1950 Marshall Browns Statistics

East Texas League (ETL) - Class: C
Team Record: 88-46
Finished 2nd in the ETL
Manager: Bruce Ogrodowski (88-46)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Marshall, Texas
Ballpark: East Texas Fair Grounds Ball Field
Attendance: 47,254, Avg. 705

1950 Marshall Browns Roster

Playoffs - Marshall Browns 4 games, Kilgore Drillers 1
Finals - Marshall Browns 4 games, Longview Texans 1

The Marshall Browns of the East Texas League ended the 1950 season with a record of 88 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the ETL.

The Browns paced the league with 855 runs. Marshall surrendered 623 runs. George Kress led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .353. Norman Wielansky topped the team with 19 wins, while Jack Martin and Billy Hyde also added 15 or more victories also Howard Waters recorded a 1.88 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1950 Marshall Browns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Darrell Johnson, Bruce Ogrodowski and Bud Thomas.

Bruce Ogrodowski 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
Norman Wielansky	19	5	.792	3.06	28						215.0	193	92	73		98
Billy Hyde	17	5	.773	3.69	29			20			217.0	206	104	89		68		117
Jack Martin	16	13	.552	3.37	35						251.0	217	125	94		151
Howard Waters	12	4	.750	1.88	16						144.0	93	41	30		62
Walter Riebeling	10	7	.588	3.29	32						115.0	107	71	42		65
Robert Snyder	4	2	.667	5.62	10						56.0	45	39	35		52
Gene Leigh	4	4	.500	8.35	14						69.0	94	69	64		64
Carlton Melander					10						0.0
Totals	82	40	.672	3.60	174	0	0	20	0	0	1067.0	955	541	427	0	560	0	117	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
Darrell Johnson	131	493	493		162	36	9	13						.329	.329	.517	.846	255
Bud Thomas	134	565	565		160	36	9	2						.283	.283	.389	.673	220
Jake Gates	134	520	520		150	11	6	2						.288	.288	.344	.633	179
George Kress	106	422	422		149	29	9	15						.353	.353	.571	.924	241
Henry Kane	127	468	468		139	17	16	6						.297	.297	.440	.737	206
Harvey Christensen	134	508	508		137	24	3	4						.270	.270	.352	.622	179
Bob Hobbs	109	441	441		126	20	3	22						.286	.286	.494	.780	218
David Rush	132	453	453		119	24	3	13						.263	.263	.415	.678	188
Howard Waters	45	148	148		47	5	5	2						.318	.318	.459	.777	68
Bruce Ogrodowski	55	94	94		23	3	1	0						.245	.245	.298	.543	28
Billy Hyde	32	93	93		19	1	0	0						.204	.204	.215	.419	20
Jack Martin	36	95	95		14	0	0	1						.147	.147	.179	.326	17
Norman Wielansky	28	85	85		11	1	0	0						.129	.129	.141	.271	12
Gene Leigh	21	33	33		9	1	0	1						.273	.273	.394	.667	13
Clifford Jackson	10	33	33		7	0	0	1						.212	.212	.303	.515	10
Robert Snyder	10	21	21		6	1	0	0						.286	.286	.333	.619	7
Carlton Melander	10	10	10		3	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Walter Riebeling	33	45	45		1	0	0	0						.022	.022	.022	.044	1
Totals	1287	4527	4527	0	1282	209	64	82	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.412	.695	1865	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Martin	P	35					.000
Walter Riebeling	P	32					.000
Billy Hyde	P	29					.000
Norman Wielansky	P	28					.000
Gene Leigh	P	14					.000
Robert Snyder	P	10					.000
Carlton Melander	P	10					.000
Totals		158	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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