Richmond Tigers

• Location: Richmond, IN
• League: Ohio-Indiana League 1949-1951
• Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
• Ballpark: Municipal Stadium

Formerly the Richmond Roses, the new Richmond Tigers did not accomplish much more than their predecessors, as they finished with a 65-73 record, 15 1/2 games back and in a seventh place finish. Cyril Pfeifer started out as the team's manager and Ken Holtcamp took over on August 13. There were no players listed in the high stats.

The Richmond boys picked up some real steam over the winter and moved up to the league's third spot with a 80-58 record. Ralph DiLullo and Holtcamp split the managing job and the team had Keith Jones (140 runs scored) and Daniel Searle came in with a 2.12 ERA. Also, not known then, a future hall of famer was on the pitching staff (Jim Bunning), backed up by another young man to make a name, Billy Hoeft. His record for the year was not enough to qualify for the stat leaders but it was an astounding 10-1 record with a 1.71 ERA. 1950 was a little different year for Richmond. The Newark Yankees spoiled the good times by beating Richmond, 3 games to 2 in the playoffs.

To make a long story short, 1951 was the league's last year. They started with only five teams and finished with four. The Tigers had an overall 53-74 record with DeLullo at the helm and no one made the stat sheet.

Richmond would not see professional ball again until 1995, when the Frontier League hit town.

Team & Individual Statistics

1949

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
7th	65	73	.471	15.5	44,346	Cyril Pfeifer, Kenneth Holtcamp (August 13)

Team Batting 5th

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
140	4692	771	906	1203	1667	161	96	37	64	167	691	45	842	632	1110	.256

Team Fielding 6th

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
140	82	16	3590	1470	359	.934

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Cyril Pfeifer	83	235	46	87	116	9	10	0	0	15	47	6	48	8	.370
Albert Gulvas	135	484	91	138	204	18	12	8	5	14	67	5	95	74	.285
Paul Mullin	113	421	60	120	181	16	15	5	3	19	42	5	85	91	.285

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
Robert Martin	17	1	5	2	.714	73	284	75	32	22	5	31	37	1	2.68
Willard Boerger	31	15	11	13	.458	221	893	238	129	87	15	81	155	6	3.54
Joseph Pipak	31	10	11	10	.524	155	611	168	92	70	13	66	108	5	4.06

1950

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
3rd	80	58	.580	10	45,302	Ralph DiLullo, Kenneth Holtcamp (August 10-17 tempory)

Team Batting 4th

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
138	4644	828	680	1257	1778	179	108	42	61	145	662	41	770	686	1101	.271

Team Fielding 3rd

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
138	117	18	3512	1412	300	.943

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Tommy Gray	120	460	86	149	227	24	18	6	1	27	55	3	106	45	.324
Keith Jones	134	513	140	163	260	21	20	12	4	35	96	2	71	51	.318
Albert Gulvas	133	505	91	145	215	24	14	6	2	5	80	2	100	68	.287

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	HR	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
Billy Hoeft	12	9	10	1	.909	95	336	58	4	22	18	2	34	122	0	2.68
Dan Searle	21	14	13	3	.813	153	570	109	4	52	36	4	52	122	4	2.12
Don Coppage	36	22	22	6	.786	231	873	205	8	84	65	10	57	102	7	2.53

1951

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
4th	53	74	.417	37.5	20,004	Ralph DiLullo

Team Batting 3rd

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
129	4307	681	803	1088	1546	166	68	52	33	106	605	42	820	565	1039	.253

Team Fielding 5th

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
129	178	42	3238	1216	340	.929

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Clarence O'Connor	120	460	86	149	227	24	18	6	1	27	55	3	106	45	.324
Leslie Pinkham	80	272	43	80	138	4	12	10	1	6	23	1	42	58	.294
Joseph Melago	70	292	47	85	116	9	5	4	3	4	16	3	35	32	.291

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	HR	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
Dick Thompson	16	11	6	7	.462	118	451	83	2	61	31	9	75	101	2	2.36
Richard Colone	29	9	9	9	.500	153	600	134	5	99	72	9	110	95	1	4.24
Ronald Williams	22	6	7	6	.538	109	421	109	3	89	69	8	84	98	7	5.70

Source:

The Baseball Guide and Record Book