# 1950 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1950 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66–87, 24+1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

## Offseason

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

## 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

* June 20, 1950: Jim Bolger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.
* September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased from the Reds by the St. Louis Cardinals.

### 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 | Dixie Howell | 82 | 224 | 50 | .223 | 2 | 22 |
| 1B | Ted Kluszewski | 134 | 538 | 165 | .307 | 25 | 111 |
| 2B | Connie Ryan | 106 | 367 | 95 | .259 | 3 | 43 |
| SS | Virgil Stallcup | 136 | 483 | 121 | .251 | 8 | 54 |
| 3B | Grady Hatton | 130 | 438 | 114 | .260 | 11 | 54 |
| OF | Joe Adcock | 102 | 372 | 109 | .293 | 8 | 55 |
| OF | Johnny Wyrostek | 131 | 509 | 145 | .285 | 8 | 76 |
| OF | Bob Usher | 106 | 321 | 83 | .259 | 6 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Adams | 115 | 348 | 98 | .282 | 3 | 25 |
| Lloyd Merriman | 92 | 298 | 77 | .258 | 2 | 31 |
| Peanuts Lowrey | 91 | 264 | 60 | .227 | 1 | 11 |
| Johnny Pramesa | 74 | 228 | 70 | .307 | 5 | 30 |
| Danny Litwhiler | 54 | 112 | 29 | .259 | 6 | 12 |
| Sammy Meeks | 39 | 95 | 27 | .284 | 1 | 8 |
| Ron Northey | 27 | 77 | 20 | .260 | 5 | 9 |
| Bob Scheffing | 21 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 2 | 6 |
| Walker Cooper | 15 | 47 | 9 | .191 | 0 | 4 |
| Hobie Landrith | 4 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 4 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Tappe | 7 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
| Marv Rackley | 5 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Bolger | 2 | 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 |
| Ewell Blackwell | 40 | 261.0 | 17 | 15 | 2.97 | 188 |
| Ken Raffensberger | 38 | 239.0 | 14 | 19 | 4.26 | 87 |
| Herm Wehmeier | 41 | 230.0 | 10 | 18 | 5.67 | 121 |
| Willie Ramsdell | 27 | 157.1 | 7 | 12 | 3.72 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Howie Fox | 34 | 187.0 | 11 | 8 | 4.33 | 64 |
| Kent Peterson | 9 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.20 | 6 |
| Bud Byerly | 4 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 2.45 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Smith | 38 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3.87 | 55 |
| Eddie Erautt | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5.65 | 35 |
| Johnny Hetki | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.09 | 21 |
| Harry Perkowski | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.24 | 19 |
| Jay Avrea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Bruno Betzel |
| AA | Tulsa Oilers | Texas League | Al Vincent |
| A | Charleston Senators | Central League | Joe Beggs |
| A | Columbia Reds | Sally League | Gee Walker |
| C | Ogden Reds | Pioneer League | Cecil Scheffel |
| D | Muncie Reds | Ohio–Indiana League | Mike Blazo |
| D | Lockport Reds | PONY League | Cyril Pfeifer |
| D | Wilmington Pirates | Tobacco State League | Bull Hamons, Red Teague and Steve Collins |