1950 Winston-Salem Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 106-47
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: George Kissell (106-47)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Southside Park, Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 172,895, Avg. 2,260
Playoffs - Winston-Salem Cardinals 3 games, Reidsville Luckies 2
Finals - Winston-Salem Cardinals 4 games, Burlington Bees 1
The Winston-Salem Cardinals of the Carolina League ended the 1950 season with a record of 106 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Cardinals paced the league with 782 runs, spearheaded by 88 home runs. Winston-Salem surrendered 573 runs, least in the league. Russ Rac topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .287 average. Lee Peterson led the squad with 21 wins, while Vinegar Bend Mizell, Bobby Tiefenauer and George Condrick each also added 15 or more victories also Vinegar Bend Mizell earned a 2.48 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1950 Winston-Salem Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Romonosky, Neal Hertweck, Bobby Tiefenauer and Vinegar Bend Mizell.
George Kissell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Peterson | 21 | 10 | .677 | 3.06 | 42 | 256.0 | 265 | 110 | 87 | 9 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.48 | 42 | 207.0 | 167 | 76 | 57 | 3 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.51 | 66 | 20 | 183.0 | 177 | 65 | 51 | 4 | 65 | ||||||||||
| George Condrick | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.24 | 30 | 175.0 | 174 | 76 | 63 | 4 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Harold Atkinson | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.94 | 37 | 194.0 | 199 | 102 | 85 | 5 | 80 | |||||||||||
| Dick Umberger | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.00 | 23 | 126.0 | 90 | 46 | 42 | 6 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bills | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.13 | 20 | 92.0 | 77 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.05 | 14 | 60.0 | 57 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||
| John Romonosky | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 | 5.0 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 104 | 47 | .689 | 3.15 | 278 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1298.0 | 1218 | 552 | 454 | 33 | 528 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Rac | 151 | 547 | 547 | 157 | 35 | 1 | 16 | .287 | .287 | .442 | .729 | 242 | |||||||||||
| Neal Hertweck | 152 | 553 | 553 | 151 | 32 | 3 | 14 | .273 | .273 | .418 | .691 | 231 | |||||||||||
| William LaFrance | 151 | 467 | 467 | 132 | 32 | 5 | 10 | .283 | .283 | .437 | .719 | 204 | |||||||||||
| Jack Huesman | 146 | 510 | 510 | 128 | 15 | 9 | 1 | .251 | .251 | .322 | .573 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Jim Neufeldt | 121 | 468 | 468 | 122 | 24 | 4 | 14 | .261 | .261 | .419 | .679 | 196 | |||||||||||
| Earl Weaver | 127 | 439 | 439 | 121 | 20 | 0 | 3 | .276 | .276 | .342 | .617 | 150 | |||||||||||
| Gene Barth | 86 | 314 | 314 | 88 | 30 | 1 | 9 | .280 | .280 | .468 | .748 | 147 | |||||||||||
| J. C. Dunn | 84 | 280 | 280 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .307 | .307 | .400 | .707 | 112 | |||||||||||
| George Kissell | 84 | 231 | 231 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .312 | .312 | .429 | .740 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Morgan | 114 | 307 | 307 | 61 | 19 | 1 | 13 | .199 | .199 | .394 | .593 | 121 | |||||||||||
| Ed Polak | 73 | 212 | 212 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .255 | .255 | .340 | .594 | 72 | |||||||||||
| Russell McGovern | 20 | 77 | 77 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .403 | .688 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Willie Osteen | 28 | 75 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .240 | .240 | .307 | .547 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Lee Peterson | 43 | 86 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .186 | .360 | 16 | |||||||||||
| George Condrick | 33 | 67 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .224 | .418 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 68 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .233 | .417 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Harold Atkinson | 37 | 56 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .214 | .393 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Dick Umberger | 25 | 45 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .200 | .378 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bills | 23 | 38 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .184 | .342 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 42 | 72 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Hoyt Benedict | 14 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1622 | 4921 | 4921 | 0 | 1283 | 264 | 31 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .381 | .641 | 1873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Tiefenauer | P | 66 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Peterson | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Atkinson | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| George Condrick | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Umberger | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Bills | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Hoyt Benedict | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 274 | 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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