1950 Macon Peaches Roster
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ivy Griffin (90-63)
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 134,680, Avg. 1,761
Playoffs - Macon Peaches 3 games, Charleston Rebels 2
Finals - Macon Peaches 4 games, Columbia Reds 0
The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1950 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the SAL.
The Peaches topped the circuit with 799 runs. Macon surrendered 624 runs. Lewis Davis led hitters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Stan Karpinski paced the squad with 20 wins, while Bill Seinsoth and Fred Wollpert, too added 15 or more wins, too Bill Seinsoth recorded a 2.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1950 Macon Peaches who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hal Kleine, Vern Morgan, Hal Quick and Barney Schultz.
Ivy Griffin served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Chuck Abernathy | L | L | November 1, 1922 | 6'3" | 190 | Los Angeles, CA US |
Chuck Balogh | R | R | August 18, 1923 | 5'9" | 160 | Quecreek, PA US |
Irving Boim | R | R | July 2, 1921 | 6'0" | 185 | Chicago, IL US |
Loran Chafin | L | August 9, 1926 | 5'8" | 160 | ||
Lewis Davis | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
John Ewaniak | R | 5'11" | 190 | |||
Ned Folmar | R | R | December 14, 1924 | 6'1" | 190 | Goshen, AL US |
Oscar Garmendia | R | R | 5'11" | 190 | , CU | |
Raymond Girdley | R | R | June 5, 1921 | 6'1" | 185 | Grayslake, IL US |
August Granzig | R | July 2, 1925 | 5'9" | 160 | ||
August Gregory | R | R | March 6, 1922 | 5'10" | 175 | Chicago, IL US |
Edward Gysen | R | R | December 11, 1918 | 6'1" | 195 | |
Billy Henderson | June 2, 1928 | |||||
Bill Hockenbury | R | R | June 11, 1924 | 6'2" | 200 | |
Lou Kahn | R | R | December 4, 1915 | 5'10" | 200 | St. Louis, MO US |
Stan Karpinski | R | R | May 19, 1922 | 6'2" | 205 | |
Roy Kerschke | R | February 18, 1926 | 5'10" | 175 | ||
Hal Kleine | L | L | June 8, 1923 | 6'2" | 193 | St. Louis, MO US |
Ed Kowalski | R | R | December 5, 1922 | 5'11" | 185 | Saginaw, MI US |
John Langgood | R | 5'10" | 165 | |||
Vern Morgan | L | R | August 8, 1928 | 6'1" | 190 | Emporia, VA US |
Mel Nee | R | R | October 17, 1922 | 6'0" | 180 | |
Ike Palmer | L | June 11, 1924 | 6'0" | 185 | Greenbrier, AR US | |
Joe Pennington | L | L | 6'0" | 174 | ||
Donald Phelps | L | November 13, 1921 | 5'11" | 190 | ||
Hal Quick | R | R | October 4, 1917 | 5'10" | 163 | Rome, GA US |
James Reggio | S | 5'9" | 170 | |||
Ken Rogers | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | South Amboy, NJ US | |
Ramon Salgado | R | R | 5'10" | 165 | ||
Barney Schultz | R | R | August 15, 1926 | 6'2" | 200 | Beverly, NJ US |
Bill Seinsoth | S | L | February 5, 1918 | 6'3" | 225 | Salt Lake City, UT US |
Norris Strickland | L | 6'2" | 192 | |||
Sid West | L | R | 5'11" | 204 | ||
Fred Wollpert | R | R | September 11, 1920 | 6'2" | 190 | Wickliffe, OH US |
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.