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1949 Northern League Pitching Leaders

1948 Season 1950 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 501 games, 8 teams, approx. 125 games in season

Attendance: 1,175,783 (2,346/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	Bob Turley	18	ABD	C	SLB	23	5	.821	2.31	2.78	33	24	2	230.0	175	71	59	131	205	0	0	8	1.330	6.8	5.1	8.0	1.56
2	Paul Menking	20	SXF	C	CHC	19	12	.613	2.60	3.54	37	25	3	249.0	204	98	72	110	158	4	0	9	1.261	7.4	4.0	5.7	1.44
3	Billy Best	22	SUP	C	CHW	15	2	.882	2.78	4.00	29	12	3	162.0	145	72	50	73	108	8	1	4	1.346	8.1	4.1	6.0	1.48
4	Neil Lettau*	19	GFK	C	NYY	15	10	.600	3.29	4.46	26	19	2	208.0	196	103	76	92	112	6	0	5	1.385	8.5	4.0	4.8	1.22
5	Alvin Johnson	20	SUP	C	CHW	14	12	.538	2.89	4.31	33	20	2	215.0	227	103	69	56	84	4	1	3	1.316	9.5	2.3	3.5	1.50
6	Charles Menke	20	SCL	C	NYG	14	5	.737	4.38	5.23	28	10	1	148.0	138	86	72	114	84	1	0	4	1.703	8.4	6.9	5.1	0.74
7	Charles Fowler	19	SCL	C	NYG	13	9	.591	3.20	4.25	31	15	0	197.0	165	93	70	110	124	3	1	3	1.396	7.5	5.0	5.7	1.13
8	Fred Nuss	20	FMH	C		13	10	.565	4.24	4.99	40	9	0	191.0	179	106	90	132	115	5	1	8	1.628	8.4	6.2	5.4	0.87
9	James Pavlica	21	ABD	C	SLB	13	11	.542	2.90	4.33	29	17	2	189.0	133	91	61	113	126	7	0	8	1.302	6.3	5.4	6.0	1.12
10	John Bench	19	EAU	C	BSN	12	9	.571	3.86	4.82	31	10	2	168.0	140	90	72	99	94	8	2	11	1.423	7.5	5.3	5.0	0.95
11	Billy Hyde	19	ABD	C	SLB	12	9	.571	3.94	5.00	28	9	0	153.0	169	85	67	67	85	6	0	8	1.542	9.9	3.9	5.0	1.27
12	Clarence Lawrence	20	SXF	C	CHC	12	8	.600	4.21	5.38	26	12	2	169.0	164	101	79	116	133	5	2	11	1.657	8.7	6.2	7.1	1.15
13	Ken Michael	23	ABD	C	SLB	12	6	.667	4.13	4.93	28	10	2	168.0	163	92	77	114	104	6	1	9	1.649	8.7	6.1	5.6	0.91
14	Ed Schanz	23	DUL	C	STL	12	6	.667	3.38	4.40	30	12	0	184.0	199	90	69	49	76	2	0	1	1.348	9.7	2.4	3.7	1.55
15	George Yorke	21	EAU	C	BSN	12	5	.706	2.06	3.44	27	12	0	144.0	123	55	33	48	67	6	0	4	1.188	7.7	3.0	4.2	1.40
16	Richard Crichton	21	GFK	C	NYY	11	9	.550	2.70	4.33	25	16	1	160.0	149	77	48	56	65	0	1	1	1.281	8.4	3.2	3.7	1.16
17	Bill Enright	25	SUP	C	CHW	11	4	.733	4.94	5.72	27	7	0	162.0	169	103	89	95	65	5	0	10	1.630	9.4	5.3	3.6	0.68
18	Rondel Hawley	19	DUL	C	STL	11	7	.611	3.73	5.20	25	8	0	147.0	153	85	61	76	69	2	0	5	1.558	9.4	4.7	4.2	0.91
19	Wesley Rinker*	19	SCL	C	NYG	11	11	.500	3.58	4.99	26	11	2	166.0	154	92	66	92	114	3	0	7	1.482	8.3	5.0	6.2	1.24
20	Bill Sorrels	20	EAU	C	BSN	11	10	.524	3.54	5.18	29	12	0	160.0	137	92	63	123	109	12	1	6	1.625	7.7	6.9	6.1	0.89
