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."

1950 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General manager(s)	Mickey Cochrane, Art Ehlers
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL (George Walsh)
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring)
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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	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1950 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

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

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
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
Roberto Ortiz	6	14	1	.071	0	3

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	7	19	4.02	101
Alex Kellner	36	225.1	8	20	5.47	85
Dick 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
Bob Hooper	45	170.1	15	10	5.02	58
Joe Coleman	15	54	0	5	8.50	12
Joe Murray	8	30	0	3	5.70	8
Johnny 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	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Moe Burtschy	9	0	1	0	7.11	12
Harry Byrd	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

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

1. Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference

External links

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