1950 Birmingham Barons Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Kiely | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.43 | 34 | 239.0 | 236 | 111 | 91 | 71 | ||||||||||||
Ray Yochim | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.78 | 28 | 188.0 | 191 | 99 | 79 | 77 | ||||||||||||
James Atkins | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.12 | 29 | 179.0 | 171 | 68 | 62 | 60 | ||||||||||||
Dick Littlefield | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.90 | 17 | 121.0 | 93 | 44 | 39 | 46 | ||||||||||||
Dave Ferriss | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.66 | 19 | 140.0 | 139 | 64 | 57 | 52 | ||||||||||||
Lefty Wallace | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.12 | 13 | 98.0 | 84 | 36 | 34 | 34 | ||||||||||||
Earl Caldwell | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.88 | 34 | 78.0 | 73 | 31 | 25 | 38 | ||||||||||||
Ralph Holmes | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.62 | 13 | 72.0 | 65 | 42 | 37 | 47 | ||||||||||||
Homer Spragins | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.30 | 6 | 46.0 | 53 | 22 | 22 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Don Asmonga | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 15.0 | 18 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Mike Palm | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.10 | 13 | 52.0 | 64 | 43 | 41 | 32 | ||||||||||||
Robert Swanson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Bill Tanner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Joe Tully | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Clem Dreisewerd | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Robert Brake | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.17 | 16 | 64.0 | 78 | 52 | 51 | 30 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 87 | 62 | .584 | 3.71 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1315.0 | 1283 | 616 | 542 | 0 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Olson | 147 | 545 | 545 | 175 | 29 | 14 | 23 | .321 | .321 | .552 | .873 | 301 | |||||||||||
Fred Hatfield | 141 | 544 | 544 | 163 | 22 | 9 | 27 | .300 | .300 | .522 | .822 | 284 | |||||||||||
Norm Zauchin | 152 | 568 | 568 | 163 | 37 | 4 | 35 | .287 | .287 | .551 | .838 | 313 | |||||||||||
Joe DeMaestri | 143 | 569 | 569 | 161 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .283 | .283 | .351 | .634 | 200 | |||||||||||
Red Mathis | 122 | 442 | 442 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 5 | .308 | .308 | .419 | .726 | 185 | |||||||||||
Charlie Maxwell | 102 | 369 | 369 | 118 | 16 | 7 | 25 | .320 | .320 | .604 | .924 | 223 | |||||||||||
Red Lavigne | 120 | 441 | 441 | 118 | 23 | 1 | 14 | .268 | .268 | .420 | .687 | 185 | |||||||||||
Lou Damman | 115 | 423 | 423 | 116 | 21 | 4 | 14 | .274 | .274 | .442 | .716 | 187 | |||||||||||
Bob DiPietro | 89 | 307 | 307 | 92 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .300 | .300 | .450 | .749 | 138 | |||||||||||
Fred Harrington | 69 | 227 | 227 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .282 | .502 | 64 | |||||||||||
Robert Nelson | 45 | 133 | 133 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .301 | .541 | 40 | |||||||||||
Dave Ferriss | 37 | 73 | 73 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .301 | .301 | .384 | .685 | 28 | |||||||||||
Leo Kiely | 35 | 93 | 93 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .247 | .462 | 23 | |||||||||||
James Atkins | 29 | 60 | 60 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .317 | .383 | .700 | 23 | |||||||||||
Richard Burgett | 17 | 54 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .278 | .444 | .722 | 24 | |||||||||||
Ray Yochim | 29 | 70 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .443 | .643 | 31 | |||||||||||
Lefty Wallace | 13 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .324 | .568 | 12 | |||||||||||
Earl Caldwell | 34 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .440 | .720 | 11 | |||||||||||
Dick Littlefield | 19 | 43 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .256 | .419 | 11 | |||||||||||
Robert Brake | 16 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .524 | .810 | 11 | |||||||||||
Ralph Holmes | 13 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 4 | |||||||||||
Milt Bolling | 10 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .074 | .074 | .074 | .148 | 2 | |||||||||||
Daniel Ryan | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Mike Palm | 13 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
John Kruckman | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1516 | 5123 | 5123 | 0 | 1451 | 238 | 65 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .283 | .449 | .733 | 2302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo Kiely | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Earl Caldwell | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
James Atkins | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
Ray Yochim | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
Dave Ferriss | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Dick Littlefield | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Robert Brake | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Lefty Wallace | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Mike Palm | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Ralph Holmes | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 216 | 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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