1950 New York Yankees

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1950 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1950 Uniform
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	none
Local radio
Baseball-Reference	1950 New York Yankees

Contents 1 1950 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.3 Other pitchers 2.4 Relief pitchers 3 World Series 4 External links 5 Further Reading

[edit] 1950 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

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.

[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] External links

• 1950 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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[edit] Further Reading

• Sol Gittleman: Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat: New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.