1950 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: Charlie Root (84-70)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 147,549, Avg. 1,916
1950 Des Moines Bruins Roster

Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Des Moines Bruins 2

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1950 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the WL.

The Bruins conceded 638 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Des Moines tallied 759 runs. Paul Schramka led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .246 clip. Don Swartz and Vern Fear topped the team with 15 wins each, while Vern Fear earned a 2.83 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1950 Des Moines Bruins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Fred Baczewski, Gene Baker, Leon Brinkopf, Jim Brosnan, Nelson Burbrink, Jim Fanning, Vern Fear, Bob Kelly, Vern Morgan, Dusty Rhodes, Paul Schramka and Frank Whitman.

Charlie Root 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
Vern Fear155.7502.8339181.01877457880
Don Swartz1512.5563.7333217.022411390968
Ray Bauer104.7142.5217100.01003728434
Paul Menking106.6252.8922137.0975644665
Leon Foulk86.5713.2822118.01105043164
Paul Schnieders89.4713.0028135.01166145456
Bob Kelly56.4553.051365.0562722130
Gordon VanDyke33.5004.802260.0694132535
Thomas Kerr34.4294.441679.0935239626
Fred Baczewski24.3332.7424105.0864332446
Jim Brosnan12.3332.14421.018659
Jan Mandel100.0
Bill Adkins130.0
Totals8061.5673.23263000001218.0115656043748513000000

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
Paul Schramka15154454413424120.246.246.404.651220
Dwight Maxhimer10639239211233512.286.286.487.773191
Vern Morgan893453451042122.301.301.391.693135
Dean Padgett105369369961928.260.260.388.648143
Leon Brinkopf752832839517216.336.336.580.915164
Charles Teague83318318871660.274.274.362.635115
Clayton Johnson109384384831120.216.216.255.47198
Theodore Lotz92307307751834.244.244.362.606111
Nelson Burbrink80230230741731.322.322.435.757100
Gene Baker49184184591760.321.321.478.79988
Dusty Rhodes45161161421132.261.261.404.66565
Don Swartz69134134411032.306.306.470.77663
James Forbes5016816836500.214.214.244.45841
Ray Cash32112112351503.312.312.527.83959
Frank Whitman4915715729600.185.185.223.40835
Donald Alfano3212112124310.198.198.240.43829
Emil Borgini21686817302.250.250.382.63226
Jim Hresko12313113101.419.419.548.96817
Vern Fear39666613300.197.197.242.43916
John Tabor24636312312.190.190.365.55623
Bob Zuber22464611110.239.239.304.54314
Paul Menking23474711200.234.234.277.51113
Barney Elser1543439100.209.209.233.44210
Ben Kozlik1334348300.235.235.324.55911
Tommy Perez1035358300.229.229.314.54311
Ken Guettler1424246011.250.250.458.70811
Ray Bauer1731316000.194.194.194.3876
Bob Kelly1322225200.227.227.318.5457
William Ley1324245100.208.208.250.4586
Leon Foulk2237375000.135.135.135.2705
Paul Schnieders2837375100.135.135.162.2976
Gordon VanDyke2219194000.211.211.211.4214
Gene Hooks1032324000.125.125.125.2504
Fred Baczewski2433334110.121.121.212.3337
Thomas Kerr1626262000.077.077.077.1542
Jan Mandel1010101000.100.100.100.2001
Bill Adkins13770000.000.000.000.0000
Totals15974944494401275268437600000.258.258.376.633185700000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Vern FearP39.000
Paul SchniedersP28.000
Fred BaczewskiP24.000
Gordon VanDykeP22.000
Paul MenkingP22.000
Leon FoulkP22.000
Ray BauerP17.000
Thomas KerrP16.000
Bob KellyP13.000
Bill AdkinsP13.000
Jan MandelP10.000
Totals2260000.000

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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