1950 Wilkes-Barre Indians Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 90-48
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Bill Norman (90-48)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 110,472, Avg. 1,601

1950 Wilkes-Barre Indians Roster

Playoffs - Wilkes-Barre Indians 4 games, Hartford Chiefs 2
Finals - Wilkes-Barre Indians 4 games, Binghamton Triplets 1

The Wilkes-Barre Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1950 season with a record of 90 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Indians led the circuit with just 557 runs allowed. Wilkes-Barre scored 705 runs. Nathaniel Clifton topped hitters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Sam Jones paced the team with 17 wins, while Bob Chakales added 15 or more wins, too Bob Chakales recorded a 2.04 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1950 Wilkes-Barre Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included José Santiago, Doug Hansen, Sam Jones, Bob Chakales and Dave Pope.

Bill Norman 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
Sam Jones	17	8	.680	2.71	30	25					219.0	164	90	66		127
Bob Chakales	16	5	.762	2.04	33						168.0	133	59	38		69
José Santiago	12	7	.632	3.26	36						141.0	118	58	51		80
John Masuga	12	7	.632	3.50	29						157.0	149	88	61		100
Ray Wicker	11	6	.647	5.12	24						146.0	186	91	83		56
Herbert Benzel	10	8	.556	3.88	32						139.0	125	68	60		88
Meredith Murray	8	7	.533	3.92	31						131.0	150	74	57		37
Norm Camp					14						0.0
Totals	86	48	.642	3.40	229	25	0	0	0	0	1101.0	1025	528	416	0	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
Doug Hansen	138	502	502		145	29	9	17						.289	.289	.484	.773	243
Kenneth Mapes	124	493	493		141	34	3	10						.286	.286	.428	.714	211
Don Mallott	133	515	515		137	19	7	1						.266	.266	.336	.602	173
Nathaniel Clifton	120	427	427		130	27	7	9						.304	.304	.464	.768	198
Dave Pope	120	403	403		108	13	18	8						.268	.268	.449	.717	181
George D'addario	110	362	362		97	25	2	2						.268	.268	.365	.633	132
Bud Hutson	111	344	344		87	12	10	4						.253	.253	.381	.634	131
Dick Kinaman	98	260	260		74	15	2	6						.285	.285	.427	.712	111
Milt Stockhausen	73	223	223		56	6	1	1						.251	.251	.300	.552	67
Ed Mutryn	81	202	202		48	9	1	6						.238	.238	.381	.619	77
Lee Carey	52	178	178		41	4	3	2						.230	.230	.320	.551	57
Bob Chakales	36	63	63		18	5	1	0						.286	.286	.397	.683	25
Sam Jones	29	80	80		18	1	0	0						.225	.225	.238	.462	19
Ray Wicker	31	54	54		14	3	0	0						.259	.259	.315	.574	17
Meredith Murray	38	43	43		11	0	0	0						.256	.256	.256	.512	11
John Masuga	33	53	53		9	2	0	0						.170	.170	.208	.377	11
Earl Girard	17	54	54		9	2	1	0						.167	.167	.241	.407	13
José Santiago	36	39	39		6	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	6
Jimmy King	12	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3
Norm Camp	15	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Herbert Benzel	32	44	44		1	0	0	0						.023	.023	.023	.045	1
Totals	1439	4377	4377	0	1155	206	65	66	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.386	.650	1689	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
José Santiago	P	36					.000
Bob Chakales	P	33					.000
Herbert Benzel	P	32					.000
Meredith Murray	P	31					.000
Sam Jones	P	30					.000
John Masuga	P	29					.000
Ray Wicker	P	24					.000
Norm Camp	P	14					.000
Totals		229	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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