1950 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 56-106
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 682
Runs Allowed: 1015
Exp W-L: 53-109
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,133,036
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 7th in the AL
AA: 70-67, 3rd in the AL
A: 76-61, 2nd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
C  Gil Hodges 26 155 552 101 157 28 3 43 126 1 0 76 80 .284 .370 .580 .950 109.5 21.9 2.2
DH *Joe Collins 27 158 519 74 130 21 6 18 77 2 3 96 44 .250 .364 .418 .782 84.4 13.1 3.0
2B  Roy Hartsfield 24 154 575 79 167 22 2 9 50 12 4 39 52 .290 .333 .383 .716 73.0 10.1 4.5
CF *Milt Byrnes 33 151 519 71 128 40 2 4 47 1 0 61 109 .247 .325 .355 .679 59.3 6.9 2.9
C  Joe Tipton 28 124 366 46 77 10 4 8 56 0 0 44 48 .210 .292 .325 .617 35.3 0.9 2.2
RF  Carden Gillenwater 32 113 361 51 82 10 1 4 27 1 1 49 62 .227 .321 .294 .615 35.5 2.3 2.9
SS #Jim Russell 31 133 371 34 70 25 0 4 40 2 3 35 87 .189 .259 .288 .548 27.0 0.0 4.2
2B  Owen Friend 23 100 303 21 45 8 2 3 17 0 0 27 60 .149 .221 .218 .438 10.9 0.0 2.0
LF *Bill Howerton 28 77 263 27 53 12 4 7 32 0 1 44 42 .202 .314 .357 .671 28.4 1.6 1.4
RF  Jim Lemon 22 75 260 36 66 13 1 13 41 0 0 32 59 .254 .336 .462 .797 41.1 6.6 1.0
1B  Joe Adcock 22 54 195 32 64 10 0 16 53 0 0 19 30 .328 .384 .626 1.010 40.9 8.6 1.0
CF *Earl Rapp 29 58 132 16 30 8 1 1 9 1 1 19 19 .227 .327 .326 .653 13.3 0.9 0.7
C  Roy Partee 32 75 129 10 24 6 0 0 10 0 0 18 23 .186 .286 .233 .518 7.3 0.0 0.4
LF *Rocky Nelson 25 79 115 15 36 4 0 3 18 0 0 13 5 .313 .374 .426 .800 19.0 3.3 0.4
3B  Bitsy Mott 32 70 115 12 23 2 0 0 9 0 0 12 13 .200 .281 .217 .499 7.3 0.0 1.1
LF *Hal Rice 26 67 105 10 26 5 0 2 14 0 0 8 6 .248 .293 .352 .645 12.0 0.8 0.3
P *Chris Van Cuyk 23 45 98 8 20 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 13 .204 .235 .245 .480 5.2 0.0 0.0
P *Don Newcombe 24 38 91 5 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 10 .176 .191 .187 .378 1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Chambers 28 26 64 5 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 .219 .219 .219 .438 2.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Eddie Joost 34 42 47 4 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 10 18 .064 .224 .170 .394 2.6 0.0 0.7
P  Hank Wyse 32 20 45 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .200 .234 .200 .434 2.0 0.0 0.0
RF *Ted Beard 29 23 40 9 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 4 10 .150 .227 .250 .477 2.2 0.0 0.3
P  Ben Wade 27 14 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Lloyd Merriman 25 27 23 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .304 .407 .348 .755 3.6 0.6 0.1
P  Russ Christopher 32 16 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.4 0.0 0.0
3B *Don Bollweg 29 20 21 3 10 1 0 1 7 0 1 2 0 .476 .522 .667 1.188 5.5 1.6 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 21 71 20 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .100 .143 .150 .293 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Lloyd Hittle 26 63 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Howie Judson 24 33 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.8 0.0 0.0
CF *Gil Coan 28 17 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 35 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Grodzicki 33 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
LF #Roy Cullenbine 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2201 5430 682 1271 234 28 137 662 22 14 620 850 .234 .312 .363 .675 624.3 79.2 31.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 5 4 6 8 8 8 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Chris Van Cuyk 23 11 23 .324 45 45 0 284.0 315 206 44 200 156 6.53 5.4
 Don Newcombe 24 10 21 .323 38 38 0 244.0 254 128 31 91 164 4.72 18.1
