1950 West Palm Beach Indians Statistics
Team Record: 67-85
Finished 6th in the FIL
Manager: Clyde Smoll (0-0), Rudy Laskowski (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Connie Mack Field
Attendance: 57,078, Avg. 751
The West Palm Beach Indians of the Florida International League ended the 1950 season with a record of 67 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the FIL.
The Indians scored 514 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 626 runs. James Williams paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .237 average. Joe Murray topped West Palm Beach with 20 wins, while Rudy Paynich, too added 15 or more wins, too Arnie Portocarrero earned a 2.2 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1950 West Palm Beach Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Murray, Arnie Portocarrero and Woody Wheaton.
Clyde Smoll and Rudy Laskowski served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Murray | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2.94 | 42 | 266.0 | 245 | 118 | 87 | 1 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Paynich | 15 | 17 | .469 | 3.14 | 43 | 287.0 | 275 | 126 | 100 | 4 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Russell Swingle | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.93 | 34 | 163.0 | 141 | 68 | 53 | 2 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Portocarrero | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.20 | 27 | 168.0 | 145 | 52 | 41 | 2 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Woody Wheaton | 8 | 9 | .471 | 2.61 | 22 | 145.0 | 132 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Manus | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.76 | 19 | 70.0 | 71 | 46 | 37 | 2 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Jeff Warren | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Cave | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 64 | .496 | 2.95 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1099.0 | 1009 | 463 | 360 | 16 | 421 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilbur Phelps | 142 | 491 | 491 | 115 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .234 | .234 | .283 | .517 | 139 | |||||||||||
| Zigmond Emery | 130 | 455 | 455 | 107 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .279 | .514 | 127 | |||||||||||
| James Williams | 132 | 431 | 431 | 102 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .237 | .237 | .288 | .524 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Smith | 94 | 346 | 346 | 101 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .292 | .292 | .399 | .691 | 138 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Laskowski | 119 | 372 | 372 | 97 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .315 | .575 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Michael Ryan | 125 | 417 | 417 | 84 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .201 | .201 | .264 | .465 | 110 | |||||||||||
| Ted Browning | 85 | 323 | 323 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .316 | .563 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Bryan Howell | 53 | 209 | 209 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .344 | .617 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Donald Burson | 66 | 222 | 222 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .252 | .288 | .541 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Richard Kelly | 49 | 183 | 183 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .213 | .213 | .273 | .486 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Chester McDowell | 53 | 182 | 182 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .198 | .198 | .258 | .456 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Paynich | 48 | 113 | 113 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .195 | .195 | .221 | .416 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Huwer | 30 | 106 | 106 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .189 | .189 | .264 | .453 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Joe Murray | 44 | 91 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .220 | .429 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Blackburn | 28 | 102 | 102 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .216 | .402 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Woody Wheaton | 41 | 101 | 101 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .208 | .386 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Russell Swingle | 36 | 65 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .308 | .554 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Jim Vojcsik | 19 | 56 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .268 | .321 | .589 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Philip Angelevski | 19 | 59 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .356 | .610 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Aliperto | 22 | 67 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .313 | .537 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Jim Solt | 15 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Portocarrero | 28 | 57 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .140 | .263 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Rudy Halabuk | 12 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Manus | 24 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jeff Warren | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .556 | 1.000 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bob Samaras | 11 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .156 | .281 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Russ Clark | 23 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 3 | |||||||||||
| George Cave | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1472 | 4629 | 4629 | 0 | 1073 | 163 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .288 | .520 | 1333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Paynich | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Murray | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Russell Swingle | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Arnie Portocarrero | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Woody Wheaton | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Kenneth Manus | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Warren | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| George Cave | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 211 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
