1950 Flint Arrows Roster
Team Record: 80-53
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Gene Desautels (80-53)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Flint, Michigan
Ballpark: Atwood Stadium
Attendance: 67,954, Avg. 1,022
Playoffs - Flint Arrows 3 games, Grand Rapids Jets 1
Finals - Flint Arrows 4 games, Muskegon Clippers 1
The Flint Arrows of the Central League ended the 1950 season with a record of 80 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Arrows gave up 599 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Flint tallied 729 runs. David Jaska led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .324 average. Ernie Funk topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1950 Flint Arrows who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Clem Koshorek, Carl Linhart and Bubba Phillips.
Gene Desautels served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Biddle | R | April 17, 1924 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Jerry Burke | R | R | December 10, 1927 | 6'1" | 190 | |
| Ray Cabanaw | L | 6'0" | 172 | |||
| Lawrence Ciesielski | R | 5'10" | 190 | |||
| James Cronin | L | R | January 1, 1925 | 5'11" | 175 | Grosse Pointe, MI US |
| Ernie Funk | R | R | March 11, 1930 | 6'1" | 182 | Little Rock, AR US |
| Allison Gilbert | R | March 5, 1928 | 6'3" | 192 | Los Angeles, CA US | |
| Robert Henderson | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | ||
| David Jaska | R | February 19, 1924 | 5'10" | 170 | Detroit, MI US | |
| Tom Keenan | R | L | January 31, 1924 | 6'0" | 190 | |
| Gerald Kleinsmith | R | R | June 10, 1928 | 5'11" | 166 | |
| Clem Koshorek | R | R | June 20, 1925 | 5'4" | 165 | Royal Oak, MI US |
| Carl Linhart | L | R | December 14, 1929 | 5'11" | 184 | Zborov, Olomouc CZ |
| Edwin Little | R | August 16, 1929 | 6'2" | 220 | Grandville, MI US | |
| Bubba Phillips | R | R | February 24, 1928 | 5'9" | 180 | West Point, MS US |
| Monk Poole | R | R | October 3, 1922 | 6'0" | 210 | |
| Andrew Prieboy | R | R | 6'1" | 190 | ||
| Harry Psutka | L | November 19, 1928 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Robert Riordan | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
| Norman Scott | R | R | 6'1" | 160 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
