1950 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 92-59
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Dixie Walker (92-59)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 395,696, Avg. 5,241
1950 Atlanta Crackers Roster

Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Memphis Chicks 0
Finals - Nashville Vols 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 1

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 92 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Crackers scored 785 runs and surrendered 684 runs. Bob Thorpe led all regular batters by hitting .324. Art Fowler topped Atlanta with 19 wins, while Dick Hoover, too added 15 or more wins, too Dick Hoover recorded a 3.35 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Harry MacPherson, Gene Verble, Bob Thorpe, Hugh Casey, Ebba St. Claire, Charlie Gorin, Leon Culberson, Art Fowler, Dick Hoover, Charlie Bicknell, Ellis Clary, Frank Baldwin, Jim Rivera, Chet Hajduk, Eddie Mathews, Carl Lindquist, Dixie Walker, Don Liddle and Norm Brown were all players from the 1950 Atlanta Crackers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Dixie Walker served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Art Fowler1912.6133.444129241.024211192101
Dick Hoover167.6963.3533204.0189887639
Harry MacPherson119.5504.2833181.0202968681
Hugh Casey104.7143.864591.099433937
Don Liddle88.5004.8427132.0141787178
Charlie Gorin71.8751.751072.049151418
Alvin Henencheck76.5384.4125149.0154877368
Carl Lindquist54.5564.502182.081474142
Larry Lassalle401.0004.311471.080393435
Walt Nothe32.6002.60945.039181314
Richard McMillin11.5000.00416.0246
Jack Taylor000.0048.0
Charlie Bicknell000.00405.012922
George Uhle03.0000.00414.0208
Totals9157.6153.702742900001311.013326315390529020000

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Bob Thorpe1456026021953385.324.324.430.754259
Ralph Brown15162062018131919.292.292.463.755287
Gene Verble1546056051693627.279.279.380.660230
Eddie Mathews14655255215824932.286.286.536.822296
Ebba St. Claire14553653615027919.280.280.470.750252
Alvin Aucoin1324464461303628.291.291.435.726194
Hank Ertman13850450412922419.256.256.429.685216
Minor Scott5913213230410.227.227.273.50036
Chet Hajduk26838326500.313.313.373.68731
Lucius Morgan30949423220.245.245.309.55329
Dixie Walker39777721611.273.273.416.68832
Art Fowler46878718300.207.207.241.44821
Dick Hoover41696917300.246.246.290.53620
Frank Baldwin34676714300.209.209.254.46317
Leon Culberson21585813001.224.224.276.50016
Alvin Henencheck25585813300.224.224.276.50016
Don Liddle30494912000.245.245.245.49012
Jim Rivera1134349100.265.265.294.55910
Charlie Gorin1224246101.250.250.417.66710
Carl Lindquist2127276000.222.222.222.4446
Harry MacPherson3555556200.109.109.145.2558
Hugh Casey4524244100.167.167.208.3755
Larry Lassalle1423233000.130.130.130.2613
Pierce McWhorter710100100000.100.100.100.2001
Lester Severin2660000.000.000.000.0000
Frosty Kennedy1440000.000.000.000.0000
Totals151048464846013342434711200000.275.275.414.689200700000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Hugh CaseyP45.000
Art FowlerP41.000
Harry MacPhersonP33.000
Dick HooverP33.000
Don LiddleP27.000
Alvin HenencheckP25.000
Carl LindquistP21.000
Larry LassalleP14.000
Charlie GorinP10.000
Charlie BicknellP4.000
Totals2530000.000

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.





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