1950 New York Yankees season

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.

1950 New York Yankees
1950 World Series Champions
1950 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Dan Topping
Del Webb
General manager(s)George Weiss
Manager(s)Casey Stengel
Local televisionWABD
(Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Dizzy Dean)
Local radioWINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy)
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Members of the 1950 New York Yankees being honored at the 2010 Old-Timers' Day

Offseason

Regular season

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 7–158–146–16–28–1411–1112–108–14
Cleveland 12–1014–813–9–18–1417–513–915–7
Detroit 12–1016–6–29–13–111–1117–517–513–9
New York 13–914–814–811–1115–717–514–8–1
Philadelphia 3–1911–115–175–177–158–1413–9
St. Louis 3–1910–129–135–175–1714–812–10
Washington 10–1214–87–159–138–14–19–1310–12

Roster

1950 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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
CYogi Berra151597193.32228124
1BJoe Collins10820548.234828
2BJerry Coleman153522150.287669
3BBilly Johnson10832785.260640
SSPhil Rizzuto155617200.324766
OFGene Woodling122449127.283660
OFJoe DiMaggio139525158.30132122
OFHank Bauer113415133.3201370

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
Cliff Mapes10835688.2471261
Bobby Brown9527774.267437
Johnny Mize9027476.2772572
Tommy Henrich7315141.272634
Jackie Jensen457012.17115
Billy Martin34369.25018
Johnny Hopp19279.33318
Charlie Silvera18254.16001
Johnny Lindell7214.19002
Jim Delsing12104.40002
Ralph Houk1091.11101
Hank Workman251.20000
Snuffy Stirnweiss720.00000
Dick Wakefield321.50001
Gus Niarhos100.00000

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
Vic Raschi33256.22184.00155
Allie Reynolds35240.216123.74160
Ed Lopat35236.11883.4772
Tommy Byrne31203.11594.74118

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
Fred Sanford26112.2544.5554
Whitey Ford20112912.8159
Joe Ostrowski2143.2115.1515
Bob Porterfield1019.2118.699
Ernie Nevel36.1014.343

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
Joe Page3737135.0433
Tom Ferrick308493.6520
Don Johnson801010.009
Duane Pillette40001.294
Lew Burdette20006.750
Dave Madison10006.001

1950 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Yankees – 1, Phillies – 0October 4Shibe Park30,746
2Yankees – 2, Phillies – 1 (10 innings)October 5Shibe Park32,660
3Phillies – 2, Yankees – 3October 6Yankee Stadium64,505
4Phillies – 2, Yankees – 5October 7Yankee Stadium68,098

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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 James Adlam
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Frank Novosel
C Amsterdam Rugmakers Canadian–American League Mayo Smith
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Jack Farmer and Cedric Durst
C Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer League Wally Berger
C Joplin Miners Western Association Harry Craft
D LaGrange Troupers Georgia–Alabama League Carl Cooper
D Independence Yankees Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Bunny Mick and Bones Sanders
D Newark Yankees Ohio–Indiana League Billy Holm
D McAlester Rockets Sooner State League Vern Hoscheit
D Fond du Lac Panthers Wisconsin State League Wayne Tucker

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LaGrange, McAlester[5]

References

  1. Billy Martin page at Baseball Reference
  2. Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference
  3. Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
  4. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 21, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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