Mississippi-Ohio Valley League 1950

Player Roster

Players who played for teams in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (a Midwest League predecessor) in 1950. This list includes all players I can identify, coaching staff members, umpires, and selected front office staff. There are certainly missing players, as the available sources are known to be incomplete.

184 different players are listed on this page (4 of whom played in the majors), as are 31 non-playing personel; some are listed more than once.

• Team Roster Limit: 16 players.
• Experience Rules: 3 veterans; 6 limited service; 7 rookies.
• Salary Limit: $2,600.00 (entire team, per month; manager excluded).
• League Statistican: J. Friend.

While the information here is intended to be both complete and accurate, it's likely that there are omissions and the scale of the project guarantees errors; there's a lot of data here, from a variety of sources, all of which was originally in another format.

I will correct errors, or fill in missing birthdates and uniform numbers as I learn of them. Feel free to help; just drop me a line. Thanks.

There's more information about the MWL Roster project on my blog, A Dabbler's Journal.

Mississippi-Ohio Valley League Officials

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Lloyd Babb              0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        John Bilich             0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        Polk Brooks             0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Vice President  
        James Capozzi           0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        Clebert Cox             0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        Tom Hanley              0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        Irvin Hatzenbuehler     0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        C.C. Hoffman            0/0/0000        MOV             1950    President       
        W. McDewitt             0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        Neil Moore              0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Secretary/Treasurer     
        Gus Pflugmacher         0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        John Santa              0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  
        Wilber Scheibe          0/0/0000        MOV             1950    Umpire  

Centralia (Illinois) Sterlings

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Harry Ackerman          0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Charles Austin          0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Lew Bekeza              0/0/1917        N/A             1950    Manager/GM      
        Bill Bleyer             0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        Cyrus Deem              0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Roger Della Betta       0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Charles DeMinico        0/0/1924        N/A             1950            
        Bill Ecklund            0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Bruno Fabris            0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        George Gatto            0/0/1927        N/A             1950            
        Bill Green              0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Norm Karg               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Lou Kovalcik            0/0/1923        N/A             1950            
        Al Martin               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Joe Mondino             0/0/0000        N/A             1950    President/GM    
        Bob Norrenbern          0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Fred Pearson            0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        Gene Pisarski           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Randant             0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Lee Tunnison            0/0/1932        N/A             1950            

Mattoon (Illinois) Indians

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Ed Biggs                0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Don Breidenbach         0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Robert Brummer          10/24/1926      N/A             1950            
        Carrol Bryan            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Cruse               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Walt Dunkovich          5/31/1925       N/A             1950            
        Joe Ecoppi              0/0/1930        N/A             1950    President       
        Jim Edgar               0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Warren Hancks           0/0/1932        N/A             1950            
        Chuck Hawley            4/3/1915        N/A             1950    Manager 
        Bernard Hiligenstine    0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Dave Hill               0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Dick Karabatsos         0/0/0000        N/A             1950    GM      
        Warren Kerr             0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Russ Lichti             0/0/1932        N/A             1950            
        Anthony Marcello        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Joe Mattis              0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        George Murphy           0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Earl Roemisch           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jack Sayers             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Norm Spear              0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Cal Steinberg           0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        Art Sullivan            0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Joe Vierrag             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            

Mount Vernon (Illinois) Kings

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        George Beck             0/0/0000        N/A             1950    GM      
        Joe Bertling            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Elmer Boston            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Clarence Brand          0/0/1927        N/A             1950            
        Frank Brookman          0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Leland Browning         0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Carrol Bryan            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Bumpus              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bruce Carroll           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bill Evans              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jack Fiala              0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Leroy Fichtel           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Cal Frazier             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Given               0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Don Hallihan            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Charles Heistand        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jordan                  0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bill Killingsworth      0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Clyde Logsdon           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Benny Meyer             1/21/1885       N/A             1950    Manager MLB
        Pete Milinkov           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        W.H. Moore              0/0/0000        N/A             1950    President       
        Dave Parisotto          0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Aureliano Patino        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Schlemmer           0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        Robert Schlemmer        0/0/1926        N/A             1950    Manager 
        Don Sechler             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bill Smithpeters        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Oscar Solorzano         0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Emil Stoecker           0/0/1927        N/A             1950            
        Karl Swenson            0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Bill Trotter            8/10/1908       N/A             1950    Manager MLB
        George Votruba          0/0/1929        N/A             1950            

