1929 Tampa Smokers Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 79-56
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Pop Kitchens (79-56)
Location: Tampa, Florida
Ballpark: Plant Field
Attendance: 47,764, Avg. 708

1929 Tampa Smokers Roster

Playoffs - Montgomery Lions 4 games, Tampa Smokers 3

The Tampa Smokers of the Southeastern League ended the 1929 season with a record of 79 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the SL.

Pop Kitchens 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
Roy Appleton	25	9	.735	2.71	41						289.0	282	103	87		46
Gus Ketchum	14	10	.583	3.17	42						264.0	288	116	93		77
Cesar Alvarez	13	6	.684	2.98	24						148.0	158	60	49		32
Wally Brush	12	9	.571	3.40	26						172.0	171	83	65		116
Gene Walker	8	7	.533	2.71	22						126.0	108	50	38		36
Carl Spencer	2	6	.250	5.64	11						75.0	112	55	47		33
Totals	74	47	.612	3.18	166	0	0	0	0	0	1074.0	1119	467	379	0	340	0	0	0	0	0	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
Brown Braly	137	516	516		184	29	13	2						.357	.357	.475	.831	245
Lee Dunham	137	499	499		145	16	9	2						.291	.291	.371	.661	185
Lonny Singleton	134	456	456		143	18	6	1						.314	.314	.386	.700	176
Jay Smith	138	477	477		137	24	4	1						.287	.287	.361	.648	172
Joe Buskey	137	511	511		137	12	3	0						.268	.268	.303	.571	155
Hank Guerra	115	354	354		95	9	4	0						.268	.268	.316	.585	112
Red Griffin	85	298	298		94	8	3	0						.315	.315	.362	.678	108
Homer Ezzell	93	330	330		86	9	3	1						.261	.261	.315	.576	104
Manuel Cueto	60	162	162		35	6	0	0						.216	.216	.253	.469	41
Pop Kitchens	35	75	75		21	2	1	0						.280	.280	.333	.613	25
Tex McDonald	26	68	68		19	0	0	0						.279	.279	.279	.559	19
Roy Appleton	41	96	96		17	4	0	1						.177	.177	.250	.427	24
Wally Brush	26	58	58		13	1	4	0						.224	.224	.379	.603	22
Gus Ketchum	42	94	94		13	3	0	0						.138	.138	.170	.309	16
Gene Walker	22	43	43		10	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.465	10
Carl Spencer	14	32	32		9	2	1	0						.281	.281	.406	.688	13
Cesar Alvarez	24	48	48		9	0	2	0						.188	.188	.271	.458	13
Forrest Sackett	13	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Totals	1303	4198	4198	0	1183	144	53	8	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.347	.629	1457	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Dunham	1B	137	1229	84	17		.987	9.584
Homer Ezzell	2B	76	214	189	8		.981	5.303
Red Griffin	3B	49	56	110	10		.943	3.388
Manuel Cueto	3B	41	62	76	7		.952	3.366
Hank Guerra	C	113	387	87	21		.958	4.195
Pop Kitchens	C	25	79	20	2		.980	3.960
Jay Smith	OF	138	338	19	12		.967	2.587
Brown Braly	OF	135	326	10	15		.957	2.489
Lonny Singleton	OF	129	281	17	10		.968	2.310
Tex McDonald	OF	10	18	1	1		.950	1.900
Joe Buskey	SS	136	302	406	41		.945	5.206
Totals		1009	3334	1069	145	0	.968	4.364

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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