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The 1950 season of the American League was the fiftieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	155	98	56	1	.632	-.-	914 (5.90)	691 (4.46)	0.282	0.363	0.441	4.15	0.979
2	Detroit Tigers	157	95	59	3	.605	3.0	837 (5.33)	713 (4.54)	0.282	0.367	0.417	4.12	0.981
3	Boston Red Sox	154	94	60	0	.610	4.0	1027 (6.67)	804 (5.22)	0.302	0.382	0.464	4.88	0.981
4	Cleveland Indians	155	92	62	1	.594	6.0	806 (5.20)	654 (4.22)	0.269	0.354	0.422	3.75	0.978
5	Washington Senators	155	67	87	1	.432	31.0	690 (4.45)	813 (5.25)	0.260	0.344	0.360	4.66	0.972
6	Chicago White Sox	156	60	94	2	.385	38.0	625 (4.01)	749 (4.80)	0.260	0.330	0.364	4.41	0.977
7	St. Louis Browns	154	58	96	0	.377	40.0	684 (4.44)	916 (5.95)	0.246	0.335	0.370	5.20	0.967
8	Philadelphia Athletics	154	52	102	0	.338	46.0	670 (4.35)	913 (5.93)	0.261	0.347	0.378	5.49	0.974

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Johnny Groth George Kell Jerry Priddy	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	157
At Bats	George Kell	Detroit Tigers	641
Runs Scored	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	131
Hits	George Kell	Detroit Tigers	218
Doubles	George Kell	Detroit Tigers	56
Triples	Dom DiMaggio Bobby Doerr Hoot Evers	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers	11
Home Runs	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	37
Total Bases	Walt Dropo	Boston Red Sox	326
Runs Batted In	Walt Dropo Vern Stephens	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox	144
Stolen Bases	Dom DiMaggio	Boston Red Sox	15
Caught Stealing	Hoot Evers	Detroit Tigers	9
Walks	Eddie Yost	Washington Senators	141
Hit by Pitch	Luke Easter Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians	10
Strikeouts	Gus Zernial	Chicago White Sox	110
Sacrifice Hits	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	19
Grounded into Double Plays	Billy Hitchcock	Philadelphia Athletics	30
Batting Average	Billy Goodman	Boston Red Sox	0.354
On-Base Percentage	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	0.442
Slugging Percentage	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	0.585
On-Base plus Slugging	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	0.987
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	154

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	23
Losses	Alex Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Vic Raschi	New York Yankees	0.724
Appearances	Mickey Harris	Washington Senators	53
Games Started	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	37
Complete Games	Ned Garver Bob Lemon	St. Louis Browns Cleveland Indians	22
Shutouts	Art Houtteman	Detroit Tigers	4
Games Finished	Mickey Harris	Washington Senators	43
Saves	Mickey Harris	Washington Senators	15
Innings Pitched	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	288.0
Batters Faced	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	1254
Hits Allowed	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	281
Home Runs Allowed	Art Houtteman	Detroit Tigers	29
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Tommy Byrne	New York Yankees	160
Hit Batsmen	Tommy Byrne	New York Yankees	17
Strikeouts	Bob Lemon	Cleveland Indians	170
Wild Pitches	Carl Scheib	Philadelphia Athletics	9
Balks	Vic Raschi	New York Yankees	6
Runs Allowed	Alex Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	157
Earned Runs Allowed	Alex Kellner	Philadelphia Athletics	137
Earned Run Average	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	3.20
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Early Wynn	Cleveland Indians	1.250

All-Star Game

The American League lost the seventeenth midsummer classic at Comiskey Park in Chicago, IL on Tuesday, July 11, 1950 by a score of 4 to 3 in 14 innings. The league's manager was Casey Stengel.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 0.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Phil Rizzuto, a shortstop with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 284 out of a possible 336 points and 16 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Walt Dropo, a first baseman with the Boston Red Sox. In the award's voting, he had 15 out of a possible 24 points and 15 first-place votes.

Hall of Fame Game

The ninth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 24 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants of the National League by a score of 8 to 5.

Umpires

• Charlie Berry
• Jim Boyer
• Bill Grieve
• Jim Honochick
• Cal Hubbard
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill McGowan
• Bill McKinley
• Joe Paparella
• Art Passarella
• Eddie Rommel
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bill Summers