1950 Brownsville Charros Roster
Team Record: 80-67
Finished 4th in the RGVL
Manager: Joe King (80-67)
Location: Brownsville, Texas
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 56,146, Avg. 764
Playoffs - Harlingen Capitols 4 games, Brownsville Charros 2
The Brownsville Charros of the Rio Grande Valley League ended the 1950 season with a record of 80 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the RGVL.
The Charros scored 1030 runs and surrendered 943 runs. Juan Perez led Brownsville with 28 home runs, while Joe King, Robert Brown, Edward Rzendzian, Peter Zmitrovich, Gene Chaon and Curtis Ray each walloped 15 or more also. Gene Chaon drove in 133 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .327 clip. Francis Mehal paced the squad with 13 wins, and Donald Parsons registered a 4.19 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Monty Stratton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Brownsville Charros to do so.
Joe King served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Adkisson | R | R | March 27, 1931 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| James Ahrend | L | R | July 9, 1927 | 6'0" | 174 | |
| Charles Baker | R | R | 6'0" | 165 | ||
| Mike Boettcher | L | June 25, 1921 | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Thomas Brophy | L | June 5, 1929 | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Robert Brousseau | ||||||
| Robert Brown | L | 6'0" | 173 | |||
| Harold Bunch | January 4, 1930 | 6'3" | 180 | |||
| José Castro | L | L | March 19, 1918 | , MX | ||
| Gene Chaon | R | R | October 20, 1929 | 6'0" | 195 | Sidney, NE US |
| Wilmer Chappell | L | 5'9" | 155 | |||
| Dale Copps | L | 6'0" | 185 | |||
| Carlos Cowan | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Tom De la Rosa | ||||||
| Teddy Eberhard | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Alberto Esqueda | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Ralph Finch | ||||||
| Jack Golden | R | June 18, 1928 | 5'11" | 170 | New Orleans, LA US | |
| Copeland Goss | R | R | 6'2" | 212 | ||
| Joe King | R | 6'2" | 220 | |||
| John Knoke | R | R | 6'1" | 182 | ||
| Thomas Kruta | S | L | June 21, 1926 | 5'10" | Oklahoma City, OK US | |
| Jose Lopez | R | R | 6'1" | 195 | ||
| Hervey McLeod | L | R | January 12, 1919 | 6'0" | ||
| Robert Megarity | R | 6'2" | 175 | |||
| Francis Mehal | R | R | 6'0" | 163 | ||
| Fabian Mendoza | R | R | 5'6" | 170 | ||
| John Myers | L | L | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Juan Navarro | R | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Donald Parsons | L | L | 5'10" | 160 | ||
| Juan Perez | ||||||
| Juan Perez | R | 5'10" | 190 | |||
| Dick Przybylski | L | L | December 27, 1925 | 192 | Detroit, MI US | |
| Curtis Ray | L | 6'3" | 192 | |||
| Roberto Rodriguez | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Edward Rzendzian | R | 5'11" | 182 | |||
| Hershel Steele | R | 5'10" | 160 | |||
| Louis Stoops | R | December 11, 1931 | 6'1" | 165 | Cape Girardeau, MO US | |
| Monty Stratton | R | R | May 21, 1912 | 6'5" | 180 | Wagner, TX US |
| Bryan Stubbs | L | January 11, 1929 | 5'11" | 145 | DeWitt County, TX US | |
| William Thomas | R | R | January 9, 1905 | 5'11" | 180 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Lee Townsen | ||||||
| Charlie Weber | R | August 6, 1926 | 5'10" | 170 | Freeburg, IL US | |
| Peter Zmitrovich | R | 5'11" | 185 |
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.
