1950 Chicago White Sox season explained

Chicago White Sox
Season:	1950
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Comiskey Park
City:	Chicago
Owners:	Grace Comiskey
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Jack Onslow, Red Corriden
Television:	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Harry Creighton)
Radio:	WJJD/WBKI (Bob Elson)

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.^[1]
• February 28, 1950: Catfish Metkovich was purchased from the White Sox by the Oakland Oaks.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
  • Vito Valentinetti was signed as an amateur free agent by the White Sox.^[4]

Regular season

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^[5]

Notable transactions

• July 1, 1950: Jack Bruner was purchased from the White Sox by the St. Louis Browns.^[6]

Roster

1950 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
	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
	60	94	4.41	156	156	9	1365.2	1370	749	669	107	734	566

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1950 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• 1950 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml Chico Carrasquel
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsobi02.shtml Bill Wilson
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/valenvi01.shtml Vito Valentinetti
5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1950&t=CHA 1950 Chicago White Sox Roster by Baseball Almanac
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruneja01.shtml Jack Bruner
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997