1950 Waterloo White Hawks Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 70-56
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Otto Denning (70-56)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 119,244, Avg. 1,893

1950 Waterloo White Hawks Roster

Playoffs - Danville Dodgers 3 games, Waterloo White Hawks 0

The Waterloo White Hawks of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1950 season with a record of 70 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.

The White Hawks scored 663 runs and gave up 619 runs. Andrew Baud led all regular batters with a .318 average. Vito Valentinetti topped Waterloo with 12 wins, while Billy Best recorded a 3.62 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1950 Waterloo White Hawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Vito Valentinetti, Joe Kirrene, Ed White, Otto Denning, Bill Fischer and Red Wilson.

Otto Denning 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
Vito Valentinetti	12	6	.667	4.02	22						141.0	130	74	63	18	43
Bill Fischer	11	7	.611	4.12	25	25					177.0	155	97	81	9	93
Billy Best	10	10	.500	3.62	29						174.0	167	85	70	11	86
Richard Duffy	9	8	.529	4.14	31						176.0	151	106	81	15	131
Ray Pope	8	6	.571	3.73	25						99.0	96	55	41	10	52
John Zuchnik	8	7	.533	3.96	43			0			100.0	100	56	44	6	31		44
Billy Dufour	5	2	.714	2.90	7						59.0	43	21	19	4	21
William Cannon	3	2	.600	4.42	17						59.0	59	35	29	4	35
Totals	66	48	.579	3.91	199	25	0	0	0	0	985.0	901	529	428	77	492	0	44	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
Del Lang	121	447	447		129	18	10	10						.289	.289	.441	.729	197
George Verespy	101	387	387		117	16	2	4						.302	.302	.385	.687	149
Andrew Baud	93	352	352		112	16	8	5						.318	.318	.452	.770	159
Sam Kanelos	118	441	441		108	15	4	5						.245	.245	.331	.576	146
Gene Thomas	101	338	338		104	15	3	25						.308	.308	.592	.899	200
Ed White	70	273	273		96	18	8	4						.352	.352	.520	.872	142
Gene Petralli	80	282	282		81	19	6	11						.287	.287	.514	.801	145
Red Wilson	67	235	235		75	15	2	11						.319	.319	.540	.860	127
Joe Kirrene	83	279	279		65	12	3	9						.233	.233	.394	.627	110
Art Thrasher	56	158	158		44	8	2	1						.278	.278	.373	.652	59
Dick Anderson	32	115	115		28	7	0	1						.243	.243	.330	.574	38
Paul Box	33	125	125		24	4	0	0						.192	.192	.224	.416	28
Jacob Charter	35	84	84		18	2	0	0						.214	.214	.238	.452	20
Bill Fischer	31	80	80		17	3	0	1						.212	.212	.288	.500	23
Richard Duffy	31	54	54		10	0	0	0						.185	.185	.185	.370	10
Bud Wessell	11	31	31		8	1	1	0						.258	.258	.355	.613	11
John Gugala	16	44	44		8	1	0	0						.182	.182	.205	.386	9
Dan Phalen	11	31	31		7	1	0	1						.226	.226	.355	.581	11
Billy Best	30	60	60		7	0	1	0						.117	.117	.150	.267	9
William Cannon	17	18	18		5	0	0	0						.278	.278	.278	.556	5
John Zuchnik	43	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357	5
Ray Pope	26	30	30		5	1	0	0						.167	.167	.200	.367	6
Orient Martella	14	33	33		5	2	1	0						.152	.152	.273	.424	9
Bob Huddleston	15	41	41		4	1	0	0						.098	.098	.122	.220	5
Vito Valentinetti	22	42	42		4	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	4
Otto Denning	12	14	14		2	1	0	0						.143	.143	.214	.357	3
Totals	1269	4022	4022	0	1088	176	51	88	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.405	.676	1630	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Zuchnik	P	43					.000
Richard Duffy	P	31					.000
Billy Best	P	29					.000
Ray Pope	P	25					.000
Bill Fischer	P	25					.000
Vito Valentinetti	P	22					.000
William Cannon	P	17					.000
Totals		192	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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