*Cliff Chambers 28 7 16 .304 26 26 0 190.0 190 103 21 94 78 4.88 13.3
 Hank Wyse 32 7 11 .389 20 20 0 134.0 129 80 15 74 47 5.37 8.5
 Joe Landrum 21 4 8 .333 71 6 9 121.3 152 82 13 62 46 6.08 4.0
*Lloyd Hittle 26 3 6 .333 63 1 4 90.7 103 71 8 78 23 7.05 0.8
 Ben Wade 27 4 8 .333 14 14 0 87.7 96 60 10 60 30 6.16 0.7
 Bob Joyce 35 3 3 .500 59 2 1 76.0 87 45 9 23 27 5.33 5.0
 Russ Christopher 32 2 6 .250 16 10 0 67.0 89 51 13 21 30 6.85 0.0
 Howie Judson 24 2 3 .400 33 0 4 66.7 93 57 7 46 17 7.70 0.0
 Johnny Grodzicki 33 2 1 .667 43 0 3 51.3 62 44 4 47 35 7.71 0.0
 Saul Rogovin 26 0 0 .000 7 0 0 7.7 9 3 0 5 1 3.52 1.1
 Hal Rice 26 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 27.5 56 106 .346 436 162 21 1421.3 1579 930 175 802 654 5.89 57.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 5 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 32.3
J.Tipton 815.7 92 96 396 35 3 1 .993 30.8
G.Hodges 403.7 46 48 176 12 3 1 .984 46.2
R.Partee 202.0 24 25 107 6 3 0 .974 0.0
Team Total 1421.3 162 169 679 53 9 2 .988 28.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 12.09
J.Collins 830.3 95 99 1072 85 12 89 .990 12.54
J.Adcock 419.0 50 50 508 35 6 60 .989 11.66
R.Nelson 96.3 11 14 139 8 0 14 1.000 13.73
B.Mott 20.0 2 3 20 3 1 2 .958 10.35
H.Rice 13.0 1 2 19 0 0 2 1.000 13.15
D.Bollweg 13.0 2 2 21 0 0 1 1.000 14.54
G.Hodges 12.7 0 7 16 2 0 1 1.000 12.80
J.Tipton 9.0 1 2 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00
G.Coan 8.0 0 4 12 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1421.3 162 183 1820 133 19 171 .990 12.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.21
R.Hartsfield 1174.7 134 145 294 536 19 123 .978 6.36
B.Mott 121.7 15 20 34 64 3 14 .970 7.25
J.Russell 66.0 6 10 17 27 1 5 .978 6.00
E.Joost 59.0 7 8 13 29 2 5 .955 6.41
Team Total 1421.3 162 183 358 656 25 147 .976 6.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.87
O.Friend 816.0 99 99 51 223 12 18 .958 3.02
J.Lemon 424.7 51 52 39 75 8 9 .934 2.42
B.Mott 77.0 5 23 7 19 0 3 1.000 3.04
E.Joost 52.0 4 16 1 16 1 1 .944 2.94
T.Beard 50.7 3 11 7 14 0 2 1.000 3.73
H.Rice 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.3 162 202 105 347 21 33 .956 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.52
J.Russell 852.7 103 111 131 393 7 65 .987 5.53
C.Gillenwater 444.0 49 61 74 209 5 42 .983 5.74
B.Mott 77.0 7 23 16 27 2 6 .956 5.03
E.Joost 44.0 3 15 12 24 0 6 1.000 7.36
G.Coan 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
O.Friend 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.3 162 212 234 654 14 119 .984 5.62
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.97
G.Hodges 821.3 95 96 146 2 0 1 1.000 1.62
B.Howerton 442.3 51 51 92 6 0 1 1.000 1.99
R.Nelson 56.0 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
H.Rice 46.0 6 7 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.54
M.Byrnes 19.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
E.Rapp 14.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Beard 11.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Merriman 7.7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
J.Lemon 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Adcock 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1421.3 162 178 268 9 0 2 1.000 1.75
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
M.Byrnes 954.0 110 113 259 3 1 1 .996 2.47
B.Howerton 201.3 24 26 50 2 4 1 .929 2.32
E.Rapp 182.0 22 23 48 2 0 0 1.000 2.47
T.Beard 32.0 3 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
L.Merriman 31.0 2 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.77
J.Russell 15.0 1 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.40
H.Rice 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Gillenwater 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Nelson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Lemon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.3 162 191 379 9 5 2 .987 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.10
