1949 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
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

1949 Kansas City Blues Roster

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.

Joe Collins, Hank Foiles, Ford Garrison, Jim Dyck, Bill Drescher, Jim Delsing, Lew Burdette, Pat Seerey, Ted Sepkowski, Jerry Snyder, Bob Keegan, Earl Harrist, Frank Hiller, Ralph Houk, Billy Holm, Paul Hinrichs, Wally Hood, Ernest Groth, Jack Wallaesa, Hank Workman, Mickey Witek, Kite Thomas, Lefty Wilkie, Archie Wilson, Mal Mallette, Dave Madison and Johnny Lucadello were all players from the 1949 Kansas City Blues who played in the Majors during their careers.

Bill Skiff 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
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
Lefty 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
Lefty 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
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
Lefty 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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