1950 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record94–60 (.610)
League place3rd (4 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersJoe Cronin
ManagersJoe McCarthy, Steve O'Neill
TelevisionWBZ-TV/WNAC-TV
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley)
RadioWHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1950 Boston Red Sox season was the 50th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, four games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. This was the last time that the Red Sox won at least 90 games until their return to the World Series in 1967.

The team scored 1,027 runs, one of only six teams to score more than 1,000 runs in a season in the modern era (post-1900), and, along with the 1999 Cleveland Indians, are one of two teams to do so post-World War II.[1] The 1950 Red Sox compiled a .302 batting average, and remain the most recent major league team to record a .300 or higher team batting average for a season.[2]

In a game on June 8, the Red Sox set a major league record for total bases by a team in one game, which still stands. During their 29–4 win over the St. Louis Browns, the Red Sox collected 28 hits: 7 home runs, 1 triple, 9 doubles, and 11 singles for 60 total bases.[3][4] The Red Sox, who had already beaten the Browns 20–4 the day before, became only the second team since 1901 (after the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates) to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games.[5][6]

Offseason

Trades and Transactions

Regular season

Trades and Transactions

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 53–24 45–32
Detroit Tigers 9559 0.617 3 50–30 45–29
Boston Red Sox 9460 0.610 4 55–22 39–38
Cleveland Indians 9262 0.597 6 49–28 43–34
Washington Senators 6787 0.435 31 35–42 32–45
Chicago White Sox 6094 0.390 38 35–42 25–52
St. Louis Browns 5896 0.377 40 27–47 31–49
Philadelphia Athletics 52102 0.338 46 29–48 23–54

Record vs. opponents

1950 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —15–710–1210–129–1319–319–312–10
Chicago 7–15—8–146–16–28–1411–1112–108–14
Cleveland 12–1014–8—13–9–18–1417–513–915–7
Detroit 12–1016–6–29–13–1—11–1117–517–513–9
New York 13–914–814–811–11—15–717–514–8–1
Philadelphia 3–1911–115–175–177–15—8–1413–9
St. Louis 3–1910–129–135–175–1714–8—12–10
Washington 10–1214–87–159–138–14–19–1310–12—

Opening Day lineup

  7Dom DiMaggio    CF
  6Johnny Pesky3B
  9Ted WilliamsLF
  5Vern StephensSS
  2Al ZarillaRF
  1Bobby Doerr2B
10Billy Goodman    1B
14Matt BattsC
17Mel ParnellP

Roster

1950 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CBirdie Tebbetts7926883.310845
1BWalter Dropo136559180.32234144
2BBobby Doerr149586172.29427120
SSVern Stephens149628185.29530144
3BJohnny Pesky127490153.312149
OFAl Zarilla130471153.325974
OFTed Williams89334106.3172897
OFDom DiMaggio141588193.328770

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
Billy Goodman110424150.354468
Matt Batts7523865.273434
Clyde Vollmer5716948.284737
Tom Wright5410734.318020
Buddy Rosar278425.298112
Tommy O'Brien9314.12903
Ken Keltner13289.32102
Lou Stringer24175.29402
Fred Hatfield10123.25002
Jim Piersall6114.36400
Charlie Maxwell380.00000
Merl Combs100----00
Bob Scherbarth100----00

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
Mel Parnell40249.018103.6193
Joe Dobson39206.215104.1881
Chuck Stobbs32169.11275.1078
Willard Nixon22101.1866.0457

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
Ellis Kinder48207.014124.2695
Mickey McDermott38130.0735.1996
Walt Masterson33129.1865.6460
Harry Taylor319.0201.428

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
Al Papai164226.7519
Dick Littlefield152219.2613
Charley Schanz143208.3414
Earl Johnson110007.246
Jim McDonald91003.795
Gordie Mueller800010.291
Jim Suchecki40004.503
James Atkins10003.860
Dave Ferriss100018.001
Bob Gillespie100020.250
Frank Quinn10009.000
Phil Marchildon10006.750

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Mike Ryba
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Pinky Higgins
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Jack Burns
B Roanoke Red Sox Piedmont League Red Marion
C San Jose Red Sox California League Marv Owen
C Oneonta Red Sox Canadian–American League Eddie Popowski
D Kinston Eagles Coastal Plain League Wally Millies
D Marion Red Sox Ohio–Indiana League George Susce and Elmer Yoter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Roanoke, Marion[17]

References

  1. ↑ Rochford, Jeremy (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team". Striking Out Looking.
  2. ↑ Ferkovich, Scott (December 29, 2016). "Will a baseball team ever hit .300 again?". vintagedetroit.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Boston Red Sox 29, St. Louis Browns 4". Retrosheet. June 8, 1950. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring TB>=50), sorted by greatest TB". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "1950 Boston Red Sox Batting Game Log". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Consecutive games with Runs Scored >= 20, In the Regular Season, since 1901". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dick Gernert Signs With Boston Red Sox". Reading Eagle. October 24, 1949. p. 18.
  8. ↑ "Sox Draft Rochester Pitcher; Braves Pass Up Minor Stars". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. November 18, 1949. p. 39.
  9. ↑ "Sox Buy Papai (4─11) From Browns". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. December 2, 1949. p. 36.
  10. ↑ "Red Sox Deny Kramer Railroaded Out American League: Couldn't Make Any Deals for Him In Their Own Circuit". Lewiston Sun Journal. Associated Press. February 27, 1950. p. 10. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Bosox Strengthen Bench By Signing Ken Keltner". Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press. April 15, 1950. p. 12.
  12. ↑ Hurwitz, Hy (May 8, 1950). "Red Sox Trade O'Brien, Combs for Nats' Vollmer". The Boston Globe. p. 6.
  13. ↑ "Dorish of Sox (He's a Pitcher) Sold to Browns". The Boston Globe. May 9, 1950. p. 20.
  14. ↑ "Unable To Play". Wilmington Morning-Star. Associated Press. June 2, 1950. p. 10.
  15. ↑ "Bosox Sign High School Outfielder". Lewiston Evening Journal. Associated Press. June 8, 1950. p. 20.
  16. ↑ "Bosox Sign Youth Denied to Tigers". Windsor Daily Star. Associated Press. June 22, 1950. pp. 3 (Section 2).
  17. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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