J.Collins 449.3 51 58 101 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
C.Gillenwater 383.3 45 45 88 2 2 1 .978 2.11
M.Byrnes 198.0 21 30 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Lemon 176.3 22 22 41 0 1 0 .976 2.09
H.Rice 95.7 11 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
E.Rapp 94.0 11 13 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.91
J.Adcock 11.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77
J.Russell 8.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Beard 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
L.Merriman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.3 162 192 312 5 3 1 .991 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.35
C.Van Cuyk 284.0 45 45 17 57 1 4 .987 2.35
D.Newcombe 244.0 38 38 13 55 0 3 1.000 2.51
C.Chambers 190.0 26 26 14 41 0 3 1.000 2.61
H.Wyse 134.0 20 20 5 28 0 3 1.000 2.22
J.Landrum 121.3 6 71 8 25 1 1 .971 2.45
L.Hittle 90.7 1 63 8 26 1 5 .971 3.38
B.Wade 87.7 14 14 3 18 1 1 .955 2.16
B.Joyce 76.0 2 59 8 14 1 1 .957 2.61
R.Christopher 67.0 10 16 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.42
H.Judson 66.7 0 33 2 11 0 2 1.000 1.76
J.Grodzicki 51.3 0 43 4 9 0 2 1.000 2.28
S.Rogovin 7.7 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52
H.Rice 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1421.3 162 436 87 300 5 26 .987 2.45
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hartsfield .290
On-Base Pct Hodges .370
Slugging Pct Hodges .580
OPS Hodges .950
XR Hodges 109.5
Games Collins 158
At-Bats Hartsfield 575
Runs Hodges 101
Hits Hartsfield 167
Total Bases Hodges 320
Singles Hartsfield 134
Doubles Byrnes 40
Triples Collins 6
Homeruns Hodges 43
RBIs Hodges 126
Stolen Bases Hartsfield 12
Caught Stealing Hartsfield 4
Walks Collins 96
Strikeouts Byrnes 109
ERA Newcombe 4.72
Wins Van Cuyk 11
Losses Van Cuyk 23
Winning Pct Wyse .389
Saves Landrum 9
Games Pitched Landrum 71
Games Started Van Cuyk 45
Complete Games Chambers 7
Shutouts Chambers 1
Innings Pitched Van Cuyk 284.0
Hits Allowed Van Cuyk 315
Homeruns Allowed Van Cuyk 44
Strikeouts Newcombe 164
Walks Allowed Van Cuyk 200
Walks per 9IP Newcombe 3.4
Hits per 9IP Chambers 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Newcombe 6.0
WHiP Newcombe 1.41
OAVG Chambers .264
OOBP Newcombe .328
OSLG Chambers .428
OOPS Newcombe .771
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gil Hodges $ 5,290,000
Ted Beard $ 300,000
Don Bollweg $ 300,000
Cliff Chambers $ 300,000
Gil Coan $ 300,000
Joe Collins $ 300,000
Owen Friend $ 300,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 300,000
Lloyd Hittle $ 300,000
Joe Adcock $ 300,000
Howie Judson $ 300,000
Ben Wade $ 300,000
Joe Landrum $ 300,000
Lloyd Merriman $ 300,000
Rocky Nelson $ 300,000
Don Newcombe $ 300,000
Hal Rice $ 300,000
Saul Rogovin $ 300,000
Joe Tipton $ 300,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 300,000
Bill Howerton $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Released Frankie Gustine    
7/1 Released Lefty Hoerst    
7/1 Released Glenn Elliott    
7/1 Released Frankie Kelleher    
7/1 Released Frank Seward    
7/1 Released Ray Poat    
7/1 Released Earl Rapp    
7/31 Traded Leo Thomas Boston (A) Les Fleming
10/3 Released Jim Russell    
10/3 Released Les Fleming    
10/3 Released Eddie Joost    
10/3 Released Bob Feller    
10/3 Released Jim Lemon    
10/3 Released Ken Gables    
10/3 Released Roy Cullenbine    
10/3 Released Hank Wyse    
10/3 Released Bitsy Mott    
10/3 Released Johnny Grodzicki    
10/3 Released Carden Gillenwater    
10/3 Released Russ Christopher    
10/3 Released Bob Joyce    
10/3 Released Roy Partee    
10/3 Released Mel Queen    
10/3 Released Bill Bevens    
10/3 Released Milt Byrnes