1950 Savannah Indians Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 83-70
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Red Norris (83-70)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 101,331, Avg. 1,325

1950 Savannah Indians Roster

Playoffs - Columbia Reds 3 games, Savannah Indians 2

The Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League ended the 1950 season with a record of 83 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Indians scored 741 runs and surrendered 693 runs. Joe Stringfellow paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .313. Tom Simpson topped Savannah with 14 wins, while Franklin Robinson earned a 2.78 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1950 Savannah Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Harrington, Tom Simpson, Art Ditmar, Mike Kume and Skeeter Kell.

Red Norris 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
Tom Simpson	14	9	.609	3.58	34						176.0	163	98	70	8	89
Art Ditmar	13	7	.650	4.22	31						190.0	197	104	89	12	84
Kelly Swift	11	8	.579	3.77	28						160.0	156	76	67	8	64
Franklin Robinson	9	7	.562	2.78	19						139.0	127	60	43	6	59
Ed Hrabcsak	9	8	.529	3.22	28						151.0	134	62	54	7	62
Vince Gohl	7	3	.700	3.33	27						119.0	109	50	44	9	59
Herbert Whitcomb	7	11	.389	3.48	29						168.0	181	86	65	6	74
Alfred Burch	3	3	.500	4.24	16						51.0	59	33	24	3	33
Don Whitmore	3	4	.429	4.11	8						46.0	51	27	21	4	18
James Bell	3	7	.300	4.78	14						64.0	54	39	34	3	59
Walter Wenclewicz	2	0	1.000	5.62	5						16.0	13	15	10	0	12
Mike Kume	1	0	1.000	3.86	4						7.0	9	6	3	0	6
Andrew Tranavitch	0	0			1						0.0
Bob Davis	0	0		0.00	5						11.0
William Garner	0	1	.000	22.50	2						2.0	5	5	5	1	2
Bill Harrington	0	2	.000	8.14	5						21.0	39	23	19	2	11
Totals	82	70	.539	3.73	256	0	0	0	0	0	1321.0	1297	684	548	69	632	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
Joe Stringfellow	141	473	473		148	30	2	13						.313	.313	.467	.780	221
Joe Mangini	154	564	564		146	22	3	9						.259	.259	.356	.615	201
Jim Edwards	152	517	517		139	20	6	8						.269	.269	.377	.646	195
Les Eggers	149	540	540		138	26	6	14						.256	.256	.404	.659	218
George Wright	143	547	547		137	19	6	5						.250	.250	.335	.585	183
Charles Kaiser	121	471	471		113	22	8	3						.240	.240	.340	.580	160
Otis Stephens	138	426	426		112	21	6	8						.263	.263	.397	.660	169
William Benton	111	359	359		91	14	6	4						.253	.253	.359	.613	129
Dick Jok	59	169	169		46	5	2	2						.272	.272	.361	.633	61
Skeeter Kell	22	86	86		26	6	0	1						.302	.302	.407	.709	35
Andrew Tranavitch	52	129	129		26	6	1	2						.202	.202	.310	.512	40
Theodore Zakrzewski	16	36	36		16	3	1	1						.444	.444	.667	1.111	24
Art Ditmar	32	70	70		14	1	0	0						.200	.200	.214	.414	15
Tom Simpson	37	66	66		12	1	0	1						.182	.182	.242	.424	16
Vince Gohl	29	47	47		10	1	1	0						.213	.213	.277	.489	13
Alfred Burch	23	35	35		9	1	1	0						.257	.257	.343	.600	12
Franklin Robinson	20	51	51		8	0	0	0						.157	.157	.157	.314	8
Kelly Swift	29	61	61		8	2	0	0						.131	.131	.164	.295	10
Ed Hrabcsak	28	57	57		7	1	0	0						.123	.123	.140	.263	8
Herbert Whitcomb	32	63	63		7	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	7
Hargrove Davis	17	31	31		3	0	0	0						.097	.097	.097	.194	3
James Bell	15	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Totals	1520	4820	4820	0	1217	201	49	71	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.252	.359	.611	1729	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tom Simpson	P	34					.000
Art Ditmar	P	31					.000
Herbert Whitcomb	P	29					.000
Kelly Swift	P	28					.000
Ed Hrabcsak	P	28					.000
Vince Gohl	P	27					.000
Franklin Robinson	P	19					.000
Alfred Burch	P	16					.000
James Bell	P	14					.000
Totals		226	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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