1950 Springfield Giants Statistics

Ohio-Indiana League (OOL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-64
Finished 5th in the OOL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (72-64)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 37,619, Avg. 553

1950 Springfield Giants Roster

Playoffs - Marion Red Sox 3 games, Springfield Giants 1

The Springfield Giants of the Ohio-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 72 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the OOL.

The Giants scored 861 runs and surrendered 783 runs. Ben Haddix led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Theodore Birkeland earned 24 wins on the mound for Springfield, while Robert Quirk, too added 15 or more wins, too Theodore Birkeland earned a 3.08 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Eddie Bressoud and Andy Gilbert both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Andy Gilbert 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
Theodore Birkeland	24	4	.857	3.08	31						248.0	251	117	85	7	98
Robert Quirk	15	12	.556	4.62	31						232.0	263	143	119	21	70
Bob Purcell	13	13	.500	4.83	35						220.0	208	148	118	9	182
Wesley Rinker	5	3	.625	4.06	14						71.0	76	38	32	9	28
Malcolm Landry	5	9	.357	5.40	18						115.0	122	88	69	8	85
William Slade	4	4	.500	5.43	10						63.0	68	45	38	9	45
Arthur Perina	4	10	.286	4.93	33						137.0	161	118	75	6	121
William Reynard	1	5	.167	5.62	20						48.0	47	40	30	2	45
Andy Gilbert					11						0.0
Totals	71	60	.542	4.49	203	0	0	0	0	0	1134.0	1196	737	566	71	674	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
Andrew Rellick	137	585	585		174	22	7	23						.297	.297	.477	.774	279
Ben Haddix	137	554	554		170	30	4	7						.307	.307	.413	.720	229
Fred Petty	129	515	515		142	21	5	12						.276	.276	.406	.682	209
Wayne Yoder	136	518	518		140	21	4	12						.270	.270	.396	.666	205
Albert Graziosa	119	437	437		115	25	7	3						.263	.263	.373	.636	163
Andy Gilbert	95	294	294		114	28	1	37						.388	.388	.867	1.255	255
Johnny Fulmer	102	327	327		88	12	6	6						.269	.269	.398	.667	130
Eddie Bressoud	70	250	250		60	14	3	2						.240	.240	.344	.584	86
Vince Capece	54	184	184		47	13	1	3						.255	.255	.386	.641	71
John Buehler	63	194	194		39	3	0	1						.201	.201	.232	.433	45
Robert Quirk	47	140	140		31	10	0	1						.221	.221	.314	.536	44
Bob Purcell	36	92	92		27	5	1	2						.293	.293	.435	.728	40
Theodore Birkeland	32	101	101		23	7	0	0						.228	.228	.297	.525	30
James Hopkins	35	82	82		21	7	0	0						.256	.256	.341	.598	28
Edward Sikorski	20	73	73		17	1	2	1						.233	.233	.342	.575	25
Arthur Perina	33	45	45		10	2	0	2						.222	.222	.400	.622	18
Malcolm Landry	19	37	37		6	1	0	1						.162	.162	.270	.432	10
William Reynard	21	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Wesley Rinker	14	27	27		3	1	0	0						.111	.111	.148	.259	4
William Slade	10	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Totals	1309	4488	4488	0	1232	223	41	113	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.418	.693	1876	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Purcell	P	35					.000
Arthur Perina	P	33					.000
Robert Quirk	P	31					.000
Theodore Birkeland	P	31					.000
William Reynard	P	20					.000
Malcolm Landry	P	18					.000
Wesley Rinker	P	14					.000
William Slade	P	10					.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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