1950 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1950
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	78–75 (.510)
League Place:	5th
Owners:	Fred Saigh
General Managers:	William Walsingham Jr.
Managers:	Eddie Dyer
Television:	KSD
Radio:	WIL (Harry Caray, Gabby Street, Stretch Miller)

The 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 69th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 59th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.

Offseason

• December 5, 1949: Bill Sarni was drafted by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports in the 1949 minor league draft.^[1]
• December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Roster

1950 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
1		CF
2		2B
6		RF
9		LF
21		3B
19		1B
17		C
33		SS
14		P

^[4]

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		130	414	101	.244	9	54
1B		76	235	58	.247	1	20
2B		153	642	177	.276	7	63
SS		106	372	92	.247	4	40
3B		115	410	117	.285	11	44
OF		146	555	192	.346	28	109
OF		148	556	161	.290	10	101
OF		110	313	88	.281	10	58

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
	93	207	53	.256	5	23
	89	204	51	.250	3	18
	64	172	39	.227	3	22
	60	150	31	.207	0	7
	44	128	27	.211	2	11
	36	113	21	.186	5	16
	34	88	28	.318	2	20
	17	56	15	.268	1	4
	22	36	5	.139	0	1
	10	33	6	.182	0	2
	13	26	6	.231	0	6
	7	20	3	.150	0	1
	11	15	2	.133	0	0
	4	11	2	.182	0	1
	5	10	1	.100	0	1
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	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
	37	232.1	14	13	3.29	117
	27	181.1	11	9	3.13	89
	42	169.2	13	13	4.99	62
	27	163.1	8	11	3.80	80

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
	46	164.2	11	9	4.10	47
	32	154.2	7	8	3.90	61
	36	120.1	7	7	3.52	82
	14	36.1	0	2	3.72	16
	5	14.2	0	0	3.65	2

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
	30	4	2	0	5.12	19
	18	2	0	0	6.66	15
	13	1	0	0	5.21	7
	6	0	1	0	10.00	4
	3	0	0	0	18.00	1
	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Winston-Salem, Lebanon^[5]

External links

• 1950 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1950 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sarnibi01.shtml Bill Sarni page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN195004180.shtml 1950 Opening Day Lineup
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007