1950 Welch Miners Statistics
Team Record: 46-76
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Eddie Morgan (0-0), Woody Wheaton (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Attendance: 34,000, Avg. 557
The Welch Miners of the Appalachian League ended the 1950 season with a record of 46 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Miners scored 810 runs and allowed 962 runs. Willard Johnson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Ralph McCray topped Welch with 12 wins and a team-best 5.56 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Eddie Morgan and Woody Wheaton both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Eddie Morgan and Woody Wheaton 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph McCray | 12 | 13 | .480 | 5.56 | 38 | 186.0 | 192 | 138 | 115 | 122 | ||||||||||||
William Winter | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.79 | 14 | 70.0 | 75 | 55 | 45 | 51 | ||||||||||||
John Pickrell | 5 | 10 | .333 | 6.00 | 27 | 120.0 | 144 | 125 | 80 | 107 | ||||||||||||
Woody Wheaton | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.35 | 17 | 95.0 | 133 | 78 | 67 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Stan Surdy | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.91 | 15 | 56.0 | 85 | 66 | 43 | 38 | ||||||||||||
John Lucosky | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.20 | 10 | 50.0 | 55 | 51 | 40 | 58 | ||||||||||||
Donald Burke | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
John Mumford | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Bristow | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Gifton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.20 | 12 | 46.0 | 74 | 58 | 47 | 32 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 28 | 47 | .373 | 6.31 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 623.0 | 758 | 571 | 437 | 0 | 430 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willard Johnson | 123 | 459 | 459 | 146 | 35 | 11 | 6 | .318 | .318 | .481 | .800 | 221 | |||||||||||
Lou Dolci | 112 | 444 | 444 | 134 | 21 | 6 | 20 | .302 | .302 | .511 | .813 | 227 | |||||||||||
Fred Weidig | 121 | 454 | 454 | 134 | 23 | 9 | 10 | .295 | .295 | .452 | .747 | 205 | |||||||||||
Jack Cherry | 99 | 371 | 371 | 102 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .275 | .275 | .350 | .625 | 130 | |||||||||||
Lewis Richardson | 88 | 304 | 304 | 98 | 22 | 2 | 19 | .322 | .322 | .595 | .918 | 181 | |||||||||||
Eddie Morgan | 67 | 218 | 218 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 12 | .399 | .399 | .665 | 1.064 | 145 | |||||||||||
Bob Ganung | 108 | 340 | 340 | 78 | 17 | 5 | 4 | .229 | .229 | .344 | .574 | 117 | |||||||||||
Bob Gruber | 66 | 218 | 218 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .266 | .266 | .330 | .596 | 72 | |||||||||||
Kendall Umbach | 44 | 165 | 165 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .297 | .527 | 49 | |||||||||||
Richard McNemer | 43 | 143 | 143 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .252 | .252 | .448 | .699 | 64 | |||||||||||
Dale Hess | 41 | 138 | 138 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .232 | .239 | .471 | 33 | |||||||||||
Woody Wheaton | 36 | 100 | 100 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .330 | .590 | 33 | |||||||||||
Ralph McCray | 41 | 88 | 88 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .261 | .352 | .614 | 31 | |||||||||||
Henry Duncan | 21 | 72 | 72 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .181 | .264 | .444 | 19 | |||||||||||
John Pickrell | 33 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .204 | .370 | 11 | |||||||||||
Louis Morton | 16 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .370 | .630 | 10 | |||||||||||
Lloyd Swain | 11 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | 7 | |||||||||||
Bob Bubeck | 13 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .257 | .429 | 9 | |||||||||||
Donald Kraft | 17 | 57 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | 9 | |||||||||||
Bobby Bridges | 11 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .308 | .462 | .769 | 6 | |||||||||||
John Mumford | 10 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 6 | |||||||||||
Jim Gifton | 12 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | |||||||||||
William Winter | 17 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 8 | |||||||||||
Stan Surdy | 18 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
Donald Burke | 12 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | |||||||||||
John Lucosky | 12 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .042 | .042 | .042 | .083 | 1 | |||||||||||
Frank Bristow | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1202 | 3858 | 3858 | 0 | 1062 | 200 | 50 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .416 | .691 | 1605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph McCray | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
John Pickrell | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
Stan Surdy | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
William Winter | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
Jim Gifton | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Donald Burke | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
John Mumford | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
John Lucosky | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Frank Bristow | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 148 | 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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