1950 Evansville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 56-70
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Ernie White (56-70)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 102,865, Avg. 1,633
The Evansville Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 56 wins and 70 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.
The Braves scored 563 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 619 runs. Burt Stone led all regular batters by connecting at a .318 clip. Ralph Albers topped Evansville with 13 wins and a team-best 2.94 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Ernie White and Ray Crone both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ernie White 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 Albers | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.94 | 34 | 202.0 | 188 | 86 | 66 | 12 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Ray Crone | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.62 | 31 | 164.0 | 156 | 87 | 66 | 3 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Skip Pope | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.14 | 26 | 137.0 | 125 | 82 | 63 | 4 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Cooper | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.53 | 30 | 137.0 | 143 | 82 | 69 | 6 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Glenn Thompson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.16 | 6 | 50.0 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Robert Gordon | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.73 | 22 | 99.0 | 93 | 62 | 41 | 6 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Edward Lenthe | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.45 | 22 | 95.0 | 95 | 65 | 47 | 3 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Ernie White | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| William Norwood | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Leach | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Carl Greene | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 15.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 53 | 57 | .482 | 3.63 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 906.0 | 841 | 482 | 365 | 35 | 497 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burt Stone | 108 | 362 | 362 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .318 | .318 | .406 | .724 | 147 | |||||||||||
| Nelvin Cooper | 126 | 464 | 464 | 109 | 17 | 3 | 6 | .235 | .235 | .323 | .558 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Lester Severin | 91 | 345 | 345 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .310 | .310 | .414 | .725 | 143 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Roberts | 122 | 438 | 438 | 100 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .228 | .228 | .317 | .546 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Donald Hazelton | 99 | 388 | 388 | 95 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .245 | .245 | .335 | .580 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Beard | 98 | 275 | 275 | 68 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .247 | .247 | .367 | .615 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Marlyn Burleson | 100 | 287 | 287 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .233 | .233 | .331 | .564 | 95 | |||||||||||
| James Keller | 52 | 174 | 174 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .259 | .259 | .368 | .626 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Gene Edwards | 73 | 231 | 231 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .294 | .485 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Ray Cattaneo | 57 | 154 | 154 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .208 | .364 | .571 | 56 | |||||||||||
| Guido Pelosi | 26 | 84 | 84 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .345 | .595 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Herman Niehaus | 27 | 96 | 96 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .219 | .219 | .333 | .552 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Dodo Canterna | 20 | 78 | 78 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Skip Pope | 37 | 62 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .323 | .597 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Lou Soscia | 24 | 70 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .229 | .229 | .286 | .514 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Percy Hough | 24 | 59 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .322 | .542 | 19 | |||||||||||
| John Mulcahy | 22 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .228 | .421 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Albers | 35 | 62 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .290 | .468 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Cooper | 30 | 43 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .233 | .279 | .512 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ray Crone | 32 | 50 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .180 | .180 | .180 | .360 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John Hanley | 15 | 54 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .222 | .370 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Charles Shea | 15 | 42 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .310 | .476 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Robert Gordon | 22 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .152 | .182 | .333 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Edward Lenthe | 22 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .280 | .440 | 7 | |||||||||||
| William Norwood | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Leach | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1305 | 3953 | 3953 | 0 | 956 | 178 | 47 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .336 | .578 | 1330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Albers | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Crone | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Samuel Cooper | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Skip Pope | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Lenthe | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Gordon | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Eugene Leach | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Norwood | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 193 | 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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