1950 Valdosta Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 81-56
Finished 2nd in the GGL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (81-56)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Valdosta, Georgia
Ballpark: Pendleton Park
Attendance: 56,089, Avg. 819
Playoffs - Tallahassee Pirates 4 games, Valdosta Dodgers 3
The Valdosta Dodgers of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1950 season with a record of 81 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the GGL.
The Dodgers led the league with just 710 runs allowed. Valdosta scored 891 runs. Chuck Coles paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .355. Billy Bledsoe topped the team with 16 wins, while Walter Strickland earned a 2.71 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1950 Valdosta Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Pignatano, Roger Craig, Bert Hamric and Chuck Coles.
Stan Wasiak served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Billy Bledsoe | 16 | 13 | .552 | 3.54 | 34 | 229.0 | 212 | 113 | 90 | 124 | ||||||||||||
Roger Craig | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.13 | 23 | 20 | 167.0 | 136 | 86 | 58 | 150 | |||||||||||
George Barker | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.07 | 25 | 148.0 | 162 | 91 | 67 | 70 | ||||||||||||
Donald Zeski | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.33 | 26 | 158.0 | 121 | 93 | 76 | 157 | ||||||||||||
Walter Strickland | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.71 | 20 | 133.0 | 101 | 52 | 40 | 90 | ||||||||||||
Frank Giaquinto | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.14 | 12 | 83.0 | 75 | 51 | 29 | 43 | ||||||||||||
Jerry Hatcher | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.72 | 16 | 103.0 | 113 | 60 | 54 | 59 | ||||||||||||
Stanley Stocker | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.14 | 19 | 63.0 | 71 | 45 | 36 | 47 | ||||||||||||
Warren Michelson | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bert Hamric | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 78 | 48 | .619 | 3.73 | 189 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1085.0 | 991 | 591 | 450 | 0 | 740 | 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 |
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Bert Hamric | 138 | 557 | 557 | 174 | 25 | 18 | 10 | .312 | .312 | .476 | .788 | 265 | |||||||||||
Stan Wasiak | 138 | 523 | 523 | 163 | 21 | 10 | 0 | .312 | .312 | .390 | .702 | 204 | |||||||||||
Chuck Coles | 111 | 454 | 454 | 161 | 19 | 14 | 14 | .355 | .355 | .551 | .905 | 250 | |||||||||||
James Stephenson | 129 | 477 | 477 | 133 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .279 | .279 | .363 | .642 | 173 | |||||||||||
William Adelheim | 122 | 452 | 452 | 126 | 26 | 7 | 8 | .279 | .279 | .420 | .699 | 190 | |||||||||||
Joe Pignatano | 127 | 424 | 424 | 121 | 17 | 17 | 4 | .285 | .285 | .434 | .719 | 184 | |||||||||||
Mike Korcheck | 88 | 335 | 335 | 87 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .376 | .636 | 126 | |||||||||||
Albert Cuoco | 88 | 292 | 292 | 80 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .274 | .274 | .356 | .630 | 104 | |||||||||||
Bobby Dendy | 45 | 143 | 143 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .385 | .622 | 55 | |||||||||||
Lee Watts | 29 | 104 | 104 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .365 | .615 | 38 | |||||||||||
Bill Delich | 20 | 80 | 80 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .375 | .638 | 30 | |||||||||||
Mike Singer | 31 | 91 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .264 | .473 | 24 | |||||||||||
Billy Bledsoe | 40 | 91 | 91 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .198 | .198 | .264 | .462 | 24 | |||||||||||
Robert Jenkins | 35 | 81 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .210 | .210 | .247 | .457 | 20 | |||||||||||
Gordon Meeres | 25 | 66 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .212 | .227 | .439 | 15 | |||||||||||
George Barker | 27 | 56 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 12 | |||||||||||
Walter Strickland | 24 | 54 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .204 | .352 | 11 | |||||||||||
Roger Craig | 25 | 66 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .121 | .121 | .182 | .303 | 12 | |||||||||||
Jerry Hatcher | 21 | 41 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .171 | .171 | .341 | 7 | |||||||||||
Donald Zeski | 26 | 53 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .170 | .302 | 9 | |||||||||||
Peter Sbashnig | 12 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .261 | .435 | 6 | |||||||||||
Roger Brown | 10 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .148 | .259 | .407 | 7 | |||||||||||
Frank Giaquinto | 13 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .179 | .321 | 5 | |||||||||||
Warren Michelson | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | |||||||||||
Stanley Stocker | 19 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1356 | 4552 | 4552 | 0 | 1252 | 190 | 99 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .390 | .665 | 1775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Bledsoe | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
Donald Zeski | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
George Barker | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Roger Craig | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
Walter Strickland | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
Stanley Stocker | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
Jerry Hatcher | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
Warren Michelson | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Frank Giaquinto | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 188 | 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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