The following are thebaseball events of the year1950 throughout the world.

• World Series:New York Yankees overPhiladelphia Phillies (4–0)
• All-Star Game, July 11 atComiskey Park: National League, 4–3 (14 innings)

• All-American Girls Professional Baseball League:Rockford Peaches
• Amateur World Series:Cuba
• College World Series:Texas
• FirstJapan Series:Mainichi Orions overShochiku Robins (4–2)
• Little League World Series: North Austin Lions,Austin, Texas
• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 5–3

• Cuban League:Alacranes del Almendares
• Mexican Pacific League:Tacuarineros de Culiacán
• Panamanian League:Carta Vieja Yankees
• Puerto Rican League:Criollos de Caguas
• Venezuelan League:Navegantes del Magallanes

• Caribbean Series:Carta Vieja Yankees
• Interamerican Series:Cerveceria Caracas

• Most Valuable Player
  • American League:Phil Rizzuto (NYY)
  • National League:Jim Konstanty (PHI)
• Rookie of the Year
  • American League:Walt Dropo (BOS)
  • National League:Sam Jethroe (BSN)
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Phil Rizzuto (NYY)
• The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
  • American League:Bob Lemon (CLE)
  • National League:Jim Konstanty (PHI)
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Red Rolfe (DET)

v t e American League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road New York Yankees 98 56 .636 — 53‍–‍24 45‍–‍32 Detroit Tigers 95 59 .617 3 50‍–‍30 45‍–‍29 Boston Red Sox 94 60 .610 4 55‍–‍22 39‍–‍38 Cleveland Indians 92 62 .597 6 49‍–‍28 43‍–‍34 Washington Senators 67 87 .435 31 35‍–‍42 32‍–‍45 Chicago White Sox 60 94 .390 38 35‍–‍42 25‍–‍52 St. Louis Browns 58 96 .377 40 27‍–‍47 31‍–‍49 Philadelphia Athletics 52 102 .338 46 29‍–‍48 23‍–‍54

Red Sox White Sox   Indians Tigers Athletics Browns Yankees Senators Locations of teams for the 1942–1953American League seasons American League

v t e National League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Philadelphia Phillies 91 63 .591 — 48‍–‍29 43‍–‍34 Brooklyn Dodgers 89 65 .578 2 48‍–‍30 41‍–‍35 New York Giants 86 68 .558 5 44‍–‍32 42‍–‍36 Boston Braves 83 71 .539 8 46‍–‍31 37‍–‍40 St. Louis Cardinals 78 75 .510 12½ 48‍–‍28 30‍–‍47 Cincinnati Reds 66 87 .431 24½ 38‍–‍38 28‍–‍49 Chicago Cubs 64 89 .418 26½ 35‍–‍42 29‍–‍47 Pittsburgh Pirates 57 96 .373 33½ 33‍–‍44 24‍–‍52

Braves Dodgers Cubs Reds Giants Phillies Pirates Cardinals Locations of teams for the 1943–1952National League seasons National League

• January 10 –R. R. M. Carpenter Jr., the 34-year-old owner of thePhiladelphia Phillies, announces that his team is abandoning its six-year-old attempt to rebrand itself as thePhiladelphia Blue Jays. Returning whole-heartedly to their original moniker, in use since 1885, the 1950 Phillies will deck themselves out in red-pinstriped home uniforms with bright red caps, sweatshirts and socks, andPhillies in red script across their shirtfronts.
• January 31 – In perhaps the most prominent and controversial amateur free agent signing of the era, thePittsburgh Pirates sign southpaw pitching phenomPaul Pettit, 18, out of a suburbanLos Angeles high school for a record-setting $100,000 bonus. Of that total, $85,000 buys out a Hollywood film producer who had acquired the rights to Pettit's life story. At the behest of "jilted" MLB clubs, the office ofCommissioner of BaseballHappy Chandler conducts an investigation that clears the Pirates of any wrongdoing.^[1]

• February 9 – TheChicago White Sox acquire veteran catcher and native ChicagoanPhil Masi, 34, from thePittsburgh Pirates in a cash transaction.
• February 10 – TheCincinnati Reds sell pitcherJohnny Vander Meer, 35, to theChicago Cubs for an undisclosed amount of cash. In1938‚ Vander Meer became the first pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutiveno-hitters, displaying his mastery over theBoston Bees (June 11) and theBrooklyn Dodgers (June 15), setting a record that still stands today.
• February 14 – TheChicago Cubs hireWid Matthews as director of player personnel andde factogeneral manager. Matthews, 54, is a long-time associate ofBranch Rickey's and most recently was the Midwest scouting supervisor of Rickey'sBrooklyn Dodgers. He succeedsCharlie Grimm, who returns to uniform as manager of theDallas Eagles of theDouble-ATexas League.^[2]
• February 17 – TheCleveland Indians release pitcherLeroy "Satchel" Paige. The 43-year-old pitching great from the Negro leagues appeared in 52 games for Cleveland after joining the team in July 1948, fashioned a 10–8record and 2.78earned run average, with four complete games, two shutouts and six saves over 1½ seasons, and won a1948 World Series ring.
• February 27 – In a tie-breaking game,Carta Vieja pitcherChet Brewer defeatsPuerto Rico'sCaguas, 9–3, to givePanama the title in the1950 Caribbean Series. Panama third basemanJoe Tuminelli, who hit two home runs and drove in six runs, is named Most Valuable Player.

• March 22 – Engineers fromGeneral Electric demonstrate an "electronicumpire" at theBrooklyn Dodgers' spring camp inVero Beach, Florida. Along with calling balls and strikes, the device is designed to calculate the speed of pitchers' offerings.^[3]
• March 26 – TheNew York Giants purchase the contract of pitcherJack Kramer from theBoston Red Sox. Kramer, 32, is in the twilight of a 12-year MLB career that saw him help pitch the1944 St. Louis Browns to theAmerican Leaguepennant (17 wins, 2.49ERA), post a stellar 1–0 (0.00 ERA) record in 11 innings in the1944 World Series, and go 18–5 for the second-place1948 Bosox.

