1949 Kansas City Blues Statistics
Team Record: 71-80
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Bill Skiff (71-80)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 216,754, Avg. 2,871
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1949 season with a record of 71 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Blues scored 735 runs and surrendered 763 runs.
Earl Harrist, Jim Dyck, Ernest Groth, Johnny Lucadello, Jerry Snyder, Hank Workman, Mickey Witek, Kite Thomas, Aldon Wilkie, Ford Garrison, Frank Hiller, Hank Foiles, Wally Hood, Jim Delsing, Jack Wallaesa, Paul Hinrichs, Mal Mallette, Archie Wilson, Dave Madison, Bill Drescher, Ted Sepkowski, Lew Burdette, Pat Seerey, Joe Collins, Billy Holm, Ralph Houk and Bob Keegan were all players from the 1949 Kansas City Blues who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Skiff served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernest Groth | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.28 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 162.0 | 163 | 92 | 77 | 63 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Frank Hiller | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.57 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 169.0 | 180 | 82 | 67 | 44 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Dave Madison | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.02 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 186.0 | 202 | 94 | 83 | 82 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Bill Elbert | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.85 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 145.0 | 141 | 67 | 62 | 62 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
Bob Keegan | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.81 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 172.0 | 180 | 106 | 92 | 88 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Lew Burdette | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.26 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 118.0 | 147 | 76 | 69 | 47 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Wally Hood | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 66.0 | 69 | 29 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Paul Hinrichs | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.79 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 107.0 | 117 | 72 | 57 | 73 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Mal Mallette | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Aldon Wilkie | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Bohman | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 64 | 69 | .481 | 4.25 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 1125.0 | 1199 | 618 | 531 | 0 | 496 | 0 | 542 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Delsing | 151 | 643 | 545 | 89 | 173 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 77 | 11 | 91 | 64 | .317 | .418 | .418 | .836 | 228 | 10 | 3 | 4 | |||
Joe Collins | 146 | 621 | 530 | 104 | 169 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 83 | 6 | 82 | 82 | .319 | .410 | .547 | .957 | 290 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |||
Archie Wilson | 122 | 485 | 451 | 64 | 129 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 16 | 21 | 56 | .286 | .322 | .399 | .721 | 180 | 13 | 3 | 10 | |||
Jack Wallaesa | 117 | 480 | 414 | 75 | 128 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 71 | 4 | 63 | 68 | .309 | .402 | .500 | .902 | 207 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||
Joe Muffoletto | 124 | 484 | 435 | 68 | 116 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 6 | 44 | 35 | .267 | .337 | .391 | .728 | 170 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |||
Johnny Lucadello | 111 | 415 | 350 | 55 | 100 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 58 | 30 | .286 | .387 | .371 | .759 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
Ralph Houk | 95 | 357 | 313 | 47 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 40 | 8 | .275 | .361 | .339 | .699 | 106 | 18 | 2 | 2 | |||
Ted Sepkowski | 80 | 292 | 272 | 28 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 1 | 17 | 34 | .243 | .290 | .397 | .687 | 108 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||
Bill Drescher | 101 | 287 | 232 | 27 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 49 | 22 | .276 | .404 | .379 | .784 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
Hank Workman | 70 | 293 | 249 | 44 | 62 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 36 | .249 | .335 | .462 | .796 | 115 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |||
Jim Dyck | 53 | 195 | 174 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 25 | .287 | .354 | .408 | .762 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
Gene Valla | 57 | 199 | 181 | 27 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 9 | .271 | .333 | .298 | .632 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
Mickey Witek | 41 | 172 | 157 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 9 | .280 | .343 | .363 | .706 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ford Garrison | 54 | 170 | 155 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .239 | .302 | .316 | .618 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
Bob Keegan | 37 | 75 | 58 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | .310 | .452 | .397 | .849 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
Dave Madison | 33 | 72 | 61 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .213 | .273 | .230 | .502 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
Frank Hiller | 27 | 72 | 61 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .197 | .269 | .295 | .564 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Pat Seerey | 18 | 61 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 16 | .192 | .311 | .288 | .600 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ernest Groth | 28 | 60 | 56 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .179 | .193 | .179 | .372 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Paul Hinrichs | 28 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .200 | .314 | .267 | .581 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Bill Elbert | 29 | 59 | 55 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .109 | .125 | .145 | .270 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
Wally Hood | 11 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Aldon Wilkie | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Lew Burdette | 40 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .062 | .167 | .062 | .229 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Mal Mallette | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Arthur Bohman | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 1616 | 5620 | 4903 | 725 | 1358 | 213 | 62 | 88 | 655 | 66 | 0 | 604 | 599 | .277 | .359 | .400 | .758 | 1959 | 126 | 20 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Collins | 1B | 146 | 1202 | 95 | 11 | 123 | .992 | 8.884 | ||||
Joe Muffoletto | 2B | 75 | 164 | 202 | 14 | 50 | .963 | 4.880 | ||||
Johnny Lucadello | 2B | 29 | 78 | 74 | 5 | 17 | .968 | 5.241 | ||||
Gene Valla | 2B | 27 | 61 | 61 | 6 | 7 | .953 | 4.519 | ||||
Ted Sepkowski | 2B | 18 | 35 | 37 | 3 | 12 | .960 | 4.000 | ||||
Joe Muffoletto | 3B | 47 | 56 | 78 | 11 | 3 | .924 | 2.851 | ||||
Mickey Witek | 3B | 32 | 27 | 49 | 8 | 2 | .905 | 2.375 | ||||
Johnny Lucadello | 3B | 27 | 17 | 58 | 3 | 3 | .962 | 2.778 | ||||
Gene Valla | 3B | 22 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 2.409 | ||||
Jim Dyck | 3B | 20 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 2.250 | ||||
Ralph Houk | C | 88 | 398 | 48 | 7 | 9 | .985 | 5.068 | 7 | |||
Bill Drescher | C | 68 | 280 | 29 | 3 | 5 | .990 | 4.544 | 3 | |||
Jim Delsing | OF | 149 | 423 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .991 | 2.906 | ||||
Archie Wilson | OF | 120 | 249 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .969 | 2.117 | ||||
Hank Workman | OF | 67 | 143 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .967 | 2.164 | ||||
Ted Sepkowski | OF | 58 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.379 | ||||
Ford Garrison | OF | 40 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.675 | ||||
Jim Dyck | OF | 30 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.467 | ||||
Pat Seerey | OF | 16 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Lew Burdette | P | 36 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .963 | .722 | ||||
Dave Madison | P | 33 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.424 | ||||
Bob Keegan | P | 32 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
Ernest Groth | P | 28 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.036 | ||||
Paul Hinrichs | P | 26 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
Aldon Wilkie | P | 23 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .765 | .565 | ||||
Frank Hiller | P | 23 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 2.000 | ||||
Bill Elbert | P | 22 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
Wally Hood | P | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
Mal Mallette | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Arthur Bohman | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .800 | ||||
Jack Wallaesa | SS | 112 | 240 | 311 | 28 | 79 | .952 | 4.920 | ||||
Johnny Lucadello | SS | 43 | 92 | 118 | 14 | 29 | .938 | 4.884 | ||||
Totals | 1488 | 3755 | 1477 | 152 | 367 | .972 | 3.516 | 10 | 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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