1950 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1950 American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 52 102 y 8th Earle Mack & Roy Mack Mickey Cochrane, Art Ehlers Connie Mack WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL(George Walsh) 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.Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA 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 = Indicates team leader 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 Roberto Ortiz (baseball) 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 = Indicates league leader 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 Dick Fowler (baseball) 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 Joe Coleman (1950s pitcher) 15 54.0 0 5 8.50 12 Joe Murray Joe Murray (baseball) 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 Harry Byrd (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball 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 References 2 External links 1950 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference 1950 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oak Category:1950s in Philadelphia Category:Long stubs with short prose