• April 11 – TheTexas League Opening Day between theDallas Eagles andTulsa Oilers is staged at theCotton Bowl. Hall of Fame membersFrank Baker‚Ty Cobb‚Mickey Cochrane‚Dizzy Dean‚Charlie Gehringer,Travis Jackson andTris Speaker are featured. The regular Dallas Eagles team takes to the field after Dean throws out the first pitch. 53‚578 fans‚ by then the largest paid crowd in minor-league history‚ enthusiastically enjoy the exhibition.
• April 18:
  • PresidentHarry Truman throws out two balls at the traditional Presidential Opener atGriffith Stadium – one left-handed and the other right-handed. The game marks 87-year-oldConnie Mack's Golden Anniversary season as manager of the visitingPhiladelphia Athletics, who have made a major off-season trade looking to build upon their promising1949 campaign and return to contention, and added gold trim to their uniforms in Mack's honor.^[4] However, the homestandingWashington Senators get the Athletics' season off on a sour note, scoring five first-inning runs and ultimately dealing Mack an 8–7 defeat.^[5]
  • TheBoston Braves become the fifth of the 16 MLB teams to break thebaseball color line with the debut of fleet centerfielderSam Jethroe. At thePolo Grounds‚ Jethroe goes 2-for-4‚ including a home run, to lead the Braves to an 11–4 beating of theNew York Giants behind winning pitcherWarren Spahn. Jethroe will be selected 1950'sNational League Rookie of the Year after leading the Senior Circuit with 35stolen bases.
  • Billy Martin, later to become one of baseball's most controversial figures as a player and eventual manager, makes his major league debut at age 21, getting hits in both of his at bats, and scoring a run, anddriving in three for theNew York Yankees in a 15–10 win over theBoston Red Sox atFenway Park's Opening Day.^[6] The Yanks overcome a 10–4 Boston lead with a nine-run eighth inning.^[7]
  • Vin Scully makes his debut as a broadcaster for theBrooklyn Dodgers, calling two innings of the team's 9–1 loss to thePhiladelphia Phillies atShibe Park. Scully will retire from broadcasting after a 67-year tenure, the longest (as of2024) for any baseball broadcaster.
  • The first night Opening Day game in major league history is played atSportsman's Park in St. Louis, with theCardinals defeating thePirates 4–2‚ behind the six-hit pitching ofGerry Staley.Stan Musial andRed Schoendienst contribute with a home run each for the winners.
  • Third basemanKen Keltner, 33, is released by theCleveland Indians. Best known for his stellar defensive plays that haltedJoe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak on July 17, 1941, he further cemented himself in Cleveland lore by catching the final, game-clinching out of the1948 World Series. TheBoston Red Sox immediately sign Keltner as a free agent, then use him sparingly until releasing him for good on June 6.
• April 27 – TheSt. Louis Cardinals deal left-handerKen "Hook" Johnson to thePhiladelphia Phillies for outfielderJohnny Blatnik. Johnson, 27 and known for hiscurveball, threw a one-hitter for the Redbirds in his first MLB start on September 27, 1947, but his career has been marred bycontrol problems.^[8]
• April 30 – InSt. Louis, southpawsHarry Brecheen of theCardinals andJohnny Schmitz of the visitingChicago Cubs battle into the bottom of the 13th inning without allowing a run. Then, with one out, catcherDel Rice blasts a home run to give the Cardinals the 1–0 victory. Rice's game-winner is only the fourth hit of the day off Schmitz; meanwhile, Brecheen fans eight Cubbies.^[9]

• May 2 – Just recalled fromTriple-A to fill in for injured first basemanBilly Goodman, lanky rookieWalt Dropo is two-for-two in a 6–2Boston Red Sox victory over theCleveland Indians atFenway Park. Dropo, 27, immediately becomes a Bosox regular; he goes on to co-lead theAmerican League inruns batted in (144, tied with teammateVern Stephens), slug 34 homers, bat .322, start for the AL in theAll-Star Game, and win his circuit'sRookie of the Year Award. Goodman, meanwhile, returns to the Bosox lineup May 22 as a second baseman and later moves to the outfield—gaining enoughplate appearances to win the AL batting title (.354).
• May 4 – Thesecond-divisionChicago White Sox enjoy a rare feast in theNew York Yankees' home ballyard, collecting 23 hits and shutting out the Bombers, 15–0, inthe Bronx.Bob Cain tosses a five-hitter,Jim Busby andGus Zernial each lash four safeties, andHank Majeski belts his third homer of 1950. Uncharacteristically, the Yankees are charged with four errors.^[10]
• May 6 – Five differentBoston Braves—Bob Elliott,Sid Gordon,Willard Marshall,Luis Olmo andEarl Torgeson—hit home runs in a 15–11 trouncing of theCincinnati Reds, and the Braves set aNational League record of 13 home runs in three consecutive games‚ breaking the mark of 12 set by theNew York Giants from July 1–3‚ 1947.Grady Hatton andRon Northey hit consecutive homers for the Reds in a losing cause.
• May 8 – TheWashington Senators deal outfielderClyde Vollmer to theBoston Red Sox for shortstopMerl Combs and outfielderTommy O'Brien.
• May 9 –Ralph Kiner of thePittsburgh Pirates hits his secondgrand slam in three days—and the eighth of his career—then adds a three-run homer to drive in seven runs, as the Pirates beat theBrooklyn Dodgers, 10–5.
• May 10 – The last-placeCincinnati Reds (5–13) make three deals, trading catcherWalker Cooper to theBoston Braves for infielderConnie Ryan, purchasing the contract of pitcherWillie Ramsdell from theBrooklyn Dodgers, and selling infielderJimmy Bloodworth to thePhiladelphia Phillies.
• May 11 – After he misplays a ball in theFenway Park outfield, Red Sox fans booTed Williams. He reacts by making an obscene gesture three times, once to the fans in right field, next to those in center, and finally to fans along the left-field line. The boos continue when Williams comes to bat, driving him to leave the batter's box and spit toward a group of booing fans near home plate.^[11] The Red Sox (now 14–9) drop a doubleheader to theDetroit Tigers (12–5) and fall out of first place; they trail Detroit by a full game in theAmerican League standings.^[12]
• May 12 – One day after his outburst,Williams issues an apology to Red Sox fans.
• May 15:
  • TheRed Sox unconditionally and unceremoniously release the only Black player in their organization,Piper Davis, from theirScranton affiliate after he plays only 15 games. Davis, 33, is leading the team—which is 2–13 and last in theClass A Eastern League—in doubles (four), home runs (three), and runs batted in (ten), with abatting average of .333.^[13] "What does a player have to do to make the grade?" a frustrated Davis asks a local sportswriter.^[14]Tom Yawkey's Red Sox will take nine more years before breaking thebaseball color line.
  • TheNew York Yankees sell the contracts of two players—one to eachSt. Louis franchise: theBrowns obtain right-handed pitcherCuddles Marshall and theCardinals get outfielder/sometime pitcherJohnny Lindell.
• May 17 – The arch-rivalNew York Giants andBrooklyn Dodgers make a rare deal with each other, with the Giants purchasing the contract of third basemanSpider Jorgensen. The Giants also sell 38-year-old veteran catcherRay Mueller, famous as the "Iron Man" for his prodigious "most consecutive games caught" record set during the mid-1940s, to thePittsburgh Pirates.
• May 26:
  • ThePhiladelphia Athletics, whose season began with the hope of pennant contention inConnie Mack's 50th year as manager, compound their on-field woes—they've dropped 21 of their first 32American League games—with severe dissension among the Mack family itself.^[15] Mack's younger son Connie Jr. and Ben Macfarland (a member of theShibe family), along with Mack's wife, are arrayed in one ownership faction, while Mack's older sonsRoy andEarle by his first marriage form the opposition. Today, the Connie Jr./Macfarland tandem engineer the removal of Earle Mack as the club's assistant manager and heir apparent to Connie Sr., and nameBaseball Hall of Fame former catcherMickey Cochrane general manager and head of the front office, whileJimmy Dykes is elevated from coach to assistant manager. Roy and Earle Mack, who remain co-owners, begin planning to buy out their half-brother, stepmother and Macfarland and regain control of the team. To do so, they will go into debt that will seriously hamper their efforts to keep the club solvent in coming years.^[4]
  • The 8–22Chicago White Sox, lodged in last place in the American League, replace managerJack Onslow with coachRed Corriden, who will handle the club for the remainder of 1950.
• May 31 – TheWhite Sox andWashington Senators make a six-player trade, with Chicago sending pitcherRay Scarborough, first basemanEddie Robinson and second basemanAl Kozar to Washington for pitcherBob Kuzava, second basemanCass Michaels and outfielderJohnny Ostrowski.

