# 1950 Chicago White Sox season

The 1950 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 50th season in the major leagues, and its 51st season overall. They finished with a record of 60–94, good enough for sixth place in the American League, 38 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

## Offseason

* October 1949: Chico Carrasquel was purchased by the White Sox from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
* February 28, 1950: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the White Sox by the Oakland Oaks.
* Prior to 1950 season (exact date unknown)
** Bill Wilson was acquired by the White Sox from the Sacramento Solons as part of a minor league working agreement.
** Vito Valentinetti was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.

## 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

* Herb Adams, RF
* Dave Philley, CF
* Cass Michaels, 2B
* Gus Zernial, LF
* Hank Majeski, 3B
* Chuck Kress, 1B
* Chico Carrasquel, SS
* Phil Masi, C
* Bill Wight, P

### Notable transactions

* July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased from the White Sox by the St. Louis Browns.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Herb Adams, CF | 34 | 118 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | .203 | 3 |
| Luke Appling, SS,1B | 50 | 128 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 8 | .234 | 2 |
| Floyd Baker, 3B | 83 | 186 | 26 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 10 | .317 | 1 |
| Jim Busby, CF | 18 | 48 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .208 | 0 |
| Chico Carrasquel, SS | 141 | 524 | 72 | 148 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 66 | 46 | .282 | 0 |
| Joe Erautt, C | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .222 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B | 130 | 457 | 45 | 113 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 17 | .247 | 4 |
| Gordon Goldsberry, 1B | 82 | 127 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 18 | .268 | 0 |
| Joe Kirrene, 3B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Al Kozar, 2B | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .300 | 0 |
| Chuck Kress, 1B | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Hank Majeski, 3B | 122 | 414 | 47 | 128 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 42 | 34 | .309 | 1 |
| Eddie Malone, C | 31 | 71 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | .225 | 0 |
| Phil Masi, C | 122 | 377 | 38 | 105 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 49 | 36 | .279 | 2 |
| Mike McCormick, CF | 55 | 138 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 6 | .232 | 0 |
| Ed McGhee, RF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 0 |
| Cass Michaels, 2B | 36 | 138 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | .312 | 0 |
| Gus Niarhos, C | 41 | 105 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 6 | .324 | 0 |
| Johnny Ostrowski, OF | 22 | 49 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | .245 | 0 |
| Dave Philley, RF,CF | 156 | 619 | 69 | 150 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 80 | 52 | 57 | .242 | 6 |
| Marv Rickert, RF,LF | 84 | 278 | 38 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 42 | .237 | 0 |
| Eddie Robinson, 1B | 119 | 424 | 62 | 133 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 73 | 60 | 28 | .314 | 0 |
| Bill Salkeld, C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jerry Scala, CF | 40 | 67 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | .194 | 0 |
| Bill Wilson, CF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Gus Zernial, LF | 143 | 543 | 75 | 152 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 93 | 38 | 110 | .280 | 0 |
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Luis Aloma, P | 42 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .067 | 0 |
| Bob Cain, P | 35 | 61 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .197 | 0 |
| Randy Gumpert, P | 41 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .071 | 0 |
| Mickey Haefner, P | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
| Ken Holcombe, P | 24 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .156 | 0 |
| Howie Judson, P | 46 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .100 | 0 |
| Gus Keriazakos, P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Lou Kretlow, P | 26 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | .083 | 0 |
| Bob Kuzava, P | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .083 | 0 |
| John Perkovich, P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce, P | 40 | 77 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | .260 | 0 |
| Marv Rotblatt, P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Ray Scarborough, P | 27 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .174 | 1 |
| Bill Wight, P | 30 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 156 | 5260 | 625 | 1368 | 172 | 47 | 93 | 592 | 549 | 567 | .260 | 19 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| Luis Aloma | 7 | 2 | 3.80 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 87.2 | 77 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 53 | 49 |
| Jack Bruner | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
| Bob Cain | 9 | 12 | 3.93 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 171.2 | 153 | 80 | 75 | 12 | 109 | 77 |
| Bill Connelly | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Cuellar | 0 | 0 | 33.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Randy Gumpert | 5 | 12 | 4.75 | 40 | 17 | 0 | 155.1 | 165 | 87 | 82 | 15 | 58 | 48 |
| Mickey Haefner | 1 | 6 | 5.73 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 70.2 | 83 | 49 | 45 | 11 | 45 | 17 |
| Ken Holcombe | 3 | 10 | 4.59 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 96.0 | 122 | 68 | 49 | 10 | 45 | 37 |
| Howie Judson | 2 | 3 | 3.94 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 112.0 | 105 | 53 | 49 | 10 | 63 | 34 |
| Gus Keriazakos | 0 | 1 | 19.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Lou Kretlow | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 14 |
| Bob Kuzava | 1 | 3 | 5.68 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 44.1 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 27 | 21 |
| John Perkovich | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Billy Pierce | 12 | 16 | 3.98 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 219.1 | 189 | 112 | 97 | 11 | 137 | 118 |
| Marv Rotblatt | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Ray Scarborough | 10 | 13 | 5.30 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 149.1 | 160 | 95 | 88 | 10 | 62 | 70 |
| Bill Wight | 10 | 16 | 3.58 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 206.0 | 213 | 89 | 82 | 10 | 79 | 62 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 94 | 4.41 | 156 | 156 | 9 | 1365.2 | 1370 | 749 | 669 | 107 | 734 | 566 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Red Kress and Joe Marty |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern Association | Al Todd |
| A | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Western League | Buddy Hassett |
| B | Waterloo White Hawks | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Otto Denning |
| C | Hot Springs Bathers | Cotton States League | John Antonelli |
| C | Superior Blues | Northern League | Bennie Huffman and Red Kress |
| D | Madisonville Miners | KITTY League | George Mitro and Skeeter Webb |
| D | Wisconsin Rapids White Sox | Wisconsin State League | John Kerr and Joe Holden |