1950
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1950.
Club competitions[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Mainichi Orions (PL) over the Shochiku Robins (CL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
- Claxton Shield: New South Wales
Europe[edit]
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Philadelphia Phillies (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Junior World Series: Columbus Red Birds (AA) over the Baltimore Orioles (IL), 4 - 1 (Details)
- Alabama State League: Dothan Browns
- American Association: Columbus Red Birds (Details)
- Appalachian League: Bristol Twins
- Arizona-Texas League: El Paso Texans
- Big State League: Texarkana Bears
- Blue Ridge League: Mount Airy Graniteers
- Border League: Ogdensburg Maples
- California League: Modesto Reds
- Canadian-American League: Quebec Braves
- Carolina League: Winston-Salem Cardinals
- Central League: Flint Arrows
- Coastal Plain League: New Bern Bears
- Colonial League: Poughkeepsie Chiefs
- Cotton States League: Hot Springs Bathers
- East Texas League: Marshall Browns
- Eastern League: Wilkes-Barre Indians
- Evangeline League: Baton Rouge Red Sticks
- Far West League: Redding Browns
- Florida International League: Miami Sun Sox
- Florida State League: DeLand Red Hats
- Georgia State League: Eastman Dodgers
- Georgia-Alabama League: LaGrange Troupers
- Georgia-Florida League: Tallahassee Pirates
- Gulf Coast League: Jacksonville Jax
- International League: Baltimore Orioles (Details)
- Interstate League: Wilmington Blue Rocks
- Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League: Ponca City Dodgers
- Kitty League: Mayfield Clothiers
- Longhorn League: Odessa Oilers
- Middle Atlantic League: Butler Tigers
- Mississippi-Ohio Valley League: Centralia Sterlings
- Mountain States League: Harlan Smokies
- North Atlantic League: Lebanon Chix
- North Carolina State League: Landis Spinners
- Northern League: Sioux Falls Canaries
- Ohio-Indiana League: Marion Red Sox
- Pacific Coast League: Oakland Oaks (Details)
- Piedmont League: Roanoke Red Sox
- Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
- PONY League: Olean Oilers
- Provincial League: St. Jean Braves
- Rio Grande Valley League: Corpus Christi Aces
- Sooner State League: McAlester Rockets
- South Atlantic League: Macon Peaches
- Southeastern League: Pensacola Fliers
- Southern Association: Nashville Vols
- Sunset League: El Centro Imperials
- Texas League: San Antonio Missions
- Three-I League: Terre Haute Phillies
- Tobacco State League: Rockingham Eagles
- Tri-State League: Rock Hill Chiefs
- Virginia League: Emporia Nationals
- West Texas-New Mexico League: Albuquerque Dukes
- Western Association: Hutchinson Elks
- Western Carolina League: Lenoir Red Sox
- Western International League: Yakima Bears
- Western League: Sioux City Soos
- Wisconsin State League: Oshkosh Giants
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Algodoneros del Unión Laguna defeated the Charros de Jalisco in the finals, 4 - 2
- Negro Leagues
- Negro American League: Indianapolis Clowns (Details)
- East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 5 - 3 at Comiskey Park (Details)
- All-American Girls Baseball League: Rockford Peaches defeated the Fort Wayne Daisies in the playoff finals, 4 - 3 (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Carta Vieja (Panama) (Details)
- Mexican Pacific Coast League: Culiacán
Amateur[edit]
- College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Texas at Austin defeated Washington State College in the championship game (Details)
- Community College League of California: Pasadena City College beat Santa Rosa Junior College in the finals
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Fort Wayne Capeharts (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Nirayama High School (Shizuoka) defeat Kochi Shogyo High School (Kochi), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Matsuyama Higashi High School (Ehime) defeat Naruto High School (Tokushima), 12 - 8 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: National (Austin, TX) defeat Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- National Girls Baseball League: [[]]
International competitions[edit]
- Baseball World Cup in Nicaragua (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); Dominican Republic (Silver); Venezuela (Bronze)
- Central American Games in Guatemala (Details)
Events[edit]
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- My 66 Years in the Big Leagues, by Connie Mack and Rich Westcott
Song[edit]
- Baseball Boogie, by Mabel Scott
Film[edit]
- The Jackie Robinson Story
- Kill the Umpire
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 1950
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 1950
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