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1950 Boston Red Sox season

January 01, 1970

The 1950 Boston Red Sox season was the 50th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, four games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. This was the last time that the Red Sox won at least 90 games until their return to the World Series in 1967.

1950 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record94–60 (.610)
League place3rd (4 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersJoe Cronin
ManagersJoe McCarthy, Steve O'Neill
TelevisionWBZ-TV/WNAC-TV
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley)
RadioWHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The team scored 1,027 runs, one of only six teams to score more than 1,000 runs in a season in the modern era (post-1900), and, along with the 1999 Cleveland Indians, are one of two teams to do so post-World War II.[1] The 1950 Red Sox compiled a .302 batting average, and remain the most recent major league team to record a .300 or higher team batting average for a season.[2]

In a game on June 8, the Red Sox set a major league record for total bases by a team in one game, which still stands. During their 29–4 win over the St. Louis Browns, the Red Sox collected 28 hits: 7 home runs, 1 triple, 9 doubles, and 11 singles for 60 total bases.[3][4] The Red Sox, who had already beaten the Browns 20–4 the day before, became only the second team since 1901 (after the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates) to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games.[5][6]

Offseason edit

Trades and Transactions edit

Regular Season edit

Trades and Transactions edit

Season Standings edit

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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 edit

1950 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 edit

  7 Dom DiMaggio     CF
  6 Johnny Pesky 3B
  9 Ted Williams LF
  5 Vern Stephens SS
  2 Al Zarilla RF
  1 Bobby Doerr 2B
10 Billy Goodman     1B
14 Matt Batts C
17 Mel Parnell P

Roster edit

1950 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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
C Birdie Tebbetts 79 268 83 .310 8 45
1B Walter Dropo 136 559 180 .322 34 144
2B Bobby Doerr 149 586 172 .294 27 120
SS Vern Stephens 149 628 185 .295 30 144
3B Johnny Pesky 127 490 153 .312 1 49
OF Al Zarilla 130 471 153 .325 9 74
OF Ted Williams 89 334 106 .317 28 97
OF Dom DiMaggio 141 588 193 .328 7 70

Other batters edit

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
Billy Goodman 110 424 150 .354 4 68
Matt Batts 75 238 65 .273 4 34
Clyde Vollmer 57 169 48 .284 7 37
Tom Wright 54 107 34 .318 0 20
Buddy Rosar 27 84 25 .298 1 12
Tommy O'Brien 9 31 4 .129 0 3
Ken Keltner 13 28 9 .321 0 2
Lou Stringer 24 17 5 .294 0 2
Fred Hatfield 10 12 3 .250 0 2
Jim Piersall 6 11 4 .364 0 0
Charlie Maxwell 3 8 0 .000 0 0
Merl Combs 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Bob Scherbarth 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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 Parnell 40 249.0 18 10 3.61 93
Joe Dobson 39 206.2 15 10 4.18 81
Chuck Stobbs 32 169.1 12 7 5.10 78
Willard Nixon 22 101.1 8 6 6.04 57

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ellis Kinder 48 207.0 14 12 4.26 95
Mickey McDermott 38 130.0 7 3 5.19 96
Walt Masterson 33 129.1 8 6 5.64 60
Harry Taylor 3 19.0 2 0 1.42 8

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Al Papai 16 4 2 2 6.75 19
Dick Littlefield 15 2 2 1 9.26 13
Charley Schanz 14 3 2 0 8.34 14
Earl Johnson 11 0 0 0 7.24 6
Jim McDonald 9 1 0 0 3.79 5
Gordie Mueller 8 0 0 0 10.29 1
Jim Suchecki 4 0 0 0 4.50 3
James Atkins 1 0 0 0 3.86 0
Dave Ferriss 1 0 0 0 18.00 1
Bob Gillespie 1 0 0 0 20.25 0
Frank Quinn 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Phil Marchildon 1 0 0 0 6.75 0

