1950 Sanford Spinners Roster

Tobacco State League (TSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 90-44
Finished 2nd in the TSL
Manager: Zeb Harrington (90-44)
Location: Sanford, North Carolina
Ballpark: Temple Park
Attendance: 19,686, Avg. 294
1950 Sanford Spinners Statistics

Playoffs - Sanford Spinners 4 games, Red Springs Red Robins 0
Finals - Rockingham Eagles 4 games, Sanford Spinners 3

The Sanford Spinners of the Tobacco State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 90 wins and 44 losses, finishing second in the TSL.

The Spinners allowed 530 runs, least in the league. Sanford plated 756 runs. Herbert May led all regular hitters by hitting .340. Hoyt Clegg earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Clayton Andrews and Harry Storch added 15 or more wins, too Clayton Andrews registered a 2.63 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers. Zeb Harrington served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Clayton AndrewsRR6'3"195
William BallingerJanuary 17, 1926
Rick CauseyLLMay 14, 19255'9"179
Hoyt CleggRR5'8"160
Billie FrazierRR5'10"160
James GingerellaR5'9"180
Fred Hermann
Frank LuchettaL5'8"160
Herbert MayRFebruary 23, 19246'2"164
Jim PettitRJune 16, 19295'10"175
Donald RichardsL5'10"160
Robert RitterLFebruary 26, 19275'11"165
Pete SasserRRMarch 3, 1930Sanford, NC US
C. K. Siler
Ziggy SklodowskiRApril 2, 19285'10"180Paterson, NJ US
Gene StewartLDecember 12, 19276'1"180
Harry StorchJuly 29, 1930
Harold TeerRNovember 3, 19275'10"155
Robert ThompsonRRJune 24, 19305'9"130Greensboro, NC US
Stephen WalkerSApril 17, 19235'9"157, NC 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.




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