1950 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 84-69
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Rollie Hemsley (84-69)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 170,950, Avg. 2,235
1950 Columbus Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 3

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 84 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Red Birds led the league with just 634 runs allowed. Columbus scored 665 runs. Larry Miggins paced the squad with 18 home runs and drove in 92 runs. Bill Sarni and Larry Miggins topped all regular batters by connecting at a .280 clip. Harvey Haddix paced the team with 18 wins, while Kurt Krieger, too added 15 or more wins, too Harvey Haddix recorded a 2.7 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1950 Columbus Red Birds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Luis Arroyo, Vern Benson, Mike Clark, Jack Crimian, Cot Deal, George Eyrich, Jack Faszholz, Les Fusselman, Bob Habenicht, Harvey Haddix, Rollie Hemsley, Solly Hemus, Roy Hughes, Russ Kerns, Kurt Krieger, Johnny Lindell, Fred Marolewski, Larry Miggins, Glen Moulder, Rocky Nelson, Bill Sarni, Strick Shofner, Ben Steiner and Harry Walker.

Rollie Hemsley 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
Harvey Haddix186.7502.703027174217.0192766559160205
Kurt Krieger175.7733.502726143193.0166807510185105
Bob Habenicht1010.5003.73402094157.014067655973212
Cot Deal1014.4174.612924132166.017498859765119
Mike Clark910.4745.07291951135.014687765575533
Jack Crimian68.4294.6543930122.012768634752311
Glen Moulder52.7143.12874149.04922171117101
Luis Arroyo44.5004.1133830116.010762537764709
Gene Major48.3334.81181351101.010958545436514
David Thomas11.5003.719017.014770129100
George Eyrich000.0012.0
Joseph Chuka000.0011.0
Jack Faszholz01.000189.00200.3477120100
Totals8469.5494.002701530731601276.3122863256715740636297390

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
Larry Miggins14658653273149269189244669.280.344.464.8082472362
Billy Costa1505655106013422315575128.263.332.324.6561651722
Bill Sarni1324754295212021834724237.280.347.387.7341661422
Mo Mozzali1154243757411520444734637.307.384.413.7971551012
Roy Broome1124464074911315435563742.278.338.356.6941451802
Strick Shofner12648943956106276105404458.241.311.399.7091751006
Vern Benson119439363759218785547155.253.378.408.786148423
Solly Hemus843542965188234649114826.297.407.463.870137973
Rocky Nelson4819718425771627402134.418.457.6411.098118500
Ben Steiner7022519726483301722720.244.338.289.62757210
Michael Natisin73235195214510132804020.231.362.338.70066500
Roy Hughes6319917223439111122613.250.348.331.68057001
Harry Walker41181144264011231423116.278.412.444.85764124
Harvey Haddix3596861120221130916.233.305.337.64229001
Cot Deal38776811200050915.176.273.176.44912300
Kurt Krieger27757251222180022.167.167.292.45821003
Mel McGaha1752503113205115.220.235.360.59518201
Luis Arroyo334539790102036.231.286.282.56811203
Les Fusselman205450490202045.180.241.260.50113300
Vincent Moreci145243681015098.186.327.279.60612100
Jack Crimian433936360102038.167.231.222.4538100
Gene Major1838370601010014.162.162.216.3788001
Mike Clark2947443610000112.136.156.159.3157302
Bob Habenicht4250482501050117.104.122.146.2687101
Russ Kerns143226041005063.154.312.192.5055100
Fred Marolewski415153.200.200.200.4003
Glen Moulder819193.158.158.158.3163
Johnny Lindell510102.200.200.200.4002
Rollie Hemsley121817120002003.118.118.118.2352001
Charlie Frey2221.500.500.5001.0001
David Thomas9221.500.500.5001.0001
Totals16495538490765712902316670619460568559.263.342.380.7221863135234000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Mo Mozzali1B8758741878.9877.218
Michael Natisin1B5438635147.9987.796
Rocky Nelson1B151111118.9928.133
Solly Hemus2B84234238869.9835.619
Ben Steiner2B52131121928.9664.846
Roy Hughes2B143934213.9735.214
Vern Benson2B10292747.9335.600
Strick Shofner3B1261202342026.9472.810
Roy Hughes3B33314655.9392.333
Bill SarniC1305975879.9895.0389
Les FusselmanC16671462.9315.0621
Russ KernsC13429021.0003.9235
Larry MigginsOF146248680.9691.740
Roy BroomeOF112286942.9872.634
Vern BensonOF102178422.9891.784
Harry WalkerOF41117530.9762.976
Rocky NelsonOF3456110.9831.676
Mel McGahaOF1614120.882.938
Mo MozzaliOF1110120.8461.000
Vincent MoreciOF1122010.9572.000
Jack CrimianP4323334.921.814
Bob HabenichtP40529031.000.850
Luis ArroyoP3331932.880.667
Harvey HaddixP30113443.9181.500
Cot DealP29123435.9391.586
Mike ClarkP29837021.0001.552
Kurt KriegerP27112321.9441.259
Gene MajorP181225011.0002.056
David ThomasP9.000
Glen MoulderP8.000
Jack FaszholzP2.000
George EyrichP1.000
Joseph ChukaP1.000
Billy CostaSS15028544639105.9494.873
Totals152736541575148424.9723.4241500

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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