1950 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

Tri-State League (TSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 89-58
Finished 1st in the TSL
Manager: Jack Aragón (89-58)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 150,396, Avg. 2,046

1950 Knoxville Smokies Roster

Playoffs - Rock Hill Chiefs 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 0

The Knoxville Smokies of the Tri-State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 89 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the TSL.

The Smokies scored 761 runs and yielded 616 runs. Al Neil topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Dale Fisher paced Knoxville with 19 wins, while Hugh Oser as well added 15 or more victories as well Charles Menke recorded a 2.64 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1950 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Harvey Gentry, Jack Aragón, Tom Acker, Ron Samford and Foster Castleman.

Jack Aragón 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
Dale Fisher	19	12	.613	2.94	40						266.0	237	106	87	8	100
Hugh Oser	17	6	.739	2.77	31						205.0	175	80	63	3	78
Charles Fowler	12	4	.750	3.28	35						107.0	89	55	39	1	63
Charles Menke	11	8	.579	2.64	30						174.0	138	68	51	1	103
Joseph Asbill	10	5	.667	3.44	26						136.0	141	74	52	5	45
Hal Swanson	6	3	.667	2.45	11						77.0	68	30	21	1	49
Tom Acker	6	3	.667	3.07	42						132.0	118	66	45	1	67
Marvin Lane	5	6	.455	4.88	26						107.0	137	83	58	10	45
Chester Owen	4	4	.500	2.61	12						62.0	59	21	18	1	27
Bill Sherman	3	3	.500	5.22	9						50.0	51	36	29	0	32
Totals	93	54	.633	3.17	262	0	0	0	0	0	1316.0	1213	619	463	31	609	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
Harvey Gentry	145	540	540		164	27	13	7						.304	.304	.441	.744	238
Al Neil	149	522	522		160	31	10	33						.307	.307	.594	.900	310
Ron Samford	140	579	579		158	26	8	5						.273	.273	.371	.644	215
Foster Castleman	149	559	559		153	29	4	6						.274	.274	.372	.646	208
Max Davidson	143	494	494		122	22	3	12						.247	.247	.377	.623	186
Robert Caldwell	113	422	422		119	25	1	5						.282	.282	.382	.664	161
John Olsen	127	470	470		119	19	8	9						.253	.253	.385	.638	181
Daniel Mathews	96	325	325		76	12	2	1						.234	.234	.292	.526	95
Walter Alexander	53	136	136		33	5	1	0						.243	.243	.294	.537	40
Jack Aragón	71	145	145		28	5	0	4						.193	.193	.310	.503	45
Chester Owen	36	87	87		24	5	0	2						.276	.276	.402	.678	35
Ted Forsyth	29	94	94		23	4	0	1						.245	.245	.319	.564	30
Gip Dickens	17	66	66		19	4	3	2						.288	.288	.530	.818	35
Dale Fisher	40	95	95		19	4	0	0						.200	.200	.242	.442	23
Joseph Asbill	27	48	48		10	1	1	0						.208	.208	.271	.479	13
Hugh Oser	33	64	64		10	0	1	0						.156	.156	.188	.344	12
Hal Swanson	12	30	30		9	2	0	0						.300	.300	.367	.667	11
Ted Drakos	10	40	40		8	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	8
Marvin Lane	28	37	37		7	1	0	0						.189	.189	.216	.405	8
Bob Easterbrook	14	29	29		6	1	0	1						.207	.207	.345	.552	10
Charles Fowler	37	32	32		6	1	0	0						.188	.188	.219	.406	7
Tom Acker	44	33	33		6	1	0	0						.182	.182	.212	.394	7
Charles Menke	30	51	51		6	1	1	0						.118	.118	.176	.294	9
Totals	1543	4898	4898	0	1285	226	56	88	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.385	.648	1887	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tom Acker	P	42					.000
Dale Fisher	P	40					.000
Charles Fowler	P	35					.000
Hugh Oser	P	31					.000
Charles Menke	P	30					.000
Marvin Lane	P	26					.000
Joseph Asbill	P	26					.000
Hal Swanson	P	11					.000
Totals		241	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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