1950 Marshall Browns Statistics

East Texas League (ETL) - Class: C
Team Record: 88-46
Finished 2nd in the ETL
Manager: Bruce Ogrodowski (88-46)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Marshall, Texas
Ballpark: East Texas Fair Grounds Ball Field
Attendance: 47,254, Avg. 705
1950 Marshall Browns Roster

Playoffs - Marshall Browns 4 games, Kilgore Drillers 1
Finals - Marshall Browns 4 games, Longview Texans 1

The Marshall Browns of the East Texas League ended the 1950 season with a record of 88 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the ETL.

The Browns paced the league with 855 runs. Marshall surrendered 623 runs. George Kress led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .353. Norman Wielansky topped the team with 19 wins, while Billy Hyde and Jack Martin added 15 or more victories also Howard Waters recorded a 1.88 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1950 Marshall Browns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Darrell Johnson, Bruce Ogrodowski and Bud Thomas.

Bruce Ogrodowski 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
Norman Wielansky195.7923.0628215.0193927398
Billy Hyde175.7733.692920217.02061048968117
Jack Martin1613.5523.3735251.021712594151
Howard Waters124.7501.8816144.093413062
Walter Riebeling107.5883.2932115.0107714265
Robert Snyder42.6675.621056.045393552
Gene Leigh44.5008.351469.094696464
Carlton Melander100.0
Totals8240.6723.601740020001067.0955541427056001170000

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
Darrell Johnson13149349316236913.329.329.517.846255
Bud Thomas1345655651603692.283.283.389.673220
Jake Gates1345205201501162.288.288.344.633179
George Kress10642242214929915.353.353.571.924241
Henry Kane12746846813917166.297.297.440.737206
Harvey Christensen1345085081372434.270.270.352.622179
Bob Hobbs10944144112620322.286.286.494.780218
David Rush13245345311924313.263.263.415.678188
Howard Waters4514814847552.318.318.459.77768
Bruce Ogrodowski55949423310.245.245.298.54328
Billy Hyde32939319100.204.204.215.41920
Jack Martin36959514001.147.147.179.32617
Norman Wielansky28858511100.129.129.141.27112
Gene Leigh2133339101.273.273.394.66713
Clifford Jackson1033337001.212.212.303.51510
Robert Snyder1021216100.286.286.333.6197
Carlton Melander1010103000.300.300.300.6003
Walter Riebeling3345451000.022.022.022.0441
Totals12874527452701282209648200000.283.283.412.695186500000


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jack MartinP35.000
Walter RiebelingP32.000
Billy HydeP29.000
Norman WielanskyP28.000
Gene LeighP14.000
Robert SnyderP10.000
Carlton MelanderP10.000
Totals1580000.000

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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