1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 69th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 64th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 57–96.

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Frank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson
General manager(s)Roy Hamey
Manager(s)Billy Meyer
Local televisionnone
Local radioWWSW
Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince
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Regular season

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 13–9—10–1212–1012–1011–11–119–312–10
Chicago 13–912–10—4–175–179–13–111–1110–12
Cincinnati 5–1710–1217–4—11–114–1812–107–15
New York 9–1310–1217–511–11—12–1016–611–11
Philadelphia 13–9–111–11–113–9–118–410–12—14–812–10
Pittsburgh 7–15–13–1911–1110–126–168–14—12–9
St. Louis 11–1110–1212–1015–711–1110–129–12—

Game log
1950 Game Log: 57–96 (Home: 33–44; Away: 24–52)
April: 6–5 (Home: 4–1; Away: 2–4)
May: 10–18 (Home: 4–11; Away: 6–7)
June: 7–18 (Home: 4–9; Away: 3–9)
July: 11–19 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–11)
August: 8–22 (Home: 5–14; Away: 3–8)
September: 14–13 (Home: 8–1; Away: 6–12)
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
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
3BNanny Fernandez6519851.258627

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
Jack Phillips6920861.293534
Johnny Berardino4013127.206112
Ed Stevens17469.19603

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
Cliff Chambers37249.112154.3093
Bob Chesnes949335.5412

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
Mel Queen33120.15145.9876
Hank Borowy1125.1136.399

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
Frank Barrett51204.150

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Al López
AA New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Hugh Luby and Bill Burwell
A Albany Senators Eastern League Pinky May
A Charleston Rebels Sally League Rip Sewell
B Waco Pirates Big State League Buddy Hancken
B York White Roses Interstate League Frank Oceak
C Modesto Reds California League Marc Carrola
C Hutchinson Elks Western Association Wes Griffin
D Greenville Pirates Alabama State League Mickey O'Neil
D Tallahassee Pirates Georgia–Florida League Walt Tauscher
D Bartlesville Pirates Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Tedd Gullic
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Jerry Gardner
D Salisbury Pirates North Carolina State League George Detore

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto, Hutchinson, Tallahassee, Mayfield

References
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
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