1950 St. Augustine Saints Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 6th in the FSL
Manager: Ernie Jenkins (0-0), Lyle Judy (0-0), Nick Starasta (0-0)
Location: St. Augustine, Florida
Ballpark: Francis Field
Attendance: 27,796, Avg. 397

1950 St. Augustine Saints Roster

The St. Augustine Saints of the Florida State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the FSL.

The Saints plated 727 runs and yielded 906 runs. Loran Chafin led hitters with significant playing time with a .360 average. George Erath topped St. Augustine with 17 wins and a team-best 2.91 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Lyle Judy played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the St. Augustine Saints to do so.

Ernie Jenkins, Lyle Judy and Nick Starasta 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
George Erath	17	8	.680	2.91	24						195.0	182	85	63		76
William MacDonald	10	12	.455	3.22	28						179.0	101	95	64		76
Jack Gilbert	6	10	.375	5.29	26						114.0	146	85	67		36
Russell Swingle	5	2	.714	1.83	9						69.0	58	24	14		11
Jim Ketcher	4	2	.667	3.93	10						55.0	62	31	24		19
Chester Ploch	3	6	.333	6.46	15						78.0	104	69	56		46
William Story	2	3	.400	6.59	13						56.0	87	55	41		28
Gene Nelson	2	5	.286	5.45	9						71.0	90	55	43		38
James Heavner	2	7	.222	6.11	13						81.0	99	74	55		45
Mac Crum	1	4	.200	3.93	8						55.0	62	35	24		31
Totals	52	59	.468	4.26	155	0	0	0	0	0	953.0	991	608	451	0	406	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
Loran Chafin	137	553	553		199	23	24	3						.360	.360	.505	.864	279
Lyle Judy	134	447	447		119	12	0	1						.266	.266	.300	.566	134
Eugene Pollard	131	481	481		106	14	12	0						.220	.220	.299	.520	144
Eldon Pichan	90	343	343		93	18	1	7						.271	.271	.391	.662	134
Hank Davis	86	306	306		81	15	3	4						.265	.265	.373	.637	114
Chester Ploch	59	290	290		80	10	0	0						.276	.276	.310	.586	90
Nick Starasta	66	248	248		76	12	3	5						.306	.306	.440	.746	109
Robert Pennington	56	237	237		60	8	0	0						.253	.253	.287	.540	68
Claude Shoemake	34	144	144		50	8	0	1						.347	.347	.424	.771	61
James Saladino	35	139	139		29	4	0	3						.209	.209	.302	.511	42
Joseph Simonian	47	112	112		27	1	1	1						.241	.241	.295	.536	33
Gene Petty	32	101	101		22	4	1	2						.218	.218	.337	.554	34
Bob McKee	30	115	115		19	1	0	0						.165	.165	.174	.339	20
Don Ford	14	57	57		15	0	0	1						.263	.263	.316	.579	18
Jack Gilbert	28	40	40		14	1	0	0						.350	.350	.375	.725	15
William MacDonald	32	75	75		12	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	12
Harold Riggs	18	16	16		10	1	0	0						.625	.625	.688	1.312	11
George Erath	27	74	74		10	2	0	0						.135	.135	.162	.297	12
Joseph Dees	19	58	58		8	0	0	1						.138	.138	.190	.328	11
Gene Koss	14	26	26		7	0	0	0						.269	.269	.269	.538	7
Willie Lovett	16	61	61		7	1	0	0						.115	.115	.131	.246	8
James Heavner	13	31	31		6	0	0	0						.194	.194	.194	.387	6
William Story	13	20	20		4	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Gene Nelson	10	30	30		4	1	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300	5
Jim Ketcher	12	22	22		3	0	0	0						.136	.136	.136	.273	3
Totals	1153	4026	4026	0	1061	136	45	29	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.341	.605	1374	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
William MacDonald	P	28					.000
Jack Gilbert	P	26					.000
George Erath	P	24					.000
William Story	P	13					.000
James Heavner	P	13					.000
Jim Ketcher	P	10					.000
Gene Nelson	P	9					.000
Totals		123	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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