1950 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 80-40
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Bill Adair (80-40)
Affiliation: Boston Braves
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 61,158, Avg. 1,019

1950 Bluefield Blue-Grays Roster

Playoffs - Bristol Twins 3 games, Bluefield Blue-Grays 0

The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Appalachian League ended the 1950 season with a record of 80 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Blue-Grays plated 838 runs and yielded 576 runs. Billy Queen led batters with significant playing time with a .356 average. Dick Kelly topped Bluefield with 21 wins, while Bob Bowman recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Billy Queen and Bob Bowman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bill Adair served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dick Kelly	21	7	.750	2.85	38						215.0	193	86	68		93
Donald Buchanan	14	9	.609	3.79	33						171.0	156	82	72		78
Joseph Tamaska	11	5	.688	3.40	27						172.0	175	95	65		76
Bob Bowman	8	1	.889	2.78	15						97.0	96	40	30		37
Bill Taft	6	1	.857	2.70	12						60.0	54	25	18		36
Carl Hrovatic	5	1	.833	4.40	9						47.0	44	26	23		81
Jim Rudolph	4	1	.800	4.58	12						57.0	53	38	29		43
Totals	69	25	.734	3.35	146	0	0	0	0	0	819.0	771	392	305	0	444	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
Billy Queen	118	447	447		159	39	5	21						.356	.356	.606	.962	271
Joseph Lebida	118	450	450		142	26	7	15						.316	.316	.504	.820	227
Dodo Canterna	90	329	329		109	20	7	10						.331	.331	.526	.857	173
Donald Baity	116	393	393		89	18	0	9						.226	.226	.341	.567	134
Herman Niehaus	82	303	303		83	18	3	25						.274	.274	.601	.875	182
Julio Palazzini	61	230	230		81	9	3	2						.352	.352	.443	.796	102
Carl Hrovatic	86	281	281		76	15	4	8						.270	.270	.438	.708	123
Guido Pelosi	63	218	218		71	15	6	9						.326	.326	.573	.899	125
Joseph Tamaska	58	176	176		56	10	2	3						.318	.318	.449	.767	79
Donald Cross	45	182	182		53	11	2	5						.291	.291	.456	.747	83
Bill Adair	45	146	146		50	10	2	6						.342	.342	.562	.904	82
William Geier	40	163	163		49	17	1	3						.301	.301	.472	.773	77
Donald Hazelton	17	63	63		21	3	1	0						.333	.333	.413	.746	26
Walter Cusack	16	48	48		15	4	0	2						.312	.312	.521	.833	25
Sylvester Williams	15	50	50		15	5	1	1						.300	.300	.500	.800	25
Luther Tucker	20	49	49		14	3	1	0						.286	.286	.388	.673	19
John Hayes	20	67	67		14	4	0	4						.209	.209	.448	.657	30
Bill Taft	15	26	26		11	3	1	2						.423	.423	.846	1.269	22
Bob Fruciano	12	43	43		9	2	2	1						.209	.209	.419	.628	18
Clarence Hrabos	11	44	44		7	1	0	0						.159	.159	.182	.341	8
Dick Kelly	38	80	80		7	1	0	0						.088	.088	.100	.188	8
Bob Bowman	15	30	30		6	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	6
Donald Buchanan	34	49	49		6	0	1	0						.122	.122	.163	.286	8
Jim Rudolph	12	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Totals	1147	3887	3887	0	1146	234	49	126	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.477	.772	1856	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dick Kelly	P	38					.000
Donald Buchanan	P	33					.000
Bob Bowman	P	15					.000
Bill Taft	P	12					.000
Jim Rudolph	P	12					.000
Totals		110	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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