1950 American Association season

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The 1950 American Association season was the 49th in the league's history, and ended with the Columbus Red Birds winning their first league championship since 1943. The Red Birds would go on to win the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Minneapolis Millers	90	64	.584	--	Tommy Heath	New York Giants
Indianapolis Indians	85	67	.559	4	Al Lopez	Pittsburgh Pirates
Columbus Red Birds	84	69	.549	5½	Rollie Hemsley	St. Louis Cardinals
St. Paul Saints	83	69	.546	6	Clay Hopper	Brooklyn Dodgers
Louisville Colonels	82	71	.536	7½	Mike Ryba	Boston Red Sox
Milwaukee Brewers	68	85	.444	21½	Bob Coleman	Boston Braves
Toledo Mud Hens	65	87	.428	24	Eddie Mayo	Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Blues	54	99	.353	35½	Joe Kuhel	New York Yankees

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Minneapolis Millers	2
	3	Columbus Red Birds	4
						3	Columbus Red Birds	4
						2	Indianapolis Indians	3
	2	Indianapolis Indians	4
	4	St. Paul Saints	0

First Round

Minneapolis vs. Columbus Date Away Home September 13 Columbus 5 Minneapolis 4 13 innings September 13 Columbus 7 Minneapolis 0 September 15 Columbus 1 Minneapolis 4 September 17 Minneapolis 6 Columbus 2 September 18 Minneapolis 2 Columbus 3 10 innings September 19 Minneapolis 3 Columbus 8 Columbus wins series 4-2

Indianapolis vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 12 St. Paul 0 Indianapolis 2 September 13 St. Paul 3 Indianapolis 4 September 14 St. Paul 3 Indianapolis 4 September 16 Indianapolis 6 St. Paul 4 11 innings Indianapolis wins series 4-0

Championship Finals

Indianapolis vs. Columbus Date Away Home September 22 Columbus 3 Indianapolis 5 September 23 Columbus 7 Indianapolis 4 September 24 Indianapolis 7 Columbus 5 September 25 Indianapolis 3 Columbus 4 10 innings September 26 Indianapolis 0 Columbus 7 September 27 Columbus 4 Indianapolis 5 September 28 Columbus 3 Indianapolis 2 13 innings Columbus wins series 4-3 and advances to Junior World Series

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Bob Addis, Milwaukee, .323
• Runs Scored Davey Williams, Minneapolis, 113
• Hits Addis; Jim Pendleton, St. Paul, 171
• Doubles George Lerchen, Toledo; Paul Campbell, Toledo; Bert Haas, Milwaukee, 36
• Triples Pendleton, 19
• Home Runs Lou Limmer, St. Paul, 29
• Runs Batted In Limmer, 111
• Stolen Bases Jack Cassini, St. Paul, 36

Pitching

• Wins Harvey Haddix, Columbus, 18
• Earned Run Average Haddix, 2.70
• Complete Games Haddix, 17
• Shutouts Three tied with 4
• Strikeouts Haddix, 160

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1951 Baseball Guide