1948 Vandergrift Pioneers Statistics

Middle Atlantic League (MAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 86-39
Finished 1st in the MAL
Manager: Pat Patterson (0-0), Lew Krausse (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Davis Field
Attendance: 51,367, Avg. 822

1948 Vandergrift Pioneers Roster

Playoffs - Vandergrift Pioneers 3 games, Uniontown Coal Barons 1
Finals - Erie Sailors 4 games, Vandergrift Pioneers 1

The Vandergrift Pioneers of the Middle Atlantic League ended the 1948 season with a record of 86 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the MAL.

Pat Patterson and Lew Krausse 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
George Heller	20	4	.833	2.75	34						203.0	189	89	62		90
Steven Komora	14	3	.824	3.28	23						148.0	149	69	54		64
Edward Kempka	13	7	.650	4.01	30						128.0	137	69	57		45
Francis Healy	12	8	.600	4.76	29						174.0	180	104	92		82
Frank Wagner	9	5	.643	3.19	18						124.0	135	65	44		41
Rudy Minarcin	7	7	.500	3.44	17						123.0	120	72	47		69
Paul Korche	3	0	1.000	3.00	12						45.0	47	21	15		3
Frank Sabine					11						0.0
Totals	78	34	.696	3.53	174	0	0	0	0	0	945.0	957	489	371	0	394	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
Joe Tedesco	126	500	500		178	40	6	15						.356	.356	.550	.906	275
Bob Hill	126	479	479		170	37	9	17						.355	.355	.576	.931	276
Herman Kiel	123	463	463		143	33	8	21						.309	.309	.551	.860	255
Joseph Bernard	116	449	449		140	33	12	11						.312	.312	.512	.824	230
George Gasdaska	125	496	496		128	24	7	0						.258	.258	.335	.593	166
Frank Merola	102	386	386		119	24	4	11						.308	.308	.477	.785	184
Charles Hood	102	378	378		118	28	6	16						.312	.312	.545	.857	206
Earl Lettenberger	86	303	303		86	18	2	26						.284	.284	.614	.898	186
Joseph Mayer	60	207	207		59	14	6	1						.285	.285	.425	.710	88
George Heller	56	132	132		50	7	4	1						.379	.379	.515	.894	68
Rudy Minarcin	26	59	59		27	3	0	1						.458	.458	.559	1.017	33
Lloyd Yarnell	32	100	100		24	2	2	2						.240	.240	.360	.600	36
Richard Campbell	23	71	71		20	6	0	0						.282	.282	.366	.648	26
Frank Wagner	20	51	51		16	2	4	0						.314	.314	.510	.824	26
Steven Komora	25	59	59		10	2	0	0						.169	.169	.203	.373	12
Beech Trojanowski	13	43	43		9	0	2	1						.209	.209	.372	.581	16
Francis Healy	32	62	62		8	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258	8
Robert Wigle	11	30	30		7	1	0	1						.233	.233	.367	.600	11
Paul Korche	13	16	16		5	1	0	1						.312	.312	.562	.875	9
Edward Kempka	31	40	40		4	1	0	0						.100	.100	.125	.225	5
Frank Sabine	11	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1259	4334	4334	0	1321	276	72	125	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.305	.488	.793	2116	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
George Heller	P	34					.000
Edward Kempka	P	30					.000
Francis Healy	P	29					.000
Steven Komora	P	23					.000
Frank Wagner	P	18					.000
Rudy Minarcin	P	17					.000
Paul Korche	P	12					.000
Frank Sabine	P	11					.000
Totals		174	0	0	0	0	.000

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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