1950 Columbia Reds Statistics
Team Record: 83-70
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Gee Walker (83-70)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 103,278, Avg. 1,350
Playoffs - Columbia Reds 3 games, Savannah Indians 2
Finals - Macon Peaches 4 games, Columbia Reds 0
The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1950 season with a record of 83 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The Reds scored 723 runs and yielded 755 runs. Johnny Temple led all regular hitters with a .322 average. Ralph Erwin topped Columbia with 17 wins, while Bill Carroll, Clarence Zieser and Moe Savransky each added 15 or more victories also Moe Savransky recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Pruett, Bob Nieman, Charlie Ripple, Moe Savransky, Bob Hazle, Bill McGhee and Johnny Temple were all players from the 1950 Columbia Reds who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gee 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph Erwin | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.35 | 48 | 161.0 | 133 | 72 | 60 | 6 | 106 | |||||||||||
Clarence Zieser | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.99 | 34 | 217.0 | 201 | 102 | 72 | 6 | 109 | |||||||||||
Moe Savransky | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.25 | 34 | 216.0 | 167 | 71 | 54 | 4 | 94 | |||||||||||
Bill Carroll | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.65 | 33 | 217.0 | 212 | 108 | 88 | 7 | 103 | |||||||||||
Norman Bell | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.42 | 17 | 92.0 | 89 | 49 | 35 | 1 | 63 | |||||||||||
Gerald Blackburn | 4 | 10 | .286 | 7.21 | 33 | 131.0 | 133 | 127 | 105 | 3 | 184 | |||||||||||
Charlie Ripple | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.66 | 11 | 35.0 | 37 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||||
Leon Snuggs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.72 | 17 | 76.0 | 73 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 31 | |||||||||||
Ralph Vazquez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.25 | 7 | 24.0 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||
Jerry Pless | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.52 | 18 | 62.0 | 75 | 58 | 38 | 1 | 53 | |||||||||||
John Scully | 1 | 2 | .333 | 18.00 | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
Hamilton Graham | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.30 | 17 | 47.0 | 51 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 28 | |||||||||||
Rodger Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Ivan Johannes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 7.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Carlton Nebel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Harold Ensley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Hazle | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Howe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.80 | 7 | 15.0 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
George Greene | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.71 | 3 | 7.0 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
Edward Kruer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
Grover Frisbee | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.33 | 12 | 27.0 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||||
Totals | 84 | 72 | .538 | 3.89 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349.7 | 1274 | 755 | 583 | 41 | 845 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Hazle | 153 | 581 | 581 | 182 | 33 | 7 | 3 | .313 | .313 | .410 | .723 | 238 | |||||||||||
Johnny Temple | 130 | 519 | 519 | 167 | 17 | 8 | 1 | .322 | .322 | .391 | .713 | 203 | |||||||||||
Harold Stamey | 149 | 555 | 555 | 144 | 33 | 7 | 6 | .259 | .259 | .377 | .636 | 209 | |||||||||||
Bill Ford | 136 | 484 | 484 | 139 | 22 | 8 | 2 | .287 | .287 | .378 | .665 | 183 | |||||||||||
Bob Nieman | 87 | 291 | 291 | 85 | 10 | 9 | 6 | .292 | .292 | .450 | .742 | 131 | |||||||||||
Muscle Shoals | 89 | 318 | 318 | 83 | 21 | 3 | 7 | .261 | .261 | .412 | .673 | 131 | |||||||||||
David Poole | 95 | 282 | 282 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .252 | .252 | .298 | .550 | 84 | |||||||||||
Ivan Johannes | 52 | 210 | 210 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .314 | .586 | 66 | |||||||||||
Bill McGhee | 37 | 147 | 147 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .340 | .340 | .422 | .762 | 62 | |||||||||||
Louis Ruehl | 53 | 147 | 147 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .354 | .578 | 52 | |||||||||||
Carlton Nebel | 64 | 142 | 142 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .218 | .423 | 31 | |||||||||||
Hyman Prosk | 29 | 94 | 94 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .266 | .266 | .383 | .649 | 36 | |||||||||||
Moe Savransky | 36 | 74 | 74 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .351 | .676 | 26 | |||||||||||
Jim Pruett | 24 | 78 | 78 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .244 | .295 | .538 | 23 | |||||||||||
Carl Kolosna | 21 | 77 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .234 | .234 | .429 | .662 | 33 | |||||||||||
Bill Carroll | 40 | 69 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .246 | .478 | 17 | |||||||||||
Herb Harlow | 23 | 74 | 74 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .189 | .189 | .311 | .500 | 23 | |||||||||||
Clarence Zieser | 36 | 91 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .154 | .286 | 14 | |||||||||||
Joseph Muzzo | 18 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .275 | .275 | .450 | .725 | 18 | |||||||||||
Gerald Blackburn | 33 | 48 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 6 | |||||||||||
Ralph Erwin | 48 | 61 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .066 | .066 | .066 | .131 | 4 | |||||||||||
Jerry Pless | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .278 | .444 | 5 | |||||||||||
Charlie Ripple | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
Norman Bell | 17 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .069 | .069 | .138 | 2 | |||||||||||
Grover Frisbee | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | |||||||||||
Leon Snuggs | 17 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Hamilton Graham | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1445 | 4482 | 4482 | 0 | 1197 | 195 | 51 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .357 | .624 | 1602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph Erwin | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
Clarence Zieser | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Moe Savransky | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Bill Carroll | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Gerald Blackburn | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Jerry Pless | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
Leon Snuggs | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Hamilton Graham | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Norman Bell | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
Grover Frisbee | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Charlie Ripple | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 274 | 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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