1950 Indianapolis Indians

1950 > Class AAA > 1950 American Association
Overall: 85-67
Scored 750 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-66

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Al Lopez
Represented: Indianapolis, IN
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1949 / 1951

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Del Ballinger*	31	52	160	137	15	33	11	0	0	16	0	20	2	.241	.350	.321	.671	44	4	3	0
2	Monty Basgall	28	133	526	462	63	130	29	4	13	58	5	52	58	.281	.360	.446	.806	206	15	5	7
3	Ted Beard*	29	29	122	107	15	25	7	1	0	2	1	14	22	.234	.322	.318	.640	34	1	0	1
4	Gus Bell*	21	38	185	165	33	66	10	6	5	21	1	19	13	.400	.465	.624	1.089	103	0	1	0
5	Eddie Bockman	29	107	415	363	55	89	11	6	11	46	3	45	57	.245	.330	.399	.730	145	8	1	6
6	Dale Coogan*	19	65	272	255	29	61	9	6	5	28	3	15	44	.239	.287	.380	.667	97	4	2	0
7	Dom Dallessandro*	36	101	277	223	45	78	13	2	12	52	0	53	28	.350	.475	.587	1.062	131	4	0	1
8	Nanny Fernandez	31	61	251	230	29	69	14	2	11	47	3	20	20	.300	.356	.522	.878	120	4	0	1
9	Ed Fitz Gerald	26	103	346	310	43	97	14	6	0	42	3	34	38	.313	.383	.397	.779	123	7	1	1
10	Bob Friend	19	11	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.111	.111	.111	.222	2	1	0	2
11	Robert Ganss	27	4		9		5								.556
12	Gary Gearhart	26	4		5		1								.200
13	Hal Gregg	28	19	33	29	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	.103	.133	.103	.237	3	3	0	3
14	Al Grunwald*	20	35	127	117	22	39	9	1	3	29	0	8	13	.333	.381	.504	.885	59	3	1	1
15	Don Gutteridge	38	52	105	98	19	19	5	2	0	9	0	4	13	.194	.225	.286	.511	28	5	0	3
16	Johnny Hutchings#	34	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
17	Frank Kalin	32	85	260	238	38	70	13	5	14	51	1	22	43	.294	.354	.567	.921	135	3	0	0
18	Robert Kellogg*	27	22	53	48	9	13	2	1	0	2	0	5	9	.271	.340	.354	.694	17	2	0	0
19	Paul LaPalme*	26	31	10	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	5	0	0	0
20	Rolland Leveille	22	10	28	25	3	6	3	0	1	6	0	3	1	.240	.321	.480	.801	12	1	0	0
21	Royce Lint*	29	67	61	49	14	5	1	0	0	4	2	6	15	.102	.200	.122	.322	6	0	0	6
22	Woody Main	28	43	16	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	.063	.063	.125	.188	2	1	0	0
23	Windy McCall*	24	21	44	35	8	10	5	0	1	7	0	4	7	.286	.375	.514	.889	18	1	1	4
24	James Mims	23	7		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
25	Pete Modica	26	3		4		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
26	Joe Muir*	27	38	77	72	9	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	9	.208	.208	.208	.417	15	0	0	5
27	Danny O'Connell	21	84	358	322	65	113	20	4	8	50	5	33	23	.351	.413	.512	.925	165	10	1	2
28	Frank Papish	32	19	43	35	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	2	7	.200	.243	.229	.472	8	1	0	6
29	Rusty Peters	35	69	211	183	27	46	11	5	2	17	0	27	31	.251	.351	.399	.750	73	7	1	0
30	Bill Pierro	24	25	33	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.036	.100	.036	.136	1	0	0	3
31	Whitey Platt	29	126	439	418	47	115	21	1	12	71	1	19	57	.275	.308	.416	.724	174	16	1	1
32	Dino Restelli	25	21	92	81	10	13	3	1	1	6	1	10	14	.160	.261	.259	.520	21	5	1	0
33	Elmer Riddle	35	36	62	54	6	7	1	0	1	6	0	1	20	.130	.161	.204	.364	11	1	1	6
34	Culley Rikard*	36	115	389	308	45	87	11	2	3	41	2	81	22	.282	.432	.360	.792	111	14	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
35	Tom Saffell*	28	85	338	298	49	97	15	3	5	23	11	37	33	.326	.404	.446	.850	133	0	2	1
36	Ed Stevens*	25	61	234	198	26	52	3	2	5	27	0	34	24	.263	.373	.374	.747	74	2	1	1
37	Fred Strobel	21	30	36	29	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	11	.069	.129	.103	.232	3	1	0	5
38	Earl Turner	27	19	56	55	3	17	2	1	0	8	0	1	9	.309	.321	.382	.703	21	3	0	0
39	Leo Wells	32	22	74	69	13	21	5	0	1	9	0	5	8	.304	.351	.420	.772	29	4	0	0
	39 Players	28.4	153	5745	5080	750	1414	250	61	114	695	41	573	690	.278	.354	.419	.773	2128	129	24	68

