1949 Welch Miners Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 48-73
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Bill Hoffner (0-0), Emil Kreshka (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 41,092, Avg. 679

1949 Welch Miners Roster

The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1949 season with a record of 48 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

Bill Hoffner and Emil Kreshka 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
Charles Storch	11	7	.611	2.96	18			14	2		140.0	151	72	46		41		78	2	0	2
Mike Kume	7	5	.583	4.85	18			7	0		104.0	122	74	56		60		79	2	1	12
Milton Gongloff	7	10	.412	6.50	26			8	1		133.0	173	120	96		111		74	0	0	3
Tony Bertovich	4	4	.500	6.06	13			2	0		52.0	62	44	35		35		44	3	0	1
Jack Gilbo	4	7	.364	6.06	17			7	0		98.0	127	90	66		57		59	1	0	5
Ray Lutz	4	9	.308	7.65	17			5	0		80.0	131	83	68		42		40	0	0	2
Ralph McCray	3	3	.500	5.28	24			1	0		92.0	109	67	54		67		89	2	0	6
Jack Shields	2	1	.667	0.00	8			2	0		28.0	30	20			16		17	0	0	0
Matthew Hill	2	3	.400	0.00	7			1	0		28.0	36	28			23		13	1	0	0
Jack Ketchick	2	4	.333	6.71	13			3	0		51.0	69	50	38		35		36	2	0	2
Charlie Bowles	1	1	.500	0.00	3			0	0		9.0	19	15			14		8	0	0	0
John Spicheck	1	7	.125	8.06	13			3	0		67.0	87	70	60		35		44	2	0	3
Darald Varble	0	0		0.00	5						13.0
Tom Walsh	0	0		0.00	2						1.0
Robert Dunlap	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0	0		0.3	4	4			2		0	0	0	1
James Brown	0	1	.000	0.00	8			0	0		12.0	7	13			23		7	1	0	0
Donald Umscheid	0	1	.000	0.00	9			0	0		22.0	38	22			5		4	2	0	1
Ronald Weiss	0	1	.000	0.00	4			1	0		23.0	40	33			20		11	0	0	0
Richard Spitz	0	2	.000	0.00	6			0	0		14.0	27	26			16		9	0	0	3
Emil Kreshka	0	3	.000	0.00	7			1	0		32.0	47	31			27		10	4	0	5
Dale Harms	0	3	.000	6.80	14			1	0		45.0	55	53	34		44		24	3	0	9
Totals	48	73	.397	4.77	233	0	0	56	3	0	1044.3	1334	915	553	0	673	0	646	25	1	55	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
Frank Camerota	123	562	483	86	149	27	5	11	81	21		75	69	.308	.405	.453	.858	219		3	1
John Manczak	110	473	399	76	115	28	4	3	71	5		64	19	.288	.391	.401	.792	160		3	7
Bob Gruber	122	563	478	70	110	15	0	0	38	9		76	59	.230	.339	.262	.601	125		3	6
Anthony Popelsky	106	446	362	71	109	21	17	10	71	11		78	66	.301	.433	.536	.969	194		6	0
William Lewison	90	400	337	47	71	6	4	2	43	2		58	46	.211	.332	.270	.602	91		3	2
Richard McNemer	91	333	271	53	67	22	3	6	45	1		61	72	.247	.387	.417	.804	113		1	0
Charles Kristufek	75	334	288	30	51	7	0	0	16	4		42	27	.177	.282	.201	.483	58		0	4
Emil Kreshka	52	191	159	29	39	5	1	0	18	1		32	12	.245	.372	.289	.661	46		0	0
Bill Hoffner	39	173	130	32	31	4	2	2	20	2		40	27	.238	.421	.346	.767	45		1	2
Aldine McNamee	25	118	104	17	30	9	0	0	15	1		14	18	.288	.373	.375	.748	39		0	0
Jack Gilbo	31	64	55	9	16	3	2	0	10	0		8	11	.291	.381	.418	.799	23		0	1
