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MANITOBA SENIOR LEAGUE :
The Winnipeg Tribune reported :
Versatile Terry Sawchuk, of
hockey fame, is the 1948 batting champion of the Manitoba Senior
Baseball league. The transplanted first sacker of the
Elmwood Giants clouted the ball for a mark of .376 in 27 games he
took part to top the circuit by a wide margin. Sawchuk,
moved from first to third base, was at the plate 100 times and
smacked out 41 safeties. Closest
rivals for Sawchuk's scalp, were two Brandon colored players. Thad
Christopher, Greys backstop, was the runner up with .333,
followed by Bus Quinn with .323. Other .300 hitters
were Dave McConachy, Elmwood .316, Rollie Bouchard,
Winnipeg Reos, .307 and Coney Williams, Brandon, .304.
McRae also hit .300 but only took part in eleven games. The
averages of players taking part in 10 or more games follow: (Winnipeg
Tribune, August 23, 1948)
Average : Terry Sawchuk EL - .376
Hits : Sawchuk EL - 41
Runs : Steve Clarke BR - 38
MANITOBA SENIOR FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Sawchuk, Terry EL 27 109 22 41 .376
Christopher, Thad BR 26 90 15 30 .333
Vasquez, Armando BR 28 102 26 33 .324 (1)
McConachy, Dave EL 20 76 9 24 .316
Bouchard, Rollie REOS 22 75 8 23 .307
Williams, Coney BR 29 112 27 34 .304
McRae, Don EL 11 30 10 9 .300
Slater, Don ANAF 18 58 6 17 .293
Cabrera, Rafe BR 23 87 15 25 .287
Desjardin, Larry REOS 12 28 1 8 .286
Ireton, Tom REOS 21 70 6 20 .286
Raleigh, Jack ANAF 26 100 8 28 .280
Ceretti, Bill ANAF 13 29 3 8 .276
Vicars, Jack ANAF 22 80 14 22 .275
Lowe, Ian BR 34 134 29 36 .269
Clarke, Steve BR 34 137 38 36 .263
Truelove, Ken BR 10 27 5 7 .259
Letourneau, Ralph REOS 24 94 25 24 .255
Bentley, Tom ANAF 21 72 15 18 .250
Ryan, James REOS 23 93 23 23 .247
Leier, Eddie EL 30 126 19 31 .246
Murray, George EL 17 57 13 14 .246
Reynoldson, Ron BR 13 41 4 10 .244
Warwick, Jack EL 18 74 11 18 .243
Hansford, Bob ANAF 19 66 8 16 .242
Ketchur, Tom EL 23 97 17 23 .237
Antoniak, Bill REOS 26 89 14 21 .236
Shanks, Jim ANAF 21 73 9 17 .233
McKay, Gerry BR 31 117 15 27 .231
Smith, Harold EL 29 113 15 25 .221
Gustafson, Hugh EL 19 69 7 15 .217
Merlevede, Gus REOS 28 112 14 24 .214
Tascona, Tony BR 31 108 27 23 .213
Madden, Kev ANAF 16 48 4 10 .208
Lawson, Don REOS 25 100 16 20 .200
Kearney, Pat ANAF 22 74 4 14 .189
McNeill, ANAF 16 59 2 11 .186
Watkins, Frank BR 20 73 5 13 .178
Popeil, Joe REOS 26 91 15 16 .176
Brown, Murray REOS 24 95 10 16 .168
Mathesius, Bob REOS 13 24 2 4 .167
Drake, Solly EL 12 50 7 8 .160
Whitehill, Jack REOS 17 47 3 6 .128
Johnson, Mel EL 11 26 5 3 .115
Sinclair, Jack BR 13 33 5 3 .091
Wylie, Steve BR 11 34 8 2 .059
EL=Elmwood, BR=Brandon, REOS=Winnipeg Reos, ANAF=Army,Navy & AirForce
* Winnipeg Tribune,
August 23, 1948 (First names added through additional research in
the Winnipeg Free Press)
* The published
averages were out slightly (given the hits and at bats shown) for
several players -- Vasquez/Quinn was shown at .323,Cabrera at .285,
Ceretti .273, Lowe .268, Clark .267, Ryan .246, and Reynoldson .239.
