1950 in the Negro Leagues
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1950 in the Negro Leagues
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[edit] Standings
- BOLD indicates League Champion
[edit] Negro American League
- Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester
| East Division | West Division | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Team | G | W | L | WPCT | Rank | Team | G | W | L | WPCT | |
| 1 | Indianapolis Clowns | 85 | 47 | 38 | 0.553 | 1 | Kansas City Monarchs | 73 | 52 | 21 | 0.712 | |
| 2 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 44 | 24 | 20 | 0.545 | 2 | Birmingham Black Barons | 77 | 52 | 25 | 0.675 | |
| 3 | New York Cubans | 34 | 18 | 16 | 0.529 | 3 | Memphis Red Sox | 74 | 42 | 32 | 0.568 | |
| 4 | Philadelphia Stars | 43 | 15 | 28 | 0.349 | 4 | Houston Eagles | 64 | 23 | 41 | 0.359 | |
| 5 | Cleveland Buckeyes | 42 | 3 | 39 | 0.071 | 5 | Chicago American Giants | 46 | 15 | 31 | 0.326 | |
- The Cleveland Buckeyes dropped out of the league on July 6.
[edit] Independent Teams
- Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester
[edit] Leading Players
[edit] Batters
[edit] Pitchers
[edit] Postseason
The Monarchs won the first half title of the West Division, but declined to meet the American Giants, who had won the second half. The Monarchs had sold several of their better players to Organized Ball, and had lost several more to Latin American leagues, and manager Buck O'Neil forfeited the division title rather than field a non-representative team. The Clowns beat the American Giants easily in a brief championship series.
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