1950 Harlingen Capitols Statistics

Rio Grande Valley League (RGVL) - Class: C
Team Record: 86-62
Finished 1st in the RGVL
Manager: Sam Harshaney (86-62)
Location: Harlingen, Texas
Ballpark: Harlingen Baseball Park (Field)
Attendance: 80,001, Avg. 1,081

1950 Harlingen Capitols Roster

Playoffs - Harlingen Capitols 4 games, Brownsville Charros 2
Finals - Corpus Christi Aces 4 games, Harlingen Capitols 1

The Harlingen Capitols of the Rio Grande Valley League ended the 1950 season with a record of 86 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the RGVL.

The Capitols plated 1128 runs and yielded 956 runs. Jesse McClain crushed 53 homers for Harlingen, while Theodore Squillante, Don Petschow and Sam Harshaney each walloped 15 or more, too. Jesse McClain drove in 173 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .356 clip. Jesse Priest led the team with 16 wins, plus Bill Guthrie added 15 or more wins, too Bill Guthrie recorded a 4.27 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Sam Harshaney played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Harlingen Capitols to do so.

Sam Harshaney 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
Jesse Priest	16	8	.667	4.48	40			15	1		227.0	218	125	113		75		132	8	1	3
Bill Guthrie	15	11	.577	4.27	47			9	2		192.0	137	104	91		163		195	7	0	4
Marvin Christensen	8	6	.571	6.59	23			3	0		97.0	111	80	71		66		62	2	0	2
Bob Gregg	8	8	.500	5.03	32			8	0		170.0	159	116	95		148		123	12	1	8
Clint Rogas	7	7	.500	6.56	37			1	1		107.0	117	84	78		93		93	8	2	2
Bob Ramsey	4	4	.500	4.70	11			4	1		67.0	52	41	35		48		57	3	0	3
Edward Davis	2	1	.667	7.03	6			0	0		32.0	40	32	25		16		12	1	0	0
Red Cowley	1	0	1.000	2.88	7			0	0		25.0	22	9	8		16		7	1	0	0
Sam Harshaney	1	0	1.000	6.55	4			0	0		11.0	14	8	8		7		5	0	0	0
Howard Shelton	1	0	1.000	8.00	1			1	0		9.0	10	8	8		10		9	0	0	0
Jim Noblitt	1	1	.500	4.50	4			1	0		20.0	24	11	10		8		10	0	0	0
A. J. Wells	1	1	.500	5.82	4			1	0		17.0	18	16	11		15		8	2	1	0
Albert Stefani	1	2	.333	8.50	5			1	0		18.0	22	20	17		21		10	1	0	2
Barry Watling					3						0.0
John Knoke					8						0.0
Charles Kelsey					25						0.0
Ralph Finch					7						0.0
Lyle Boyd					14						0.0
Bert Gottesman					4						0.0
Prudencio Guerra					2						0.0
Harold Jackson					6						0.0
H. G. Gafford	0	0		0.00	2						10.0
Fidencio Cerna	0	0		0.00	1						2.0
Breason	0	0		0.00	1						3.0
Robert Revak	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
Edward Murawski	0	1	.000	27.00	1			0	0		1.0	0	3	3		4		0	0	0	0
Totals	66	50	.569	5.11	297	0	0	44	5	0	1010.0	944	657	573	0	690	0	723	45	5	24	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
Jesse McClain	147	696	582	168	207	34	5	53	173	31		102	52	.356	.455	.704	1.159	410		4	8
Keith Carpenter	139	653	538	134	190	52	8	8	120	8		98	37	.353	.459	.524	.983	282		7	10
Theodore Squillante	147	666	605	101	186	31	4	26	118	2		50	104	.307	.366	.501	.867	303		6	5
