1950 Pittsburg Browns Roster
Team Record: 71-52
Finished 4th in the KOML
Manager: Olan Smith (0-0), Jimmie Crandall (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 43,953, Avg. 715
Playoffs - Ponca City Dodgers 3 games, Pittsburg Browns 2
The Pittsburg Browns of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League ended the 1950 season with a record of 71 wins and 52 losses, finishing fourth in the KOML.
The Browns scored 705 runs and surrendered 574 runs. Olan Smith led all regular hitters by hitting .304. Clifford Keeley topped Pittsburg with 15 wins, while Chuck Locke recorded a 2.45 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Pisoni and Chuck Locke both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Olan Smith and Jimmie Crandall served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Barth | ||||||
| Stanley Bialkowski | R | R | February 10, 1929 | 5'8" | 173 | Camden, NJ US |
| Bob Boxell | November 20, 1930 | |||||
| Jack Brown | S | R | February 10, 1929 | 5'11" | 150 | Lodi, CA US |
| Robert Dixon | ||||||
| Brian Gibson | ||||||
| George Guilfoyle | ||||||
| Ed Gustin | December 14, 1929 | Gary, IN US | ||||
| Don Harris | R | R | February 19, 1928 | 5'11" | 170 | |
| Johnson | ||||||
| Gene Junta | January 6, 1930 | Washington, DC US | ||||
| Emil Jurcic | L | December 8, 1927 | 192 | |||
| Al Keefe | R | July 14, 1930 | 5'8" | 156 | Boston, MA US | |
| Clifford Keeley | R | R | February 12, 1931 | 5'11" | 175 | Blue River, BC CA |
| John Lazar | ||||||
| Roy Leafgren | R | August 4, 1930 | 6'1" | 190 | Akron, OH US | |
| Ray Lindquist | R | September 30, 1929 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
| Chuck Locke | R | R | May 5, 1932 | 5'11" | 185 | Malden, MO US |
| Vern McKee | L | April 4, 1932 | Culver, IN US | |||
| Frank Nelson | 5'10" | 160 | ||||
| Bob Norden | R | R | 6'2" | 195 | ||
| Louis Novak | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Bob Ottesen | L | August 24, 1930 | 5'9" | 165 | Chicago, IL US | |
| Bobby Phillips | L | 5'11" | 163 | Union, SC US | ||
| Jim Pisoni | R | R | August 14, 1929 | 5'10" | 169 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Chick Plowman | November 15, 1931 | Galveston, TX US | ||||
| Richard Potak | August 12, 1932 | |||||
| Charles Roberts | R | R | November 11, 1927 | 6'0" | 175 | Detroit, MI US |
| Olan Smith | 6'3" | 210 | ||||
| Nicholas Stefano | R | September 13, 1928 | 5'8" | 170 | ||
| Jim Waugh | R | L | November 2, 1929 | 5'10" | 173 | Huntington, WV 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.
