1946 New River Rebels Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 83-40
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Jack Crosswhite (83-40)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Narrows, Virginia; Pearisburg, Virginia
Ballpark: Ragsdale Field
Attendance: 39,037, Avg. 635
1946 New River Rebels RosterTeam Record: 83-40
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Jack Crosswhite (83-40)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Narrows, Virginia; Pearisburg, Virginia
Ballpark: Ragsdale Field
Attendance: 39,037, Avg. 635
Playoffs - New River Rebels 3 games, Pulaski Counts 2
Finals - New River Rebels 4 games, Elizabethton Betsy Cubs 2
The New River Rebels of the Appalachian League ended the 1946 season with a record of 83 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the AL.
Jack Crosswhite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Hardwick | 23 | 3 | .885 | 3.53 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 209.0 | 212 | 110 | 82 | 67 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Richard Callison | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.00 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 198.0 | 168 | 106 | 88 | 123 | 148 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Bowman | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.41 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 127.0 | 127 | 63 | 34 | 19 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Maher | 12 | 4 | .750 | 4.76 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 140.0 | 133 | 81 | 74 | 64 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Ben Pollock | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.17 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 162.0 | 177 | 85 | 75 | 48 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Robert Hall | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 85.0 | 80 | 51 | 39 | 34 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Harry Bushkar | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Jack Crosswhite | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Weigle | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Haskins | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dewey Lucas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dewey Humphries | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Nixon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louis Ballard | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Edwards | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Harry Fortune | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Totals | 81 | 37 | .686 | 3.46 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 1020.7 | 970 | 533 | 392 | 0 | 397 | 0 | 594 | 37 | 7 | 26 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Graybill | 123 | 555 | 492 | 109 | 171 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 112 | 6 | 56 | 47 | .348 | .418 | .447 | .866 | 220 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Harry Bushkar | 116 | 512 | 452 | 96 | 152 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 93 | 9 | 52 | 70 | .336 | .409 | .518 | .927 | 234 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| John Kruckman | 113 | 517 | 434 | 105 | 147 | 42 | 7 | 13 | 98 | 2 | 75 | 38 | .339 | .444 | .558 | 1.001 | 242 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Crosswhite | 112 | 453 | 400 | 73 | 123 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 44 | 27 | .308 | .384 | .412 | .797 | 165 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| William Davies | 84 | 357 | 324 | 65 | 106 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 66 | 8 | 25 | 22 | .327 | .384 | .463 | .847 | 150 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Weigle | 94 | 442 | 362 | 89 | 106 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 9 | 73 | 38 | .293 | .414 | .367 | .782 | 133 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| George Surber | 87 | 342 | 310 | 63 | 86 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 40 | .277 | .341 | .381 | .722 | 118 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Don Edwards | 83 | 360 | 304 | 49 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 7 | 54 | 38 | .234 | .351 | .352 | .703 | 107 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Crosswhite | 48 | 190 | 175 | 24 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .229 | .278 | .314 | .592 | 55 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Shannon Hardwick | 40 | 102 | 90 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .322 | .378 | .344 | .722 | 31 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Bernard Smith | 40 | 145 | 126 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .159 | .243 | .222 | .465 | 28 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Ben Pollock | 43 | 80 | 76 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .250 | .269 | .276 | .546 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lawrence Landers | 27 | 94 | 87 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .218 | .269 | .264 | .533 | 23 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Hall | 17 | 52 | 50 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .340 | .365 | .400 | .765 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Turk Miles | 16 | 58 | 44 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | .295 | .456 | .455 | .911 | 20 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Dick Maher | 26 | 63 | 53 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .226 | .328 | .321 | .649 | 17 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Callison | 37 | 86 | 68 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .118 | .268 | .132 | .401 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Lewis Ragsdale | 11 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .135 | .220 | .189 | .409 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Fortune | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 | .444 | .500 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Bowman | 20 | 58 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .026 | .296 | .077 | .373 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 1147 | 4517 | 3931 | 776 | 1148 | 256 | 46 | 37 | 712 | 58 | 0 | 495 | 493 | .292 | .377 | .409 | .786 | 1607 | 0 | 42 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Graybill | 1B | 111 | 990 | 38 | 20 | 62 | .981 | 9.261 | ||||
| Harry Bushkar | 1B | 15 | 122 | 23 | 4 | 14 | .973 | 9.667 | ||||
| Richard Weigle | 2B | 94 | 211 | 249 | 54 | 42 | .895 | 4.894 | ||||
| Bernard Smith | 2B | 28 | 45 | 89 | 7 | 10 | .950 | 4.786 | ||||
| Harry Bushkar | 3B | 28 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 1 | .921 | 2.929 | ||||
| Lewis Ragsdale | 3B | 11 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Jack Crosswhite | C | 107 | 590 | 83 | 4 | 12 | .994 | 6.290 | 3 | |||
| Bernard Graybill | C | 22 | 85 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 4.409 | 5 | |||
| John Kruckman | OF | 112 | 214 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .957 | 1.982 | ||||
| Don Edwards | OF | 83 | 181 | 14 | 8 | 4 | .961 | 2.349 | ||||
| George Surber | OF | 81 | 127 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .936 | 1.617 | ||||
| William Davies | OF | 81 | 92 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .943 | 1.235 | ||||
| Lawrence Landers | OF | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| Turk Miles | OF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Ben Pollock | P | 39 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Shannon Hardwick | P | 36 | 18 | 66 | 3 | 2 | .966 | 2.333 | ||||
| Richard Callison | P | 35 | 6 | 56 | 3 | 2 | .954 | 1.771 | ||||
| Dick Maher | P | 23 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 2.174 | ||||
| Bob Bowman | P | 20 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.650 | ||||
| Robert Hall | P | 14 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Harry Fortune | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Harry Bushkar | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Crosswhite | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Ballard | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Weigle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Edwards | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Nixon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dewey Lucas | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dewey Humphries | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Haskins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Bushkar | SS | 71 | 118 | 195 | 28 | 28 | .918 | 4.408 | ||||
| Harry Crosswhite | SS | 44 | 58 | 104 | 11 | 18 | .936 | 3.682 | ||||
| Totals | 1115 | 2966 | 1142 | 186 | 208 | .957 | 3.684 | 8 | 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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