1950 Appleton Papermakers Statistics
Team Record: 58-66
Finished 7th in the WSL
Manager: Joe Skurski (58-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 80,381, Avg. 1,296
The Appleton Papermakers of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 58 wins and 66 losses, finishing seventh in the WSL.
The Papermakers plated 688 runs and yielded 685 runs. Samuel David led hitters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Harold Hurn topped Appleton with 15 wins, while George O'Donnell registered a 2.5 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Chuck Oertel and George O'Donnell both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Joe Skurski served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Hurn | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.68 | 30 | 168.0 | 162 | 77 | 50 | 83 | ||||||||||||
| Gene Mechley | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.06 | 31 | 156.0 | 99 | 71 | 53 | 79 | ||||||||||||
| George O'Donnell | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.50 | 39 | 241.0 | 81 | 115 | 67 | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Gordie Tench | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.07 | 23 | 104.0 | 95 | 63 | 47 | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Dewey Gray | 6 | 14 | .300 | 6.28 | 32 | 119.0 | 129 | 100 | 83 | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Merl Kinsey | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.70 | 18 | 79.0 | 78 | 75 | 50 | 57 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Radomski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.19 | 16 | 58.0 | 53 | 83 | 27 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 57 | 52 | .523 | 3.67 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 925.0 | 697 | 584 | 377 | 0 | 451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel David | 122 | 458 | 458 | 147 | 23 | 11 | 13 | .321 | .321 | .504 | .825 | 231 | |||||||||||
| Richard Busby | 125 | 469 | 469 | 133 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .284 | .284 | .394 | .678 | 185 | |||||||||||
| George Schilens | 125 | 489 | 489 | 129 | 20 | 4 | 12 | .264 | .264 | .395 | .658 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Mel Gallup | 86 | 330 | 330 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .227 | .227 | .327 | .555 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Ball | 97 | 365 | 365 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .186 | .186 | .233 | .419 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Joe Skurski | 82 | 215 | 215 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 16 | .293 | .293 | .581 | .874 | 125 | |||||||||||
| William Hurst | 60 | 206 | 206 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 8 | .277 | .277 | .437 | .714 | 90 | |||||||||||
| Merle Barth | 67 | 240 | 240 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 7 | .238 | .238 | .404 | .642 | 97 | |||||||||||
| Chuck Oertel | 39 | 159 | 159 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .352 | .352 | .465 | .818 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Stanford Grossman | 67 | 240 | 240 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .283 | .512 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Bob Jenkins | 27 | 97 | 97 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .309 | .309 | .464 | .773 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Richard Roche | 34 | 99 | 99 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .323 | .545 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Harold Hurn | 42 | 81 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .235 | .321 | .556 | 26 | |||||||||||
| George O'Donnell | 41 | 93 | 93 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .301 | .505 | 28 | |||||||||||
| Bill Craig | 15 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .327 | .327 | .385 | .712 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Benjamin Nord | 21 | 72 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .264 | .500 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Paul Fritz | 35 | 79 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .177 | .177 | .203 | .380 | 16 | |||||||||||
| John Krahulec | 13 | 51 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .314 | .569 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Chester Sokol | 13 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .528 | .861 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Gene Mechley | 35 | 54 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .222 | .426 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Lester Stone | 17 | 49 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .204 | .204 | .306 | .510 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Robert Jones | 10 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .259 | .296 | .556 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Gordie Tench | 27 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .156 | .188 | .344 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dewey Gray | 32 | 42 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .119 | .143 | .262 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Merl Kinsey | 19 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bob Radomski | 16 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1267 | 4078 | 4078 | 0 | 1046 | 187 | 39 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .375 | .632 | 1530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George O'Donnell | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Dewey Gray | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Gene Mechley | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Hurn | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Gordie Tench | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Merl Kinsey | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Radomski | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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