* The Tribune
article made no mention of pitching statistics. It is known for
Brandon that Steve Wylie finished at 12-1 in league, exhibition and
tournaments, Bus Quinn 10-1, Jack Sinclair 10-5, Frank Watkins 8-1,
Ron Reynoldson 6-3, Al Truelove 5-2, Bob Russell 2-1, Lorne Cook
1-0, Hal Price 1-0, Ken Truelove 1-2.
(1) Played under
the name of Bus Quinn
* Pitching statistics have been compiled from game by game reports,
first showing the results from regular league play, then combined
pitching records -- league, exhibitions, tournaments, playoffs - for
selected players.
MANITOBA SR. FINAL G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Quinn Bus BR 7 5 5 7 0 1.000
Sinclair Jack BR 11 10 7 7 3 .700
Truelove Al BR 6 4 4 4 1 .800
Lawson Don REOS 7 5 4 4 2 .667
Johnson Mel EL 11 7 5 4 3 .571
Wylie Steve BR 7 5 4 3 1 .750
Desjardin Larry REOS 10 9 5 3 3 .500
Mathesius Bob REOS 11 5 2 3 3 .500
Merlevede Geo REOS 4 2 1 2 0 1.000
Laroque Hank ANAF 7 3 1 2 0 1.000
Reynoldson Ron BR 7 4 2 2 1 .667
Bohunicky Steve EL 5 3 2 2 1 .667
Nicholson Bill REOS 7 5 1 2 2 .500
Parsons Frank EL 7 3 2 2 3 .400
England Gord ANAF 6 5 4 2 4 .333
Cook Lorne BR 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Truelove Ken BR 1 0 0 1 0 1.000
Halloran Bob EL 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Mattson Carl EL 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Walker Barney REOS 2 2 2 1 1 .500
Reeves Ken ANAF 6 2 1 1 1 .500
Dean Dick EL 5 5 1 1 2 .333
Guly Frank ANAF 8 2 0 1 3 .250
Hainstock ANAF 6 5 1 1 3 .250
Price Hal EL 6 5 5 1 5 .167
Mestry Johnny EL 4 2 0 0 1 .000
Watkins Frank BR 2 2 1 0 1 .000
Douglas Ian EL 2 1 0 0 1 .000
Russell Bob BR 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Dunsmore Fred ANAF 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Schwartz EL 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Hind Terry ANAF 5 2 2 0 2 .000
McManus Johnny REOS 2 2 2 0 2 .000
Halloran REOS 2 0 0 0 2 .000
McNabb Earl ANAF 6 5 2 0 5 .000
Cabrera Rafe BR 1 1 0 0 0
Gordon BR 1 1 0 0 0
Guest Mort EL 3 1 0 0 0
Bouchard Rollie REOS 1 0 0 0 0
Matthews ANAF 1 1 0 0 0
* League, exhibition, tournament, playoffs
ALL GAMES G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Wylie Steve BR 16 14 13 13 1 .929
Sinclair Jack BR 17 16 13 11 5 .688
Quinn Bus BR 11 9 9 10 1 .909
Watkins Frank BR 13 10 9 8 2 .800
Truelove Al BR 8 6 5 5 2 .714
Reynoldson Ron BR 13 9 7 5 3 .625
Price Hal EL/BR 12 10 10 4 7 .364
Cook Lorne BR 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Truelove Ken BR 5 3 0 1 2 .333
Russell Bob BR 5 2 0 0 1 .000
Cabrera Rafe BR 1 1 0 0 0
Gordon BR 1 1 0 0 0
SOUTHERN LEAGUE (SASKATCHEWAN) :
Gus
Kyle of the Regina Caps batted .552 to easily capture the 1948
batting title in the Southern League. Kyle finished more than 120
points ahead of the runner-up, teammate Frank Smith,
at .429. Elmer Ekdahl of Weyburn was third with
a .419 mark.
