1950 Rutherford County Owls Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 57-53
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Halley Wilson (57-53)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Spindale, North Carolina
Ballpark: Spindale High School Stadium
Attendance: 37,511, Avg. 682

1950 Rutherford County Owls Roster

Playoffs - Newton-Conover Twins 4 games, Rutherford County Owls 2

The Rutherford County Owls of the Western Carolina League ended the 1950 season with a record of 57 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Owls scored 730 runs and allowed 752 runs. Romas Duncan led all regular batters with a .323 average. Bob Mabe, George Long and Gordon McDonald topped Rutherford County with 10 wins each, while Bob Mabe earned a 3.7 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Mabe played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Rutherford County Owls to do so.

Halley Wilson 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
Gordon McDonald	10	3	.769	4.35	30						124.0	122	70	60		63
George Long	10	8	.556	4.63	32						134.0	125	97	69		121
Bob Mabe	10	10	.500	3.70	27						151.0	119	84	62		116
Jim Gaddy	7	3	.700	7.31	27						85.0	117	79	69		52
Ernie Novack	3	2	.600	7.04	14						46.0	67	45	36		22
Donald Tepe	3	3	.500	5.82	11						51.0	37	40	33		82
Lloyd Parker	1	9	.100	6.78	15						73.0	93	64	55		37
Bob Jolley					11						0.0
Totals	44	38	.537	5.20	167	0	0	0	0	0	664.0	680	479	384	0	493	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
Thomas Cumby	96	391	391		121	24	6	14						.309	.309	.509	.818	199
Basil Butler	93	356	356		114	20	11	10						.320	.320	.522	.843	186
Romas Duncan	101	344	344		111	21	3	14						.323	.323	.523	.846	180
Malcolm McKeithan	103	390	390		109	19	8	4						.279	.279	.400	.679	156
William Pulley	108	408	408		107	21	4	10						.262	.262	.407	.669	166
Waller Taylor	96	363	363		104	16	5	13						.287	.287	.466	.752	169
Bill McKenney	96	342	342		103	18	6	14						.301	.301	.512	.813	175
James Balogh	82	335	335		87	8	2	8						.260	.260	.367	.627	123
Mahlon Bagwell	26	98	98		35	6	3	6						.357	.357	.663	1.020	65
Harold Lambeth	23	92	92		30	0	1	3						.326	.326	.446	.772	41
Floyd Brooks	36	144	144		28	3	2	0						.194	.194	.243	.438	35
Ralph Fields	33	68	68		17	5	0	1						.250	.250	.368	.618	25
Gordon McDonald	36	44	44		13	2	0	0						.295	.295	.341	.636	15
Bob Mabe	27	53	53		9	2	0	0						.170	.170	.208	.377	11
Ernie Novack	16	18	18		8	2	0	0						.444	.444	.556	1.000	10
Jim Gaddy	27	32	32		8	4	0	0						.250	.250	.375	.625	12
George Long	32	47	47		7	2	0	1						.149	.149	.255	.404	12
Charles Morrow	10	27	27		6	1	1	0						.222	.222	.333	.556	9
Roy Lamb	11	27	27		6	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	6
Edwin Grimsley	11	35	35		6	0	1	0						.171	.171	.229	.400	8
Lloyd Parker	17	28	28		5	2	0	0						.179	.179	.250	.429	7
Donald Tepe	11	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Bob Jolley	11	11	11		1	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Totals	1102	3673	3673	0	1037	176	53	98	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.439	.721	1613	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
George Long	P	32					.000
Gordon McDonald	P	30					.000
Bob Mabe	P	27					.000
Jim Gaddy	P	27					.000
Lloyd Parker	P	15					.000
Ernie Novack	P	14					.000
Donald Tepe	P	11					.000
Bob Jolley	P	11					.000
Totals		167	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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