The 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 69th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 59th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.
Offseason December 5, 1949: Bill Sarni was drafted by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports in the 1949 minor league draft.Bill Sarni page at Baseball Reference December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1950 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position1 Harry Walker CF2 Red Schoendienst 2B6 Stan Musial RF9 Enos Slaughter LF21 Eddie Kazak 3B19 Rocky Nelson 1B17 Joe Garagiola C33 Eddie Miller SS14 Gerry Staley P 1950 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting
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 C Del Rice 130 414 101 .244 9 54 1B Rocky Nelson 76 235 58 .247 1 20 2B Red Schoendienst 153 642 177 .276 7 63 SS Marty Marion 106 372 92 .247 4 40 3B Tommy Glaviano 115 410 117 .285 11 44 OF Stan Musial 146 555 192 .346 28 109 OF Enos Slaughter 148 556 161 .290 10 101 OF 110 313 88 .281 10 58
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 Eddie Kazak 93 207 53 .256 5 23 Chuck Diering 89 204 51 .250 3 18 64 172 39 .227 3 22 60 150 31 .207 0 7 44 128 27 .211 2 11 Johnny Lindell 36 113 21 .186 5 16 34 88 28 .318 2 20 17 56 15 .268 1 4 Johnny Bucha 22 36 5 .139 0 1 Steve Bilko 10 33 6 .182 0 2 Nippy Jones 13 26 6 .231 0 6 Johnny Blatnik 7 20 3 .150 0 1 Solly Hemus 11 15 2 .133 0 0 Don Bollweg 4 11 2 .182 0 1 Ed Mickelson 5 10 1 .100 0 1 Danny Gardella 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Ed Mierkowicz 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
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 Howie Pollet 37 232.1 14 13 3.29 117 Max Lanier 27 181.1 11 9 3.13 89 Gerry Staley 42 169.2 13 13 4.99 62 27 163.1 8 11 3.80 80
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 46 164.2 11 9 4.10 47 Red Munger 32 154.2 7 8 3.90 61 36 120.1 7 7 3.52 82 Erv Dusak 14 36.1 0 2 3.72 16 Tom Poholsky 5 14.2 0 0 3.65 2
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 Fred Martin 30 4 2 0 5.12 19 Ted Wilks 18 2 0 0 6.66 15 Al Papai 13 1 0 0 5.21 7 Jim Hearn 6 0 1 0 10.00 4 Cot Deal 3 0 0 0 18.00 1 Ken Johnson 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Winston-Salem, LebanonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1950 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1950 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com