1950 Lynchburg Cardinals Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 76-61
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Whitey Kurowski (76-61)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 91,839, Avg. 1,341

1950 Lynchburg Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Roanoke Red Sox 4 games, Lynchburg Cardinals 1

The Lynchburg Cardinals of the Piedmont League ended the 1950 season with a record of 76 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the PL.

The Cardinals topped the circuit with just 479 runs allowed. Lynchburg scored 562 runs. Frank Kellert led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Floyd Melliere paced the team with 14 wins, while Fred Hahn earned a 1.65 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Whitey Kurowski, Frank Kellert, Hal Smith, Fred Hahn, Ray Jablonski, Ralph Beard and Ed Mickelson were all players from the 1950 Lynchburg Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.

Whitey Kurowski 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
Floyd Melliere	14	7	.667	3.34	36						186.0	183	79	69	13	61
Norman Shope	13	7	.650	2.86	31						192.0	192	69	61	13	61
Fred Hahn	12	8	.600	1.65	25						147.0	124	45	27	6	56
Ralph Beard	12	11	.522	2.13	38						224.0	169	76	53	5	107
Ted Beck	10	9	.526	3.18	31						153.0	164	62	54	5	79
Mason Deibler	10	10	.500	2.75	37						144.0	137	53	44	12	42
Augusto Zande	3	3	.500	3.40	11						45.0	42	17	17	4	13
Totals	74	55	.574	2.68	209	0	0	0	0	0	1091.0	1011	401	325	58	419	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
Frank Kellert	123	456	456		138	20	6	17						.303	.303	.485	.787	221
Ray Jablonski	121	461	461		133	33	3	17						.289	.289	.484	.772	223
Ted Lewandowski	137	518	518		131	21	4	2						.253	.253	.320	.573	166
Donald Maxa	125	424	424		110	18	0	7						.259	.259	.351	.611	149
Ronald Curnan	121	423	423		106	20	0	10						.251	.251	.369	.619	156
Charles McLean	125	425	425		103	23	3	12						.242	.242	.395	.638	168
Al Bodnar	134	480	480		91	21	3	0						.190	.190	.246	.435	118
Wally Lammers	98	364	364		82	16	3	1						.225	.225	.294	.519	107
Ted Beck	56	119	119		34	10	1	3						.286	.286	.462	.748	55
Ed Mickelson	16	56	56		22	3	0	3						.393	.393	.607	1.000	34
Ed Polak	21	70	70		16	1	0	3						.229	.229	.371	.600	26
Floyd Melliere	36	67	67		15	3	0	0						.224	.224	.269	.493	18
Peter Karpuk	15	61	61		14	3	2	0						.230	.230	.344	.574	21
Fred Hahn	27	57	57		13	1	0	0						.228	.228	.246	.474	14
Whitey Kurowski	21	42	42		12	0	0	1						.286	.286	.357	.643	15
Edwin Zaharczyk	12	48	48		12	1	0	0						.250	.250	.271	.521	13
Norman Shope	40	77	77		12	3	0	0						.156	.156	.195	.351	15
Donald Smith	16	64	64		9	1	0	0						.141	.141	.156	.297	10
Ralph Beard	38	77	77		6	1	0	0						.078	.078	.091	.169	7
Augusto Zande	11	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Rick Ferrell	10	18	18		2	1	0	0						.111	.111	.167	.278	3
Mason Deibler	37	46	46		1	0	0	0						.022	.022	.022	.043	1
Totals	1340	4367	4367	0	1065	200	25	76	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.353	.597	1543	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Ralph Beard	P	38					.000
Mason Deibler	P	37					.000
Floyd Melliere	P	36					.000
Norman Shope	P	31					.000
Ted Beck	P	31					.000
Fred Hahn	P	25					.000
Augusto Zande	P	11					.000
Totals		209	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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