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1949 AL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
Click Division Name for Divisional History Chart
American Team W L WPct GB Tampa Bay 100 62 .617 -- Detroit 99 63 .611 1 Boston (A) 91 71 .562 9 Oakland 78 84 .481 22 Minnesota 75 87 .463 25 New York (A) 71 91 .438 29 Seattle 67 95 .414 33 Cleveland 60 102 .370 40

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-0)	Montreal Expos over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
AL League Series (4-3)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays over Detroit Tigers

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
DET	6.5	1058	162	5580	1624	314	51	173	898	614	.291	.389	.459	.848
TAM	6.1	990	162	5666	1628	301	56	162	840	617	.287	.379	.446	.825
BOS	5.8	945	162	5638	1587	295	47	159	801	554	.281	.371	.435	.806
OAK	5.2	838	162	5664	1551	282	33	136	588	460	.274	.342	.407	.749
MIN	4.9	790	162	5619	1535	307	40	135	560	683	.273	.339	.414	.753
NYA	4.8	771	162	5563	1403	272	40	143	668	736	.252	.332	.393	.725
SEM	4.6	740	162	5493	1385	249	41	108	670	588	.252	.333	.371	.705
CLE	4.5	726	162	5541	1494	247	42	99	509	524	.270	.331	.383	.714
Totals	5.3	6858	1296	44764	12207	2267	350	1115	5534	4776	.273	.353	.414	.766
Average		857	162	5596	1526	283	44	139	692	597

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
TAM	4.6	739	162	4.03	1460.0	1446	8.9	669	4.1	654	4.0	33
DET	5.1	825	162	4.71	1430.0	1482	9.1	563	3.5	576	3.6	33
BOS	5.2	838	162	4.76	1451.7	1544	9.5	693	4.3	559	3.5	23
OAK	5.3	863	162	4.91	1450.0	1543	9.5	714	4.4	637	3.9	25
MIN	5.3	865	162	4.65	1449.0	1535	9.5	699	4.3	608	3.8	21
SEM	5.7	929	162	5.26	1439.7	1552	9.6	716	4.4	566	3.5	26
CLE	5.8	938	162	5.21	1424.3	1581	9.8	774	4.8	570	3.5	20
NYA	6.0	968	162	5.51	1450.3	1629	10.1	726	4.5	525	3.2	26
Totals	5.4	6965	1296	4.88	11555.0	12312	9.5	5554	4.3	4695	3.6	207
Average		871	162		1444	1539		694		587		26

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
TAM	102	60	-2	9	19	3	3	3	17	0.94	0.83	2,318,931		Ricky Sanford
DET	99	63	0	5	15	10	0	2	21	0.98	1.07	2,371,485		Pie Traynor
OAK	79	83	-1	4	15	0	0	0	21	1.00	0.92	2,004,865		Pat Flaherty
BOS	90	72	1	3	15	1	1	5	23	1.01	0.88	1,938,715		Brian Rodgers
NYA	64	98	7	3	12	0	0	0	11	1.06	1.07	1,568,718		Jason Spiegel
MIN	74	88	1	1	13	6	4	3	26	1.00	0.84	1,853,956		Joe Kuhel
CLE	62	100	-2	0	7	0	0	0	19	0.97	0.98	868,412		Gary Davis
SEM	64	98	3	0	9	6	0	0	16	1.00	1.19	1,344,102		Peter Fletcher

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TAM	300	148.05	105.30	46.63	9.88	6.13	6.47	5.26	9.04	9.86
DET	297	167.90	88.26	40.81	2.99	1.24	8.11	4.78	7.73	15.97
BOS	273	136.08	93.11	43.79	6.58	3.84	7.20	5.14	6.43	14.61
OAK	234	105.87	83.64	44.47	12.28	3.36	6.02	3.28	7.20	12.34
MIN	225	95.04	89.31	40.62	5.86	2.03	8.53	5.08	7.60	11.51
NYA	213	92.12	77.08	43.75	8.60	2.52	8.92	6.25	7.79	9.69
SEM	201	85.25	76.30	39.43	7.62	3.85	4.61	5.13	5.56	12.67
CLE	180	80.23	65.82	33.91	8.41	1.86	2.54	3.95	7.78	9.39