Charles Storch	23	69	61	8	13	5	1	0	11	0		5	18	.213	.273	.328	.601	20		0	3
Walter Portka	16	67	62	8	13	1	0	2	9	1		5	9	.210	.269	.323	.591	20		0	0
John Alexy	13	58	45	7	10	2	0	0	3	2		13	18	.222	.397	.267	.663	12		0	0
Ralph McCray	24	36	32	2	6	1	0	0	2	0		2	10	.188	.235	.219	.454	7		0	2
Jessie Huff	13	37	33	1	5	2	0	0	3	0		4	9	.152	.243	.212	.455	7		0	0
John Spicheck	13	24	21	1	4	1	0	0	4	0		2	12	.190	.261	.238	.499	5		0	1
Jack Ketchick	15	24	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.143	.182	.143	.325	3		0	2
Mike Kume	18	47	37	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		7	23	.081	.244	.108	.353	4		1	2
Milton Gongloff	27	56	46	1	3	1	0	0	4	0		7	24	.065	.189	.087	.276	4		0	3
Tony Bertovich	15	22	22	1	2	1	0	0	3	0		0	6	.091	.091	.136	.227	3		0	0
Ray Lutz	17	33	28	1	2	1	0	0	5	0		5	18	.071	.212	.107	.319	3		0	0
Dale Harms	14	19	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.056	.105	.056	.161	1		0	0
Totals	1072	4149	3492	552	853	163	39	36	474	60	0	600	587	.244	.358	.344	.703	1202	0	21	36	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Lewison	1B	55	410	44	12	44	.974	8.255
John Manczak	1B	45	368	20	9	30	.977	8.622
John Alexy	1B	13	126	2	7	8	.948	9.846
Bob Gruber	2B	113	348	283	37	65	.945	5.584
Frank Camerota	3B	55	68	108	13	9	.931	3.200
Bill Hoffner	3B	30	26	66	7	7	.929	3.067
John Manczak	3B	26	25	46	10	3	.877	2.731
Anthony Popelsky	C	83	448	67	17	8	.968	6.205	9
Richard McNemer	C	32	125	13	11	2	.926	4.312	4
Walter Portka	C	16	107	9	2	2	.983	7.250	5
William Lewison	C	10	51	7	0	2	1.000	5.800	4
Frank Camerota	OF	68	136	20	8	3	.951	2.294
Richard McNemer	OF	51	66	5	5	1	.934	1.392
Emil Kreshka	OF	41	58	6	9	0	.877	1.561
William Lewison	OF	29	42	7	1	1	.980	1.690
Anthony Popelsky	OF	26	42	3	3	0	.938	1.731
John Manczak	OF	25	48	2	2	0	.962	2.000
Jessie Huff	OF	10	5	1	2	0	.750	.600
Milton Gongloff	P	26	1	25	3	3	.897	1.000
Ralph McCray	P	24	2	14	0	1	1.000	.667
Charles Storch	P	18	4	21	5	2	.833	1.389
Mike Kume	P	18	6	29	5	1	.875	1.944
Ray Lutz	P	17	0	14	2	1	.875	.824
Jack Gilbo	P	17	3	19	0	0	1.000	1.294
Dale Harms	P	14	2	8	0	0	1.000	.714
John Spicheck	P	13	3	17	1	0	.952	1.538
Jack Ketchick	P	13	3	9	2	0	.857	.923
Tony Bertovich	P	13	4	5	1	0	.900	.692
Donald Umscheid	P	9						.000
Jack Shields	P	8						.000
James Brown	P	8						.000
Emil Kreshka	P	7						.000
Matthew Hill	P	7						.000
Richard Spitz	P	6						.000
Darald Varble	P	5						.000
Ronald Weiss	P	4						.000
Charlie Bowles	P	3						.000
Tom Walsh	P	2						.000
Robert Dunlap	P	1						.000
Charles Kristufek	SS	74	131	261	37	31	.914	5.297
Aldine McNamee	SS	25	42	84	9	15	.933	5.040
John Manczak	SS	16	32	45	4	6	.951	4.812
Totals		1076	2732	1260	224	245	.947	3.710	22	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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