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1950 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1950
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)

(Harry Caray, Gabby Street, Stretch Miller) 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.
December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1950 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Opening Day Lineup

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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

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league 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	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		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
	64	172	39	.227	3	22
	60	150	31	.207	0	7
	44	128	27	.211	2	11
Johnny Lindell	36	113	21	.186	5	16
	34	88	28	.318	2	20
	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
	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
	46	164.2	11	9	4.10	47
Red Munger	32	154.2	7	8	3.90	61
	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	ERA	SO
Fred Martin	30	4	2	5.12	19
Ted Wilks	18	2	0	6.66	15
Al Papai	13	1	0	5.21	7
Jim Hearn	6	0	1	10.00	4
Cot Deal	3	0	0	18.00	1
Ken Johnson	2	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus (American Assn.), Winston-Salem, Lebanon

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sarnibi01.shtml Bill Sarni page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkeha01.shtml Harry Walker page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lowrepe01.shtml Peanuts Lowrey page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN195004180.shtml 1950 Opening Day Lineup] 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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