1950 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:1950
League:American League
Ballpark:Shibe Park
City:Philadelphia
Owners:Earle Mack & Roy Mack
General Managers:Mickey Cochrane, Art Ehlers
Managers:Connie Mack
Television:WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
(George Walsh)
Radio:WIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)

The 1950 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 52 wins and 102 losses. It would be 87-year-old Connie Mack's 50th and last as A's manager, a North American professional sports record. During that year the team wore uniforms trimmed in blue and gold, in honor of the Golden Jubilee of "The Grand Old Man of Baseball."

Offseason

Regular season

Roster

1950 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManagerCoaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C 87 252 71 .282 2 26
1B 151 522 147 .282 10 83
2B 115 399 109 .273 1 54
3B 84 356 110 .309 3 41
SS 131 476 111 .233 18 58
OF 129 446 125 .280 10 46
OF 114 427 132 .309 9 52
OF 144 553 129 .251 23 95

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
89 280 72 .257 2 27
88 265 70 .264 2 21
77 248 61 .246 8 35
64 184 49 .266 6 20
66 179 43 .240 0 11
39 110 36 .327 1 18
11 15 5 .333 1 1
6 14 1 .071 0 3
5 8 1 .125 0 0
3 4 0 .000 0 0
3 3 1 .333 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
46 246.0 7 19 4.02 101
36 225.1 8 20 5.47 85
36 214.2 8 14 4.61 93
11 66.2 1 5 6.48 15

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
41 170.2 9 14 5.85 33
45 170.1 15 10 5.02 58
15 54.0 0 5 8.50 12
8 30.0 0 3 5.70 8
4 26.0 1 1 3.46 8

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
43 3 10 3 7.22 37
9 0 1 0 7.11 12
6 0 0 0 16.88 2
5 0 0 0 9.53 0
2 0 0 0 27.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemra01.shtml Ray Coleman