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1950 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1950
league	American League
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Ellis Ryan
general_managers	Hank Greenberg
managers	Lou Boudreau
television	WXEL
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)
radio	WERE
(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley)

(Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley) (Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley) |}} The 1950 Cleveland Indians season was the 50th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 92–62, six games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason

December 5, 1949: Grant Dunlap was drafted from the Indians by the St. Louis Browns in the 1949 minor league draft.
February 17, 1950: Satchel Paige was released by the Indians.

Regular season

In 1950, the Cleveland Indians became the first Major League Baseball franchise to use a bullpen car. Rookie Al Rosen led the American League in home runs with 37.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 3, 1950: Mike Tresh was released by the Indians.
May 11, 1950: Grant Dunlap was returned to the Indians by the St. Louis Browns.
June 14, 1950: Mickey Vernon was traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Dick Weik.

Roster

1950 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	131	415	91	.219	14	58
1B	141	540	151	.280	28	107
2B	119	368	87	.236	19	57
SS	109	365	110	.301	7	58
3B	155	554	159	.287	37	116
OF	146	540	157	.291	9	54
OF	142	503	164	.326	25	102
OF	130	506	156	.308	3	49

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
81	260	70	.269	1	29
80	201	60	.299	1	21
59	163	35	.215	6	21
55	139	38	.273	1	13
57	101	18	.178	1	7
28	90	17	.189	0	10
12	34	6	.176	1	1
7	9	3	.333	1	1
4	5	2	.400	0	3

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
44	288.0	23	11	3.84	170
35	247.0	16	11	3.43	119
32	213.2	18	8	3.20	143
33	184.0	11	11	3.86	76
1	9.0	1	0	2.00	4

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
	31	113.1	10	7	3.65	43
	14	45.1	1	3	6.15	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
36	4	2	4	3.57	26
33	4	2	4	3.96	15
29	0	1	1	4.18	11
28	3	3	4	3.74	27
12	0	0	0	4.97	14
11	1	3	0	3.81	16

Awards and honors

Al Rosen, American League leader, home runs (37)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilkes-Barre

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunlagr01.shtml Grant Dunlap] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/paigesa01.shtml Satchel Paige] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Lukas, Paul. (October 19, 2007). "Lukas: Long live the bullpen car - ESPN Page 2". Espn.com.
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 346, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treshmi01.shtml Mike Tresh] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vernomi01.shtml Mickey Vernon] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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