1949 Superior Blues Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 64-62
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: George Sobek (64-62)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Superior Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 76,417, Avg. 1,213

1949 Superior Blues Roster

Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 3 games, Superior Blues 1

The Superior Blues of the Northern League ended the 1949 season with a record of 64 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

George Sobek 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
Billy Best	15	2	.882	2.78	29			12	3		162.0	145	72	50		73		108	8	1	4
Alvin Johnson	14	12	.538	2.89	33			20	2		215.0	227	103	69		56		84	4	1	3
Bill Enright	11	4	.733	4.94	27			7	0		162.0	169	103	89		95		65	5	0	10
John Zuchnik	5	4	.556	4.00	24			0	0		45.0	47	22	20		15		20	1	0	0
Ralph Miller	5	8	.385	5.30	32			7	0		146.0	177	101	86		57		59	5	2	8
William Stretton	5	10	.333	3.65	21			6	0		116.0	109	71	47		74		76	6	0	7
Irving Boim	4	5	.444	5.16	13			6	0		75.0	77	62	43		63		46	5	1	4
Dale Leckrone	2	5	.286	0.00	7			3	0		39.0	50	35			17		25	1	0	2
Wilbert Hackbarth	1	1	.500	0.00	6			0	0		24.0	22	21			37		14	1	1	2
Bob Shotliff	1	1	.500	0.00	10			0	0		24.0	32	21			15		11	1	0	3
Don Ehlers	1	4	.200	0.00	10			0	0		37.0	39	37			35		28	1	1	5
Marvin Gustafson					1						0.0
Chester Huber	0	0		0.00	2						3.0
Marvin Wrege	0	0		0.00	2						1.7
George Seeley	0	1	.000	0.00	2			0	0		4.0	9	13			8		2	1	0	0
Charlie Stiglich	0	4	.000	0.00	6			2	0		32.0	32	26			25		11	0	1	1
Totals	64	61	.512	3.35	225	0	0	63	5	0	1085.7	1135	687	404	0	570	0	549	39	8	49	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
James Thompson	117	500	408	78	122	25	9	9	85	25		85	76	.299	.427	.471	.897	192		6	1
Joe Frisina	115	499	431	55	118	14	3	2	61	4		55	25	.274	.360	.334	.694	144		3	10
George Sobek	118	493	439	63	107	9	4	2	43	14		44	37	.244	.320	.296	.616	130		5	5
Andrew Baud	80	349	302	56	97	11	8	2	60	11		38	25	.321	.399	.430	.829	130		1	8
James Schymanski	99	380	351	56	96	16	6	2	59	5		24	26	.274	.320	.370	.690	130		0	5
James Grimes	95	407	360	59	93	11	9	0	42	8		45	48	.258	.342	.339	.681	122		1	1
Wilbert Hackbarth	94	345	272	55	81	16	9	0	35	5		68	29	.298	.442	.423	.864	115		2	3
Chester Gugala	67	295	242	51	68	10	6	5	38	9		47	19	.281	.400	.434	.834	105		1	5
Del Lang	66	276	239	34	62	8	5	3	32	3		32	28	.259	.349	.372	.722	89		1	4
John Vrablik	47	172	149	13	42	3	0	0	10	0		16	5	.282	.352	.302	.654	45		0	7
Gerald Kaires	38	160	136	22	30	4	2	0	8	0		18	27	.221	.321	.279	.600	38		2	4
Dick Fuller	35	146	119	18	27	5	1	1	17	3		22	19	.227	.361	.311	.672	37		3	2
Raeford Russo	28	107	91	19	22	4	2	1	13	3		15	15	.242	.355	.363	.718	33		1	0
Alvin Johnson	36	91	78	9	15	1	0	0	1	2		10	11	.192	.284	.205	.489	16		0	3
