1950 Kansas City Blues Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 54-99
Finished 8th in the AA
Manager: Joe Kuhel (54-99)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 147,320, Avg. 1,926

1950 Kansas City Blues Roster

The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 54 wins and 99 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.

The Blues plated 638 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 860 runs, most in the league. Hank Workman paced Kansas City with 23 home runs, while Fenton Mole walloped 15 or more, too. Hank Workman drove in 88 runs. Gene Valla led all regular batters by connecting at a .290 clip. Wally Hood and Lew Burdette topped the team with 7 wins each, and Dave Madison recorded a 4.5 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1950 Kansas City Blues who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dain Clay, Wally Hood, Paul Hinrichs, Billy Martin, Culley Rikard, Hank Foiles, Herb Plews, Hank Workman, Mickey Witek, Jerry Snyder, Duane Pillette, Roy Jarvis, Bill Virdon, Junior Wooten, Bill Renna, Fenton Mole, Sid Schacht, Bob Keegan, Harry Schaeffer, Bill Drescher, Spec Shea, Lew Burdette, Bob Cerv, Bobby Kline, Archie Wilson, Al Pilarcik, Tom Gorman, Bob Porterfield, Dave Madison, Johnny Mize, Jim Gleeson, Leo Thomas, Whitey Ford and Pete Gebrian.

