1950 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 87-62
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Pinky Higgins (87-62)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 372,089, Avg. 4,994
1950 Birmingham Barons Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Vols 4 games, Birmingham Barons 1

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 87 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Barons plated 838 runs, tops in the circuit. Birmingham conceded 637 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Karl Olson led all regular hitters by connecting at a .321 clip. Leo Kiely topped the team with 18 wins, while Ray Yochim added 15 or more wins, too Dick Littlefield registered a 2.9 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Joe DeMaestri, Lefty Wallace, Leo Kiely, Fred Hatfield, Clem Dreisewerd, Earl Caldwell, Mike Palm, Bob DiPietro, Karl Olson, Milt Bolling, Dick Littlefield, Homer Spragins, Norm Zauchin, Ray Yochim, Frank Sullivan, James Atkins, Charlie Maxwell and Dave Ferriss were all players from the 1950 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers.

Pinky Higgins 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
Leo Kiely189.6673.4334239.02361119171
Ray Yochim1510.6003.7828188.0191997977
James Atkins128.6003.1229179.0171686260
Dick Littlefield103.7692.9017121.093443946
Dave Ferriss107.5883.6619140.0139645752
Lefty Wallace74.6363.121398.084363434
Earl Caldwell66.5002.883478.073312538
Ralph Holmes54.5564.621372.065423747
Homer Spragins23.4004.30646.05322229
Don Asmonga101.0000.00315.0187
Mike Palm13.2507.101352.064434132
Robert Swanson000.0027.063
Bill Tanner000.0016.065
Joe Tully000.0014.0
Clem Dreisewerd000.0011.0
Frank Sullivan007.2015.06443
Robert Brake05.0007.171664.078525130
Totals8762.5843.71231000001315.012836165420514000000

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
Karl Olson147545545175291423.321.321.552.873301
Fred Hatfield14154454416322927.300.300.522.822284
Norm Zauchin15256856816337435.287.287.551.838313
Joe DeMaestri1435695691611863.283.283.351.634200
Red Mathis1224424421362455.308.308.419.726185
Charlie Maxwell10236936911816725.320.320.604.924223
Red Lavigne12044144111823114.268.268.420.687185
Lou Damman11542342311621414.274.274.442.716187
Bob DiPietro89307307922345.300.300.450.749138
Fred Harrington6922722750830.220.220.282.50264
Robert Nelson4513313332420.241.241.301.54140
Dave Ferriss37737322410.301.301.384.68528
Leo Kiely35939320110.215.215.247.46223
James Atkins29606019210.317.317.383.70023
Richard Burgett17545415112.278.278.444.72224
Ray Yochim29707014205.200.200.443.64331
Lefty Wallace1337379001.243.243.324.56812
Earl Caldwell3425257101.280.280.440.72011
Dick Littlefield1943437020.163.163.256.41911
Robert Brake1621216201.286.286.524.81011
Ralph Holmes1326264000.154.154.154.3084
Milt Bolling1027272000.074.074.074.1482
Daniel Ryan4881.125.125.125.2501
Mike Palm1316161000.062.062.062.1251
John Kruckman2220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals151651235123014512386516100000.283.283.449.733230200000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Leo KielyP34.000
Earl CaldwellP34.000
James AtkinsP29.000
Ray YochimP28.000
Dave FerrissP19.000
Dick LittlefieldP17.000
Robert BrakeP16.000
Lefty WallaceP13.000
Mike PalmP13.000
Ralph HolmesP13.000
Totals2160000.000

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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