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Roanoke, Marion[17]

References edit

  1. ^ Rochford, Jeremy (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team". Striking Out Looking.
  2. ^ Ferkovich, Scott (December 29, 2016). "Will a baseball team ever hit .300 again?". vintagedetroit.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Boston Red Sox 29, St. Louis Browns 4". Retrosheet. June 8, 1950. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring TB>=50), sorted by greatest TB". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "1950 Boston Red Sox Batting Game Log". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Consecutive games with Runs Scored >= 20, In the Regular Season, since 1901". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "Dick Gernert Signs With Boston Red Sox". Reading Eagle. October 24, 1949. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Sox Draft Rochester Pitcher; Braves Pass Up Minor Stars". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. November 18, 1949. p. 39.
  9. ^ "Sox Buy Papai (4─11) From Browns". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. December 2, 1949. p. 36.
  10. ^ "Red Sox Deny Kramer Railroaded Out American League: Couldn't Make Any Deals for Him In Their Own Circuit". Lewiston Sun Journal. Associated Press. February 27, 1950. p. 10. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "Bosox Strengthen Bench By Signing Ken Keltner". Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press. April 15, 1950. p. 12.
  12. ^ Hurwitz, Hy (May 8, 1950). "Red Sox Trade O'Brien, Combs for Nats' Vollmer". The Boston Globe. p. 6.
  13. ^ "Dorish of Sox (He's a Pitcher) Sold to Browns". The Boston Globe. May 9, 1950. p. 20.
  14. ^ "Unable To Play". Wilmington Morning-Star. Associated Press. June 2, 1950. p. 10.
  15. ^ "Bosox Sign High School Outfielder". Lewiston Evening Journal. Associated Press. June 8, 1950. p. 20.
  16. ^ "Bosox Sign Youth Denied to Tigers". Windsor Daily Star. Associated Press. June 22, 1950. pp. 3 (Section 2).
  17. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links edit

  • 1950 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1950 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com


 

