1950 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 78–75 (.510) | |
League place | 5th | |
Owners | Fred Saigh | |
General managers | William Walsingham Jr. | |
Managers | Eddie Dyer | |
Television | KSD | |
Radio | WIL (Harry Caray, Gabby Street, Stretch Miller) | |
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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
[edit]- December 5, 1949: Bill Sarni was drafted by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports in the 1949 minor league draft.[1]
- December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 48–29 | 43–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 48–30 | 41–35 |
New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 5 | 44–32 | 42–36 |
Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8 | 46–31 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 75 | .510 | 12½ | 48–28 | 30–47 |
Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 24½ | 38–38 | 28–49 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | .418 | 26½ | 35–42 | 29–47 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 96 | .373 | 33½ | 33–44 | 24–52 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 19–3 | 12–10 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 4–17 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 5–17 | 10–12 | 17–4 | — | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 11–11 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 13–9–1 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 12–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Opening Day Lineup
[edit]Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
1 | Harry Walker | CF |
2 | Red Schoendienst | 2B |
6 | Stan Musial | RF |
9 | Enos Slaughter | LF |
21 | Eddie Kazak | 3B |
19 | Rocky Nelson | 1B |
17 | Joe Garagiola | C |
33 | Eddie Miller | SS |
14 | Gerry Staley | P |
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 |
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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 | Bill Howerton | 110 | 313 | 88 | .281 | 10 | 58 |
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 |
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Eddie Kazak | 93 | 207 | 53 | .256 | 5 | 23 |
Chuck Diering | 89 | 204 | 51 | .250 | 3 | 18 |
Eddie Miller | 64 | 172 | 39 | .227 | 3 | 22 |
Harry Walker | 60 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 0 | 7 |
Hal Rice | 44 | 128 | 27 | .211 | 2 | 11 |
Johnny Lindell | 36 | 113 | 21 | .186 | 5 | 16 |
Joe Garagiola | 34 | 88 | 28 | .318 | 2 | 20 |
Peanuts Lowrey | 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
[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 |
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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 |
Harry Brecheen | 27 | 163.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.80 | 80 |
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 |
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Al Brazle | 46 | 164.2 | 11 | 9 | 4.10 | 47 |
Red Munger | 32 | 154.2 | 7 | 8 | 3.90 | 61 |
Cloyd Boyer | 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
[edit]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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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bill Sarni page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1950 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007