1950 Baxley-Hazlehurst Red Sox Roster
Team Record: 48-91
Finished 8th in the GSL
Manager: Bill Enos (48-91)
Location: Baxley, Georgia; Hazlehurst, Georgia
Ballpark: Baxley Baseball Park
Attendance: 25,000, Avg. 360
The Baxley-Hazlehurst Red Sox of the Georgia State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 48 wins and 91 losses, finishing eighth in the GSL.
The Sox scored 664 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 922 runs, most in the circuit. Chuck Oertel led batters with significant playing time by hitting .352. Paul Gehringer and Kip Sengstock topped Baxley-Hazlehurst with 13 wins each, while Paul Gehringer registered a 3.84 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Chuck Oertel played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Baxley-Hazlehurst Red Sox to do so.
Bill Enos served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Barone | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
| William Bolch | ||||||
| Harold Bryant | R | 5'8" | 160 | |||
| Robert Cannon | R | L | 5'11" | 215 | ||
| Leo Christopher | July 14, 1930 | St. Louis, MO US | ||||
| James Conner | ||||||
| Lawrence Cunningham | February 7, 1928 | Winnipeg, MB CA | ||||
| Douglas Daniel | ||||||
| Bill Enos | L | August 5, 1920 | 5'10" | 184 | ||
| Paul Gehringer | R | R | 6'1" | 187 | ||
| Gerald Granger | ||||||
| William Harris | R | 5'11" | 190 | |||
| William Hopkins | ||||||
| William Kushta | R | 5'7" | 175 | |||
| Don Lewis | R | June 6, 1929 | 5'11" | 155 | Saginaw, MI US | |
| Jack Milster | ||||||
| Daniel O'Malley | ||||||
| Chuck Oertel | L | R | March 12, 1931 | 5'8" | 165 | Coffeyville, KS US |
| Charles Rodriguez | R | 5'8" | 150 | |||
| Kip Sengstock | R | July 29, 1928 | 5'11" | 165 | ||
| Walter Sowers | L | July 4, 1926 | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Cecil Stackpole | ||||||
| Jerry Tripod | December 25, 1929 | 192 | Paragould, AR US | |||
| Clarence Wargo | 5'8" | 165 | ||||
| Gil Wick | R | R | May 2, 1929 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| William Wills | ||||||
| Bill Zwirko | April 17, 1929 |
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.
