1950 St. Louis Browns season

1950 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 58–96 (.377)
League place 7th
Other information
Owner(s) Bill DeWitt
General manager(s) Bill DeWitt
Manager(s) Zack Taylor
Local television KSD
(Buddy Blattner)
Local 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

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9856.636--
Detroit Tigers9559.6173
Boston Red Sox9460.6104
Cleveland Indians9262.5976
Washington Senators6787.43531
Chicago White Sox6094.39038
St. Louis Browns5896.37740
Philadelphia Athletics52102.33846

Record vs. opponents

1950 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —15–710–1210–129–1319–319–312–10
Chicago 7–15—8–146–16–28–1411–1112–108–14
Cleveland 12–1014–8—13–9–18–1417–513–915–7
Detroit 12–1016–6–29–13–1—11–1117–517–513–9
New York 13–914–814–811–11—15–717–514–8–1
Philadelphia 3–1911–115–175–177–15—8–1413–9
St. Louis 3–1910–129–135–175–1714–8—12–10
Washington 10–1214–87–159–138–14–19–1310–12—

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 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CSherm Lollar126396111.2801365
OFKen Wood12836983.2251362
OFRay Coleman117384104.271855

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
Snuffy Stirnweiss9332671.218124
Billy DeMars6117844.247013
Frankie Gustine9193.15802

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

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
Harry Dorish29109496.4436
Cliff Fannin25102596.5342
Ed Albrecht26.2015.401

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 Marshall281317.8824
Tom Ferrick161324.126
Tommy Fine140108.106
Jack Bruner131214.6316
Bill Kennedy10000.001
Russ Bauers10004.500

Farm system

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. 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


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