1950 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Charlie Root (84-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 147,549, Avg. 1,916

1950 Des Moines Bruins Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Des Moines Bruins 2

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1950 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Bruins conceded 638 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Des Moines tallied 759 runs. Paul Schramka led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .246 clip. Don Swartz and Vern Fear topped the team with 15 wins each, while Vern Fear earned a 2.83 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1950 Des Moines Bruins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dusty Rhodes, Nelson Burbrink, Vern Fear, Leon Brinkopf, Gene Baker, Vern Morgan, Frank Whitman, Fred Baczewski, Jim Brosnan, Bob Kelly, Paul Schramka and Jim Fanning.

Charlie Root 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
Vern Fear	15	5	.750	2.83	39						181.0	187	74	57	8	80
Don Swartz	15	12	.556	3.73	33						217.0	224	113	90	9	68
Ray Bauer	10	4	.714	2.52	17						100.0	100	37	28	4	34
Paul Menking	10	6	.625	2.89	22						137.0	97	56	44	6	65
Leon Foulk	8	6	.571	3.28	22						118.0	110	50	43	1	64
Paul Schnieders	8	9	.471	3.00	28						135.0	116	61	45	4	56
Bob Kelly	5	6	.455	3.05	13						65.0	56	27	22	1	30
Gordon VanDyke	3	3	.500	4.80	22						60.0	69	41	32	5	35
Thomas Kerr	3	4	.429	4.44	16						79.0	93	52	39	6	26
Fred Baczewski	2	4	.333	2.74	24						105.0	86	43	32	4	46
Jim Brosnan	1	2	.333	2.14	4						21.0	18	6	5		9
Jan Mandel					10						0.0
Bill Adkins					13						0.0
Totals	80	61	.567	3.23	263	0	0	0	0	0	1218.0	1156	560	437	48	513	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
Paul Schramka	151	544	544		134	24	1	20						.246	.246	.404	.651	220
Dwight Maxhimer	106	392	392		112	33	5	12						.286	.286	.487	.773	191
Vern Morgan	89	345	345		104	21	2	2						.301	.301	.391	.693	135
Dean Padgett	105	369	369		96	19	2	8						.260	.260	.388	.648	143
Leon Brinkopf	75	283	283		95	17	2	16						.336	.336	.580	.915	164
Charles Teague	83	318	318		87	16	6	0						.274	.274	.362	.635	115
Clayton Johnson	109	384	384		83	11	2	0						.216	.216	.255	.471	98
Theodore Lotz	92	307	307		75	18	3	4						.244	.244	.362	.606	111
Nelson Burbrink	80	230	230		74	17	3	1						.322	.322	.435	.757	100
Gene Baker	49	184	184		59	17	6	0						.321	.321	.478	.799	88
Dusty Rhodes	45	161	161		42	11	3	2						.261	.261	.404	.665	65
Don Swartz	69	134	134		41	10	3	2						.306	.306	.470	.776	63
James Forbes	50	168	168		36	5	0	0						.214	.214	.244	.458	41
Ray Cash	32	112	112		35	15	0	3						.312	.312	.527	.839	59
Frank Whitman	49	157	157		29	6	0	0						.185	.185	.223	.408	35
Donald Alfano	32	121	121		24	3	1	0						.198	.198	.240	.438	29
Emil Borgini	21	68	68		17	3	0	2						.250	.250	.382	.632	26
Jim Hresko	12	31	31		13	1	0	1						.419	.419	.548	.968	17
Vern Fear	39	66	66		13	3	0	0						.197	.197	.242	.439	16
John Tabor	24	63	63		12	3	1	2						.190	.190	.365	.556	23
Bob Zuber	22	46	46		11	1	1	0						.239	.239	.304	.543	14
Paul Menking	23	47	47		11	2	0	0						.234	.234	.277	.511	13
Barney Elser	15	43	43		9	1	0	0						.209	.209	.233	.442	10
Ben Kozlik	13	34	34		8	3	0	0						.235	.235	.324	.559	11
Tommy Perez	10	35	35		8	3	0	0						.229	.229	.314	.543	11
Ken Guettler	14	24	24		6	0	1	1						.250	.250	.458	.708	11
Ray Bauer	17	31	31		6	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.387	6
Bob Kelly	13	22	22		5	2	0	0						.227	.227	.318	.545	7
William Ley	13	24	24		5	1	0	0						.208	.208	.250	.458	6
Leon Foulk	22	37	37		5	0	0	0						.135	.135	.135	.270	5
Paul Schnieders	28	37	37		5	1	0	0						.135	.135	.162	.297	6
Gordon VanDyke	22	19	19		4	0	0	0						.211	.211	.211	.421	4
Gene Hooks	10	32	32		4	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	4
Fred Baczewski	24	33	33		4	1	1	0						.121	.121	.212	.333	7
Thomas Kerr	16	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Jan Mandel	10	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Bill Adkins	13	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1597	4944	4944	0	1275	268	43	76	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.376	.633	1857	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Vern Fear	P	39					.000
Paul Schnieders	P	28					.000
Fred Baczewski	P	24					.000
Gordon VanDyke	P	22					.000
Paul Menking	P	22					.000
Leon Foulk	P	22					.000
Ray Bauer	P	17					.000
Thomas Kerr	P	16					.000
Bob Kelly	P	13					.000
Bill Adkins	P	13					.000
Jan Mandel	P	10					.000
Totals		226	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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