• June 2 – TheDetroit Tigers' futureHall-of-Fame third basemanGeorge Kellhits for the cycle in a 16–2 crushing of thePhiladelphia Athletics atShibe Park.^[16] Kell's is the first of five "cycles" in the major leagues this season, most since1940.
  • Others to hit for the cycle in 1950 are: thePittsburgh Pirates'Ralph Kiner, another future Hall of Famer, June 25 againstBrooklyn atEbbets Field;Roy Smalley of theChicago Cubs, June 28 against theCardinals atWrigley Field;Elmer Valo of the Athletics, August 2 against theWhite Sox atComiskey Park; andHoot Evers of the Tigers, September 7 againstCleveland atBriggs Stadium.^[17]
• June 7 – TheChicago Cubs deal veteran catcherBob Scheffing to theCincinnati Reds for outfielderRon Northey.
• June 7–8 – Burying theAmerican League's cellar-dwellers under an avalanche of runs, the third-placeBoston Red Sox rout theSt. Louis Browns 20–4^[18] and 29–4^[19] in successive days atFenway Park. The Red Sox mash 51 hits over the two games, including 12 home runs.Baseball Hall of Fame second basemanBobby Doerr slugs three homers and drives in eight in the June 8 contest. Boston sets an MLB record that day forextra-base hits in a nine-inning game (17). Their 29 runs scored remains in the record books until theTexas Rangers tally 30 against the Browns' successor franchise, theBaltimore Orioles, in2007.
• June 14 – First basemanMickey Vernon is traded by theCleveland Indians to his original team, theWashington Senators, for pitcherDick Weik.
• June 15:
  • TheNew York Yankees obtain pitchersTom Ferrick andJoe Ostrowski and third basemanLeo Thomas from theSt. Louis Browns for pitchersDon Johnson andDuane Pillette, second basemanSnuffy Stirnweiss, outfielderJim Delsing, and $50,000. Reliever Ferrick will contribute eight wins and ninesaves to the Yankees' pennant drive, then capture one of the Yanks' four victories in their sweep of the1950 World Series.
  • Left-handerBilly Pierce one-hits theYankees in a 5–0Chicago White Sox victory atComiskey Park. New York third basemanBilly Johnson spoils Pierce's no-hit bit with a fifth-inning single.

• June 18 – TheCleveland Indians score 14 runs in the bottom of the first inning and overwhelm the visitingPhiladelphia Athletics, 21–2, to sweep a doubleheader againstConnie Mack's hapless squad. Cleveland makes only six first-inning hits (although one of them isRay Boone's three-run bomb) but takes advantage of sevenwalks issued byLou Brissie andCarl Scheib.^[20]
• June 20 – FormerBirmingham Black Barons centerfielderWillie Mays, 19, is signed by theNew York Giants as an amateur free agent. He makes his minor league debut with theClass BTrenton Giants on June 24 atMunicipal Stadium inHagerstown, Maryland against theHagerstown Braves. Mays will collect 179hits in 455at bats (.393), with 38doubles, 11triples, 18home runs, and 88runs scored in 116 total games in less than a calendar year in the minors before hisNational League debut on May 25, 1951.
• June 22:
  • An ailingJoe McCarthy, manager of theBoston Red Sox, arrives at hisWestern New York farm for a rest after being confined to his hotel room inChicago since June 18 with an illness reported to be "influenza" and "pleurisy."^[21] Tomorrow, McCarthy will officially step down as the Bosox' manager and end his legendary career. "Marse Joe", 63, retires with a record of 2,125–1,333–29 for an all-time-best .615winning percentage, including sevenWorld Series championships and eightAmerican League pennants during his tenure (1931 through May 23, 1946) with theNew York Yankees. He previously had won aNational League flag in 1929 with theChicago Cubs. McCarthy, whose two full seasons with the Red Sox produced frustrating, second place finishes thanks to end-of-season losses, is replaced inFenway Park's home dugout by coachSteve O'Neill, himself a veteran manager.
  • Insurance executiveH. Gabriel Murphy becomes the second-largest shareholder in theWashington Senators when he acquires 40.4% of the team's stock fromJohn Jachym. Murphy is an ally of chief stockholder (at 44%) and team presidentClark Griffith, and his purchase ensures that Griffith will remain in control of the franchise he has operated since1912. However, in1960, Murphy will file suit in federal court against Clark Griffith's nephew and successor,Calvin, in a futile attempt to keep the Senators from moving toMinneapolis–Saint Paul.
• June 23 – Eleven home runs are struck in today's 10–9 victory for theDetroit Tigers over theNew York Yankees atBriggs Stadium. Detroit, the winning side, slugs five of them, but are out-homered by the visiting Yanks.Hoot Evers andHank Bauer trade two-homer days.^[22]
• June 24
  • ThePhiladelphia Phillies top theChicago Cubs, 5–4, on a pair of two-run home runs by shortstopGranny Hamner and catcherAndy Seminick. The energeticWhiz Kids now trail theBrooklyn Dodgers by a game.^[23]
  • AtEbbets Field, a curfew suspends today's game between theDodgers andPittsburgh Pirates in the bottom of the eighth inning, with Brooklyn in the midst of a five-run uprising that gives them a 19–12 lead. The game will be completed August 1, with the Dodgers adding two more runs to ultimately defeat the Bucs, 21–12, on the strength of 25 hits.^[24]
• June 25 – TheKorean War begins not even five years after the end ofWorld War II; in baseball there is immediate concern over a potential large-scale conscription of players into the military, as in the previous decade. The Korean conflict's impact will be most keenly felt this season by thePhillies, who will lose the services of starting pitcherCurt Simmons for the last three weeks of September and the1950 World Series when hisNational Guard unit is mobilized.^[25] Simmons, 21, departs for active duty with a record of17–8 (3.40) with 11 complete games in 27 starts.

