1929 Wichita Falls Spudders Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A
Team Record: 94-65
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Jim Galloway (94-65)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Ballpark: Spudder Park
Attendance: 94,795, Avg. 1,192

1929 Wichita Falls Spudders Roster

Playoffs - Dallas Steers 3 games, Wichita Falls Spudders 1

The Wichita Falls Spudders of the Texas League ended the 1929 season with a record of 94 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the TL.

Jim Galloway 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 Payne	28	12	.700	3.46	55						299.0	335	147	115		51
Hal Wiltse	19	11	.633	3.57	40						270.0	293	142	107		81
Milt Steengrafe	16	14	.533	3.83	41						275.0	323	164	117		89
Lester White	6	0	1.000	2.76	18						88.0	88	34	27		14
William Goff	6	3	.667	5.25	23						84.0	98	54	49		43
C. D. Smith	5	6	.455	6.45	16						74.0	104	71	53		30
Chick Galeria	3	2	.600	4.57	15						65.0	69	44	33		28
Lefty Taber	2	3	.400	6.62	14						53.0	65	45	39		35
Edwin Ellis	1	0	1.000	9.00	5						16.0	27	19	16		15
Russ Cromer	1	1	.500	3.00	14						36.0	30	21	12		27
James Parker	0	1	.000	0.00	2						5.0
Paul Hopkins	0	1	.000	13.09	8						11.0	20	19	16		10
Totals	87	54	.617	4.12	251	0	0	0	0	0	1276.0	1452	760	584	0	423	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
Rabbit Benton	157	623	623		204	36	7	2						.327	.327	.417	.745	260
Fred Bennett	154	552	552		203	39	11	27						.368	.368	.625	.993	345
Howard Fitzgerald	161	638	638		195	40	7	15						.306	.306	.461	.766	294
Pete Turgeon	142	594	594		182	41	6	22						.306	.306	.507	.813	301
Richard Sullivan	149	558	558		178	37	8	4						.319	.319	.435	.754	243
Bud Stapleton	134	450	450		130	25	3	9						.289	.289	.418	.707	188
Pete Lapan	121	338	338		124	33	1	12						.367	.367	.577	.944	195
Al Hermann	83	297	297		86	18	1	9						.290	.290	.448	.737	133
Jack Crouch	78	217	217		60	12	3	3						.276	.276	.401	.677	87
Walter Swenson	58	218	218		52	6	1	1						.239	.239	.289	.528	63
Larry Bettencourt	47	137	137		37	10	1	6						.270	.270	.489	.759	67
George Payne	55	115	115		31	5	0	0						.270	.270	.313	.583	36
Ted Gullic	17	58	58		30	4	0	7						.517	.517	.948	1.466	55
Hal Wiltse	40	98	98		26	5	0	1						.265	.265	.347	.612	34
Ray Andrews	29	105	105		23	2	0	0						.219	.219	.238	.457	25
Milt Steengrafe	41	96	96		20	3	0	0						.208	.208	.240	.448	23
Ross Eldred	25	48	48		16	2	0	0						.333	.333	.375	.708	18
R. A. Snyder	16	52	52		14	3	0	2						.269	.269	.442	.712	23
William Goff	24	34	34		10	1	0	0						.294	.294	.324	.618	11
Lefty Taber	15	22	22		5	0	0	0						.227	.227	.227	.455	5
C. D. Smith	16	27	27		4	1	0	0						.148	.148	.185	.333	5
Jack Tobin	5	3	3		3	2	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.667	2.667	5
Lester White	18	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.176	3
Jim Galloway	5	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Russ Cromer	14	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Chick Galeria	15	15	15		2	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Edwin Ellis	5	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Hopkins	10	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1634	5359	5359	0	1642	325	49	120	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.306	.453	.759	2425	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bud Stapleton	1B	134	1223	63	11		.992	9.597
R. A. Snyder	1B	11						.000
Pete Turgeon	2B	142	383	417	30		.964	5.634
Al Hermann	3B	82	85	158	13		.949	2.963
Walter Swenson	3B	56	61	134	17		.920	3.482
Larry Bettencourt	3B	15	19	31	6		.893	3.333
Pete Lapan	C	101	316	48	13		.966	3.604
Jack Crouch	C	74	232	39	6		.978	3.662
Howard Fitzgerald	OF	159	430	8	14		.969	2.755
Fred Bennett	OF	150	338	12	11		.970	2.333
Richard Sullivan	OF	144	288	16	11		.965	2.111
Ted Gullic	OF	14	18	0	0		1.000	1.286
Rabbit Benton	SS	147	320	484	53		.938	5.469
Ray Andrews	SS	15	20	32	11		.825	3.467
Totals		1244	3733	1442	196	0	.964	4.160

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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