1950 Sioux Falls Canaries Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 70-55
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Lee Eilbracht (70-55)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Howard Wood Field
Attendance: 94,001, Avg. 1,504

1950 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster

Playoffs - Sioux Falls Canaries 3 games, St. Cloud Rox 0
Finals - Sioux Falls Canaries 4 games, Superior Blues 1

The Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League ended the 1950 season with a record of 70 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Canaries scored 695 runs and yielded 585 runs. Howard Boles led hitters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Bob Hartig topped Sioux Falls with 18 wins and a team-best 2.44 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Harry Bright played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sioux Falls Canaries to do so.

Lee Eilbracht 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
Bob Hartig	18	9	.667	2.44	31						210.0	152	68	57	8	91
Bob Saban	14	8	.636	2.79	25						171.0	129	67	53	8	84
August Vierira	10	9	.526	4.20	26						163.0	143	98	76	11	128
Alby Plain	9	6	.600	3.08	16						114.0	102	48	39	6	31
Walter Koehler	7	9	.438	5.04	23						125.0	134	91	70	3	99
Ray Peet	5	2	.714	3.00	10						69.0	66	29	23	1	47
Darrell Rothrock	3	8	.273	3.94	16						96.0	112	59	42	3	45
Totals	66	51	.564	3.42	147	0	0	0	0	0	948.0	838	460	360	40	525	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
Howard Boles	125	451	451		141	28	6	22						.313	.313	.548	.860	247
Richard Lloyd	122	500	500		140	21	7	0						.280	.280	.350	.630	175
Lee Bohlender	125	473	473		129	19	9	10						.273	.273	.414	.687	196
Ted Sterger	112	422	422		126	24	12	2						.299	.299	.427	.725	180
Bernard Kozub	113	405	405		103	16	6	6						.254	.254	.368	.622	149
Robert Hanny	87	326	326		82	14	6	4						.252	.252	.368	.620	120
Lee Eilbracht	88	251	251		73	20	3	8						.291	.291	.490	.781	123
Rube Walker	83	244	244		61	9	0	7						.250	.250	.373	.623	91
Dick Heitholt	70	246	246		57	5	1	3						.232	.232	.297	.528	73
Bob Mather	49	152	152		42	7	1	0						.276	.276	.336	.612	51
Bob Hartig	32	86	86		20	1	1	0						.233	.233	.267	.500	23
Ralph Brockert	26	74	74		17	1	0	0						.230	.230	.243	.473	18
Walter Koehler	29	58	58		16	1	1	0						.276	.276	.328	.603	19
Harry Bright	16	43	43		11	2	1	1						.256	.256	.419	.674	18
Alby Plain	18	45	45		10	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	10
Jack Hasten	21	64	64		10	1	1	0						.156	.156	.203	.359	13
Darrell Rothrock	16	32	32		7	2	0	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	9
Bob Saban	30	67	67		7	4	1	1						.104	.104	.239	.343	16
Daniel Wozniak	10	22	22		4	0	2	0						.182	.182	.364	.545	8
Ray Peet	10	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
August Vierira	26	50	50		2	0	0	0						.040	.040	.040	.080	2
Totals	1208	4032	4032	0	1060	175	58	64	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.383	.646	1543	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Hartig	P	31					.000
August Vierira	P	26					.000
Bob Saban	P	25					.000
Walter Koehler	P	23					.000
Darrell Rothrock	P	16					.000
Alby Plain	P	16					.000
Ray Peet	P	10					.000
Totals		147	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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