• July 1 – The first-placePhiladelphia Phillies defeat theBrooklyn Dodgers, 6–4, behind unbeaten rookie right-handerBob Miller, 24, who improves to 7–0 on the season. "Fireman"Jim Konstanty earns his ninth save.
• July 2 –Cleveland Indians greatBob Feller wins his 200th major league game, 5–3, over theDetroit Tigers.
• July 8 – AtForbes Field,pinch-hitterJack Phillips hits agrand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to give thePittsburgh Pirates a come-from-behind, 7–6 victory over theSt. Louis Cardinals. Phillips' shot comes offHarry Brecheen, and he becomes the first pinch-hitter to belt awalk-off grand slam in major league history.Ralph Kiner andStan Rojek also homer for the Pirates, whileCliff Chambers is the winning pitcher.Red Schoendienst of the Cardinals is 5-for-5 in a lost cause.
• July 9 – TheAll–Star break sees the Philadelphia Phillies (44–29–2) a game in front of theSt. Louis Cardinals (43–30), two ahead of theBoston Braves (42–31–2), and 4½ up on theBrooklyn Dodgers (38–32–1) in theNational League; in theJunior Circuit, theDetroit Tigers (49–26–1) hold a three-game edge on theNew York Yankees (47–30) and a 4½-game margin on theCleveland Indians (46–32).
• July 10 – TheNew York Giants find a gem on thewaiver wire, acquiring right-handerJim Hearn from theSt. Louis Cardinals. Hearn, 29, will immediately earn a place in the Giants' starting rotation, throw five shutouts in only three months (to lead allNational League pitchers in 1950), then win 17 games in1951 to help New York take the NL pennant.
• July 11 –Ted Williams fractures his left elbow in theAll–Star Game when he crashes intoComiskey Park's left-field wall successfully chasing downRalph Kiner's long fly. Williams does not return until September 7 and he willhit "only" .317, a career-low to this point, in 89 games during 1950. The NL All-Stars take the game, 4–3, onRed Schoendienst's 14th-inning homer offTed Gray.
• July 18:
  • There's a mid-July logjam at the top of the National League standings: theBoston Braves,Philadelphia Phillies andSt. Louis Cardinals are all 46–34 (.575) and the fourth-placeBrooklyn Dodgers (43–34) are only 1½ games back.
  • ThePittsburgh Pirates' ownership reorganizes whenJohn W. Galbreath becomes majority owner, succeedingFrank E. McKinney, who divests himself of his interest.Bing Crosby andThomas P. Johnson remain minority partners. The original four-man group, led by McKinney, bought the franchise from the heirs ofBarney Dreyfuss in August 1946. Galbreath and his family will direct the fortunes of the Bucs until 1985.
• July 19 – TheNew York Yankees purchase the contracts of pitcherFrank Barnes and catcherElston Howard from theKansas City Monarchs of theNegro American League.
• July 20 – ThePhiladelphia Athletics send high-priced 1949 acquisitionBob Dillinger to thePittsburgh Pirates onwaivers. Third baseman Dillinger is batting .309 with 110 hits in 84 games, but has angered Philadelphia managerConnie Mack with his indifferent play on defense.^[26]
• July 23 –Sheldon Jones of theNew York Giants throws 72⁄3 innings of hitless ball against theChicago Cubs atWrigley Field beforeRube Walker singles for the Cubs' only safety of the game. Jones gets the complete-game shutout, 3–0.^[27]
• July 25 – By sweeping a doubleheader atShibe Park, 7–0 and 1–0, against theCubs, thePhiladelphia Phillies take over undisputed possession of first place in the National League race, a half-game in front of theSt. Louis Cardinals.Bubba Church andRobin Roberts spin the pair of shutouts, allowing nine total hits.

• August 2 – TheCleveland Indians sever ties withGene Bearden, releasing him onwaivers to theWashington Senators. As a rookie in1948, left-hander Bearden pitched the Tribe to anAmerican Leaguepennant andWorld Series championship. But, less than two years after his triumphant season, the "phenom" has become a journeyman: he'll see service with the Senators,St. Louis Browns,Detroit Tigers andChicago White Sox before exiting the majors after the1953 season.
• August 3 – The AL-leadingTigers add to their pitching staff by purchasing the contract of veteran right-handerHank Borowy, 34, from thePittsburgh Pirates. Detroit currently holds a two-game edge over theNew York Yankees.
• August 6 – AtComiskey Park,Boston Red SoxpitcherEllis Kinder hits agrand slam offChicago White Sox aceBilly Pierce. Kinder collects sixRBI, and his slam comes after an intentionalwalk toBirdie Tebbetts. Kinder also stops White Sox rookieChico Carrasquel's hitting streak at 24 games. In the nightcap, pitcherJoe Dobson allows seven hits and the Red Sox win‚ 4–3‚ to sweep Chicago.
• August 11 – AtBraves Field,Vern Bickford of theBoston Braves pitches a 7–0no-hitter over theBrooklyn Dodgers. Bickford walks four, including two in the ninth, but is bailed out whenDuke Snider bounces into a game-ending double play.^[28]
• August 15 –Ed "Whitey" Ford, a 21-year-old left-hander recalled fromTriple-AKansas City in late June, tosses a three-hitter for the first shutout and complete game of what will be aHall-of-Fame career, and earns theNew York Yankees a split of their doubleheader against theWashington Senators atGriffith Stadium. New York's 9–0 triumph kicks off a torrid, three-week stretch that sees the Bombers win 20 of 23 games, and gain first place in the American League on August 30.
• August 16 –New York Giants right-handerSal Maglie, in his first season back in the National League after a four-year absence caused by his defection to theMexican League and subsequent suspension, surrenders a mammoth, eighth-inning, three-run homer toGil Hodges that lands on the roof of thePolo Grounds' left-field grandstand. Then Maglie shuts downBrooklyn for the rest of the way to secure a 16–7 victory.^[29]
  • Maglie's recovery from Hodges' blast sets off the majors' longest consecutive scorelessinnings pitched streak of 1950. "Sal the Barber" does not allow a run for the next four weeks, hurling four complete-game shutouts and posting two frames of scoreless relief. Finally, on September 13, thePittsburgh Pirates will tally a run (onGus Bell's homer) in the seventh inning of Maglie's 3–1 four-hit victory to end his scoreless streak at 452⁄3 innings.^[17] Maglie, now 33, will go18–4 and lead NL hurlers inearned run average andwinning percentage in 1950.
  • In their second full season underLeo Durocher, the resurgent Giants will finish 86–68, in third place, five games in arrears of thePhiladelphia Phillies.
• August 28 –Roy andEarle Mack, elder sons ofConnie Mack, regain ownership control of thePhiladelphia Athletics by acquiring stock held by their half-brother, Connie Jr., their stepmother, and Ben Macfarland. To do so, they secure a $1.75 million loan from theConnecticut General Life Insurance Company in exchange for a mortgage onShibe Park and all concessions and rental income. They also announce that Connie Sr., 87, will continue as manager "indefinitely." However, servicing the loan will soon prove to be a fatal income drain that will doom the club's future inPhiladelphia.^[4][15]
• August 31 –Gil Hodges of theBrooklyn Dodgers becomes the sixth Major Leaguer to beltfour home runs in a single game. Hodges hits home runs off of four differentBoston Braves pitchers and finishes the game with nine runs batted in. Brooklyn trounces Boston, 19–3.

