1950 Lenoir Red Sox Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 67-40
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Claude Jonnard (67-40)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Lenoir, North Carolina
Ballpark: High School Field
Attendance: 42,996, Avg. 804

1950 Lenoir Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Lenoir Red Sox 4 games, Marion Marauders 3
Finals - Lenoir Red Sox 4 games, Newton-Conover Twins 3

The Lenoir Red Sox of the Western Carolina League ended the 1950 season with a record of 67 wins and 40 losses, finishing second in the WCL.

The Red Sox led the league with 910 runs, sparked by 116 home runs. Lenoir surrendered 653 runs. Thomas Marino paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .360. Rudolph Yandoli topped the team with 15 wins, while Walter Lentz recorded a 4.75 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Gail Harris played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lenoir Red Sox to do so.

Claude Jonnard 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
Rudolph Yandoli	15	4	.789	5.03	21						143.0	154	98	80		87
Paul Mesich	13	5	.722	5.12	21						139.0	131	90	79		110
Walter Lentz	11	6	.647	4.75	23						142.0	168	86	75		50
Okey Flowers	9	5	.643	4.98	22						132.0	138	80	73		112
Arthur Sauer	7	4	.636	4.93	16						104.0	105	66	57		104
Al DiGregorio	4	3	.571	5.85	17						80.0	105	60	52		31
Lloyd Wiedemann	4	5	.444	5.18	25						92.0	103	64	53		34
Totals	63	32	.663	5.07	145	0	0	0	0	0	832.0	904	544	469	0	528	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
Robert Brown	107	463	463		153	36	13	13						.330	.330	.549	.879	254
Ray Heim	107	466	466		148	36	3	11						.318	.318	.479	.796	223
Robert Hallman	105	385	385		138	28	6	5						.358	.358	.501	.860	193
Thomas Marino	107	375	375		135	32	6	17						.360	.360	.613	.973	230
Gail Harris	97	395	395		124	21	4	16						.314	.314	.509	.823	201
Robert Featherstone	86	345	345		118	34	3	27						.342	.342	.693	1.035	239
Marvin Webster	106	416	416		115	19	11	8						.276	.276	.433	.709	180
Milton Narron	90	313	313		95	13	4	12						.304	.304	.486	.789	152
John Bruno	30	73	73		19	3	0	3						.260	.260	.425	.685	31
Rudolph Yandoli	37	84	84		18	8	1	1						.214	.214	.369	.583	31
Finley Bandy	22	80	80		15	6	1	1						.188	.188	.325	.512	26
Arthur Sauer	19	50	50		12	2	0	0						.240	.240	.280	.520	14
Walter Lentz	28	65	65		11	0	0	0						.169	.169	.169	.338	11
Okey Flowers	22	59	59		10	0	0	0						.169	.169	.169	.339	10
Paul Mesich	22	59	59		10	2	2	1						.169	.169	.322	.492	19
Al DiGregorio	24	47	47		7	0	0	1						.149	.149	.213	.362	10
Wesley Finjer	12	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	4
Lloyd Wiedemann	25	37	37		4	0	0	0						.108	.108	.108	.216	4
Ernie Mechelke	12	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Totals	1058	3755	3755	0	1137	240	54	116	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.303	.488	.791	1833	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Lloyd Wiedemann	P	25					.000
Walter Lentz	P	23					.000
Okey Flowers	P	22					.000
Rudolph Yandoli	P	21					.000
Paul Mesich	P	21					.000
Al DiGregorio	P	17					.000
Arthur Sauer	P	16					.000
Totals		145	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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