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The 1950 Boston Red Sox season was the 50th season in the franchise s Major League Baseball history The Red Sox finished third in the American League AL with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses four games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees This was the last time that the Red Sox won at least 90 games until their return to the World Series in 1967 1950 Boston Red SoxLeagueAmerican LeagueBallparkFenway ParkCityBoston MassachusettsRecord94 60 610 League place3rd 4 GB OwnersTom YawkeyPresidentTom YawkeyGeneral managersJoe CroninManagersJoe McCarthy Steve O NeillTelevisionWBZ TV WNAC TV Jim Britt Tom Hussey Bump Hadley RadioWHDH Jim Britt Tom Hussey Leo Egan StatsESPN comBB reference 1949 Seasons 1951 The team scored 1 027 runs one of only six teams to score more than 1 000 runs in a season in the modern era post 1900 and along with the 1999 Cleveland Indians are one of two teams to do so post World War II 1 The 1950 Red Sox compiled a 302 batting average and remain the most recent major league team to record a 300 or higher team batting average for a season 2 In a game on June 8 the Red Sox set a major league record for total bases by a team in one game which still stands During their 29 4 win over the St Louis Browns the Red Sox collected 28 hits 7 home runs 1 triple 9 doubles and 11 singles for 60 total bases 3 4 The Red Sox who had already beaten the Browns 20 4 the day before became only the second team since 1901 after the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games 5 6 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 Trades and Transactions 2 Regular Season 2 1 Trades and Transactions 2 2 Season Standings 2 3 Record vs opponents 2 4 Opening Day lineup 2 5 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 1 1 Starters by position 3 1 2 Other batters 3 2 Pitching 3 2 1 Starting pitchers 3 2 2 Other pitchers 3 2 3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 References 6 External linksOffseason editTrades and Transactions edit October 24 1949 It is reported that Dick Gernert a junior at Temple University has signed with the Red Sox over the weekend 7 November 17 1949 The Red Sox draft pitcher George Copeland from the Rochester Red Wings for 10 000 8 December 1 1949 The Red Sox purchase pitcher Al Papai from the St Louis Browns off waivers for 10 000 9 February 26 1950 The Red Sox announce the sale of pitcher Jack Kramer to the New York Giants for a reported sum of 25 000 10 April 14 1950 The Red Sox sign third baseman Ken Keltner as a free agent 11 Regular Season editTrades and Transactions edit May 7 The Red Sox in a trade with the Washington Senators send outfielder Tommy O Brien and infielder Merrill Combs to the Senators in exchange for outfielder Clyde Vollmer 12 May 8 The Red Sox sell pitcher Harry Dorish to the St Louis Browns for an undisclosed amount of cash 13 June 2 Tom Umphlett reveals that he has recently signed a contract with the Red Sox as an amateur free agent 14 June 7 The Red Sox sign outfielder Neil Chrisley as an amateur free agent 15 June 21 The Red Sox sign amateur free agent Faye Throneberry on a 6000 contract 16 Season Standings edit vteAmerican League W L Pct GB Home Road 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 edit 1950 American League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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 edit 7 Dom DiMaggio CF 6 Johnny Pesky 3B 9 Ted Williams LF 5 Vern Stephens SS 2 Al Zarilla RF 1 Bobby Doerr 2B 10 Billy Goodman 1B 14 Matt Batts C 17 Mel Parnell P Roster edit 1950 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 12 James Atkins 15 Joe Dobson 33 Dave Ferriss 21 Bob Gillespie 12 Earl Johnson 16 Ellis Kinder 34 Dick Littlefield 26 Phil Marchildon 20 Walt Masterson 19 Mickey McDermott 26 Jim McDonald 25 Gordie Mueller 21 Willard Nixon 34 Al Papai 17 Mel Parnell 26 Frank Quinn 18 Charley Schanz 22 Chuck Stobbs 37 Jim Suchecki 35 Harry Taylor Catchers 14 Matt Batts 11 Buddy Rosar 39 Bob Scherbarth 8 Birdie Tebbetts Infielders 1 Bobby Doerr 3 Walt Dropo 39 Fred Hatfield 4 Ken Keltner 6 Johnny Pesky 5 Vern Stephens 27 Lou Stringer Outfielders 7 Dom DiMaggio 37 Charlie Maxwell 10 Billy Goodman 23 Tommy O Brien 24 Jimmy Piersall 23 Clyde Vollmer 9 Ted Williams 28 Tom Wright 2 Al Zarilla Other batters 24 Merl Combs Manager Joe McCarthy 30 Steve O Neill Coaches 32 Earle Combs First base 30 Steve O Neill Third base 31 Paul Schreiber Hitting 