1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season, Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley, who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. Buzzie Bavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager.

1950 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
General manager(s)Branch Rickey
Manager(s)Burt Shotton
Local televisionWOR-TV
Local radioWMGM
Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully
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Vin Scully joined the Dodgers' radio and television crew as a play-by-play announcer in 1950; in 2016, Scully entered his 67th consecutive season with the club, the longest such tenure in the history of sports broadcasting, that season was the first wherein his voice, as well as of Red Barber's, was broadcast on television station WOR-TV, making the Dodgers the last New York City MLB team to introduce regular television broadcasts, 11 years following the first broadcasts of 1939.

Offseason

Regular season

During the season, Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 22 games[10] Another highlight was on August 31, when Gil Hodges hit four home runs in one game, becoming the first player in the 20th century to do so in his home park.[11]

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9163 0.591 48–29 43–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 8965 0.578 2 48–30 41–35
New York Giants 8668 0.558 5 44–32 42–36
Boston Braves 8371 0.539 8 46–31 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7875 0.510 12½ 48–28 30–47
Cincinnati Reds 6687 0.431 24½ 38–38 28–49
Chicago Cubs 6489 0.418 26½ 35–42 29–47
Pittsburgh Pirates 5796 0.373 33½ 33–44 24–52

Record vs. opponents

1950 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 9–139–1317–513–99–13–115–7–111–11
Brooklyn 13–910–1212–1012–1011–11–119–312–10
Chicago 13–912–104–175–179–13–111–1110–12
Cincinnati 5–1710–1217–411–114–1812–107–15
New York 9–1310–1217–511–1112–1016–611–11
Philadelphia 13–9–111–11–113–9–118–410–1214–812–10
Pittsburgh 7–15–13–1911–1110–126–168–1412–9
St. Louis 11–1110–1212–1015–711–1110–129–12

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day lineup
NamePosition
Pee Wee ReeseShortstop
George ShubaLeft fielder
Duke SniderCenter fielder
Jackie RobinsonSecond baseman
Carl FurilloRight fielder
Gil HodgesFirst baseman
Bobby MorganThird baseman
Roy CampanellaCatcher
Don NewcombeStarting pitcher

Roster

1950 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRoy Campanella126437123.2813189
1BGil Hodges153561159.28332113
2BJackie Robinson144518170.3281481
SSPee Wee Reese141531138.2601152
3BBilly Cox119451116.257844
OFDuke Snider152620199.32131107
OFGene Hermanski9428986.298734
OFCarl Furillo153620189.30518106

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
Jim Russell7721449.2291032
Bobby Morgan6719945.226721
Bruce Edwards5014226.183816
George Shuba3411123.207312
Tommy Brown488625.291820
Eddie Miksis517619.250210
Cal Abrams38449.20504
Wayne Belardi1061.16700
Steve Lembo561.16700
Spider Jorgensen220.00001

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
Don Newcombe40267.119113.70130
Preacher Roe36250.219113.30125
Carl Erskine22103764.7250

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
Erv Palica43201.11383.58131
Ralph Branca43142794.69100
Dan Bankhead41129.1945.5096
Bud Podbielan2072.2545.3328
Joe Hatten2368.2224.5929
Jack Banta1641.1444.3515
Chris Van Cuyk1233.1134.8621
Jim Romano36.1005.688

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
Rex Barney202106.4223
Billy Loes100007.822
Joe Landrum70018.105
Al Epperly50005.003
Willie Ramsdell51212.842
Mal Mallette20000.002
Clem Labine10004.500
Pat McGlothin100013.502

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAAHollywood StarsPacific Coast LeagueFred Haney
AAAMontreal RoyalsInternational LeagueWalter Alston
AAASt. Paul SaintsAmerican AssociationClay Hopper
AAFt. Worth CatsTexas LeagueBobby Bragan
AAMobile BearsSouthern AssociationPaul Chervinko
AElmira PioneersEastern LeagueGreg Mulleavy
George Fallon
AGreenville SpinnersSouth Atlantic LeagueOscar Grimes
APueblo DodgersWestern LeagueRay Hathaway
BAsheville TouristsTri-State LeagueClay Bryant
BDanville DodgersIllinois–Indiana–Iowa LeagueJames Bivin
BLancaster Red RosesInterstate LeagueEd Head
BMiami Sun SoxFlorida International LeaguePepper Martin
BNewport News DodgersPiedmont LeagueAl Campanis
Bud Metheny
CBillings MustangsPioneer LeagueLarry Shepard
CBisbee-Douglas Copper KingsSouthwest International LeagueBuck Elliott
CGreenwood DodgersCotton States LeagueLou Rochelli
CSanta Barbara DodgersCalifornia LeagueBill Hart
DTrois-Rivières RoyalsCanadian–American LeagueGeorge Scherger
DHazard BombersMountain States LeagueMax Macon
DHornell DodgersPennsylvania–Ontario–New York LeagueDoc Alexson
DPonca City DodgersKansas–Oklahoma–Missouri LeagueBoyd Bartley
DSheboygan IndiansWisconsin State LeagueJoe Hauser
DValdosta DodgersGeorgia–Florida LeagueStan Wasiak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings

References

  1. Danny O'Connell at Baseball-Reference
  2. Sam Jethroe at Baseball-Reference
  3. Marv Rackley at Baseball-Reference
  4. Paul Minner at Baseball-Reference
  5. Hank Schenz at Baseball-Reference
  6. Dick Whitman at Baseball-Reference
  7. Luis Olmo at Baseball-Reference
  8. John Glenn at Baseball-Reference
  9. Glenn Cox at Baseball-Reference
  10. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  11. Willie Ramsdell at Baseball-Reference
  12. Spider Jorgensen at Baseball-Reference
  13. Glen Moulder at Baseball-Reference
  14. Harry Taylor at Baseball-Reference
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