• September 2 – AtBraves Field, thePhiladelphia Phillies'Curt Simmons out-duelsBoston'sJohnny Sain, 2–0, for his 17th triumph of 1950, and the Phillies' 35th win in their last 48 games. Now 80–47, they maintain a seven-game lead over second-placeBrooklyn in theNational League.
• September 5 – TheNew York Yankees purchase the contract of outfielderJohnny Hopp from thePittsburgh Pirates.
• September 7:
  • With a tie of their own, theDetroit Tigers pull into a tie with theYankees for theAmerican League lead by battling theCleveland Indians to a 13–13 deadlock over ten innings before theBriggs Stadium contest is called due to darkness.Hoot Evers collects five hits andhits for the cycle. The stalemate gives Detroit an 82–48–3 (.631) record and a two-percentage-point lead over New York (83–49–1, .629), who lost today. The statistics (including Evers' feat) will stand, but the game will be replayed in full during Detroit's end-of-season home series against Cleveland.^[30]
  • TheSt. Louis Cardinals purchase the contract of outfielderPeanuts Lowrey from theCincinnati Reds.
• September 24 – Trailing theNew York Yankees by 1½ games with only eight to play, the second-placeTigers drop a back-breaking ten-inning game to the home-standingIndians, 2–1. The game, played under smoke-filled skies caused by forest fires blazing acrossLake Erie, is lost when Detroit catcherAaron Robinson fails to see his first baseman record an out onLuke Easter's grounder with the bases loaded. Thinking that aforce play is still in effect, when he gets the throw to execute a 3–2–3double play, Robinson touches home to "force" the incoming Cleveland baserunner,Bob Lemon. However, because the out at first base demanded that Robinson tag therunner, not the plate, Lemon is able to score the Indians' winning tally.^[31] The Tigers ultimately finish three games in arrears of the Yankees when the season ends a week later.
• September 25 – RookieWhitey Ford wins his ninth straight decision as a major-leaguer, hurling a complete game, 7–4 triumph for theYankees against theWashington Senators. Two days later, in relief against thePhiladelphia Athletics atShibe Park, Ford gives up a game-winning, two-run, ninth-inning homer toSam Chapman and suffers the first loss of his career.
• September 27 – Seventeen-year-oldHarry Chiti makes his MLB debut for the Chicago Cubs. Chiti's best remember for something that happened later in his career. He would become the first player in major league history traded for himself.
• September 30:
  • TheBrooklyn Dodgers pull within one game of the National League lead, winning 7–3 over thePhiladelphia Phillies in the first of a two-games series atEbbets Field.Duke Snider andRoy Campanella hit home runs for the Dodgers, asErv Palica (13–8) is the winning pitcher.Bob Miller (11–6) is the loser.
  • AtFenway Park, sixth-inning RBI hits byGene Woodling,Billy Martin andYogi Berra (a two-run homer) key an eventual 6–5 victory over theBoston Red Sox, and enable theNew York Yankees to claim their 17th AL pennant since1921.

• October 1:
  • AtEbbets Field, thePhiladelphia Phillies clinch theNational Leaguepennant on a tenth-inning, three-run home run by left fielderDick Sisler againstDon Newcombe, in a dramatic 4–1 victory over theBrooklyn Dodgers on the season's last day. An inside-the-park home run byPee Wee Reese accounts for the only Dodgers' run; a potential ninth-inning winning rally is quelled whenRichie Ashburn easily throws out Brooklyn baserunnerCal Abrams at home plate.Robin Roberts, making his third start in five days, earns his 20th victory of the season. It's only the second NL title in the Phils' 68-year-long history, and their first since1915.
  • AtComiskey Park,Gus Zernial of theChicago White Sox becomes the first player to hit three home runs in his team's final game of a regular season, doing so in the White Sox' 10–6 loss in the second game of a doubleheader against theSt. Louis Browns. Zernial will be joined byDick Allen in1968 andEvan Longoria in2012 as players to hit three home runs in their team's regular-season finale.
• October 7 – TheNew York Yankees defeat thePhiladelphia Phillies, 5–2, in Game 4 of theWorld Series to win undefeated their thirteenth world championship. The Phillies will not appear again in the postseason until1976, and they will not appear again in the World Series until they win it for the very first time in1980.
• October 8 – Former MLB catcherPaul Richards, 42, is named manager of theChicago White Sox. In 1950, Richards had led theTriple-ASeattle Rainiers to only a 96–104 record over the lengthyPacific Coast League season, but in Chicago he will turn around the on-field fortunes of the long-bedraggled franchise, posting a 342–265–6 (.563) mark and fourfirst-division finishes.
• October 10 – TheChicago Cubs acquire two first basemen from theBrooklyn Dodgers in exchange for outfielderHank Edwards and cash. One of them isDee Fondy, who will become the Cubs' regular first sacker. The other isChuck Connors, a Brooklyn native who will eventually become an actor and gain fame as the star of TV'sThe Rifleman.
• October 16 –Eddie Dyer, manager of theSt. Louis Cardinals sinceOpening Day 1946, resigns his post after a disappointing, fifth-place finish. He leaves with a 446–325–6 (.578) record over five seasons, with oneWorld Series championship. Dyer, 51, steps away from baseball and returns full-time to his successful business career inHouston.
• October 18 –Hall-of-FamerConnie Mack, 87, retires as manager of thePhiladelphia Athletics after 50 years at the helm—the only pilot the team has known since its founding in 1901. Assistant managerJimmy Dykes, 53, who played for "The Tall Tactician" between 1918 and 1932, then spent all or part of 13 seasons between 1934 and 1946 as manager of theChicago White Sox, is named Mack's successor. Mack, who retains the title of team president and his ownership stake, retires after having won nineAmerican Leaguepennants and fiveWorld Series championships over his half century with the Athletics; however, he compiled a losingwinning percentage (.484) over that time, and his Philadelphia teams finished last 17 times and were frequently in financial distress.^[32]
• October 26:
  • A seismic change occurs in theBrooklyn Dodgers' front office. One-quarter ownerWalter O'Malley announces thatBranch Rickey's contract as president and general manager will not be renewed, and that he has acquired Rickey's 25% interest to become principal owner, controlling 50% of the team's stock. O'Malley, 47, assumes the club presidency and promotes two Dodger executives to vice president:Montreal Royals' general managerBuzzie Bavasi, who will supervise the MLB Dodgers' baseball operations, and assistant minor league directorFresco Thompson, who will run the far-flung Brooklyn farm system. O'Malley thus triumphs in a long-running power struggle with Rickey over the Dodger organization.^[33][34]
  • Phil Rizzuto,New York Yankees' shortstop, wins theAmerican League MVP Award for 1950, capturing 16 of 23 first-place votes. VersatileBilly Goodman of theBoston Red Sox, the AL batting champ, is a distant second.
• October 27 –Joe Gordon's 11-year big league playing career ends when he's released by theCleveland Indians. The future Hall of Fame second baseman, 35, who won fiveWorld Series rings over that span, becomes theplayer-manager of theSacramento Solons of thePacific Coast League.

• November 2 –Philadelphia Phillies relief aceJim Konstanty is selected theNational League MVP for 1950. Appearing in a record 74 games, he won 16 games, saved 22 others, and started his team's firstWorld Series game in 45 years. The veteran 33-year-old moundsman amasses 18 of 24 first-place votes, and outpaces 3x former MVPStan Musial.
• November 3 – FutureBaseball Hall of Fame executiveBranch Rickey, forced out of theBrooklyn Dodgers' ownership suite and front office just a week earlier, becomes executive vice president and general manager of the last-placePittsburgh Pirates, succeedingRoy Hamey. Rickey, 68, is renowned for inventing thefarm system of player development and building theSt. Louis Cardinals into a perennial contender when he ran their front office from 1925 to 1942. Then, from 1943 to 1950, he worked to break thebaseball color line and built another leading-edge farm system with the Dodgers, who are poised to become aNational League dynasty.
• November 9 – After 2,422 games played (and 2,749 career hits) over his 21-season career, theChicago White Sox release veteranLuke Appling, 43, their long-time shortstop and two-timeAmerican Leaguebatting champion. "Ol' Aches and Pains" will be elected to theBaseball Hall of Fame in 1964, and the White Sox will eventually retire Appling's #4 uniform.
• November 10 – TheCleveland Indians change managers, replacing playing skipperLou Boudreau with former catcherAl López, 42, who had been managingTriple-AIndianapolis. Boudreau, 33, had led Cleveland to a 728–649–12 (.529) record over nine full seasons, including the1948 AL pennant and World Series championship. Eleven days later, the future Hall-of-Fame shortstop is unconditionally released at his own request. Then, on November 27, Boudreau signs a two-year playing contract with theBoston Red Sox worth an estimated $150,000.
• November 26 – TheGillette Safety Razor Co. signs a six-year deal, worth an estimated $6 million, with Major League Baseball for the television and radio rights for the World Series.
• November 28 –Brooklyn Dodgers majority ownerWalter O'Malley continues his house-cleaning as he namesPCL Oakland manager and former Brooklyn third-base coachChuck Dressen, 56, to replaceBurt Shotton as the Dodgers' skipper. Shotton, 66, a longtime associate of ousted Dodger presidentBranch Rickey, compiled a 326–215 record, with two NLpennants, between 1947 and 1950.
• November 29 – TheSt. Louis Cardinals fill their managerial opening when their stellar shortstop, seven-timeNL All-StarMarty Marion, hangs up his glove at age 33 and signs a one-year contract.

