1948 Wilmington Pirates Statistics

Tobacco State League (TSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 76-62
Finished 2nd in the TSL
Manager: James Staton (76-62)
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 77,842, Avg. 1,128

1948 Wilmington Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Red Springs Red Robins 4 games, Wilmington Pirates 3

The Wilmington Pirates of the Tobacco State League ended the 1948 season with a record of 76 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the TSL.

James Staton 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
Lewis Cheshire	19	11	.633	2.35	38						268.0	208	97	70		150
Roy Lamb	14	9	.609	3.70	29						209.0	211	115	86		104
Johnie Edens	14	11	.560	3.66	32						194.0	194	101	79		87
Bill Niven	11	6	.647	4.18	29						170.0	176	113	79		77
Leonard Fassler	4	5	.444	5.83	17						88.0	80	66	57		89
Thomas Townsend	3	8	.273	7.13	26						77.0	113	86	61		54
Totals	65	50	.565	3.86	171	0	0	0	0	0	1006.0	982	578	432	0	561	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
William Benton	137	555	555		195	37	15	17						.351	.351	.564	.915	313
Hargrove Davis	101	404	404		148	31	2	11						.366	.366	.535	.901	216
Edward Hardisky	138	544	544		146	24	4	4						.268	.268	.349	.618	190
Jack Thrush	122	474	474		117	12	8	0						.247	.247	.306	.553	145
Bob Steckel	118	426	426		93	21	12	2						.218	.218	.338	.556	144
Johnie Edens	95	254	254		89	19	2	6						.350	.350	.512	.862	130
John Muscovitch	69	261	261		78	12	4	0						.299	.299	.375	.674	98
Emile Pasteris	82	303	303		70	10	3	0						.231	.231	.284	.515	86
James Staton	85	229	229		56	13	2	0						.245	.245	.319	.563	73
Roy Lamb	67	156	156		47	5	3	0						.301	.301	.372	.673	58
Lewis Cheshire	42	108	108		34	4	1	0						.315	.315	.370	.685	40
Marion Rogers	30	118	118		28	6	0	0						.237	.237	.288	.525	34
Richard Powell	35	116	116		23	5	0	0						.198	.198	.241	.440	28
Clarence Coward	22	81	81		18	3	2	0						.222	.222	.309	.531	25
Bill Niven	32	63	63		16	2	0	0						.254	.254	.286	.540	18
Linwood Rowan	12	32	32		13	1	0	1						.406	.406	.531	.938	17
Francis Wesley	25	64	64		11	1	0	0						.172	.172	.188	.359	12
Thomas Townsend	26	31	31		4	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258	4
Leonard Fassler	17	35	35		4	0	0	0						.114	.114	.114	.229	4
Totals	1255	4254	4254	0	1190	206	58	41	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.384	.664	1635	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lewis Cheshire	P	38					.000
Bill Niven	P	29					.000
Thomas Townsend	P	26					.000
Leonard Fassler	P	17					.000
Totals		110	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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