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Ted Williams	DET	.367, 44 HR, 143 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Max Lanier	TAM	23-10, 3.56, 308.7 IP, 166 K
Bronze Rookie:	Bill Werle	DET	21-11, 4.05, 299.7 IP, 121 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Jack Kramer	CLE	.973, 39 PO, 71 A, 3 E
C	Hal Wagner	OAK	1.000, 488 PO, 53 A, 0 E 43.2% (19-44) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Jack Bolling	MIN	.986, 1568 PO, 141 A, 24 E
2B	Lou Stringer	TAM	.974, 340 PO, 579 A, 25 E
3B	Johnny Bero	SEM	.978, 97 PO, 298 A, 9 E
SS	Johnny Pesky	MIN	.974, 157 PO, 409 A, 15 E
LF	Gene Woodling	BOS	.983, 279 PO, 4 A, 5 E
CF	Wally Judnich	DET	.995, 413 PO, 10 A, 2 E
RF	Johnny Hopp	DET	.989, 349 PO, 10 A, 4 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Williams DET .367 Blattner BOS .339 Kluszewski OAK .337 Stevens OAK .331 Heath TAM .330	On-Base Pct Williams DET .526 Woodling BOS .433 Blattner BOS .431 Keller DET .427 Heath TAM .424	Slugging Pct Williams DET .723 Hodges NYA .623 Woodling BOS .584 Kluszewski OAK .579 Ennis MIN .577	OPS Williams DET 1.249 Woodling BOS 1.018 Hodges NYA 1.012 Blattner BOS 1.008 Keller DET 1.001
XR Williams DET 171.2 Woodling BOS 126.1 Keller DET 124.6 Mize TAM 123.3 Heath TAM 122.3	Games Cox DET 158 Ennis MIN 158 Keller DET 157 Kluszewski OAK 157 Lewis CLE 157	At-Bats Reiser TAM 647 Cox DET 638 Judnich DET 625 Cavarretta SEM 624 Robinson BOS 600	Runs Williams DET 154 Hopp DET 129 Reiser TAM 127 Woodling BOS 122 Keller DET 121
Hits Cox DET 207 Kluszewski OAK 198 Heath TAM 194 Mize TAM 189 Ennis MIN 188	Total Bases Williams DET 370 Kluszewski OAK 340 Hodges NYA 337 Ennis MIN 335 Reiser TAM 320	Singles Ashburn SEM 155 Cox DET 142 Klein OAK 134 Judnich DET 133 Heath TAM 129	Doubles Cox DET 53 Robinson BOS 53 Byrnes NYA 46 Mize TAM 44 Bolling MIN 43
Triples Reiser TAM 15 Mize TAM 10 Clary DET 9 Hodgin CLE 9 Lewis CLE 9	Homeruns Hodges NYA 46 Williams DET 44 Keller DET 40 Woodling BOS 35 Kluszewski OAK 34	RBIs Keller DET 143 Williams DET 143 Woodling BOS 143 Judnich DET 141 Kluszewski OAK 140	Stolen Bases Ashburn SEM 43 Reiser TAM 39 Stirnweiss TAM 39 Hopp DET 29 Gionfriddo MIN 22
Caught Stealing Reiser TAM 24 Ashburn SEM 21 Stirnweiss TAM 20 Hopp DET 18 Michaels SEM 13	Walks Williams DET 172 Keller DET 146 Woodling BOS 117 Fleming BOS 110 Heath TAM 102	Strikeouts Snider MIN 135 Keller DET 106 Aberson SEM 95 Bero SEM 93 Wertz SEM 84

