1950 St. Louis Browns season

1950  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	58–96 (.377)
League place	7th
Owners	Bill DeWitt
General managers	Bill DeWitt
Managers	Zack Taylor
Television	KSD (Buddy Blattner)
Radio	WEW/KWK (Bill Snyder, Les Carmichael)
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The 1950 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses.

Offseason

• October 3, 1949: Ralph Winegarner was released by the Browns. ^[1]
• December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Browns from the Cleveland Indians in the 1949 minor league draft. ^[2]
• December 13, 1949: Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ray Coleman, Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine, Ray Ippolito (minors) and $100,000. ^[3]
• Prior to 1950 season: Bud Black was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals. ^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	53–24	45–32
Detroit Tigers	95	59	0.617	3	50–30	45–29
Boston Red Sox	94	60	0.610	4	55–22	39–38
Cleveland Indians	92	62	0.597	6	49–28	43–34
Washington Senators	67	87	0.435	31	35–42	32–45
Chicago White Sox	60	94	0.390	38	35–42	25–52
St. Louis Browns	58	96	0.377	40	27–47	31–49
Philadelphia Athletics	52	102	0.338	46	29–48	23–54

Record vs. opponents

1950 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	15–7	10–12	10–12	9–13	19–3	19–3	12–10
Chicago	7–15	—	8–14	6–16–2	8–14	11–11	12–10	8–14
Cleveland	12–10	14–8	—	13–9–1	8–14	17–5	13–9	15–7
Detroit	12–10	16–6–2	9–13–1	—	11–11	17–5	17–5	13–9
New York	13–9	14–8	14–8	11–11	—	15–7	17–5	14–8–1
Philadelphia	3–19	11–11	5–17	5–17	7–15	—	8–14	13–9
St. Louis	3–19	10–12	9–13	5–17	5–17	14–8	—	12–10
Washington	10–12	14–8	7–15	9–13	8–14–1	9–13	10–12	—

Notable transactions

• May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians. ^[2]
• July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased by the Browns from the Chicago White Sox. ^[5]
• August 1950: Chuck Oertel was acquired by the Browns from the Baxley-Hazelhurst Red Sox. ^[6]

Roster

1950 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 35 Ed Albrecht 36 Russ Bauers 37 Jack Bruner 46 Harry Dorish 23 Cliff Fannin 24 Tom Ferrick 42 Tommy Fine 31 Ned Garver 22,26 Don Johnson 30 Bill Kennedy 25 Lou Kretlow 36 Cuddles Marshall 21 Joe Ostrowski 40 Stubby Overmire 21,36 Duane Pillette 46 Ribs Raney 27 Sid Schacht 22 Lou Sleater 28 Dick Starr 20 Al Widmar		Catchers  9 Sherm Lollar 10 Les Moss Infielders  3 Hank Arft  1 Billy DeMars  7 Owen Friend  6 Frankie Gustine 14 Don Lenhardt  8 Bill Sommers  2 Snuffy Stirnweiss  2 Leo Thomas  4 Tom Upton		Outfielders 17 Ray Coleman 27 Jim Delsing 19 Dick Kokos 15 Roy Sievers 12 Ken Wood		Manager 38 Zack Taylor Coaches 32 Earle Brucker -- Ed Redys 33 Jack Tobin 34 Ralph Winegarner

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Sherm Lollar	126	396	111	.280	13	65
1B	Don Lenhardt	139	480	131	.273	22	81
2B	Owen Friend	119	372	88	.237	8	50
SS	Tom Upton	124	389	92	.237	2	30
3B	Leo Thomas	35	121	24	.198	1	9
OF	Ken Wood	128	369	83	.225	13	62
OF	Dick Kokos	143	490	128	.261	18	67
OF	Ray Coleman	117	384	104	.271	8	55

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Roy Sievers	113	370	88	.238	10	57
Snuffy Stirnweiss	93	326	71	.218	1	24
Hank Arft	98	280	75	.268	1	32
Les Moss	84	222	59	.266	8	34
Jim Delsing	69	209	55	.263	0	15
Billy DeMars	61	178	44	.247	0	13
Bill Sommers	65	137	35	.255	0	14
Frankie Gustine	9	19	3	.158	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ned Garver	37	260.0	13	18	3.39	85
Al Widmar	36	194.2	7	15	4.76	78
Joe Ostrowski	9	57.1	2	4	2.51	15

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Stubby Overmire	31	161.0	9	12	4.19	39
Dick Starr	32	123.2	7	5	5.02	30
Harry Dorish	29	109.0	4	9	6.44	36
Cliff Fannin	25	102.0	5	9	6.53	42
Don Johnson	25	96.0	5	6	6.09	31
Duane Pillette	24	73.2	3	5	7.09	18
Lou Kretlow	9	14.1	0	2	11.93	10
Sid Schacht	8	10.2	0	0	16.03	7
Ed Albrecht	2	6.2	0	1	5.40	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cuddles Marshall	28	1	3	1	7.88	24
Tom Ferrick	16	1	3	2	4.12	6
Tommy Fine	14	0	1	0	8.10	6
Jack Bruner	13	1	2	1	4.63	16
Bill Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Russ Bauers	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Ribs Raney	1	0	1	0	4.50	2
Lou Sleater	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Baltimore Orioles	International League	Nick Cullop
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Don Heffner
A	Wichita Indians	Western League	Joe Schultz
B	Wichita Falls Spudders	Big State League	Hack Miller
C	Pine Bluff Judges	Cotton States League	Harry Chozen
C	Marshall Browns	East Texas League	Bruce Ogrodowski
C	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Irv Hall
D	Redding Browns	Far West League	Ray Perry
D	Pittsburg Browns	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Olan Smith and Jim Crandall
D	Ada Herefords	Sooner State League	Bill Krueger
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Marshall

References

1. Ralph Winegarner at Baseball-Reference
2. Grant Dunlap at Baseball-Reference
3. Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference
4. Bud Black at Baseball-Reference
5. Jack Bruner at Baseball-Reference
6. Chuck Oertel at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1950 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference
• 1950 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com