
1950 Atlanta Crackers Statistics
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
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 added 15 or more wins, too Dick Hoover recorded a 3.35 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Harry MacPherson, Art Fowler, Leon Culberson, Bob Thorpe, Gene Verble, Hugh Casey, Dick Hoover, Ellis Clary, Charlie Bicknell, Ebba St. Claire, Charlie Gorin, Jim Rivera, Frank Baldwin, Eddie Mathews, Carl Lindquist, Chet Hajduk, Dixie Walker, Norm Brown and Don Liddle were all players from the 1950 Atlanta Crackers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Dixie Walker served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
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 Fowler | 19 | 12 | .613 | 3.44 | 41 | 29 | 241.0 | 242 | 111 | 92 | 101 | |||||||||||
Dick Hoover | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.35 | 33 | 204.0 | 189 | 88 | 76 | 39 | ||||||||||||
Harry MacPherson | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.28 | 33 | 181.0 | 202 | 96 | 86 | 81 | ||||||||||||
Hugh Casey | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.86 | 45 | 91.0 | 99 | 43 | 39 | 37 | ||||||||||||
Don Liddle | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.84 | 27 | 132.0 | 141 | 78 | 71 | 78 | ||||||||||||
Charlie Gorin | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.75 | 10 | 72.0 | 49 | 15 | 14 | 18 | ||||||||||||
Alvin Henencheck | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.41 | 25 | 149.0 | 154 | 87 | 73 | 68 | ||||||||||||
Carl Lindquist | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.50 | 21 | 82.0 | 81 | 47 | 41 | 42 | ||||||||||||
Larry Lassalle | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.31 | 14 | 71.0 | 80 | 39 | 34 | 35 | ||||||||||||
Walt Nothe | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.60 | 9 | 45.0 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Richard McMillin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 16.0 | 24 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Jack Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Charlie Bicknell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
George Uhle | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 14.0 | 20 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 91 | 57 | .615 | 3.70 | 274 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1311.0 | 1332 | 631 | 539 | 0 | 529 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Thorpe | 145 | 602 | 602 | 195 | 33 | 8 | 5 | .324 | .324 | .430 | .754 | 259 | |||||||||||
Ralph Brown | 151 | 620 | 620 | 181 | 31 | 9 | 19 | .292 | .292 | .463 | .755 | 287 | |||||||||||
Gene Verble | 154 | 605 | 605 | 169 | 36 | 2 | 7 | .279 | .279 | .380 | .660 | 230 | |||||||||||
Eddie Mathews | 146 | 552 | 552 | 158 | 24 | 9 | 32 | .286 | .286 | .536 | .822 | 296 | |||||||||||
Ebba St. Claire | 145 | 536 | 536 | 150 | 27 | 9 | 19 | .280 | .280 | .470 | .750 | 252 | |||||||||||
Alvin Aucoin | 132 | 446 | 446 | 130 | 36 | 2 | 8 | .291 | .291 | .435 | .726 | 194 | |||||||||||
Hank Ertman | 138 | 504 | 504 | 129 | 22 | 4 | 19 | .256 | .256 | .429 | .685 | 216 | |||||||||||
Minor Scott | 59 | 132 | 132 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 36 | |||||||||||
Chet Hajduk | 26 | 83 | 83 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .373 | .687 | 31 | |||||||||||
Lucius Morgan | 30 | 94 | 94 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .309 | .553 | 29 | |||||||||||
Dixie Walker | 39 | 77 | 77 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .416 | .688 | 32 | |||||||||||
Art Fowler | 46 | 87 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .207 | .241 | .448 | 21 | |||||||||||
Dick Hoover | 41 | 69 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .290 | .536 | 20 | |||||||||||
Frank Baldwin | 34 | 67 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .254 | .463 | 17 | |||||||||||
Leon Culberson | 21 | 58 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .276 | .500 | 16 | |||||||||||
Alvin Henencheck | 25 | 58 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .276 | .500 | 16 | |||||||||||
Don Liddle | 30 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .245 | .490 | 12 | |||||||||||
Jim Rivera | 11 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .265 | .294 | .559 | 10 | |||||||||||
Charlie Gorin | 12 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 10 | |||||||||||
Carl Lindquist | 21 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 6 | |||||||||||
Harry MacPherson | 35 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .109 | .145 | .255 | 8 | |||||||||||
Hugh Casey | 45 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .208 | .375 | 5 | |||||||||||
Larry Lassalle | 14 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | |||||||||||
Pierce McWhorter | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||
Lester Severin | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Frosty Kennedy | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1510 | 4846 | 4846 | 0 | 1334 | 243 | 47 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .414 | .689 | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hugh Casey | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
Art Fowler | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
Harry MacPherson | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Dick Hoover | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Don Liddle | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Alvin Henencheck | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Carl Lindquist | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
Larry Lassalle | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
Charlie Gorin | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Charlie Bicknell | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .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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