Paducah (Kentucky) Chiefs

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Don Black               0/0/1924        N/A             1950            
        Polk Brooks             0/0/0000        N/A             1950    President       
        Bill Craig              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Walt DeFreitas          1/19/1918       N/A             1950    Manager 
        Jack Derousse           0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Barry Dosser            0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Jim Frey                5/26/1931       N/A             1950            
        J.B. Garland            0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Enoch Hawley            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Charles Heistand        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Mel Ivy (Ivanski)       4/28/1914       N/A             1950            
        Steve Karas             0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Clyde Logsdon           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Harold Loughary         0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Joe Lyles               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Dick Martz              0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Ralph McRight           0/0/0000        N/A             1950    GM      
        Burl Moffitt            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Stan Nassif             0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        Leonard Owens           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Max Pfeifer             0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Charles Popovich        0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Bill Schambon           0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Russ Sing               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bill Smithpeters        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Reginald Spragge        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Wade Stalions           0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Bob Wenning             0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Lee Westover            0/0/1927        N/A             1950    P       

Paris (Illinois) Lakers

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Waite Archer            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Ed Biggs                0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Don Blackman            2/18/1929       N/A             1950            
        Dick Burkhardt          0/0/1920        N/A             1950            
        Ray Chew                0/0/1918        N/A             1950            
        Bill Evans              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Ted Flora               0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Bill Flynn              0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Wilton Francis          0/0/1932        N/A             1950            
        Bob Genette             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Granneman           0/0/1923        N/A             1950            
        Dick Gutwein            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Dave Harrison           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Heller              0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Bernard Hiligenstine    0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Mike Krsnich            9/24/1931       N/A             1950            MLB
        Raymond Massey          0/0/0000        N/A             1950    President       
        John Morris             0/0/1924        N/A             1950    Manager 
        Frank Nelson            0/0/1932        N/A             1950    2B-3B   
        Jim Oltman              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Howard Palmer           0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Bob Parker              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Wayne Platz             0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Von Price               0/0/0000        N/A             1950    Manager/GM      
        Joe Rancher             0/0/1921        N/A             1950            
        Earl Randolph           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Reaugh              7/5/1927        N/A             1950            
        Earl Roemisch           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Gene Schubert           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Earl Skaggs             0/0/1922        N/A             1950    Manager 
        Harry Sortal            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Stark               0/0/1934        N/A             1950            
        Karl Swenson            0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Lee Tunnison            0/0/1932        N/A             1950            
        Gene Werner             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Ed Wilson               7/31/1928       N/A             1950            

Springfield (Illinois) Giants

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Joe Augustyn            0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Dick Bartlett           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Dick Burkhardt          0/0/1920        N/A             1950            
        Harrell Crone           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Edgar               0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Don Edwards             0/0/0000        N/A             1950    GM      
        J.R. Fitzpatrick        0/0/0000        N/A             1950    President       
        Ted Flora               0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        J.B. Garland            0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Joe Grigiski            0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Eugene Harvey           0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bernard Hiligenstine    0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Houseman            0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Leonard Hunt            0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Bob Keyes               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        John Kick               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Jim Kirkwood            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Eddie Locke             10/6/1923       N/A             1950            
        Al Long                 7/11/1931       N/A             1950            
        John Mamerow            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Anthony Marcello        0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bill McLaughlin         10/19/1916      N/A             1950            
        Bob Miskell             0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Alton Nelson            0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Frank Nelson            0/0/1932        N/A             1950    2B      
        Paul Ortosky            0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Potter                  0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Von Price               0/0/0000        N/A             1950    Manager 
        Erv Rabka               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Stan Sadich             0/0/1927        N/A             1950            
        Tom Schaeffler          0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Ham Schulte             9/1/1912        N/A             1950    Manager MLB
        Gary Tuggle             0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Bob Wallace             0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        LeRoy Williams          0/0/1928        N/A             1950            
        Dick Zeigler            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Martin Zuba             0/0/1924        N/A             1950            

