1950 Boston Red Sox season
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Record | 94–60 (.610) |
League place | 3rd (4 GB) |
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Joe Cronin |
Manager(s) | Joe McCarthy, Steve O'Neill |
Local television | WBZ-TV/WNAC-TV (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley) |
Local radio | WHDH (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan) |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The 1950 Boston Red Sox season was the 50th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, four games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. This was the last time that the Red Sox would win at least 90 games until their return to the World Series in 1967.
The team scored 1,027 runs, one of only six teams to score more than 1,000 runs in a season in the modern era (post-1900), and, along with the 1999 Cleveland Indians, are one of two teams to do so post-World War II.[1] The 1950 Red Sox compiled a .302 batting average, and remain the most recent major league team to record a .300 or higher team batting average for a season.[2]
In a game on June 8, the Red Sox set a major league record for total bases by a team in one game, which still stands. During their 29–4 win over the St. Louis Browns, the Red Sox collected 28 hits: 7 home runs, 1 triple, 9 doubles, and 11 singles for 60 total bases.[3][4] The Red Sox, who had already beaten the Browns 20–4 the day before, became only the second team since 1901 (after the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates) to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games.[5][6]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 53–24 | 45–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 50–30 | 45–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 4 | 55–22 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 6 | 49–28 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 31 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 38 | 35–42 | 25–52 |
St. Louis Browns | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 40 | 27–47 | 31–49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 46 | 29–48 | 23–54 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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 | — |
Opening Day lineup[]
7 | Dom DiMaggio | CF |
6 | Johnny Pesky | 3B |
9 | Ted Williams | LF |
5 | Vern Stephens | SS |
2 | Al Zarilla | RF |
1 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
10 | Billy Goodman | 1B |
14 | Matt Batts | C |
17 | Mel Parnell | P |
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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 |
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C | Birdie Tebbetts | 79 | 268 | 83 | .310 | 8 | 45 |
1B | Walter Dropo | 136 | 559 | 180 | .322 | 34 | 144 |
2B | Bobby Doerr | 149 | 586 | 172 | .294 | 27 | 120 |
SS | Vern Stephens | 149 | 628 | 185 | .295 | 30 | 144 |
3B | Johnny Pesky | 127 | 490 | 153 | .312 | 1 | 49 |
OF | Al Zarilla | 130 | 471 | 153 | .325 | 9 | 74 |
OF | Ted Williams | 89 | 334 | 106 | .317 | 28 | 97 |
OF | Dom DiMaggio | 141 | 588 | 193 | .328 | 7 | 70 |
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 |
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Billy Goodman | 110 | 424 | 150 | .354 | 4 | 68 |
Matt Batts | 75 | 238 | 65 | .273 | 4 | 34 |
Clyde Vollmer | 57 | 169 | 48 | .284 | 7 | 37 |
Tom Wright | 54 | 107 | 34 | .318 | 0 | 20 |
Buddy Rosar | 27 | 84 | 25 | .298 | 1 | 12 |
Tommy O'Brien | 9 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 3 |
Ken Keltner | 13 | 28 | 9 | .321 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Stringer | 24 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Hatfield | 10 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Piersall | 6 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Maxwell | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Merl Combs | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Scherbarth | 1 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Mel Parnell | 40 | 249 | 18 | 10 | 3.61 | 93 |
Joe Dobson | 39 | 206.2 | 15 | 10 | 4.18 | 81 |
Chuck Stobbs | 32 | 169.1 | 12 | 7 | 5.10 | 78 |
Willard Nixon | 22 | 101.1 | 8 | 6 | 6.04 | 57 |
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 |
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Ellis Kinder | 48 | 207 | 14 | 12 | 4.26 | 95 |
Mickey McDermott | 38 | 130 | 7 | 3 | 5.19 | 96 |
Walt Masterson | 33 | 129.1 | 8 | 6 | 5.64 | 60 |
Harry Taylor | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 | 8 |
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 |
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Al Papai | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6.75 | 19 |
Dick Littlefield | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9.26 | 13 |
Charley Schanz | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8.34 | 14 |
Earl Johnson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 6 |
Jim McDonald | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 5 |
Gordie Mueller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 1 |
Jim Suchecki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
James Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 |
Dave Ferriss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Bob Gillespie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
Frank Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Phil Marchildon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Louisville Colonels | American Association | Mike Ryba |
AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern Association | Pinky Higgins |
A | Scranton Red Sox | Eastern League | Jack Burns |
B | Roanoke Red Sox | Piedmont League | Red Marion |
C | San Jose Red Sox | California League | Marv Owen |
C | Oneonta Red Sox | Canadian–American League | Eddie Popowski |
D | Kinston Eagles | Coastal Plain League | Wally Millies |
D | Marion Red Sox | Ohio–Indiana League | George Susce and Elmer Yoter |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Roanoke, Marion[7]
References[]
- ^ Rochford, Jeremy (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team". Striking Out Looking.
- ^ Ferkovich, Scott (December 29, 2016). "Will a baseball team ever hit .300 again?". vintagedetroit.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Boston Red Sox 29, St. Louis Browns 4". Retrosheet. June 8, 1950. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring TB>=50), sorted by greatest TB". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "1950 Boston Red Sox Batting Game Log". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Consecutive games with Runs Scored >= 20, In the Regular Season, since 1901". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links[]
- 1950 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1950 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
- Boston Red Sox seasons
- 1950 Major League Baseball season
- 1950 in sports in Massachusetts
- 1950s in Boston
- Boston Red Sox season stubs