1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season explained

Brooklyn Dodgers
Season:	1950
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	James & Dearie Mulvey, Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, John L. Smith
President:	Branch Rickey
General Managers:	Branch Rickey
Managers:	Burt Shotton
Television:	WOR-TV
Radio:	WMGM Red Barber, Connie Desmond, Vin Scully

The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season, Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley, who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. Buzzie Bavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager.

Vin Scully joined the Dodgers' radio and television crew as a play-by-play announcer in 1950; in 2016, Scully entered his 67th consecutive season with the club, the longest such tenure in the history of sports broadcasting; that season was the first wherein his voice, as well as of Red Barber's, was broadcast on television station WOR-TV, making the Dodgers the last New York City MLB team to introduce regular television broadcasts, 11 years following the first broadcasts of 1939.

Offseason

October 1, 1949: Danny O'Connell was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and cash. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Jack Cassini to the Dodgers on October 11.^[1]
October 4, 1949: Sam Jethroe and Bob Addis were traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Don Thompson, Dee Phillips and Al Epperly.^[2]
October 14, 1949: Marv Rackley was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]
October 14, 1949: Paul Minner and Preston Ward were purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs.^[4]
November 4, 1949: Hank Schenz was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[5]
November 14, 1949: Dick Whitman was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[6]
December 24, 1949: Luis Olmo was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Jim Russell, Ed Sauer and cash.^[7]
April 10, 1950: Nero Wolfe trains with the Dodgers as shortstop, but fails to make the roster.^[8]
Prior to 1950 season (exact date unknown)
- John Glenn was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[9]
- Glenn Cox was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[10]

Regular season

During the season, Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 22 games^[11] Another highlight was on August 31, when Gil Hodges hit four home runs in one game, becoming the first player in the 20th century to do so in his home park.^[12]

Notable transactions

May 10, 1950: Willie Ramsdell was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[13]
May 17, 1950: Spider Jorgensen was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants.^[14]
July 30, 1950: Glen Moulder was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Lindell.^[15]
September 10, 1950: Harry Taylor was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Red Sox.^[16]

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Lineup
	Name	Position
1		SS
8		LF
4		CF
42		2B
6		RF
14		1B
2		3B
39	Roy Campanella	C
36		P

Roster

1950 Brooklyn Dodgers
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	126	437	123	.281	31	89
1B	153	561	159	.283	32	113
2B	144	518	170	.328	14	81
SS	141	531	138	.260	11	52
3B	119	451	116	.257	8	44
OF	152	620	199	.321	31	107
OF	94	289	86	.298	7	34
OF	153	620	189	.305	18	106

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
77	214	49	.229	10	32
67	199	45	.226	7	21
50	142	26	.183	8	16
34	111	23	.207	3	12
48	86	25	.291	8	20
51	76	19	.250	2	10
38	44	9	.205	0	4
10	6	1	.167	0	0
5	6	1	.167	0	0
2	2	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	267.1	19	11	3.70	130
36	250.2	19	11	3.30	125
22	103.0	7	6	4.72	50

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	201.1	13	8	3.58	131
43	142.0	7	9	4.69	100
41	129.1	9	4	5.50	96
20	72.2	5	4	5.33	28
23	68.2	2	2	4.59	29
16	41.1	4	4	4.35	15
12	33.1	1	3	4.86	21
3	6.1	0	0	5.68	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
20	2	1	0	6.42	23
10	0	0	0	7.82	2
7	0	0	1	8.10	5
5	0	0	0	5.00	3
5	1	2	1	2.84	2
2	0	0	0	0.00	2
1	0	0	0	4.50	0
1	0	0	0	13.50	2

Awards and honors

1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Roy Campanella starter
- Jackie Robinson starter
- Gil Hodges reserve
- Don Newcombe reserve
- Pee Wee Reese reserve
- Preacher Roe reserve
- Duke Snider reserve
TSN Major League All-Star Team
- Jackie Robinson

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager



			Bobby Bragan








			Al Campanis Bud Metheny
			Larry Shepard
			Buck Elliott
			Lou Rochelli
			Bill Hart
			George Scherger
			Max Macon
			Doc Alexson
			Boyd Bartley
			Joe Hauser
			Stan Wasiak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/o'conda02.shtml Danny O'Connell
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jethrsa01.shtml Sam Jethroe
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/racklma01.shtml Marv Rackley
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minnepa01.shtml Paul Minner
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schenha01.shtml Hank Schenz
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitmdi01.shtml Dick Whitman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olmolu01.shtml Luis Olmo
Book: The Archie Goodwin Files . Marvin Kaye . Wildside Press . 2005 . 9781557424846 . page 123.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glennjo03.shtml John Glenn
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxgl01.shtml Glenn Cox
Web site: This Day in Baseball - Recapping events that took place in the baseball world on this day. https://web.archive.org/web/20060304170320/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php. March 4, 2006.
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramsdwi01.shtml Willie Ramsdell
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jorgesp01.shtml Spider Jorgensen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mouldgl01.shtml Glen Moulder
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tayloha03.shtml Harry Taylor