1949 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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1949 National League Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB Brooklyn BRO 97 57 .630 -- St.Louis STL 96 58 .623 1.0 Phildlpa PHI 81 73 .526 16.0 BostonBr BSN 75 79 .487 22.0 NewYorkG NYG 73 81 .474 24.0 Pittsbgh PIT 71 83 .461 26.0 Cincnnti CIN 62 92 .403 35.0 ChicagoC CHC 61 93 .396 36.0

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1949 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BRO  5.63   879  156  5400  1477  236  47  152  638   570  .274  .350  .419  117      112  5.53  5.74
 STL  4.88   766  157  5463  1513  281  54  102  569   482  .277  .345  .404   17      104  5.41  4.35
 NYG  4.72   736  156  5308  1383  203  52  147  613   523  .261  .337  .401   43      106  5.11  4.31
 BSN  4.50   706  157  5336  1376  246  33  103  684   656  .258  .342  .374   28      104  4.47  4.53
 PIT  4.42   681  154  5214  1350  191  41  126  548   554  .259  .329  .384   48       95  4.43  4.42
 PHI  4.30   662  154  5307  1349  232  55  122  528   670  .254  .322  .388   27       99  4.36  4.23
 CIN  4.02   627  156  5469  1423  264  35   86  429   559  .260  .314  .368   31       87  4.18  3.86
 CHC  3.85   593  154  5214  1336  212  53   97  396   573  .256  .309  .373   53       90  3.70  4.00
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.54  5650 1244 42711 11207 1865 370  935 4405  4587  .262  .334  .389  364   --

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 STL  3.92   616  157  3.44  1407  1356   8.6   507  3.2   87   606   64    13     0  19 121  4.11  3.73
 BRO  4.17   651  156  3.80  1408  1306   8.4   582  3.7  132   743   62    15     0  17 108  4.29  4.05
 NYG  4.44   693  156  3.82  1374  1328   8.5   544  3.5  132   516   68    10     0   9 105  4.19  4.70
 PHI  4.34   668  154  3.89  1391  1389   9.0   502  3.3  104   495   58    11     0  15 102  4.23  4.44
 BSN  4.58   719  157  3.99  1400  1466   9.3   520  3.3  110   589   68    12     0  11  95  4.26  4.89
 CIN  4.94   770  156  4.34  1401  1423   9.1   640  4.1  124   538   55    10     0   6  96  4.47  5.40
 CHC  5.02   773  154  4.50  1357  1487   9.7   575  3.7  104   544   44     8     0  17  90  4.74  5.30
 PIT  4.94   760  154  4.57  1356  1452   9.4   535  3.5  142   556   53     9     0  15  92  5.16  4.71
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.54  5650 1244  4.04 11094 11207   9.1  4405  3.6  935  4587  472          89 109

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 BRO  124  162  .979   .719  1,633,747  20,945   98-56  48-29 49-28 104 102 27.0 26.1   4   7  15 Shotton
 STL  142  149  .977   .713  1,430,676  18,110   92-62  51-26 45-32 105 103 28.0 31.0   3   7  18 Dyer
 PHI  158  141  .974   .707    819,698  10,645   76-78  40-37 41-36  97  98 25.7 28.5   2   2  17 Sawyer
 BSN  149  144  .975   .699  1,081,795  14,049   76-78  43-34 32-45  95  94 29.7 28.9   1   2  21 Southworth and Cooney
 NYG  163  134  .973   .722  1,218,446  15,423   81-73  43-34 30-47 100  99 28.1 27.7   2   4  25 Durocher
 PIT  132  173  .978   .700  1,449,435  18,824   69-85  36-41 35-42 102 104 28.9 30.9   1   1  18 Meyer
 CIN  136  150  .977   .711    707,782   9,074   63-91  35-42 27-50 101 103 28.7 27.9   0   2  15 Walters and Sewell
 CHC  187  160  .970   .683  1,143,139  14,846   59-95  33-44 28-49  97 100 28.8 29.7   0   1  19 Grimm and Frisch
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Jackie Robinson
BRO .342/.432/.528

