1950 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 94–60 (.610) | |
League place | 3rd (4 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Joe Cronin | |
Managers | Joe McCarthy, Steve O'Neill | |
Television | WBZ-TV/WNAC-TV (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley) | |
Radio | WHDH (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1950 Boston Red Sox season was the 50th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, four games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. This was the last time that the Red Sox won at least 90 games until their return to the World Series in 1967.
The team scored 1,027 runs, one of only six teams to score more than 1,000 runs in a season in the modern era (post-1900), and, along with the 1999 Cleveland Indians, are one of two teams to do so post-World War II. [1] The 1950 Red Sox compiled a .302 batting average, and remain the most recent major league team to record a .300 or higher team batting average for a season. [2]
In a game on June 8, the Red Sox set a major league record for total bases by a team in one game, which still stands. During their 29–4 win over the St. Louis Browns, the Red Sox collected 28 hits: 7 home runs, 1 triple, 9 doubles, and 11 singles for 60 total bases. [3] [4] The Red Sox, who had already beaten the Browns 20–4 the day before, became only the second team since 1901 (after the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates) to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games. [5] [6]
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 |
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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 | — |
7 | Dom DiMaggio | CF |
6 | Johnny Pesky | 3B |
9 | Ted Williams | LF |
5 | Vern Stephens | SS |
2 | Al Zarilla | RF |
1 | Bobby Doerr | 2B |
10 | Billy Goodman | 1B |
14 | Matt Batts | C |
17 | Mel Parnell | P |
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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 | Birdie Tebbetts | 79 | 268 | 83 | .310 | 8 | 45 |
1B | Walter Dropo | 136 | 559 | 180 | .322 | 34 | 144 |
2B | Bobby Doerr | 149 | 586 | 172 | .294 | 27 | 120 |
SS | Vern Stephens | 149 | 628 | 185 | .295 | 30 | 144 |
3B | Johnny Pesky | 127 | 490 | 153 | .312 | 1 | 49 |
OF | Al Zarilla | 130 | 471 | 153 | .325 | 9 | 74 |
OF | Ted Williams | 89 | 334 | 106 | .317 | 28 | 97 |
OF | Dom DiMaggio | 141 | 588 | 193 | .328 | 7 | 70 |
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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Billy Goodman | 110 | 424 | 150 | .354 | 4 | 68 |
Matt Batts | 75 | 238 | 65 | .273 | 4 | 34 |
Clyde Vollmer | 57 | 169 | 48 | .284 | 7 | 37 |
Tom Wright | 54 | 107 | 34 | .318 | 0 | 20 |
Buddy Rosar | 27 | 84 | 25 | .298 | 1 | 12 |
Tommy O'Brien | 9 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 3 |
Ken Keltner | 13 | 28 | 9 | .321 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Stringer | 24 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 2 |
Fred Hatfield | 10 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Piersall | 6 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Maxwell | 3 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Merl Combs | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Bob Scherbarth | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Mel Parnell | 40 | 249.0 | 18 | 10 | 3.61 | 93 |
Joe Dobson | 39 | 206.2 | 15 | 10 | 4.18 | 81 |
Chuck Stobbs | 32 | 169.1 | 12 | 7 | 5.10 | 78 |
Willard Nixon | 22 | 101.1 | 8 | 6 | 6.04 | 57 |
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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Ellis Kinder | 48 | 207.0 | 14 | 12 | 4.26 | 95 |
Mickey McDermott | 38 | 130.0 | 7 | 3 | 5.19 | 96 |
Walt Masterson | 33 | 129.1 | 8 | 6 | 5.64 | 60 |
Harry Taylor | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 0 | 1.42 | 8 |
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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Al Papai | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6.75 | 19 |
Dick Littlefield | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9.26 | 13 |
Charley Schanz | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8.34 | 14 |
Earl Johnson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 6 |
Jim McDonald | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 5 |
Gordie Mueller | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 1 |
Jim Suchecki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
James Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 |
Dave Ferriss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Bob Gillespie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
Frank Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Phil Marchildon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Roanoke, Marion [17]
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