• December 5 –Mel Ott hires on for two years to fill theOakland Oaks managerial spot vacated byChuck Dressen. Ott last managed on July 15, 1948, his final game as skipper of theNew York Giants. He comes to thePacific Coast League having never played (or managed) a game inminor league baseball.
• December 10 – A quiet off-season trade market briefly stirs to life when theBoston Red Sox send pitchersJoe Dobson andDick Littlefield and outfielderAl Zarilla to theChicago White Sox for pitchersRay Scarborough andBill Wight.
• December 11 – Serious dissatisfaction withCommissioner of BaseballHappy Chandler's job performance unexpectedly surfaces at the MLB owners' meeting inSaint Petersburg, Florida. An early discussion of extending Chandler's contract (which expires April 30, 1952) reveals that only nine of the 16 clubs are in favor of retaining the former U.S. Senator fromKentucky. Three votes are then taken, with Chandler failing to gain more than nine "ayes". Chandler offers to quit immediately, then vows he will remain "to the last second of office". The owners then vote unanimously to begin searching for a new Commissioner while Chandler campaigns to keep his post.
• December 13 – TheBoston Red Sox sell the contract of veteran catcherBirdie Tebbetts to theCleveland Indians, and purchase backstopMike Guerra from thePhiladelphia Athletics. Tebbetts, 38, is coming off one of his best offensive seasons (.310 in 79 games), but he angered Boston management by publicly criticizing members of the Bosox pitching staff as "juvenile delinquents" and "moronic malcontents" after the season.^[35]
• December 28 – TheNew York Yankees release "Old Reliable," veteran outfielderTommy Henrich, 37, who won sixWorld Series rings and was selected to fiveAL All-Star teams during his 11 seasons with the Bombers.

• Kill the Umpire
• The Jackie Robinson Story

• January 3 –Bart Johnson
• January 6 –Roy Staiger
• January 7 –Ross Grimsley
• January 12 –Randy Jones
• January 13:
  • Bob Forsch
  • Mike Tyson
• January 18:
  • Marvin Lane
  • Bill Sharp
• January 19 –Jon Matlack
• January 24 –Ron Dunn
• January 26 –Mike Pazik
• January 28 –Larvell Blanks
• January 29 –John Fuller
• January 31 –Bob Apodaca

• February 1 –Don Castle
• February 2 –Dale Murray
• February 4 –Max León
• February 7 –Burt Hooton
• February 15:
  • Rick Auerbach
  • Larry Yount
• February 18 –Bruce Kison
• February 26 –Jack Brohamer

• March 2 –Pete Broberg
• March 5 –Doug Bird
• March 7 –J. R. Richard
• March 9:
  • Doug Ault
  • Wendell Kim
• March 14 –Dave McKay
• March 27:
  • Vic Harris
  • Lynn McGlothen
• March 30 –Grady Little

• April 2 –Milt Ramírez
• April 10 –Ken Griffey
• April 15 –Dick Sharon
• April 17 –Pedro García
• April 20:
  • Willie Prall
  • Milt Wilcox
• April 21 –Greg Harts
• April 25 –Bill Greif
• April 26 –Tom Norton
• April 28 –Jorge Roque
• April 29 –Bob Kaiser

• May 1 –Rich Troedson
• May 4:
  • Butch Alberts
  • Jack Baker
• May 8 –Lloyd Allen
• May 11 –Dane Iorg
• May 12 –Pat Darcy
• May 13:
  • Juan Beníquez
  • Bobby Valentine
• May 18 –Osamu Higashio
• May 21:
  • Bob Molinaro
  • Hank Webb
• May 25:
  • Glenn Borgmann
  • John Montefusco
• May 28 –Jim Cox
• May 31 –Tippy Martinez

• June 3 –Jim Dwyer
• June 7 –Richie Moloney
• June 10 –Elías Sosa
• June 13 –Bob Strampe
• June 14 –Bill Fahey
• June 19:
  • Rudy Arroyo
  • Fernando González
  • Duane Kuiper
  • Jim Slaton
• June 21 –Mike Beard
• June 26 –Dave Rosello
• June 28 –Chris Speier

• July 3 –Rob Ellis
• July 5 –Gary Matthews
• July 21 –Mike Cubbage
• July 23 –Joe Goddard

• August 1:
  • Milt May
  • Wayne Tyrone
• August 7 –Mike Poepping
• August 9 –Junior Kennedy
• August 13 –Rusty Gerhardt
• August 14 –Jim Mason
• August 15 –Tom Kelly
• August 17:
  • Larry Johnson
  • Dave Lemanczyk
• August 19 –Mike Phillips
• August 22 –Ray Burris
• August 25:
  • Dave Heaverlo
  • Stan Perzanowski
• August 28 –Ron Guidry
• August 29:
  • Doug DeCinces
  • George Zeber
• August 30:
  • Dave Chalk
  • Mike McQueen
  • Andy Merchant

• September 2 –Lamar Johnson
• September 4:
  • Doyle Alexander
  • Frank White
• September 15 –Dave Hilton
• September 19 –Buddy Schultz
• September 26 –Bill Moran
• September 29:
  • Jim Crawford
  • Ken Macha

• October 4 –Ed Halicki
• October 9 –Brian Downing
• October 10 –Terry Enyart
• October 13 –Dick Pole
• October 16:
  • Jeff Terpko
  • Hugh Yancy
• October 24 –Rawly Eastwick
• October 26:
  • Dave Coleman
  • Wayne Garland

• November 1 –Clint Compton
• November 7 –Willie Norwood
• November 12 –Bruce Bochte
• November 22:
  • Lyman Bostock
  • Greg Luzinski
• November 24:
  • John Balaz
  • George Throop
• November 26 –Jorge Orta
• November 27 –Bob Sheldon
• November 28 –Jim Fuller
• November 29:
  • Mike Easler
  • Otto Vélez
• November 30 –Craig Swan

• December 2 –Bob Kammeyer
• December 6 –Tim Foli
• December 7 –Rich Coggins
• December 12 –Gorman Thomas
• December 15:
  • Chuck Hockenbery
  • Mike Proly
• December 21 –Jim Wright
• December 22:
  • Tom Makowski
  • Tommy Sandt
• December 25 –Manny Trillo
• December 26:
  • Mario Mendoza
  • Mike Willis
• December 28 –Steve Lawson

• January 8 –Helene Robison Britton, 70, first woman to own a major league team when she inherited the St. Louis Cardinals from heruncle in 1911; sold Redbirds in 1917 to a local consortium that includedSam Breadon andBranch Rickey.
• January 14 –Bill Thomas, 72, outfielder for the 1902 Philadelphia Phillies.
• January 16 –Rudy Hulswitt, 72, shortstop who played for the Louisville Colonels, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals in parts of seven seasons spanning 1899–1910.
• January 17:
  • Jewel Ens, 60, backup infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1922 to 1925, who later managed (1929–1931) and served as a coach (1926–1929 and 1935–1939) for them; member of the1925 World Series champions and1927 National League champs; also coached for Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves; manager of Syracuse Chiefs of the International League from 1942 until his death.
  • Roy Sanders, 57, pitcher who played from 1917 to 1918 for the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates.
• January 26:
  • Chick Autry, 46, backup catcher who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox in part of six seasons spanning 1924–1930.
  • Tom Bannon, 80, backup first baseman and outfielder for the New York Giants in their 1895 and 1896 seasons.
• January 29 –Monroe Sweeney, 57, umpire who officiated in the National League between the 1924 and 1926 seasons.

