1950 Topeka Owls Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 58-81
Finished 6th in the WA
Manager: Butch Nieman (58-81)
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 106,250, Avg. 1,529

1950 Topeka Owls Roster

The Topeka Owls of the Western Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 58 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the WA.

The Owls plated 837 runs and gave up 899 runs. Butch Nieman led batters with significant playing time with a .314 average. Richard Pahmahmie topped Topeka with 11 wins, while James Price recorded a 3.41 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Butch Nieman played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Topeka Owls to do so.

Butch Nieman 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
Richard Pahmahmie	11	13	.458	5.10	35						224.0	280	153	127	22	90
Jack Dean	10	13	.435	5.73	34						168.0	233	145	107	16	70
Ben Lorino	7	6	.538	5.67	15						100.0	132	85	63	6	57
Joseph Adametz	7	7	.500	4.07	32						135.0	140	86	61	9	69
James Price	7	13	.350	3.41	24						145.0	130	74	55	9	61
Roger Grunwald	5	7	.417	6.33	23						108.0	124	91	76	11	87
John Leslie	4	8	.333	4.74	20						76.0	93	59	40	5	35
Shelby Kincaid	3	5	.375	5.84	13						57.0	77	53	37	4	39
Robert Scheer	1	4	.200	6.66	21						77.0	97	76	57	14	49
Paul Janik					11						0.0
Totals	55	76	.420	5.14	228	0	0	0	0	0	1090.0	1306	822	623	96	557	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
Bob Lee	132	528	528		159	17	12	10						.301	.301	.436	.737	230
Butch Nieman	139	481	481		151	25	9	28						.314	.314	.578	.892	278
Dick McConnell	127	470	470		118	12	3	1						.251	.251	.296	.547	139
Loren Packard	115	389	389		109	17	2	8						.280	.280	.396	.676	154
Gerald Nemitz	95	352	352		84	23	2	4						.239	.239	.349	.588	123
George Boselo	68	257	257		77	17	1	5						.300	.300	.432	.732	111
Joseph DiMartino	69	270	270		72	12	1	11						.267	.267	.441	.707	119
Donald Hoskin	87	274	274		68	9	4	0						.248	.248	.310	.558	85
Dana Atkins	69	264	264		67	13	2	4						.254	.254	.364	.617	96
Henry Specht	44	141	141		36	4	3	1						.255	.255	.348	.603	49
Edward Dobinski	32	124	124		35	5	0	2						.282	.282	.371	.653	46
Mace Pool	39	136	136		31	11	0	1						.228	.228	.331	.559	45
Jack Dean	36	72	72		19	6	0	0						.264	.264	.347	.611	25
Ben Lorino	28	56	56		17	3	1	0						.304	.304	.393	.696	22
Richard Pahmahmie	35	85	85		14	1	1	0						.165	.165	.200	.365	17
Richard Burgardt	26	78	78		13	1	0	1						.167	.167	.218	.385	17
James Price	33	62	62		11	1	0	0						.177	.177	.194	.371	12
Roger Grunwald	29	47	47		10	0	0	0						.213	.213	.213	.426	10
Leo Kedzierski	12	40	40		8	2	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	10
Don Breidenbach	18	61	61		7	2	0	0						.115	.115	.148	.262	9
William Scheffel	17	60	60		5	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	5
Joseph Adametz	32	45	45		4	2	0	0						.089	.089	.133	.222	6
John Leslie	20	25	25		3	0	0	0						.120	.120	.120	.240	3
Robert Scheer	23	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Paul Janik	11	16	16		1	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Shelby Kincaid	13	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Totals	1349	4377	4377	0	1122	183	41	76	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.369	.625	1615	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Richard Pahmahmie	P	35					.000
Jack Dean	P	34					.000
Joseph Adametz	P	32					.000
James Price	P	24					.000
Roger Grunwald	P	23					.000
Robert Scheer	P	21					.000
John Leslie	P	20					.000
Ben Lorino	P	15					.000
Shelby Kincaid	P	13					.000
Paul Janik	P	11					.000
Totals		228	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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