1949 Wilkes-Barre Indians Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Bill Norman (77-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 112,566, Avg. 1,608

1949 Wilkes-Barre Indians Roster

Playoffs - Wilkes-Barre Indians 4 games, Albany Senators 0
Finals - Binghamton Triplets 4 games, Wilkes-Barre Indians 3

The Wilkes-Barre Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1949 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the EL.

Bill Norman 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 Welmaker	22	12	.647	2.44	35	29		26	5		254.0	229	99	69		118		151	1	0	3
Ray Wicker	13	5	.722	4.99	27	27		11	3		155.0	166	100	86		81		78	0	0	2
Joe Kotrany	13	8	.619	4.33	38	19		11	0		181.0	179	103	87		85		80	2	1	1
Len Pillar	9	6	.600	4.67	34	8		6	2		129.0	119	70	67		99		69	2	1	6
Jake Henson	7	10	.412	4.90	31	23		8	0		169.0	189	118	92		78		102	7	0	1
Bob Chakales	6	10	.375	5.25	26	19		6	1		120.0	154	100	70		80		67	2	2	7
Herbert Benzel	4	8	.333	5.05	28	13		5	0		98.0	110	73	55		58		57	0	2	3
Jim Vitter	2	3	.400	5.95	31	1		0	0		56.0	69	48	37		38		14	0	1	2
Herman Wollitz	0	0			2						0.0
Walter Doherty	0	0			1						0.0
Don Minnick	0	1	.000		1						0.0
Totals	76	63	.547	4.36	254	139	0	73	11	0	1162.0	1215	711	563	0	637	0	618	14	7	25	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
Al Smith	139	616	521	112	162	27	17	12	82	11		87	100	.311	.412	.497	.910	259		3	5
Harry Simpson	139	606	522	125	159	27	16	31	120	5		77	113	.305	.401	.596	.997	311		7	0
George D'addario	113	470	406	75	129	26	5	7	64	3		54	53	.318	.400	.458	.859	186		2	8
Ed Mutryn	125	519	425	85	122	17	8	19	89	3		92	81	.287	.416	.499	.915	212		2	0
John Ward	106	448	364	71	106	13	4	0	31	5		78	47	.291	.416	.349	.765	127		0	6
Vito DeVito	111	392	325	55	89	12	4	4	55	0		60	24	.274	.395	.372	.767	121		5	2
Hal Sanders	98	345	305	51	82	12	2	2	35	3		27	36	.269	.338	.341	.679	104		5	8
Milt Stockhausen	88	330	298	36	73	17	1	3	53	1		30	31	.245	.314	.339	.653	101		0	2
Donald Cena	73	291	268	43	55	8	3	2	26	3		22	21	.205	.266	.280	.545	75		0	1
Peter Deem	62	216	193	16	48	9	1	0	30	0		18	26	.249	.329	.306	.634	59		5	0
John Hernandez	45	195	167	25	47	9	0	8	38	0		24	38	.281	.378	.479	.857	80		2	2
Pete Spatafore	56	227	187	32	46	6	0	3	23	1		33	39	.246	.368	.326	.694	61		3	4
August Gregory	48	166	150	17	31	4	4	1	15	2		15	23	.207	.279	.307	.585	46		0	1
Roy Welmaker	36	103	96	8	21	1	1	0	9	0		5	20	.219	.257	.250	.507	24		0	2
Jake Henson	31	65	59	3	14	3	0	0	3	0		3	9	.237	.286	.288	.574	17		1	2
Len Pillar	34	58	54	5	12	1	0	1	5	0		2	14	.222	.250	.296	.546	16		0	2
Ray Wicker	29	79	66	8	12	1	0	0	8	0		10	14	.182	.289	.197	.486	13		0	3
Harry Lockwood	19	76	59	12	11	1	0	0	8	0		16	6	.186	.360	.203	.563	12		0	1
Joe Kotrany	39	75	59	13	11	4	0	1	5	0		12	20	.186	.333	.305	.638	18		1	3
Bob Chakales	28	47	45	8	10	3	0	0	2	0		2	3	.222	.255	.289	.544	13		0	0
Herbert Benzel	28	32	26	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		6	12	.115	.281	.115	.397	3		0	0
Jim Vitter	32	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0
Totals	1479	5370	4607	801	1243	201	66	94	703	37	0	675	736	.270	.367	.403	.771	1858	0	36	52	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Donald Cena	1B	73	590	50	6	50	.991	8.767
John Hernandez	1B	45	343	29	9	34	.976	8.267
Harry Lockwood	1B	17	159	5	0	19	1.000	9.647
Vito DeVito	2B	88	238	237	16	55	.967	5.398
George D'addario	2B	54	144	132	15	35	.948	5.111
Al Smith	3B	139	165	265	42	23	.911	3.094
Peter Deem	C	56	255	27	8	4	.972	5.036	5
Milt Stockhausen	C	33	453	41	14	10	.972	14.970	3
Harry Simpson	OF	139	324	15	16	3	.955	2.439
Ed Mutryn	OF	109	186	9	18	1	.915	1.789
John Ward	OF	98	176	9	8	4	.959	1.888
Hal Sanders	OF	87	116	6	9	1	.931	1.402
Joe Kotrany	P	38	10	38	2	2	.960	1.263
Roy Welmaker	P	35	11	54	4	2	.942	1.857
Len Pillar	P	34	2	17	3	1	.864	.559
Jim Vitter	P	31	3	16	1	0	.950	.613
Jake Henson	P	31	8	24	3	2	.914	1.032
Herbert Benzel	P	28	4	20	4	2	.857	.857
Ray Wicker	P	27	13	24	0	1	1.000	1.370
Bob Chakales	P	26	8	16	4	0	.857	.923
Herman Wollitz	P	2						.000
Don Minnick	P	1						.000
Walter Doherty	P	1						.000
Pete Spatafore	SS	56	102	176	18	35	.939	4.964
George D'addario	SS	56	96	132	13	30	.946	4.071
August Gregory	SS	31	50	99	16	22	.903	4.806
Totals		1335	3456	1441	229	336	.955	3.668	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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