1950 Valdosta Dodgers Roster
Team Record: 81-56
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (81-56)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Ballpark: Pendleton Park
Attendance: 56,089, Avg. 819
Playoffs - Tallahassee Pirates 4 games, Valdosta Dodgers 3
The Valdosta Dodgers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1950 season with a record of 81 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the GGL.
The Dodgers led the league with just 710 runs allowed. Valdosta scored 891 runs. Chuck Coles paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .355. Billy Bledsoe topped the team with 16 wins, while Walter Strickland earned a 2.71 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1950 Valdosta Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chuck Coles, Roger Craig, Bert Hamric and Joe Pignatano.
Stan Wasiak served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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William Adelheim | R | R | September 14, 1930 | 6'2" | 195 | |
George Barker | R | R | September 25, 1930 | 6'0" | 180 | |
Billy Bledsoe | L | R | August 3, 1930 | 6'1" | 165 | Perry, GA US |
Roger Brown | R | R | March 26, 1927 | 5'8" | 159 | Minneapolis, MN US |
Chuck Coles | L | L | June 27, 1931 | 5'9" | 180 | Fredericktown, PA US |
Roger Craig | R | R | February 17, 1930 | 6'4" | 190 | Durham, NC US |
Albert Cuoco | R | 5'10" | 165 | |||
Bill Delich | R | January 8, 1928 | 5'11" | 160 | Kansas City, KS US | |
Bobby Dendy | R | 5'10" | 180 | |||
Frank Giaquinto | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
Bert Hamric | L | R | March 1, 1928 | 6'0" | 165 | Clarksburg, WV US |
Jerry Hatcher | ||||||
Robert Jenkins | R | 6'1" | 190 | |||
Mike Korcheck | R | 5'11" | 165 | |||
Gordon Meeres | May 7, 1929 | |||||
Warren Michelson | R | R | September 17, 1930 | 6'1" | 175 | |
Joe Pignatano | R | R | August 4, 1929 | 5'10" | 180 | Brooklyn, NY US |
Ernest Rees | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
Peter Sbashnig | June 19, 1931 | |||||
Mike Singer | L | November 18, 1929 | 5'11" | 165 | ||
James Stephenson | L | 6'1" | 195 | |||
Stanley Stocker | L | L | September 29, 1928 | 6'0" | 175 | |
Walter Strickland | R | R | 5'10" | |||
Stan Wasiak | R | R | April 8, 1920 | 5'9" | 170 | Chicago, IL US |
Lee Watts | L | 5'7" | 150 | |||
Donald Zeski | R | R | 5'11" | 170 |
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.