1950 Sioux City Soos Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the WL
Manager: Hugh Poland (89-65)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Soos Park
Attendance: 143,237, Avg. 1,860

1950 Sioux City Soos Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Des Moines Bruins 2
Finals - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Wichita Indians 1

The Sioux City Soos of the Western League ended the 1950 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the WL.

The Soos scored 935 runs and gave up 779 runs. Ed Samcoff led all regular batters by hitting .307. Charlie Bishop topped Sioux City with 16 wins, while Walter Cox, too added 15 or more wins, too Walter Cox recorded a 3.35 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1950 Sioux City Soos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rance Pless, Bill Miller, Ray Katt, Charlie Bishop, Billy Gardner, Gail Henley, Ed Samcoff, Daryl Spencer, Bill Taylor and Bob Brady.

Hugh Poland 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
Charlie Bishop	16	9	.640	4.09	32						222.0	186	121	101	15	142
Walter Cox	15	7	.682	3.35	32						215.0	207	99	80	14	61
Dick Adair	14	8	.636	4.70	31						184.0	198	108	96	12	92
Jack Bell	10	7	.588	3.72	31						138.0	119	72	57	5	107
David Sayers	9	13	.409	5.85	39						137.0	145	109	89	28	58
John Walsh	8	6	.571	4.05	38						129.0	142	72	58	12	53
Bill Miller	5	3	.625	4.08	12						64.0	67	34	29	2	48
Chester Owen	4	1	.800	3.35	14						51.0	45	29	19	3	25
John Uber	4	9	.308	5.33	32						108.0	120	80	64	9	59
Leslie Klesitz	3	2	.600	4.00	7						45.0	38	34	20	3	41
Totals	88	65	.575	4.27	268	0	0	0	0	0	1293.0	1267	758	613	103	686	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
Billy Gardner	154	581	581		176	32	7	22						.303	.303	.496	.799	288
Ed Samcoff	149	553	553		170	30	8	13						.307	.307	.461	.769	255
Daryl Spencer	156	576	576		162	36	3	23						.281	.281	.474	.755	273
Allan Maul	148	521	521		138	25	1	17						.265	.265	.415	.679	216
Bill Taylor	105	376	376		130	36	2	30						.346	.346	.691	1.037	260
Ray Katt	134	465	465		130	25	1	10						.280	.280	.402	.682	187
Frank McArthur	144	446	446		115	17	3	11						.258	.258	.383	.641	171
Bill Pavlick	128	405	405		114	19	4	8						.281	.281	.407	.689	165
Gail Henley	97	355	355		113	19	3	22						.318	.318	.575	.893	204
Rance Pless	33	107	107		29	4	2	0						.271	.271	.346	.617	37
Nicholas Romeo	39	105	105		27	6	0	4						.257	.257	.429	.686	45
Pat Tomkinson	26	72	72		14	3	0	0						.194	.194	.236	.431	17
Bob Ludwig	13	35	35		11	4	0	0						.314	.314	.429	.743	15
Walter Cox	32	75	75		10	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	10
Charlie Bishop	39	81	81		10	0	0	0						.123	.123	.123	.247	10
Dick Adair	31	70	70		9	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.257	9
John Walsh	41	43	43		8	0	0	0						.186	.186	.186	.372	8
David Sayers	39	44	44		8	1	0	0						.182	.182	.205	.386	9
Bob Brady	10	30	30		7	1	0	1						.233	.233	.367	.600	11
John Olsen	11	33	33		7	0	1	0						.212	.212	.273	.485	9
Dick Anderson	11	23	23		6	1	0	0						.261	.261	.304	.565	7
James Mitchell	33	46	46		6	1	0	0						.130	.130	.152	.283	7
Jack Bell	31	43	43		5	0	0	0						.116	.116	.116	.233	5
Chester Owen	16	20	20		4	0	0	1						.200	.200	.350	.550	7
Leslie Klesitz	10	18	18		3	1	0	0						.167	.167	.222	.389	4
John Uber	38	32	32		3	0	0	0						.094	.094	.094	.188	3
Roy Drews	12	18	18		2	0	0	1						.111	.111	.278	.389	5
Bill Miller	12	22	22		1	0	0	0						.045	.045	.045	.091	1
Totals	1692	5195	5195	0	1418	261	35	163	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.431	.704	2238	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
David Sayers	P	39					.000
John Walsh	P	38					.000
John Uber	P	32					.000
Walter Cox	P	32					.000
Charlie Bishop	P	32					.000
Jack Bell	P	31					.000
Dick Adair	P	31					.000
Chester Owen	P	14					.000
Bill Miller	P	12					.000
Leslie Klesitz	P	7					.000
Totals		268	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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