1950 St. Louis Browns season

1950 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	58–96 (.377)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill DeWitt
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Zack Taylor
Local television	KSD (Buddy Blattner)
Local radio	WEW/KWK (Bill Snyder, Les Carmichael)
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The 1950 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses.

Offseason

• October 3, 1949: Ralph Winegarner was released by the Browns.^[1]
• December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Browns from the Cleveland Indians in the 1949 minor league draft.^[2]
• December 13, 1949: Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ray Coleman, Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine, Ray Ippolito (minors) and $100,000.^[3]
• Prior to 1950 season: Bud Black was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.^[4]

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	—

Notable transactions

• May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians.^[2]
• July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased by the Browns from the Chicago White Sox.^[5]
• August 1950: Chuck Oertel was acquired by the Browns from the Baxley-Hazelhurst Red Sox.^[6]

Roster

1950 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 35 Ed Albrecht 36 Russ Bauers 37 Jack Bruner 46 Harry Dorish 23 Cliff Fannin 24 Tom Ferrick 42 Tommy Fine 31 Ned Garver 22,26 Don Johnson 30 Bill Kennedy 25 Lou Kretlow 36 Cuddles Marshall 21 Joe Ostrowski 40 Stubby Overmire 21,36 Duane Pillette 46 Ribs Raney 27 Sid Schacht 22 Lou Sleater 28 Dick Starr 20 Al Widmar		Catchers  9 Sherm Lollar 10 Les Moss Infielders  3 Hank Arft  1 Billy DeMars  7 Owen Friend  6 Frankie Gustine 14 Don Lenhardt  8 Bill Sommers  2 Snuffy Stirnweiss  2 Leo Thomas  4 Tom Upton		Outfielders 17 Ray Coleman 27 Jim Delsing 19 Dick Kokos 15 Roy Sievers 12 Ken Wood		Manager 38 Zack Taylor Coaches 32 Earle Brucker -- Ed Redys 33 Jack Tobin 34 Ralph Winegarner

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	Lollar, ShermSherm Lollar	126	396	111	.280	13	65
OF	Wood, KenKen Wood	128	369	83	.225	13	62
OF	Coleman, RayRay Coleman	117	384	104	.271	8	55

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
Stirnweiss, SnuffySnuffy Stirnweiss	93	326	71	.218	1	24
DeMars, BillyBilly DeMars	61	178	44	.247	0	13
Gustine, FrankieFrankie Gustine	9	19	3	.158	0	2

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

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
Dorish, HarryHarry Dorish	29	109	4	9	6.44	36
Fannin, CliffCliff Fannin	25	102	5	9	6.53	42
Albrecht, EdEd Albrecht	2	6.2	0	1	5.40	1

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
Marshall, CuddlesCuddles Marshall	28	1	3	1	7.88	24
Ferrick, TomTom Ferrick	16	1	3	2	4.12	6
Fine, TommyTommy Fine	14	0	1	0	8.10	6
Bruner, JackJack Bruner	13	1	2	1	4.63	16
Kennedy, BillBill Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Bauers, RussRuss Bauers	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Baltimore Orioles	International League	Nick Cullop
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Don Heffner
A	Wichita Indians	Western League	Joe Schultz
B	Wichita Falls Spudders	Big State League	Hack Miller
C	Pine Bluff Judges	Cotton States League	Harry Chozen
C	Marshall Browns	East Texas League	Bruce Ogrodowski
C	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Irv Hall
D	Redding Browns	Far West League	Ray Perry
D	Pittsburg Browns	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Olan Smith and Jim Crandall
D	Ada Herefords	Sooner State League	Bill Krueger
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Marshall

References

1. Ralph Winegarner at Baseball-Reference
2. Grant Dunlap at Baseball-Reference
3. Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference
4. Bud Black at Baseball-Reference
5. Jack Bruner at Baseball-Reference
6. Chuck Oertel at Baseball-Reference

External links

• 1950 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference
• 1950 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com