1950 New York Yankees season

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1950 New York Yankees 1950 World Series Champions 1950 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1950 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WABD (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, Dizzy Dean)
Local radio	WINS (AM) (Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy)

The New York Yankees' 1950 season was the 48th season for the Yankees in New York and their 50th overall, going back to their origins in Baltimore. The team finished with a record of 98-56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games.

1 Season standings
2 Roster
3 Player stats
4 World Series
5 Awards and Honors
6 External links

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Detroit Tigers	95	59	.617	3
Boston Red Sox	94	60	.610	4
Cleveland Indians	92	62	.597	6
Washington Senators	67	87	.435	31
Chicago White Sox	60	94	.390	38
St. Louis Browns	58	96	.377	40
Philadelphia Athletics	52	102	.338	46

[edit] Roster

1950 New York Yankees roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Hank Bauer	113	415	133	.320	13	70
Yogi Berra	151	597	193	.322	28	124
Jerry Coleman	153	522	150	.287	6	69
Joe Collins	108	205	48	.234	8	28
Joe DiMaggio	139	525	158	.301	32	122
Billy Johnson	108	327	85	.260	6	40
Phil Rizzuto	155	617	200	.324	7	66
Gene Woodling	122	449	127	.283	6	60

[edit] Other batters

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

[edit] 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
Tommy Byrne	31	203.3	15	9	4.74	118
Whitey Ford	20	112	9	1	2.81	59
Ed Lopat	35	236.3	18	8	3.47	72
Vic Raschi	33	256.7	21	8	4.00	155
Allie Reynolds	35	240.7	16	12	3.74	160

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lew Burdette	2	1.3	0	0	6.75	0
Don Johnson	8	18	1	0	10.00	9
Dave Madison	1	3	0	0	6.00	1
Ernie Nevel	3	6.3	0	1	4.34	3
Duane Pillette	4	7	0	0	1.29	4
Bob Porterfield	10	19.7	1	1	8.69	9

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Ferrick	30	8	4	9	3.65	20
Joe Ostrowski	21	1	1	3	5.15	15
Joe Page	37	3	7	13	5.04	33
Fred Sanford	26	5	4	0	4.55	54

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1950 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)

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

[edit] Awards and Honors

Jerry Coleman, Babe Ruth Award
Phil Rizzuto, Shortstop, American League MVP

All-Star Game

[edit] External links

v • d • e 1950 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1950 All-Star Game • 1950 World Series

Preceded by New York Yankees 1949	American League Champions 1950	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1951
Preceded by New York Yankees 1949	World Series Champions New York Yankees 1950	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1951

v • d • e New York Yankees 1950 World Series roster

5 Joe DiMaggio \| 6 Bobby Brown \| 7 Cliff Mapes \| 8 Yogi Berra \| 10 Phil Rizzuto \| 14 Gene Woodling \| 17 Vic Raschi \| 19 Whitey Ford \| 22 Allie Reynolds \| 24 Billy Johnson \| 25 Hank Bauer \| 26 Tom Ferrick \| 30 Ed Lopat \| 36 Johnny Mize \| 38 Johnny Hopp \| 40 Jackie Jensen \| 41 Joe Collins \| 42 Jerry Coleman \| 52 Tom Morgan Manager 37 Casey Stengel

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