Rookie of the Year Don Newcombe
BRO 17-8 3.17 149 SO

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average

Robinson-BRO .342

Musial-STL .338

Slaughter-STL .336

Furillo-BRO .322

Kiner-PIT .310

On-base %

Musial-STL .438

Robinson-BRO .432

Kiner-PIT .432

Slaughter-STL .418

Stanky-BSN .417

Slugging %

Kiner-PIT .658

Musial-STL .624

Robinson-BRO .528

Ennis-PHI .525

Thomson-NYG .518

OPS

Kiner-PIT 1.089

Musial-STL 1.062

Robinson-BRO .960

Slaughter-STL .929

Gordon-NYG .909

Games

Musial-STL 157

Hodges-BRO 156

Robinson-BRO 156

Thomson-NYG 156

Reese-BRO 155

At Bats

Ashburn-PHI 662

Hamner-PHI 662

Thomson-NYG 641

Schoendienst-STL 640

Lockman-NYG 617

Reese-BRO 617

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Reese-BRO 743

Ashburn-PHI 728

Musial-STL 721

Robinson-BRO 704

Schoendienst-STL 702

Runs

Reese-BRO 132

Musial-STL 128

Robinson-BRO 122

Kiner-PIT 116

Schoendienst-STL 102

Hits

Musial-STL 207

Robinson-BRO 203

Thomson-NYG 198

Slaughter-STL 191

Schoendienst-STL 190

Total Bases

Musial-STL 382

Kiner-PIT 361

Thomson-NYG 332

Ennis-PHI 320

Robinson-BRO 313

Doubles

Musial-STL 41

Ennis-PHI 39

Hatton-CIN 38

Robinson-BRO 38

Jones-PHI 35

Thomson-NYG 35

Triples

Musial-STL 13

Slaughter-STL 13

Robinson-BRO 12

Ashburn-PHI 11

Ennis-PHI 11

Home Runs

Kiner-PIT 54

Musial-STL 36

Sauer-TOT 31

Thomson-NYG 27

Gordon-NYG 26

RBI

Kiner-PIT 127

Robinson-BRO 124

Musial-STL 123

Hodges-BRO 115

Ennis-PHI 110

Bases on Balls

Kiner-PIT 117

Reese-BRO 116

Stanky-BSN 113

Musial-STL 107

Gordon-NYG 95

Strikeouts

Snider-BRO 92

Smalley-CHC 77

Seminick-PHI 74

Westlake-PIT 69

Russell-BSN 68

Stolen Bases

Robinson-BRO 37

Reese-BRO 26

Hermanski-BRO 12

Jeffcoat-CHC 12

Lockman-NYG 12

Snider-BRO 12

Singles

Schoendienst-STL 160

Ashburn-PHI 158

Robinson-BRO 137

Lockman-NYG 136

Hamner-PHI 131

Slaughter-STL 131

Adjusted OPS+

Kiner-PIT 186

Musial-STL 176

Robinson-BRO 152

Slaughter-STL 143

Gordon-NYG 142

Runs Created

Musial-STL 167

Kiner-PIT 156

Robinson-BRO 133

Slaughter-STL 121

Thomson-NYG 117

Adjusted Batting Runs

Musial-STL 70

Kiner-PIT 69

Robinson-BRO 48

Slaughter-STL 37

Gordon-NYG 33

Batting Wins

Kiner-PIT 6.7

Musial-STL 6.7

Robinson-BRO 4.6

Slaughter-STL 3.6

Ennis-PHI 3.2

Gordon-NYG 3.2

Extra-Base Hits

Musial-STL 90

Kiner-PIT 78

Ennis-PHI 75

Thomson-NYG 71

Robinson-BRO 66

Times on Base

Musial-STL 316

