1950 Lebanon Chix Statistics

North Atlantic League (NAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 87-46
Finished 1st in the NAL
Manager: Hal Contini (87-46)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Grimes Stadium
Attendance: 18,916, Avg. 284

1950 Lebanon Chix Roster

Playoffs - Lebanon Chix 4 games, Carbondale Pioneers 3
Finals - Lebanon Chix 3 games, Stroudsburg Poconos 2 - Series stopped by bad weather.

The Lebanon Chix of the North Atlantic League ended the 1950 season with a record of 87 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the NAL.

The Chix topped the league with just 473 runs allowed. Lebanon scored 705 runs. Harold Sweeney paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .326 average. Jerry Mertz paced the team with 19 wins, while Frank Olasin, too added 15 or more wins, too Paul Billett recorded a 1.96 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers. Hal Contini 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
Jerry Mertz	19	8	.704	2.12	33	22					212.0	142	65	50	2	93
Frank Olasin	15	6	.714	2.48	28	19					163.0	136	54	45	4	78
Ron Kump	11	5	.688	2.96	27	16					143.0	139	55	47	3	60
Bob Whitaker	11	7	.611	2.96	22	18					143.0	126	61	47	5	59
Hal Noll	10	7	.588	3.24	28	16					147.0	129	67	53	0	63
Paul Billett	9	3	.750	1.96	18	18					133.0	97	45	29	0	76
John Perry	6	4	.600	3.14	13	10					86.0	75	39	30	1	39
Frank Brielmaier	1	3	.250	7.63	11	7					46.0	58	45	39	4	40
Totals	82	43	.656	2.85	180	126	0	0	0	0	1073.0	902	431	340	19	508	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
Hal Contini	132	466	466		148	22	4	2						.318	.318	.395	.712	184
John Mackley	123	455	455		143	13	5	2						.314	.314	.378	.692	172
Don Davis	120	457	457		140	25	3	0						.306	.306	.374	.681	171
Harold Sweeney	104	396	396		129	28	14	7						.326	.326	.520	.846	206
Robert Hartranft	124	458	458		123	27	6	2						.269	.269	.367	.635	168
John Slachta	124	457	457		115	15	3	0						.252	.252	.298	.549	136
Ernie Latessa	105	356	356		103	19	5	1						.289	.289	.379	.669	135
Ronald Berger	67	248	248		65	12	4	3						.262	.262	.379	.641	94
William Klein	49	194	194		51	5	0	0						.263	.263	.289	.552	56
Stanton Straub	48	148	148		40	5	2	0						.270	.270	.331	.601	49
Ray Vancruysee	45	142	142		36	4	2	1						.254	.254	.331	.585	47
Ron Kump	36	75	75		21	0	0	0						.280	.280	.280	.560	21
Jerry Mertz	33	77	77		20	1	0	1						.260	.260	.312	.571	24
Hal Noll	42	98	98		20	1	1	0						.204	.204	.235	.439	23
Wendell Ashby	26	71	71		17	5	0	1						.239	.239	.352	.592	25
Frank Olasin	28	59	59		14	1	0	0						.237	.237	.254	.492	15
Paul Billett	18	42	42		11	1	0	0						.262	.262	.286	.548	12
David Gold	17	47	47		11	2	1	1						.234	.234	.383	.617	18
John Perry	15	40	40		9	3	1	0						.225	.225	.350	.575	14
Frank Brielmaier	13	23	23		5	2	0	0						.217	.217	.304	.522	7
Bob Whitaker	22	52	52		5	0	0	0						.096	.096	.096	.192	5
Totals	1291	4361	4361	0	1226	191	51	21	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.281	.363	.644	1582	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jerry Mertz	P	33					.000
Frank Olasin	P	28					.000
Hal Noll	P	28					.000
Ron Kump	P	27					.000
Bob Whitaker	P	22					.000
Paul Billett	P	18					.000
John Perry	P	13					.000
Frank Brielmaier	P	11					.000
Totals		180	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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