1950 Philadelphia Athletics season

1950 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General managers	Mickey Cochrane, Art Ehlers
Managers	Connie Mack
Television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (George Walsh)
Radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring)

The 1950 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses. It would be 87-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."

Offseason

• 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.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1950 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1950 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 19 Lou Brissie 26 Moe Burtschy 36,39 Harry Byrd 20 Joe Coleman 25 Dick Fowler 23 Bob Hooper 22,34 Alex Kellner 28 Ed Klieman 17 Johnny Kucab 31 Les McCrabb 21 Joe Murray 24 Carl Scheib 30 Bobby Shantz 36 Hank Wyse		Catchers  9 Joe Astroth 37 Mike Guerra 38 Bob Rinker 15 Joe Tipton Infielders  6 Bob Dillinger  8 Ferris Fain 11,41 Billy Hitchcock  1 Eddie Joost 14 Gene Markland 12 Pete Suder 18,26 Kermit Wahl		Outfielders  4 Sam Chapman 3,55 Ben Guintini  5 Paul Lehner  7 Wally Moses  2 Barney McCosky 28 Roberto Ortiz 10 Elmer Valo 3,38 Bob Wellman		Manager -- Connie Mack Coaches 32 Mickey Cochrane 35 Jimmy Dykes 29 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 33 Bing Miller

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	Mike Guerra	87	252	71	.282	2	26
1B	Ferris Fain	151	522	147	.282	10	83
2B	Billy Hitchcock	115	399	109	.273	1	54
3B	Bob Dillinger	84	356	110	.309	3	41
SS	Eddie Joost	131	476	111	.233	18	58
OF	Elmer Valo	129	446	125	.280	10	46
OF	Paul Lehner	114	427	132	.309	9	52
OF	Sam Chapman	144	553	129	.251	23	95

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
Kermit Wahl	89	280	72	.257	2	27
Wally Moses	88	265	70	.264	2	21
Pete Suder	77	248	61	.246	8	35
Joe Tipton	64	184	49	.266	6	20
Barney McCosky	66	179	43	.240	0	11
Joe Astroth	39	110	36	.327	1	18
Bob Wellman	11	15	5	.333	1	1
Roberto Ortiz	6	14	1	.071	0	3
Gene Markland	5	8	1	.125	0	0
Ben Guintini	3	4	0	.000	0	0
Bob Rinker	3	3	1	.333	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
Lou Brissie	46	246.0	7	19	4.02	101
Alex Kellner	36	225.1	8	20	5.47	85
Bobby Shantz	36	214.2	8	14	4.61	93
Dick Fowler	11	66.2	1	5	6.48	15

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
Hank Wyse	41	170.2	9	14	5.85	33
Bob Hooper	45	170.1	15	10	5.02	58
Joe Coleman	15	54.0	0	5	8.50	12
Joe Murray	8	30.0	0	3	5.70	8
Johnny Kucab	4	26.0	1	1	3.46	8

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
Carl Scheib	43	3	10	3	7.22	37
Moe Burtschy	9	0	1	0	7.11	12
Harry Byrd	6	0	0	0	16.88	2
Ed Klieman	5	0	0	0	9.53	0
Les McCrabb	2	0	0	0	27.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Frank Skaff and Ray Schalk
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Red Norris
A	Lincoln Athletics	Western League	Jimmie DeShong
B	Fayetteville Athletics	Carolina League	Mule Haas and Tom Oliver
B	West Palm Beach Indians	Florida International League	Clyde Smoll and Rudy Laskowski
B	Sunbury Athletics	Interstate League	George Staller
C	Youngstown Athletics	Middle Atlantic League	Buck Etchison
D	Welch Miners	Appalachian League	Eddie Morgan and Woody Wheaton
D	Tarboro Tars	Coastal Plain League	Joe Antolick
D	Cordele A's	Georgia–Florida League	Bill Peterman
D	Lexington A's	North Carolina State League	Homer Lee Cox
D	Portsmouth A's	Ohio–Indiana League	Walt Van Grofski
D	Red Springs Red Robins	Tobacco State League	Ducky Detweiler

External links

• 1950 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference
• 1950 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com