1950 St. Louis Browns season

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1950  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record58–96 (.377)
League place7th
Owners Bill DeWitt
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Zack Taylor
Television KSD
(Buddy Blattner)
Radio WEW/KWK
(Bill Snyder, Les Carmichael)
  1949 Seasons 1951  

The 1950 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856.63653244532
Detroit Tigers 9559.617350304529
Boston Red Sox 9460.610455223938
Cleveland Indians 9262.597649284334
Washington Senators 6787.4353135423245
Chicago White Sox 6094.3903835422552
St. Louis Browns 5896.3774027473149
Philadelphia Athletics 52102.3384629482354

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 15–710–1210–129–1319–319–312–10
Chicago 7–158–146–16–28–1411–1112–108–14
Cleveland 12–1014–813–9–18–1417–513–915–7
Detroit 12–1016–6–29–13–111–1117–517–513–9
New York 13–914–814–811–1115–717–514–8–1
Philadelphia 3–1911–115–175–177–158–1413–9
St. Louis 3–1910–129–135–175–1714–812–10
Washington 10–1214–87–159–138–14–19–1310–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1950 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Sherm Lollar 126396111.2801365
1B Don Lenhardt 139480131.2732281
2B Owen Friend 11937288.237850
SS Tom Upton 12438992.237230
3B Leo Thomas 3512124.19819
OF Ken Wood 12836983.2251362
OF Dick Kokos 143490128.2611867
OF Ray Coleman 117384104.271855

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Roy Sievers 11337088.2381057
Snuffy Stirnweiss 9332671.218124
Hank Arft 9828075.268132
Les Moss 8422259.266834
Jim Delsing 6920955.263015
Billy DeMars 6117844.247013
Bill Sommers 6513735.255014
Frankie Gustine 9193.15802

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ned Garver 37260.013183.3985
Al Widmar 36194.27154.7678
Joe Ostrowski 957.1242.5115

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Stubby Overmire 31161.09124.1939
Dick Starr 32123.2755.0230
Harry Dorish 29109.0496.4436
Cliff Fannin 25102.0596.5342
Don Johnson 2596.0566.0931
Duane Pillette 2473.2357.0918
Lou Kretlow 914.10211.9310
Sid Schacht 810.20016.037
Ed Albrecht 26.2015.401

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Cuddles Marshall 281317.8824
Tom Ferrick 161324.126
Tommy Fine 140108.106
Jack Bruner 131214.6316
Bill Kennedy 10000.001
Russ Bauers 10004.500
Ribs Raney 10104.502
Lou Sleater 10000.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. 1 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