1950 Lincoln Athletics Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-85
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Jimmie DeShong (69-85)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 68,884, Avg. 895

1950 Lincoln Athletics Roster

The Lincoln Athletics of the Western League ended the 1950 season with a record of 69 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

The Athletics scored 740 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 776 runs. Tom Hamilton led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .294 clip. Johnny Kucab topped Lincoln with 16 wins, while Mason Bowes, too added 15 or more wins, too Johnny Kucab recorded a 2.97 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1950 Lincoln Athletics who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Johnny Kucab, Walt Kellner, Tom Kirk, Billy Shantz and Tom Hamilton.

Jimmie DeShong 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
Johnny Kucab	16	12	.571	2.97	31						261.0	236	99	86	17	68
Mason Bowes	15	15	.500	3.32	32						247.0	225	115	91	8	114
Elwood Carey	11	8	.579	4.17	28						177.0	180	97	82	21	79
Lew Fauth	9	13	.409	4.90	28						189.0	223	124	103	14	91
Jim MacFaden	7	9	.438	4.03	37						105.0	105	52	47	8	57
Richard Blauman	3	4	.429	6.49	20						61.0	59	51	44	1	74
Robert Palash	3	6	.333	6.30	24						80.0	88	61	56	5	60
Walt Kellner	3	14	.176	5.70	31						131.0	133	105	83	11	89
Jack Malloy					17						0.0
Totals	67	81	.453	4.26	248	0	0	0	0	0	1251.0	1249	704	592	85	632	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
Tom Hamilton	150	547	547		161	24	5	10						.294	.294	.411	.706	225
Bob Gardner	155	620	620		159	25	1	1						.256	.256	.305	.561	189
Tom Kirk	155	569	569		152	18	10	11						.267	.267	.392	.659	223
George Moskovich	151	521	521		147	23	7	14						.282	.282	.434	.716	226
Ed Boehm	154	555	555		146	20	6	13						.263	.263	.391	.654	217
Robert Stewart	139	523	523		128	19	2	8						.245	.245	.335	.579	175
Frank Niedowicz	112	331	331		92	8	0	0						.278	.278	.302	.580	100
Bob Betz	100	332	332		88	14	6	2						.265	.265	.361	.627	120
Billy Shantz	106	311	311		71	9	3	0						.228	.228	.277	.505	86
Bob Day	94	260	260		60	8	2	6						.231	.231	.346	.577	90
Johnny Kucab	45	106	106		27	8	1	0						.255	.255	.349	.604	37
Lew Fauth	29	73	73		14	4	0	0						.192	.192	.247	.438	18
Andrew Tranavitch	18	67	67		12	1	0	1						.179	.179	.239	.418	16
Joseph Pancoe	15	37	37		11	1	0	0						.297	.297	.324	.622	12
Mason Bowes	32	94	94		11	3	0	0						.117	.117	.149	.266	14
Elwood Carey	29	61	61		7	1	1	0						.115	.115	.164	.279	10
Walt Kellner	31	38	38		5	0	0	0						.132	.132	.132	.263	5
Richard Blauman	27	24	24		3	1	1	0						.125	.125	.250	.375	6
Jim MacFaden	37	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.176	3
Jack Malloy	17	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Robert Palash	24	17	17		1	0	0	1						.059	.059	.235	.294	4
Totals	1620	5127	5127	0	1299	187	45	67	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.253	.347	.600	1777	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim MacFaden	P	37					.000
Mason Bowes	P	32					.000
Johnny Kucab	P	31					.000
Walt Kellner	P	31					.000
Lew Fauth	P	28					.000
Elwood Carey	P	28					.000
Robert Palash	P	24					.000
Richard Blauman	P	20					.000
Jack Malloy	P	17					.000
Totals		248	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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