1950 McAllen Giants Statistics
Team Record: 42-102
Finished 6th in the RGVL
Manager: Boyd SoRelle (0-0), Phil Kuykendall (0-0)
Location: McAllen, Texas
Ballpark: Paris Field
Attendance: 32,473, Avg. 451
The McAllen Giants of the Rio Grande Valley League ended the 1950 season with a record of 42 wins and 102 losses, finishing sixth in the RGVL.
The Giants plated 928 runs and yielded 1395 runs, most in the league. Joseph Wisniewski walloped 31 home runs for McAllen, while Roy Switzer and Rudy Escobar swatted 15 or more as well. Joseph Wisniewski recorded 102 runs batted in. Rudy Escobar led all regular hitters by hitting .329. Harold Jackson topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 6.21 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Boyd SoRelle and Phil Kuykendall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Jackson | 16 | 15 | .516 | 6.21 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 284.0 | 390 | 242 | 196 | 102 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Mike Rodriguez | 8 | 15 | .348 | 8.35 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 194.0 | 237 | 215 | 180 | 164 | 118 | 25 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Kenneth Wade | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.61 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 83.0 | 105 | 86 | 61 | 64 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Bill Hudgens | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.73 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 143.0 | 152 | 130 | 107 | 108 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||||
| Jack Scranton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 66 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Bryant Langford | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.53 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 113.0 | 144 | 109 | 82 | 77 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Rocco Rotunno | 2 | 10 | .167 | 10.33 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 112 | 136 | 109 | 114 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Guadalupe Lopez | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11.53 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32.0 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Shuford | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| David Vargas | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Rankin | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfredo Padron | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Watling | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Luna | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Kelsey | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bert Gottesman | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Louis Falcon | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben Mosley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 14.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Forbess | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Roy Switzer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.57 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 104 | 82 | 67 | 53 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Totals | 39 | 80 | .328 | 7.42 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1071.0 | 1382 | 1103 | 883 | 0 | 737 | 0 | 603 | 63 | 8 | 77 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Escobar | 127 | 597 | 507 | 115 | 167 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 78 | 31 | 83 | 73 | .329 | .427 | .538 | .965 | 273 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Phil Kuykendall | 137 | 621 | 517 | 90 | 152 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 9 | 101 | 37 | .294 | .411 | .360 | .771 | 186 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Donald Harman | 96 | 466 | 400 | 87 | 110 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 7 | 56 | 71 | .275 | .371 | .390 | .761 | 156 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Joseph Wisniewski | 92 | 426 | 341 | 78 | 100 | 21 | 2 | 31 | 102 | 2 | 79 | 59 | .293 | .434 | .639 | 1.074 | 218 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Switzer | 111 | 404 | 347 | 52 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 69 | 1 | 54 | 82 | .256 | .361 | .461 | .822 | 160 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Melillo | 54 | 261 | 210 | 41 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 41 | 10 | .267 | .398 | .348 | .746 | 73 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Kenneth Wade | 52 | 168 | 154 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 30 | .221 | .281 | .318 | .600 | 49 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | 42 | 134 | 127 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .228 | .252 | .299 | .551 | 38 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Path | 23 | 107 | 79 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 15 | .304 | .481 | .443 | .924 | 35 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Mike Rodriguez | 55 | 105 | 92 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .250 | .337 | .391 | .728 | 36 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ben Hale | 14 | 68 | 61 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .344 | .412 | .525 | .936 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Morrow | 22 | 105 | 86 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 12 | .244 | .363 | .384 | .746 | 33 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Jack Scranton | 46 | 149 | 121 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 40 | .149 | .295 | .157 | .452 | 19 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Carroll Gholson | 16 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .238 | .304 | .286 | .590 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Hudgens | 32 | 65 | 59 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .169 | .246 | .339 | .585 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rocco Rotunno | 21 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .059 | .179 | .088 | .268 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bryant Langford | 26 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .000 | .048 | .000 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 966 | 3805 | 3217 | 604 | 866 | 160 | 31 | 85 | 496 | 59 | 0 | 529 | 553 | .269 | .377 | .417 | .795 | 1343 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Kuykendall | 1B | 137 | 1175 | 47 | 26 | 107 | .979 | 8.920 | ||||
| Kenneth Wade | 2B | 17 | 31 | 35 | 7 | 6 | .904 | 3.882 | ||||
| Roy Switzer | 2B | 15 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 3 | .887 | 4.200 | ||||
| Donald Harman | 3B | 89 | 127 | 173 | 67 | 19 | .817 | 3.371 | ||||
| Ed Melillo | 3B | 23 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 4 | .902 | 3.217 | ||||
| Roy Switzer | 3B | 12 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.917 | ||||
| Carroll Gholson | 3B | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 2 | .586 | 1.700 | ||||
| Roy Switzer | C | 44 | 184 | 26 | 7 | 4 | .968 | 4.773 | 6 | |||
| Bill Path | C | 23 | 130 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .966 | 6.217 | 1 | |||
| Rudy Escobar | OF | 122 | 226 | 11 | 19 | 4 | .926 | 1.943 | ||||
| Joseph Wisniewski | OF | 92 | 187 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .961 | 2.130 | ||||
| Frank Morrow | OF | 20 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .914 | 2.650 | ||||
| Roy Switzer | OF | 19 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .821 | 1.211 | ||||
| Ben Hale | OF | 14 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.929 | ||||
| Mike Rodriguez | P | 48 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .955 | .875 | ||||
| Harold Jackson | P | 41 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 2 | .954 | 1.512 | ||||
| Bill Hudgens | P | 27 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .913 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bryant Langford | P | 26 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .731 | ||||
| Rocco Rotunno | P | 19 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .947 | ||||
| Kenneth Wade | P | 15 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.667 | ||||
| Roy Switzer | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Jack Scranton | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Guadalupe Lopez | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Mosley | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Forbess | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Melillo | SS | 31 | 48 | 91 | 13 | 11 | .914 | 4.484 | ||||
| Jack Scranton | SS | 20 | 27 | 53 | 25 | 9 | .762 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 904 | 2355 | 755 | 236 | 187 | .929 | 3.440 | 7 | 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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