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Owner(s) | Earle Mack & Roy Mack |
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."
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Offseason[edit]
- 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[edit]
Season standings[edit]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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[edit]
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | 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[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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Wahl, KermitKermit Wahl | 89 | 280 | 72 | .257 | 2 | 27 |
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz | 6 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 3 |
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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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[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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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[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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Burtschy, MoeMoe Burtschy | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 12 |
Byrd, HarryHarry Byrd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 2 |
Klieman, EdEd Klieman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 |
McCrabb, LesLes McCrabb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 |
Farm system[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- 1950 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1950 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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