1950 Danville Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 87-66
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Ben Chapman (87-66)
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 85,323, Avg. 1,115
Playoffs - Burlington Bees 3 games, Danville Leafs 1
The Danville Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1950 season with a record of 87 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Leafs scored 721 runs and yielded 676 runs. Woody Fair led all regular batters by hitting .300. Peter Angell topped Danville with 21 wins, while Dale Matthewson registered a 3.03 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1950 Danville Leafs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jack Sanford, Ed Leip, Emmett O'Neill and Dale Matthewson.
Ben Chapman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Angell | 21 | 10 | .677 | 3.69 | 36 | 254.0 | 258 | 129 | 104 | 18 | 105 | |||||||||||
| Dale Matthewson | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.03 | 49 | 184.0 | 184 | 97 | 62 | 10 | 61 | |||||||||||
| Fred Giuliani | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.81 | 26 | 112.0 | 95 | 51 | 35 | 3 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.31 | 16 | 109.0 | 74 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Alex Ronay | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.55 | 19 | 106.0 | 92 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 53 | |||||||||||
| Emmett O'Neill | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.09 | 19 | 121.0 | 115 | 70 | 55 | 4 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Mascarella | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.24 | 45 | 136.0 | 132 | 82 | 64 | 6 | 103 | |||||||||||
| John Tate | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.21 | 20 | 115.0 | 112 | 58 | 41 | 8 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wigle | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.66 | 16 | 64.0 | 68 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 32 | |||||||||||
| James Kelly | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 59 | .572 | 3.33 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1201.0 | 1130 | 582 | 445 | 61 | 606 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Fair | 142 | 540 | 540 | 162 | 22 | 2 | 23 | .300 | .300 | .476 | .776 | 257 | |||||||||||
| Jack Rothenhausler | 132 | 526 | 526 | 156 | 29 | 3 | 17 | .297 | .297 | .460 | .757 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Mike Romello | 145 | 564 | 564 | 142 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .252 | .252 | .317 | .569 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Ed Leip | 152 | 515 | 515 | 132 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .256 | .256 | .313 | .569 | 161 | |||||||||||
| Jack Sanford | 116 | 435 | 435 | 128 | 22 | 1 | 7 | .294 | .294 | .398 | .692 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Bennie Shaw | 119 | 396 | 396 | 109 | 23 | 4 | 13 | .275 | .275 | .452 | .727 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Jacobs | 91 | 319 | 319 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .288 | .288 | .370 | .658 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Howard Gutshall | 78 | 325 | 325 | 87 | 15 | 4 | 5 | .268 | .268 | .385 | .652 | 125 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Taylor | 77 | 218 | 218 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .243 | .243 | .289 | .532 | 63 | |||||||||||
| John Stefanik | 60 | 195 | 195 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .262 | .262 | .359 | .621 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Peter Angell | 74 | 134 | 134 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .299 | .530 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Ray Walters | 39 | 133 | 133 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .195 | .263 | .459 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Mel Quinn | 15 | 59 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .339 | .593 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Harry Collias | 27 | 74 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .203 | .392 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Dale Matthewson | 58 | 62 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Reitnour | 34 | 59 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .237 | .424 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Fred Giuliani | 26 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .268 | .512 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Hackett | 12 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .278 | .528 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Walker | 18 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Lee Schulte | 10 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .304 | .522 | .826 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Emmett O'Neill | 21 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .189 | .378 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Tate | 24 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .231 | .410 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Mascarella | 48 | 44 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .159 | .295 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Alex Ronay | 20 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Arnie Atkins | 16 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .258 | 4 | |||||||||||
| James Kelly | 12 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .444 | .611 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bill Wigle | 16 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1582 | 4910 | 4910 | 0 | 1290 | 218 | 25 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .365 | .628 | 1792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Stefanik | OF | 56 | 142 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 2.554 | |
| Dale Matthewson | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Mascarella | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Giuliani | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| John Tate | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Ronay | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Emmett O'Neill | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Wigle | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Arnie Atkins | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| James Kelly | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 277 | 142 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .973 | .516 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
