1950 La Grange Troupers Statistics

Georgia-Alabama League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 73-48
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Bill Cooper (73-48)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: La Grange, Georgia
Ballpark: Callaway Stadium
Attendance: 53,781, Avg. 889

1950 La Grange Troupers Roster

Playoffs - La Grange Troupers 2 games, Carrollton Hornets 0
Finals - La Grange Troupers 3 games, Alexander City Millers

The La Grange Troupers of the Georgia-Alabama League ended the 1950 season with a record of 73 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the GGL.

The Troupers scored 785 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Bill Cooper led all regular hitters by connecting at a .332 clip. Don Bessent topped La Grange with 22 wins, while Gerald Wallis added 15 or more wins, too Don Bessent recorded a 2.23 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Don Bessent and Don Taussig both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bill Cooper 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
Don Bessent	22	7	.759	2.23	29						242.0	190	92	60	10	92
Gerald Wallis	17	4	.810	3.04	30						157.0	123	68	53	15	82
George Johengen	9	3	.750	2.66	19						105.0	89	49	31	7	58
Richard Marshall	9	8	.529	4.78	29						130.0	122	98	69	7	116
Theodore Gaillard	5	4	.556	4.50	13						84.0	83	52	42	3	43
Joseph DeGoursey	3	6	.333	3.77	26						86.0	59	43	36	5	77
Robert Dawkins	1	3	.250	6.89	13						47.0	41	43	36	2	57
Edwin Webster					11						0.0
Totals	66	35	.653	3.46	170	0	0	0	0	0	851.0	707	445	327	49	525	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
Leon Carter	122	497	497		162	28	7	16						.326	.326	.507	.833	252
David Krings	116	476	476		152	23	9	3						.319	.319	.424	.744	202
Bill Cooper	108	373	373		124	17	0	22						.332	.332	.555	.887	207
Ernest Wingard	103	386	386		118	12	9	20						.306	.306	.539	.845	208
Jim Goff	113	402	402		111	18	7	21						.276	.276	.512	.789	206
Robert Winkelspecht	132	450	450		108	18	5	12						.240	.240	.382	.622	172
Edwin Jeakle	89	350	350		96	25	4	8						.274	.274	.437	.711	153
James Durkin	53	181	181		47	7	1	3						.260	.260	.359	.619	65
Joe Braganca	67	187	187		37	4	1	1						.198	.198	.246	.444	46
Don Bessent	43	120	120		33	1	2	3						.275	.275	.392	.667	47
Boyd Walls	24	91	91		29	3	0	0						.319	.319	.352	.670	32
Kendall Umbach	34	100	100		23	7	0	1						.230	.230	.330	.560	33
Pasquale Pescitelli	22	71	71		19	1	1	0						.268	.268	.310	.577	22
George Johengen	33	69	69		17	1	0	0						.246	.246	.261	.507	18
Richard Russell	21	70	70		15	3	1	1						.214	.214	.329	.543	23
James Cacciola	11	49	49		14	3	0	2						.286	.286	.469	.755	23
Gerald Wallis	30	49	49		14	1	1	0						.286	.286	.347	.633	17
Richard Marshall	30	54	54		10	1	0	0						.185	.185	.204	.389	11
Theodore Gaillard	13	33	33		4	1	0	0						.121	.121	.152	.273	5
Edwin Webster	11	12	12		3	1	0	0						.250	.250	.333	.583	4
James Troy	12	15	15		3	2	0	1						.200	.200	.533	.733	8
Robert Dawkins	15	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Joseph DeGoursey	26	34	34		2	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118	2
Totals	1228	4089	4089	0	1144	177	48	114	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.430	.710	1759	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Gerald Wallis	P	30					.000
Richard Marshall	P	29					.000
Don Bessent	P	29					.000
Joseph DeGoursey	P	26					.000
George Johengen	P	19					.000
Theodore Gaillard	P	13					.000
Robert Dawkins	P	13					.000
Edwin Webster	P	11					.000
Totals		170	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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