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1949 Central Association Pitching Leaders

1948 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 386 games, 6 teams, approx. 128 games in season

Attendance: 589,764 (1,527/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Walter Rush	18	BUR	C	CLE	16	6	.727	3.49	4.55	27	17	1	178.0	174	90	69	82	85	6	2	4	1.438	8.8	4.1	4.3	1.04
2	Gene Bussman	22	KEK	C	PIT	15	8	.652	2.71	3.24	26	17	3	186.0	147	67	56	51	95	5	0	6	1.065	7.1	2.5	4.6	1.86
3	John Graney*	21	CLI	C	CHC	15	8	.652	2.24	3.46	30	20	3	221.0	189	85	55	96	164	7	1	6	1.290	7.7	3.9	6.7	1.71
4	Ralph Johanson	20	BUR	C	CLE	14	7	.667	2.89	3.70	22	14	3	168.0	159	69	54	65	96	8	0	4	1.333	8.5	3.5	5.1	1.48
5	Lou Michels	23	CDR	C		14	7	.667	3.08	4.05	26	14	4	149.0	146	67	51	45	78	2	0	3	1.282	8.8	2.7	4.7	1.73
6	Walter Wenclewicz	21	KEW	C	PHA	14	11	.560	2.94	4.81	31	16	0	202.0	190	108	66	86	136	11	0	11	1.366	8.5	3.8	6.1	1.58
7	William Hess	21	CLI	C	CHC	13	11	.542	2.51	4.02	31	17	1	208.0	201	93	58	68	123	0	1	2	1.293	8.7	2.9	5.3	1.81
8	Gene Schroer*	21	CDR	C		13	8	.619	1.92	3.25	23	14	2	169.0	123	61	36	93	124	5	1	8	1.278	6.6	5.0	6.6	1.33
9	George Vance	22	BUR	C	CLE	13	5	.722	3.28	4.39	24	12	0	170.0	145	83	62	101	82	3	0	2	1.447	7.7	5.3	4.3	0.81
10	James Johnson	20	CDR	C		12	5	.706	3.41	5.03	28	11	1	161.0	157	90	61	61	108	3	1	5	1.354	8.8	3.4	6.0	1.77
11	Fred Lietz*	22	RFD	C	CIN	12	15	.444	3.29	4.78	31	16	1	194.0	193	103	71	67	118	3	0	9	1.340	9.0	3.1	5.5	1.76
12	Eugene Tarabilda	20	CLI	C	CHC	12	10	.545	2.84	4.52	27	15	0	193.0	176	97	61	83	101	4	1	8	1.342	8.2	3.9	4.7	1.22
13	Don Whitmore	25	KEW	C	PHA	12	9	.571	3.75	5.35	26	18	2	185.0	210	110	77	78	100	7	1	3	1.557	10.2	3.8	4.9	1.28
14	Carl Gretlein	19	KEK	C	PIT	10	5	.667	2.98	4.41	25	9	2	157.0	146	77	52	72	95	2	0	4	1.389	8.4	4.1	5.4	1.32
15	Lloyd Parker*	20	CLI	C	CHC	10	15	.400	2.72	4.87	31	15	0	172.0	175	93	52	68	79	10	2	6	1.413	9.2	3.6	4.1	1.16
16	Harry Pritts*	20	KEK	C	PIT	10	3	.769	1.32	1.73	13	12	4	109.0	68	21	16	31	126	1	0	2	0.908	5.6	2.6	10.4	4.06
17	Richard Sawyer?	--	KEW	C	PHA	10	13	.435	4.28	6.02	29	13	0	187.0	161	125	89	118	130	7	1	13	1.492	7.7	5.7	6.3	1.10
18	Herman Wollitz*	20	BUR	C	CLE	10	2	.833	1.91	2.80	19	9	1	132.0	104	41	28	56	87	2	2	3	1.212	7.1	3.8	5.9	1.55
19	Jack Cookman*	20	CDR	C		9	9	.500	4.89	5.72	29	6	1	140.0	153	89	76	72	47	6	0	1	1.607	9.8	4.6	3.0	0.65
20	James Lawler	18	KEK	C	PIT	8	3	.727	4.30	4.90	14	9	1	90.0	92	49	43	49	49	1	0	2	1.567	9.2	4.9	4.9	1.00
