1950 Seattle Mariners
Record: 103-59
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 940
Runs Allowed: 758
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 1,757,828
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 89-48, 1st in the AL
AA: 80-57, 1st in the AL
A: 78-59, 1st in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to San Diego Padres
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Detroit Tigers
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
SS  Vern Stephens 29 153 608 84 187 33 3 15 85 0 0 78 52 .308 .384 .446 .830 95.5 15.9 9.7
3B  Bill Serena 25 154 579 105 149 28 3 29 104 0 0 95 99 .257 .362 .466 .828 94.2 14.3 6.7
1B *Vic Wertz 25 149 569 128 197 40 3 42 139 0 0 86 69 .346 .430 .649 1.079 138.7 31.3 2.1
RF *Phil Cavarretta 33 143 538 97 184 48 3 10 76 16 3 57 30 .342 .406 .498 .904 96.3 19.4 3.2
C *Joe Schultz 31 143 505 74 154 29 1 1 53 0 0 75 18 .305 .395 .372 .767 73.8 12.0 6.5
RF *Ned Harris 33 123 393 91 132 26 4 12 71 0 0 78 34 .336 .442 .514 .956 85.4 18.3 2.1
SS  Cass Michaels 24 128 374 70 103 15 4 14 62 15 6 40 18 .275 .346 .449 .795 57.0 8.2 3.6
C *Smoky Burgess 23 98 340 48 98 22 2 8 61 0 0 29 24 .288 .340 .435 .776 46.3 6.3 4.3
RF  Wally Post 20 87 280 40 66 11 4 20 53 0 0 26 60 .236 .303 .518 .821 42.5 5.6 1.4
CF *Stan Spence 35 77 258 49 63 8 4 8 41 0 0 38 10 .244 .337 .399 .736 35.0 3.8 2.0
LF  Dino Restelli 25 71 211 32 39 10 0 15 45 0 0 33 31 .185 .311 .445 .756 31.3 3.4 1.5
2B *Johnny Bero 27 78 186 30 43 10 0 9 32 0 0 38 31 .231 .362 .430 .792 29.1 4.1 2.5
RF  Cliff Aberson 28 58 156 18 35 9 0 4 20 0 0 26 31 .224 .335 .359 .694 19.5 2.0 1.0
CF *Stan Musial 29 45 143 24 33 2 2 9 28 0 0 18 10 .231 .315 .462 .777 22.1 2.5 1.0
P *Dick Donovan 22 43 122 8 15 1 1 0 14 0 0 4 40 .123 .150 .148 .297 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Lew Burdette 23 41 114 11 27 0 1 1 13 0 0 4 34 .237 .263 .281 .543 8.3 0.0 0.0
P *Fred Hutchinson 30 34 101 11 28 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 4 .277 .298 .327 .625 9.9 0.3 0.0
P  Warren Hacker 25 36 83 6 15 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 13 .181 .190 .229 .419 3.5 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Fannin 26 41 33 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .091 .118 .091 .209 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Jack Phillips 28 31 29 6 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .276 .300 .379 .679 3.1 0.2 0.1
C  Walker Cooper 35 13 21 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 .286 .400 .524 .924 4.4 1.0 0.1
P  Rex Barney 25 69 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Bruner 33 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 30 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Cal McLish 24 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.5 1890 5653 940 1586 300 35 200 921 31 9 735 620 .281 .363 .452 .815 893.9 148.5 47.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 4 2 4 3 3 3 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Dick Donovan 22 22 9 .710 44 43 0 336.0 331 146 35 90 133 3.91 25.1
 Lew Burdette 23 18 16 .529 41 41 0 326.7 368 162 26 89 84 4.46 22.1
 Fred Hutchinson 30 21 7 .750 34 34 0 269.7 285 104 30 52 105 3.47 27.5
 Warren Hacker 25 17 9 .654 36 31 0 246.7 292 132 27 59 101 4.82 13.9
 Cliff Fannin 26 11 3 .786 41 11 4 130.3 118 68 20 55 75 4.70 9.5
 Rex Barney 25 6 11 .353 69 2 4 88.0 79 46 5 76 64 4.70 5.1
*Hooks Iott 30 6 3 .667 36 0 17 32.3 15 8 1 30 18 2.23 9.3
 Roy Bruner 33 2 1 .667 17 0 0 18.7 21 16 3 21 11 7.72 0.0
 Cal McLish 24 0 0 .000 17 0 1 16.3 18 11 4 7 8 6.06 0.3
Team Totals 26.4 103 59 .636 335 162 26 1464.6 1527 693 151 479 599 4.26 112.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 4 2 2 5 3 3 1 7 3  
* - 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.Schultz 783.3 87 92 319 35 3 1 .992 31.0
S.Burgess 646.3 72 73 291 28 3 1 .991 46.2
W.Cooper 35.0 3 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1464.7 162 170 623 63 6 2 .991 38.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 12.09
V.Wertz 1184.3 133 135 1546 127 18 148 .989 12.71
S.Burgess 89.3 10 10 112 9 0 10 1.000 12.19
W.Post 77.3 8 9 99 9 2 8 .982 12.57
P.Cavarretta 39.0 4 4 57 4 0 5 1.000 14.08
J.Schultz 26.0 3 3 31 3 0 5 1.000 11.77
J.Phillips 21.7 1 6 37 2 1 4 .975 16.20
N.Harris 9.0 1 1 9 2 1 2 .917 11.00
S.Musial 5.9 1 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 12.20
Team Total 1452.6 161 169 1898 157 22 182 .989 12.73
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.21
B.Serena 1337.7 149 151 327 584 19 135 .980 6.13
C.Michaels 64.0 7 8 20 17 1 3 .974 5.20
J.Bero 61.0 6 7 13 31 0 5 1.000 6.49
J.Phillips 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1464.7 162 167 361 634 20 144 .980 6.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.87
C.Michaels 714.7 80 88 40 184 14 18 .941 2.82
