1950 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1950 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 58 96 y 7th Bill DeWitt Bill DeWitt Zack Taylor KSD(Buddy Blattner) WEW/KWK(Bill Snyder, Les Carmichael) The 1950 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses. Offseason October 3, 1949: Ralph Winegarner was released by the Browns.Ralph Winegarner at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Browns from the Cleveland Indians in the 1949 minor league draft.Grant Dunlap at Baseball-Reference December 13, 1949: Bob Dillinger and Paul Lehner were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ray Coleman, Billy DeMars, Frankie Gustine, Ray Ippolito (minors) and $100,000.Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1950 season: Bud Black was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.Bud Black at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians. July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased by the Browns from the Chicago White Sox.Jack Bruner at Baseball-Reference August 1950: Chuck Oertel was acquired by the Browns from the Baxley-Hazelhurst Red Sox.Chuck Oertel at Baseball-Reference Roster 1950 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers 35 Ed Albrecht 36 Russ Bauers 37 Jack Bruner 46 Harry Dorish 23 Cliff Fannin 24 Tom Ferrick 42 Tommy Fine 31 Ned Garver 22,26 Don Johnson 30 Bill Kennedy 25 Lou Kretlow 36 Cuddles Marshall 21 Joe Ostrowski 40 Stubby Overmire 21,36 Duane Pillette 46 Ribs Raney 27 Sid Schacht 22 Lou Sleater 28 Dick Starr 20 Al Widmar Catchers  9 Sherm Lollar 10 Les Moss Infielders  3 Hank Arft  1 Billy DeMars  7 Owen Friend  6 Frankie Gustine 14 Don Lenhardt  8 Bill Sommers  2 Snuffy Stirnweiss  2 Leo Thomas  4 Tom Upton Outfielders 17 Ray Coleman 27 Jim Delsing 19 Dick Kokos 15 Roy Sievers 12 Ken Wood Manager 38 Zack Taylor Coaches 32 Earle Brucker -- Ed Redys 33 Jack Tobin 34 Ralph Winegarner 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 Sherm Lollar 126 396 111 .280 13 65 1B Don Lenhardt 139 480 131 .273 22 81 2B Owen Friend 119 372 88 .237 8 50 SS Tom Upton 124 389 92 .237 2 30 3B Leo Thomas 35 121 24 .198 1 9 OF Ken Wood Ken Wood (baseball) 128 369 83 .225 13 62 OF Dick Kokos 143 490 128 .261 18 67 OF Ray Coleman Ray Coleman (baseball) 117 384 104 .271 8 55 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 Roy Sievers 113 370 88 .238 10 57 Snuffy Stirnweiss 93 326 71 .218 1 24 Hank Arft 98 280 75 .268 1 32 Les Moss 84 222 59 .266 8 34 Jim Delsing 69 209 55 .263 0 15 Billy DeMars 61 178 44 .247 0 13 Bill Sommers 65 137 35 .255 0 14 Frankie Gustine 9 19 3 .158 0 2 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 Ned Garver 37 260.0 13 18 3.39 85 Al Widmar 36 194.2 7 15 4.76 78 Joe Ostrowski 9 57.1 2 4 2.51 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 Stubby Overmire 31 161.0 9 12 4.19 39 Dick Starr 32 123.2 7 5 5.02 30 Harry Dorish 29 109.0 4 9 6.44 36 Cliff Fannin 25 102.0 5 9 6.53 42 Don Johnson 25 96.0 5 6 6.09 31 Duane Pillette 24 73.2 3 5 7.09 18 Lou Kretlow 9 14.1 0 2 11.93 10 Sid Schacht 8 10.2 0 0 16.03 7 Ed Albrecht 2 6.2 0 1 5.40 1 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 Cuddles Marshall 28 1 3 1 7.88 24 Tom Ferrick Tom Ferrick (baseball) 16 1 3 2 4.12 6 Tommy Fine 14 0 1 0 8.10 6 Jack Bruner 13 1 2 1 4.63 16 Bill Kennedy Bill Kennedy (1948–1957 pitcher) 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Russ Bauers 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 Ribs Raney 1 0 1 0 4.50 2 Lou Sleater 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Baltimore Orioles International League Nick Cullop AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Don Heffner A Wichita Indians Western League Joe Schultz B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Hack Miller C Pine Bluff Judges Cotton States League Harry Chozen C Marshall Browns East Texas League Bruce Ogrodowski C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Irv Hall D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Olan Smith and Jim Crandall D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Bill Krueger D Appleton Papermakers Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Marshall References 2 External links 1950 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1950 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns Category:Long stubs with short prose