21	Jim Miller*	20	KEW	C	PHA	8	3	.727	2.86	4.46	15	8	2	107.0	106	53	34	46	83	1	0	2	1.421	8.9	3.9	7.0	1.80
22	John Farkas	25	BUR	C	CLE	7	4	.636	2.20	2.96	21	2	1	82.0	61	27	20	25	36	1	1	0	1.049	6.7	2.7	4.0	1.44
23	Daniel Martin?	--	KEW	C	PHA	7	4	.636	3.87	5.13	13	5	0	79.0	74	45	34	49	34	2	0	3	1.557	8.4	5.6	3.9	0.69
24	Parker Swan?	21	KEW	C	PHA	7	9	.438	6.41	7.78	25	6	0	118.0	112	102	84	127	105	5	0	10	2.025	8.5	9.7	8.0	0.83
25	Robert Swanson	18	KEK	C	PIT	7	6	.538	3.65	5.20	22	6	1	116.0	116	67	47	49	65	4	0	5	1.422	9.0	3.8	5.0	1.33
26	Lawrence Jones*	19	KEK	C	PIT	6	6	.500	4.90	6.30	16	6	2	90.0	85	63	49	71	92	4	0	4	1.733	8.5	7.1	9.2	1.30
27	Alger Shillings	19	BUR	C	CLE	6	7	.462	4.46	5.71	18	10	1	115.0	89	73	57	101	117	5	2	17	1.652	7.0	7.9	9.2	1.16
28	George Socha	20	BUR	C	CLE	6	4	.600	3.20	3.90	14	7	2	90.0	80	39	32	46	78	6	1	4	1.400	8.0	4.6	7.8	1.70
29	Charles Cain	22	KEK	C	PIT	5	2	.714	4.40	5.20	8	0	0	45.0	52	26	22	20	8	1	0	0	1.600	10.4	4.0	1.6	0.40
30	John Gilbert*	19	KEK	C	PIT	5	4	.556	4.62	5.23	12	6	0	74.0	80	43	38	49	44	0	0	14	1.743	9.7	6.0	5.4	0.90
31	Tom Ippolite	24	KEW	C	PHA	5	6	.455	5.29	6.49	12	4	0	68.0	65	49	40	43	40	1	0	1	1.588	8.6	5.7	5.3	0.93
32	Joseph Meshelski	21	CDR	C		5	6	.455	3.94	5.06	16	6	1	96.0	90	54	42	58	49	6	0	11	1.542	8.4	5.4	4.6	0.84
33	Al Sherer	34	RFD	C	CIN	5	6	.455	3.89	5.32	16	5	0	88.0	97	52	38	36	39	1	0	0	1.511	9.9	3.7	4.0	1.08
34	Robert Tweedie?	--	KEW	C	PHA	5	1	.833	5.47	6.68	21	4	0	97.0	110	72	59	52	64	4	0	1	1.670	10.2	4.8	5.9	1.23
35	Joseph Czajkowski	21	RFD	C	CIN	4	8	.333	4.29	6.26	32	4	0	151.0	169	105	72	84	108	3	0	15	1.675	10.1	5.0	6.4	1.29
36	Nick Najjar*	30	KEK	C	PIT	4	0	1.000	3.60	6.00	12	1	0	45.0	54	30	18	16	15	2	0	1	1.556	10.8	3.2	3.0	0.94
37	John Perry	19	RFD	C	CIN	4	7	.364	6.13	8.11	25	4	0	91.0	104	82	62	71	40	2	0	9	1.923	10.3	7.0	4.0	0.56
38	David Rothman	19	CLI	C	CHC	4	5	.444	2.84	4.32	10	6	1	73.0	54	35	23	40	51	2	0	5	1.288	6.7	4.9	6.3	1.28
39	Richard Cassidy?	--	CDR	C		3	6	.333	4.00	5.70	22	3	0	90.0	97	57	40	49	38	7	0	4	1.622	9.7	4.9	3.8	0.78
40	William Hyland	25	CDR	C		3	3	.500		9.00	10	3	0	44.0	58	44		20	14	1	1	1	1.773	11.9	4.1	2.9	0.70
41	Chester Rossa?	--	CLI	C	CHC	3	3	.500	3.41	4.74	26	3	0	95.0	79	50	36	57	50	0	1	4	1.432	7.5	5.4	4.7	0.88
42	George Schmidt	21	BUR	C	CLE	3	1	.750		5.00	9	2	1	36.0	29	20		20	13	2	1	0	1.361	7.3	5.0	3.3	0.65
43	Leon Snuggs*	20	RFD	C	CIN	3	7	.300	2.82	4.34	13	7	1	83.0	75	40	26	38	73	3	2	4	1.361	8.1	4.1	7.9	1.92