Billy Best	39	72	59	11	13	3	0	0	9	0		9	16	.220	.324	.271	.595	16		0	4
Jerry Poltrock	22	95	84	6	13	2	2	0	9	1		10	16	.155	.245	.226	.471	19		0	1
Austin Palmer	16	65	51	3	12	1	1	0	3	0		12	8	.235	.381	.294	.675	15		0	2
Gene Smith	13	49	43	6	11	2	0	0	4	0		6	6	.256	.347	.302	.649	13		0	0
Ralph Miller	34	58	48	6	10	1	0	0	5	1		7	10	.208	.309	.229	.538	11		0	3
Terry Thomas	10	36	31	3	8	0	0	0	3	1		5	4	.258	.361	.258	.619	8		0	0
Irving Boim	19	38	28	3	7	0	0	0	0	0		8	7	.250	.417	.250	.667	7		0	2
Bill Enright	30	71	59	12	6	0	0	0	6	0		10	9	.102	.243	.102	.345	6		1	1
John Gabos	10	23	19	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		4	5	.158	.304	.211	.515	4		0	0
William Stretton	21	45	31	5	2	0	0	0	2	1		7	11	.065	.237	.065	.301	2		0	7
John Zuchnik	24	16	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		4	1	.100	.357	.100	.457	1		0	2
Don Ehlers	10	16	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	2	.091	.375	.091	.466	1		0	0
Bob Shotliff	10	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	0		0	0
Totals	1293	4811	4096	650	1067	147	67	27	547	96	0	608	488	.260	.360	.349	.709	1429	0	27	80	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wilbert Hackbarth	1B	64	569	31	16	41	.974	9.375
James Thompson	1B	62	567	26	22	41	.964	9.565
George Sobek	2B	117	319	323	31	66	.954	5.487
Gerald Kaires	2B	10	27	26	3	6	.946	5.300
Joe Frisina	3B	62	61	115	16	16	.917	2.839
Dick Fuller	3B	29	38	53	16	8	.850	3.138
Gerald Kaires	3B	14	21	26	6	0	.887	3.357
Austin Palmer	3B	12	7	30	2	0	.949	3.083
Andrew Baud	3B	12	7	22	3	1	.906	2.417
James Schymanski	C	47	231	28	6	3	.977	5.511	6
John Vrablik	C	45	241	28	9	5	.968	5.978	6
Jerry Poltrock	C	21	103	18	3	4	.976	5.762	2
Gene Smith	C	12	41	7	0	1	1.000	4.000	3
James Grimes	OF	94	189	12	13	1	.939	2.138
Andrew Baud	OF	67	147	11	9	1	.946	2.358
Chester Gugala	OF	64	112	10	11	0	.917	1.906
James Thompson	OF	48	78	16	8	1	.922	1.958
James Schymanski	OF	46	71	11	0	1	1.000	1.783
Raeford Russo	OF	25	38	3	5	0	.891	1.640
Alvin Johnson	P	33	13	39	3	3	.945	1.576
Ralph Miller	P	32	1	30	2	0	.939	.969
Billy Best	P	29	9	29	3	2	.927	1.310
Bill Enright	P	27	6	22	2	2	.933	1.037
John Zuchnik	P	24	1	10	0	0	1.000	.458
William Stretton	P	21	6	28	0	0	1.000	1.619
Irving Boim	P	13	1	16	4	0	.810	1.308
Bob Shotliff	P	10	0	5	0	0	1.000	.500
Don Ehlers	P	10	1	8	1	0	.900	.900
Dale Leckrone	P	7						.000
Charlie Stiglich	P	6						.000
Wilbert Hackbarth	P	6						.000
Marvin Wrege	P	2						.000
George Seeley	P	2						.000
Chester Huber	P	2						.000
Marvin Gustafson	P	1						.000
Del Lang	SS	65	114	188	32	30	.904	4.646
Joe Frisina	SS	52	86	135	22	19	.909	4.250
Gerald Kaires	SS	10	14	11	2	3	.926	2.500
Totals		1203	3119	1317	250	255	.947	3.687	17	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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