Newark Yankees

• Location: Newark, OH
• League: Ohio-Indiana League 1948-1951
• Affiliation: New York Yankees 1948-1951
• Ballpark: Arnold Park

In 1948 the Newark Yankees were charter members of the Ohio-Indiana League.

The Yankees' first year in the league saw them finish in the fifth spot with a 65-74 record, 17 games in arrears. Robert Dill was the 1948 team's first manager. He was replaced 0n July 28 by Sol Mishkin. There were no Newark boys who finished in the league's top stats categories.

In 1949 the Newark team dropped a notch in the standings, finishing sixth with a 65-72 record, that left them 15 games off the pace. Jim McLeod was the team's manager and again there were no Yankees who finished high up in the individual stats. Ken Beardslee went 3-5 with a 3.80 ERA in his first pro season after being a high school superstar.

In 1950 the team climbed to the league's second spot, barely losing out to the Marion Red Sox by one game. In the playoffs, Newark took out the Richmond Tigers 3 games to 2, but the Marion team shut them out in the final round, 4 games to 0. Billy Holm was the Yankee's manager and James Engleman led the league in two categories, batting average with .373 and hits with 208. His teammate Louis Job struck out 228 would be hitters to lead that category.

The league went down to five teams in 1951 and ended up with four when the Newark team withdrew on July 17. The Marion team won the overall title and the O-I league closed its doors.

Newark, OH was to see no more professional baseball until the Frontier League hit town in 1994.

Team & Individual Statistics

1948

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
5th	65	74	.446	17	70,604	Robert Dill , Sol Mishkin (July 28)

Team Batting 6th

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
140	4674	800	804	1220	1691	216	81	31	76	108	853	32	891	675	1238	.261

Team Fielding 5th

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
140	112	23	3580	1499	330	.939

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
John Maroney	96	298	50	99	121	16	3	0	2	2	34	1	60	54	.332
Philip Trapani	116	384	57	112	153	22	5	3	4	5	52	3	63	45	.292
Joseph Eshoo	95	332	67	95	144	19	9	4	1	9	92	1	72	41	.286

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
Richard McEvoy	55	1	8	11	.421	125	493	129	165	46	6	66	77	4	3.31
Richard Murphy	32	14	16	9	.640	218	851	206	127	103	5	141	223	6	4.25
Pete Finelli	28	4	6	7	.462	124	494	130	84	61	8	58	75	1	4.43

1949

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
6th	65	72	.474	15	62,321	Jim McLeod

Team Batting 7th

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
137	4606	760	744	1167	1619	204	79	30	98	127	640	41	789	627	1106	.253

Team Fielding 2nd

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
137	88	11	3528	1464	292	.945

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Phil Trapani	94	299	43	96	113	9	1	2	3	10	25	1	38	36	.321
Art Cybulski	89	297	51	91	122	14	7	1	3	5	26	0	36	59	.306
George E. Snyder	87	343	71	94	123	13	8	0	5	10	46	1	49	41	.274

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
Tom Mollica	21	9	8	5	.615	137	499	110	55	42	12	63	125	7	2.76
Bernard Durand	36	11	12	9	.571	175	677	165	93	70	13	57	97	3	3.60
Richard McEvoy	41	18	15	13	.536	217	843	220	127	87	16	104	117	4	3.61

1950

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
2nd	89	49	.645	1	41,126	Billy Holm

Team Batting 1st

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
137	4783	857	604	1334	1962	313	54	69	46	57	727	42	699	747	1243	.279

Team Fielding 1st

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
137	128	12	3563	1420	227	.956

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Jim Engleman	138	558	136	208	350	62	7	22	3	2	82	5	133	77	.373
Hal W. Smith	121	480	72	174	248	45	4	7	0	5	46	4	108	31	.363
Tom Venditelli	138	539	137	161	219	40	6	2	6	14	125	7	54	44	.299

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	HR	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
George Gheta	19	14	14	3	.824	149	569	138	6	53	40	4	50	115	3	2.42
Thomas Peeler	18	14	14	1	.933	140	504	99	3	57	43	6	100	128	7	2.76
Louis Job	20	19	11	15	.423	218	816	193	6	98	76	7	96	228	6	3.14

1951

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
NA	49	31	.613	NA	33,960	Bunny Mick

Team Batting NA

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
80	2723	534	450	697	937	132	27	18	27	77	501	18	495	434	712	.256

Team Fielding NA

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
80	84	15	2073	717	160	.949

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Bunny Mick	66	200	59	68	89	11	2	2	3	14	69	3	43	15	.340
Francis Donovan	77	303	45	85	128	20	1	7	0	2	47	1	83	47	.281
William Lege	79	296	91	80	102	16	3	0	1	20	89	3	30	29	.270

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	HR	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
John J. Sullivan	20	12	12	2	.857	143	510	99	6	52	43	1	88	98	1	2.71
Edmund Lussier	27	2	8	5	.615	103	396	113	5	64	45	5	53	66	2	3.93
Don Nuetzel	18	6	7	5	.583	99	383	96	3	70	61	5	88	80	3	5.55

Source:

Baseball Guide and Record Book