• February 2 –John Butler, 70, backup catcher who played with the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Superbas in four seasons from 1901 to 1907, and later coached for the Chicago White Sox.
• February 3 –Dick Spalding, 56, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1927 season and the Washington Senators in 1928, who previously played the first two games in the history of theU.S. national soccer team and also competed in professional soccer for nearly fifteen years.
• February 5 –Ralph Shafer, 55, who appeared as apinch-runner in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1914 season.
• February 6 –Art Fletcher, 65, a player, coach and manager who participated in fourteen World Series––four as a smooth fielding shortstop for the New York Giants and ten as a base coach with the New York Yankees––earning nine series rings with the Yankees; led the National League for the mostassists in 1915 and from 1917 to 1919; manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1923 to 1926 and acting skipper of the Yankees in September 1929.
• February 10 –Charlie Roy, 65, pitcher for the 1906 Philadelphia Phillies.
• February 11:
  • Kiki Cuyler, 51, Hall of Fame outfielder with a strong throwing arm as well as a solid line-drive hitter in an 18-year career from 1921 to 1938, who collected a .321batting average with 2,299hits and led the Major Leagues instolen bases four times being a member of the National League pennant-winning Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs clubs, while leaving a definitive legacy when he hit a two-run, two-outdouble off Washington Senators pitcherWalter Johnson in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the1925 World Series for a 9–7 lead, clinching the series title for the Pirates;^[36] coach for Cubs (1941–1943) and Boston Red Sox (1949 until his death).
  • Hank Griffin, 63, pitcher who played from 1911 to 1912 for the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves.
  • Paul Meloan, 61, right fielder who played with the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns between 1910 and 1911.
• February 17 –Jack Dalton, 64, outfielder who became one of only a few players to see action in three different Major Leagues, while playing with the Brooklyn Superbas and Dodgers of the National League, as well as for the Buffalo Blues of the outlaw Federal League and the Detroit Tigers of the American League in part of four seasons spanning 1910–1916.

• March 5 –Effie Norton, 76, pitcher who played from 1896 to 1897 for the Washington Senators of the National League.
• March 7 –Joe Brown, 49, pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox in 1927.
• March 11 –William Gallagher, 76, shortstop and catcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1896.
• March 13 –George Young, 60,pinch-hitter who played in two games for the Cleveland Naps in 1913.
• March 16 –Nubs Kleinke, 38, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in part of two seasons from 1936 to 1938.
• March 22 –Slim Sallee, 65, pitcher who posted a lifetime mark of 174-143 and a 2.56ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants in span of 14 seasons from 1908 through 1921, helping Cincinnati clinch the1919 World Series and the Giants win theNational League pennant in 1917.
• March 24 –Bert Lewis, 54, pitcher for the 1924 Philadelphia Phillies.
• March 25 –Pussy Tebeau, 80, outfielder who played briefly for the Cleveland Spiders during the 1895 season.
• March 27 –Fred Frank, 77, outfielder for the 1898 Cleveland Spiders.
• March 28:
  • Henry Clarke, 74, pitcher for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897 and the Chicago Orphans in 1898, who also coached at college for theMichigan Wolverines baseball team, and later served as a Nebraska state legislator and railroad commissioner.
  • Ernie Ross, 69, Canadian pitcher who appeared in two games with theoriginal Baltimore Orioles of the American League in their 1902 season.

• April 2 –Doc Sechrist, 74, pitcher who played for the New York Giants in its 1899 season
• April 9 –John McDonald, 67, pitcher for the 1907 Washington Senators.
• April 11 –Dick McCabe, 54, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the 1918 season and the Chicago White Sox in 1922.
• April 19 –Dusty Miller, 73, outfielder for the 1902 Chicago Orphans of the National League.
• April 22 –Dave Pickett, 75, outfielder who played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1898.
• April 23:
  • Bill Hallman, 74, outfielder who played with the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox in part of four seasons between 1901 and 1907.
  • Dike Varney, 69, pitcher for the 1902 Cleveland Bronchos of the American League.
• April 25 –Offa Neal, 73, third baseman who appeared in four games with the New York Giants in 1905, and also spent 12 seasons in the Minor Leagues as a player, coach or manager.
• April 30 –Tom Niland, 80, outfielder for the 1896 St. Louis Browns of the National League.

• May 2 –Jo-Jo Morrissey, 46, infielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox in part of three seasons between 1932 and 1936.
• May 3 –Jim Galloway, 62, second baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1912 and served in World War I, then returned to baseball in 1920 to play ten more seasons, retiring in 1929 at the age 41.
• May 4 –Vince Molyneaux, 61, pitcher who played from 1917 to 1918 for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox.
• May 9 –Art Watson, 66, catcher who played from 1914 to 1915 for theBrooklyn Tip-Tops andBuffalo Blues clubs of the outlawFederal League.
• May 19 –Wattie Holm, 48, fourth outfielder who played with the St. Louis Cardinals in a span of seven seasons from 1924 to 1932, as well for the1926 World Champion Cardinals.
• May 23 –Ernie Groth, 65, pitcher for the 1904 Chicago Cubs.

• June 4:
  • Dan Griner, 62, pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Robins in all or part of seven seasons spanning 1912–1916.
  • Dean Sturgis, 57, backup catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1914 season.
• June 6 –Walt Thomas, 66, shortstop who appeared in six games for the 1908 Boston Doves of the National League.
• June 8 –Ledell Titcomb, 83, pitcher who played with four teams in the National League and American Association in four seasons from 1886 to 1890, sporting a record of 30-28 with a 3.47ERA in 63 games, while pitching ano-hitter against theSyracuse Stars in 1890.^[37]
• June 28 –Mutz Ens, 65, first baseman who played for the Chicago White Sox in its 1912 season.
• June 30:
  • Paul Fitzke, 49, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in 1924, who also played in theNational Football League for theFrankford Yellow Jackets in 1925.
  • Joe Lake, 69, pitcher who played from 1908 through 1913 for the New York Highlanders, St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs.