J.Bero 418.3 47 63 31 103 5 12 .964 2.88
J.Schultz 301.7 32 40 21 85 1 7 .991 3.16
B.Serena 19.0 2 2 3 8 0 0 1.000 5.21
V.Stephens 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Phillips 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 195 95 381 20 37 .960 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.52
V.Stephens 1342.3 149 151 232 649 25 118 .972 5.91
C.Michaels 78.0 9 9 10 30 2 8 .952 4.62
J.Bero 43.3 4 7 10 19 2 4 .935 6.02
S.Burgess 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 168 252 698 29 130 .970 5.84
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.97
P.Cavarretta 1090.0 120 124 253 8 1 3 .996 2.16
D.Restelli 319.3 39 39 71 2 0 0 1.000 2.06
W.Post 19.0 0 6 1 0 2 0 .333 0.47
S.Spence 11.3 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
S.Musial 7.7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
V.Wertz 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Aberson 1.3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.7 161 179 329 10 4 3 .988 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
S.Spence 561.3 61 67 158 4 0 1 1.000 2.60
C.Aberson 389.0 45 48 95 2 3 1 .970 2.24
S.Musial 309.1 38 39 81 2 1 1 .988 2.42
D.Restelli 227.7 26 26 53 1 4 1 .931 2.13
W.Post 11.0 0 6 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
N.Harris 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Cavarretta 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1500.4 170 189 390 10 8 5 .980 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.10
N.Harris 810.0 87 101 190 3 6 0 .970 2.14
W.Post 539.7 64 65 117 4 5 1 .960 2.02
V.Wertz 90.3 10 11 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
D.Restelli 14.0 1 3 6 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
P.Cavarretta 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Musial 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Burgess 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Aberson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.0 162 187 335 8 11 2 .969 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.35
D.Donovan 336.0 43 43 21 86 3 5 .973 2.87
L.Burdette 326.7 41 41 25 64 3 4 .967 2.45
F.Hutchinson 269.7 34 34 16 53 3 5 .958 2.30
W.Hacker 246.7 31 36 19 55 1 5 .987 2.70
C.Fannin 130.3 11 41 5 21 1 0 .963 1.80
R.Barney 88.0 2 69 3 18 1 2 .955 2.15
H.Iott 32.3 0 36 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.39
R.Bruner 18.7 0 17 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.41
C.McLish 16.3 0 17 1 3 1 0 .800 2.20
Team Total 1464.6 162 334 91 309 13 21 .969 2.46
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wertz .346
On-Base Pct Wertz .430
Slugging Pct Wertz .649
OPS Wertz 1.079
XR Wertz 138.7
Games Serena 154
At-Bats Stephens 608
Runs Wertz 128
Hits Wertz 197
Total Bases Wertz 369
Singles Stephens 136
Doubles Cavarretta 48
Triples Harris, Michaels, Post, Spence 4
Homeruns Wertz 42
RBIs Wertz 139
Stolen Bases Cavarretta 16
Caught Stealing Michaels 6
Walks Serena 95
Strikeouts Serena 99
ERA Hutchinson 3.47
Wins Donovan 22
Losses Burdette 16
Winning Pct Hutchinson .750
Saves Iott 17
Games Pitched Barney 69
Games Started Donovan 43
Complete Games Burdette 16
Shutouts Donovan 4
Innings Pitched Donovan 336.0
Hits Allowed Burdette 368
Homeruns Allowed Donovan 35
Strikeouts Donovan 133
Walks Allowed Donovan 90
Walks per 9IP Hutchinson 1.7
Hits per 9IP Donovan 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Hacker 3.7
WHiP Hutchinson 1.25
OAVG Donovan .255
OOBP Hutchinson .306
OSLG Donovan .397
OOPS Donovan .703
Team All-Stars
Dick Donovan
Vern Stephens
Vic Wertz
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 8,000,000
Joe Schultz $ 6,000,000
Fred Hutchinson $ 4,400,000
Vern Stephens $ 4,300,000
Phil Cavarretta $ 3,490,000
Hooks Iott $ 3,000,000
Cliff Fannin $ 2,928,571
Cass Michaels $ 1,421,429
Jack Phillips $ 300,000
Vic Wertz $ 300,000
Wally Post $ 300,000
Cliff Aberson $ 300,000
Dino Restelli $ 300,000
Warren Hacker $ 300,000
Carl Scheib $ 300,000
Dick Donovan $ 300,000
Bill Serena $ 300,000
Smoky Burgess $ 300,000
Lew Burdette $ 300,000
Johnny Bero $ 300,000
Cal McLish $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Gordon Goldsberry
Richie Ashburn
Boston (N) Warren Hacker
2/3 Traded Bill Connelly
$3,000,000
San Diego Fred Hutchinson
2/3 Traded Willard Nixon Cincinnati Vern Stephens
$3,000,000
2/3 Signed     Ned Harris
2/3 Signed     Joe Schultz
2/5 Signed     Stan Spence
2/16 Signed     Roy Bruner
2/20 Signed     Walker Cooper
4/2 Released Moe Burtschy    
5/1 Released Al Widmar    
5/1 Released Duane Pillette    
7/31 Released Jim Wilson    
7/31 Released Walker Cooper    
7/31 Traded Preston Ward
Jim Delsing
Stan Spence
Pittsburgh Stan Musial
$6,000,000
9/22 Released Billy Demars    
10/3 Released Jerry Scala    
10/21 Released Ned Harris    
10/21 Released Bob Cain    
10/21 Released Rex Barney    
10/21 Released Roy Bruner