1950 St. Louis Cardinals season

1950 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	78–75 (.510)
League place	5th
Owners	Fred Saigh
General managers	William Walsingham Jr.
Managers	Eddie Dyer
Television	KSD
Radio	WIL (Harry Caray, Gabby Street, Stretch Miller)
← 1949 Seasons 1951 →

The 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 69th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 59th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.

Offseason

• December 5, 1949: Bill Sarni was drafted by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports in the 1949 minor league draft.^[1]
• December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	63	0.591	—	48–29	43–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	89	65	0.578	2	48–30	41–35
New York Giants	86	68	0.558	5	44–32	42–36
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	8	46–31	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	78	75	0.510	12½	48–28	30–47
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	24½	38–38	28–49
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	26½	35–42	29–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	96	0.373	33½	33–44	24–52

Record vs. opponents

1950 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	9–13	17–5	13–9	9–13–1	15–7–1	11–11
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	12–10	12–10	11–11–1	19–3	12–10
Chicago	13–9	12–10	—	4–17	5–17	9–13–1	11–11	10–12
Cincinnati	5–17	10–12	17–4	—	11–11	4–18	12–10	7–15
New York	9–13	10–12	17–5	11–11	—	12–10	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	13–9–1	11–11–1	13–9–1	18–4	10–12	—	14–8	12–10
Pittsburgh	7–15–1	3–19	11–11	10–12	6–16	8–14	—	12–9
St. Louis	11–11	10–12	12–10	15–7	11–11	10–12	9–12	—

Notable transactions

• September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Roster

1950 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 24 Cloyd Boyer 27 Al Brazle 31 Harry Brecheen 38 Cot Deal  7 Erv Dusak 34 Jim Hearn 35 Ken Johnson 23 Max Lanier 39 Fred Martin 20 Red Munger 41 Al Papai 10 Tom Poholsky 11 Howie Pollet 14 Jerry Staley 28 Ted Wilks		Catchers 15 Johnny Bucha 17 Joe Garagiola 18 Del Rice Infielders  5 Steve Bilko 40 Don Bollweg 12 Tommy Glaviano 22 Solly Hemus  3 Nippy Jones 21 Eddie Kazak 29,37 Peanuts Lowrey  4 Marty Marion 22 Ed Mickelson 33 Eddie Miller 19 Rocky Nelson  2 Red Schoendienst		Outfielders 35 Johnny Blatnik 32 Chuck Diering 36 Bill Howerton  5 Johnny Lindell  6 Stan Musial  1 Hal Rice  9 Enos Slaughter  1 Harry Walker Other batters 29 Danny Gardella 40 Ed Mierkowicz		Manager 30 Eddie Dyer Coaches 25 Tony Kaufmann  4 Marty Marion  8 Terry Moore 26 Buzzy Wares

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
1	Harry Walker	CF
2	Red Schoendienst	2B
6	Stan Musial	RF
9	Enos Slaughter	LF
21	Eddie Kazak	3B
19	Rocky Nelson	1B
17	Joe Garagiola	C
33	Eddie Miller	SS
14	Gerry Staley	P

^[4]

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Del Rice	130	414	101	.244	9	54
1B	Rocky Nelson	76	235	58	.247	1	20
2B	Red Schoendienst	153	642	177	.276	7	63
SS	Marty Marion	106	372	92	.247	4	40
3B	Tommy Glaviano	115	410	117	.285	11	44
OF	Stan Musial	146	555	192	.346	28	109
OF	Enos Slaughter	148	556	161	.290	10	101
OF	Bill Howerton	110	313	88	.281	10	58

Other batters

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
Eddie Kazak	93	207	53	.256	5	23
Chuck Diering	89	204	51	.250	3	18
Eddie Miller	64	172	39	.227	3	22
Harry Walker	60	150	31	.207	0	7
Hal Rice	44	128	27	.211	2	11
Johnny Lindell	36	113	21	.186	5	16
Joe Garagiola	34	88	28	.318	2	20
Peanuts Lowrey	17	56	15	.268	1	4
Johnny Bucha	22	36	5	.139	0	1
Steve Bilko	10	33	6	.182	0	2
Nippy Jones	13	26	6	.231	0	6
Johnny Blatnik	7	20	3	.150	0	1
Solly Hemus	11	15	2	.133	0	0
Don Bollweg	4	11	2	.182	0	1
Ed Mickelson	5	10	1	.100	0	1
Danny Gardella	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Ed Mierkowicz	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Howie Pollet	37	232.1	14	13	3.29	117
Max Lanier	27	181.1	11	9	3.13	89
Gerry Staley	42	169.2	13	13	4.99	62
Harry Brecheen	27	163.1	8	11	3.80	80

Other 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
Al Brazle	46	164.2	11	9	4.10	47
Red Munger	32	154.2	7	8	3.90	61
Cloyd Boyer	36	120.1	7	7	3.52	82
Erv Dusak	14	36.1	0	2	3.72	16
Tom Poholsky	5	14.2	0	0	3.65	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Fred Martin	30	4	2	0	5.12	19
Ted Wilks	18	2	0	0	6.66	15
Al Papai	13	1	0	0	5.21	7
Jim Hearn	6	0	1	0	10.00	4
Cot Deal	3	0	0	0	18.00	1
Ken Johnson	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

References

External links

• 1950 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1950 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com