1950 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the WL
Manager: Buddy Hassett (72-82)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 107,264, Avg. 1,393

1950 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Roster

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League ended the 1950 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the WL.

The Sky Sox scored 925 runs and conceded 1017 runs. Pete Grammas led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .311. Ted Shandor topped Colorado Springs with 13 wins, while Jerry Dahlke recorded a 5.14 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Boyd, Joe Kirrene, Dick Strahs, Sam Hairston, Jim Baumer, Jerry Dahlke and Pat Seerey were all players from the 1950 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.

Buddy Hassett 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
Ted Shandor	13	12	.520	5.21	38						202.0	210	139	117	24	89
Jerry Dahlke	12	13	.480	5.14	33						205.0	222	137	117	23	111
Jim Kamis	12	17	.414	5.97	44						205.0	251	158	136	25	98
Earl Beesley	10	13	.435	6.23	43						192.0	256	164	133	17	93
Walter Smola	7	1	.875	4.12	45						83.0	94	50	38	10	41
Russell Oppliger	5	3	.625	4.97	11						67.0	73	40	37	8	20
Dick Strahs	5	7	.417	5.23	17						98.0	118	61	57	1	50
Bill Briggs	3	7	.300	5.06	25						105.0	119	85	59	8	65
Alvin Johnson					20						0.0
Don Ehlers					14						0.0
Francis Skinner					11						0.0
Donald Miller					14						0.0
Totals	67	73	.479	5.40	315	0	0	0	0	0	1157.0	1343	834	694	116	567	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
George Rutenbar	154	592	592		168	51	6	6						.284	.284	.421	.704	249
Pete Grammas	127	502	502		156	33	6	9						.311	.311	.454	.765	228
Connie Juelke	148	534	534		145	21	14	11						.272	.272	.425	.697	227
Pat Seerey	122	373	373		112	14	0	44						.300	.300	.692	.992	258
Jim Baumer	120	417	417		108	22	7	3						.259	.259	.367	.626	153
Buddy Phillips	106	317	317		89	17	2	6						.281	.281	.404	.685	128
Marty Kaelin	75	276	276		68	3	1	3						.246	.246	.297	.543	82
Gene Evans	76	289	289		60	5	1	0						.208	.208	.232	.439	67
Bob Boyd	42	158	158		59	6	5	9						.373	.373	.646	1.019	102
Hal Rhyne	81	228	228		59	8	3	5						.259	.259	.386	.645	88
Joe Kirrene	28	117	117		39	10	2	5						.333	.333	.581	.915	68
Bob Shea	41	161	161		39	9	2	1						.242	.242	.342	.584	55
Sam Hairston	38	133	133		38	5	1	1						.286	.286	.361	.647	48
Gene Petralli	50	171	171		38	8	0	7						.222	.222	.392	.614	67
Orient Martella	51	156	156		36	8	0	0						.231	.231	.282	.513	44
Jerry Dahlke	52	96	96		32	5	0	0						.333	.333	.385	.719	37
Fred Boseo	39	108	108		24	3	0	0						.222	.222	.250	.472	27
Gene Thomas	23	70	70		20	3	2	4						.286	.286	.557	.843	39
Jim Kamis	46	73	73		19	4	0	0						.260	.260	.315	.575	23
Earl Beesley	45	74	74		14	2	0	0						.189	.189	.216	.405	16
Ted Shandor	40	63	63		12	3	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429	15
Bill Briggs	26	34	34		11	4	0	0						.324	.324	.441	.765	15
Joe Janet	15	36	36		9	2	0	0						.250	.250	.306	.556	11
George Verespy	23	65	65		9	1	0	0						.138	.138	.154	.292	10
Dick Strahs	22	40	40		7	2	0	0						.175	.175	.225	.400	9
Donald Miller	14	11	11		3	0	0	0						.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Walter Smola	45	16	16		3	0	0	0						.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Don Ehlers	14	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Russell Oppliger	11	21	21		2	0	0	0						.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Alvin Johnson	20	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Francis Skinner	11	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Totals	1705	5159	5159	0	1383	249	52	114	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.403	.671	2078	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Walter Smola	P	45					.000
Jim Kamis	P	44					.000
Earl Beesley	P	43					.000
Ted Shandor	P	38					.000
Jerry Dahlke	P	33					.000
Bill Briggs	P	25					.000
Alvin Johnson	P	20					.000
Dick Strahs	P	17					.000
Donald Miller	P	14					.000
Don Ehlers	P	14					.000
Francis Skinner	P	11					.000
Russell Oppliger	P	11					.000
Totals		315	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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