1950 Emporia Nationals Statistics

Virginia League (VL) - Class: D
Team Record: 71-57
Finished 1st in the VL
Manager: Morrie Aderholt (71-57)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Emporia, Virginia
Ballpark: Slagle Stadium
Attendance: 26,380, Avg. 412

1950 Emporia Nationals Roster

Playoffs - Emporia Nationals 4 games, Hopewell Blue Sox 1
Finals - Emporia Nationals 4 games, Petersburg Generals 2

The Emporia Nationals of the Virginia League ended the 1950 season with a record of 71 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the VL.

The Nationals led the circuit with 727 runs, sparked by 76 home runs. Emporia allowed 670 runs. John Garrison and Morrie Aderholt paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .333 clip. Melvin Doxtator topped the squad with 20 wins, while Al Berling recorded a 3 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1950 Emporia Nationals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Roy Dietzel, Bob Oldis, Vern Freiburger and Morrie Aderholt.

Morrie Aderholt 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
Melvin Doxtator	20	12	.625	3.29	45						241.0	229	113	88		89
William Garthwaite	14	10	.583	3.74	35						195.0	200	114	81		91
Al Berling	12	6	.667	3.00	20						132.0	120	55	44		60
William Thomason	9	10	.474	5.48	29						166.0	160	121	101		96
Jerry Morgan	8	5	.615	4.47	28						143.0	153	90	71		99
Carlos Fernandez	3	5	.375	3.60	12						75.0	73	40	30		32
John Kovalchick	1	3	.250	7.20	13						50.0	47	53	40		48
Homer Rigsby					11						0.0
Totals	67	51	.568	4.09	193	0	0	0	0	0	1002.0	982	586	455	0	515	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
John Garrison	126	510	510		170	27	5	28						.333	.333	.571	.904	291
Roy Dietzel	121	515	515		156	30	11	11						.303	.303	.468	.771	241
Peter Meachini	126	485	485		150	15	2	2						.309	.309	.361	.670	175
Morrie Aderholt	106	384	384		128	26	3	13						.333	.333	.518	.852	199
Glenn McDuffie	111	415	415		124	17	0	4						.299	.299	.369	.667	153
Bob Oldis	118	425	425		123	20	4	3						.289	.289	.376	.666	160
Vern Freiburger	127	417	417		111	22	0	13						.266	.266	.412	.679	172
Michael McGrath	127	402	402		87	13	2	1						.216	.216	.266	.483	107
Bruno Botti	62	130	130		30	7	2	1						.231	.231	.338	.569	44
William Thomason	38	93	93		21	4	1	0						.226	.226	.290	.516	27
Jerry Morgan	52	80	80		19	6	0	0						.238	.238	.312	.550	25
Charles Due	27	74	74		16	2	0	0						.216	.216	.243	.459	18
Al Berling	20	49	49		10	1	0	0						.204	.204	.224	.429	11
Melvin Doxtator	45	88	88		9	0	0	0						.102	.102	.102	.205	9
Carlos Fernandez	12	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
William Garthwaite	39	75	75		5	1	0	0						.067	.067	.080	.147	6
Homer Rigsby	11	15	15		4	0	0	0						.267	.267	.267	.533	4
John Kovalchick	15	18	18		2	1	0	0						.111	.111	.167	.278	3
Anso Bergonzi	11	24	24		2	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	2
Jack Harabedian	24	30	30		2	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	2
Totals	1318	4256	4256	0	1174	193	30	76	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.389	.665	1655	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Melvin Doxtator	P	45					.000
William Garthwaite	P	35					.000
William Thomason	P	29					.000
Jerry Morgan	P	28					.000
Al Berling	P	20					.000
John Kovalchick	P	13					.000
Carlos Fernandez	P	12					.000
Homer Rigsby	P	11					.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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