1949 Thibodaux Giants Statistics
Evangeline League (EL) - Class: C
Team Record: 64-74
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Wilfred Theard (0-0), Weldon Ploger (0-0)
Location: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Ballpark: Starke Field
Attendance: 71,450, Avg. 1,036
1949 Thibodaux Giants RosterTeam Record: 64-74
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Wilfred Theard (0-0), Weldon Ploger (0-0)
Location: Thibodaux, Louisiana
Ballpark: Starke Field
Attendance: 71,450, Avg. 1,036
The Thibodaux Giants of the Evangeline League ended the 1949 season with a record of 64 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.
Wilfred Theard and Weldon Ploger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Baldo | 12 | 14 | .462 | 5.76 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 200.0 | 264 | 163 | 128 | 74 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Gerald Riffenburg | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.52 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 179.0 | 185 | 95 | 70 | 88 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Alban Lagarde | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.88 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 123.0 | 122 | 74 | 53 | 64 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Frank Demyan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 100.0 | 108 | 58 | 46 | 50 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Gus Riordan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.61 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 80.0 | 103 | 59 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Joseph Bouchoux | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.82 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 68.0 | 85 | 57 | 44 | 45 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Don Littell | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.80 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 45.0 | 56 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Richard Napier | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Merle Coleman | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Smith | 31 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 44 | 50 | .468 | 4.54 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 795.0 | 923 | 537 | 401 | 0 | 376 | 0 | 373 | 24 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon Ploger | 120 | 508 | 458 | 58 | 129 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 73 | 5 | 38 | 37 | .282 | .339 | .400 | .739 | 183 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| James Hibbs | 134 | 512 | 450 | 41 | 122 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 60 | 46 | .271 | .357 | .340 | .697 | 153 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Sam Gatlin | 131 | 535 | 498 | 68 | 118 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 9 | 30 | 48 | .237 | .282 | .319 | .601 | 159 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jack Bridges | 90 | 386 | 344 | 57 | 109 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 32 | 45 | .317 | .377 | .401 | .778 | 138 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Akenhead | 127 | 566 | 398 | 88 | 108 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 83 | 10 | 158 | 73 | .271 | .484 | .470 | .954 | 187 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Irving Clement | 77 | 306 | 266 | 48 | 82 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 74 | 3 | 38 | 32 | .308 | .395 | .556 | .951 | 148 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Weldon Cousins | 82 | 320 | 310 | 43 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 23 | .235 | .252 | .319 | .572 | 99 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Sprentall | 58 | 246 | 202 | 52 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 16 | .307 | .424 | .426 | .850 | 86 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Joseph Wishba | 33 | 134 | 115 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 24 | .252 | .353 | .357 | .710 | 41 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Edward Baldo | 62 | 145 | 126 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 40 | .198 | .284 | .206 | .490 | 26 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Stan Walker | 28 | 112 | 94 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .223 | .348 | .309 | .657 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Lenzi | 21 | 64 | 58 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .207 | .270 | .259 | .528 | 15 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harry Schmiel | 12 | 48 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | .229 | .438 | .400 | .838 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Littell | 13 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .318 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alban Lagarde | 39 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .154 | .283 | .205 | .488 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gerald Riffenburg | 28 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .095 | .186 | .095 | .281 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joseph Bouchoux | 17 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .160 | .364 | .200 | .564 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gus Riordan | 26 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Frank Demyan | 22 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .100 | .270 | .100 | .370 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1120 | 4133 | 3563 | 533 | 928 | 155 | 32 | 56 | 455 | 77 | 0 | 502 | 498 | .260 | .354 | .369 | .723 | 1315 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Akenhead | 1B | 91 | 720 | 39 | 12 | 64 | .984 | 8.341 | ||||
| Weldon Cousins | 1B | 51 | 411 | 18 | 9 | 39 | .979 | 8.412 | ||||
| Weldon Ploger | 2B | 108 | 355 | 276 | 38 | 71 | .943 | 5.843 | ||||
| Irving Clement | 3B | 49 | 53 | 94 | 15 | 12 | .907 | 3.000 | ||||
| Sam Gatlin | 3B | 45 | 58 | 111 | 20 | 7 | .894 | 3.756 | ||||
| Jack Bridges | 3B | 35 | 46 | 65 | 11 | 2 | .910 | 3.171 | ||||
| James Hibbs | C | 131 | 612 | 68 | 10 | 12 | .986 | 5.191 | 7 | |||
| Richard Lenzi | C | 12 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.083 | 1 | |||
| Robert Sprentall | OF | 52 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.327 | ||||
| Jack Bridges | OF | 49 | 95 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 2.102 | ||||
| Robert Akenhead | OF | 36 | 62 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .930 | 1.833 | ||||
| Joseph Wishba | OF | 31 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.419 | ||||
| Irving Clement | OF | 29 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.621 | ||||
| Weldon Cousins | OF | 28 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .880 | 1.571 | ||||
| Stan Walker | OF | 26 | 70 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 2.923 | ||||
| Weldon Ploger | OF | 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Edward Baldo | OF | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Harry Schmiel | OF | 10 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 3.200 | ||||
| Alban Lagarde | P | 34 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 0 | .854 | 1.029 | ||||
| Edward Baldo | P | 34 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 5 | .960 | 1.412 | ||||
| Fred Smith | P | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Riffenburg | P | 28 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 1 | .898 | 1.571 | ||||
| Frank Demyan | P | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .864 | ||||
| Gus Riordan | P | 19 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .789 | ||||
| Joseph Bouchoux | P | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Merle Coleman | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Littell | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Richard Napier | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sam Gatlin | SS | 76 | 165 | 243 | 23 | 43 | .947 | 5.368 | ||||
| Jack Bridges | SS | 10 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .857 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1108 | 3030 | 1136 | 184 | 264 | .958 | 3.760 | 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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