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1950 St. Louis Browns season

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1950 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record58–96 (.377)
League place7th
OwnersBill DeWitt
General managersBill DeWitt
ManagersZack Taylor
TelevisionKSD
(Buddy Blattner)
RadioWEW/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.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 56 .636 53‍–‍24 45‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 95 59 .617 3 50‍–‍30 45‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 94 60 .610 4 55‍–‍22 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 92 62 .597 6 49‍–‍28 43‍–‍34
Washington Senators 67 87 .435 31 35‍–‍42 32‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 60 94 .390 38 35‍–‍42 25‍–‍52
St. Louis Browns 58 96 .377 40 27‍–‍47 31‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics 52 102 .338 46 29‍–‍48 23‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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Roster

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1950 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Ralph Winegarner at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ a b 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
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