The 1950 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses.
Offseason October 3, 1949: Ralph Winegarner was released by the Browns.Ralph Winegarner at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Browns from the Cleveland Indians in the 1949 minor league draft.Grant Dunlap at Baseball-Reference December 13, 1949: Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ray Coleman, Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine, Ray Ippolito (minors) and $100,000.Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1950 season: Bud Black was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Bud Black at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians. July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased by the Browns from the Chicago White Sox.Jack Bruner at Baseball-Reference August 1950: Chuck Oertel was acquired by the Browns from the Baxley-Hazelhurst Red Sox.Chuck Oertel at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1950 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats
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 126 396 111 .280 13 65 1B Don Lenhardt 139 480 131 .273 22 81 2B Owen Friend 119 372 88 .237 8 50 SS Tom Upton 124 389 92 .237 2 30 3B Leo Thomas 35 121 24 .198 1 9 OF 128 369 83 .225 13 62 OF Dick Kokos 143 490 128 .261 18 67 OF 117 384 104 .271 8 55
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 Roy Sievers 113 370 88 .238 10 57 93 326 71 .218 1 24 Hank Arft 98 280 75 .268 1 32 Les Moss 84 222 59 .266 8 34 Jim Delsing 69 209 55 .263 0 15 61 178 44 .247 0 13 Bill Sommers 65 137 35 .255 0 14 9 19 3 .158 0 2
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 Ned Garver 37 260.0 13 18 3.39 85 Al Widmar 36 194.2 7 15 4.76 78 Joe Ostrowski 9 57.1 2 4 2.51 15
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 Stubby Overmire 31 161.0 9 12 4.19 39 Dick Starr 32 123.2 7 5 5.02 30 29 109.0 4 9 6.44 36 25 102.0 5 9 6.53 42 Don Johnson 25 96.0 5 6 6.09 31 Duane Pillette 24 73.2 3 5 7.09 18 Lou Kretlow 9 14.1 0 2 11.93 10 Sid Schacht 8 10.2 0 0 16.03 7 2 6.2 0 1 5.40 1
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 28 1 3 1 7.88 24 16 1 3 2 4.12 6 14 0 1 0 8.10 6 13 1 2 1 4.63 16 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Ribs Raney 1 0 1 0 4.50 2 Lou Sleater 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Marshall
References
External links 1950 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1950 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com