1950 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Owners | R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. | |
General managers | R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr. | |
Managers | Eddie Sawyer | |
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WPEN (Bill Brundige, Gene Kelly) | |
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The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies won the National League pennant by two games over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed the " Whiz Kids" because of the youth of their roster, they went on to lose the World Series to the New York Yankees in four straight games.
On January 10, 1950, owner Bob Carpenter announced that the club had officially abandoned the nickname "Blue Jays" and would be the "Phillies". The club had adopted the nickname in 1944 but it never caught on among fans. [4]
The pre-season 1950 City Series was planned for three games prior to Opening Day. Snow flurries and cold weather in Philadelphia caused the cancellation of the first game. The Athletics beat the Phillies 7–4 and the Phillies won the following game 11–2. [5]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
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1950 Game Log
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= Indicates team leader |
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 |
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C | Andy Seminick | 130 | 393 | 113 | .288 | 24 | 68 |
1B | Eddie Waitkus | 154 | 641 | 182 | .284 | 2 | 44 |
2B | Mike Goliat | 145 | 483 | 113 | .234 | 13 | 64 |
3B | Willie Jones | 157 | 610 | 163 | .267 | 25 | 88 |
SS | Granny Hamner | 157 | 637 | 172 | .270 | 11 | 82 |
OF | Dick Sisler | 141 | 523 | 155 | .296 | 13 | 83 |
OF | Del Ennis | 153 | 595 | 185 | .311 | 31 | 128 |
OF | Richie Ashburn | 151 | 594 | 180 | .303 | 2 | 41 |
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 |
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Dick Whitman | 75 | 132 | 33 | .250 | 0 | 12 |
Stan Lopata | 58 | 129 | 27 | .209 | 1 | 11 |
Jimmy Bloodworth | 54 | 96 | 22 | .229 | 0 | 13 |
Bill Nicholson | 41 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 3 | 10 |
Jackie Mayo | 18 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
Putsy Caballero | 46 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Silvestri | 11 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
Stan Hollmig | 11 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Johnny Blatnik | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Robin Roberts | 40 | 304.1 | 20 | 11 | 3.02 | 146 |
Curt Simmons | 31 | 214.2 | 17 | 8 | 3.40 | 146 |
Russ Meyer | 32 | 159.2 | 9 | 11 | 5.30 | 74 |
Ken Heintzelman | 23 | 125.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.09 | 39 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Miller | 35 | 172.0 | 11 | 6 | 3.57 | 44 |
Bubba Church | 31 | 142.0 | 8 | 6 | 2.73 | 50 |
Ken Johnson | 14 | 60.2 | 4 | 1 | 4.01 | 32 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jim Konstanty | 74 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 2.66 | 56 |
Milo Candini | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 10 |
Blix Donnelly | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.29 | 10 |
Hank Borowy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 3 |
Paul Stuffel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 |
Jack Brittin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
Jocko Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Steve Ridzik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 |
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 1, Phillies – 0 | October 4 | Shibe Park | 30,746 |
2 | Yankees – 2, Phillies – 1 (10 innings) | October 5 | Shibe Park | 32,660 |
3 | Phillies – 2, Yankees – 3 | October 6 | Yankee Stadium | 64,505 |
4 | Phillies – 2, Yankees – 5 | October 7 | Yankee Stadium | 68,098 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Terre Haute, Wilmington
Vandergrift club folded, July 20, 1950 [49]
The game had been postponed from May 11 [sic] because of rain.
[T]he Phils took over a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh inning, ... There were two strikes on Richie Ashburn when it began raining ... and the umpires called time. After a delay of one hour and four minutes, the game was called and the score reverted back to the sixth inning, giving the Pirates a 2-1 victory. ... Nothing in the seventh counted for the Phils, as the rules state that a complete inning must be played, unless the home team is leading, when the game is called.
Rookie Jack Mayo homered for the Phils in the sixth inning and Granny Hamner singled to put the tying run on base, but the frame was washed out with the rain.
The second game was one of the most dramatic contests ever played at Shibe Park. It came to a finish with less than a minute before the 12:59 a.m. curfew
[Roy] Campanella doubled [ Snider to third]; fan interference; the Phillies protested the game because the fan reached out and they thought Roy Campanella should have been ruled out[.]
With one out and Duke Snider on first, Roy Campanella sent a long fly ball to left field which Dick Sisler apparently caught. Umpire Babe Pinelli, however, ruled that a fan had interfered with the ball and awarded Campanella a ground rule double. The Phils protested the decision.
The Brooklyn Dodgers got involved in another rhubarb, which is hardly news, as they beat the Phillies, 5-4, in a 10-inning night game in Brooklyn. In fact the Phils finished the game under protest after Umpire Babe Pinelli ruled Roy Campanella's 10th inning fly, apparently caught by Dick Sisler, a ground rule double for fan interference. That put men on second and third and Pee Wee Reese's single won the game.
The second game was halted at the close of the eighth inning under Pennsylvania's Sunday curfew law which forbids the start of an inning on Sunday after 6:45 p. m., Eastern daylight time. The umpires promptly announced that the game will be completed the next time the Giants visit Philadelphia. This was the first time such a ruling was issued. Previously games called under curfew laws were recorded as complete games.
It cost the Phillies part of their precious lead in the National League to observe the Sunday law to the letter yesterday. ... Under last year's rules, it would have been a victory for the Phils. The 1950 rules made the nightcap of a suspended game to be played off from the point of interruption the next time the teams meet. Thousands left Shibe Park believing the Phils had won. The public address announcer even named the winning and losing pitchers, but he corrected himself later.
[G]ame suspended for curfew; completed 7/5 with new umpires[.]
[I]n the previous game, Eddie Stanky had stood behind 2B and waved his arms each time Andy Seminick batted; the Phillies had protested this action as unsportsmanlike; crew chief Al Barlick tried to contact NL president Ford Frick before this game to ask for a ruling; Barlick talked with Giants manager Leo Durocher about this; Durocher agreed to have Stanky stop until Frick could rule on it, since there was nothing in the rule book about it; [in the bottom of the 2nd inning] Stanky waved his arms but froze in place [as] Sheldon Jones started his pitching motion. ... Andy Seminick struck Hank Thompson on the jaw with his elbow on an attempted tag at 3B; Thompson was knocked out[.] ... [In the bottom of the 4th inning,] Eddie Stanky ejected by 2B umpire Lon Warneke for waving his arms to distract Andy Seminick; Durocher had called off the prohibition after Seminick hurt Hank Thompson; Seminick threw his bat onto the diamond after the second pitch and Stanky was tossed for 'conduct detrimental to baseball'; Durocher protested the game[.] ... Andy Seminick slid hard into Bill Rigney; the two started a fight, both benches cleared and a melle erupted; Seminick and Rigney ejected by 2B umpire Lon Warneke[.]
The umpires asked Durocher to make Stanky cease and desist until they could get an official ruling from Frick. This Durocher did until Seminick slid into Giant Third-baseman Hank Thompson, knocking the latter out. Durocher promptly called off the truce and Stanky was just as promptly thrown out. The Giants lost the game, 5-4, and Durocher protested the contest.
The Cubs and Phils tied, 4-4, in their nightcap, called after 11 innings because of darkness. They will play it off in a double header today. The deadlock could not have occurred because of darkness anywhere else in the major leagues, since the Cub park in the only one without lights. Under new rules now in effect, all games are to be played to their conclusion except where curfew ordinances halt them.