1950 St. Louis Cardinals season

1950 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1920)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	78–75 (.510)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Saigh
General manager(s)	William Walsingham, Jr.
Manager(s)	Eddie Dyer
Local television	KSD
Local 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 5th in the National League.

Offseason

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

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	91	63	--	.591
Brooklyn Dodgers	89	65	2	.578
New York Giants	86	68	5	.558
Boston Braves	83	71	8	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	78	75	12.5	.510
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	24.5	.431
Chicago Cubs	64	89	26.5	.418
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	96	33.5	.373

Record vs. opponents

1950 National League Records Sources:
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

September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Roster

1950 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

24 Cloyd Boyer

27 Al Brazle

31 Harry Brecheen

38 Cot Deal

7 Erv Dusak

34 Jim Hearn

35 Ken Johnson

23 Max Lanier

39 Fred Martin

20 Red Munger

41 Al Papai

10 Tom Poholsky

11 Howie Pollet

14 Jerry Staley

28 Ted Wilks

Catchers

15 Johnny Bucha

17 Joe Garagiola

18 Del Rice

Infielders

5 Steve Bilko

40 Don Bollweg

12 Tommy Glaviano

22 Solly Hemus

3 Nippy Jones

21 Eddie Kazak

29,37 Peanuts Lowrey

4 Marty Marion

22 Ed Mickelson

33 Eddie Miller

19 Rocky Nelson

2 Red Schoendienst

Outfielders

35 Johnny Blatnik

32 Chuck Diering

36 Bill Howerton

5 Johnny Lindell

6 Stan Musial

1 Hal Rice

9 Enos Slaughter

1 Harry Walker

Other batters

29 Danny Gardella

40 Ed Mierkowicz

Manager

30 Eddie Dyer

Coaches

25 Tony Kaufmann

4 Marty Marion

8 Terry Moore

26 Buzzy Wares

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
OF	Diering, ChuckChuck Diering	89	204	51	.250	3	18
OF	Howerton, BillBill Howerton	110	313	88	.281	10	58

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
Miller, EddieEddie Miller	64	172	39	.227	3	22
Walker, HarryHarry Walker	60	150	31	.207	0	7
Rice, HalHal Rice	44	128	27	.211	2	11
Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola	34	88	28	.318	2	20
Lowrey, PeanutsPeanuts Lowrey	17	56	15	.268	1	4

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
Brecheen, HarryHarry Brecheen	27	163.1	8	11	3.80	80

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
Brazle, AlAl Brazle	46	164.2	11	9	4.10	47
Boyer, CloydCloyd Boyer	36	120.1	7	7	3.52	82

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

Farm system

References

↑ Bill Sarni page at Baseball Reference
↑ Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
↑ Peanuts Lowrey page 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

External links

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

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886

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League pennants

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Division titles

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Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

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