Robinson-BRO 297

Reese-BRO 292

Kiner-PIT 288

Slaughter-STL 271

Offensive Win%

Kiner-PIT .826

Musial-STL .826

Robinson-BRO .748

Slaughter-STL .748

Ennis-PHI .690

Hit By Pitch

Pafko-CHC 9

Fletcher-BSN 8

Robinson-BRO 8

Glaviano-STL 6

Westlake-PIT 6

Sac. Hits

Marion-STL 17

Robinson-BRO 17

Rojek-PIT 16

Fletcher-BSN 13

Hamner-PHI 13

Grounded into Double Plays

Gordon-NYG 24

Robinson-BRO 22

Hamner-PHI 20

Jones-PHI 20

Cooper-TOT 19

Power/Speed Number

Robinson-BRO 22.3

Reese-BRO 19.8

Snider-BRO 15.8

Thomson-NYG 14.6

Hodges-BRO 13.9

At Bats per Strikeout

Schoendienst-STL 35.6

Marshall-NYG 25.0

Kluszewski-CIN 22.1

Lowrey-TOT 22.1

Robinson-BRO 22.0

At Bats per Home Run

Kiner-PIT 10.2

Sauer-TOT 16.4

Musial-STL 17.0

Gordon-NYG 18.8

Campanella-BRO 19.8

Outs

Hamner-PHI 521

Ashburn-PHI 488

Schoendienst-STL 469

Thomson-NYG 460

Reese-BRO 456

ERA

Koslo-NYG 2.50

Staley-STL 2.73

Pollet-STL 2.77

Roe-BRO 2.79

Heintzelman-PHI 3.02

Wins

Spahn-BSN 21

Pollet-STL 20

Raffensberger-CIN 18

Heintzelman-PHI 17

Meyer-PHI 17

Newcombe-BRO 17

Won-Loss %

Wilks-STL .769

Branca-BRO .722

Roe-BRO .714

Pollet-STL .690

Meyer-PHI .680

Newcombe-BRO .680

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Koslo-NYG 1.113

Staley-STL 1.138

Roe-BRO 1.152

Newcombe-BRO 1.211

Spahn-BSN 1.221

Hits Allowed/9IP

Staley-STL 8.09

Koslo-NYG 8.19

Newcombe-BRO 8.21

Kennedy-NYG 8.38

Meyer-PHI 8.41

Bases on Balls/9IP

Koslo-NYG 1.83

Roe-BRO 1.86

Werle-PIT 2.08

Jansen-NYG 2.15

Leonard-CHC 2.15

Strikeouts/9IP

Newcombe-BRO 5.49

Branca-BRO 5.26

Chambers-PIT 4.72

Roe-BRO 4.61

Spahn-BSN 4.50

Games

Wilks-STL 59

Konstanty-PHI 53

Palica-BRO 49

Banta-BRO 48

Muncrief-TOT 47

Saves

Wilks-STL 9

Konstanty-PHI 7

Potter-BSN 7

Palica-BRO 6

Staley-STL 6

Innings

Spahn-BSN 302.3

Raffensberger-CIN 284.0

Jansen-NYG 259.7

Heintzelman-PHI 250.0

Newcombe-BRO 244.3

Strikeouts

Spahn-BSN 151

Newcombe-BRO 149

Jansen-NYG 113

Branca-BRO 109

Roe-BRO 109

Games Started

Raffensberger-CIN 38

Spahn-BSN 38

Bickford-BSN 36

Sain-BSN 36

Jansen-NYG 35

Comp. Games

Spahn-BSN 25

Raffensberger-CIN 20

Newcombe-BRO 19

Jansen-NYG 17

Pollet-STL 17

Shutouts

Heintzelman-PHI 5

Newcombe-BRO 5

Pollet-STL 5

Raffensberger-CIN 5

Kennedy-NYG 4

Spahn-BSN 4

Voiselle-BSN 4

Home Runs Allow.

Jansen-NYG 36

Spahn-BSN 27

Roe-BRO 25

Raffensberger-CIN 23

Werle-PIT 22

Bases On Balls Allow.

