1950 Boston Braves season explained

Boston Braves
Season:	1950
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Braves Field
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	83–71 (.539)
League Place:	4th
Owners:	Louis R. Perini
General Managers:	John J. Quinn
Managers:	Billy Southworth
Television:	WNAC WBZ-TV (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley)
Radio:	WHDH (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan)

The 1950 Boston Braves season was the 80th season of the franchise. During the season, Sam Jethroe became the first black player in the history of the Braves.^[1]

Offseason

• December 5, 1949: Phil Paine was selected by the Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies in the minor league draft.^[2]
• December 14, 1949: Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb.^[3]
• Prior to 1950 season: Art Fowler was acquired by the Braves from the Atlanta Crackers.^[4]

Regular season

Roster

1950 Boston Braves
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		102	337	111	.329	14	60
1B		156	576	167	.290	23	87
2B		107	419	116	.277	7	24
SS		155	507	115	.227	2	46
3B		142		531	162	.305	24	107
OF		134	481	146	.304	27	103
OF		141	582	159	.273	18	58
OF		105	322	96	.298	9	51

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
	105	298	70	.235	5	40
	79	255	56	.220	4	37
	69	154	35	.227	5	22
	48	121	28	.231	1	15
	69	105	18	.171	2	11
	53	78	16	.205	1	10
	20	72	14	.194	3	6
	16	28	7	.250	0	2
	10	23	4	.174	0	3
	3	5	2	.400	0	0
	4	5	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
	40	311.2	19	14	3.47	126
	41	293.0	21	17	3.16	191
	37	278.1	20	13	3.94	96
	9	55.2	5	2	3.23	21

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
	27	124.0	7	7	4.43	40
	19	59.2	4	3	5.13	25
	20	57.2	2	3	5.93	33
	21	50.1	0	2	6.97	22
	10	29.2	0	2	8.19	9
	8	24.0	0	2	5.63	10

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
	36	3	5	7	5.03	15
	16	2	0	0	6.97	15
	4	0	1	0	1.13	8
	1	0	0	0	9.00	2
	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

• 1950 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 199, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paineph01.shtml Phil Paine
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanked01.shtml Eddie Stanky
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlear01.shtml Art Fowler