1950 New York Yankees season
1950 New York Yankees | |
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1950 World Series Champions 1950 American League Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Dan Topping Del Webb |
General manager(s) | George Weiss |
Manager(s) | Casey Stengel |
Local television | WABD (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Dizzy Dean) |
Local radio | WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy) |
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The 1950 New York Yankees season was the 48th season for the team in New York and its 50th overall as a franchise. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
Offseason[]
- October 13, 1949: Billy Martin was purchased by the Yankees from the Oakland Oaks.[1]
- Prior to 1950 season (exact date unknown)
- Jim Brideweser was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[2]
- Don Taussig was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[3]
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[]
Roster[]
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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 | Yogi Berra | 151 | 597 | 193 | .322 | 28 | 124 |
1B | Joe Collins | 108 | 205 | 48 | .234 | 8 | 28 |
2B | Jerry Coleman | 153 | 522 | 150 | .287 | 6 | 69 |
3B | Billy Johnson | 108 | 327 | 85 | .260 | 6 | 40 |
SS | Phil Rizzuto | 155 | 617 | 200 | .324 | 7 | 66 |
OF | Gene Woodling | 122 | 449 | 127 | .283 | 6 | 60 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 139 | 525 | 158 | .301 | 32 | 122 |
OF | Hank Bauer | 113 | 415 | 133 | .320 | 13 | 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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Cliff Mapes | 108 | 356 | 88 | .247 | 12 | 61 |
Bobby Brown | 95 | 277 | 74 | .267 | 4 | 37 |
Johnny Mize | 90 | 274 | 76 | .277 | 25 | 72 |
Tommy Henrich | 73 | 151 | 41 | .272 | 6 | 34 |
Jackie Jensen | 45 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 1 | 5 |
Billy Martin | 34 | 36 | 9 | .250 | 1 | 8 |
Johnny Hopp | 19 | 27 | 9 | .333 | 1 | 8 |
Charlie Silvera | 18 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Lindell | 7 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Delsing | 12 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 2 |
Ralph Houk | 10 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Hank Workman | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Snuffy Stirnweiss | 7 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Wakefield | 3 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Gus Niarhos | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 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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Vic Raschi | 33 | 256.2 | 21 | 8 | 4.00 | 155 |
Allie Reynolds | 35 | 240.2 | 16 | 12 | 3.74 | 160 |
Ed Lopat | 35 | 236.1 | 18 | 8 | 3.47 | 72 |
Tommy Byrne | 31 | 203.1 | 15 | 9 | 4.74 | 118 |
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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Fred Sanford | 26 | 112.2 | 5 | 4 | 4.55 | 54 |
Whitey Ford | 20 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 2.81 | 59 |
Joe Ostrowski | 21 | 43.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.15 | 15 |
Bob Porterfield | 10 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 8.69 | 9 |
Ernie Nevel | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.34 | 3 |
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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Joe Page | 37 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5.04 | 33 |
Tom Ferrick | 30 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3.65 | 20 |
Don Johnson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | 9 |
Duane Pillette | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 4 |
Lew Burdette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Dave Madison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
1950 World Series[]
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 1, Phillies – 0 | October 4 | Shibe Park | 30,746 |
2 | Yankees – 2, Phillies – 1 (10 innings) | October 5 | Shibe Park | 32,660 |
3 | Phillies – 2, Yankees – 3 | October 6 | Yankee Stadium | 64,505 |
4 | Phillies – 2, Yankees – 5 | October 7 | Yankee Stadium | 68,098 |
Awards and honors[]
- Jerry Coleman, Babe Ruth Award
- Phil Rizzuto, American League MVP
- Yogi Berra, 3rd place in AL MVP voting[4]
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Kansas City Blues | American Association | Joe Kuhel |
AA | Beaumont Roughnecks | Texas League | Rogers Hornsby |
A | Muskegon Clippers | Central League | Bob Finley |
A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | George Selkirk |
B | Quincy Gems | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | |
B | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | |
C | Amsterdam Rugmakers | Canadian–American League | Mayo Smith |
C | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | and Cedric Durst |
C | Twin Falls Cowboys | Pioneer League | Wally Berger |
C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Harry Craft |
D | Georgia–Alabama League | ||
D | Independence Yankees | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | and |
D | Newark Yankees | Ohio–Indiana League | Billy Holm |
D | McAlester Rockets | Sooner State League | Vern Hoscheit |
D | Fond du Lac Panthers | Wisconsin State League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LaGrange, McAlester[5]
References[]
- ^ Billy Martin page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 21, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links[]
- New York Yankees seasons
- 1950 Major League Baseball season
- 1950 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in the Bronx
- American League champion seasons
- World Series champion seasons
- Yankee Stadium (1923)