1950 St. Cloud Rox Roster
Team Record: 72-51
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Charlie Fox (72-51)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 63,385, Avg. 1,031
Playoffs - Sioux Falls Canaries 3 games, St. Cloud Rox 0
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1950 season with a record of 72 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Rox paced the league with just 552 runs allowed. St. Cloud scored 661 runs. Richard Bornholdt topped all regular hitters with a .282 average. Ray Kirchoff paced the team with 19 wins, while Jim Graves added 15 or more wins, too Ray Kirchoff recorded a 2.48 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Pete Burnside and Charlie Fox both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Charlie Fox served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Barbisan | R | R | May 29, 1929 | 6'0" | 195 | New Waterford, NS CA |
| Richard Bornholdt | L | 6'0" | 195 | |||
| Pete Burnside | R | L | July 2, 1930 | 6'2" | 180 | Evanston, IL US |
| Charlie Fox | R | R | October 7, 1921 | 5'11" | 180 | New York, NY US |
| Jim Graves | R | R | December 20, 1928 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Carl Hosler | S | 5'11" | 185 | |||
| Ray Kirchoff | R | R | June 5, 1929 | 5'10" | 160 | |
| Robert Nagle | L | 5'10" | 170 | |||
| Gene Parrish | R | May 26, 1930 | 6'1" | 192 | Zanesville, OH US | |
| Ramon Rosenkranz | L | 5'11" | 171 | |||
| Joseph Rovner | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
| Norm Rynard | R | R | February 10, 1930 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Eldon Schrader | R | R | December 25, 1929 | 6'4" | 175 | |
| Frank Sulkowski | L | L | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Donald Wetzel | R | January 3, 1929 | 5'7" | 141 | ||
| Charles Weymann | R | 6'1" | 190 | |||
| Benjamin Wilbur | R | R | 6'3" | 183 |
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.
