1950 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-67
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Al Lopez (85-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 294,451, Avg. 3,874

1950 Indianapolis Indians Roster

Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, St. Paul Saints 0
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 3

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 85 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Indians scored 750 runs and yielded 645 runs. Frank Kalin led Indianapolis with 14 home runs Whitey Platt drove in 71 runs. Monty Basgall paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .281 average. Royce Lint topped the squad with 12 wins, while Joe Muir earned a 3.91 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1950 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lloyd Gearhart, Bob Friend, Dale Coogan, Frank Papish, Bill Kennedy, Bill Pierro, Leo Wells, Monty Basgall, Danny O'Connell, Paul LaPalme, Earl Turner, Don Gutteridge, Tom Saffell, Royce Lint, Dom Dallessandro, Gus Bell, Hal Gregg, Joe Muir, Dino Restelli, Ted Beard, Nanny Fernandez, Johnny Hutchings, Rusty Peters, Woody Main, Culley Rikard, Windy McCall, Ed Stevens, Elmer Riddle, Ed FitzGerald, Frank Kalin, Al Grunwald, Whitey Platt and Eddie Bockman.

Al Lopez 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
Royce Lint	12	6	.667	3.97	46	18		7	2		177.0	196	86	78		76		100	0	3	1
Frank Papish	11	3	.786	2.81	19	15		8	1		109.0	84	39	34		47		47	2	1	1
Elmer Riddle	11	9	.550	4.04	26	25		10	1		165.0	168	86	74		85		70	2	2	2
Joe Muir	10	10	.500	3.91	38	25		9	2		205.0	225	103	89		52		97	0	0	1
Bill Pierro	8	3	.727	2.60	25	11		4	2		104.0	56	33	30		59		75	8	1	3
Windy McCall	7	7	.500	5.28	20	18		6	2		104.0	111	67	61		60		82	3	0	1
Paul LaPalme	6	5	.545	3.67	31	0		0	0		49.0	42	24	20		23		27	0	0	0
Woody Main	5	4	.556	1.90	43	0		0	0		71.0	48	20	15		24		42	2	0	0
Fred Strobel	5	5	.500	4.17	30	14		4	1		108.0	122	66	50		56		49	0	0	0
Johnny Hutchings	3	1	.750	1.55	19			0			29.0	23	7	5	4	13		15	1	2	0
Hal Gregg	3	9	.250	5.03	18	17		4	0		93.0	98	62	52		49		71	2	0	3
Bob Friend	2	4	.333	5.46	11	9		0	0		56.0	75	41	34		16		34	3	0	1
James Mims	1	0	1.000	2.45	7			0			11.0	10	3	3	1	4		3	0	0	0
Pete Modica	1	1	.500	5.40	3			0			10.0	11	7	6	1	11		7	0	1	1
Bill Kennedy	0	0		0.00	1						1.0
Totals	85	67	.559	3.84	337	152	0	52	11	0	1292.0	1269	644	551	6	575	0	719	23	10	14	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
Monty Basgall	133	526	462	63	130	29	4	13	58	5		52	58	.281	.360	.446	.806	206	15	5	7
Whitey Platt	126	439	418	47	115	21	1	12	71	1		19	57	.275	.308	.416	.724	174	16	1	1
Danny O'Connell	84	358	322	65	113	20	4	8	50	5		33	23	.351	.413	.512	.925	165	10	1	2
Tom Saffell	85	338	298	49	97	15	3	5	23	11		37	33	.326	.404	.446	.850	133	0	2	1
Ed FitzGerald	103	346	310	43	97	14	6	0	42	3		34	38	.313	.383	.397	.779	123	7	1	1
Eddie Bockman	107	415	363	55	89	11	6	11	46	3		45	57	.245	.330	.399	.730	145	8	1	6
Dom Dallessandro	101	277	223	45	78	13	2	12	52	0		53	28	.350	.475	.587	1.062	131	4	0	1
Frank Kalin	85	260	238	38	70	13	5	14	51	1		22	43	.294	.354	.567	.921	135	3	0	0
Nanny Fernandez	61	251	230	29	69	14	2	11	47	3		20	20	.300	.356	.522	.878	120	4	0	1
Gus Bell	38	185	165	33	66	10	6	5	21	1		19	13	.400	.465	.624	1.089	103	0	1	0
Dale Coogan	65	272	255	29	61	9	6	5	28	3		15	44	.239	.287	.380	.667	97	4	2	0
Ed Stevens	61	234	198	26	52	3	2	5	27	0		34	24	.263	.373	.374	.747	74	2	1	1
Rusty Peters	69	211	183	27	46	11	5	2	17	0		27	31	.251	.351	.399	.750	73	7	1	0
Al Grunwald	35	127	117	22	39	9	1	3	29	0		8	13	.333	.381	.504	.885	59	3	1	1
