1950 Joplin Miners

1950 > Class C > 1950 Western Association
Overall: 90-46
Scored 902 runs, Allowed 630 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-46

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Harry Craft
Represented: Joplin, MO
Ballpark: Miners Park (Joplin, MO)
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	SH
1	David Benedict*	20	14		18		3	0	0	0					.167		.167		3
2	Albert Billingsley*	21	109		439		119	21	2	0					.271		.328		144
3	Jerry Buchanan	19	27		72		12	0	0	0					.167		.167		12
4	Red Crowder	20	41		33		5	1	0	0					.152		.182		6
5	Thomas Gott*	20	132		501		150	24	9	8					.299		.431		216
6	Steve Kraly*	21	34		92		23	1	1	1					.250		.315		29
7	Carl Lombardi	23	100		382		90	22	5	8					.236		.382		146
8	Mickey Mantle#	18	137		519		199	30	12	26					.383		.638		331
9	Cal Neeman	21	95		329		96	15	6	1					.292		.383		126
10	Frank Simanovsky*	20	31		79		7	0	0	0					.089		.089		7
11	Lou Skizas	18	124		411		112	21	1	21					.273		.482		198
12	Cromer Smotherman*	24	132		490		134	32	7	19					.273		.484		237
13	David Waters	19	120		445		111	18	5	4					.249		.339		151
14	Len Weisner	20	120		469		146	28	6	14					.311		.486		228
15	Lyle Westrum	23	73		237		79	9	1	5					.333		.443		105
16	Bob Wiesler#	19	26		68		20	6	0	0					.294		.382		26
	16 Players	20.5	137	5406	4677	902	1324	230	57	107	779	64	686	713	.283	.375	.425	.800	1989	43

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	David Benedict*	20	3	4	.429	4.73	14		59.0	65	41	31	0	50	1.949	9.9	0.0	7.6
2	Jerry Buchanan	19	12	11	.522	4.87	27		196.0	167	120	106	8	199	1.867	7.7	0.4	9.1
3	Red Crowder	20	6	5	.545	4.12	41		96.0	87	54	44	7	45	1.375	8.2	0.7	4.2
4	Daniel Ferber	21	2	2	.500	4.00	8		45.0	42	24	20	3	23	1.444	8.4	0.6	4.6
5	Dick Fiedler	23	5	2	.714	4.12	8		48.0	50	27	22	2	14	1.333	9.4	0.4	2.6
6	Steve Kraly*	21	18	6	.750	2.79	31		213.0	198	97	66	3	82	1.315	8.4	0.1	3.5
7	Frank Simanovsky*	20	21	3	.875	3.13	31		210.0	215	92	73	12	79	1.400	9.2	0.5	3.4
8	Bob Wiesler*	19	15	7	.682	2.35	25		188.0	117	66	49	2	168	1.516	5.6	0.1	8.0
	8 Players	20.1	90	46	.662		137	137			630

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Red Crowder	41							0.00
Steve Kraly	31							0.00
Frank Simanovsky	31							0.00
Jerry Buchanan	27							0.00
Bob Wiesler	25							0.00
David Benedict	14							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
David Benedict	20	L	L	6' 3.0"	200	1930
Albert Billingsley	21	L		5' 10.0"	163	1929
Jerry Buchanan	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	1931
Red Crowder	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Nov 24, 1929	Seneca, MO, US
Daniel Ferber	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	1929
Dick Fiedler	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Apr 24, 1927	Union City, NJ, US
Thomas Gott	20	L		5' 11.0"	180	1930
Steve Kraly	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	152	Apr 18, 1929	Whiting, IN, US
Carl Lombardi	23	R		5' 10.0"	180	Jan 13, 1927	Montclair, NJ, US
Mickey Mantle	18	S	R	5' 11.0"	195	Oct 20, 1931	Spavinaw, OK, US
Cal Neeman	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	192	Feb 18, 1929	Valmeyer, IL, US
Frank Simanovsky	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	160	Oct 4, 1929
Lou Skizas	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 2, 1932	Chicago, IL, US
Cromer Smotherman	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Jul 14, 1925	Rockvale, TN, US
David Waters	19	R		5' 11.0"	175	1931
Len Weisner	20	R		6' 0.0"	168	1930
Lyle Westrum	23	R		5' 11.0"	184	1927
Bob Wiesler	19	S	L	6' 3.0"	188	Aug 13, 1930	St. Louis, MO, US

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