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1950 New York Giants (MLB) season

Field	Value
name	New York Giants
season	1950
image	New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
league	National League
ballpark	Polo Grounds
city	New York City
record
league_place	3rd
owners	Horace Stoneham
general_managers	Chub Feeney
managers	Leo Durocher
television	WPIX
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
radio	WMCA
(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell)
prev_season	1949 New York Giants (MLB) season
next_season	1951 New York Giants (MLB) season
season_list	List of San Francisco Giants seasons

(Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell) (Russ Hodges, Ernie Harwell) |}} The 1950 New York Giants season was the franchise's 68th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 86–68 record, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

December 14, 1949: Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb were traded by the Giants to the Boston Braves for Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark.
Prior to 1950 season: Al Sima was purchased from the Giants by the Washington Senators.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

June 20, 1950: Willie Mays was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Roster

1950 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	140	437	103	.236	23	71
1B	113	322	71	.220	4	32
2B	152	527	158	.300	8	51
SS	154	587	164	.279	16	67
3B	148	512	148	.289	20	91
OF	129	532	157	.295	6	52
OF	132	525	153	.291	7	84
OF	149	563	142	.252	25	85

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
110	374	112	.299	15	66
56	83	15	.181	0	8
52	69	18	.261	0	11
34	67	20	.299	1	12
30	43	8	.186	0	4
29	40	7	.175	0	3
24	37	5	.135	0	4
9	32	4	.125	2	4
9	14	2	.143	0	0
4	11	1	.091	0	0
4	4	0	.000	0	0
4	4	1	.250	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	275.0	19	13	3.01	161
40	199.0	13	16	4.61	97
16	125.0	11	3	1.94	54

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
47	206.0	18	4	2.71	96
40	186.2	13	15	3.91	56
36	114.1	5	4	4.72	41
35	86.2	3	6	3.53	27
20	65.1	3	3	6.61	23

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
31	0	1	3	5.53	19
18	0	3	0	4.93	17
10	1	0	0	2.49	5

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sioux City, Bristol, Lenoir, Oshkosh

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanked01.shtml Eddie Stanky] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simaal01.shtml Al Sima] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mayswi01.shtml Willie Mays] at ''Baseball Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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