1950 Cleveland Indians season

The 1950 Cleveland Indians season was the 50th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 92–62, six games behind the New York Yankees.

1950 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ellis Ryan
General manager(s)Hank Greenberg
Manager(s)Lou Boudreau
Local televisionWXEL
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
Local radioWERE
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
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Offseason
  • December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted from the Indians by the St. Louis Browns in the 1949 minor league draft.[1]
  • February 17, 1950: Satchel Paige was released by the Indians.[2]

Regular season

In 1950, the Cleveland Indians became the first Major League Baseball franchise to use a bullpen car.[3] Rookie Al Rosen led the American League in home runs with 37.[4]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 53–24 45–32
Detroit Tigers 9559 0.617 3 50–30 45–29
Boston Red Sox 9460 0.610 4 55–22 39–38
Cleveland Indians 9262 0.597 6 49–28 43–34
Washington Senators 6787 0.435 31 35–42 32–45
Chicago White Sox 6094 0.390 38 35–42 25–52
St. Louis Browns 5896 0.377 40 27–47 31–49
Philadelphia Athletics 52102 0.338 46 29–48 23–54

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

Roster
1950 Cleveland Indians
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
CJim Hegan13141591.2191458
1BLuke Easter141540151.28028107
2BJoe Gordon11936887.2361957
SSRay Boone109365110.301758
3BAl Rosen155554159.28737116
OFBob Kennedy146540157.291954
OFLarry Doby142503164.32625102
OFDale Mitchell130506156.308349

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
Lou Boudreau8126070.269129
Bobby Avila8020160.299121
Allie Clark5916335.215621
Ray Murray5513938.273113
Thurman Tucker5710118.17817
Mickey Vernon289017.189010
Jim Lemon12346.17611
Herb Conyers793.33311
Johnny Berardino452.40003

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
Bob Lemon4428823113.84170
Bob Feller3524716113.43119
Early Wynn32213.21883.20143
Mike Garcia3318411113.8676
Al Aber19102.004

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
Steve Gromek31113.11073.6543
Gene Bearden1445.1136.1510

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
Al Benton364243.5726
Sam Zoldak334243.9615
Marino Pieretti290114.1811
Jesse Flores283343.7427
Dick Rozek120004.9714
Dick Weik111303.8116

Awards and honors
  • Al Rosen, American League leader, home runs (37)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Del Baker
AA Oklahoma City Indians Texas League Joe Vosmik, Hank Gowdy and Tommy Reis
A Dayton Indians Central League Dolph Camilli
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Bill Norman
B Cedar Rapids Indians Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Billy Jurges
B Harrisburg Senators Interstate League Les Bell
B Spartanburg Peaches Tri-State League Kerby Farrell
B Tacoma Tigers Western International League Jim Brillheart
C Tucson Cowboys Arizona–Texas League Hank Leiber
C Bakersfield Indians California League Harry Griswold
C Pittsfield Indians Canadian–American League Lloyd Brown
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Red Ruffing
D Zanesville Indians Ohio–Indiana League Knowles Piercy
D Batavia Clippers PONY League Ed Kobesky
D Green Bay Blue Jays Wisconsin State League Phil Seghi

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilkes-Barre[7]

References
  1. Grant Dunlap at Baseball-Reference
  2. Satchel Paige at Baseball-Reference
  3. Lukas, Paul (October 19, 2007). "Lukas: Long live the bullpen car - ESPN Page 2". Espn.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 346, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  5. Mike Tresh at Baseball-Reference
  6. Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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