1950 Portsmouth A's Statistics

Ohio-Indiana League (OOL) - Class: D
Team Record: 46-89
Finished 7th in the OOL
Manager: Walter Van Grofski (46-89)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Portsmouth, Ohio
Ballpark: Branch Rickey Park
Attendance: 21,685, Avg. 321

1950 Portsmouth A's Roster

The Portsmouth A's of the Ohio-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 46 wins and 89 losses, finishing seventh in the OOL.

The A's plated 568 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 866 runs. John Creighton paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .282. Jerry Minton topped Portsmouth with 9 wins and a team-best 4.78 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Walter Van Grofski 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
Jerry Minton	9	12	.429	4.78	31						162.0	159	114	86	8	115
Robert Darcy	6	7	.462	5.33	25						108.0	120	74	64	8	50
Jim Gifton	5	8	.385	6.78	24						81.0	105	69	61	4	61
Harold Mays	5	11	.312	4.82	20						114.0	126	73	61	7	63
Merle Gunnet	3	12	.200	6.35	23						102.0	117	84	72	8	79
Carroll Berger	2	1	.667	6.75	23						68.0	77	77	51	7	55
Lloyd Brill	2	6	.250	5.16	21						89.0	101	73	51	6	55
Robert Dodd	2	7	.222	5.35	14						74.0	86	54	44	5	38
Albert Lewetag					11						0.0
Totals	34	64	.347	5.53	192	0	0	0	0	0	798.0	891	618	490	53	516	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
Otto Brands	115	453	453		119	20	3	0						.263	.263	.320	.583	145
John Creighton	107	408	408		115	15	2	1						.282	.282	.336	.618	137
Robert Poprocky	114	397	397		110	20	5	5						.277	.277	.390	.668	155
William Lewison	129	432	432		106	17	1	0						.245	.245	.289	.535	125
Richard Kirk	86	316	316		93	18	4	6						.294	.294	.434	.728	137
Forrest Rende	105	360	360		92	20	0	14						.256	.256	.428	.683	154
Dick Schulte	81	276	276		81	18	3	8						.293	.293	.467	.761	129
Steve Sobocan	84	319	319		69	9	5	1						.216	.216	.285	.502	91
Ralph Jentsch	86	268	268		54	9	1	0						.201	.201	.243	.444	65
Dick Ramsey	88	202	202		45	9	3	4						.223	.223	.356	.579	72
Albert Forbes	46	172	172		42	8	4	2						.244	.244	.372	.616	64
Gene Myers	46	177	177		34	9	0	2						.192	.192	.277	.469	49
Bob Bubeck	43	149	149		32	6	0	3						.215	.215	.315	.530	47
Ronald Taliani	23	74	74		19	2	1	0						.257	.257	.311	.568	23
Jerry Minton	44	89	89		19	6	0	2						.213	.213	.348	.562	31
Robert Diedrick	19	68	68		17	1	0	0						.250	.250	.265	.515	18
Harold Mays	20	34	34		9	0	0	0						.265	.265	.265	.529	9
Lloyd Brill	22	31	31		8	0	0	0						.258	.258	.258	.516	8
Terry Scalzitti	12	42	42		8	1	0	0						.190	.190	.214	.405	9
Merle Gunnet	34	53	53		8	0	0	0						.151	.151	.151	.302	8
William Barney	13	40	40		7	1	0	0						.175	.175	.200	.375	8
Carroll Berger	24	23	23		5	1	0	0						.217	.217	.261	.478	6
Stanley Brill	18	51	51		5	0	0	0						.098	.098	.098	.196	5
Robert Dodd	14	21	21		3	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	3
Robert Darcy	25	31	31		3	0	0	0						.097	.097	.097	.194	3
Albert Lewetag	14	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Jim Gifton	24	15	15		1	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	1
Totals	1436	4512	4512	0	1106	190	32	48	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.245	.333	.578	1504	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jerry Minton	P	31					.000
Robert Darcy	P	25					.000
Jim Gifton	P	24					.000
Merle Gunnet	P	23					.000
Carroll Berger	P	23					.000
Lloyd Brill	P	21					.000
Harold Mays	P	20					.000
Robert Dodd	P	14					.000
Albert Lewetag	P	11					.000
Totals		192	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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