1949 NL News Recap and League Leaders

August 20, 1949

 League leaders in the NL after play on August 20.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1949 National League                 Date: 8/20/1949
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1949 BRN  79  34    J.Robinso BRN .394  R.Kiner   PIN   41  R.Kiner   PIN  107
1949 SLN  69  44    C.Furillo BRN .378  D.Ennis   PHN   26  J.Robinso BRN  102
1949 PHN  68  48    E.Slaught SLN .333  H.Sauer   CHN   24  D.Ennis   PHN   87
1949 NYN  60  53    T.Kluszew CIN .331  A.Seminic PHN   23  D.Snider  BRN   83
1949 BON  52  62    B.Thomson NYN .325  S.Musial  SLN   22  G.Hodges  BRN   83
1949 PIN  51  62
1949 CIN  46  69    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1949 CHN  32  85    W.Spahn   BON   17  T.Wilks   SLN   15  C.Chamber PIN 2.20
                    L.Jansen  NYN   15  E.Palica  BRN   10  R.Meyer   PHN 2.48
                    J.Hatten  BRN   14  J.Konstan PHN   10  H.Pollet  SLN 2.48
                    H.Borowy  PHN   14  F.Fanovic CIN    5  G.Staley  SLN 2.54
                    K.Heintze PHN   14  K.Higbe   NYN    5  W.Spahn   BON 2.72
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Hopp    PIN   27  J.Robinso BRN   40  W.Spahn   BON  112
                    P.Reese   BRN   20  P.Reese   BRN   26  D.Newcomb BRN  110
                    M.Rackley BRN   11  G.Hermans BRN   16  L.Jansen  NYN   94
                    E.Stanky  BON   10  D.Snider  BRN    9  R.Branca  BRN   86
                    D.Rice    SLN    9  OTHERS TIED W    8  R.Munger  SLN   86
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BRN  4  at  BON  6  BRN-Newcomb(12-6, 3.01) at BON-Voisell(3-10, 5.18)
CHN  2  at  CIN  4  CHN-Chipman(0-7, 5.52) at CIN-Fox(9-8, 3.61)
NYN  1  at  PHN  3  CHN-Rush(3-15, 3.71) at CIN-Raffens(10-14, 4.02)
SLN  3  at  PIN  4  NYN-Jones(10-6, 4.24) at PHN-Heintze(14-4, 3.27)
                    NYN-Jansen(15-8, 3.27) at PHN-Rowe(5-2, 5.75)
                    SLN-Martin(1-1, 0.00) at PIN-Werle(6-10, 4.94)
                    SLN-Brechee(11-7, 5.42) at PIN-Dickson(4-9, 3.44)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
G.Hodges      BRN BON  4  1  3  3  0  1  1  1
D.Litwhiler   CIN CHN  3  1  2  4  1  0  1  0
P.Castiglione PIN SLN  2  1  1  2  0  0  1  0
C.Ryan        BON BRN  4  1  1  3  0  2  1  0
A.Pafko       CHN CIN  4  1  3  1  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
V.Lombardi    PIN SLN  3.0  1  0  0  0  3  0 W  
R.Meyer       PHN NYN  9.0  8  1  1  2  4  0 W  
B.Lively      CIN CHN  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   S
J.Vander Meer CIN CHN  8.0  6  2  2  2  2  1 W  
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
A.Seminick    PHN .391 23  9 11  9  4  L.Jansen      NYN 18 18  3  3 11  1 200
D.Sisler      PHN .400 35 14  8  4  4  J.Vander Meer CIN 17 14  2  6  7  1 200
J.Robinson    BRN .457 35 16 14  3  2  H.Pollet      SLN  9  6  1  2  6  0 100
A.Pafko       CHN .455 33 15  6  3  3  H.Wehmeier    CIN 16  9  3 12  5  0 100
E.Fletcher    BON .333 21  7  5  6  1  J.Schmitz     CHN 17 15  4  4  7  1 110
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
M.Owen        CHN .115 26  3  2  1  0  B.Donnelly    PHN  9 15 13  7  5  1 020
W.Jones       PHN .111 27  3  2  2  0  D.Koslo       NYN 13 18 13  7  3  3 020
S.Rojek       PIN .167 36  6  2  2  0  D.Newcombe    BRN 16 24 16  5 12  4 020
V.Stallcup    CIN .214 28  6  1  1  0  J.Sain        BON  9 13  8  1  2  1 020
M.Goliat      PHN .185 27  5  2  1  0  B.Chesnes     PIN  6  7  5  4  1  2 010
 
INJURY REPORT
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