1950

1950 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1950.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Mainichi Orions (PL) over the Shochiku Robins (CL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Shochiku Robins (Details)
    • Pacific League: Mainichi Orions (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: OVVO Amsterdam
• Serie A1: Libertas Roma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Philadelphia Phillies (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Philadelphia Phillies (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Columbus Red Birds (AA) over the Baltimore Orioles (IL), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • Alabama State League: Dothan Browns
  • American Association: Columbus Red Birds (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bristol Twins
  • Arizona-Texas League: El Paso Texans
  • Big State League: Texarkana Bears
  • Blue Ridge League: Mount Airy Graniteers
  • Border League: Ogdensburg Maples
  • California League: Modesto Reds
  • Canadian-American League: Quebec Braves
  • Carolina League: Winston-Salem Cardinals
  • Central League: Flint Arrows
  • Coastal Plain League: New Bern Bears
  • Colonial League: Poughkeepsie Chiefs
  • Cotton States League: Hot Springs Bathers
  • East Texas League: Marshall Browns
  • Eastern League: Wilkes-Barre Indians
  • Evangeline League: Baton Rouge Red Sticks
  • Far West League: Redding Browns
  • Florida International League: Miami Sun Sox
  • Florida State League: DeLand Red Hats
  • Georgia State League: Eastman Dodgers
  • Georgia-Alabama League: LaGrange Troupers
  • Georgia-Florida League: Tallahassee Pirates
  • Gulf Coast League: Jacksonville Jax
  • International League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
  • Interstate League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
  • Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Ponca City Dodgers
  • Kitty League: Mayfield Clothiers
  • Longhorn League: Odessa Oilers
  • Middle Atlantic League: Butler Tigers
  • Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Centralia Sterlings
  • Mountain States League: Harlan Smokies
  • North Atlantic League: Lebanon Chix
  • North Carolina State League: Landis Spinners
  • Northern League: Sioux Falls Canaries
  • Ohio-Indiana League: Marion Red Sox
  • Pacific Coast League: Oakland Oaks (Details)
  • Piedmont League: Roanoke Red Sox
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • PONY League: Olean Oilers
  • Provincial League: St. Jean Braves
  • Rio Grande Valley League: Corpus Christi Aces
  • Sooner State League: McAlester Rockets
  • South Atlantic League: Macon Peaches
  • Southeastern League: Pensacola Fliers
  • Southern Association: Nashville Vols
  • Sunset League: El Centro Imperials
  • Texas League: San Antonio Missions
  • Three-I League: Terre Haute Phillies
  • Tobacco State League: Rockingham Eagles
  • Tri-State League: Rock Hill Chiefs
  • Virginia League: Emporia Nationals
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Albuquerque Dukes
  • Western Association: Hutchinson Elks
  • Western Carolina League: Lenoir Red Sox
  • Western International League: Yakima Bears
  • Western League: Sioux City Soos
  • Wisconsin State League: Oshkosh Giants

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Algodoneros del Unión Laguna defeated the Charros de Jalisco in the finals, 4 - 2

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro American League: Indianapolis Clowns (Details)
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 5 - 3 at Comiskey Park (Details)

• All-American Girls Baseball League: Rockford Peaches defeated the Fort Wayne Daisies in the playoff finals, 4 - 3 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Carta Vieja (Panama) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Almendares
  • Panamanian League: Carta Vieja
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Caguas-Guayama
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Culiacán

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Texas at Austin defeated Washington State College in the championship game (Details)
• Community College League of California: Pasadena City College beat Santa Rosa Junior College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Wayne Capeharts (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Nirayama High School (Shizuoka) defeat Kochi Commercial High School (Kochi), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Matsuyama Higashi High School (Ehime) defeat Naruto High School (Tokushima), 12 - 8 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: National (Austin, TX) defeat Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
• National Girls Baseball League: [[]]

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Nicaragua (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Venezuela (Bronze)
• Central American Games in Guatemala (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Mexico (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• My 66 Years in the Big Leagues, by Connie Mack and Rich Westcott

Song

• Baseball Boogie, by Mabel Scott

Film

• The Jackie Robinson Story
• Kill the Umpire

Births

Further information: Births in 1950

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1950

Further Reading

• Dennis Snelling: The Whiz Kids: How the 1950 Phillies Took the Pennant, Lost the World Series, and Changed Philadelphia Baseball Forever, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2025 ISBN 9781496242686