The 1950 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 87, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.
1950 Washington Senators | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Griffith Stadium | |
City | Washington, D.C. | |
Owners | Clark Griffith, John Jachym, H. Gabriel Murphy | |
Managers | Bucky Harris | |
Television | WTTG (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) | |
Radio | WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff) | |
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Offseason edit
- November 17, 1949: Steve Nagy was drafted by the Senators from the San Francisco Seals in the 1949 rule 5 draft.[1]
- Prior to 1950 season: Al Sima was purchased by the Senators from the New York Giants.[2]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 53–24 | 45–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 3 | 50–30 | 45–29 |
Boston Red Sox | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 4 | 55–22 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 6 | 49–28 | 43–34 |
Washington Senators | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 31 | 35–42 | 32–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 60 | 94 | 0.390 | 38 | 35–42 | 25–52 |
St. Louis Browns | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 40 | 27–47 | 31–49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 46 | 29–48 | 23–54 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |
Opening Day lineup edit
Notable transactions edit
- June 14, 1950: Dick Weik was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Mickey Vernon.[3]
- June 25, 1950: Steve Nagy was traded by the Senators to the San Francisco Seals for Elmer Singleton.[1]
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
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 | Al Evans | 90 | 289 | 68 | .235 | 2 | 30 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 90 | 327 | 100 | .306 | 9 | 65 |
2B | Cass Michaels | 106 | 388 | 97 | .250 | 4 | 47 |
SS | Sam Dente | 155 | 603 | 144 | .239 | 2 | 59 |
3B | Eddie Yost | 155 | 573 | 169 | .295 | 11 | 58 |
OF | Sam Mele | 126 | 435 | 119 | .274 | 12 | 86 |
OF | Irv Noren | 138 | 542 | 160 | .295 | 14 | 98 |
OF | Bud Stewart | 118 | 378 | 101 | .267 | 4 | 35 |
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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Gil Coan | 104 | 366 | 111 | .303 | 7 | 50 |
Mickey Grasso | 75 | 195 | 56 | .287 | 1 | 22 |
Johnny Ostrowski | 55 | 141 | 32 | .227 | 4 | 23 |
Eddie Robinson | 36 | 129 | 30 | .233 | 1 | 13 |
Sherry Robertson | 71 | 123 | 32 | .260 | 2 | 16 |
Merl Combs | 37 | 102 | 25 | .245 | 0 | 6 |
Roberto Ortiz | 39 | 75 | 17 | .227 | 0 | 8 |
Al Kozar | 20 | 55 | 11 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Hal Keller | 11 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 1 | 5 |
Len Okrie | 17 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Taylor | 6 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Clyde Vollmer | 6 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
Tommy O'Brien | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
George Genovese | 3 | 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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Sid Hudson | 30 | 237.2 | 14 | 14 | 4.09 | 75 |
Bob Kuzava | 22 | 155.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.95 | 84 |
Connie Marrero | 27 | 152.0 | 6 | 10 | 4.50 | 63 |
Sandy Consuegra | 21 | 124.2 | 7 | 8 | 4.40 | 38 |
Gene Bearden | 12 | 68.1 | 3 | 5 | 4.21 | 40 |
Ray Scarborough | 8 | 58.1 | 3 | 5 | 4.01 | 24 |
Steve Nagy | 9 | 53.1 | 2 | 5 | 6.58 | 17 |
Julio Moreno | 4 | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.64 | 7 |
Carlos Pascual | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.12 | 3 |
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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Joe Haynes | 27 | 101.2 | 7 | 5 | 5.84 | 15 |
Al Sima | 17 | 77.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.79 | 23 |
Jim Pearce | 20 | 56.2 | 2 | 1 | 6.04 | 18 |
Dick Weik | 14 | 44.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.30 | 26 |
Lloyd Hittle | 11 | 43.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.98 | 9 |
Bob Ross | 6 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 2 |
Rogelio Martínez | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 0 |
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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Mickey Harris | 53 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4.78 | 41 |
Elmer Singleton | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.20 | 19 |
Dick Welteroth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Emporia
References edit
- ^ a b Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Al Sima at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Mickey Vernon at Baseball-Reference