Veterans Ralph Hogg of Weyburn Beavers and Frank
Germann of the Notre Dame Hounds were the leading hurlers, both
finishing with 4-0, won-lost records. Hogg completed all four
of his starts, while German tossed complete games in four of five
starting assignments. Elmer Torgeson of the
Moose Jaw Oilmen won the most games, five. Torgeson and
Aubrey Downton of Wilcox appeared in the most games, 10.
(Data from Regina Leader Post)
Average : Gus Kyle RGC -
.552
Hits : Kyle RGC - 37
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
Kyle, Gus RGC 67 23 37 .552
Smith, Frank RGC 42 5 18 .429
Ekdahl, Elmer WY 31 8 13 .419
Wilder, Les WY 84 16 35 .417
Nutzhorn, Ray MJC 34 4 13 .382
Brown, Norm ND 71 20 27 .380
Mearns, Lefty RGR 32 3 12 .375
Germann, Frank ND 63 15 23 .365
Shupe, Gayle WY 81 21 28 .346
Clements, Brownie WX 38 3 13 .342
(Pitching statistics
compiled from game-by-game reports, as published in the Regina
Leader Post)
Wins
: Elmer Torgeson MJ99 - 5
Games : Torgeson MJ99, Aubrey Downton WX - 10
Pct : Ralph Hogg WY, Frank Germann ND -
4-0, 1.000
SOUTHERN LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
Hogg, Ralph WY 4 4 4 4 0 1.000
Germann, Frank ND 5 5 4 4 0 1.000
Lauer, Lefty RGC 4 3 3 3 0 1.000
Gerein, Chris RGC 3 3 1 2 0 1.000
Vogt, Al RGC 2 2 2 2 0 1.000
Grossman, Johnny MJC 2 2 2 2 0 1.000
Terry, Dick RCG 2 2 1 2 0 1.000
Torgeson, Elmer MJ99 10 8 6 5 3 .625
Thorseth, Cy LIB 7 7 5 4 2 .667
Wooley, Lloyd RGC 9 7 6 4 3 .571
Shupe, Gayle WY 7 7 3 4 3 .571
Downton, Aubrey WX 10 7 6 4 5 .444
Buttgereit, Walter WX 7 6 4 3 2 .600
Kerley, Dick ND 5 4 2 3 2 .600
Torgenrud, Mel WY 8 6 6 3 3 .500
Arnold, Ross LIB 9 7 6 3 4 .429
Huck, Cy ND 6 2 2 2 1 .667
Inkster, Gord MJ99 3 2 1 1 0 1.000
Greenman, George MJ99 1 0 0 1 0 1.000
Kirkpatrick, Jim WX 1 1 1 1 0 1.000
Hoag, Dude ND 2 2 1 1 0 1.000
Olmstead, Bert MJ99 2 2 2 1 1 .500
Foster, Athol RGR 2 2 1 1 1 .500
Covert, Keith WY 4 2 2 1 1 .500
Compton, Lloyd MJC 5 4 3 1 2 .333
Reynoldson, John MJC 5 4 2 1 3 .250
Harrison, Cliff RGR 9 8 4 1 5 .167
Silverman, RGC 1 0 1 0 0 .000
Montgomery, RGR 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Wintermute, LIB 1 0 0 0 0 .000
McNabb, LIB 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Drew, George WX 2 1 0 0 0 .000
Sabo, Lou MJC 3 1 1 0 1 .000
Devine, Don MJ99 5 3 1 0 1 .000
Kohlstedt, Art MJ99 2 2 1 0 1 .000
Naka, Tony MJ99 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Erfle, Albert MJ99 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Evenson, Denny LIB 1 1 0 0 1 .000
Johnson, LIB 1 1 1 0 1 .000
Devine, Jack MJC 4 2 2 0 2 .000
Harrison, Red RGR 2 1 1 0 2 .000
Dombowsky, Hugo ND 2 2 1 0 2 .000
Straub, Art MJC 6 5 2 0 5 .000
McCleneglan, Ralph RGR 8 5 4 0 5 .000
RGC = Regina Caps, WY = Weyburn Beavers, MJC = Moose Jaw Canucks, ND = Notre Dame Hounds, RGR = Regina Red Sox, WX = Wilcox Cardinals, MJ99 = Moose Jaw Purity 99, LIB = Liberty Eagles.
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