Marion Red Sox

• Location: Marion, OH
• League: Ohio-Indiana League 1949-1951
• Affiliation: Boston Red Sox 1949-1951
• Ballpark: Lincoln Park; still being use for Legion ball.

After a fourth place finish in the 1949 season with a 73-64 record, 7 games back and winning the league playoffs, the Marion Red Sox won the Ohio-Indiana League championship in 1950.
The league started out as a five team affair in 1951 but dropped to a four-team league for the second half of the season. Marion lost the first half of the year but wound up winning the league's second half and had the season's best overall season record to be crowned the league's 1951 champion.

1949 Team & Individual Stats

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
4th	73	64	.533	7	57,113	Wally Millies

Team Batting 3rd

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
138	4610	746	699	1234	1657	176	80	29	99	118	552	53	719	601	1035	.268

Team Fielding 5th

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
138	120	15	3557	1453	325	.939

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
George Contratto	106	429	81	145	200	16	12	5	5	22	51	4	46	48	.338
Don Richards	72	242	51	78	113	18	4	3	3	5	53	5	48	38	.322
Bob Brigham	136	541	84	159	199	22	6	2	7	8	43	4	79	61	.294

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	WP	ERA
Neilan Smith	28	18	15	5	.750	182	719	180	85	56	6	35	131	5	5	2.77
John Hartzell	34	5	9	9	.500	148	573	141	76	50	11	71	118	8	10	3.04
Robert Penny	23	9	10	8	.556	154	590	143	93	56	10	112	164	5	12	3.27

1950 Team & Individual Stats

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
1st	91	49	.650	0	41,002	George Susce (34-27), interim (4-1), Elmer Yoter (53-21).

Team Batting

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
140	4681	985	652	1299	1982	222	91	93	99	116	832	40	883	860	1148	.278

Team Fielding

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
140	117	10	3572	1404	314	.941

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Tom Umphlett	94	367	80	117	177	16	10	8	5	9	27	0	66	47	.319
Max Ross	122	410	103	130	203	23	7	12	8	7	82	10	102	54	.317
Matt Daskalakis	140	548	118	172	256	31	10	11	9	13	71	2	103	63	.314

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	WP	ERA
George A. Crawford	26	15	14	6	.700	177	686	160	81	56	2	63	126	3	5	2.85
John Wall	11	8	9	1	.900	89	342	80	37	29	1	50	85	4	2	2.93
Charles Gersten	29	11	16	5	.762	162	623	151	79	55	6	65	105	1	6	3.06

Playoffs
Playoffs: Marion 3 games, Springfield 1.
Newark 3 games, Richmond 2. Marion 4 games, Newark 0

1951 Team & Individual Stats

FIN	W	L	PCT	GB	Attend	Managers
1st	91	37	.711	7	21,710	Elmer Yoter

Team Batting 1st

G	AB	R	OR	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	SO	RBI	LOB	AVR
130	4484	970	688	1294	1967	253	66	96	55	132	776	49	760	809	1084	.289

Team Fielding 2nd

G	DP	PB	PO	A	E	PCT
130	92	7	3380	1189	275	.943

Top 3 Batters

Name	G	AB	R	H	TB	2B	3B	HR	SH	SB	BB	HB	RBI	SO	PCT
Maxlee Ross	94	334	86	125	222	23	7	20	1	2	76	3	105	41	.374
Marvin Stendel	130	502	158	185	298	38	9	19	1	29	99	11	125	48	.369
Joe LaMonica	95	390	91	127	182	27	8	4	3	25	61	4	66	28	.326

Top 3 Pitchers

Name	G	CG	W	L	PCT	IP	AB	H	HR	R	ER	SH	BB	SO	HB	ERA
John Wall	15	10	9	1	.900	110	409	84	2	43	30	2	74	129	3	2.45
Dick Brodowski	28	19	21	5	.808	204	789	183	4	76	59	3	72	212	6	2.60
Richard Tarys	36	15	22	4	.846	196	777	185	10	108	76	4	89	135	5	3.49

Playoffs: Marion defeated Springfield 4 games to 0.

Source:

Baseball Guide and Record Book