1950 Washington Senators season
1950 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith, John Jachym, H. Gabriel Murphy | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Television | WTTG (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) | |
Radio | WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) | |
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The 1950
Offseason
- November 17, 1949: San Francisco Seals in the 1949 rule 5 draft.[1]
- Prior to 1950 season: New York Giants.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
Notable transactions
- June 14, 1950: Cleveland Indians for Mickey Vernon.[3]
- June 25, 1950: Steve Nagy was traded by the Senators to the San Francisco Seals for Elmer Singleton.[1]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Al Evans | 90 | 289 | 68 | .235 | 2 | 30 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 90 | 327 | 100 | .306 | 9 | 65 |
2B | Cass Michaels | 106 | 388 | 97 | .250 | 4 | 47 |
SS | Sam Dente | 155 | 603 | 144 | .239 | 2 | 59 |
3B | Eddie Yost | 155 | 573 | 169 | .295 | 11 | 58 |
OF | Sam Mele | 126 | 435 | 119 | .274 | 12 | 86 |
OF | Irv Noren | 138 | 542 | 160 | .295 | 14 | 98 |
OF | Bud Stewart | 118 | 378 | 101 | .267 | 4 | 35 |
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 |
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Gil Coan | 104 | 366 | 111 | .303 | 7 | 50 |
Mickey Grasso | 75 | 195 | 56 | .287 | 1 | 22 |
Johnny Ostrowski | 55 | 141 | 32 | .227 | 4 | 23 |
Eddie Robinson | 36 | 129 | 30 | .233 | 1 | 13 |
Sherry Robertson | 71 | 123 | 32 | .260 | 2 | 16 |
Merl Combs | 37 | 102 | 25 | .245 | 0 | 6 |
Roberto Ortiz | 39 | 75 | 17 | .227 | 0 | 8 |
Al Kozar | 20 | 55 | 11 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Hal Keller | 11 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 1 | 5 |
Len Okrie | 17 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Taylor | 6 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Vollmer | 6 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Tommy O'Brien | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
George Genovese | 3 | 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 |
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Sid Hudson | 30 | 237.2 | 14 | 14 | 4.09 | 75 |
Bob Kuzava | 22 | 155.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.95 | 84 |
Connie Marrero | 27 | 152.0 | 6 | 10 | 4.50 | 63 |
Sandy Consuegra | 21 | 124.2 | 7 | 8 | 4.40 | 38 |
Gene Bearden | 12 | 68.1 | 3 | 5 | 4.21 | 40 |
Ray Scarborough | 8 | 58.1 | 3 | 5 | 4.01 | 24 |
Steve Nagy | 9 | 53.1 | 2 | 5 | 6.58 | 17 |
Julio Moreno | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.64 | 7 |
Carlos Pascual | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.12 | 3 |
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 |
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Joe Haynes | 27 | 101.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.84 | 15 |
Al Sima | 17 | 77.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.79 | 23 |
Jim Pearce | 20 | 56.2 | 2 | 1 | 6.04 | 18 |
Dick Weik | 14 | 44.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.30 | 26 |
Lloyd Hittle | 11 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.98 | 9 |
Bob Ross | 6 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 2 |
Rogelio Martínez | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 0 |
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 |
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Mickey Harris | 53 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4.78 | 41 |
Elmer Singleton | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.20 | 19 |
Dick Welteroth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Fred Walters |
A
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Augusta Tigers | Sally League | Pete Appleton |
B
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Havana Cubanos
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Florida International League | Oscar Rodríguez
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B
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Charlotte Hornets | Tri-State League | Clyde McDowell and Joe Bird |
C
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New Castle Nats
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Middle Atlantic League | Charles Cronin |
D
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Orlando Senators
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Florida State League | Cal Ermer |
D
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Rome Red Sox | Georgia–Alabama League | Norman Veazey, John Stowe and Myril Hoag |
D
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Fulton Railroaders
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KITTY League
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Ivan Kuester |
D
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Concord Nationals
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North Carolina State League | George Lacy, Tom Hockenbury and Ginger Watts |
D
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Wellsville Senators
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PONY League
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Jimmy Wasdell and Bill Mongiello |
D
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Emporia Nationals | Virginia League
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Morrie Aderholt |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Emporia
References
- ^ a b Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Al Sima at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference