1950 Tifton Blue Sox Roster

Georgia State League (GSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 6th in the GSL
Manager: William Barnes (0-0), Dave Coble (0-0)
Location: Tifton, Georgia
Ballpark: Eve Park
Attendance: 54,784, Avg. 788
1950 Tifton Blue Sox Statistics

The Tifton Blue Sox of the Georgia State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing sixth in the GSL.

The Blue Sox scored 772 runs and yielded 825 runs. Gill Daley led batters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Jerry Simon topped Tifton with 13 wins, while Frank Christie registered a 3.76 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Don Manno played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tifton Blue Sox to do so.

William Barnes and Dave Coble served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Robert Barnes
William Barnes6'0"170
Al BaskinRRSeptember 4, 19266'0"190Meridian, MS US
Thomas Batty
Robert BetancourtRRAugust 17, 19305'11"156
Howard BowenMarch 5, 1930
Frank ChristieRRAugust 8, 19225'8"160
Franklin CooperL5'11"170
Gill DaleyLFebruary 20, 19276'0"175Screven County, GA US
Edmond DickermanR5'8"160
Thomas Druga
Luis FernandezRR5'5"153
Tigner Hobbs
Don MannoRRMay 4, 19156'1"190Williamsport, PA US
Julius McDougald
Robert McKennaR5'11"185
Clarence McKinneyR6'2"170
Robert Miller
James MorrisonMay 7, 1928192Anderson, SC US
Richard MyersRL6'0"168
Delane NoahL5'11"165
Eugene Parnell
Stewart RilesR5'10"175
Jerry SimonRRJuly 15, 19296'1"158
Ray StocktonLApril 12, 19316'2"180
Kurtis Swain
Donald Whitehead
Hugh Wolf
Nat YablonSRApril 26, 19276'0"173
Forrest Yow

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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