1950 New York Yankees season

1950 New York Yankees
1950 World Series Champions 1950 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping Del Webb
General manager(s)	George Weiss
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WABD (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Dizzy Dean)
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy)
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Members of the 1950 New York Yankees being honored at the 2010 Old-Timers' Day

The 1950 New York Yankees season was the 48th season for the team in New York and its 50th overall as a franchise. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

• October 13, 1949: Billy Martin was purchased by the Yankees from the Oakland Oaks.^[1]
• Prior to 1950 season (exact date unknown)
  • Jim Brideweser was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.^[2]
  • Don Taussig was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.^[3]

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

Record vs. opponents

1950 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Roster

1950 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 27 Lew Burdette 28 Tommy Byrne 26 Tom Ferrick 19 Whitey Ford 26 Don Johnson 30 Eddie Lopat 18,36 Dave Madison 16 Ernie Nevel 35 Joe Ostrowski 11 Joe Page 35 Duane Pillette 18 Bob Porterfield 17 Vic Raschi 22 Allie Reynolds 21 Fred Sanford		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Ralph Houk 29 Charlie Silvera Infielders  6 Bobby Brown 42 Jerry Coleman 41 Joe Collins 15 Tommy Henrich 38 Johnny Hopp 24 Billy Johnson 12 Billy Martin 36 Johnny Mize 10 Phil Rizzuto  1 Snuffy Stirnweiss  9 Hank Workman		Outfielders 25 Hank Bauer  5 Joe DiMaggio 40 Jackie Jensen 27 Johnny Lindell  7 Cliff Mapes 14 Gene Woodling Other batters 54 Jim Delsing 38 Gus Niarhos  9 Dick Wakefield		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 31 Jim Turner

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	Berra, YogiYogi Berra	151	597	193	.322	28	124
1B	Collins, JoeJoe Collins	108	205	48	.234	8	28
2B	Coleman, JerryJerry Coleman	153	522	150	.287	6	69
3B	Johnson, BillyBilly Johnson	108	327	85	.260	6	40
SS	Rizzuto, PhilPhil Rizzuto	155	617	200	.324	7	66
OF	Woodling, GeneGene Woodling	122	449	127	.283	6	60
OF	DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio	139	525	158	.301	32	122
OF	Bauer, HankHank Bauer	113	415	133	.320	13	70

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
Mapes, CliffCliff Mapes	108	356	88	.247	12	61
Brown, BobbyBobby Brown	95	277	74	.267	4	37
Mize, JohnnyJohnny Mize	90	274	76	.277	25	72
Henrich, TommyTommy Henrich	73	151	41	.272	6	34
Jensen, JackieJackie Jensen	45	70	12	.171	1	5
Martin, BillyBilly Martin	34	36	9	.250	1	8
Hopp, JohnnyJohnny Hopp	19	27	9	.333	1	8
Silvera, CharlieCharlie Silvera	18	25	4	.160	0	1
Lindell, JohnnyJohnny Lindell	7	21	4	.190	0	2
Delsing, JimJim Delsing	12	10	4	.400	0	2
Houk, RalphRalph Houk	10	9	1	.111	0	1
Workman, HankHank Workman	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Stirnweiss, SnuffySnuffy Stirnweiss	7	2	0	.000	0	0
Wakefield, DickDick Wakefield	3	2	1	.500	0	1
Niarhos, GusGus Niarhos	1	0	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
Raschi, VicVic Raschi	33	256.2	21	8	4.00	155
Reynolds, AllieAllie Reynolds	35	240.2	16	12	3.74	160
Lopat, EdEd Lopat	35	236.1	18	8	3.47	72
Byrne, TommyTommy Byrne	31	203.1	15	9	4.74	118

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
Sanford, FredFred Sanford	26	112.2	5	4	4.55	54
Ford, WhiteyWhitey Ford	20	112	9	1	2.81	59
Ostrowski, JoeJoe Ostrowski	21	43.2	1	1	5.15	15
Porterfield, BobBob Porterfield	10	19.2	1	1	8.69	9
Nevel, ErnieErnie Nevel	3	6.1	0	1	4.34	3

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
Page, JoeJoe Page	37	3	7	13	5.04	33
Ferrick, TomTom Ferrick	30	8	4	9	3.65	20
Johnson, DonDon Johnson	8	0	1	0	10.00	9
Pillette, DuaneDuane Pillette	4	0	0	0	1.29	4
Burdette, LewLew Burdette	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
Madison, DaveDave Madison	1	0	0	0	6.00	1

1950 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 1, Phillies – 0	October 4	Shibe Park	30,746
2	Yankees – 2, Phillies – 1 (10 innings)	October 5	Shibe Park	32,660
3	Phillies – 2, Yankees – 3	October 6	Yankee Stadium	64,505
4	Phillies – 2, Yankees – 5	October 7	Yankee Stadium	68,098

Awards and honors

• Jerry Coleman, Babe Ruth Award
• Phil Rizzuto, American League MVP
• Yogi Berra, 3rd place in AL MVP voting^[4]

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Joe Kuhel
AA	Beaumont Roughnecks	Texas League	Rogers Hornsby
A	Muskegon Clippers	Central League	Bob Finley
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	George Selkirk
B	Quincy Gems	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	James Adlam
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Frank Novosel
C	Amsterdam Rugmakers	Canadian–American League	Mayo Smith
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Jack Farmer and Cedric Durst
C	Twin Falls Cowboys	Pioneer League	Wally Berger
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Harry Craft
D	LaGrange Troupers	Georgia–Alabama League	Carl Cooper
D	Independence Yankees	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Bunny Mick and Bones Sanders
D	Newark Yankees	Ohio–Indiana League	Billy Holm
D	McAlester Rockets	Sooner State League	Vern Hoscheit
D	Fond du Lac Panthers	Wisconsin State League	Wayne Tucker

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LaGrange, McAlester^[5]

References

1. Billy Martin page at Baseball Reference
2. Jim Brideweser page at Baseball Reference
3. Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
4. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 21, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1950 New York Yankees
• 1950 World Series
• 1950 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com