1950 Newark Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 89-49
Finished 2nd in the OOL
Manager: Billy Holm (89-49)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, Ohio
Ballpark: Arnold Park
Attendance: 41,126, Avg. 596
Playoffs - Newark Yankees 3 games, Richmond Tigers 2
Finals - Marion Red Sox 4 games, Newark Yankees 0
The Newark Yankees of the Ohio-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 89 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the OOL.
The Yankees surrendered 604 runs, fewest in the league. Newark plated 857 runs. Jim Engleman led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .373. Thomas Peeler and George Gheta topped the team with 14 wins each, while George Gheta recorded a 2.42 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Hal Smith and Billy Holm both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Billy Holm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Peeler | 14 | 1 | .933 | 2.76 | 18 | 140.0 | 99 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 100 | |||||||||||
| George Gheta | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.42 | 19 | 149.0 | 138 | 53 | 40 | 6 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Krall | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.63 | 25 | 186.0 | 161 | 102 | 75 | 4 | 133 | |||||||||||
| Bill Burke | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.10 | 26 | 178.0 | 178 | 104 | 81 | 6 | 86 | |||||||||||
| John Bowles | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.79 | 39 | 102.0 | 84 | 50 | 43 | 10 | 38 | |||||||||||
| Louis Job | 11 | 15 | .423 | 3.14 | 29 | 218.0 | 193 | 98 | 76 | 6 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Russo | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.53 | 18 | 97.0 | 71 | 55 | 38 | 4 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Foley | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.04 | 8 | 50.0 | 51 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 86 | 45 | .656 | 3.41 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1120.0 | 975 | 553 | 424 | 41 | 653 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Engleman | 138 | 558 | 558 | 208 | 62 | 7 | 22 | .373 | .373 | .627 | 1.000 | 350 | |||||||||||
| Hal Smith | 121 | 480 | 480 | 174 | 45 | 4 | 7 | .362 | .362 | .517 | .879 | 248 | |||||||||||
| John Jaciuk | 138 | 546 | 546 | 162 | 45 | 9 | 16 | .297 | .297 | .500 | .797 | 273 | |||||||||||
| Tom Venditelli | 138 | 539 | 539 | 161 | 40 | 6 | 2 | .299 | .299 | .406 | .705 | 219 | |||||||||||
| Dewey Benson | 129 | 524 | 524 | 143 | 25 | 13 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .382 | .655 | 200 | |||||||||||
| Oscar Barham | 127 | 521 | 521 | 140 | 31 | 9 | 3 | .269 | .269 | .380 | .649 | 198 | |||||||||||
| Bill Lege | 130 | 427 | 427 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .297 | .536 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Dave Cook | 112 | 380 | 380 | 83 | 13 | 2 | 7 | .218 | .218 | .318 | .537 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Viotto | 40 | 142 | 142 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .289 | .289 | .486 | .775 | 69 | |||||||||||
| George Gheta | 21 | 63 | 63 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Krall | 53 | 132 | 132 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .129 | .129 | .174 | .303 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Herman McCann | 17 | 65 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .338 | .569 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Louis Job | 29 | 86 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .198 | .372 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Russo | 19 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .306 | .583 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Billy Holm | 24 | 52 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .250 | .442 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Foley | 11 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .409 | .409 | 1.000 | 1.409 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Bill Burke | 27 | 75 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .093 | .133 | .227 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Peeler | 22 | 57 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .123 | .228 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Bowles | 39 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .188 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1335 | 4737 | 4737 | 0 | 1324 | 315 | 54 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .412 | .692 | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bowles | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Job | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Burke | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| George Gheta | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Russo | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Peeler | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Patrick Foley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 157 | 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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