1950 Superior Blues Statistics
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Ben Huffman (0-0), Red Kress (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Superior Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 67,702, Avg. 1,083
Playoffs - Superior Blues 3 games, Eau Claire Bears 1
Finals - Sioux Falls Canaries 4 games, Superior Blues 1
The Superior Blues of the Northern League ended the 1950 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Blues scored 653 runs and allowed 601 runs. Ken Landenberger paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Jack Virkstis topped Superior with 18 wins and a team-best 3.04 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1950 Superior Blues who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Red Kress, Ben Huffman and Ken Landenberger.
Ben Huffman and Red Kress 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Virkstis | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.04 | 32 | 219.0 | 172 | 86 | 74 | 8 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Ron Ploetz | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.50 | 22 | 134.0 | 121 | 85 | 67 | 3 | 121 | |||||||||||
| James Pavlica | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.29 | 25 | 175.0 | 139 | 79 | 64 | 5 | 107 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mueller | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.95 | 16 | 80.0 | 92 | 54 | 44 | 3 | 36 | |||||||||||
| William Cannon | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.05 | 14 | 59.0 | 54 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gura | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.16 | 16 | 67.0 | 73 | 48 | 31 | 6 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Bob Black | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.60 | 14 | 80.0 | 92 | 45 | 32 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Alvin Johnson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.81 | 12 | 48.0 | 58 | 41 | 31 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Red Kress | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.00 | 4 | 27.0 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 45 | .571 | 3.74 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 889.0 | 822 | 475 | 369 | 38 | 532 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Landenberger | 124 | 466 | 466 | 143 | 28 | 6 | 6 | .307 | .307 | .431 | .738 | 201 | |||||||||||
| James Thompson | 124 | 458 | 458 | 133 | 25 | 8 | 5 | .290 | .290 | .413 | .703 | 189 | |||||||||||
| Dick Anderson | 90 | 330 | 330 | 114 | 20 | 7 | 3 | .345 | .345 | .476 | .821 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Pel Austin | 101 | 392 | 392 | 109 | 14 | 2 | 6 | .278 | .278 | .370 | .648 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Fred Boseo | 87 | 340 | 340 | 84 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .247 | .247 | .324 | .571 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Al Fahringer | 93 | 316 | 316 | 73 | 9 | 6 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .345 | .576 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Marty Kaelin | 66 | 224 | 224 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .330 | .607 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Art Thrasher | 53 | 163 | 163 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .362 | .656 | 59 | |||||||||||
| John Gugala | 66 | 186 | 186 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .296 | .522 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Morgan | 36 | 143 | 143 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .371 | .643 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Sturdivant | 40 | 157 | 157 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .261 | .503 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Terry Thomas | 35 | 136 | 136 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .265 | .265 | .382 | .647 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Peter Coorlas | 17 | 59 | 59 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 | .322 | .322 | .644 | 19 | |||||||||||
| James Pavlica | 40 | 72 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .292 | .528 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jack Virkstis | 33 | 81 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .210 | .272 | .481 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Steve Tarczy | 12 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .324 | .324 | .351 | .676 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Frank Gura | 22 | 43 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .279 | .326 | .605 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Joe DeGrazia | 21 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Gebhardt | 22 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 12 | |||||||||||
| James McDonald | 14 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .293 | .512 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jacob Charter | 13 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .294 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bob Black | 15 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Ron Ploetz | 22 | 44 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .114 | .114 | .159 | .273 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Alvin Johnson | 13 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Robert Mueller | 16 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | |||||||||||
| William Cannon | 14 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1189 | 3900 | 3900 | 0 | 1055 | 159 | 48 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .271 | .361 | .632 | 1409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Virkstis | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| James Pavlica | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Ploetz | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Mueller | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Gura | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| William Cannon | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Black | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Alvin Johnson | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Red Kress | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 155 | 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.
