# 1950 St. Louis Browns season

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.
* December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted by the Browns from the Cleveland Indians in the 1949 minor league draft.
* 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.
* Prior to 1950 season: Bud Black was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 53‍–‍24 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 59 | .617 | 3 | 50‍–‍30 | 45‍–‍29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 94 | 60 | .610 | 4 | 55‍–‍22 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 92 | 62 | .597 | 6 | 49‍–‍28 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 67 | 87 | .435 | 31 | 35‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 60 | 94 | .390 | 38 | 35‍–‍42 | 25‍–‍52 |
| St. Louis Browns | 58 | 96 | .377 | 40 | 27‍–‍47 | 31‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 52 | 102 | .338 | 46 | 29‍–‍48 | 23‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### 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.
* August 1950: Chuck Oertel was acquired by the Browns from the Baxley-Hazelhurst Red Sox.

### Roster
## 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 | 128 | 369 | 83 | .225 | 13 | 62 |
| OF | Dick Kokos | 143 | 490 | 128 | .261 | 18 | 67 |
| OF | Ray Coleman | 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 | 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 | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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 |
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