Joe Kuhel 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
Lew Burdette	7	7	.500	4.79	27	18		9	0		139.0	150	79	74		52		77	4	3	2
Wally Hood	7	16	.304	5.42	32	26		8	1		161.0	202	119	97		96		64	1	1	4
Whitey Ford	6	3	.667	3.22	12	12		8	2		95.0	81	39	34		48		80	2	5	5
Paul Hinrichs	6	5	.545	5.53	49	4		0	0		96.0	112	68	59		57		62	4	3	3
Sid Schacht	6	8	.429	3.38	17	17		8	2		117.0	102	54	44		46		62	3	1	1
Spec Shea	6	11	.353	6.28	27	19		4	0		116.0	132	96	81		65		58	0	1	5
Dave Madison	6	15	.286	4.50	24	24		7	1		170.0	184	108	85		73		79	2	0	2
Bob Keegan	4	12	.250	5.81	30	19		6	1		127.0	152	90	82		61		62	5	8	5
Tom Gorman	3	5	.375	5.01	45	3		1	0		97.0	101	67	54		55		66	2	3	7
Art DelDuca	1	0	1.000	6.00	4			0			9.0	9	6	6	1	4		5	1	0	0
Bob Landeck	1	4	.200	5.40	23	3		0	0		60.0	80	43	36		24		24	1	0	2
Bill Woop	1	6	.143	8.16	18			2			43.0	45	40	39	2	46		24	0	1	3
Eugene Olson	0	0		0.00	2						2.0
John Fitzgerald	0	0		0.00	4						6.0
Harry Schaeffer	0	0		0.00	1						0.7
Wes Curtis	0	0		0.00	3						8.0
Hugh Radcliffe	0	1	.000	18.00	2			0			2.0	4	4	4	1	4		1	0	0	0
Bob Porterfield	0	2	.000	5.62	3			0			8.0	9	5	5	0	2		3	0	0	0
Duane Pillette	0	4	.000	7.07	4			1			28.0	37	26	22	6	9		8	0	1	0
Totals	54	99	.353	5.06	327	145	0	54	7	0	1284.7	1400	844	722	10	642	0	675	25	27	39	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
Gene Valla	136	569	517	73	150	12	3	1	46	9		39	34	.290	.346	.331	.677	171	10	5	8
Jerry Snyder	145	572	526	68	149	28	2	1	48	9		30	50	.283	.323	.350	.673	184	9	1	15
Archie Wilson	144	543	518	66	135	27	6	5	46	8		18	54	.261	.288	.365	.653	189	12	2	5
Hank Workman	135	564	491	72	131	18	3	23	88	2		61	44	.267	.357	.456	.813	224	7	8	4
Bob Cerv	94	358	349	49	106	10	13	14	49	13		5	71	.304	.314	.527	.841	184	10	0	4
Bill Drescher	110	349	289	31	77	14	1	5	35	1		53	24	.266	.382	.374	.756	108	6	1	6
Fenton Mole	86	321	273	38	71	10	0	15	51	1		44	40	.260	.365	.462	.826	126	3	1	3
Roy Jarvis	80	235	195	32	52	13	1	3	24	2		35	26	.267	.378	.390	.768	76	5	0	5
Joe Muffoletto	98	275	239	25	51	7	2	2	19	0		34	19	.213	.311	.285	.596	68	7	0	2
Joe Polich	51	157	144	5	38	8	1	0	12	2		7	18	.264	.303	.333	.636	48	3	1	5
Malcolm Mick	38	141	118	24	36	2	2	1	15	2		19	9	.305	.406	.381	.787	45	3	1	3
Billy Martin	29	127	118	15	33	6	2	4	10	2		6	11	.280	.320	.466	.786	55	3	1	2
Jim Gleeson	72	166	135	25	33	7	2	6	36	2		29	26	.244	.378	.459	.837	62	4	0	2
Johnny Mize	26	108	94	18	28	4	0	5	18	0		13	5	.298	.389	.500	.889	47	1	1	0
Leo Thomas	36	132	112	11	28	4	0	0	19	2		16	10	.250	.354	.286	.640	32	5	2	2
Dain Clay	30	123	111	16	27	3	1	1	9	2		9	10	.243	.300	.315	.615	35	3	0	3
Clarence Wojtowicz	31	113	98	8	20	6	0	2	11	0		11	11	.204	.284	.327	.611	32	5	0	4
Bill Renna	27	88	79	6	16	4	1	1	7	0		7	13	.203	.276	.316	.592	25	2	1	1
Bill Virdon	14	44	41	3	14	3	0	0	3	0		0	3	.341	.341	.415	.756	17	1	0	3
Mickey Witek	15	58	52	6	14	2	0	1	4	0		6	5	.269	.345	.365	.710	19	1	0	0
Wally Hood	32	58	48	2	13	0	0	0	4	0		4	8	.271	.327	.271	.598	13	1	0	6
Sid Schacht	18	47	41	2	8	2	2	0	6	0		4	18	.195	.267	.341	.608	14	0	0	2
Bob Keegan	30	42	37	6	7	0	0	0	2	0		3	7	.189	.250	.189	.439	7	3	0	2
Dave Madison	25	59	51	5	7	0	0	0	2	0		2	7	.137	.185	.137	.322	7	2	1	5
Al Pilarcik	8	24	24		6									.250	.250	.250	.500	6
Hank Foiles	15	27	24	3	6	1	0	1	3	0		3	6	.250	.333	.417	.750	10	0	0	0
George Prigge	9	27	27		6									.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Lew Burdette	29	53	40	5	6	0	0	0	4	0		10	10	.150	.333	.150	.483	6	2	1	2
Spec Shea	27	41	36	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		4	3	.111	.200	.139	.339	5	2	0	1
Junior Wooten	4	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Paul Hinrichs	50	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.200	.294	.200	.494	3	1	0	0
Whitey Ford	12	38	32	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	8	.094	.194	.094	.288	3	0	0	2
Odie Strain	4	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Bob Landeck	23	16	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	2	.154	.312	.154	.466	2	0	0	0
Tom Gorman	46	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	1	0	1
Harry Schaeffer	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
John Fitzgerald	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Woop	18	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	1
Ted Atkinson	5	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Art DelDuca	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bobby Kline	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Duane Pillette	4	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Porterfield	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Wes Curtis	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1773	5569	4959	619	1288	192	42	91	575	57	0	484	569	.260	.329	.370	.699	1837	112	27	99	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fenton Mole	1B	59	479	35	6	46	.988	8.712
Hank Workman	1B	44	336	33	12	30	.969	8.386
Malcolm Mick	1B	31	251	19	7	18	.975	8.710
Johnny Mize	1B	25	205	17	0	23	1.000	8.880
Joe Muffoletto	2B	64	153	164	11	41	.966	4.953
Jerry Snyder	2B	41	89	105	4	24	.980	4.732
Billy Martin	2B	29	68	80	8	27	.949	5.103
Gene Valla	2B	21	49	60	3	11	.973	5.190
Gene Valla	3B	77	55	113	13	17	.928	2.182
Leo Thomas	3B	35	43	51	6	7	.940	2.686
Mickey Witek	3B	14	10	22	5	2	.865	2.286
Joe Polich	3B	11	8	19	4	0	.871	2.455
Bill Drescher	C	93	428	37	5	7	.989	5.000	1
Roy Jarvis	C	67	298	31	5	9	.985	4.910	7
Hank Foiles	C	12	34	1	2	0	.946	2.917	3
Archie Wilson	OF	138	325	17	7	2	.980	2.478
Hank Workman	OF	90	162	8	10	2	.944	1.889
Bob Cerv	OF	89	192	9	3	2	.985	2.258
Jim Gleeson	OF	37	48	2	6	0	.893	1.351
Dain Clay	OF	30	81	2	1	1	.988	2.767
Clarence Wojtowicz	OF	28	51	2	0	0	1.000	1.893
Bill Renna	OF	23	28	1	2	0	.935	1.261
Fenton Mole	OF	18	33	1	4	0	.895	1.889
Bill Virdon	OF	11	13	1	1	0	.933	1.273
Paul Hinrichs	P	49	8	16	2	1	.923	.490
Tom Gorman	P	45	3	24	0	3	1.000	.600
Wally Hood	P	32	15	39	3	3	.947	1.688
Bob Keegan	P	30	11	23	2	0	.944	1.133
Spec Shea	P	27	6	29	2	2	.946	1.296
Lew Burdette	P	27	8	32	3	2	.930	1.481
Dave Madison	P	24	7	36	1	1	.977	1.792
Bob Landeck	P	23	3	17	1	0	.952	.870
Bill Woop	P	18	3	7	0	0	1.000	.556
Sid Schacht	P	17	4	16	2	3	.909	1.176
Whitey Ford	P	12	5	10	1	1	.938	1.250
Duane Pillette	P	4						.000
John Fitzgerald	P	4						.000
Art DelDuca	P	4						.000
Bob Porterfield	P	3						.000
Wes Curtis	P	3						.000
Hugh Radcliffe	P	2						.000
Eugene Olson	P	2						.000
Harry Schaeffer	P	1						.000
Jerry Snyder	SS	96	173	265	31	50	.934	4.562
Gene Valla	SS	39	59	92	3	19	.981	3.872
Joe Polich	SS	35	47	88	10	18	.931	3.857
Totals		1584	3791	1524	186	372	.966	3.355	11	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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