1946 Welch Miners Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 33-84
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Steve Sefick (0-0), George Smiley (0-0), Jim McNeish (0-0)
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 40,648, Avg. 695

1946 Welch Miners Roster

The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1946 season with a record of 33 wins and 84 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

Steve Sefick, George Smiley and Jim McNeish 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
Frank Amature	7	9	.438	5.32	18			5	0		110.0	150	99	65		68		70	3	0	2
Max Butcher	4	3	.571	2.37	7			4	0		57.0	59	41	15		18		29	0	0	2
Ralph Byrd	3	9	.250	5.72	30			7	0		137.0	174	125	87		56		79	3	0	10
Russell Thomas	2	5	.286	10.66	16			2	0		65.0	106	98	77		52		25	3	0	5
Joseph Santomauro	1	1	.500	0.00	3			1	0		18.0	27	20			14		11	0	0	0
Jack Goodman	1	1	.500	0.00	14			0	0		22.0	38	27			19		8	3	0	2
Howard Hamilton	1	2	.333	0.00	7			2	0		26.0	28	28			18		25	3	0	2
John Goetzee	1	4	.200	0.00	9			1	0		34.0	43	44			36		15	6	0	3
Hank Potter					22						0.0
Elmer Stacy	0	0		0.00	3						7.0
Angelo John	0	0		0.00	3						3.0
Robert Sexton	0	1	.000		1			0	0		0.0	2	2			1		0	0	0	0
Milton Ratliff	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		1.0	2	3			1		0	0	0	0
George Daniels	0	1	.000	0.00	7			0	0		17.0	37	31			9		9	0	0	2
Frank Stafford	0	1	.000	0.00	3			0	0		6.0	13	14			7		1	2	0	1
Warner Chinnis	0	1	.000	0.00	5			0	0		12.0	15	9			13		6	0	0	1
Oscar Tuttle	0	1	.000	0.00	7			0	0		22.0	26	31			30		11	5	0	4
Jack Mitchell	0	4	.000	0.00	8			0	0		32.0	48	39			15		15	1	0	0
Totals	20	44	.312	3.86	164	0	0	22	0	0	569.0	768	611	244	0	357	0	304	29	0	34	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
Michael D'Antonio	109	472	418	58	104	10	4	0	43	9		41	71	.249	.323	.292	.615	122		5	8
Gaspar Del Toro	73	326	305	43	93	9	7	3	25	24		10	38	.305	.342	.410	.751	125		7	4
Earl Drenning	99	399	350	44	86	15	4	2	50	2		38	59	.246	.327	.329	.655	115		4	7
Harley Biggs	75	290	279	39	75	14	6	4	45	1		7	47	.269	.292	.405	.697	113		2	2
Richard Jones	82	268	250	32	56	10	1	1	25	5		14	53	.224	.273	.284	.557	71		3	1
William Tanner	57	232	202	33	54	6	3	3	22	7		23	26	.267	.348	.371	.719	75		2	5
By Moore	42	180	145	34	48	16	2	2	27	0		35	24	.331	.461	.510	.971	74		0	0
Jack Tanner	35	115	91	23	21	4	0	7	20	0		21	29	.231	.386	.505	.891	46		2	1
Chuck Bearint	13	58	51	7	18	3	1	1	7	0		5	4	.353	.431	.510	.941	26		2	0
Anthony Rotola	28	107	90	15	17	2	0	0	8	1		15	21	.189	.318	.211	.529	19		2	0
George Sasko	28	114	91	11	17	0	0	0	7	1		19	26	.187	.339	.187	.526	17		2	2
Russell Thomas	36	84	77	7	15	1	0	0	3	1		5	9	.195	.262	.208	.470	16		2	0
Max Butcher	10	29	25	6	13	3	0	0	5	0		4	4	.520	.586	.640	1.226	16		0	0
Frank Amature	22	50	45	4	13	0	1	0	5	0		2	18	.289	.333	.333	.667	15		1	2
Thomas Estilow	10	37	29	6	9	0	0	2	11	0		8	2	.310	.459	.517	.977	15		0	0
Ralph Byrd	33	58	45	6	9	1	0	1	6	1		12	17	.200	.379	.289	.668	13		1	0
Joseph Santomauro	10	43	35	6	8	3	0	0	6	0		8	9	.229	.372	.314	.686	11		0	0
Daniel Ferrante	11	48	47	7	7	2	1	0	6	1		1	6	.149	.167	.234	.401	11		0	0
John Goetzee	10	14	14	2	3	2	0	0	1	1		0	1	.214	.214	.357	.571	5		0	0
William Bennett	10	20	17	2	3	0	1	0	3	0		3	4	.176	.300	.294	.594	5		0	0
Jack Mitchell	12	21	19	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	3	.158	.200	.158	.358	3		0	1
Robert Hartmann	10	21	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.053	.143	.053	.195	1		0	0
Jack Goodman	14	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	1
Totals	829	2997	2652	390	673	101	31	26	329	54	0	276	482	.254	.332	.345	.677	914	0	35	34	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Sasko	1B	27	201	9	9	13	.959	7.778
Harley Biggs	1B	16	140	2	9	1	.940	8.875
Harley Biggs	2B	53	117	118	33	12	.877	4.434
Anthony Rotola	2B	17	46	42	8	6	.917	5.176
Earl Drenning	3B	81	81	151	32	11	.879	2.864
Chuck Bearint	3B	13	25	18	9	1	.827	3.308
Richard Jones	C	76	332	51	24	3	.941	5.039	23
Jack Tanner	C	27	148	26	15	4	.921	6.444	12
Robert Hartmann	C	10	27	3	1	2	.968	3.000	0
Michael D'Antonio	OF	101	156	18	7	3	.961	1.723
William Tanner	OF	49	115	14	7	3	.949	2.633
By Moore	OF	42	67	4	11	1	.866	1.690
Russell Thomas	OF	16	23	2	2	1	.926	1.562
Daniel Ferrante	OF	11	13	0	3	0	.812	1.182
Ralph Byrd	P	30	9	24	4	0	.892	1.100
Hank Potter	P	22						.000
Frank Amature	P	18	3	25	2	1	.933	1.556
Russell Thomas	P	16	4	14	2	0	.900	1.125
Jack Goodman	P	14	0	4	2	0	.667	.286
John Goetzee	P	9						.000
Jack Mitchell	P	8						.000
Oscar Tuttle	P	7						.000
Howard Hamilton	P	7						.000
George Daniels	P	7						.000
Max Butcher	P	7						.000
Warner Chinnis	P	5						.000
Frank Stafford	P	3						.000
Elmer Stacy	P	3						.000
Joseph Santomauro	P	3						.000
Angelo John	P	3						.000
Robert Sexton	P	1						.000
Milton Ratliff	P	1						.000
Gaspar Del Toro	SS	67	109	187	42	23	.876	4.418
Totals		770	1616	712	222	85	.913	3.023	35	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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