1950_New_York_Yankees_season

1950 New York Yankees
1950 New York Yankees
World Series Champions; American League Champions
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Dan Topping ; Del Webb
General managers	George Weiss
Managers	Casey Stengel
Television	WABD; (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Dizzy Dean)
Radio	WINS (AM); (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy)

1950 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1950 New York Yankees season was the 48th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

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Members of the 1950 New York Yankees being honored at the 2010 Old-Timers' Day

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	53–24	45–32
Detroit Tigers	95	59	0.617	3	50–30	45–29
Boston Red Sox	94	60	0.610	4	55–22	39–38
Cleveland Indians	92	62	0.597	6	49–28	43–34
Washington Senators	67	87	0.435	31	35–42	32–45
Chicago White Sox	60	94	0.390	38	35–42	25–52
St. Louis Browns	58	96	0.377	40	27–47	31–49
Philadelphia Athletics	52	102	0.338	46	29–48	23–54

1950 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	15–7	10–12	10–12	9–13	19–3	19–3	12–10
Chicago	7–15	—	8–14	6–16–2	8–14	11–11	12–10	8–14
Cleveland	12–10	14–8	—	13–9–1	8–14	17–5	13–9	15–7
Detroit	12–10	16–6–2	9–13–1	—	11–11	17–5	17–5	13–9
New York	13–9	14–8	14–8	11–11	—	15–7	17–5	14–8–1
Philadelphia	3–19	11–11	5–17	5–17	7–15	—	8–14	13–9
St. Louis	3–19	10–12	9–13	5–17	5–17	14–8	—	12–10
Washington	10–12	14–8	7–15	9–13	8–14–1	9–13	10–12	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Yogi Berra	151	597	193	.322	28	124
1B	Joe Collins	108	205	48	.234	8	28
2B	Jerry Coleman	153	522	150	.287	6	69
3B	Billy Johnson	108	327	85	.260	6	40
SS	Phil Rizzuto	155	617	200	.324	7	66
OF	Gene Woodling	122	449	127	.283	6	60
OF	Joe DiMaggio	139	525	158	.301	32	122
OF	Hank Bauer	113	415	133	.320	13	70

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Cliff Mapes	108	356	88	.247	12	61
Bobby Brown	95	277	74	.267	4	37
Johnny Mize	90	274	76	.277	25	72
Tommy Henrich	73	151	41	.272	6	34
Jackie Jensen	45	70	12	.171	1	5
Billy Martin	34	36	9	.250	1	8
Johnny Hopp	19	27	9	.333	1	8
Charlie Silvera	18	25	4	.160	0	1
Johnny Lindell	7	21	4	.190	0	2
Jim Delsing	12	10	4	.400	0	2
Ralph Houk	10	9	1	.111	0	1
Hank Workman	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Snuffy Stirnweiss	7	2	0	.000	0	0
Dick Wakefield	3	2	1	.500	0	1
Gus Niarhos	1	0	0	----	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vic Raschi	33	256.2	21	8	4.00	155
Allie Reynolds	35	240.2	16	12	3.74	160
Ed Lopat	35	236.1	18	8	3.47	72
Tommy Byrne	31	203.1	15	9	4.74	118

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fred Sanford	26	112.2	5	4	4.55	54
Whitey Ford	20	112.0	9	1	2.81	59
Joe Ostrowski	21	43.2	1	1	5.15	15
Bob Porterfield	10	19.2	1	1	8.69	9
Ernie Nevel	3	6.1	0	1	4.34	3

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Page	37	3	7	13	5.04	33
Tom Ferrick	30	8	4	9	3.65	20
Don Johnson	8	0	1	0	10.00	9
Duane Pillette	4	0	0	0	1.29	4
Lew Burdette	2	0	0	0	6.75	0
Dave Madison	1	0	0	0	6.00	1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 1, Phillies – 0	October 4	Shibe Park	30,746
2	Yankees – 2, Phillies – 1 (10 innings)	October 5	Shibe Park	32,660
3	Phillies – 2, Yankees – 3	October 6	Yankee Stadium	64,505
4	Phillies – 2, Yankees – 5	October 7	Yankee Stadium	68,098

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Joe Kuhel
AA	Beaumont Roughnecks	Texas League	Rogers Hornsby
A	Muskegon Clippers	Central League	Bob Finley
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	George Selkirk
B	Quincy Gems	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	James Adlam
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Frank Novosel
C	Amsterdam Rugmakers	Canadian–American League	Mayo Smith
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Jack Farmer and Cedric Durst
C	Twin Falls Cowboys	Pioneer League	Wally Berger
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Harry Craft
D	LaGrange Troupers	Georgia–Alabama League	Carl Cooper
D	Independence Yankees	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Bunny Mick and Bones Sanders
D	Newark Yankees	Ohio–Indiana League	Billy Holm
D	McAlester Rockets	Sooner State League	Vern Hoscheit
D	Fond du Lac Panthers	Wisconsin State League	Wayne Tucker