# 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.
* December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 48‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 86 | 68 | .558 | 5 | 44‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Boston Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 8 | 46‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 75 | .510 | 12½ | 48‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 87 | .431 | 24½ | 38‍–‍38 | 28‍–‍49 |
| Chicago Cubs | 64 | 89 | .418 | 26½ | 35‍–‍42 | 29‍–‍47 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 96 | .373 | 33½ | 33‍–‍44 | 24‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1950 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 9–13–1 | 15–7–1 | 11–11 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 19–3 | 12–10 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 4–17 | 5–17 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 5–17 | 10–12 | 17–4 | — | 11–11 | 4–18 | 12–10 | 7–15 |
| New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 17–5 | 11–11 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 13–9–1 | 11–11–1 | 13–9–1 | 18–4 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–15–1 | 3–19 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 8–14 | — | 12–9 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.

### Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 1 | Harry Walker | CF |
| 2 | Red Schoendienst | 2B |
| 6 | Stan Musial | RF |
| 9 | Enos Slaughter | LF |
| 21 | Eddie Kazak | 3B |
| 19 | Rocky Nelson | 1B |
| 17 | Joe Garagiola | C |
| 33 | Eddie Miller | SS |
| 14 | Gerry Staley | P |

## 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 | 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 | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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 |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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 |