1950 Washington Senators season

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1950  Washington Senators
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
Owners Clark Griffith, John Jachym, H. Gabriel Murphy
Managers Bucky Harris
Television WTTG
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Radio WWDC (FM)
(Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
  1949 Seasons 1951  

The 1950 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 87, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98560.63653–2445–32
Detroit Tigers 95590.617350–3045–29
Boston Red Sox 94600.610455–2239–38
Cleveland Indians 92620.597649–2843–34
Washington Senators 67870.4353135–4232–45
Chicago White Sox 60940.3903835–4225–52
St. Louis Browns 58960.3774027–4731–49
Philadelphia Athletics 521020.3384629–4823–54

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

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1950 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Al Evans 9028968.235230
1B Mickey Vernon 90327100.306965
2B Cass Michaels 10638897.250447
SS Sam Dente 155603144.239259
3B Eddie Yost 155573169.2951158
OF Sam Mele 126435119.2741286
OF Irv Noren 138542160.2951498
OF Bud Stewart 118378101.267435

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gil Coan 104366111.303750
Mickey Grasso 7519556.287122
Johnny Ostrowski 5514132.227423
Eddie Robinson 3612930.233113
Sherry Robertson 7112332.260216
Merl Combs 3710225.24506
Roberto Ortiz 397517.22708
Al Kozar 205511.20003
Hal Keller 11286.21415
Len Okrie 17276.22202
Fred Taylor 6162.12500
Clyde Vollmer 6144.28601
Tommy O'Brien 391.11101
George Genovese 310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sid Hudson 30237.214144.0975
Bob Kuzava 22155.0873.9584
Connie Marrero 27152.06104.5063
Sandy Consuegra 21124.2784.4038
Gene Bearden 1268.1354.2140
Ray Scarborough 858.1354.0124
Steve Nagy 953.1256.5817
Julio Moreno 421.1114.647
Carlos Pascual 217.0112.123

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Haynes 27101.2755.8415
Al Sima 1777.0454.7923
Jim Pearce 2056.2216.0418
Dick Weik 1444.0134.3026
Lloyd Hittle 1143.1244.989
Bob Ross 612.2018.532
Rogelio Martínez 21.10127.000

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mickey Harris 5359154.7841
Elmer Singleton 211205.2019
Dick Welteroth 50003.002

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern Association Fred Walters
A Augusta Tigers Sally League Pete Appleton
B Havana Cubanos Florida International League Oscar Rodríguez
B Charlotte Hornets Tri-State League Clyde McDowell and Joe Bird
C New Castle Nats Middle Atlantic League Charles Cronin
D Orlando Senators Florida State League Cal Ermer
D Rome Red Sox Georgia–Alabama League Norman Veazey, John Stowe and Myril Hoag
D Fulton Railroaders KITTY League Ivan Kuester
D Concord Nationals North Carolina State League George Lacy, Tom Hockenbury and Ginger Watts
D Wellsville Senators PONY League Jimmy Wasdell and Bill Mongiello
D Emporia Nationals Virginia League Morrie Aderholt

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Emporia

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References

  1. 1 2 Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference
  2. Al Sima at Baseball-Reference
  3. Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference