1950 Newton-Conover Twins Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-41
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Eddie Yount (69-41)
Location: Conover, North Carolina; Newton, North Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 58,310, Avg. 1,060

1950 Newton-Conover Twins Roster

Playoffs - Newton-Conover Twins 4 games, Rutherford County Owls 2
Finals - Lenoir Red Sox 4 games, Newton-Conover Twins 3

The Newton-Conover Twins of the Western Carolina League ended the 1950 season with a record of 69 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Newton- Twins led the league with just 574 runs allowed. Conover scored 743 runs. Eddie Yount paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .347 average. John White topped the squad with 21 wins, while Ray Johnston added 15 or more wins, too John White recorded a 3.05 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Eddie Yount and Ed Walczak both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Eddie Yount 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
John White	21	7	.750	3.05	32						242.0	238	96	82		46
Ray Johnston	15	7	.682	4.81	30						189.0	214	119	101		66
Frank Smith	7	6	.538	5.06	36						153.0	196	105	86		62
Gene Remick	7	7	.500	3.74	29						137.0	130	74	57		48
Ned Thaxton	6	3	.667	3.72	10						92.0	97	49	38		26
William Greene	6	4	.600	6.56	15						81.0	90	64	59		49
Charles Nelson	5	4	.556	4.75	22						110.0	121	63	58		46
Ed Malack					15						0.0
Jim Price	0	1	.000	0.00	1			0			1.0	1	4	0		3		0
Totals	67	39	.632	4.31	190	0	0	0	0	0	1005.0	1087	574	481	0	346	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
John Harrington	108	463	463		153	21	7	3						.330	.330	.425	.756	197
Eddie Yount	108	406	406		141	25	6	26						.347	.347	.631	.978	256
Robert Ulrich	109	442	442		133	25	5	17						.301	.301	.495	.796	219
James Sharpe	109	451	451		127	21	4	2						.282	.282	.359	.641	162
Frank Little	100	406	406		120	22	1	6						.296	.296	.399	.695	162
Bobby Price	106	363	363		89	15	4	2						.245	.245	.325	.570	118
Carl Miller	40	150	150		59	11	4	8						.393	.393	.680	1.073	102
Ed Walczak	52	193	193		43	12	0	3						.223	.223	.332	.554	64
Ray Johnston	47	105	105		30	8	1	3						.286	.286	.467	.752	49
William Dennis	34	114	114		29	7	0	4						.254	.254	.421	.675	48
John White	32	102	102		25	4	0	0						.245	.245	.284	.529	29
Frank Smith	39	59	59		12	0	0	0						.203	.203	.203	.407	12
Ned Thaxton	16	51	51		10	1	0	1						.196	.196	.275	.471	14
Charles Nelson	23	46	46		5	2	0	0						.109	.109	.152	.261	7
William Greene	15	29	29		4	1	0	0						.138	.138	.172	.310	5
Gene Remick	30	55	55		4	0	0	0						.073	.073	.073	.145	4
Ed Malack	17	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	985	3448	3448	0	984	175	32	75	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.420	.705	1448	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Frank Smith	P	36					.000
John White	P	32					.000
Ray Johnston	P	30					.000
Gene Remick	P	29					.000
Charles Nelson	P	22					.000
Ed Malack	P	15					.000
William Greene	P	15					.000
Ned Thaxton	P	10					.000
Jim Price	P	1					.000
Totals		190	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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