
1950 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 52-74
Finished 7th in the IIIL
Manager: Morrie Arnovich (52-74)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 35,516, Avg. 564
The Decatur Commodores of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 52 wins and 74 losses, finishing seventh in the IIIL.
The Commodores plated 577 runs and surrendered 703 runs. Bob Anderlik led all regular hitters by connecting at a .305 clip. Wes Carr topped Decatur with 11 wins, while Richard Verbic registered a 2.91 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1950 Decatur Commodores who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Brosnan, George Piktuzis and Andy Varga.
Morrie Arnovich 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wes Carr | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.11 | 24 | 159.0 | 132 | 71 | 55 | 2 | 98 | |||||||||||
Richard Verbic | 9 | 13 | .409 | 2.91 | 30 | 192.0 | 185 | 85 | 62 | 4 | 90 | |||||||||||
George Piktuzis | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.86 | 25 | 139.0 | 118 | 94 | 75 | 5 | 154 | |||||||||||
Andy Varga | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.97 | 26 | 145.0 | 92 | 109 | 80 | 4 | 210 | |||||||||||
Jim Brosnan | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.91 | 13 | 56.0 | 67 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 32 | |||||||||||
Bill Adkins | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.76 | 25 | 119.0 | 126 | 87 | 63 | 9 | 89 | |||||||||||
William Franks | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.81 | 10 | 58.0 | 67 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 26 | |||||||||||
Ray Peet | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.52 | 24 | 62.0 | 60 | 55 | 38 | 0 | 59 | |||||||||||
John Waselchuk | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.04 | 15 | 49.0 | 44 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||||
David Rothman | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Gallatin | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 48 | 69 | .410 | 4.31 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 979.0 | 891 | 621 | 469 | 33 | 796 | 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 Anderlik | 126 | 518 | 518 | 158 | 34 | 9 | 6 | .305 | .305 | .440 | .745 | 228 | |||||||||||
Edward Kneuper | 126 | 510 | 510 | 120 | 21 | 5 | 14 | .235 | .235 | .378 | .614 | 193 | |||||||||||
Tommy Perez | 108 | 388 | 388 | 108 | 17 | 2 | 14 | .278 | .278 | .441 | .719 | 171 | |||||||||||
Hank Nasternak | 105 | 383 | 383 | 96 | 20 | 2 | 5 | .251 | .251 | .352 | .603 | 135 | |||||||||||
James Forbes | 86 | 312 | 312 | 85 | 22 | 5 | 7 | .272 | .272 | .442 | .715 | 138 | |||||||||||
Ed McDade | 87 | 332 | 332 | 83 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .292 | .542 | 97 | |||||||||||
Gene Hooks | 54 | 214 | 214 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .318 | .318 | .425 | .743 | 91 | |||||||||||
Bob Willard | 100 | 288 | 288 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .181 | .181 | .271 | .451 | 78 | |||||||||||
Theodore Lotz | 37 | 134 | 134 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .299 | .299 | .463 | .761 | 62 | |||||||||||
Robert Pugatch | 36 | 129 | 129 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .264 | .264 | .388 | .651 | 50 | |||||||||||
William Ley | 41 | 137 | 137 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .299 | .547 | 41 | |||||||||||
John Tabor | 51 | 158 | 158 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .253 | .437 | 40 | |||||||||||
Robert Murray | 50 | 136 | 136 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .191 | .191 | .287 | .478 | 39 | |||||||||||
Wes Carr | 41 | 74 | 74 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .338 | .662 | 25 | |||||||||||
Bernard Kozub | 20 | 77 | 77 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .247 | .247 | .325 | .571 | 25 | |||||||||||
Richard Verbic | 31 | 67 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .254 | .313 | .567 | 21 | |||||||||||
Nick Starasta | 17 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 12 | |||||||||||
Ben Kozlik | 14 | 53 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .245 | .472 | 13 | |||||||||||
Andy Varga | 26 | 45 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 6 | |||||||||||
Bill Adkins | 25 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .119 | .238 | 5 | |||||||||||
Ray Peet | 25 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 8 | |||||||||||
Harry Gallatin | 13 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
John Waselchuk | 15 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | |||||||||||
George Piktuzis | 26 | 46 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .065 | .065 | .130 | 3 | |||||||||||
David Rothman | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
William Franks | 11 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | |||||||||||
Jim Brosnan | 13 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1300 | 4187 | 4187 | 0 | 1046 | 191 | 34 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 1494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Verbic | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
Andy Varga | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
George Piktuzis | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Bill Adkins | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Ray Peet | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Wes Carr | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
David Rothman | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
John Waselchuk | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
Jim Brosnan | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Harry Gallatin | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
William Franks | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 220 | 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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