Del Ballinger	52	160	137	15	33	11	0	0	16	0		20	2	.241	.350	.321	.671	44	4	3	0
Ted Beard	29	122	107	15	25	7	1	0	2	1		14	22	.234	.322	.318	.640	34	1	0	1
Leo Wells	22	74	69	13	21	5	0	1	9	0		5	8	.304	.351	.420	.772	29	4	0	0
Don Gutteridge	52	105	98	19	19	5	2	0	9	0		4	13	.194	.225	.286	.511	28	5	0	3
Earl Turner	19	56	55	3	17	2	1	0	8	0		1	9	.309	.321	.382	.703	21	3	0	0
Joe Muir	38	77	72	9	15	0	0	0	4	0		0	9	.208	.208	.208	.417	15	0	0	5
Robert Kellogg	22	53	48	9	13	2	1	0	2	0		5	9	.271	.340	.354	.694	17	2	0	0
Dino Restelli	21	92	81	10	13	3	1	1	6	1		10	14	.160	.261	.259	.520	21	5	1	0
Windy McCall	21	44	35	8	10	5	0	1	7	0		4	7	.286	.375	.514	.889	18	1	1	4
Frank Papish	19	43	35	4	7	1	0	0	4	0		2	7	.200	.243	.229	.472	8	1	0	6
Elmer Riddle	36	62	54	6	7	1	0	1	6	0		1	20	.130	.161	.204	.364	11	1	1	6
Rollie Leveille	10	28	25	3	6	3	0	1	6	0		3	1	.240	.321	.480	.801	12	1	0	0
Robert Ganss	4	9	9		5									.556	.556	.556	1.111	5
Royce Lint	67	61	49	14	5	1	0	0	4	2		6	15	.102	.200	.122	.322	6	0	0	6
Paul LaPalme	31	10	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	5	0	0	0
Hal Gregg	19	33	29	2	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	8	.103	.133	.103	.237	3	3	0	3
Bob Friend	11	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	9	.111	.111	.111	.222	2	1	0	2
Fred Strobel	30	36	29	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		2	11	.069	.129	.103	.232	3	1	0	5
Lloyd Gearhart	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Woody Main	43	16	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.062	.062	.125	.188	2	1	0	0
Bill Pierro	25	33	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	14	.036	.100	.036	.136	1	0	0	3
Johnny Hutchings	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
James Mims	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Pete Modica	3	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1757	5385	4797	708	1332	241	59	111	652	40	0	498	664	.278	.348	.422	.770	2024	117	23	67	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dale Coogan	1B	65	491	48	11	44	.980	8.292
Ed Stevens	1B	56	411	41	10	44	.978	8.071
Al Grunwald	1B	28	233	17	2	15	.992	8.929
Monty Basgall	2B	133	331	286	25	71	.961	4.639
Don Gutteridge	2B	28	38	47	3	12	.966	3.036
Eddie Bockman	3B	101	100	194	23	16	.927	2.911
Rusty Peters	3B	43	35	81	10	2	.921	2.698
Nanny Fernandez	3B	36	50	81	12	19	.916	3.639
Ed FitzGerald	C	94	496	30	11	0	.980	5.596	10
Del Ballinger	C	47	212	19	1	2	.996	4.915	5
Earl Turner	C	14	73	8	1	1	.988	5.786	1
Rollie Leveille	C	10	32	4	1	0	.973	3.600	0
Whitey Platt	OF	116	187	13	9	2	.957	1.724
Tom Saffell	OF	83	234	8	3	2	.988	2.916
Frank Kalin	OF	60	98	1	2	0	.980	1.650
Dom Dallessandro	OF	53	86	4	3	0	.968	1.698
Gus Bell	OF	38	73	8	2	1	.976	2.132
Ted Beard	OF	29	68	2	0	0	1.000	2.414
Dino Restelli	OF	21	61	0	4	0	.938	2.905
Robert Kellogg	OF	13	21	2	0	1	1.000	1.769
Royce Lint	P	46	17	41	4	5	.935	1.261
Woody Main	P	43	5	7	2	0	.857	.279
Joe Muir	P	38	14	34	1	2	.980	1.263
Paul LaPalme	P	31	5	9	0	0	1.000	.452
Fred Strobel	P	30	6	16	1	0	.957	.733
Elmer Riddle	P	26	9	25	1	1	.971	1.308
Bill Pierro	P	25	2	7	2	1	.818	.360
Windy McCall	P	20	8	12	0	2	1.000	1.000
Frank Papish	P	19	9	16	3	1	.893	1.316
Johnny Hutchings	P	19	6	5	0	1	1.000	.579
Hal Gregg	P	18	10	19	2	1	.935	1.611
Bob Friend	P	11	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.091
James Mims	P	7						.000
Pete Modica	P	3						.000
Bill Kennedy	P	1						.000
Danny O'Connell	SS	84	141	244	10	48	.975	4.583
Nanny Fernandez	SS	25	33	63	8	8	.923	3.840
Leo Wells	SS	21	35	39	3	10	.961	3.524
Totals		1535	3633	1440	170	312	.968	3.305	16	0	0

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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