1950 Cincinnati Reds season

1950 Cincinnati Reds
Ballpark	Crosley Field
City	Cincinnati
Owners	Powel Crosley, Jr.
Managers	Luke Sewell
Television	WCPO-TV (Waite Hoyt)
Radio	WCPO (Waite Hoyt)
Seasons

The 1950 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66–87, 24½ games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

• December 14, 1949: Harry Walker was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lou Klein and Ron Northey.

Regular season

Season standings

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 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

• June 20, 1950: Jim Bolger was signed as an amateur free agent by the Reds.
• September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased from the Reds by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Roster

1950 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 38 Jay Avrea 47 Ewell Blackwell 38 Bud Byerly 34 Eddie Erautt 43 Howie Fox 33 Johnny Hetki 35 Harry Perkowski 30 Kent Peterson 36 Ken Raffensberger 40 Willie Ramsdell 32 Frank Smith 31 Herm Wehmeier		Catchers  7 Walker Cooper  6 Dixie Howell  8 Hobie Landrith  8 Johnny Pramesa  7 Bob Scheffing Infielders 12 Bobby Adams 11 Jimmy Bloodworth 15 Grady Hatton 18 Ted Kluszewski 14 Sammy Meeks 16 Connie Ryan 10 Virgil Stallcup		Outfielders 17 Joe Adcock 23 Jim Bolger 28 Danny Litwhiler 21 Peanuts Lowrey 20 Lloyd Merriman 23 Ron Northey 24 Bob Usher 22 Johnny Wyrostek Other batters 25 Marv Rackley  2 Ted Tappe		Manager 50 Luke Sewell Coaches 51 Tony Cuccinello 52 Gus Mancuso 53 Phil Page

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	Dixie Howell	82	224	50	.223	2	22

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
Peanuts Lowrey	91	264	60	.227	1	11
Ron Northey	27	77	20	.260	5	9
Jim Bolger	2	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
Ewell Blackwell	40	261	17	15	2.97	188

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
Kent Peterson	9	20	0	3	7.20	6
Bud Byerly	4	14.2	0	1	2.45	5

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
Jay Avrea	2	0	0	0	3.38	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Bruno Betzel
AA	Tulsa Oilers	Texas League	Al Vincent
A	Charleston Senators	Central League	Joe Beggs
A	Columbia Reds	Sally League	Gee Walker
C	Ogden Reds	Pioneer League	Cecil Scheffel
D	Muncie Reds	Ohio–Indiana League	Mike Blazo
D	Lockport Reds	PONY League	Cyril Pfeifer
D	Wilmington Pirates	Tobacco State League	Bull Hamons, Red Teague and Steve Collins

External links

• 1950 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference