1950 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1950 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses. It would be 88-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."

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Detroit Tigers	95	59	.617	3
Boston Red Sox	94	60	.610	4
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	6
Washington Senators	67	87	.435	31
Chicago White Sox	60	94	.390	38
St. Louis Browns	58	96	.377	40
Philadelphia Athletics	52	102	.338	46

Roster

1950 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

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

Manager

-- Connie Mack

Coaches

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	Guerra, MikeMike Guerra	87	252	71	.282	2	26
1B	Fain, FerrisFerris Fain	151	522	147	.282	10	83
3B	Dillinger, BobBob Dillinger	84	356	110	.309	3	41
SS	Joost, EddieEddie Joost	131	476	111	.233	18	58
OF	Valo, ElmerElmer Valo	129	446	125	.280	10	46
OF	Lehner, PaulPaul Lehner	114	427	132	.309	9	52
OF	Chapman, SamSam 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
Wahl, KermitKermit Wahl	89	280	72	.257	2	27
Ortiz, RobertoRoberto Ortiz	6	14	1	.071	0	3

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
Brissie, LouLou Brissie	46	246	7	19	4.02	101
Kellner, AlexAlex Kellner	36	225.1	8	20	5.47	85
Fowler, DickDick 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
Hooper, BobBob Hooper	45	170.1	15	10	5.02	58
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman	15	54	0	5	8.50	12
Murray, JoeJoe Murray	8	30	0	3	5.70	8
Kucab, JohnnyJohnny Kucab	4	26	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	L	ERA	SO
Burtschy, MoeMoe Burtschy	9	1	7.11	12
Byrd, HarryHarry Byrd	6	0	16.88	2
Klieman, EdEd Klieman	5	0	9.53	0
McCrabb, LesLes McCrabb	2	0	27.00	2

Farm system

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

References

External links

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

v t e 1950 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1950 All-Star Game 1950 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History in Philadelphia • History in Oakland • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks * Opening Day starting pitchers * Record holders

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; HoHoKam Stadium(2015)

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Catfish Hunter's perfect game • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

A.L. West Division
Championships (16)

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1981
1988
1989
1990
1992
2000
2002
2003
2006
2012
2013

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Beloit Snappers; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (114)

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