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bob Friend	19	2	4	.333	5.46	11	9	0	0	56.0	75	41	34		16	34	3	0	1	1.625	12.1		2.6	5.5	2.13
2	Hal Gregg	28	3	9	.250	5.03	18	17	4	0	93.0	98	62	52		49	71	2	0	3	1.581	9.5		4.7	6.9	1.45
3	Johnny Hutchings	34	3	1	.750	1.55	19		0		29.0	23	7	5	4	13	15	1	2	0	1.241	7.1	1.2	4.0	4.7	1.15
4	Bill Kennedy*	31	0	0			1				1.0
5	Paul LaPalme*	26	6	5	.545	3.67	31	0	0	0	49.0	42	24	20		23	27	0	0	0	1.327	7.7		4.2	5.0	1.17
6	Royce Lint*	29	12	6	.667	3.97	46	18	7	2	177.0	196	86	78		76	100	0	3	1	1.537	10.0		3.9	5.1	1.32
7	Woody Main	28	5	4	.556	1.90	43	0	0	0	71.0	48	20	15		24	42	2	0	0	1.014	6.1		3.0	5.3	1.75
8	Windy McCall*	24	7	7	.500	5.28	20	18	6	2	104.0	111	67	61		60	82	3	0	1	1.644	9.6		5.2	7.1	1.37
9	James Mims	23	1	0	1.000	2.45	7		0		11.0	10	3	3	1	4	3	0	0	0	1.273	8.2	0.8	3.3	2.5	0.75
10	Pete Modica	26	1	1	.500	5.40	3		0		10.0	11	7	6	1	11	7	0	1	1	2.200	9.9	0.9	9.9	6.3	0.64
11	Joe Muir*	27	10	10	.500	3.91	38	25	9	2	205.0	225	103	89		52	97	0	0	1	1.351	9.9		2.3	4.3	1.87
12	Frank Papish*	32	11	3	.786	2.81	19	15	8	1	109.0	84	39	34		47	47	2	1	1	1.202	6.9		3.9	3.9	1.00
13	Bill Pierro	24	8	3	.727	2.60	25	11	4	2	104.0	56	33	30		59	75	8	1	3	1.106	4.8		5.1	6.5	1.27
14	Elmer Riddle	35	11	9	.550	4.04	26	25	10	1	165.0	168	86	74		85	70	2	2	2	1.533	9.2		4.6	3.8	0.82
15	Fred Strobel	21	5	5	.500	4.17	30	14	4	1	108.0	122	66	50		56	49	0	0	0	1.648	10.2		4.7	4.1	0.88
	15 Players	27.4	85	67	.559		153	153					645

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ed Fitz Gerald	94	496	30	11	0	.980	5.60	10
Del Ballinger	47	212	19	1	2	.996	4.91	5
Earl Turner	14	73	8	1	1	.988	5.79	1
Rolland Leveille	10	32	4	1	0	.973	3.60	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dale Coogan	65	491	48	11	44	.980	8.29
Ed Stevens	56	411	41	10	44	.978	8.07
Al Grunwald	28	233	17	2	15	.992	8.93

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Monty Basgall	133		331	286	25	71	.961	4.64
Don Gutteridge	28		38	47	3	12	.966	3.04

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eddie Bockman	101	100	194	23	16	.927	2.91
Rusty Peters	43	35	81	10	2	.921	2.70
Nanny Fernandez	36	50	81	12	19	.916	3.64

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Danny O'Connell	84	141	244	10	48	.975	4.58
Nanny Fernandez	25	33	63	8	8	.923	3.84
Leo Wells	21	35	39	3	10	.961	3.52

