1950 St. Louis Cardinals season

Template:MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 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 5th in the National League.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	91	63	--	.591
Brooklyn Dodgers	89	65	2	.578
New York Giants	86	68	5	.558
Boston Braves	83	71	8	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	78	75	12.5	.510
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	24.5	.431
Chicago Cubs	64	89	26.5	.418
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	96	33.5	.373

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1950 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

29 Danny Gardella
40 Ed Mierkowicz

Manager

30 Eddie Dyer

Coaches

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
OF	Diering, ChuckChuck Diering	89	204	51	.250	3	18
OF	Howerton, BillBill 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
Miller, EddieEddie Miller	64	172	39	.227	3	22
Walker, HarryHarry Walker	60	150	31	.207	0	7
Rice, HalHal Rice	44	128	27	.211	2	11
Garagiola, JoeJoe Garagiola	34	88	28	.318	2	20
Lowrey, PeanutsPeanuts Lowrey	17	56	15	.268	1	4

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
Brecheen, HarryHarry 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
Brazle, AlAl Brazle	46	164.2	11	9	4.10	47
Boyer, CloydCloyd Boyer	36	120.1	7	7	3.52	82

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Red Birds	American Association	Rollie Hemsley
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Johnny Keane
AA	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Kemp Wicker and Benny Borgmann
A	Columbus Cardinals	Sally League	Hal Anderson
A	Omaha Cardinals	Western League	Al Hollingsworth
B	Winston-Salem Cardinals	Carolina League	George Kissell
B	Allentown Cardinals	Interstate League	Gene Corbett
B	Lynchburg Cardinals	Piedmont League	Whitey Kurowski
B	Montgomery Rebels	Southeastern League	Charlie Metro
C	Fresno Cardinals	California League	Roland LeBlanc
C	Duluth Dukes	Northern League	Russ Rolandson
C	Pocatello Cardinals	Pioneer League	Larry Barton, Sr.
C	St. Joseph Cardinals	Western Association	Harold Olt

Level	Team	League	Manager
D	Geneva Redbirds	Alabama State League	Johnny Grodzicki and Bob Comiskey
D	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Ben Catchings
D	Goldsboro Cardinals	Coastal Plain League	Jim Herbison
D	Willows Cardinals	Far West League	Ray Malgradi
D	Albany Cardinals	Georgia-Florida League	Sheldon "Chief" Bender
D	West Frankfort Cardinals	Mississippi-Ohio Valley League	Bob Stanton
D	Lebanon Chicks	North Atlantic League	Harold Contini
D	Hamilton Cardinals	PONY League	Vedie Himsl

.LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Winston-Salem, Lebanon^[4]

References

External links

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

v t e 1950 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1950 All-Star Game 1950 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

Records · No-hitters · Awards & League Leaders · Roster · Players · Coaches · Managers · General Managers and Owners · Broadcasters · Opening Day starting pitchers · First-round draft picks · All articles

History

1875–1919 · 1920–52 · 1953–89 · 1990–present · Seasons

Ballparks

Robison Field · Sportsman's Park · Busch Memorial Stadium · Busch Stadium ·
Spring Training: Whittington Park · McKechnie Field · City Island Ball Park · Al Lang Stadium · Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Cardinal Nation · Fredbird · Gashouse Gang · KMOX · Rally Squirrel · Whiteyball · The Pride of St. Louis

Lore

Slaughter's Mad Dash · Brock for Broglio · The Call · Home Run Chase

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs · Kansas City Royals

Retired numbers

1 · 2 · 6 · 9 · 10 · 14 · 17 · 20 · 24 · 42 · 42 · 45 · 85

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. · General Manager: John Mozeliak · Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds · AA: Springfield Cardinals · A: (high) Palm Beach Cardinals · (low) Peoria Chiefs · (short-season) State College Spikes · Rookie: Johnson City Cardinals · Gulf Coast League Cardinals · Dominican Summer Cardinals

World Series
Championships

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League pennants

American Association: 1885 · 1886 · 1887 · 1888 · National League: 1926 · 1928 · 1930 · 1931 · 1934 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1946 · 1964 · 1967 · 1968 · 1982 · 1985 · 1987 · 2004 · 2006 · 2011 · 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982 · 1985 · 1987 · National League Central: 1996 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2009 · 2013 ·

Wild card titles

2001 · 2011 · 2012

All Star Games hosted

1940 · 1957 · 1966 · 2009

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