1950 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the CPL
Manager: Wally Millies (70-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 51,794, Avg. 751
Playoffs - Kinston Eagles 4 games, Roanoke Rapids Jays 0
Finals - New Bern Bears 4 games, Kinston Eagles 0
The Kinston Eagles of the Coastal Plain League ended the 1950 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the CPL.
The Eagles scored 703 runs and allowed 700 runs. Ken Aspromonte paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .295. Leo Groeschen topped Kinston with 18 wins and a team-best 1.74 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1950 Kinston Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Neil Chrisley, Guy Morton and Ken Aspromonte.
Wally Millies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Groeschen | 18 | 7 | .720 | 1.74 | 33 | 212.0 | 153 | 56 | 41 | 3 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.94 | 47 | 211.0 | 185 | 105 | 69 | 5 | 104 | |||||||||||
| Alex Zych | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.72 | 15 | 104.0 | 95 | 58 | 43 | 2 | 70 | |||||||||||
| James Pittman | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.88 | 25 | 101.0 | 104 | 84 | 66 | 4 | 98 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Swanson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.08 | 32 | 158.0 | 131 | 78 | 54 | 1 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Griglak | 2 | 11 | .154 | 4.81 | 18 | 88.0 | 90 | 65 | 47 | 7 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Payne | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 55 | 45 | .550 | 3.30 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 874.0 | 758 | 446 | 320 | 22 | 522 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Rosenwinkel | 133 | 515 | 515 | 140 | 24 | 5 | 9 | .272 | .272 | .390 | .662 | 201 | |||||||||||
| John Minarcin | 121 | 411 | 411 | 120 | 24 | 8 | 4 | .292 | .292 | .418 | .710 | 172 | |||||||||||
| Ken Aspromonte | 110 | 403 | 403 | 119 | 16 | 4 | 6 | .295 | .295 | .400 | .695 | 161 | |||||||||||
| Guy Morton | 120 | 407 | 407 | 110 | 30 | 3 | 6 | .270 | .270 | .403 | .673 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Lahann | 120 | 405 | 405 | 109 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .269 | .321 | .590 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Robert Brigham | 110 | 373 | 373 | 106 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .284 | .284 | .335 | .619 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Jack Burns | 101 | 375 | 375 | 85 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .227 | .227 | .283 | .509 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Neil Chrisley | 59 | 230 | 230 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .287 | .287 | .439 | .726 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Donald Borger | 55 | 177 | 177 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .249 | .249 | .339 | .588 | 60 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Root | 50 | 158 | 158 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .253 | .297 | .551 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Harry Ashworth | 26 | 106 | 106 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .330 | .330 | .425 | .755 | 45 | |||||||||||
| RW Hepler | 21 | 80 | 80 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .288 | .288 | .388 | .675 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Fred Zirella | 52 | 89 | 89 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .292 | .539 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Donald Lajeunesse | 28 | 88 | 88 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .205 | .273 | .477 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Leo Groeschen | 33 | 74 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .243 | .473 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Allen Baker | 33 | 69 | 69 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .261 | .449 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Swanson | 43 | 69 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .188 | .362 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Raymond McCourt | 19 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .308 | .500 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Griglak | 20 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .306 | .556 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Alex Zych | 15 | 40 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .225 | .275 | .500 | 11 | |||||||||||
| James Pittman | 29 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Eugene Haering | 11 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .289 | .500 | 11 | |||||||||||
| William Powell | 13 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Robert Penny | 10 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Payne | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1343 | 4291 | 4291 | 0 | 1126 | 208 | 38 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .262 | .351 | .613 | 1506 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Zirella | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Groeschen | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Swanson | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| James Pittman | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Griglak | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Zych | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Payne | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 181 | 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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