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1949 Rochester Red Wings

1949 > Class AAA > 1949 International League
Overall: 85-67

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Johnny Keane
Represented: Rochester, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1948 / 1950

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Vern Benson* 24 20 61 54 7 11 2 0 1 10 1 6 8 .204 .283 .296 .580 16 0 1
2 Steve Bilko 20 139 589 503 101 156 32 5 34 125 1 84 74 .310 .410 .596 1.006 300 1 1
3 Ed Blake 23 37 43 39 4 10 1 0 1 9 0 2 4 .256 .293 .359 .652 14 0 2 Stats for 2 teams
4 Dick Bokelmann 22 15 22 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .158 .396 3 0 1
5 Cloyd Boyer 21 31 73 64 7 11 2 1 0 6 0 5 17 .172 .232 .234 .466 15 0 4
6 James Bryant 27 3 2 0 .000
7 Johnny Bucha 24 114 398 329 47 95 19 3 8 47 2 61 34 .289 .402 .438 .839 144 1 7
8 Richard Burgett 28 128 497 441 72 122 22 7 4 54 0 43 43 .277 .349 .385 .734 170 6 7
9 Larry Ciaffone 24 6 15 3 .200
10 Dick Cole 23 141 533 454 64 107 16 4 7 43 3 71 49 .236 .342 .335 .676 152 2 6
11 Jackie Collum* 22 10 18 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176 .176 .176 .353 3 0 1
12 George Copeland 28 35 56 48 6 17 1 0 0 10 0 2 11 .354 .392 .375 .767 18 1 5
13 Russ Derry* 32 148 636 491 120 137 19 4 42 122 6 134 94 .279 .439 .591 1.030 290 6 5
14 Erv Dusak 28 61 98 83 18 20 1 2 4 15 0 12 15 .241 .337 .446 .783 37 0 3
15 Johnny Grodzicki 32 13 15 14 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 .286 .333 .286 .619 4 0 0
16 Vaughn Hazen 24 21 49 38 5 7 1 0 1 3 0 9 12 .184 .340 .289 .630 11 0 2
17 Jim Hearn 28 14 38 28 7 6 0 0 1 5 0 6 12 .214 .371 .321 .693 9 1 3
18 Dan Hile 24 8 4 0 .000
19 Ralph LaPointe 27 106 431 399 53 109 12 0 3 35 6 23 27 .273 .316 .326 .642 130 2 7
20 Chip Marshall 29 63 216 181 22 47 9 3 3 22 0 31 28 .260 .368 .392 .760 71 0 4
21 Wilbur McCullough 26 5 4 1 .250
22 Willis McDonald 22 9 8 1 .125
23 Wayne McLeland 24 1 1 0 .000
24 Ed Mierkowicz 25 128 543 451 75 132 17 7 15 88 3 77 36 .293 .402 .461 .863 208 5 10
25 Barney Olsen 29 12 26 21 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 5 6 .143 .308 .286 .593 6 0 0
26 Tom Poholsky 19 44 105 101 11 22 7 0 3 14 0 2 22 .218 .233 .376 .609 38 0 2
27 Don Richmond* 29 116 485 432 70 130 14 1 8 65 4 43 22 .301 .364 .394 .758 170 0 10 Stats for 2 teams
28 Octavio Rubert 24 6 1 1 1.000