29 Johnny Schulte Bullpen 36 George Susce Bullpen Player stats editBatting edit Starters by position edit 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 C Birdie Tebbetts 79 268 83 310 8 45 1B Walter Dropo 136 559 180 322 34 144 2B Bobby Doerr 149 586 172 294 27 120 SS Vern Stephens 149 628 185 295 30 144 3B Johnny Pesky 127 490 153 312 1 49 OF Al Zarilla 130 471 153 325 9 74 OF Ted Williams 89 334 106 317 28 97 OF Dom DiMaggio 141 588 193 328 7 70 Other batters edit 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 Billy Goodman 110 424 150 354 4 68 Matt Batts 75 238 65 273 4 34 Clyde Vollmer 57 169 48 284 7 37 Tom Wright 54 107 34 318 0 20 Buddy Rosar 27 84 25 298 1 12 Tommy O Brien 9 31 4 129 0 3 Ken Keltner 13 28 9 321 0 2 Lou Stringer 24 17 5 294 0 2 Fred Hatfield 10 12 3 250 0 2 Jim Piersall 6 11 4 364 0 0 Charlie Maxwell 3 8 0 000 0 0 Merl Combs 1 0 0 0 0 Bob Scherbarth 1 0 0 0 0 Pitching edit Starting pitchers edit 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 Parnell 40 249 0 18 10 3 61 93 Joe Dobson 39 206 2 15 10 4 18 81 Chuck Stobbs 32 169 1 12 7 5 10 78 Willard Nixon 22 101 1 8 6 6 04 57 Other pitchers edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Ellis Kinder 48 207 0 14 12 4 26 95 Mickey McDermott 38 130 0 7 3 5 19 96 Walt Masterson 33 129 1 8 6 5 64 60 Harry Taylor 3 19 0 2 0 1 42 8 Relief pitchers edit Note G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Al Papai 16 4 2 2 6 75 19 Dick Littlefield 15 2 2 1 9 26 13 Charley Schanz 14 3 2 0 8 34 14 Earl Johnson 11 0 0 0 7 24 6 Jim McDonald 9 1 0 0 3 79 5 Gordie Mueller 8 0 0 0 10 29 1 Jim Suchecki 4 0 0 0 4 50 3 James Atkins 1 0 0 0 3 86 0 Dave Ferriss 1 0 0 0 18 00 1 Bob Gillespie 1 0 0 0 20 25 0 Frank Quinn 1 0 0 0 9 00 0 Phil Marchildon 1 0 0 0 6 75 0Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League Manager AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Mike Ryba AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Pinky Higgins A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Jack Burns B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Red Marion C San Jose Red Sox California League Marv Owen C Oneonta Red Sox Canadian American League Eddie Popowski D Kinston Eagles Coastal Plain League Wally Millies D Marion Red Sox Ohio Indiana League George Susce and Elmer Yoter LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Roanoke Marion 17 References edit Rochford Jeremy September 9 2014 The Last 1 000 Run Team Striking Out Looking Ferkovich Scott December 29 2016 Will a baseball team ever hit 300 again vintagedetroit com Retrieved July 7 2020 Boston Red Sox 29 St Louis Browns 4 Retrosheet June 8 1950 Retrieved July 7 2020 Team Batting Game Finder From 1908 to 2018 requiring TB gt 50 sorted by greatest TB Baseball Reference Retrieved July 9 2018 1950 Boston Red Sox Batting Game Log Baseball Reference Retrieved April 22 2021 Team Batting Streak Finder Consecutive games with Runs Scored gt 20 In the Regular Season since 1901 Stathead Baseball Retrieved April 22 2021 Dick Gernert Signs With Boston Red Sox Reading Eagle October 24 1949 p 18 Sox Draft Rochester Pitcher Braves Pass Up Minor Stars The Boston Globe Associated Press November 18 1949 p 39 Sox Buy Papai 4 11 From Browns The Boston Globe Associated Press December 2 1949 p 36 Red Sox Deny Kramer Railroaded Out American League Couldn t Make Any Deals for Him In Their Own Circuit Lewiston Sun Journal Associated Press February 27 1950 p 10 Retrieved August 7 2023 Bosox Strengthen Bench By Signing Ken Keltner Lewiston Daily Sun Associated Press April 15 1950 p 12 Hurwitz Hy May 8 1950 Red Sox Trade O Brien Combs for Nats Vollmer The Boston Globe p 6 Dorish of Sox He s a Pitcher Sold to Browns The Boston Globe May 9 1950 p 20 Unable To Play Wilmington Morning Star Associated Press June 2 1950 p 10 Bosox Sign High School Outfielder Lewiston Evening Journal Associated Press June 8 1950 p 20 Bosox Sign Youth Denied to Tigers Windsor Daily Star Associated Press June 22 1950 pp 3 Section 2 Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd edition Durham North Carolina Baseball America 2007External links edit1950 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1950 Boston Red Sox season at baseball almanac com nbsp This article relating to a Boston Red Sox season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1950 Boston Red Sox season amp oldid 1197877434, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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