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Lanier TAM 3.56 Hughes OAK 3.67 Javery MIN 3.76 Koslo OAK 3.78 Brecheen TAM 3.79	Wins Lanier TAM 23 Brecheen TAM 22 Garcia BOS 21 Masterson DET 21 Parnell BOS 21	Losses Kramer CLE 25 Surkont CLE 23 Fannin SEM 21 Munger CLE 21 McLish SEM 20	Winning Pct Lanier TAM .697 Salveson TAM .692 Brecheen TAM .688 Russo   .684 Parnell BOS .656
Saves Sanford TAM 24 Barrett DET 20 Iott SEM 15 Kennedy MIN 15 Raschi OAK 14	Games Pitched Sanford TAM 105 Wynn TAM 104 Barrett DET 91 Eisenstat OAK 76 Coleman OAK 75	Games Started Brecheen TAM 44 Chipman MIN 44 Fannin SEM 44 Kramer CLE 44 Lanier TAM 44	Complete Games Garcia BOS 19 Javery MIN 19 Parnell BOS 17 Masterson DET 16 McLish SEM 16
Shutouts Fannin SEM 3 Javery MIN 3 Parnell BOS 3 Russo   2 Bithorn CLE 1	Innings Pitched McLish SEM 336.0 Fannin SEM 333.0 Parnell BOS 325.0 Garcia BOS 317.0 Brecheen TAM 315.7	Hits Allowed McLish SEM 393 Kramer CLE 362 Parnell BOS 350 Surkont CLE 346 Garcia BOS 344	Homeruns Allowed Fannin SEM 39 Head OAK 39 Mulcahy DET 39 McLish SEM 37 Kramer CLE 36
Strikeouts Fannin SEM 170 Lanier TAM 166 Head OAK 159 Chipman MIN 149 Pierce TAM 137	Walks Allowed Head OAK 179 Munger CLE 179 Surkont CLE 166 Fannin SEM 148 Lanier TAM 144	Walks per 9IP Joyce NYA 1.9 Werle DET 2.0 Russo   2.7 Chipman MIN 2.9 Kramer CLE 3.0	Hits per 9IP Lanier TAM 7.8 Hughes OAK 8.2 Koslo OAK 8.6 Salveson TAM 8.7 Russo   8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe NYA 5.9 Head OAK 5.2 Lanier TAM 4.8 Hughes OAK 4.8 Fannin SEM 4.6	WHiP Werle DET 1.26 Russo   1.26 Koslo OAK 1.29 Joyce NYA 1.33 Lanier TAM 1.33	OAVG Lanier TAM .232 Hughes OAK .247 Russo   .247 Salveson TAM .251 Koslo OAK .253	OOBP Russo   .300 Werle DET .308 Koslo OAK .313 Lanier TAM .316 Chipman MIN .321
OSLG Lanier TAM .317 Munger CLE .347 Salveson TAM .348 Hughes OAK .351 Javery MIN .366	OOPS Lanier TAM .633 Salveson TAM .678 Russo   .691 Hughes OAK .700 Koslo OAK .702

League All-Stars
Buddy Blattner	Harry Brecheen	Milt Byrnes
Ellis Clary	Joe Coleman	Billy Cox
Del Ennis	Grady Hatton	Ed Head
Jeff Heath	Gil Hodges	Ted Kluszewski
Max Lanier	Johnny Mize	Butch Nieman
Mel Parnell	Billy Pierce	Vic Raschi
Pete Reiser	Aaron Robinson	Jack Salveson
Fred Sanford	Bill Werle	Ted Williams
Gene Woodling

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Arky Vaughan	BOS	$ 20,100,000
2.	Ted Williams	DET	$ 12,000,000
3.	Dave Koslo	OAK	$ 11,500,000
4.	Pete Reiser	TAM	$ 10,910,000
5.	Ed Head	OAK	$ 10,000,000
	Johnny Mize	TAM	$ 10,000,000
7.	Wally Judnich	DET	$ 9,500,000
8.	Walt Masterson	DET	$ 8,800,000
9.	Rudy York	CLE	$ 8,000,000
10.	Bob Chipman	MIN	$ 7,500,000
	Gene Hasson	CLE	$ 7,500,000
	Mel Ott	SEM	$ 7,500,000
13.	Johnny Hopp	DET	$ 7,000,000
	Johnny Rigney	MIN	$ 7,000,000
15.	Hal Wagner	OAK	$ 6,750,000
16.	Buddy Lewis	CLE	$ 6,500,000
17.	Max Lanier	TAM	$ 6,000,000
18.	Phil Cavarretta	SEM	$ 5,390,000
19.	Gil Hodges	NYA	$ 5,290,000
20.	Les Fleming	BOS	$ 5,190,000
21.	Al Javery	MIN	$ 5,100,000
22.	Johnny Pesky	MIN	$ 5,000,000
	Charlie Keller	DET	$ 5,000,000
	Harry Brecheen	TAM	$ 5,000,000
	Jack Bolling	MIN	$ 5,000,000

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