44	Robert Wuebben*	21	BUR	C	CLE	3	7	.300	2.40	4.32	14	5	2	75.0	52	36	20	79	69	2	0	3	1.747	6.2	9.5	8.3	0.87
45	Bob Boyce?	25	RFD	C	CIN	2	4	.333	3.93	4.91	13	4	0	55.0	73	30	24	13	11	0	1	0	1.564	11.9	2.1	1.8	0.85
46	Jack Bremer	20	CDR	C		2	7	.222	6.38	8.88	21	2	1	72.0	73	71	51	62	22	2	0	4	1.875	9.1	7.8	2.8	0.35
47	Richard Connaker?	--	RFD	C	CIN	2	4	.333	5.55	7.85	16	1	0	47.0	59	41	29	41	47	5	0	6	2.128	11.3	7.9	9.0	1.15
48	Eugene Feauto*	21	CLI	C	CHC	2	2	.500		6.35	6	0	0	34.0	31	24		38	16	4	0	3	2.029	8.2	10.1	4.2	0.42
49	John Francis?	22	CDR	C		2	4	.333		7.33	11	3	0	43.0	49	35		29	31	1	1	2	1.814	10.3	6.1	6.5	1.07
50	George Luttner?	--	BUR	C	CLE	2	2	.500		7.56	4	1	0	25.0	33	21		13	24	1	0	1	1.840	11.9	4.7	8.6	1.85
51	Corky Valentine	20	RFD	C	CIN	2	4	.333	2.76	4.35	10	6	0	62.0	57	30	19	27	57	1	0	4	1.355	8.3	3.9	8.3	2.11
52	Laurence Watson	22	KEK	C	PIT	2	7	.222	3.21	4.50	12	6	1	70.0	57	35	25	35	46	5	1	5	1.314	7.3	4.5	5.9	1.31
53	Leslie Filkins?	23	BUR	C	CLE	1	0	1.000		0.00	1	0	0	5.0	2	0		1	4	0	0	0	0.600	3.6	1.8	7.2	4.00
54	Oje Henning	25	RFD	C	CIN	1	10	.091	6.46	8.88	24	3	0	78.0	103	77	56	45	25	1	1	6	1.897	11.9	5.2	2.9	0.56
55	Wayne Mahmens?	--	CLI	C	CHC	1	0	1.000		7.20	2	1	0	15.0	23	12		5	7	2	0	0	1.867	13.8	3.0	4.2	1.40
56	William Moulden?	--	RFD	C	CIN	1	2	.333		7.36	7	1	0	33.0	34	27		21	11	3	0	7	1.667	9.3	5.7	3.0	0.52
57	John Patchett	20	KEK	C	PIT	1	0	1.000		7.88	8	0	0	16.0	19	14		11	10	0	0	0	1.875	10.7	6.2	5.6	0.91
58	James Robertson	22	RFD	C	CIN	1	7	.125	4.95	6.75	12	3	0	60.0	78	45	33	22	45	3	0	5	1.667	11.7	3.3	6.8	2.05
59	Edward Santulli	24	KEK	C	PIT	1	2	.333		6.88	9	0	0	17.0	19	13		13	10	0	0	0	1.882	10.1	6.9	5.3	0.77
60	Donald Vike	19	CLI	C	CHC	1	6	.143		9.20	11	0	0	44.0	54	45		35	39	0	1	5	2.023	11.0	7.2	8.0	1.11
61	Edwin Zilm	23	RFD	C	CIN	1	9	.100	5.29	8.82	10	4	0	51.0	68	50	30	25	39	0	1	2	1.824	12.0	4.4	6.9	1.56
62	Gene Armbruster	20	KEW	C	PHA	0	2	.000		5.85	3	2	0	20.0	27	13		11	11	1	0	2	1.900	12.2	5.0	5.0	1.00
63	Loyal Bloxam	21	KEK	C	PIT	0	0				8			14.0
64	Eugene Bradley*	21	KEW	C	PHA	0	1	.000		22.50	6	0	0	10.0	13	25		25	6	3	1	2	3.800	11.7	22.5	5.4	0.24
65	Gene Bremer	20	CDR	C		0	1	.000		13.91	11	0	0	22.0	31	34		28	8	2	0	0	2.682	12.7	11.5	3.3	0.29
66	Lloyd Brown*	44	BUR	C	CLE	0	2	.000		9.64	4	0	0	14.0	21	15		7	8	1	0	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	5.1	1.14
67	Robert Campbell?	--	CDR	C		0	3	.000		9.53	8	0	0	17.0	24	18		8	9	1	0	0	1.882	12.7	4.2	4.8	1.13
