1950 Muskegon Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Bob Finley (75-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Muskegon, Michigan
Ballpark: Marsh Field
Attendance: 51,054, Avg. 735
Playoffs - Muskegon Clippers 3 games, Dayton Indians 2
Finals - Flint Arrows 4 games, Muskegon Clippers 1
The Muskegon Clippers of the Central League ended the 1950 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Clippers scored 764 runs, most in the league. Muskegon conceded 658 runs. Loren Babe led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. Frank Logue topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.23 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
John Mackinson, Bill Burgo, Loren Babe, Al Pilarcik, Frank Barnes, Elston Howard and Jim Greengrass were all players from the 1950 Muskegon Clippers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bob Finley served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Logue | 20 | 12 | .625 | 3.23 | 34 | 256.0 | 270 | 118 | 92 | 70 | ||||||||||||
John Mackinson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.39 | 24 | 186.0 | 147 | 80 | 70 | 102 | ||||||||||||
Lawrence King | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.26 | 28 | 207.0 | 219 | 110 | 98 | 72 | ||||||||||||
Bill Houtz | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.24 | 21 | 123.0 | 124 | 66 | 58 | 84 | ||||||||||||
Frank Barnes | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.23 | 15 | 105.0 | 73 | 36 | 26 | 54 | ||||||||||||
Jim Greengrass | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.89 | 19 | 81.0 | 87 | 50 | 44 | 42 | ||||||||||||
Lee Dodson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.06 | 12 | 2 | 51.0 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 57 | 39 | ||||||||||
Gifford Rich | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.43 | 21 | 68.0 | 85 | 53 | 41 | 49 | ||||||||||||
Richard Murphy | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 73 | 53 | .579 | 3.92 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1077.0 | 1065 | 563 | 469 | 0 | 530 | 0 | 39 | 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 |
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Ron Bowen | 141 | 569 | 569 | 169 | 28 | 0 | 24 | .297 | .297 | .473 | .770 | 269 | |||||||||||
Lou Urcho | 141 | 516 | 516 | 158 | 31 | 6 | 11 | .306 | .306 | .453 | .760 | 234 | |||||||||||
Loren Babe | 117 | 448 | 448 | 150 | 27 | 4 | 10 | .335 | .335 | .480 | .815 | 215 | |||||||||||
Edward Krage | 125 | 418 | 418 | 137 | 25 | 4 | 19 | .328 | .328 | .543 | .871 | 227 | |||||||||||
Bob O'Neal | 133 | 448 | 448 | 135 | 29 | 4 | 20 | .301 | .301 | .518 | .819 | 232 | |||||||||||
Ken Braun | 139 | 495 | 495 | 121 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .295 | .539 | 146 | |||||||||||
Marty Carlson | 101 | 400 | 400 | 117 | 26 | 4 | 6 | .292 | .292 | .422 | .715 | 169 | |||||||||||
Olney Patterson | 72 | 265 | 265 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 10 | .215 | .215 | .374 | .589 | 99 | |||||||||||
Elston Howard | 54 | 184 | 184 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .283 | .283 | .484 | .766 | 89 | |||||||||||
Jim Greengrass | 62 | 137 | 137 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 3 | .336 | .336 | .496 | .832 | 68 | |||||||||||
Clarence Wojtowicz | 38 | 134 | 134 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .328 | .328 | .530 | .858 | 71 | |||||||||||
Lawrence King | 28 | 89 | 89 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .236 | .236 | .337 | .573 | 30 | |||||||||||
Bill Burgo | 13 | 52 | 52 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .346 | .346 | .404 | .750 | 21 | |||||||||||
John Mackinson | 24 | 65 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .215 | .400 | 14 | |||||||||||
John Kall | 24 | 74 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .162 | .189 | .351 | 14 | |||||||||||
Dick Morgan | 10 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .263 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
Al Pilarcik | 10 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 10 | |||||||||||
Frank Barnes | 15 | 36 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .250 | .444 | 9 | |||||||||||
Frank Logue | 34 | 85 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .082 | .082 | .082 | .165 | 7 | |||||||||||
Gifford Rich | 21 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | |||||||||||
Bill Houtz | 21 | 44 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .114 | .205 | 5 | |||||||||||
Richard Murphy | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Lee Dodson | 12 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1345 | 4586 | 4586 | 0 | 1288 | 230 | 34 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .424 | .705 | 1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Logue | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Lawrence King | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
John Mackinson | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
Gifford Rich | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
Bill Houtz | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
Frank Barnes | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
Lee Dodson | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Richard Murphy | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 165 | 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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