1950 Washington Senators season explained

Washington Senators
Season:	1950
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Griffith Stadium
City:	Washington, D.C.
Owners:	Clark Griffith, John Jachym, H. Gabriel Murphy
Managers:	Bucky Harris
Television:	WTTG (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Radio:	WWDC (FM) (Arch McDonald, Bob Wolff)
Season List:	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

The 1950 Washington Senators won 67 games, lost 87, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Bucky Harris and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

Offseason

November 17, 1949: Steve Nagy was drafted by the Senators from the San Francisco Seals in the 1949 rule 5 draft.^[1]
Prior to 1950 season: Al Sima was purchased by the Senators from the New York Giants.^[2]

June 14, 1950: Dick Weik was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Mickey Vernon.^[3]
June 25, 1950: Steve Nagy was traded by the Senators to the San Francisco Seals for Elmer Singleton.^[1]

1950 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	90	289	68	.235	2	30
1B	90	327	100	.306	9	65
2B	106	388	97	.250	4	47
SS	155	603	144	.239	2	59
3B	155	573	169	.295	11	58
OF	126	435	119	.274	12	86
OF	138	542	160	.295	14	98
OF	118	378	101	.267	4	35

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
104	366	111	.303	7	50
75	195	56	.287	1	22
55	141	32	.227	4	23
36	129	30	.233	1	13
71	123	32	.260	2	16
37	102	25	.245	0	6
39	75	17	.227	0	8
20	55	11	.200	0	3
11	28	6	.214	1	5
17	27	6	.222	0	2
6	16	2	.125	0	0
6	14	4	.286	0	1
3	9	1	.111	0	1
3	1	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	237.2	14	14	4.09	75
22	155.0	8	7	3.95	84
27	152.0	6	10	4.50	63
21	124.2	7	8	4.40	38
12	68.1	3	5	4.21	40
8	58.1	3	5	4.01	24
9	53.1	2	5	6.58	17
4	21.1	1	1	4.64	7
2	17.0	1	1	2.12	3

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
27	101.2	7	5	5.84	15
17	77.0	4	5	4.79	23
20	56.2	2	1	6.04	18
14	44.0	1	3	4.30	26
11	43.1	2	4	4.98	9
6	12.2	0	1	8.53	2
2	1.1	0	1	27.00	0

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
53	5	9	15	4.78	41
21	1	2	0	5.20	19
5	0	0	0	3.00	2