1950 National League

The 1950 season of the National League was the seventy-fifth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

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	Philadelphia Phillies	157	91	63	3	.580	-.-	722 (4.60)	624 (3.97)	0.265	0.331	0.396	3.50	0.975
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	155	89	65	1	.574	2.0	847 (5.46)	724 (4.67)	0.272	0.346	0.444	4.28	0.979
3	New York Giants	154	86	68	0	.558	5.0	735 (4.77)	643 (4.18)	0.258	0.337	0.392	3.71	0.977
4	Boston Braves	156	83	71	2	.532	8.0	785 (5.03)	736 (4.72)	0.263	0.339	0.405	4.14	0.970
5	St. Louis Cardinals	153	78	75	0	.510	12.5	693 (4.53)	670 (4.38)	0.259	0.337	0.386	3.97	0.978
6	Cincinnati Reds	153	66	87	0	.431	24.5	654 (4.27)	734 (4.80)	0.260	0.325	0.376	4.32	0.976
7	Chicago Cubs	154	64	89	1	.416	26.5	643 (4.18)	772 (5.01)	0.248	0.311	0.401	4.28	0.968
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	154	57	96	1	.370	33.5	681 (4.42)	857 (5.56)	0.264	0.334	0.406	4.96	0.977

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Granny Hamner Willie Jones	Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Phillies	157
At Bats	Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	642
Runs Scored	Earl Torgeson	Boston Braves	120
Hits	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	199
Doubles	Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	43
Triples	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia Phillies	14
Home Runs	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	47
Total Bases	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	343
Runs Batted In	Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	126
Stolen Bases	Sam Jethroe	Boston Braves	35
Walks	Eddie Stanky	New York Giants	144
Hit by Pitch	Eddie Stanky	New York Giants	12
Strikeouts	Roy Smalley	Chicago Cubs	114
Sacrifice Hits	Red Schoendienst	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Grounded into Double Plays	Del Ennis	Philadelphia Phillies	25
Batting Average	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	0.346
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Stanky	New York Giants	0.460
Slugging Percentage	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	0.596
On-Base plus Slugging	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	1.033
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Stan Musial	St. Louis Cardinals	163

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Warren Spahn	Boston Braves	21
Losses	Bob Rush	Chicago Cubs	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Sal Maglie	New York Giants	0.818
Appearances	Jim Konstanty	Philadelphia Phillies	74
Games Started	Vern Bickford Robin Roberts Warren Spahn	Boston Braves Philadelphia Phillies Boston Braves	39
Complete Games	Vern Bickford	Boston Braves	27
Shutouts	Jim Hearn Larry Jansen Sal Maglie Robin Roberts	St. Louis Cardinals/New York Giants New York Giants New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	5
Games Finished	Jim Konstanty	Philadelphia Phillies	62
Saves	Jim Konstanty	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Innings Pitched	Vern Bickford	Boston Braves	311.2
Batters Faced	Vern Bickford	Boston Braves	1325
Hits Allowed	Johnny Sain	Boston Braves	294
Home Runs Allowed	Ken Raffensberger Preacher Roe Johnny Sain	Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers Boston Braves	34
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Herm Wehmeier	Cincinnati Reds	135
Hit Batsmen	Ewell Blackwell	Cincinnati Reds	13
Strikeouts	Warren Spahn	Boston Braves	191
Wild Pitches	Ewell Blackwell Herm Wehmeier	Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds	11
Balks	Max Lanier	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Runs Allowed	Herm Wehmeier	Cincinnati Reds	157
Earned Runs Allowed	Herm Wehmeier	Cincinnati Reds	145
Earned Run Average	Sal Maglie	New York Giants	2.71
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Larry Jansen	New York Giants	1.065

The National League won 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 Burt Shotton.

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

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jim Konstanty, a pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the award's voting, he had 286 out of a possible 336 points and 18 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Sam Jethroe, an outfielder with the Boston Braves. In the award's voting, he had 11 out of a possible 24 points and 11 first place votes.

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 National League's New York Giants lost to the Boston Red Sox of the American League by a score of 8 to 5.

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