Wehmeier-CIN 117

Bickford-BSN 106

Kennedy-NYG 100

Heintzelman-PHI 93

Schmitz-CHC 92

Hits Allowed

Raffensberger-CIN 289

Sain-BSN 285

Spahn-BSN 283

Jansen-NYG 271

Bickford-BSN 246

SO to Walk

Roe-BRO 2.48

Werle-PIT 2.08

Newcombe-BRO 2.04

Leonard-CHC 1.93

Pollet-STL 1.83

Losses

Fox-CIN 19

Rush-CHC 18

Raffensberger-CIN 17

Sain-BSN 17

Jansen-NYG 16

Leonard-CHC 16

Earned Runs Allow.

Sain-BSN 130

Jansen-NYG 111

Wehmeier-CIN 111

Bickford-BSN 109

Raffensberger-CIN 107

Wild Pitches

Leonard-CHC 7

Wehmeier-CIN 7

Hansen-NYG 6

Rush-CHC 6

Voiselle-BSN 6

Hit Batsmen

Jones-NYG 10

Werle-PIT 8

Brecheen-STL 7

Leonard-CHC 7

Wehmeier-CIN 7

Batters Faced

Spahn-BSN 1258

Raffensberger-CIN 1190

Jansen-NYG 1101

Sain-BSN 1072

Heintzelman-PHI 1041

Games Finished

Gumbert-TOT 34

Wilks-STL 30

Potter-BSN 29

Konstanty-PHI 27

Palica-BRO 27

Adjusted ERA+

Koslo-NYG 160

Staley-STL 152

Pollet-STL 150

Roe-BRO 148

Heintzelman-PHI 131

Oldest Player

Sewell-PIT 1907-05-11 (42)

Leonard-CHC 1909-03-25 (40)

Gumbert-TOT 1909-11-05 (39)

Rowe-PHI 1910-01-11 (39)

Walker-PIT 1910-09-24 (38)

Youngest Player

Antonelli-BSN 1930-04-12 (19)

Crandall-BSN 1930-03-05 (19)

Post-CIN 1929-07-09 (19)

Simmons-PHI 1929-05-19 (20)

Bilko-STL 1928-11-13 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Warren Spahn (BSN)
C. Andy Seminick (PHI)
1B. Johnny Mize (NYG)
2B. Jackie Robinson (BRO)
3B. Eddie Kazak (STL)
SS. Pee Wee Reese (BRO)
LF. Ralph Kiner (PIT)
CF. Stan Musial (STL)
RF. Willard Marshall (NYG)

Vern Bickford* (BSN)
Ewell Blackwell* (CIN)
Ralph Branca (BRO)
Roy Campanella* (BRO)
Walker Cooper (CIN)
Sid Gordon* (NYG)
Gil Hodges* (BRO)
Marty Marion (STL)
Red Munger* (STL)

Don Newcombe* (BRO)
Andy Pafko* (CHC)
Howie Pollet* (STL)
Preacher Roe* (BRO)
Red Schoendienst* (STL)
Enos Slaughter* (STL)
Bobby Thomson* (NYG)
Eddie Waitkus (PHI)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Warren Spahn (BSN) C. Andy Seminick (PHI) 1B. Johnny Mize (NYG) 2B. Jackie Robinson (BRO) 3B. Eddie Kazak (STL) SS. Pee Wee Reese (BRO) LF. Ralph Kiner (PIT) CF. Stan Musial (STL) RF. Willard Marshall (NYG)		Vern Bickford* (BSN) Ewell Blackwell* (CIN) Ralph Branca (BRO) Roy Campanella* (BRO) Walker Cooper (CIN) Sid Gordon* (NYG) Gil Hodges* (BRO) Marty Marion (STL) Red Munger* (STL)		Don Newcombe* (BRO) Andy Pafko* (CHC) Howie Pollet* (STL) Preacher Roe* (BRO) Red Schoendienst* (STL) Enos Slaughter* (STL) Bobby Thomson* (NYG) Eddie Waitkus (PHI)