1950 Klamath Falls Gems Statistics
Team Record: 87-52
Finished 1st in the FWL
Manager: Hub Kittle (87-52)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Ballpark: Gem Stadium
Attendance: 62,078, Avg. 893
Playoffs - Klamath Falls Gems 3 games, Reno Silver Sox 2
Finals - Redding Browns 3 games, Klamath Falls Gems 1
The Klamath Falls Gems of the Far West League ended the 1950 season with a record of 87 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the FWL.
The Gems scored 1114 runs and conceded 867 runs. Chet Ashman led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .365 clip. Andy Sierra topped Klamath Falls with 22 wins, while Clyde DeWitt added 15 or more wins, too Andy Sierra recorded a 3.46 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bob Bowman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Klamath Falls Gems to do so.
Hub Kittle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Sierra | 22 | 9 | .710 | 3.46 | 34 | 239.0 | 239 | 117 | 92 | 105 | ||||||||||||
| Clyde DeWitt | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.80 | 36 | 225.0 | 222 | 128 | 95 | 105 | ||||||||||||
| Gabriel Padilla | 11 | 12 | .478 | 5.35 | 34 | 195.0 | 230 | 137 | 116 | 100 | ||||||||||||
| Hub Kittle | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.93 | 24 | 0 | 55.0 | 48 | 26 | 24 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Charles Grimsley | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.90 | 23 | 122.0 | 149 | 101 | 80 | 59 | ||||||||||||
| Richard Descalso | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.31 | 15 | 78.0 | 85 | 64 | 46 | 59 | ||||||||||||
| Russell Foster | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.44 | 18 | 81.0 | 109 | 70 | 58 | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Rudolph Gonzales | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.81 | 10 | 48.0 | 59 | 42 | 31 | 34 | ||||||||||||
| Gene Shortlidge | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.45 | 15 | 74.0 | 94 | 63 | 53 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Spurlock | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.46 | 12 | 46.0 | 49 | 41 | 33 | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 47 | .644 | 4.86 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1163.0 | 1284 | 789 | 628 | 0 | 626 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Triandos | 134 | 527 | 527 | 183 | 32 | 10 | 8 | .347 | .347 | .491 | .839 | 259 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Sahlberg | 138 | 528 | 528 | 172 | 27 | 7 | 5 | .326 | .326 | .432 | .758 | 228 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Merritt | 137 | 540 | 540 | 170 | 33 | 4 | 8 | .315 | .315 | .435 | .750 | 235 | |||||||||||
| Chet Ashman | 102 | 447 | 447 | 163 | 31 | 8 | 20 | .365 | .365 | .604 | .969 | 270 | |||||||||||
| Bob Rittenberg | 138 | 519 | 519 | 152 | 19 | 9 | 6 | .293 | .293 | .399 | .692 | 207 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Jeffey | 138 | 524 | 524 | 141 | 25 | 5 | 12 | .269 | .269 | .405 | .674 | 212 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Peterson | 57 | 233 | 233 | 86 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .369 | .369 | .472 | .841 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Gordy Brunswick | 59 | 208 | 208 | 71 | 11 | 9 | 11 | .341 | .341 | .639 | .981 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Charles Kitsman | 65 | 237 | 237 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .232 | .232 | .338 | .570 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Bob Bowman | 67 | 196 | 196 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 6 | .224 | .224 | .413 | .638 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Elwin Elton | 37 | 125 | 125 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .304 | .304 | .456 | .760 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Andy Sierra | 56 | 114 | 114 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .307 | .307 | .447 | .754 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Clyde DeWitt | 42 | 91 | 91 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .319 | .604 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Gabriel Padilla | 34 | 81 | 81 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .222 | .420 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Gene Shortlidge | 15 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .265 | .265 | .412 | .676 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Richard Descalso | 21 | 40 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .225 | .425 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Linton | 30 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Russell Foster | 18 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .231 | .423 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charles Grimsley | 23 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .104 | .188 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Hub Kittle | 24 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .263 | .421 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Rudolph Gonzales | 10 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Spurlock | 12 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1357 | 4623 | 4623 | 0 | 1393 | 228 | 70 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .301 | .438 | .739 | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde DeWitt | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Sierra | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Gabriel Padilla | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Hub Kittle | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Grimsley | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Foster | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Shortlidge | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Descalso | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Spurlock | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Rudolph Gonzales | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 221 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
