1950 Rutherford County Owls

1950 > Class D > 1950 Western Carolina League
Overall: 57-53
Scored 730 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-56

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Halley Wilson
Represented: Rutherford County, NC
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1949 / 1951

Team Batting

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Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Mahlon Bagwell?	32	26		98		35	6	3	6					.357		.663		65
2	James Balogh	24	82		335		87	8	2	8					.260		.367		123
3	Floyd Brooks?	--	36		144		28	3	2	0					.194		.243		35
4	Basil Butler*	24	93		356		114	20	11	10					.320		.522		186
5	Thomas Cumby	23	96		391		121	24	6	14					.309		.509		199
6	Romas Duncan*	24	101		344		111	21	3	14					.323		.523		180
7	Ralph Fields	21	33		68		17	5	0	1					.250		.368		25
8	Jim Gaddy	23	27		32		8	4	0	0					.250		.375		12
9	Edwin Grimsley*	19	11		35		6	0	1	0					.171		.229		8
10	Buren Jolley?	19	11		11		1	0	0	0					.091		.091		1
11	Roy Lamb	27	11		27		6	0	0	0					.222		.222		6
12	Harold Lambeth*	21	23		92		30	0	1	3					.326		.446		41
13	George Long	20	32		47		7	2	0	1					.149		.255		12
14	Bob Mabe	20	27		53		9	2	0	0					.170		.208		11
15	Gordon McDonald*	23	36		44		13	2	0	0					.295		.341		15
16	Malcolm McKeithan*	21	103		390		109	19	8	4					.279		.400		156
17	Bill McKenney	23	96		342		103	18	6	14					.301		.512		175
18	Charles Morrow*	26	10		27		6	1	1	0					.222		.333		9
19	Ernest Novack	20	16		18		8	2	0	0					.444		.556		10
20	Lloyd Parker	21	17		28		5	2	0	0					.179		.250		7
21	William Pulley	21	108		408		107	21	4	10					.262		.407		166
22	Waller Taylor	23	96		363		104	16	5	13					.287		.466		169
23	Donald Tepe*	19	11		20		2	0	0	0					.100		.100		2
	23 Players	22.8	111	4468	3834	730	1066	181	54	99	634	54	580	696	.278	.373	.431	.804	1652	54

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

Team Pitching

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Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Jim Gaddy	23	7	3	.700	7.31	27		85.0	117	79	69	52	1.988	12.4	5.5
2	Buren Jolley?	19					11
3	George Long	20	10	8	.556	4.63	32		134.0	125	97	69	121	1.836	8.4	8.1
4	Bob Mabe	20	10	10	.500	3.70	27		151.0	119	84	62	116	1.556	7.1	6.9
5	Gordon McDonald*	23	10	3	.769	4.35	30		124.0	122	70	60	63	1.492	8.9	4.6
6	Ernest Novack	20	3	2	.600	7.04	14		46.0	67	45	36	22	1.935	13.1	4.3
7	Lloyd Parker*	21	1	9	.100	6.78	15		73.0	93	64	55	37	1.781	11.5	4.6
8	Donald Tepe*	19	3	3	.500	5.82	11		51.0	37	40	33	82	2.333	6.5	14.5
	8 Players	21.0	57	53	.518		111	111			752

Team Fielding--By Pos

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P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Long	32							0.00
Gordon McDonald	30							0.00
Jim Gaddy	27							0.00
Bob Mabe	27							0.00
Lloyd Parker	15							0.00
Ernest Novack	14							0.00
Buren Jolley	11							0.00
Donald Tepe	11							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Mahlon Bagwell	32			5' 8.0"	160	Jul 10, 1917	Henderson County, NC, US
James Balogh	24	R		5' 10.0"	180	1926
Floyd Brooks	--					Unknown
Basil Butler	24	L		6' 1.0"	195	1926
Thomas Cumby	23	R		6' 3.0"	195	1927
Romas Duncan	24	L		6' 0.0"	190	Jan 9, 1926	Buncombe County, NC, US
Ralph Fields	21	R		5' 11.0"	160	1929
Jim Gaddy	23	R	R	5' 10.0"		Oct 24, 1926	Buncombe County, NC, US
Edwin Grimsley	19	L		5' 10.0"	175	1931
Buren Jolley	19			6' 0.0"	180	1931
Roy Lamb	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	230	1923
Harold Lambeth	21	L		5' 10.0"	175	Apr 11, 1929	Durham, NC, US
George Long	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	197	1930
Bob Mabe	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Oct 8, 1929	Danville, VA, US
Gordon McDonald	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	165	1927
Malcolm McKeithan	21	L		6' 0.0"	180	1929
Bill McKenney	23	R		6' 0.0"	195	1927
Charles Morrow	26	L		5' 11.0"	155	1924
Ernest Novack	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1930
Lloyd Parker	21	R	L	6' 2.0"	170	1929
William Pulley	21	R		5' 10.0"	147	1929
Waller Taylor	23	R		6' 1.0"	170	1927
Donald Tepe	19	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	1931

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