• July 2 –Joe Gormley, 83, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1891 National League season.
• July 3 –Ed Donalds, 67, pitcher who played briefly for the Cincinnati Reds in 1912.
• July 5 –Joe Sargent, 56, middle infielder and third baseman who appeared in 66 games with the Detroit Tigers in 1921.
• July 10 –John L. Smith, 61, pharmaceutical executive (Pfizer) who had been a co-owner and one of four equal partners in the Brooklyn Dodgers since 1945.
• July 15 –Biddy Dolan, 69, first baseman who played in 1914 for theIndianapolis Hoosiers of theFederal League.
• July 17 –Fred Blanding, 62, pitcher who posted a record of 46–46 with a 3.13 ERA for the Cleveland Naps in five seasons from 1910 to 1914.
• July 18 –Art LaVigne, 65, catcher who played for theBuffalo Buffeds of the Federal League in its 1914 season.
• July 23 –Bill Lange, 79, center fielder who played his entire seven-year career for theChicago Colts and Orphans of the National League from 1893 through 1899, collecting a .330batting average with 400stolen bases in 813 games and ranking in several season categories, including average,home runs,RBI,runs scored and stolen bases, while leading the league with73 steals in 1897.^[38]

• August 4:
  • John Burke, 73, pitcher for the 1902 New York Giants.
  • Harry Coveleski, 64, left-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers over nine seasons from 1907 to 1918, a three-time 20-game winner who is best remembered for his rookie season with the Phillies in 1908, when he defeated the powerfulNew York Giants three times in a span of five days at the end of the season, to denyJohn McGraw's squad the 1908 National League pennant, which forced a replay of the infamousMerkle's Boner game.^[39]
• August 9 –Ed Klepfer, 62,spitball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians in a span of six seasons between 1911 and 1919.
• August 10 –Leo Kavanagh, 56, shortstop who played for theChicago Whales of the outlawFederal League in its 1914 season.
• August 11 –Frank Smykal, 60, shortstop for the 1916 Pittsburgh Pirates.
• August 17:
  • Pit Gilman, 86, backup outfielder who played with the Cleveland Blues inits 1884 season.
  • Paddy O'Connor, 71, Irish catcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Rebels and New York Yankees over six seasons spanning 1908–1918.
• August 20 –Ed Zmich, 65, pitcher who played with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1910 to 1911.
• August 25 –George Disch, 71, pitcher for the 1905 Detroit Tigers.
• August 29 –Doc Ralston, 65, fourth outfielder for the Washington Senators in their 1910 season.

• September 1 –Frank Pearce, 45, pitcher who played from 1933 through 1935 for the Philadelphia Phillies.
• September 3 –Jim Connor, 87, second baseman for theChicago Colts and Orphans clubs of the National League in part of three seasons spanning 1892–1899, who also spent six years in the Minor Leagues, including a stint as player/manager for theNewburgh Hillies of theHudson River League in its 1907 season.
• September 14 –Billy Ging, 77, pitcher for the 1889 Boston Beaneaters of the National League.
• September 15 –Joe Knotts, 66. backup catcher who played in 1907 with the Boston Doves of the National League.
• September 17 –Jerry Hurley, 87, catcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters in the National League in 1889, thePittsburgh Burghers in thePlayers' League in 1890, and theCincinnati Kelly's Killers of theAmerican Association in 1891.
• September 21 –Duke Kenworthy, 64, second baseman who spent four seasons in the Major Leagues, including stints in the American League with the Washington Senators in 1912 and the St. Louis Browns in 1917. and for theKansas City Packers of the short-livedFederal League from 1914 to 1915.
• September 23 –Sam Barry, 57,collegiate athletic coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports, as well as one of the principal forces behind the creation of theCollege World Series, which his team won in 1948.
• September 25 –Pep Deininger, 72, German pitcher and center fielder who played for the Boston Americans and Philadelphia Phillies in part of three seasons spanning 1902–1909.
• September 26 –John Scheneberg, 62, who pitched with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1913 season and for the St. Louis Browns in 1920.
• September 28 –George Paynter, 79, outfielder who played in 1894 for the St. Louis Browns of the National League.
• September 30:
  • Ned Crompton, 61, English outfielder who played with the St. Louis Browns of the American League during the 1909 season, and later appeared in one game for the Cincinnati Reds of the National League in 1910.
  • Jack Harper, who pitched for five teams in an eight-year career between 1889 and 1906, sporting an 80–64 record and 3.55 ERA in 158 games, including two 23-win seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1901 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1904.

• October 1 –Red Howell, 41, pinch hitter for 1941 Cleveland Indians, reaching base six times in 11 plate appearances (four walks and two singles); in his 17-year minor-league career (1928–1944) as an outfielder, he collected 2,509 hits and 229 homers in 2,121 career games, batting .326.
• October 14 –Jocko Fields, 50, outfielder who played from 1887 through 1891 for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Burghers and Pirates teams, as well as for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1891 and the New York Giants in 1892.
• October 17 –Tom Tuckey, 66, pitcher who played for the Boston Doves in the 1908 and 1909 seasons.
• October 19 –Lefty Gervais, 60, pitcher for the 1913 Boston Braves.

• November 4 –Grover Cleveland Alexander, 63, Hall of Fame pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over 20 seasons (1911 through 1930), winning threepitchers' triple crowns (1915–1916; 1920) and setting a modern record for a rookie with 28 wins (1911), while collecting three seasons with 30-plus wins and leading the National League in wins (six times),strikeouts (six),earned run average (four) andshutouts (six), being also instrumental in leading the Phillies to theirfirst pennant in 1915 and the Cardinals to the1926 World Series Championship striking outTony Lazzeri with thebases loaded indecisive Game 7 at Yankee Stadium;^[40] portrayed by actorRonald Reagan in 1952biopicThe Winning Team.
• November 5 –Bill Johnson, 58, outfielder for the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.
• November 6 –Martin Glendon, 71, pitcher who played from 1902 to 1903 with the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Naps.
• November 14 –Jack McAleese, 72, pitcher who appeared in just one game with the Chicago White Stockings in the 1901 season.
• November 16 –Frank Hemphill, 72, outfielder who played for the Chicago White Sox in the 1906 season and the Washington Senators in 1909.

• December 1 –Bob Hall, 71, who played some outfield and infieldutility positions with the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants and Brooklyn Superbas between 1904 and 1905.
• December 5 –Bill Dahlen, 80, one of the finest shortstops between 1891 and 1911 as well as a reliable hitter and aggressive baserunner, whose leadership helped the1905 New York Giants win theWorld Series title, ending his career with 2,461hits and 548stolen bases, and having played more games than any player in Major League history, with 2,444.^[41]
• December 6 –Jing Johnson, 56, pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics in all or part of five seasons spanning 1916–1928.
• December 9 –Mickey Corcoran, 68, second baseman who appeared in 14 games for the 1910 Cincinnati Reds; prolific minor-league base-stealer who swiped 384 bags in 1,875 games played.
• December 19 –Wingo Anderson, 64, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in its 1910 season.
• December 20 –Carroll Yerkes, 47, who pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs over the course of five seasons between 1927 and 1933.
• December 21 –Dad Lytle, 88, second baseman and outfielder who split time with the Chicago Colts and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys during their 1890 season.
• December 22 –Rip Egan, 79, pitcher who appeared in one game with the Washington Senators of the National League in 1894, and latermanaged in the Minor Leagues and worked as anumpire in the American League from 1907 to 1914.
• December 22 –Cal Vasbinder, 70, pitcher who played in 1902 for the Cleveland Bronchos of the American League.

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