1950 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1950 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses. It would be 88-year-old Connie Mack's 50th and last as A's manager, a North American professional sports record. During that year the team wore uniforms trimmed in blue and gold, in honor of the Golden Jubilee of "The Grand Old Man of Baseball."

1950 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General manager(s)Mickey Cochrane, Art Ehlers
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local televisionWPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
(George Walsh)
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
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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 Philadelphia Athletics
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
CMike Guerra8725271.282226
1BFerris Fain151522147.2821083
3BBob Dillinger84356110.309341
SSEddie Joost131476111.2331858
OFElmer Valo129446125.2801046
OFPaul Lehner114427132.309952
OFSam Chapman144553129.2512395

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
Kermit Wahl8928072.257227
Roberto Ortiz6141.07103

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
Lou Brissie462467194.02101
Alex Kellner36225.18205.4785
Dick Fowler1166.2156.4815

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
Bob Hooper45170.115105.0258
Joe Coleman1554058.5012
Joe Murray830035.708
Johnny Kucab426113.468

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
Moe Burtschy90107.1112
Harry Byrd600016.882
Ed Klieman50009.530
Les McCrabb200027.002

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League Frank Skaff and Ray Schalk
A Savannah Indians Sally League Red Norris
A Lincoln Athletics Western League Jimmie DeShong
B Fayetteville Athletics Carolina League Mule Haas and Tom Oliver
B West Palm Beach Indians Florida International League Clyde Smoll and Rudy Laskowski
B Sunbury Athletics Interstate League George Staller
C Youngstown Athletics Middle Atlantic League Buck Etchison
D Welch Miners Appalachian League Eddie Morgan and Woody Wheaton
D Tarboro Tars Coastal Plain League Joe Antolick
D Cordele A's Georgia–Florida League Bill Peterman
D Lexington A's North Carolina State League Homer Lee Cox
D Portsmouth A's Ohio–Indiana League Walt Van Grofski
D Red Springs Red Robins Tobacco State League Ducky Detweiler

References

  1. Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference


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