1950 Waco Pirates Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-76
Finished 6th in the BSL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (72-76)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Waco, Texas
Ballpark: Katy Park
Attendance: 85,173, Avg. 1,151

1950 Waco Pirates Roster

The Waco Pirates of the Big State League ended the 1950 season with a record of 72 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the BSL.

The Pirates scored 813 runs and conceded 827 runs.

Players from the 1950 Waco Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dick Smith, Hal Bevan, Buddy Hancken, Bob Friend and John Powers.

Buddy Hancken 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
Bob Friend	12	9	.571	3.08	29			12	2		190.0	173	95	65		91		107	2	6	3
Norman Morton	12	12	.500	4.28	36			12	4		200.0	202	105	95		68		147	1	5	2
Jack Bumgarner	11	5	.688	4.90	45			0	0		136.0	148	92	74		80		76	2	3	6
Gene Bussman	8	10	.444	4.85	32			9	1		165.0	204	101	89		79		78	9	2	3
Ralph Woolford	5	5	.500	5.00	18			3	0		72.0	70	51	40		55		81	1	1	4
Joseph Stelmack	4	2	.667	5.43	12			1	0		63.0	84	40	38		25		32	0	1	5
Ken Clary	4	7	.364	5.31	35			1	0		83.0	89	56	49		61		34	4	2	5
Dick Drilling	4	10	.286	6.37	26			4	1		106.0	129	89	75		53		50	2	2	5
Harold Breeding	3	3	.500	6.19	13			2	0		48.0	52	38	33		43		9	2	1	1
John Higgins	3	5	.375	5.40	14			2	0		70.0	90	54	42		21		35	0	4	3
David Elliott					11						0.0
Totals	66	68	.493	4.77	271	0	0	46	8	0	1133.0	1241	721	600	0	576	0	649	23	27	37	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
John Powers	144	615	541	124	168	24	6	39	135	5		66	107	.311	.390	.593	.983	321		4	4
Irving Carlson	148	658	583	89	168	39	3	15	71	5		72	93	.288	.367	.443	.810	258		1	2
George Sopko	136	587	538	75	164	25	1	3	46	21		45	44	.305	.358	.372	.730	200		0	4
John Baas	117	523	465	80	158	24	14	3	49	12		52	26	.340	.407	.471	.878	219		1	5
Tom Vangelas	130	550	482	86	137	21	1	26	97	1		62	62	.284	.370	.494	.864	238		4	2
John Moore	110	375	339	44	90	14	1	7	46	5		34	37	.265	.336	.375	.711	127		2	0
Hal Bevan	58	249	224	49	88	18	0	2	41	1		24	28	.393	.454	.500	.954	112		1	0
Troy Mitchell	56	221	209	32	70	10	3	3	46	3		9	11	.335	.371	.455	.826	95		3	0
Sug Haines	59	260	225	44	70	8	2	3	23	2		31	23	.311	.397	.404	.801	91		1	3
John Paszek	62	250	215	33	63	12	1	6	32	3		28	38	.293	.382	.442	.824	95		3	4
Delton Dunnack	58	227	203	25	56	12	1	0	19	2		20	34	.276	.347	.345	.691	70		2	2
Buddy Hancken	51	150	121	11	33	6	1	0	17	2		25	5	.273	.409	.339	.748	41		3	1
Moe Bremer	29	111	95	18	25	9	2	4	22	0		15	18	.263	.369	.526	.896	50		1	0
Dick Smith	29	100	87	15	21	1	0	2	11	0		12	13	.241	.340	.322	.662	28		1	0
Norman Morton	39	85	76	9	20	2	0	1	7	0		4	18	.263	.300	.329	.629	25		0	5
Gene Bussman	45	86	81	9	16	4	0	0	5	0		2	10	.198	.217	.247	.464	20		0	3
Jack Bumgarner	52	75	67	4	14	4	0	0	8	1		3	16	.209	.243	.269	.512	18		0	5
Donald Hinchberger	16	61	57	9	13	3	0	2	8	1		4	8	.228	.279	.386	.665	22		0	0
Richard Stingley	25	73	67	5	10	2	0	0	3	1		5	25	.149	.219	.179	.398	12		1	0
Bob Friend	30	79	73	9	10	2	0	0	3	0		3	30	.137	.171	.164	.335	12		0	3
Joseph Stelmack	20	36	34	5	8	1	0	2	7	0		2	11	.235	.278	.441	.719	15		0	0
Ron Boone	12	31	27	4	6	1	1	0	1	0		2	7	.222	.323	.333	.656	9		2	0
Frederick Barlow	15	49	42	3	6	0	0	0	4	1		5	9	.143	.250	.143	.393	6		1	1
David Elliott	11	16	15	0	5	2	0	0	0	0		1	2	.333	.375	.467	.842	7		0	0
John Higgins	14	25	25	2	5	2	0	0	3	0		0	6	.200	.200	.280	.480	7		0	0
Ken Clary	35	27	25	2	4	2	0	0	2	0		1	7	.160	.192	.240	.432	6		0	1
Dick Drilling	27	39	36	1	4	0	0	0	6	0		3	18	.111	.179	.111	.291	4		0	0
Harold Breeding	13	22	21	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	8	.095	.095	.143	.238	3		0	1
Ralph Woolford	19	27	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	10	.038	.038	.038	.077	1		0	1
Totals	1560	5607	4999	791	1435	249	37	118	713	66	0	530	724	.287	.359	.422	.781	2112	0	31	47	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tom Vangelas	1B	130	1152	40	20	152	.983	9.169
George Sopko	2B	133	372	420	21	124	.974	5.955
Sug Haines	3B	59	53	106	9	16	.946	2.695
Hal Bevan	3B	48	46	92	12	7	.920	2.875
Dick Smith	3B	22	28	44	7	4	.911	3.273
Frederick Barlow	3B	12	7	25	3	3	.914	2.667
Troy Mitchell	C	54	284	21	3	5	.990	5.648	1
Delton Dunnack	C	47	220	22	4	5	.984	5.149	4
Buddy Hancken	C	43	203	30	6	8	.975	5.419	2
Richard Stingley	C	22	74	6	1	2	.988	3.636	3
John Powers	OF	141	221	20	12	5	.953	1.709
John Baas	OF	114	236	11	17	2	.936	2.167
John Moore	OF	90	159	10	6	0	.966	1.878
John Paszek	OF	60	130	8	5	2	.965	2.300
Moe Bremer	OF	18	24	1	4	0	.862	1.389
Donald Hinchberger	OF	13	37	2	2	1	.951	3.000
Jack Bumgarner	P	45	7	29	2	4	.947	.800
Norman Morton	P	36	6	32	2	1	.950	1.056
Ken Clary	P	35	5	27	1	3	.970	.914
Gene Bussman	P	32	9	37	3	6	.939	1.438
Bob Friend	P	29	3	33	1	2	.973	1.241
Dick Drilling	P	26	3	15	6	2	.750	.692
Ralph Woolford	P	18	4	16	4	4	.833	1.111
John Higgins	P	14	0	17	1	0	.944	1.214
Harold Breeding	P	13	0	11	0	1	1.000	.846
Joseph Stelmack	P	12	1	9	0	2	1.000	.833
David Elliott	P	11	0	12	1	0	.923	1.091
Irving Carlson	SS	148	250	509	53	123	.935	5.128
Totals		1425	3534	1605	206	484	.961	3.606	10	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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