1950 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1950
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Ellis Ryan
General Managers:	Hank Greenberg
Managers:	Lou Boudreau
Television:	WXEL (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
Radio:	WERE (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)

The 1950 Cleveland Indians season was the 50th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 92–62, six games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

• December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted from the Indians by the St. Louis Browns in the 1949 minor league draft.^[1]
• February 17, 1950: Satchel Paige was released by the Indians.^[2]

Regular season

In 1950, the Cleveland Indians became the first Major League Baseball franchise to use a bullpen car.^[3] Rookie Al Rosen led the American League in home runs with 37.^[4]

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1950: Mike Tresh was released by the Indians.^[5]
• May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned to the Indians by the St. Louis Browns.^[1]
• June 14, 1950: Mickey Vernon was traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Dick Weik.^[6]

Roster

1950 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Third Base)

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		131	415	91	.219	14	58
1B		141	540	151	.280	28	107
2B		119	368	87	.236	19	57
SS		109	365	110	.301	7	58
3B		155	554	159	.287	37	116
OF		146	540	157	.291	9	54
OF		142	503	164	.326	25	102
OF		130	506	156	.308	3	49

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
	81	260	70	.269	1	29
	80	201	60	.299	1	21
	59	163	35	.215	6	21
	55	139	38	.273	1	13
	57	101	18	.178	1	7
	28	90	17	.189	0	10
	12	34	6	.176	1	1
	7	9	3	.333	1	1
	4	5	2	.400	0	3

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
	44	288.0	23	11	3.84	170
	35	247.0	16	11	3.43	119
	32	213.2	18	8	3.20	143
	33	184.0	11	11	3.86	76
	1	9.0	1	0	2.00	4

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
	31	113.1	10	7	3.65	43
	14	45.1	1	3	6.15	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	4	2	4	3.57	26
	33	4	2	4	3.96	15
	29	0	1	1	4.18	11
	28	3	3	4	3.74	27
	12	0	0	0	4.97	14
	11	1	3	0	3.81	16

Awards and honors

• Al Rosen, American League leader, home runs (37)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilkes-Barre^[7]

External links

• 1950 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunlagr01.shtml Grant Dunlap
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paigesa01.shtml Satchel Paige
3. Web site: Paul. Lukas. Lukas: Long live the bullpen car - ESPN Page 2 . Espn.com . October 19, 2007 . February 24, 2018.
4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 346, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treshmi01.shtml Mike Tresh
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vernomi01.shtml Mickey Vernon
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007