21	Elmer Haas	21	EAU	C	BSN	10	6	.625	4.47	5.55	32	8	2	167.0	165	103	83	130	115	2	0	6	1.766	8.9	7.0	6.2	0.88
22	Bob Hughes*	21	FMH	C		10	9	.526	3.36	4.73	24	13	2	158.0	152	83	59	98	96	10	0	8	1.582	8.7	5.6	5.5	0.98
23	Darrell Rothrock*	21	SXF	C	CHC	10	13	.435	3.64	5.65	29	17	2	215.0	222	135	87	99	116	14	1	3	1.493	9.3	4.1	4.9	1.17
24	Frank Simanovsky*	19	GFK	C	NYY	10	10	.500	3.35	4.38	27	13	1	156.0	157	76	58	76	71	3	0	9	1.494	9.1	4.4	4.1	0.93
25	Jake Griggs	26	DUL	C	STL	9	8	.529	3.51	4.47	22	13	2	141.0	115	70	55	75	86	3	0	0	1.348	7.3	4.8	5.5	1.15
26	Hal Luddy*	19	EAU	C	BSN	9	8	.529	4.69	5.91	24	8	0	140.0	138	92	73	106	73	5	0	4	1.743	8.9	6.8	4.7	0.69
27	Herman Miller	22	DUL	C	STL	9	14	.391	4.94	6.15	37	9	3	155.0	173	106	85	57	81	2	1	3	1.484	10.0	3.3	4.7	1.42
28	Paul Nichols	21	GFK	C	NYY	9	13	.409	4.52	6.12	30	13	1	181.0	162	123	91	119	70	4	2	7	1.552	8.1	5.9	3.5	0.59
29	Jim Post*	23	ABD	C	SLB	9	10	.474	3.50	5.66	26	12	1	167.0	145	105	65	124	157	8	0	12	1.611	7.8	6.7	8.5	1.27
30	Joseph Svetlick	19	DUL	C	STL	8	10	.444	2.79	3.75	38	8	3	187.0	195	78	58	55	64	6	1	4	1.337	9.4	2.6	3.1	1.16
31	John Wilcox*	18	FMH	C		8	7	.533	3.96	4.84	25	10	0	134.0	143	72	59	48	38	1	1	2	1.425	9.6	3.2	2.6	0.79
32	Luther Burns	23	SXF	C	CHC	7	4	.636	4.55	6.13	13	10	1	91.0	76	62	46	81	69	3	0	9	1.725	7.5	8.0	6.8	0.85
33	William Mansfield	20	DUL	C	STL	7	5	.583	4.74	5.35	16	5	1	74.0	67	44	39	61	56	3	0	4	1.730	8.1	7.4	6.8	0.92
34	Robert Wood	18	SCL	C	NYG	7	3	.700	4.97	6.09	32	2	1	105.0	105	71	58	66	62	1	1	3	1.629	9.0	5.7	5.3	0.94
35	Philip Johnson	25	FMH	C		6	9	.400	4.69	5.55	16	7	0	94.0	112	58	49	31	29	6	0	2	1.521	10.7	3.0	2.8	0.94
36	Jack Larson	17	SCL	C	NYG	6	6	.500	3.60	4.80	23	5	1	105.0	91	56	42	72	63	3	0	7	1.552	7.8	6.2	5.4	0.88
37	Harry Whitney	21	EAU	C	BSN	6	1	.857	3.10	4.03	18	4	1	87.0	74	39	30	45	46	1	0	6	1.368	7.7	4.7	4.8	1.02
38	James Arbucho	23	SCL	C	NYG	5	6	.455	3.35	4.06	24	4	1	102.0	95	46	38	38	71	0	0	3	1.304	8.4	3.4	6.3	1.87
39	Jacques Jeanneau	21	SCL	C	NYG	5	8	.385	4.25	5.26	21	6	1	106.0	11	62	50	69	64	0	0	3	0.755	0.9	5.9	5.4	0.93
40	Arthur Kenyon*	17	EAU	C	BSN	5	7	.417	3.60	4.70	15	6	1	90.0	97	47	36	25	39	2	1	2	1.356	9.7	2.5	3.9	1.56
41	Ralph Miller	20	SUP	C	CHW	5	8	.385	5.30	6.23	32	7	0	146.0	177	101	86	57	59	5	2	8	1.603	10.9	3.5	3.6	1.04
42	William Stretton*	23	SUP	C	CHW	5	10	.333	3.65	5.51	21	6	0	116.0	109	71	47	74	76	6	0	7	1.578	8.5	5.7	5.9	1.03
43	John Zuchnik	21	SUP	C	CHW	5	4	.556	4.00	4.40	24	0	0	45.0	47	22	20	15	20	1	0	0	1.378	9.4	3.0	4.0	1.33
44	Irving Boim	27	SUP	C	CHW	4	5	.444	5.16	7.44	13	6	0	75.0	77	62	43	63	46	5	1	4	1.867	9.2	7.6	5.5	0.73
