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1950 Eastern League

1950 > Class A > League History
Overall: 555 games, 8 teams, approx. 138 games in season
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Other Years: 1949 / 1951
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1949 / 1951

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1949 / 1951

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Wilkes-Barre Indians	CLE	90	48	.652	--
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	81	58	.583	9.5
Hartford Chiefs	ATL	80	59	.576	10.5
Albany Senators	PIT	66	73	.475	24.5
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	64	73	.467	25.5
Williamsport Grays	DET	61	77	.442	29
Elmira Pioneers	LAD	58	81	.417	32.5
Scranton Miners	BOS	54	85	.388	36.5

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	24.4	5.69	139	5281	4575	791	1280	269	46	101	705	80	609	535	.280	.364	.425	.789	1944	97
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	23.2	5.36	140	5341	4653	750	1292	195	41	95	658	66	616	643	.278	.362	.398	.761	1854	72
Albany Senators	PIT	26.6	5.19	139	5285	4580	721	1230	205	39	62	647	31	629	609	.269	.357	.371	.728	1699	76
Wilkes-Barre Indians	CLE	23.8	5.11	138	5154	4418	705	1162	204	68	66	624	45	666	760	.263	.360	.385	.744	1700	70
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	23.6	4.95	138	5243	4565	683	1226	221	52	45	602	43	615	617	.269	.355	.369	.725	1686	63
Scranton Miners	BOS	23.3	4.60	139	5159	4552	640	1195	202	55	68	586	65	542	589	.263	.341	.376	.717	1711	65
Williamsport Grays	DET	24.3	4.57	138	5132	4444	630	1189	166	43	60	571	61	593	543	.268	.354	.365	.719	1621	95
Elmira Pioneers	BRO	24.8	4.47	139	5230	4624	622	1237	217	52	39	546	115	463	538	.268	.334	.362	.696	1675	143
League Totals		24.3	4.99	1110	41825	36411	5542	9811	1679	396	536	4939	506	4733	4834	.269	.353	.381	.735	13890	681

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	G	GS	R
Wilkes-Barre Indians	CLE	23.0	4.04	90	48	.652	138	138	557
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	21.9	4.41	81	58	.583	140	140	618
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	23.9	4.45	80	59	.576	139	139	618
Elmira Pioneers	BRO	24.6	5.11	58	81	.417	139	139	710
Williamsport Grays	DET	23.7	5.25	61	77	.442	138	138	725
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	23.5	5.36	64	73	.467	138	138	740
Albany Senators	PIT	26.9	5.63	66	73	.475	139	139	782
Scranton Miners	BOS	22.0	5.70	54	85	.388	139	139	792
League Totals		23.7	4.99	554	554	.500	1110	1110	5542

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Hartford Chiefs	BSN	139	3515	1431	191	131	.963	8	Ripper Collins
Binghamton Triplets	NYY	140	3565	1612	202	139	.962	21	George Selkirk
Albany Senators	PIT	139	3466	1524	209	159	.960	10	Pinky May
Wilkes-Barre Indians	CLE	138	3481	1371	208	107	.959	7	Bill Norman
Elmira Pioneers	BRO	139	3518	1451	226	127	.956	15	Greg Mulleavy and George Fallon
Utica Blue Sox	PHI	138	3487	1478	228	115	.956	13	Lee Riley
Williamsport Grays	DET	138	3398	1269	213	119	.956	15	Jack Tighe
Scranton Miners	BOS	139	3474	1388	251	110	.951	20	Jack Burns
League Totals		1110	27904	11524	1728	1007	.958	109

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