1950 Utica Blue Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-73
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Lee Riley (64-73)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Ambrose McConnell Field
Attendance: 57,139, Avg. 834

1950 Utica Blue Sox Roster

The Utica Blue Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1950 season with a record of 64 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Blue Sox scored 683 runs and allowed 740 runs. William Spangler paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .295. Bill George topped Utica with 12 wins, while Archie Luba recorded a 3.93 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1950 Utica Blue Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Thornton Kipper, Mel Clark, Joe Buzas, Vic Barnhart and Ralph Brickner.

Lee Riley 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
Bill George	12	11	.522	4.08	36						216.0	246	131	98		75
William Fogg	11	16	.407	5.13	35						193.0	205	138	110		131
Bill Jankowski	10	13	.435	4.72	36						206.0	202	127	108		126
Archie Luba	9	9	.500	3.93	24						151.0	149	72	66		40
Bill Koszarek	8	13	.381	4.60	35						186.0	224	126	95		98
Thornton Kipper	4	5	.444	6.23	17						78.0	97	58	54		29
Alex Burkhart	3	2	.600	4.03	15						58.0	50	30	26		33
Ralph Brickner	2	0	1.000	7.50	10						12.0	18	12	10		7
Robert Kowalski					23						0.0
Totals	59	69	.461	4.64	231	0	0	0	0	0	1100.0	1191	694	567	0	539	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
William Spangler	131	498	498		147	24	4	3						.295	.295	.378	.673	188
Walter Derucki	131	489	489		139	33	4	10						.284	.284	.429	.714	210
Charles Hood	135	494	494		135	23	10	9						.273	.273	.415	.688	205
Mel Clark	91	352	352		117	19	7	2						.332	.332	.443	.776	156
Joe Mayer	111	406	406		107	15	1	2						.264	.264	.320	.584	130
Frank McConvery	120	409	409		103	18	5	2						.252	.252	.335	.587	137
Fred Speranza	125	401	401		96	26	3	9						.239	.239	.387	.626	155
Joseph Tesauro	83	297	297		87	15	7	2						.293	.293	.411	.704	122
Vic Barnhart	50	170	170		53	9	1	2						.312	.312	.412	.724	70
Joe Buzas	61	153	153		44	8	1	0						.288	.288	.353	.641	54
John Lorenz	48	172	172		42	6	3	3						.244	.244	.366	.610	63
William Loos	36	119	119		33	5	1	1						.277	.277	.361	.639	43
Royce Watson	38	129	129		29	5	0	0						.225	.225	.264	.488	34
Joe Langworthy	51	97	97		28	3	0	0						.289	.289	.320	.608	31
Bill Jankowski	48	80	80		25	2	1	0						.312	.312	.362	.675	29
William Fogg	36	65	65		10	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	10
Bill Koszarek	35	56	56		7	3	0	0						.125	.125	.179	.304	10
Archie Luba	24	42	42		6	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	6
Thornton Kipper	17	29	29		5	2	0	0						.172	.172	.241	.414	7
Robert Kowalski	22	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Bill George	36	57	57		2	0	0	0						.035	.035	.035	.070	2
Ralph Brickner	10	1	1		1	1	0	0						1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2
Alex Burkhart	23	19	19		1	0	0	0						.053	.053	.053	.105	1
Totals	1462	4547	4547	0	1220	217	48	45	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.367	.635	1668	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bill Jankowski	P	36					.000
Bill George	P	36					.000
Bill Koszarek	P	35					.000
William Fogg	P	35					.000
Archie Luba	P	24					.000
Robert Kowalski	P	23					.000
Thornton Kipper	P	17					.000
Alex Burkhart	P	15					.000
Ralph Brickner	P	10					.000
Totals		231	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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