OF	125	184	21	14	4	.936	1.640
Tom Gott	OF	124	269	14	11	2	.963	2.282
Dally Canfield	OF	72	90	16	10	4	.914	1.472
Dave Waters	OF	27	39	4	5	1	.896	1.593
Teddy Eberhard	OF	23	29	0	2	0	.935	1.261
Paul Nichols	P	30	9	62	3	5	.959	2.367
Edward Sandusky	P	28	4	28	4	2	.889	1.143
Frank Simanovsky	P	27	7	30	3	2	.925	1.370
Neil Lettau	P	26	5	56	3	1	.953	2.346
Richard Crichton	P	25	6	29	6	3	.854	1.400
Teddy Eberhard	P	21	4	27	4	2	.886	1.476
Howard Schemerhorn	P	12	4	8	1	0	.923	1.000
Ben Anderson	P	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	.182
Sam Adkisson	P	10	0	9	0	1	1.000	.900
Joseph Meshelski	P	5						.000
Harold Anderson	P	4						.000
Walter Eads	P	3						.000
Richard Cassidy	P	3						.000
Eddie Kearse	P	1						.000
James Arend	SS	125	232	381	57	72	.915	4.904
Totals		1191	3105	1482	248	328	.949	3.851	11	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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