1950 Radford Rockets Statistics

Blue Ridge League (BRL) - Class: D
Team Record: 52-70
Finished 4th in the BRL
Manager: Garland Braxton (0-0), Steve Sloboda (0-0)
Location: Radford, Virginia
Ballpark: Radford High School Park
Attendance: 20,500, Avg. 336

1950 Radford Rockets Roster

Playoffs - Mount Airy Graniteers 3 games, Radford Rockets 1

The Radford Rockets of the Blue Ridge League ended the 1950 season with a record of 52 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the BRL.

The Rockets scored 555 runs and surrendered 623 runs. James Horton led all regular batters by hitting .298. Hardin Gilley topped Radford with 16 wins and a team-best 3.17 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Ed Sadowski played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Radford Rockets to do so.

Garland Braxton and Steve Sloboda 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
Hardin Gilley	16	9	.640	3.17	31						196.0	181	85	69		72
Thomas McCauley	6	13	.316	4.73	24						135.0	90	95	71		121
John Dougherty	5	7	.417	4.34	21						112.0	98	73	54		87
Charlie Griffith	4	6	.400	4.01	13						74.0	71	44	33		43
John Hinnant					11						0.0
Herbert Snyder					10						0.0
Totals	31	35	.470	3.95	110	0	0	0	0	0	517.0	440	297	227	0	323	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
James Horton	106	420	420		125	14	7	1						.298	.298	.371	.669	156
Steve Sloboda	100	346	346		98	20	3	0						.283	.283	.358	.642	124
Ed Sadowski	102	367	367		94	16	6	0						.256	.256	.332	.589	122
Frank Cirelli	98	373	373		93	18	1	1						.249	.249	.311	.560	116
Charles Kristufek	101	342	342		92	20	2	0						.269	.269	.339	.608	116
Charles Myrick	96	320	320		79	11	4	1						.247	.247	.316	.562	101
Bill Hardy	86	269	269		73	12	2	1						.271	.271	.342	.613	92
Arthur McAuliffe	99	322	322		65	13	3	3						.202	.202	.289	.491	93
Delane Noah	53	165	165		50	9	6	1						.303	.303	.448	.752	74
John Moore	16	47	47		12	0	1	0						.255	.255	.298	.553	14
Hardin Gilley	36	84	84		12	2	0	0						.143	.143	.167	.310	14
Charlie Griffith	17	43	43		9	3	0	0						.209	.209	.279	.488	12
John Dougherty	21	44	44		7	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.318	7
Ted Gebhart	14	18	18		5	2	0	1						.278	.278	.556	.833	10
Thomas McCauley	24	45	45		4	0	0	0						.089	.089	.089	.178	4
Herbert Snyder	12	14	14		3	0	1	0						.214	.214	.357	.571	5
John Hinnant	11	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Ralph Tielsch	10	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Totals	1002	3250	3250	0	826	140	36	9	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.328	.582	1065	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hardin Gilley	P	31					.000
Thomas McCauley	P	24					.000
John Dougherty	P	21					.000
Charlie Griffith	P	13					.000
John Hinnant	P	11					.000
Herbert Snyder	P	10					.000
Totals		110	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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