29 Mike Schultz* 28 38 51 48 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 2 6 .250 .280 .271 .551 13 0 1 Stats for 2 teams
30 Alfred Stringer 27 101 493 418 67 112 32 1 3 36 2 69 47 .268 .373 .371 .744 155 1 5
31 David Thomas 25 17 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 2
32 Don Thompson* 25 94 399 355 45 86 18 3 3 42 6 34 39 .242 .312 .335 .647 119 2 8
33 Bobby Young* 24 128 516 463 61 124 14 7 6 46 1 46 31 .268 .334 .367 .701 170 0 7 Stats for 2 teams
34 Eddie Yuhas 24 36 64 57 7 8 1 0 0 4 1 2 14 .140 .183 .158 .341 9 1 4
34 Players 25.7 153 5989 5131 819 1377 230 44 139 755 34 729 637 .268 .362 .412 .774 2112 28 101
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Ed Blake 23 5 4 .556 4.78 30 9 3 0 98.0 106 66 52 64 43 3 1 6 1.735 9.7 5.9 3.9 0.67 Stats for 2 teams
2 Dick Bokelmann 22 4 4 .500 4.29 15 7 3 0 63.0 65 36 30 33 31 1 0 1 1.556 9.3 4.7 4.4 0.94
3 Cloyd Boyer 21 15 10 .600 3.13 31 22 15 3 190.0 147 77 66 110 143 2 0 4 1.353 7.0 5.2 6.8 1.30
4 James Bryant 27 0 2 .000 10.80 3 1 0 0 5.0 4 7 6 7 1 0 0 0 2.200 7.2 12.6 1.8 0.14
5 Jackie Collum* 22 3 2 .600 3.86 10 4 2 0 42.0 36 19 18 23 23 2 0 1 1.405 7.7 4.9 4.9 1.00
6 George Copeland 28 11 7 .611 4.03 35 19 9 5 143.0 107 78 64 140 103 4 0 7 1.727 6.7 8.8 6.5 0.74
7 Erv Dusak 28 11 8 .579 4.57 25 21 10 0 138.0 116 82 70 104 87 3 0 5 1.594 7.6 6.8 5.7 0.84
8 Johnny Grodzicki 32 2 1 .667 6.81 13 1 1 0 37.0 47 32 28 19 17 0 0 1 1.784 11.4 4.6 4.1 0.89
9 Jim Hearn 28 8 3 .727 4.25 13 12 7 2 89.0 92 48 42 36 44 1 0 3 1.438 9.3 3.6 4.4 1.22
10 Dan Hile* 24 0 0 8.25 3 0 0 0 12.0 13 12 11 10 6 0 0 1 1.917 9.8 7.5 4.5 0.60
11 Wilbur McCullough 26 0 1 .000 4.50 5 1 0 0 18.0 17 10 9 16 7 0 0 2 1.833 8.5 8.0 3.5 0.44
12 Willis McDonald 22 0 1 .000 4.34 9 1 0 0 29.0 19 19 14 26 13 2 1 3 1.552 5.9 8.1 4.0 0.50
13 Wayne McLeland 24 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 0 0 4.0 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.000 15.8 2.2 0.0 0.00
14 Tom Poholsky 19 14 10 .583 3.69 34 25 14 1 222.0 213 101 91 69 116 3 1 6 1.270 8.6 2.8 4.7 1.68
15 Octavio Rubert 24 2 0 1.000 27.00 6 0 0 0 3.0 7 10 9 11 2 0 0 0 6.000 21.0 33.0 6.0 0.18
16 Mike Schultz* 28 4 10 .286 4.57 38 9 4 0 138.0 144 81 70 56 58 2 1 5 1.449 9.4 3.7 3.8 1.04 Stats for 2 teams
17 David Thomas 25 2 4 .333 5.44 16 4 0 0 43.0 40 33 26 37 16 1 0 1 1.791 8.4 7.7 3.3 0.43
18 Eddie Yuhas 24 8 9 .471 4.45 35 27 9 3 174.0 191 108 86 69 84 3 0 5 1.494 9.9 3.6 4.3 1.22
18 Players 24.5 85 67 .559 153 153

