1949 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Pug Griffin (0-0), Vody Mackie (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 121,177, Avg. 1,744

1949 Lynchburg Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Lynchburg Cardinals 4 games, Roanoke Red Sox 3
Finals - Lynchburg Cardinals 4 games, Portsmouth Cubs 2

The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1949 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the PL.

Pug Griffin and Vody Mackie 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
Jack Cohan	15	11	.577	3.09	38			20	2		236.0	194	111	81		137		152	6	3	19
Floyd Melliere	11	5	.688	4.56	39			4	0		142.0	146	82	72		65		48	1	0	3
Charlie Bishop	10	5	.667	4.17	20			6	1		123.0	97	71	57		115		89	7	0	8
Norman Shope	10	8	.556	3.22	21			13	2		137.0	129	60	49		39		82	1	0	1
Nelson Nocheck	10	9	.526	3.85	28			10	0		131.0	122	66	56		67		56	3	0	5
Stanley Grocki	10	10	.500	3.65	36			10	3		185.0	174	96	75		76		64	4	0	4
Ralph Beard	4	6	.400	4.67	37			1	0		108.0	118	67	56		50		62	5	0	5
John Hanna	3	4	.429	6.65	16			3	0		69.0	61	58	51		51		52	0	0	2
William LaFrance	1	0	1.000	0.00	2			0	0		10.0	14	8			5		3	0	0	1
Eugene Thorn	1	0	1.000	0.00	1			0	0		4.0	2	0			2		0	0	0	0
Theodore Garbee	1	1	.500	0.00	6			0	0		12.0	19	10			3		6	0	0	0
Ed Schanz	1	1	.500	0.00	2			0	0		7.0	8	6			1		0	1	0	0
Ernest Brown	0	0		0.00	1						4.0
Robert Kerce	0	1	.000	0.00	4			0	0		15.0	17	19			19		10	1	0	5
Bob Clear	0	1	.000	0.00	5			0	0		12.0	25	24			10		4	0	0	0
Totals	77	62	.554	3.74	256	0	0	67	8	0	1195.0	1126	678	497	0	640	0	628	29	3	53	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
Charlie Frey	126	556	463	101	151	23	10	8	90	22		84	38	.326	.432	.471	.903	218		2	7
Ashton Heckel	130	607	521	88	141	18	3	9	59	20		73	73	.271	.368	.369	.736	192		7	6
Paul Donovan	134	582	503	83	139	27	3	6	54	8		62	53	.276	.363	.378	.740	190		6	11
Howie Phillips	137	597	478	76	137	23	6	0	61	13		106	59	.287	.418	.360	.778	172		2	11
Frank Kellert	81	337	281	54	80	21	0	10	64	4		51	24	.285	.396	.466	.863	131		1	4
William LaFrance	70	285	238	34	64	7	3	8	51	2		45	35	.269	.387	.424	.812	101		1	1
Neil Kelly	90	293	239	38	63	7	4	0	47	3		48	27	.264	.393	.326	.719	78		3	3
William Williams	90	299	251	44	63	13	1	1	31	2		46	7	.251	.369	.323	.692	81		1	1
Edwin Zaharczyk	58	244	204	36	54	6	2	3	29	3		37	18	.265	.383	.358	.741	73		2	1
Pete Spatafore	61	227	176	15	37	6	1	1	21	2		42	39	.210	.368	.273	.641	48		2	7
David Abramson	60	211	183	21	37	5	1	1	14	1		25	21	.202	.298	.257	.555	47		0	3
Roy Vinbladh	35	152	130	15	33	5	1	3	20	0		16	19	.254	.349	.377	.726	49		3	3
Robert Louis	38	165	129	20	24	4	2	3	18	1		31	25	.186	.348	.318	.666	41		1	4
Bob Latshaw	27	125	93	14	22	6	1	2	17	1		32	14	.237	.432	.387	.819	36		0	0
William Chandler	17	76	62	12	17	2	0	1	12	2		14	10	.274	.408	.355	.763	22		0	0
Jack Cohan	40	92	79	5	13	2	2	2	16	0		9	30	.165	.250	.316	.566	25		0	4
Charlie Bishop	25	56	53	10	12	5	0	0	7	0		2	18	.226	.255	.321	.575	17		0	1
Norman Shope	28	66	59	6	11	2	0	0	5	0		5	20	.186	.262	.220	.482	13		1	1
Raymond Sowins	14	55	39	9	10	4	1	0	8	2		15	5	.256	.463	.410	.873	16		0	1
Stanley Grocki	37	78	68	5	7	0	0	0	2	0		7	25	.103	.187	.103	.290	7		0	3
Roy Kerschke	10	40	31	4	6	2	0	1	1	0		7	9	.194	.359	.355	.714	11		1	1
Nelson Nocheck	28	49	41	3	6	1	0	0	1	0		3	13	.146	.205	.171	.375	7		0	5
Floyd Melliere	39	51	42	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		4	20	.143	.217	.143	.360	6		0	5
Ralph Beard	37	41	36	2	5	1	0	1	3	0		1	5	.139	.184	.250	.434	9		1	3
John Hanna	16	31	23	7	4	1	0	0	3	0		7	11	.174	.367	.217	.584	5		0	1
Totals	1428	5315	4422	706	1142	191	41	60	636	86	0	772	618	.258	.373	.361	.733	1595	0	34	87	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Kellert	1B	81	771	28	5	57	.994	9.864
Roy Vinbladh	1B	33	288	15	5	23	.984	9.182
Bob Latshaw	1B	27	232	15	2	18	.992	9.148
Howie Phillips	2B	137	292	431	40	63	.948	5.277
Ashton Heckel	3B	120	149	243	37	25	.914	3.267
Neil Kelly	C	71	331	35	17	3	.956	5.155	21
David Abramson	C	55	276	35	7	2	.978	5.655	2
Roy Kerschke	C	10	57	4	2	1	.968	6.100	1
Paul Donovan	OF	133	271	9	17	1	.943	2.105
Charlie Frey	OF	125	269	8	14	0	.952	2.216
William LaFrance	OF	67	78	8	9	0	.905	1.284
Edwin Zaharczyk	OF	57	84	11	1	1	.990	1.667
William Williams	OF	16	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.375
William Chandler	OF	14	22	2	0	0	1.000	1.714
Raymond Sowins	OF	12	24	3	1	1	.964	2.250
Floyd Melliere	P	39	11	36	2	2	.959	1.205
Jack Cohan	P	38	12	56	11	3	.861	1.789
Ralph Beard	P	37	8	18	1	3	.963	.703
Stanley Grocki	P	36	8	24	4	0	.889	.889
Nelson Nocheck	P	23	4	19	2	0	.920	1.000
Norman Shope	P	21	3	14	6	1	.739	.810
Charlie Bishop	P	20	3	29	3	2	.914	1.600
John Hanna	P	16	4	16	4	0	.833	1.250
Theodore Garbee	P	6						.000
Bob Clear	P	5						.000
Robert Kerce	P	4						.000
Ed Schanz	P	2						.000
William LaFrance	P	2						.000
Eugene Thorn	P	1						.000
Ernest Brown	P	1						.000
Pete Spatafore	SS	60	122	188	20	27	.939	5.167
William Williams	SS	38	56	103	3	20	.981	4.184
Robert Louis	SS	36	76	109	19	16	.907	5.139
Totals		1343	3473	1459	232	269	.955	3.672	24	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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