1949 McAllen Giants Statistics

Rio Grande Valley League (RGVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the RGVL
Manager: Fran Matthews (0-0), Phil Kuykendall (0-0)
Location: McAllen, Texas
Ballpark: Paris Field
Attendance: 22,598, Avg. 328

1949 McAllen Giants Roster

Playoffs - Corpus Christi Aces 4 games, McAllen Giants 0

The McAllen Giants of the Rio Grande Valley League ended the 1949 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the RGVL.

Fran Matthews and Phil Kuykendall 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
Harold Jackson	20	7	.741	3.09	28			26			242.0	229	116	83		64		97	1	0	3
Edward Arthur	17	12	.586	3.79	35			22			240.0	237	151	101		125		178	11	1	8
Simon Luna	14	16	.467	4.75	36			18			235.0	269	160	124		113		130	10	0	9
John Shuford	9	8	.529	4.18	20			14			142.0	151	83	66		49		69	1	0	3
Burt Cork	4	9	.308	6.32	22			5			104.0	110	101	73		93		34	6	1	9
Mike Rodriguez	3	5	.375	4.29	20			6			105.0	91	76	50		82		48	6	0	5
Totals	67	57	.540	4.19	161	0	0	91	0	0	1068.0	1087	687	497	0	526	0	556	35	2	37	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
Floyd Economides	107	463	441	76	155	42	7	9	92	9		16	29	.351	.378	.540	.918	238		3	3
Bud Hull	134	607	542	103	154	24	12	17	111	21		46	132	.284	.347	.467	.814	253		6	13
Ferd Niemann	117	548	447	99	144	23	12	0	54	28		89	20	.322	.435	.427	.862	191		0	12
Donald Zahner	122	536	427	90	132	29	4	12	81	25		83	95	.309	.437	.480	.917	205		14	12
Phil Kuykendall	125	546	456	79	130	22	8	0	67	10		77	24	.285	.390	.368	.758	168		1	12
Emilio Mozo	132	592	501	90	123	24	7	5	55	12		63	90	.246	.338	.351	.689	176		7	21
Tony Levanti	121	530	472	69	121	24	2	2	57	15		39	55	.256	.325	.328	.653	155		9	10
George Salcher	115	489	434	62	107	6	2	0	46	10		50	46	.247	.324	.270	.594	117		0	5
Ed Melillo	58	253	217	44	65	13	3	3	27	6		27	14	.300	.385	.429	.813	93		3	6
Filomeno Ríos	47	210	187	30	59	10	3	0	24	3		20	8	.316	.390	.401	.792	75		3	0
Simon Luna	36	101	96	12	29	3	0	0	15	0		4	11	.302	.330	.333	.663	32		0	1
Harold Jackson	28	108	100	10	21	7	2	1	14	0		1	17	.210	.218	.350	.568	35		0	7
Edward Arthur	35	105	87	9	17	2	0	0	8	0		10	21	.195	.307	.218	.525	19		4	4
Roy Switzer	64	83	73	15	16	3	1	2	9	0		9	22	.219	.313	.370	.683	27		1	0
John Shuford	20	65	52	11	10	2	0	0	8	0		10	12	.192	.323	.231	.553	12		0	3
Mike Rodriguez	20	78	67	9	8	2	0	1	4	0		8	28	.119	.213	.194	.407	13		0	3
Burt Cork	22	48	45	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	13	.067	.087	.089	.176	4		0	2
Totals	1303	5362	4644	810	1294	237	63	52	674	139	0	553	637	.279	.362	.390	.752	1813	0	51	114	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Phil Kuykendall	1B	125	1149	35	16	113	.987	9.472
Tony Levanti	2B	121	381	291	44	82	.939	5.554
Donald Zahner	OF	122	197	12	24	2	.897	1.713
Ferd Niemann	OF	117	224	26	13	2	.951	2.137
Floyd Economides	OF	107	178	22	20	4	.909	1.869
Simon Luna	P	36	5	40	3	3	.938	1.250
Edward Arthur	P	35	7	68	7	4	.915	2.143
Harold Jackson	P	28	6	59	6	3	.915	2.321
Burt Cork	P	22	4	14	1	0	.947	.818
John Shuford	P	20	3	29	5	0	.865	1.600
Mike Rodriguez	P	20	7	14	4	0	.840	1.050
Emilio Mozo	SS	132	186	439	73	81	.895	4.735
Ed Melillo	SS	58	90	135	16	17	.934	3.879
Totals		943	2437	1184	232	311	.940	3.840

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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