1950 Gladewater Bears Statistics

East Texas League (ETL) - Class: C
Team Record: 92-45
Finished 1st in the ETL
Manager: Dutch Meyer (0-0), Hal Van Pelt (0-0), Dutch Meyer (0-0)
Location: Gladewater, Texas
Ballpark: Bears Park
Attendance: 27,789, Avg. 406

1950 Gladewater Bears Roster

Playoffs - Longview Texans 4 games, Gladewater Bears 3

The Gladewater Bears of the East Texas League ended the 1950 season with a record of 92 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the ETL.

The Bears led the circuit with just 577 runs allowed. Gladewater scored 854 runs. Dutch Meyer paced all regular batters by hitting .375. Max Molberg topped the team with 18 wins, while Herb Damico, too added 15 or more wins, too Herb Damico recorded a 2.64 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dutch Meyer and George Washington both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Dutch Meyer, Hal Van Pelt and Dutch Meyer 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
Max Molberg	18	7	.720	2.91	28						192.0	164	75	62		40
Herb Damico	16	7	.696	2.64	36						201.0	193	105	59		98
Jim Melton	14	11	.560	3.02	28						185.0	176	89	62		78
Donald Stoker	13	5	.722	3.35	25						180.0	147	73	67		88
Fred Pollock	12	7	.632	2.82	31						195.0	166	86	61		104
Gus Voelkel	9	1	.900	3.79	25						95.0	89	49	40		52
Billy Sweatt	4	1	.800	3.33	7						46.0	34	21	17		39
Totals	86	39	.688	3.03	180	0	0	0	0	0	1094.0	969	498	368	0	499	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
Dutch Meyer	111	424	424		159	25	4	16						.375	.375	.566	.941	240
Hal Van Pelt	136	502	502		154	36	1	7						.307	.307	.424	.731	213
Robert Cullins	124	515	515		152	29	3	15						.295	.295	.450	.746	232
James Smith	134	546	546		147	19	6	2						.269	.269	.337	.606	184
Harry Scherting	103	405	405		144	26	13	13						.356	.356	.580	.936	235
Al Hunt	130	489	489		133	19	8	8						.272	.272	.393	.665	192
George Washington	64	247	247		87	26	2	4						.352	.352	.522	.874	129
Hank Robinson	70	262	262		80	15	2	16						.305	.305	.561	.866	147
Art Punyko	63	223	223		52	5	2	5						.233	.233	.341	.574	76
Raymond King	63	209	209		46	1	0	0						.220	.220	.225	.445	47
Glenn Burns	32	128	128		37	6	2	8						.289	.289	.555	.844	71
Max Molberg	44	119	119		26	2	0	0						.218	.218	.235	.454	28
Donald Stoker	31	85	85		21	3	0	0						.247	.247	.282	.529	24
Fred Pollock	33	72	72		9	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	9
Jim Melton	28	75	75		9	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	9
Herb Damico	38	76	76		9	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.237	9
Ray Price	17	47	47		8	2	0	0						.170	.170	.213	.383	10
Floyd Temple	15	48	48		8	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	8
Gus Voelkel	25	35	35		5	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	5
Pat Roach	24	56	56		5	1	0	0						.089	.089	.107	.196	6
Totals	1285	4563	4563	0	1291	215	43	94	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.411	.694	1874	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Herb Damico	P	36					.000
Fred Pollock	P	31					.000
Max Molberg	P	28					.000
Jim Melton	P	28					.000
Gus Voelkel	P	25					.000
Donald Stoker	P	25					.000
Totals		173	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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