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Whitey Platt	116	187	13	9	2	.957	1.72
Culley Rikard	97	161	7	7	2	.960	1.73	Stats for 2 teams
Tom Saffell	83	234	8	3	2	.988	2.92
Frank Kalin	60	98	1	2	0	.980	1.65
Dom Dallessandro	53	86	4	3	0	.968	1.70
Gus Bell	38	73	8	2	1	.976	2.13
Ted Beard	29	68	2	0	0	1.000	2.41
Dino Restelli	21	61	0	4	0	.938	2.90
Robert Kellogg	13	21	2	0	1	1.000	1.77

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Royce Lint	46	17	41	4	5	.935	1.26
Woody Main	43	5	7	2	0	.857	0.28
Joe Muir	38	14	34	1	2	.980	1.26
Paul LaPalme	31	5	9	0	0	1.000	0.45
Fred Strobel	30	6	16	1	0	.957	0.73
Elmer Riddle	26	9	25	1	1	.971	1.31
Bill Pierro	25	2	7	2	1	.818	0.36
Windy McCall	20	8	12	0	2	1.000	1.00
Johnny Hutchings	19	6	5	0	1	1.000	0.58
Frank Papish	19	9	16	3	1	.893	1.32
Hal Gregg	18	10	19	2	1	.935	1.61
Bob Friend	11	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.09
James Mims	7						0.00
Pete Modica	3						0.00
Bill Kennedy	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Del Ballinger	31	L	R	5' 8.0"	185	Mar 17, 1919	Fort Oglethorpe, GA, US
Monty Basgall	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Feb 8, 1922	Pfeifer, KS, US
Ted Beard	29	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Jan 7, 1921	Woodsboro, MD, US
Gus Bell	21	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 15, 1928	Louisville, KY, US
Eddie Bockman	29	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Jul 26, 1920	Santa Ana, CA, US
Dale Coogan	19	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 14, 1930	Los Angeles, CA, US
Dom Dallessandro	36	L	L	5' 6.0"	168	Oct 3, 1913	Reading, PA, US
Nanny Fernandez	31	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Oct 25, 1918	Wilmington, CA, US
Ed Fitz Gerald	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	May 21, 1924	Santa Ynez, CA, US
Bob Friend	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Nov 24, 1930	Lafayette, IN, US
Robert Ganss	27	R		5' 10.0"	195	Jul 7, 1922	Toledo, OH, US
Gary Gearhart	26	R	L	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 10, 1923	New Lebanon, OH, US
Hal Gregg	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jul 11, 1921	Anaheim, CA, US
Al Grunwald	20	L	L	6' 4.0"	210	Feb 13, 1930	Los Angeles, CA, US
Don Gutteridge	38	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jun 19, 1912	Pittsburg, KS, US
Johnny Hutchings	34	S	R	6' 2.0"	250	Apr 14, 1916	Chicago, IL, US
Frank Kalin	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Oct 3, 1917	Steubenville, OH, US
Robert Kellogg	27	L		5' 11.0"	175	Dec 29, 1922
Bill Kennedy	31	L	L	6' 1.0"	175	Dec 22, 1918	Alexandria, VA, US
Paul LaPalme	26	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 14, 1923	Springfield, MA, US
Rolland Leveille	22	R		5' 11.0"	195	1928
Royce Lint	29	L	L	6' 1.0"	165	Jan 1, 1921	Birmingham, AL, US
Woody Main	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Feb 12, 1922	Delano, CA, US
Windy McCall	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 18, 1925	San Francisco, CA, US
James Mims	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 19, 1926
Pete Modica	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	145	Jan 25, 1924	New Orleans, LA, US
Joe Muir	27	L	L	6' 1.0"	172	Nov 26, 1922	Oriole, MD, US
Danny O'Connell	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Jan 21, 1929	Paterson, NJ, US
Frank Papish	32	R	L	6' 2.0"	192	Oct 21, 1917	Pueblo, CO, US
Rusty Peters	35	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Dec 14, 1914	Roanoke, VA, US
Bill Pierro	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	Apr 15, 1926	Brooklyn, NY, US
Whitey Platt	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 21, 1920	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Dino Restelli	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	191	Sep 23, 1924	St. Louis, MO, US
Elmer Riddle	35	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 31, 1914	Columbus, GA, US
Culley Rikard	36	L	R	5' 11.0"	183	May 9, 1914	Oxford, MS, US
Tom Saffell	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 26, 1921	Etowah, TN, US
Ed Stevens	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 12, 1925	Galveston, TX, US
Fred Strobel	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	200	Mar 30, 1929	Oxnard, CA, US
Earl Turner	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	May 6, 1923	Pittsfield, MA, US
Leo Wells	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Jul 18, 1917	Kansas City, KS, US

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