1950 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1950 National League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 78–75 (.510) 5th Fred Saigh William Walsingham Jr. Eddie Dyer KSD WIL(Harry Caray, Gabby Street, Stretch Miller) The 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 69th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 59th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League. Offseason December 5, 1949: Bill Sarni was drafted by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports in the 1949 minor league draft.Bill Sarni page at Baseball Reference December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference Roster 1950 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 24 Cloyd Boyer 27 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 38 Cot Deal  7 Erv Dusak 34 Jim Hearn 35 Ken Johnson 23 Max Lanier 39 Fred Martin 20 Red Munger 41 Al Papai 10 Tom Poholsky 11 Howie Pollet 14 Jerry Staley 28 Ted Wilks Catchers 15 Johnny Bucha 17 Joe Garagiola 18 Del Rice Infielders  5 Steve Bilko 40 Don Bollweg 12 Tommy Glaviano 22 Solly Hemus  3 Nippy Jones 21 Eddie Kazak 29,37 Peanuts Lowrey  4 Marty Marion 22 Ed Mickelson 33 Eddie Miller 19 Rocky Nelson  2 Red Schoendienst Outfielders 35 Johnny Blatnik 32 Chuck Diering 36 Bill Howerton  5 Johnny Lindell  6 Stan Musial  1 Hal Rice  9 Enos Slaughter  1 Harry Walker Other batters 29 Danny Gardella 40 Ed Mierkowicz Manager 30 Eddie Dyer Coaches 25 Tony Kaufmann  4 Marty Marion  8 Terry Moore 26 Buzzy Wares Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position1 Harry Walker CF2 Red Schoendienst 2B6 Stan Musial RF9 Enos Slaughter LF21 Eddie Kazak 3B19 Rocky Nelson 1B17 Joe Garagiola C33 Eddie Miller SS14 Gerry Staley P 1950 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league 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 Del Rice 130 414 101 .244 9 54 1B Rocky Nelson 76 235 58 .247 1 20 2B Red Schoendienst 153 642 177 .276 7 63 SS Marty Marion 106 372 92 .247 4 40 3B Tommy Glaviano 115 410 117 .285 11 44 OF Stan Musial 146 555 192 .346 28 109 OF Enos Slaughter 148 556 161 .290 10 101 OF Bill Howerton 110 313 88 .281 10 58 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 Eddie Kazak 93 207 53 .256 5 23 Chuck Diering 89 204 51 .250 3 18 Eddie Miller Eddie Miller (infielder) 64 172 39 .227 3 22 Harry Walker 60 150 31 .207 0 7 Hal Rice 44 128 27 .211 2 11 Johnny Lindell 36 113 21 .186 5 16 Joe Garagiola 34 88 28 .318 2 20 Peanuts Lowrey 17 56 15 .268 1 4 Johnny Bucha 22 36 5 .139 0 1 Steve Bilko 10 33 6 .182 0 2 Nippy Jones 13 26 6 .231 0 6 Johnny Blatnik 7 20 3 .150 0 1 Solly Hemus 11 15 2 .133 0 0 Don Bollweg 4 11 2 .182 0 1 Ed Mickelson 5 10 1 .100 0 1 Danny Gardella 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Ed Mierkowicz 1 1 0 .000 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 Howie Pollet 37 232.1 14 13 3.29 117 Max Lanier 27 181.1 11 9 3.13 89 Gerry Staley 42 169.2 13 13 4.99 62 Harry Brecheen 27 163.1 8 11 3.80 80 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 Al Brazle 46 164.2 11 9 4.10 47 Red Munger 32 154.2 7 8 3.90 61 Cloyd Boyer 36 120.1 7 7 3.52 82 Erv Dusak 14 36.1 0 2 3.72 16 Tom Poholsky 5 14.2 0 0 3.65 2 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 Fred Martin 30 4 2 0 5.12 19 Ted Wilks 18 2 0 0 6.66 15 Al Papai 13 1 0 0 5.21 7 Jim Hearn 6 0 1 0 10.00 4 Cot Deal 3 0 0 0 18.00 1 Ken Johnson 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Columbus Red Birds American Association Rollie Hemsley AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Johnny Keane AA Houston Buffaloes Texas League Kemp Wicker and Benny Borgmann A Columbus Cardinals Sally League Hal Anderson A Omaha Cardinals Western League Al Hollingsworth B Winston-Salem Cardinals Carolina League George Kissell B Allentown Cardinals Interstate League Gene Corbett B Lynchburg Cardinals Piedmont League Whitey Kurowski B Montgomery Rebels Southeastern League Charlie Metro C Fresno Cardinals California League Roland LeBlanc C Duluth Dukes Northern League Russ Rolandson C Pocatello Cardinals Pioneer League Larry Barton, Sr. C St. Joseph Cardinals Western Association Harold Olt D Geneva Redbirds Alabama State League Johnny Grodzicki and Bob Comiskey D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ben Catchings D Goldsboro Cardinals Coastal Plain League Jim Herbison D Willows Cardinals Far West League Ray Malgradi D Albany Cardinals Georgia–Florida League Sheldon "Chief" Bender D West Frankfort Cardinals Mississippi–Ohio Valley League Bob Stanton D Lebanon Chicks North Atlantic League Harold Contini D Hamilton Cardinals PONY League Vedie Himsl LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Winston-Salem, LebanonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1950 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1950 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:1950 in sports in Missouri