45	Salvatore Del Isola	20	FMH	C		4	6	.400	6.51	8.40	24	2	0	105.0	139	98	76	73	51	2	1	7	2.019	11.9	6.3	4.4	0.70
46	Art Doll	36	FMH	C		4	7	.364	3.43	5.40	16	8	0	105.0	112	63	40	23	69	1	0	1	1.286	9.6	2.0	5.9	3.00
47	Joe Farmer	20	SXF	C	CHC	4	9	.308	4.89	5.68	32	3	0	149.0	164	94	81	82	53	5	0	6	1.651	9.9	5.0	3.2	0.65
48	Howard Schemerhorn	19	GFK	C	NYY	4	2	.667	5.69	6.80	12	3	1	49.0	48	37	31	28	18	0	0	3	1.551	8.8	5.1	3.3	0.64
49	Joseph Tamaska*	21	EAU	C	BSN	4	1	.800	5.14	5.88	15	3	0	49.0	53	32	28	30	17	1	0	0	1.694	9.7	5.5	3.1	0.57
50	William Zollo	24	FMH	C		4	4	.500	4.50	5.31	18	4	1	78.0	83	46	39	52	51	4	0	1	1.731	9.6	6.0	5.9	0.98
51	George Erath	21	SXF	C	CHC	3	5	.375	5.54	8.31	17	3	0	78.0	95	72	48	46	29	3	1	4	1.808	11.0	5.3	3.3	0.63
52	Joseph Meshelski	21	GFK	C	NYY	3	2	.600		7.30	5	3	0	37.0	43	30		32	24	0	0	4	2.027	10.5	7.8	5.8	0.75
53	Lou Branca	21	DUL	C	STL	2	4	.333	4.00	5.80	10	1	0	45.0	47	29	20	15	14	0	0	1	1.378	9.4	3.0	2.8	0.93
54	Leonard Fassler	20	SCL	C	NYG	2	4	.333	4.70	6.31	12	5	0	67.0	68	47	35	71	47	2	0	7	2.075	9.1	9.5	6.3	0.66
55	James Hanabury?	25	EAU	C	BSN	2	2	.500		12.67	7	0	0	27.0	31	38		44	25	1	2	3	2.778	10.3	14.7	8.3	0.57
56	Dale Leckrone	20	SUP	C	CHW	2	5	.286		8.08	7	3	0	39.0	50	35		17	25	1	0	2	1.718	11.5	3.9	5.8	1.47
57	Albert Nemet?	--	FMH	C		2	2	.500		9.00	6	0	0	15.0	21	15		10	5	0	0	1	2.067	12.6	6.0	3.0	0.50
58	Jack O'Brien?	--	FMH	C		2	2	.500		5.14	7	1	1	35.0	54	20		15	13	1	0	2	1.971	13.9	3.9	3.3	0.87
59	Edward Sandusky	19	GFK	C	NYY	2	14	.125	5.15	6.97	28	6	0	124.0	119	96	71	100	52	8	1	4	1.766	8.6	7.3	3.8	0.52
60	William Sheckler?	--	FMH	C		2	4	.333	6.75	9.36	29	1	0	76.0	100	79	57	76	45	4	0	11	2.316	11.8	9.0	5.3	0.59
61	Teddy Eberhard	22	GFK	C	NYY	1	4	.200	5.51	6.98	21	1	0	80.0	87	62	49	82	37	4	0	5	2.113	9.8	9.2	4.2	0.45
62	Don Ehlers	18	SUP	C	CHW	1	4	.200		9.00	10	0	0	37.0	39	37		35	28	1	1	5	2.000	9.5	8.5	6.8	0.80
63	Eugene Feauto*	21	SXF	C	CHC	1	5	.167		10.66	11	2	0	38.0	46	45		37	23	3	0	2	2.184	10.9	8.8	5.4	0.62
64	Wally Geske	18	ABD	C	SLB	1	4	.200	5.18	7.36	23	0	0	66.0	52	54	38	73	31	1	0	10	1.894	7.1	10.0	4.2	0.42
65	Don Glenn*	19	DUL	C	STL	1	1	.500		6.95	9	0	0	22.0	20	17		20	13	0	0	3	1.818	8.2	8.2	5.3	0.65
66	Wilbert Hackbarth	25	SUP	C	CHW	1	1	.500		7.88	6	0	0	24.0	22	21		37	14	1	1	2	2.458	8.3	13.9	5.3	0.38
67	Don Harris	21	ABD	C	SLB	1	5	.167	4.86	5.96	32	3	0	74.0	59	49	40	73	40	4	1	6	1.784	7.2	8.9	4.9	0.55
68	Gordyn Kirschner	18	SXF	C	CHC	1	4	.200		7.31	12	1	0	32.0	37	26		36	17	3	0	1	2.281	10.4	10.1	4.8	0.47
