1950 Muncie Reds Statistics

Ohio-Indiana League (OOL) - Class: D
Team Record: 73-65
Finished 4th in the OOL
Manager: Mike Blazo (73-65)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Muncie, Indiana
Ballpark: McCullouch Park
Attendance: 39,354, Avg. 570

1950 Muncie Reds Roster

The Muncie Reds of the Ohio-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 73 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the OOL.

The Reds plated 797 runs and gave up 789 runs. Walt Sweeney led batters with significant playing time with a .286 average. Max Sumwalt topped Muncie with 16 wins, while Don Gross as well added 15 or more victories as well Don Gross earned a 3.13 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Don Gross played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Muncie Reds to do so.

Mike Blazo 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
Max Sumwalt	16	10	.615	4.69	34						211.0	207	136	110	14	90
Don Gross	15	7	.682	3.13	30						187.0	158	80	65	14	61
Edwin James	10	8	.556	4.30	23						178.0	203	118	85	15	59
John Stewart	8	5	.615	2.42	16						104.0	81	34	28	4	43
Robert Crook	8	9	.471	4.81	27						129.0	131	93	69	12	70
Daniel Rhame	5	5	.500	4.85	14						91.0	95	65	49	5	57
Mike Rainey	4	3	.571	4.44	13						77.0	88	48	38	2	33
Robert Long	3	4	.429	4.94	18						51.0	48	39	28	1	42
Totals	69	51	.575	4.13	175	0	0	0	0	0	1028.0	1011	613	472	67	455	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
Walt Sweeney	128	479	479		137	33	11	13						.286	.286	.482	.768	231
Sonny Calacurcio	135	492	492		130	20	9	9						.264	.264	.396	.661	195
Don Jostworth	115	454	454		129	12	13	0						.284	.284	.368	.652	167
Bob Shaulis	118	415	415		110	15	8	13						.265	.265	.434	.699	180
Joseph Lamb	99	357	357		105	19	9	3						.294	.294	.423	.717	151
William Bowman	96	314	314		102	16	7	4						.325	.325	.459	.783	144
Rudy Bunch	117	422	422		99	20	5	17						.235	.235	.427	.661	180
James Brown	63	192	192		67	11	2	13						.349	.349	.630	.979	121
Charles Messina	81	301	301		66	13	4	10						.219	.219	.389	.608	117
Charles Thornton	37	139	139		44	9	5	0						.317	.317	.453	.770	63
Eugene Fleming	40	133	133		39	7	4	1						.293	.293	.429	.722	57
Robert Morgan	51	174	174		34	5	1	1						.195	.195	.253	.448	44
Don Gross	44	88	88		29	4	1	0						.330	.330	.398	.727	35
Ronald Melgaard	44	147	147		28	4	2	0						.190	.190	.245	.435	36
Jerry Micham	25	104	104		25	2	1	0						.240	.240	.279	.519	29
Max Sumwalt	43	97	97		20	4	1	0						.206	.206	.268	.474	26
Edwin James	27	81	81		16	3	0	1						.198	.198	.272	.469	22
Robert Crook	37	57	57		15	3	3	0						.263	.263	.421	.684	24
John Reese	18	62	62		15	1	2	0						.242	.242	.323	.565	20
William Dennis	21	67	67		12	4	0	4						.179	.179	.418	.597	28
John Stewart	16	39	39		9	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	9
Daniel Rhame	15	32	32		7	2	0	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	9
Richard Mathias	14	33	33		6	2	0	0						.182	.182	.242	.424	8
Robert Long	18	20	20		5	1	0	0						.250	.250	.300	.550	6
Mike Rainey	13	32	32		5	0	0	0						.156	.156	.156	.312	5
Leonard Cardonna	13	30	30		3	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	3
Herbert May	10	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1438	4774	4774	0	1257	210	88	89	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.400	.663	1910	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Max Sumwalt	P	34					.000
Don Gross	P	30					.000
Robert Crook	P	27					.000
Edwin James	P	23					.000
Robert Long	P	18					.000
John Stewart	P	16					.000
Daniel Rhame	P	14					.000
Mike Rainey	P	13					.000
Totals		175	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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