1950 Newport News Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 55-85
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Al Campanis (0-0), Bud Metheny (0-0)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 67,363, Avg. 962
The Newport News Dodgers of the Piedmont League ended the 1950 season with a record of 55 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
The Dodgers plated 546 runs and conceded 638 runs. Daniel Keith led all regular batters with a .357 average. Donald Otten topped Newport News with 11 wins, while Stanley Polonczyk earned a 2.49 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1950 Newport News Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chuck Coles, Ed Roebuck, Gale Wade, Bud Metheny, Ron Negray and Roger Craig.
Al Campanis and Bud Metheny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Otten | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.16 | 36 | 211.0 | 177 | 92 | 74 | 8 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Ed Roebuck | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.23 | 23 | 145.0 | 120 | 81 | 52 | 4 | 93 | |||||||||||
| Dale Steen | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.88 | 31 | 167.0 | 143 | 96 | 72 | 14 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Polonczyk | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.49 | 23 | 148.0 | 121 | 57 | 41 | 9 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Tony Brzezowski | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.20 | 26 | 122.0 | 96 | 69 | 57 | 7 | 103 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Mihalik | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.67 | 11 | 49.0 | 45 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Ron Negray | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.28 | 13 | 74.0 | 79 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Fred Copeland | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.39 | 27 | 84.0 | 89 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Robert Austin | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.02 | 12 | 58.0 | 44 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Roger Craig | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.11 | 6 | 2 | 19.0 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 69 | .430 | 3.44 | 208 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1077.0 | 936 | 530 | 412 | 51 | 626 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Keith | 108 | 392 | 392 | 140 | 26 | 6 | 12 | .357 | .357 | .546 | .903 | 214 | |||||||||||
| Gene Depperschmidt | 109 | 392 | 392 | 101 | 14 | 6 | 10 | .258 | .258 | .401 | .658 | 157 | |||||||||||
| William Palumbo | 119 | 377 | 377 | 91 | 18 | 5 | 3 | .241 | .241 | .340 | .581 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Fred Folkes | 115 | 340 | 340 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .285 | .518 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Bob Kehoe | 79 | 294 | 294 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 4 | .248 | .248 | .357 | .605 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Claude Siple | 68 | 248 | 248 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .290 | .528 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Hal Grote | 70 | 250 | 250 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .216 | .216 | .344 | .560 | 86 | |||||||||||
| Johnny LeGros | 45 | 169 | 169 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .349 | .580 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Worley | 53 | 181 | 181 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .215 | .215 | .271 | .486 | 49 | |||||||||||
| Allen Winters | 53 | 164 | 164 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .250 | .470 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Richard Jones | 43 | 149 | 149 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .215 | .215 | .336 | .550 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Dick Ballestrini | 41 | 119 | 119 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .252 | .252 | .378 | .630 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Louis Ruchser | 42 | 145 | 145 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .276 | .476 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Donald Thomas | 38 | 113 | 113 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .292 | .540 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Bob Tripp | 33 | 112 | 112 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .223 | .223 | .348 | .571 | 39 | |||||||||||
| George Moeller | 40 | 133 | 133 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .233 | .421 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Donald Otten | 36 | 77 | 77 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .247 | .260 | .506 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Gale Wade | 21 | 83 | 83 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .205 | .205 | .325 | .530 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Kent Pflasterer | 21 | 77 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .208 | .208 | .260 | .468 | 20 | |||||||||||
| William Gill | 24 | 66 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .258 | .470 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Sierra | 15 | 45 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .289 | .311 | .600 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Dale Steen | 41 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .250 | .433 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Ed Roebuck | 23 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .204 | .367 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Coles | 11 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .205 | .385 | 8 | |||||||||||
| William Kerr | 10 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .269 | .500 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charles Segale | 11 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .258 | .452 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Polonczyk | 24 | 58 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .155 | .259 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Austin | 12 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lou Landini | 12 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Tony Brzezowski | 26 | 39 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .128 | .205 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Mickey Mihalik | 11 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ron Negray | 13 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fred Copeland | 28 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .050 | .100 | .150 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1395 | 4333 | 4333 | 0 | 1019 | 171 | 44 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .328 | .563 | 1422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Otten | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Steen | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Copeland | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Brzezowski | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Roebuck | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Polonczyk | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Negray | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Austin | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Mickey Mihalik | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Craig | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 208 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