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Johnny Bucha 104 519 54 13 7 .978 5.51 9
Chip Marshall 62 289 33 3 2 .991 5.19 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Steve Bilko 139 1100 77 18 129 .985 8.47
Russ Derry 10 76 5 2 6 .976 8.10

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bobby Young 120 307 293 23 65 .963 5.00 Stats for 2 teams
Dick Cole 106 280 279 8 77 .986 5.27
Ralph LaPointe 14 26 25 1 9 .981 3.64

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Richmond 107 128 205 27 26 .925 3.11 Stats for 2 teams
Ralph LaPointe 78 73 159 14 12 .943 2.97

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alfred Stringer 101 177 287 19 69 .961 4.59
Dick Cole 35 64 90 9 18 .945 4.40
Vern Benson 10 22 18 7 2 .851 4.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Russ Derry 134 282 12 8 3 .974 2.19
Richard Burgett 117 179 10 8 2 .959 1.62
Ed Mierkowicz 117 287 11 5 4 .983 2.55
Don Thompson 92 195 6 4 3 .980 2.18

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Schultz 38 5 22 2 0 .931 0.71 Stats for 2 teams
George Copeland 35 10 24 3 0 .919 0.97
Eddie Yuhas 35 12 36 8 4 .857 1.37
Tom Poholsky 34 15 21 2 2 .947 1.06
Cloyd Boyer 31 7 23 1 1 .968 0.97
Ed Blake 30 3 27 3 1 .909 1.00 Stats for 2 teams
Erv Dusak 25 8 23 1 1 .969 1.24
David Thomas 16 2 12 2 0 .875 0.88
Dick Bokelmann 15 3 10 1 1 .929 0.87
Johnny Grodzicki 13 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.62
Jim Hearn 13 8 10 0 2 1.000 1.38
Jackie Collum 10 2 16 0 1 1.000 1.80
Willis McDonald 9 0.00
Octavio Rubert 6 0.00
Wilbur McCullough 5 0.00
James Bryant 3 0.00
Dan Hile 3 0.00
Wayne McLeland 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Vern Benson 24 L R 5' 10.0" 160 Sep 19, 1924 Granite Quarry, NC, US
Steve Bilko 20 R R 6' 1.0" 230 Nov 13, 1928 Nanticoke, PA, US
Ed Blake 23 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Dec 23, 1925 East St. Louis, IL, US
Dick Bokelmann 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 26, 1926 Arlington Heights, IL, US
Cloyd Boyer 21 R R 6' 1.0" 188 Sep 1, 1927 Alba, MO, US
James Bryant 27 R R 6' 1.0" 197 Jun 28, 1922
Johnny Bucha 24 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Jan 22, 1925 Allentown, PA, US
Richard Burgett 28 R 6' 1.0" 185 1921
Larry Ciaffone 24 R R 5' 9.0" 185 Aug 17, 1924 Brooklyn, NY, US
Dick Cole 23 R R 6' 2.0" 175 May 6, 1926 Long Beach, CA, US
Jackie Collum 22 L L 5' 7.0" 160 Jun 21, 1927 Victor, IA, US
George Copeland 28 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1921
Russ Derry 32 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 7, 1916 Princeton, MO, US
Erv Dusak 28 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 29, 1920 Chicago, IL, US
Johnny Grodzicki 32 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Feb 26, 1917 Nanticoke, PA, US
Vaughn Hazen 24 R 5' 11.0" 170 1925
Jim Hearn 28 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Apr 11, 1921 Atlanta, GA, US
Dan Hile 24 R L 6' 0.0" 190 May 7, 1925 CA, US
Ralph LaPointe 27 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Jan 8, 1922 Winooski, VT, US
Chip Marshall 29 R R 5' 10.0" 178 Aug 28, 1919 Wilmington, DE, US
Wilbur McCullough 26 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1923
Willis McDonald 22 R R 5' 9.0" 155 1927
Wayne McLeland 24 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 29, 1924 Stockport, IA, US
Ed Mierkowicz 25 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Mar 6, 1924 Wyandotte, MI, US
Barney Olsen 29 R R 5' 11.0" 179 Sep 11, 1919 Everett, MA, US
Tom Poholsky 19 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Aug 26, 1929 Detroit, MI, US
Don Richmond 29 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Oct 27, 1919 Gillett, PA, US
Octavio Rubert 24 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Apr 9, 1925 Sancti Spiritus, Sancti Spiritus, CU
Mike Schultz 28 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Dec 17, 1920 Syracuse, NY, US
Alfred Stringer 27 R 6' 0.0" 175 Jun 6, 1922
David Thomas 25 R R 5' 9.0" 150 Jul 6, 1923
Don Thompson 25 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 28, 1923 Swepsonville, NC, US
Bobby Young 24 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Jan 22, 1925 Granite, MD, US
Eddie Yuhas 24 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Aug 5, 1924 Youngstown, OH, US

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