Vincennes (Indiana) Citizens

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Bob Boyd                0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Ernie Brinkman          0/0/0000        N/A             1950    GM      
        Bob Cruse               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Cyrus Deem              0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Charles DeMinico        0/0/1924        N/A             1950            
        Joe Ecoppi              0/0/1930        N/A             1950            
        Bill Flynn              0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Ken Frank               0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Joe Gulvas              0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Roy Hawes               7/5/1926        N/A             1950            MLB
        Bill Hobbs              0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Mel Ivy (Ivanski)       4/28/1914       N/A             1950    Manager 
        Paul Keeling            0/0/1932        N/A             1950            
        Jeptha McCormick        6/18/1930       N/A             1950            
        Addie Nesbit            0/0/0000        N/A             1950    President       
        Jim Qualls              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Sam Scarpone            0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Signaigo            0/0/1925        N/A             1950            
        Bob Sisk                0/0/1931        N/A             1950            
        Gus Skizas              0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Andy Smith              0/0/1923        N/A             1950    Manager 
        Quincy Smith            0/0/1921        N/A             1950            
        Bill Spinks             0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Wade Stalions           0/0/1929        N/A             1950            
        Cal Steinberg           0/0/1926        N/A             1950            
        Ralph Stumborg          8/11/1920       N/A             1950    Manager 
        Bob Wills               0/0/0000        N/A             1950            
        Bob Zimmerman           0/0/1925        N/A             1950            

West Frankfort (Illinois) Cardinals

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Gideon Applegate        0/0/1927        Cardinals       1950            
        Milt Bayne              0/0/1932        Cardinals       1950            
        Jim Belz                1/15/1930       Cardinals       1950            
        Gene Bone               0/0/0000        Cardinals       1950            
        Roland Boucher          0/0/0000        Cardinals       1950            
        Lou Collette            0/0/1929        Cardinals       1950            
        Buddy Davis             0/0/0000        Cardinals       1950            
        Howard Harkins          0/0/1930        Cardinals       1950            
        Jim Michalec            0/0/1930        Cardinals       1950            
        Jim Mincher             0/0/1928        Cardinals       1950            
        Pete Mondino            7/21/1905       N/A             1950    President       
        Bob Murphy              0/0/1930        Cardinals       1950            
        Stan Nassif             0/0/1926        Cardinals       1950            
        Eddie Phillips          7/8/1931        Cardinals       1950            MLB
        Harold Pinson           0/0/1929        Cardinals       1950    1B      
        Jim Rogers              0/0/1930        Cardinals       1950            
        Edgar Rowe              0/0/1930        Cardinals       1950            
        Max Slike               0/0/0000        Cardinals       1950            
        Bob Stanton             0/0/1917        Cardinals       1950            
        Robert Stanton          0/0/1917        Cardinals       1950    Manager 
        George Taylor           0/0/0000        N/A             1950    GM      
        Don Wile                0/0/0000        Cardinals       1950            
        Howard Wilkes           0/0/1929        Cardinals       1950            

If you can help fill the gaps in this information, please drop me a line. Thanks.

Sources

This list was compiled from a number of sources, including those listed below. It was checked against both Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database and SABR's Minor League Statistics Database. Inevitably, there are errors; those are mine.

• The Sporting News Baseball Guide for 1951.
• The Baseball Blue Book for 1950.
• Programs and scorecard inserts in my collection.

My thanks to David Malamut for his assistance with this project.