1950 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1950 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1950 Information
Owner(s)	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General manager(s)	Art Ehlers
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (George Walsh)
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring)
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The 1950 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses. It would be 88-year-old Connie Mack’s 50th and last as A’s manager, a North American professional sports record. During that year the team wore uniforms trimmed in blue and gold, in honor of the Golden Jubilee of "The Grand Old Man of Baseball."

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

December 13, 1949: Ray Coleman, Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine, Ray Ippolito (minors) and $100,000 were traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Detroit Tigers	95	59	.617	3
Boston Red Sox	94	60	.610	4
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	6
Washington Senators	67	87	.435	31
Chicago White Sox	60	94	.390	38
St. Louis Browns	58	96	.377	40
Philadelphia Athletics	52	102	.338	46

Roster

1950 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

-- Connie Mack

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	Guerra, MikeMike Guerra	87	252	71	.282	2	26
1B	Fain, FerrisFerris Fain	151	522	147	.282	10	83
3B	Dillinger, BobBob Dillinger	84	356	110	.309	3	41
SS	Joost, EddieEddie Joost	131	476	111	.233	18	58
OF	Valo, ElmerElmer Valo	129	446	125	.280	10	46
OF	Lehner, PaulPaul Lehner	114	427	132	.309	9	52
OF	Chapman, SamSam Chapman	144	553	129	.251	23	95

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
Wahl, KermitKermit Wahl	89	280	72	.257	2	27
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz	6	14	1	.071	0	3

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
Brissie, LouLou Brissie	46	246	7	19	4.02	101
Kellner, AlexAlex Kellner	36	225.1	8	20	5.47	85
Fowler, DickDick Fowler	11	66.2	1	5	6.48	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
Hooper, BobBob Hooper	45	170.1	15	10	5.02	58
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman	15	54	0	5	8.50	12
Murray, JoeJoe Murray	8	30	0	3	5.70	8
Kucab, JohnnyJohnny Kucab	4	26	1	1	3.46	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Burtschy, MoeMoe Burtschy	9	1	7.11	12
Byrd, HarryHarry Byrd	6	0	16.88	2
Klieman, EdEd Klieman	5	0	9.53	0
McCrabb, LesLes McCrabb	2	0	27.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Frank Skaff and Ray Schalk
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Red Norris
A	Lincoln Athletics	Western League	Jimmie DeShong
B	Fayetteville Athletics	Carolina League	Mule Haas and Tom Oliver
B	West Palm Beach Indians	Florida International League	Clyde Smoll and Rudy Laskowski
B	Sunbury Athletics	Interstate League	George Staller
C	Youngstown Athletics	Middle Atlantic League	Buck Etchison
D	Welch Miners	Appalachian League	Eddie Morgan and Woody Wheaton
D	Tarboro Tars	Coastal Plain League	Joe Antolick
D	Cordele A's	Georgia-Florida League	Bill Peterman
D	Lexington A's	North Carolina State League	Homer Lee Cox
D	Portsmouth A's	Ohio-Indiana League	Walt Van Grofski
D	Red Springs Red Robins	Tobacco State League	Ducky Detweiler

References

^ Ray Coleman page at Baseball Reference

External links

v d e 1950 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1950 All-Star Game • 1950 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • O.co Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)
Spring Training: Barrs Field • Terry Park Ballfield • Wilmington Park • McCurdy Field • Connie Mack Field • McKechnie Field • Scottsdale Stadium I • Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Bash Brothers (Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire) • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book) • Moneyball (film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker • Chief Bender • Mickey Cochrane • Eddie Collins • Dennis Eckersley • Rollie Fingers • Jimmie Foxx • Lefty Grove • Rickey Henderson • Catfish Hunter • Reggie Jackson • Nap Lajoie • Connie Mack • Eddie Plank • Al Simmons • Rube Waddell • Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman • Jack Coombs • Jimmy Dykes • George Earnshaw • Ferris Fain • Bob Johnson • Eddie Joost • Bing Miller • Wally Moses • Rube Oldring • Bobby Shantz • Eddie Rommel • Elmer Valo • Rube Walberg • Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor • Bert Campaneris • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Ben Grieve • Dave Kingman • Bill Lamar • Mark McGwire • Cy Morgan • Danny Murphy • Elmer Myers • Roy Grover • Blue Moon Odom • Scott Perry • Vic Power • Pete Suder

Retired numbers

9 • 24 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series
Champions (9)

1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1929 • 1930 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1989

American League
Championships (15)

1902 • 1905 • 1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats • AA: Midland RockHounds • A: Stockton Ports, Burlington Bees, Vermont Lake Monsters • Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

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