1950 Macon Peaches Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ivy Griffin (90-63)
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 134,680, Avg. 1,761

1950 Macon Peaches Roster

Playoffs - Macon Peaches 3 games, Charleston Rebels 2
Finals - Macon Peaches 4 games, Columbia Reds 0

The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1950 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the SAL.

The Peaches topped the circuit with 799 runs. Macon surrendered 624 runs. Lewis Davis led hitters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Stan Karpinski paced the squad with 20 wins, while Fred Wollpert and Bill Seinsoth added 15 or more wins, too Bill Seinsoth recorded a 2.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1950 Macon Peaches who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hal Quick, Vern Morgan, Barney Schultz and Hal Kleine.

Ivy Griffin 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
Stan Karpinski	20	12	.625	3.24	36						250.0	220	103	90	11	122
Fred Wollpert	19	8	.704	2.85	35						281.0	258	113	89	12	136
Bill Seinsoth	18	11	.621	2.44	32						258.0	251	98	70	7	64
Barney Schultz	13	14	.481	3.57	36						237.0	189	104	94	14	123
Ken Rogers	8	5	.615	4.14	35						161.0	158	94	74	5	88
Joe Pennington	8	6	.571	3.80	39						64.0	60	36	27	2	45
Sid West	2	2	.500	2.00	6						18.0	15	5	4	0	7
Hal Kleine	1	0	1.000	7.00	4						9.0	2	9	7	1	16
Raymond Girdley	1	3	.250	6.30	12						40.0	49	35	28	2	20
Ramon Salgado	0	0		0.00	1						0.3
Mel Nee	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Bill Hockenbury	0	0		0.00	2						6.0
Irving Boim	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
Edward Gysen	0	1	.000	12.00	6						6.0	5	9	8	0	10
Ed Kowalski	0	1	.000	22.50	2						2.0	7	5	5	1	2
Totals	90	63	.588	3.34	249	0	0	0	0	0	1335.3	1214	611	496	55	633	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
August Gregory	153	630	630		186	31	3	7						.295	.295	.387	.683	244
Lewis Davis	139	509	509		155	22	10	14						.305	.305	.470	.774	239
Oscar Garmendia	139	535	535		144	23	3	6						.269	.269	.357	.626	191
Chuck Balogh	133	489	489		123	22	2	1						.252	.252	.311	.562	152
Chuck Abernathy	150	484	484		114	21	6	2						.236	.236	.316	.552	153
Ike Palmer	95	346	346		96	24	4	9						.277	.277	.448	.725	155
John Langgood	101	333	333		85	19	1	6						.255	.255	.372	.628	124
Bill Hockenbury	91	335	335		81	17	0	12						.242	.242	.400	.642	134
Lou Kahn	70	250	250		79	19	3	2						.316	.316	.440	.756	110
Hal Quick	70	211	211		50	7	1	0						.237	.237	.280	.517	59
Norris Strickland	34	101	101		29	2	2	0						.287	.287	.347	.634	35
Fred Wollpert	35	104	104		25	4	0	2						.240	.240	.337	.577	35
Stan Karpinski	38	92	92		22	5	2	0						.239	.239	.337	.576	31
Barney Schultz	36	82	82		21	7	0	0						.256	.256	.341	.598	28
Bill Seinsoth	52	111	111		21	3	1	4						.189	.189	.342	.532	38
Ned Folmar	19	66	66		19	6	0	0						.288	.288	.379	.667	25
Vern Morgan	16	62	62		18	2	1	1						.290	.290	.403	.694	25
Roy Kerschke	11	30	30		6	2	0	0						.200	.200	.267	.467	8
Ken Rogers	36	50	50		4	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	4
Joe Pennington	39	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Raymond Girdley	13	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1470	4845	4845	0	1280	236	39	66	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.370	.634	1792	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Joe Pennington	P	39					.000
Barney Schultz	P	36					.000
Stan Karpinski	P	36					.000
Fred Wollpert	P	35					.000
Ken Rogers	P	35					.000
Bill Seinsoth	P	32					.000
Raymond Girdley	P	12					.000
Totals		225	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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