69	Bernard Olinger*	21	FMH	C		1	3	.250		9.00	6	1	0	27.0	41	27		23	5	0	0	2	2.370	13.7	7.7	1.7	0.22
70	Arden Potter	21	SCL	C	NYG	1	0	1.000		7.62	3	1	0	13.0	20	11		10	7	1	0	1	2.308	13.8	6.9	4.8	0.70
71	Bob Shotliff	21	SUP	C	CHW	1	1	.500		7.88	10	0	0	24.0	32	21		15	11	1	0	3	1.958	12.0	5.6	4.1	0.73
72	Flenn Walden?	--	SXF	C	CHC	1	3	.250		10.61	7	1	0	28.0	33	33		29	28	1	1	2	2.214	10.6	9.3	9.0	0.97
73	John Wesolich	20	SCL	C	NYG	1	2	.333		9.00	4	1	0	19.0	27	19		13	13	1	0	0	2.105	12.8	6.2	6.2	1.00
74	Sam Adkisson	18	GFK	C	NYY	0	3	.000		11.57	10	0	0	28.0	43	36		22	10	1	0	1	2.321	13.8	7.1	3.2	0.45
75	Robert Ahlstrom?	--	DUL	C	STL	0	0				2			1.2
76	Ben Anderson	22	GFK	C	NYY	0	1	.000		7.45	11	0	0	29.0	12	24		42	12	4	1	10	1.862	3.7	13.0	3.7	0.29
77	Harold Anderson	--	GFK	C	NYY	0	0				4			5.0
78	Joseph Banicki*	23	SXF	C	CHC	0	1	.000		14.63	5	0	0	8.0	8	13		19	9	2	0	5	3.375	9.0	21.4	10.1	0.47
79	Robert Baxter?	--	DUL	C	STL	0	0				1			1.2
80	Robert Berglund?	--	SCL	C	NYG	0	1	.000		49.50	2	0	0	2.0	3	11		11	1	0	0	0	7.000	13.5	49.5	4.5	0.09
81	Edward Booth?	--	FMH	C		0	0				6			16.0
82	Wayne Boyer*	19	DUL	C	STL	0	1	.000		13.50	2	0	0	4.0	4	6		6	1	2	0	0	2.500	9.0	13.5	2.3	0.17
83	Pete Burnside*	18	SCL	C	NYG	0	1	.000		13.50	1	0	0	2.0	1	3		8	3	0	0	0	4.500	4.5	36.0	13.5	0.38
84	Richard Cassidy?	--	GFK	C	NYY	0	0				3			11.0
85	Ken Combs	18	DUL	C	STL	0	0				3			12.0
86	Ralph Donnally?	--	DUL	C	STL	0	0				2			6.0
87	John Drury?	--	FMH	C		0	0				3			16.0
88	Charles Duncan	21	DUL	C	STL	0	1	.000		11.57	1	0	0	7.0	9	9		5	3	0	0	0	2.000	11.6	6.4	3.9	0.60
89	Walter Eads*	25	GFK	C	NYY	0	2	.000		8.40	3	0	0	15.0	10	14		24	8	1	0	2	2.267	6.0	14.4	4.8	0.33
90	John Francis?	22	ABD	C	SLB	0	2	.000		9.00	5	0	0	15.0	11	15		20	5	0	1	3	2.067	6.6	12.0	3.0	0.25
91	Charles Glass?	--	DUL	C	STL	0	0				2			6.0
92	Joseph Greco*	21	SCL	C	NYG	0	2	.000		2.70	7	0	0	20.0	12	6		23	26	1	0	1	1.750	5.4	10.4	11.7	1.13
93	Marion Gregory	19	EAU	C	BSN	0	0				2			8.0
94	Chester Huber?	--	SUP	C	CHW	0	0				2			3.0
95	Samuel Hunter	19	DUL	C	STL	0	1	.000		6.00	1	1	0	9.0	10	6		2	4	0	0	0	1.333	10.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
96	Eddie Kearse	33	GFK	C	NYY	0	0				1			0.2
97	Al Ketchum	20	SCL	C	NYG	0	1	.000		3.75	2	1	0	12.0	14	5		8	6	1	0	2	1.833	10.5	6.0	4.5	0.75
98	Elmer Kish	26	FMH	C		0	2	.000		14.14	3	0	0	14.0	26	22		9	5	0	1	3	2.500	16.7	5.8	3.2	0.56
99	Anthony LaCroix	20	DUL	C	STL	0	0				1			1.1
100	Ralph Lageman*	21	DUL	C	STL	0	2	.000		9.00	7	0	0	24.0	28	24		22	17	1	0	5	2.083	10.5	8.3	6.4	0.77