1949 McAlester Rockets Statistics

Sooner State League (SSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 6th in the SSL
Manager: Vern Hoscheit (58-82)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: McAlester, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Jefferson-Lee Stadium
Attendance: 56,733, Avg. 810

1949 McAlester Rockets Roster

The McAlester Rockets of the Sooner State League ended the 1949 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the SSL.

Vern Hoscheit 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
Robert Childs	10	7	.588	3.80	19			7	2		135.0	117	76	57		102		127	9	0	6
James Harsey	10	8	.556	3.59	31			13	0		178.0	151	108	71		120		113	4	2	16
Wayne Brown	8	6	.571	3.87	19			9	1		100.0	120	76	43		44		45	4	0	3
Robert Tuminello	6	7	.462	2.56	17			8	2		116.0	119	65	33		54		72	2	0	0
Edward Tetzlaff	6	9	.400	3.88	26			11	1		167.0	174	98	72		98		71	4	0	11
Clarence Wheeler	4	5	.444	4.38	13			6	0		78.0	80	57	38		81		40	4	0	6
Harold Morris	4	8	.333	2.61	28			5	1		107.0	100	58	31		45		72	8	0	4
Melvin Pritchard	2	3	.400	4.79	10			2	0		47.0	50	38	25		21		19	3	0	0
Wes Curtis	2	5	.286	3.14	10			4	0		66.0	60	43	23		44		52	7	0	7
John Hecht	2	6	.250	2.54	11			4	0		71.0	65	48	20		32		48	4	1	5
Totals	54	64	.458	3.49	184	0	0	69	7	0	1065.0	1036	667	413	0	641	0	659	49	3	58	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
Don Leppert	143	654	561	81	142	31	7	2	66	15		65	50	.253	.339	.344	.683	193		8	20
Whitey Herzog	96	458	398	53	111	19	7	0	31	15		50	24	.279	.361	.362	.723	144		1	9
Vern Hoscheit	127	477	387	71	106	25	1	4	51	24		80	29	.274	.402	.375	.777	145		3	7
Patrick Lyons	113	475	378	62	97	18	5	6	58	21		77	64	.257	.394	.378	.773	143		9	11
Carl Zellar	104	432	382	43	91	18	3	7	51	4		41	87	.238	.317	.356	.673	136		3	6
Darrell Waska	98	409	334	46	79	9	2	7	54	14		59	55	.237	.353	.338	.691	113		1	15
Karl Swenson	83	368	292	48	62	16	0	2	34	12		65	72	.212	.359	.288	.647	84		2	9
Robert Hall	46	183	171	13	37	4	0	0	14	2		6	18	.216	.243	.240	.483	41		0	6
Thomas Lannin	35	164	139	19	32	2	2	0	15	6		15	26	.230	.331	.273	.605	38		6	4
Willard Evans	44	177	158	21	31	9	1	2	17	2		12	16	.196	.262	.304	.565	48		2	5
James Harsey	61	133	107	16	28	5	4	0	18	4		20	14	.262	.383	.383	.766	41		1	5
Leonard DeRoma	40	171	138	20	28	2	1	0	17	3		28	29	.203	.345	.232	.577	32		2	3
Bob Heller	37	110	96	7	26	4	2	0	14	4		11	14	.271	.352	.354	.706	34		1	2
Daniel Meyer	21	91	76	11	18	1	0	0	3	1		10	8	.237	.326	.250	.576	19		0	5
Harold Groves	35	137	107	10	17	2	0	0	11	6		23	22	.159	.318	.178	.496	19		2	5
Robert Johnson	14	66	50	18	16	3	0	0	6	11		13	14	.320	.460	.380	.840	19		0	3
Robert Tuminello	23	52	49	8	15	2	0	0	6	1		0	11	.306	.306	.347	.653	17		0	3
Edward Tetzlaff	28	68	59	8	10	1	1	1	5	0		7	27	.169	.258	.271	.529	16		0	2
Lynn Stemme	20	80	67	5	10	0	0	0	8	0		13	13	.149	.288	.149	.437	10		0	0
Richard Barna	24	75	66	4	9	1	0	0	8	0		7	13	.136	.230	.152	.381	10		1	1
Jack Rose	10	48	39	6	8	1	0	0	9	0		9	1	.205	.354	.231	.585	9		0	0
Clarence Wheeler	17	39	38	3	7	3	0	0	2	0		0	4	.184	.184	.263	.447	10		0	1
John Bearden	14	53	49	3	7	0	0	1	4	0		3	6	.143	.192	.204	.396	10		0	1
Jack Urban	11	33	33	2	6	1	0	0	5	0		0	2	.182	.182	.212	.394	7		0	0
Ralph Karr	10	46	38	5	6	3	0	1	3	1		7	10	.158	.289	.316	.605	12		0	1
Wayne Brown	19	47	40	4	6	0	0	0	3	0		5	19	.150	.244	.150	.394	6		0	2
Robert Childs	19	55	47	9	6	1	0	0	0	0		4	15	.128	.226	.149	.375	7		2	2
Melvin Pritchard	10	23	21	2	5	1	0	0	3	0		2	2	.238	.304	.286	.590	6		0	0
Harold Morris	28	41	32	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		5	16	.094	.216	.125	.341	4		0	4
Robert Brousseau	12	17	15	2	1	0	0	1	3	0		1	5	.067	.176	.267	.443	4		1	0
Wes Curtis	10	24	18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	11	.056	.261	.056	.316	1		1	1
John Hecht	11	31	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.067	.000	.067	0		1	1
Totals	1363	5237	4413	606	1021	183	36	34	521	146	0	643	701	.231	.335	.312	.648	1378	0	47	134	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Hall	1B	46	368	11	12	37	.969	8.239
Lynn Stemme	1B	20	197	5	5	11	.976	1.100
Robert Johnson	1B	14	115	11	4	15	.969	9.000
Vern Hoscheit	1B	10	83	3	0	4	1.000	8.600
Don Leppert	2B	134	392	356	47	84	.941	5.582
Jack Rose	2B	10	34	35	2	4	.972	6.900
Karl Swenson	3B	77	116	152	38	12	.876	3.481
Willard Evans	3B	39	44	99	17	10	.894	3.667
Harold Groves	3B	10	6	17	4	0	.852	2.300
Vern Hoscheit	C	101	556	101	11	14	.984	6.505	7
Bob Heller	C	34	149	11	8	1	.952	4.706	4
Richard Barna	C	21	137	16	3	2	.981	7.286	1
Carl Zellar	OF	104	115	7	14	3	.897	1.173
Whitey Herzog	OF	96	222	14	0	1	1.000	2.458
Ralph Karr	OF	10	19	0	1	0	.950	1.900
James Harsey	P	31	14	45	4	2	.937	1.903
Harold Morris	P	28	3	18	3	1	.875	.750
Edward Tetzlaff	P	26	7	39	5	4	.902	1.769
Robert Childs	P	19	2	23	1	0	.962	1.316
Wayne Brown	P	19	3	12	2	0	.882	.789
Robert Tuminello	P	17	6	32	4	1	.905	2.235
Clarence Wheeler	P	13	3	15	2	3	.900	1.385
John Hecht	P	11	0	9	3	1	.750	.818
Melvin Pritchard	P	10	3	12	2	1	.882	1.500
Wes Curtis	P	10	1	18	2	0	.905	1.900
Darrell Waska	SS	98	129	253	53	39	.878	3.898
Daniel Meyer	SS	21	38	44	15	7	.845	3.905
Totals		1029	2762	1358	262	257	.940	4.004	12	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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