1950 Newton-Conover Twins Roster
Team Record: 69-41
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Eddie Yount (69-41)
Location: Conover, North Carolina; Newton, North Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 58,310, Avg. 1,060
Playoffs - Newton-Conover Twins 4 games, Rutherford County Owls 2
Finals - Lenoir Red Sox 4 games, Newton-Conover Twins 3
The Newton-Conover Twins of the Western Carolina League ended the 1950 season with a record of 69 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Newton- Twins led the league with just 574 runs allowed. Conover scored 743 runs. Eddie Yount paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .347 average. John White topped the squad with 21 wins, while Ray Johnston added 15 or more wins, too John White recorded a 3.05 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Eddie Yount and Ed Walczak both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Eddie Yount served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Blake | R | April 7, 1928 | 6'1" | 180 | ||
| Homer Daugherty | R | March 26, 1920 | 5'11" | 176 | ||
| William Dennis | ||||||
| William Greene | R | R | 6'1" | 180 | ||
| John Harrington | L | May 23, 1924 | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Vincent Jacob | ||||||
| Monroe Johnson | September 25, 1928 | |||||
| Ray Johnston | R | R | April 28, 1924 | 6'1" | 175 | |
| Frank Little | September 18, 1927 | 192 | Albemarle, NC US | |||
| Ed Malack | September 14, 1930 | Rankin, PA US | ||||
| Carl Miller | L | May 4, 1917 | 5'9" | 185 | ||
| Charles Nelson | R | L | 6'0" | 160 | ||
| Joe Plick | August 24, 1923 | 192 | Bound Brook, NJ US | |||
| Bobby Price | May 24, 1928 | 192 | ||||
| Jim Price | R | L | August 1, 1927 | 6'0" | 160 | Vandervoort, AR US |
| Gene Remick | December 15, 1926 | |||||
| James Sharpe | ||||||
| Frank Smith | S | L | 5'9" | 153 | ||
| Ned Thaxton | R | R | 6'2" | 210 | ||
| Robert Ulrich | ||||||
| Ed Walczak | R | R | September 21, 1915 | 5'11" | 180 | Arctic, RI US |
| John White | R | R | 6'1" | 165 | ||
| James Withers | L | November 9, 1924 | 5'11" | 160 | ||
| Eddie Yount | R | R | December 19, 1915 | 6'1" | 185 | Newton, NC US |
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.