68	Lloyd Craft?	--	CLI	C	CHC	0	0				3			4.0
69	Bobby Dill*	30	RFD	C	CIN	0	0				1			2.1
70	John Dowd?	--	RFD	C	CIN	0	0				4			13.0
71	Paul Eifert	21	CDR	C		0	1	.000		7.88	7	0	0	16.0	20	14		14	9	0	0	1	2.125	11.3	7.9	5.1	0.64
72	Robert Evans?	--	CLI	C	CHC	0	0				5			6.0
73	Bill Ewen	18	RFD	C	CIN	0	3	.000		7.62	5	1	0	26.0	36	22		16	11	0	1	5	2.000	12.5	5.5	3.8	0.69
74	Richard Groberg?	--	CDR	C		0	1	.000		13.50	2	0	0	4.0	6	6		5	1	0	0	0	2.750	13.5	11.3	2.3	0.20
75	Harlan Grosshans	21	KEK	C	PIT	0	2	.000		11.08	7	0	0	13.0	14	16		16	10	1	0	5	2.308	9.7	11.1	6.9	0.63
76	Jack Hellendrung	24	CLI	C	CHC	0	0				3			3.0
77	Gary Hicks?	17	CDR	C		0	0				2			2.0
78	Harold Hoffmann	35	KEW	C	PHA	0	1	.000		7.20	9	1	0	25.0	28	20		20	7	6	0	2	1.920	10.1	7.2	2.5	0.35
79	Stan Kauffman	22	RFD	C	CIN	0	1	.000		7.62	5	1	0	13.0	17	11		6	5	0	0	3	1.769	11.8	4.2	3.5	0.83
80	Henry Lane?	--	CDR	C		0	1	.000		4.09	2	0	0	11.0	13	5		7	7	0	0	0	1.818	10.6	5.7	5.7	1.00
81	John Leslie	19	CLI	C	CHC	0	1	.000		10.00	3	0	0	9.0	12	10		6	3	0	0	0	2.000	12.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
82	Otto Long?	--	CDR	C		0	0				1			1.1
83	Reed Lovsness	24	KEK	C	PIT	0	1	.000		3.38	5	0	0	8.0	8	3		2	10	0	0	1	1.250	9.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
84	Joe Macko	21	BUR	C	CLE	0	0				1			4.0
85	A.J. Matulis	28	CLI	C	CHC	0	0				5			6.0
86	Ed McLish	20	KEK	C	PIT	0	0				3			10.0
87	Harry Minor	21	KEK	C	PIT	0	1	.000		2.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	2		2	8	0	0	1	1.000	7.0	2.0	8.0	4.00
88	Rolf Moeller	20	KEK	C	PIT	0	1	.000		27.00	3	0	0	4.0	6	12		12	1	0	0	0	4.500	13.5	27.0	2.3	0.08
89	Gene Nelson	20	CLI	C	CHC	0	1	.000		12.27	4	0	0	11.0	19	15		5	8	0	0	0	2.182	15.5	4.1	6.5	1.60
90	Leo Novak?	--	RFD	C	CIN	0	0				2			1.2
91	Bernard Olinger*	21	BUR	C	CLE	0	0				3			10.0
92	Tom Pascoe?	--	CDR	C		0	4	.000		11.35	4	0	0	23.0	36	29		20	8	1	0	0	2.435	14.1	7.8	3.1	0.40
93	Arnold Pavlicek?	--	CDR	C		0	0				4			7.0
94	Raymond Peterson	23	KEK	C	PIT	0	1	.000		7.31	4	1	0	16.0	21	13		15	9	0	0	1	2.250	11.8	8.4	5.1	0.60
95	Jerry Plum	20	CLI	C	CHC	0	3	.000		11.81	5	1	0	16.0	28	21		11	9	3	0	2	2.438	15.8	6.2	5.1	0.82
96	Roxie Rankin	--	CDR	C		0	0				2			2.2
97	Robert Rehder?	--	KEK	C	PIT	0	1	.000		14.14	1	0	0	7.0	11	11		5	0	0	0	0	2.286	14.1	6.4	0.0	0.00
98	Packy Rogers	36	CDR	C		0	0				2			9.0
99	Albert Schamberger?	--	CDR	C		0	0				3			6.0
100	Joseph Schulte*	17	BUR	C	CLE	0	1	.000		15.55	3	0	0	11.0	17	19		10	9	2	0	1	2.455	13.9	8.2	7.4	0.90