1950_Boston_Braves_season

1950 Boston Braves
1950 Boston Braves
League	National League
Ballpark	Braves Field
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	83–71 (.539)
League place	4th
Owners	Louis R. Perini
General managers	John J. Quinn
Managers	Billy Southworth
Television	WNAC; WBZ-TV; (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley)
Radio	WHDH; (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan)
	← 1949 1951 →

1950 Boston Braves season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1950 Boston Braves season was the 80th season of the franchise. During the season, Sam Jethroe became the first black player in the history of the Braves.^[1]

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	63	0.591	—	48–29	43–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	89	65	0.578	2	48–30	41–35
New York Giants	86	68	0.558	5	44–32	42–36
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	8	46–31	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	78	75	0.510	12½	48–28	30–47
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	24½	38–38	28–49
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	26½	35–42	29–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	96	0.373	33½	33–44	24–52

1950 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	9–13	17–5	13–9	9–13–1	15–7–1	11–11
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	12–10	12–10	11–11–1	19–3	12–10
Chicago	13–9	12–10	—	4–17	5–17	9–13–1	11–11	10–12
Cincinnati	5–17	10–12	17–4	—	11–11	4–18	12–10	7–15
New York	9–13	10–12	17–5	11–11	—	12–10	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	13–9–1	11–11–1	13–9–1	18–4	10–12	—	14–8	12–10
Pittsburgh	7–15–1	3–19	11–11	10–12	6–16	8–14	—	12–9
St. Louis	11–11	10–12	12–10	15–7	11–11	10–12	9–12	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Walker Cooper	102	337	111	.329	14	60
1B	Earl Torgeson	156	576	167	.290	23	87
2B	Roy Hartsfield	107	419	116	.277	7	24
SS	Buddy Kerr	155	507	115	.227	2	46
3B	Bob Elliott	142	531	162	.305	24	107
OF	Sid Gordon	134	481	146	.304	27	103
OF	Sam Jethroe	141	582	159	.273	18	58
OF	Tommy Holmes	105	322	96	.298	9	51

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Willard Marshall	105	298	70	.235	5	40
Del Crandall	79	255	56	.220	4	37
Luis Olmo	69	154	35	.227	5	22
Gene Mauch	48	121	28	.231	1	15
Sibby Sisti	69	105	18	.171	2	11
Pete Reiser	53	78	16	.205	1	10
Connie Ryan	20	72	14	.194	3	6
Bob Addis	16	28	7	.250	0	2
Paul Burris	10	23	4	.174	0	3
Walt Linden	3	5	2	.400	0	0
Emil Verban	4	5	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vern Bickford	40	311.2	19	14	3.47	126
Warren Spahn	41	293.0	21	17	3.16	191
Johnny Sain	37	278.1	20	13	3.94	96
Max Surkont	9	55.2	5	2	3.23	21

1950_Boston_Braves_season

1950 Boston Braves season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

References

External links

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Chipman	27	124.0	7	7	4.43	40
Normie Roy	19	59.2	4	3	5.13	25
Johnny Antonelli	20	57.2	2	3	5.93	33
Bob Hall	21	50.1	0	2	6.97	22
Dick Donovan	10	29.2	0	2	8.19	9
Mickey Haefner	8	24.0	0	2	5.63	10

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bobby Hogue	36	3	5	7	5.03	15
Ernie Johnson Sr.	16	2	0	0	6.97	15
Dave Cole	4	0	1	0	1.13	8
Murray Wall	1	0	0	0	9.00	2
Bucky Walters	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Dick Manville	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Milwaukee Brewers	American Association	Bob Coleman
AA	Atlanta Crackers	Southern Association	Dixie Walker
A	Hartford Chiefs	Eastern League	Ripper Collins
A	Denver Bears	Western League	Earl Browne
B	Evansville Braves	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ernie White
B	Hagerstown Braves	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman
B	Jackson Senators	Southeastern League	Willis Hudlin
C	Ventura Braves	California League	Gene Lillard
C	Eau Claire Bears	Northern League	Andy Cohen
D	Bluefield Blue-Grays	Appalachian League	Bill Adair
D	Owensboro Oilers	KITTY League	Travis Jackson