Portsmouth A's

• Location: Portsmouth, OH
• League: Ohio-Indiana League 1948-1950
• Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics 1948-1950
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The Portsmouth A's won the Ohio-Indiana League championship in 1949 , beating out the Springfield (OH) Giants by a 4 1/2 game margin. The A's had lost the 1948 title by one-half game to the Zanesville Dodgers club. The 1950 team finished 7th in the race, 42 1/2 games back. Portsmouth did not field a team in the 1951 Ohio-Indiana league.

Team & Individual Statistics

1948

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
2nd	82	58	.586	1/2	73,533	George Staller

Team Batting 4th

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
141	4664	805	714	1229	1730	253	52	51	72	175	690	35	841	708	1089	.262

Team Fielding 3rd

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
141	113	30	3603	1420	312	.942

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
George Staller	140	489	122	163	250	38	5	13	5	33	105	1	98	26	.333
Richard Brown	139	546	99	155	224	29	11	6	12	22	82	1	65	52	.284
Frank Major	140	538	97	136	187	33	9	0	7	26	63	2	76	35	.253

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	WP	ERA
Emilio Daino	41	16	13	11	.542	193	716	163	81	70	13	92	109	5	5	3.26
Allen Romberger	40	6	10	6	.625	151	578	140	75	61	4	65	124	3	8	3.64
Don Whitmore	34	11	16	9	.640	223	901	257	132	96	9	69	143	3	5	3.87

1949

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
1st	81	58	.583	0	61,106	Homer Lee Cox

Team Batting

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
139	4828	700	554	1220	1574	170	35	38	100	145	586	51	851	564	1170	.253

Team Fielding

G	DP	TP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
139	113	0	10	3619	1470	245	.954

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Tony Yula	139	563	94	166	200	22	6	0	18	22	50	2	57	90	.295
Bob Poprocky	137	477	77	138	166	19	3	1	15	5	74	0	64	48	.289
Len Rock	115	406	76	115	168	23	6	6	6	13	41	3	65	71	.283

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	WP	ERA
Ewen Bryden	25	18	16	8	.667	188	684	144	58	38	16	60	179	8	2	1.82
Allen Romberger	34	20	19	6	.760	217	798	181	62	49	10	75	186	3	8	2.03
George Balya	25	16	12	9	.571	198	713	151	83	55	16	94	124	5	1	2.50

Playoffs
Playoffs: Marion 3 games, Portsmouth 1.
Muncie 3 games, Springfield 1.
Marion 4 games, Muncie 3.

1950

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
7th	46	89	.341	42.5	21,685	Walt VanGrofski

Team Batting 7th

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
136	4382	568	866	1050	1405	177	29	40	50	80	514	42	852	480	979	.240

Team Fielding 4th

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
136	90	20	3378	1251	283	.942

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Richard Kirk	86	316	50	93	137	18	4	6	1	5	30	2	43	48	.294
John Creighton	107	408	48	115	137	15	2	1	1	12	30	2	43	54	.282
Bob Poprocky	114	397	57	110	155	20	5	5	6	12	54	2	54	54	.277

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	HR	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
Walter Miller	33	15	7	17	.292	215	811	190	6	124	108	16	109	211	5	4.52
William Minton	31	10	9	12	.429	102	648	159	8	114	86	9	115	143	4	4.78
Harold Mays	20	9	5	11	.313	114	452	126	7	73	61	6	63	86	2	4.82

Source:

The Baseball Guide & Record Book.