Don Petschow	128	584	493	123	170	42	4	20	119	9		75	60	.345	.440	.568	1.008	280		9	7
Sam Harshaney	119	505	409	88	141	22	1	16	93	7		83	16	.345	.469	.521	.990	213		13	0
Red Cowley	120	565	468	94	117	16	2	8	60	15		74	63	.250	.356	.344	.700	161		3	20
Charles Young	98	462	416	80	105	9	2	12	58	3		35	54	.252	.312	.370	.682	154		1	10
Herbert Nauert	98	389	346	53	87	14	1	8	52	2		35	73	.251	.320	.367	.687	127		0	8
Rene Urbanowich	88	302	260	50	68	9	0	2	22	3		21	34	.262	.329	.319	.648	83		5	16
Raymond Stewart	33	160	141	27	40	10	0	2	17	1		10	14	.284	.361	.397	.758	56		7	2
Stuart Williams	23	100	83	18	27	5	1	2	8	6		15	3	.325	.429	.482	.910	40		0	2
Marvin Christensen	40	85	80	8	17	3	0	0	6	0		4	11	.212	.250	.250	.500	20		0	1
Jesse Priest	42	100	86	9	17	4	0	1	5	0		8	17	.198	.266	.279	.545	24		0	6
Bob Gregg	32	73	60	12	12	1	1	0	3	0		4	22	.200	.250	.250	.500	15		0	9
Bob Ramsey	20	59	53	7	11	2	0	3	8	1		3	12	.208	.263	.415	.678	22		1	2
Bill Guthrie	47	81	69	7	10	1	0	0	3	0		3	25	.145	.181	.159	.340	11		0	9
Edward Davis	11	23	21	4	5	0	0	1	1	0		1	6	.238	.273	.381	.654	8		0	1
Clint Rogas	37	47	43	4	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	17	.070	.111	.070	.181	3		1	2
Totals	1369	5550	4753	987	1413	255	29	162	869	88	0	622	620	.297	.385	.465	.851	2212	0	57	118	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Keith Carpenter	1B	84	746	18	6	17	.992	9.095
Charles Young	2B	80	190	171	13	63	.965	4.512
Jesse McClain	2B	69	164	170	19	24	.946	4.841
Herbert Nauert	3B	87	69	159	31	10	.880	2.621
Charles Young	3B	18	17	30	8	2	.855	2.611
Raymond Stewart	3B	15	15	22	4	2	.902	2.467
Sam Harshaney	3B	15	15	17	7	0	.821	2.133
Don Petschow	3B	13	11	23	2	2	.944	2.615
Jesse McClain	3B	12	9	20	2	4	.935	2.417
Sam Harshaney	C	104	586	58	11	8	.983	6.192	14
Rene Urbanowich	C	74	355	35	12	5	.970	5.270	9
Theodore Squillante	OF	146	292	15	11	2	.965	2.103
Don Petschow	OF	115	190	9	14	3	.934	1.730
Jesse McClain	OF	67	81	5	3	1	.966	1.284
Keith Carpenter	OF	39	81	6	3	2	.967	2.231
Stuart Williams	OF	23	48	1	3	0	.942	2.130
Marvin Christensen	OF	10	6	0	0	0	1.000	.600
Bill Guthrie	P	47	3	32	5	3	.875	.745
Jesse Priest	P	40	4	35	5	1	.886	.975
Clint Rogas	P	37	3	12	0	0	1.000	.405
Bob Gregg	P	32	7	61	3	4	.958	2.125
Marvin Christensen	P	23	4	15	1	1	.950	.826
Bob Ramsey	P	11	2	16	1	2	.947	1.636
Red Cowley	P	7						.000
Edward Davis	P	6						.000
Albert Stefani	P	5						.000
A. J. Wells	P	4						.000
Jim Noblitt	P	4						.000
Sam Harshaney	P	4						.000
Robert Revak	P	2						.000
H. G. Gafford	P	2						.000
Howard Shelton	P	1						.000
Edward Murawski	P	1						.000
Fidencio Cerna	P	1						.000
Breason	P	1						.000
Red Cowley	SS	118	193	346	41	77	.929	4.568
Raymond Stewart	SS	20	27	45	12	14	.857	3.600
Totals		1337	3118	1321	217	247	.953	3.320	23	0	0

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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