1950 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers struggled for much of the season, but still wound up pushing the Philadelphia Phillies to the last day of the season before falling two games short. Following the season, Branch Rickey was replaced as majority owner/team president by Walter O'Malley, who promptly fired manager Burt Shotton and replaced him with Chuck Dressen. Buzzie Bavasi was also hired as the team's first independent General Manager.
Vin Scully joined the Dodgers' radio and television crew as a play-by-play announcer in 1950; in 2016, Scully entered his 67th consecutive season with the club, the longest such tenure in the history of sports broadcasting, that season was the first wherein his voice, as well as of Red Barber's, was broadcast on television station WOR-TV, making the Dodgers the last New York City MLB team to introduce regular television broadcasts, 11 years following the first broadcasts of 1939.

Offseason

October 1, 1949: Danny O'Connell was traded by the Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and cash. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Jack Cassini to the Dodgers on October 11.
October 4, 1949: Sam Jethroe and Bob Addis were traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Don Thompson, Dee Phillips and Al Epperly.
October 14, 1949: Marv Rackley was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.
October 14, 1949: Paul Minner and Preston Ward were purchased from the Dodgers by the Chicago Cubs.
November 4, 1949: Hank Schenz was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 14, 1949: Dick Whitman was purchased from the Dodgers by the Philadelphia Phillies.
December 24, 1949: Luis Olmo was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Braves for Jim Russell, Ed Sauer and cash.
Prior to 1950 season
*John Glenn was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.
*Glenn Cox was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.
Regular season

During the season, Duke Snider had a hitting streak of 22 games Another highlight was on August 31, when Gil Hodges hit four home runs in one game, becoming the first player in the 20th century to do so in his home park.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 10, 1950: Willie Ramsdell was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.
May 17, 1950: Spider Jorgensen was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants.
July 30, 1950: Glen Moulder was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Lindell.
September 10, 1950: Harry Taylor was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Red Sox.
Opening Day lineup

Roster

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		126	437	123	.281	31	89
1B		153	561	159	.283	32	113
2B		144	518	170	.328	14	81
SS		141	531	138	.260	11	52
3B		119	451	116	.257	8	44
OF		152	620	199	.321	31	107
OF		94	289	86	.298	7	34
OF		153	620	189	.305	18	106

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
	77	214	49	.229	10	32
	67	199	45	.226	7	21
	50	142	26	.183	8	16
	34	111	23	.207	3	12
	48	86	25	.291	8	20
	51	76	19	.250	2	10
	38	44	9	.205	0	4
	10	6	1	.167	0	0
	5	6	1	.167	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	1

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
	40	267.1	19	11	3.70	130
	36	250.2	19	11	3.30	125
	22	103	7	6	4.72	50

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
	43	201.1	13	8	3.58	131
	43	142	7	9	4.69	100
	41	129.1	9	4	5.50	96
	20	72.2	5	4	5.33	28
	23	68.2	2	2	4.59	29
	16	41.1	4	4	4.35	15
	12	33.1	1	3	4.86	21
	3	6.1	0	0	5.68	8

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
	20	2	1	0	6.42	23
	10	0	0	0	7.82	2
	7	0	0	1	8.10	5
	5	0	0	0	5.00	3
	5	1	2	1	2.84	2
	2	0	0	0	0.00	2
	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
	1	0	0	0	13.50	2

Awards and honors

1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
*Roy Campanella starter
*Jackie Robinson starter
*Gil Hodges reserve
*Don Newcombe reserve
*Pee Wee Reese reserve
*Preacher Roe reserve
*Duke Snider reserve
TSN Major League All-Star Team
*Jackie Robinson
Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings

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