1950 La Grange Troupers Roster
Team Record: 73-48
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Bill Cooper (73-48)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: La Grange, Georgia
Ballpark: Callaway Stadium
Attendance: 53,781, Avg. 889
Playoffs - La Grange Troupers 2 games, Carrollton Hornets 0
Finals - La Grange Troupers 3 games, Alexander City Millers
The La Grange Troupers of the Georgia-Alabama League ended the 1950 season with a record of 73 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the GGL.
The Troupers scored 785 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Bill Cooper led all regular hitters by connecting at a .332 clip. Don Bessent topped La Grange with 22 wins, while Gerald Wallis, too added 15 or more wins, too Don Bessent recorded a 2.23 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Don Bessent and Don Taussig both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bill Cooper served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bessent | R | R | March 13, 1931 | 6'0" | 175 | Jacksonville, FL US |
| Joe Braganca | R | R | August 8, 1930 | 5'10" | 164 | |
| James Cacciola | R | 6'1" | 190 | |||
| Leon Carter | R | R | August 5, 1931 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Marvin Chappell | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Bill Cooper | L | October 11, 1916 | 6'2" | 190 | ||
| Robert Dawkins | L | L | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Joseph DeGoursey | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| James Durkin | R | R | June 1, 1930 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Theodore Gaillard | ||||||
| Jim Goff | R | August 20, 1930 | 6'4" | 215 | ||
| Edwin Jeakle | R | December 9, 1928 | 6'1" | 185 | Detroit, MI US | |
| George Johengen | L | L | June 5, 1928 | 6'2" | 175 | |
| David Krings | R | October 10, 1930 | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Richard Marshall | R | L | November 26, 1931 | 6'1" | 190 | |
| Pasquale Pescitelli | L | May 6, 1929 | 5'8" | 160 | Amityville, NY US | |
| Richard Russell | L | September 8, 1929 | 6'1" | 195 | ||
| Don Taussig | R | R | February 19, 1932 | 6'0" | 180 | New York, NY US |
| James Troy | R | 5'10" | 175 | |||
| Kendall Umbach | ||||||
| Gerald Wallis | R | R | 6'4" | 205 | ||
| Boyd Walls | R | October 12, 1918 | 5'11" | 180 | La Grange, GA US | |
| Edwin Webster | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Ernest Wingard | L | August 23, 1927 | 5'11" | 160 | ||
| Robert Winkelspecht | R | 6'1" | 168 |
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.
