1950 Centralia Sterlings Statistics

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (MOVL) - Class: D
Team Record: 83-40
Finished 1st in the MOVL
Manager: Lew Bekeza (83-40)
Location: Centralia, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 35,767, Avg. 582

1950 Centralia Sterlings Roster

Playoffs - Centralia Sterlings 3 games, Mattoon Indians 1

The Centralia Sterlings of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League ended the 1950 season with a record of 83 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the MOVL.

Lew Bekeza 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
Gene Pisarski	22	3	.880	2.06	36						236.0	204	79	54		76
Bill Ecklund	16	7	.696	3.46	36						221.0	178	110	85		129
Bruno Fabris	10	6	.625	3.23	23						128.0	117	65	46		97
Bob Randant	10	8	.556	2.72	26						162.0	123	72	49		115
Harry Ackerman	10	9	.526	4.61	30						125.0	118	81	64		70
Jim Norrenberns	4	1	.800	2.29	11						51.0	44	20	13		45
Totals	72	34	.679	3.03	162	0	0	0	0	0	923.0	784	427	311	0	532	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
Roger Della Betta	119	507	507		152	22	11	8						.300	.300	.434	.734	220
Lew Bekeza	120	455	455		151	37	5	17						.332	.332	.547	.879	249
Lou Kovalcik	111	404	404		127	30	10	3						.314	.314	.460	.775	186
Bill Green	123	473	473		127	18	9	0						.268	.268	.345	.613	163
George Gatto	122	476	476		125	18	3	1						.263	.263	.319	.582	152
Bill Bleyer	83	334	334		110	17	5	3						.329	.329	.437	.766	146
Al Martin	117	392	392		92	14	3	0						.235	.235	.286	.520	112
Fred Pearson	72	294	294		72	18	10	1						.245	.245	.384	.629	113
Charles Austin	61	176	176		44	7	1	1						.250	.250	.318	.568	56
Norm Karg	54	171	171		30	3	0	1						.175	.175	.211	.386	36
Bruno Fabris	39	93	93		25	3	0	3						.269	.269	.398	.667	37
Gene Pisarski	38	88	88		15	1	1	0						.170	.170	.205	.375	18
Bob Randant	28	63	63		14	2	0	0						.222	.222	.254	.476	16
Bill Ecklund	38	75	75		10	1	0	0						.133	.133	.147	.280	11
Jim Norrenberns	12	26	26		6	1	0	1						.231	.231	.385	.615	10
Harry Ackerman	31	37	37		3	0	0	0						.081	.081	.081	.162	3
Totals	1168	4064	4064	0	1103	192	58	39	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.376	.647	1528	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Gene Pisarski	P	36					.000
Bill Ecklund	P	36					.000
Harry Ackerman	P	30					.000
Bob Randant	P	26					.000
Bruno Fabris	P	23					.000
Jim Norrenberns	P	11					.000
Totals		162	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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