1949 Rutherford County Owls Statistics
Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-45
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Sam Gibson (0-0), Halley Wilson (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Spindale, North Carolina
Attendance: 52,382, Avg. 961
1949 Rutherford County Owls RosterTeam Record: 64-45
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Sam Gibson (0-0), Halley Wilson (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Spindale, North Carolina
Attendance: 52,382, Avg. 961
Playoffs - Rutherford County Owls 4 games, Newton-Conover Twins 2
Finals - Rutherford County Owls 4 games, Morganton Aggies 1
The Rutherford County Owls of the Western Carolina League ended the 1949 season with a record of 64 wins and 45 losses, finishing third in the WCL.
Sam Gibson and Halley Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Haynes | 16 | 11 | .593 | 5.31 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 212.0 | 238 | 149 | 125 | 94 | 168 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
| Jack Gilbert | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.36 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 161.0 | 189 | 87 | 78 | 44 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Jim Gaddy | 11 | 10 | .524 | 5.28 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 174.0 | 202 | 113 | 102 | 57 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Bob Jolley | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 111 | 57 | 43 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charles Timm | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.93 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 92.0 | 86 | 36 | 30 | 18 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Dick Pottkotter | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.67 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 52 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Phillip Oates | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 67.0 | 71 | 47 | 38 | 31 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 60 | 41 | .594 | 4.62 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 849.0 | 949 | 513 | 436 | 0 | 294 | 0 | 493 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Dixon | 107 | 497 | 438 | 99 | 151 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 66 | 18 | 43 | 50 | .345 | .411 | .486 | .897 | 213 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Dean Padgett | 101 | 481 | 439 | 84 | 149 | 32 | 6 | 14 | 108 | 5 | 36 | 43 | .339 | .396 | .535 | .931 | 235 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Shelton Stanley | 101 | 483 | 413 | 87 | 115 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 12 | 53 | 64 | .278 | .367 | .366 | .733 | 151 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Willie Lovett | 70 | 319 | 272 | 43 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 50 | .290 | .379 | .386 | .765 | 105 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Paul Sisco | 64 | 323 | 266 | 64 | 76 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 48 | 22 | .286 | .399 | .387 | .786 | 103 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Romas Duncan | 78 | 346 | 278 | 61 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 52 | 37 | .273 | .402 | .432 | .834 | 120 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Clarence McKinney | 70 | 287 | 256 | 44 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 8 | 29 | 27 | .289 | .361 | .434 | .795 | 111 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Morrow | 62 | 261 | 212 | 36 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 15 | .288 | .415 | .382 | .797 | 81 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Ragazio | 37 | 154 | 121 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 34 | .240 | .395 | .331 | .725 | 40 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Donald Reo | 33 | 133 | 105 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 26 | .267 | .408 | .419 | .827 | 44 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Willie Crummie | 20 | 92 | 78 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .218 | .330 | .256 | .586 | 20 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wayne Haynes | 46 | 103 | 84 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .202 | .309 | .333 | .643 | 28 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ned Waldrop | 14 | 60 | 48 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .271 | .417 | .375 | .792 | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Gaddy | 35 | 74 | 66 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .197 | .264 | .227 | .491 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Grady Milwood | 24 | 72 | 67 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .194 | .239 | .284 | .523 | 19 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Timm | 15 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .242 | .286 | .242 | .528 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Enloe | 13 | 45 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .235 | .409 | .353 | .762 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| James Cowan | 16 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .170 | .264 | .277 | .541 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Phillip Oates | 11 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .269 | .387 | .269 | .656 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Gilbert | 29 | 72 | 64 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .109 | .149 | .125 | .274 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bob Jolley | 22 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .161 | .278 | .161 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Myrick | 10 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .143 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Pottkotter | 12 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 990 | 4014 | 3425 | 638 | 960 | 183 | 42 | 46 | 516 | 60 | 0 | 467 | 516 | .280 | .374 | .399 | .772 | 1365 | 0 | 44 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Padgett | 1B | 101 | 919 | 29 | 16 | 58 | .983 | 9.386 | ||||
| Paul Sisco | 2B | 63 | 166 | 192 | 14 | 24 | .962 | 5.683 | ||||
| Shelton Stanley | 2B | 22 | 38 | 56 | 5 | 1 | .949 | 4.273 | ||||
| Shelton Stanley | 3B | 71 | 56 | 128 | 8 | 4 | .958 | 2.592 | ||||
| Donald Reo | 3B | 21 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 1 | .892 | 3.143 | ||||
| Romas Duncan | C | 77 | 428 | 30 | 13 | 0 | .972 | 5.948 | 9 | |||
| James Cowan | C | 13 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.308 | 2 | |||
| John Enloe | C | 11 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 5.091 | 1 | |||
| Ralph Dixon | OF | 106 | 234 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .957 | 2.283 | ||||
| Clarence McKinney | OF | 62 | 100 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .933 | 1.806 | ||||
| Charles Morrow | OF | 59 | 111 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .944 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ned Waldrop | OF | 14 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 3.357 | ||||
| Willie Lovett | OF | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.273 | ||||
| Wayne Haynes | P | 39 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 0 | .912 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Gaddy | P | 33 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jack Gilbert | P | 28 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.036 | ||||
| Bob Jolley | P | 22 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .682 | ||||
| Charles Timm | P | 15 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.467 | ||||
| Dick Pottkotter | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Phillip Oates | P | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Willie Lovett | SS | 53 | 100 | 130 | 17 | 7 | .931 | 4.340 | ||||
| Richard Ragazio | SS | 36 | 87 | 97 | 11 | 7 | .944 | 5.111 | ||||
| Willie Crummie | SS | 15 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 3 | .857 | 4.800 | ||||
| Totals | 894 | 2484 | 929 | 150 | 109 | .958 | 3.818 | 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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