1950 Grand Rapids Jets Statistics

Central League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-68
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Jack Knight (64-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Bigelow Field
Attendance: 54,741, Avg. 829

1950 Grand Rapids Jets Roster

Playoffs - Flint Arrows 3 games, Grand Rapids Jets 1

The Grand Rapids Jets of the Central League ended the 1950 season with a record of 64 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Jets scored 681 runs and allowed 690 runs. Bob Coats topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .314 clip. Albert Kinsey led Grand Rapids with 13 wins, while Ed Kowalski recorded a 3.25 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1950 Grand Rapids Jets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hy Cohen, Cal Howe and Dusty Rhodes.

Jack Knight 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
Albert Kinsey	13	13	.500	4.87	30						231.0	264	140	125		96
Hy Cohen	12	9	.571	3.41	33						206.0	182	89	78		72
Ed Kowalski	11	8	.579	3.25	25						166.0	175	82	60		45
Louis Prempas	6	8	.429	5.69	27						136.0	162	99	86		67
Joe Kuncl	3	4	.429	5.40	11						55.0	73	48	33		19
Connie Scherzer	3	4	.429	5.68	11						65.0	80	46	41		34
Horace Tangman	3	5	.375	5.03	17						68.0	71	45	38		37
Jan Mandel	3	5	.375	5.51	20						67.0	80	53	41		39
Cal Howe	3	8	.273	5.40	17						65.0	84	46	39		34
Totals	57	64	.471	4.60	191	0	0	0	0	0	1059.0	1171	648	541	0	443	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
Everett Robinson	131	505	505		148	35	5	13						.293	.293	.459	.752	232
Edward Kosan	131	473	473		135	18	2	18						.285	.285	.446	.732	211
Bob Coats	115	423	423		133	19	5	6						.314	.314	.426	.740	180
James Babcock	122	482	482		131	17	7	6						.272	.272	.373	.645	180
Martin Sebastian	120	435	435		121	17	7	2						.278	.278	.363	.641	158
Doug Donnan	78	305	305		90	18	2	4						.295	.295	.407	.702	124
John Sebastian	90	271	271		59	9	5	13						.218	.218	.432	.649	117
Emil Borgini	62	190	190		53	8	1	8						.279	.279	.458	.737	87
Thomas Siok	72	225	225		50	8	1	7						.222	.222	.360	.582	81
James Callahan	43	160	160		43	9	4	2						.269	.269	.412	.681	66
Maurice Mikesell	59	193	193		43	5	4	0						.223	.223	.290	.513	56
Hank Nasternak	20	73	73		23	7	1	1						.315	.315	.479	.795	35
Dwight Maxhimer	16	58	58		20	4	1	5						.345	.345	.707	1.052	41
Albert Kinsey	30	86	86		18	1	1	0						.209	.209	.244	.453	21
Ed Kowalski	25	59	59		11	2	0	0						.186	.186	.220	.407	13
Hy Cohen	33	68	68		10	1	0	1						.147	.147	.206	.353	14
Horace Tangman	31	43	43		8	1	1	0						.186	.186	.256	.442	11
Joe Kuncl	11	20	20		6	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	6
Jan Mandel	20	24	24		6	2	0	0						.250	.250	.333	.583	8
Connie Scherzer	13	27	27		6	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Louis Prempas	28	50	50		6	0	0	1						.120	.120	.180	.300	9
Roman Bartkowski	14	19	19		5	1	1	2						.263	.263	.737	1.000	14
Ken Weiss	14	35	35		5	1	0	0						.143	.143	.171	.314	6
Dusty Rhodes	2	8	8		4	1	0	1						.500	.500	1.000	1.500	8
Cal Howe	17	21	21		3	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Totals	1297	4253	4253	0	1137	184	48	90	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.397	.664	1687	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hy Cohen	P	33					.000
Albert Kinsey	P	30					.000
Louis Prempas	P	27					.000
Ed Kowalski	P	25					.000
Jan Mandel	P	20					.000
Horace Tangman	P	17					.000
Cal Howe	P	17					.000
Connie Scherzer	P	11					.000
Joe Kuncl	P	11					.000
Totals		191	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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