1950 New York Yankees

1950 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1950 Uniform
Location
Yankee Stadium (Since 1923) New York City, New York (Since 1903)
1950 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	none
Local radio
Baseball-Reference	1950 New York Yankees

1950 New York Yankees / Franchise: New York Yankees / BR Team Page

Record: 98-56-1 Finished 1st in American League (1950 AL)

Clinched Pennant: September 29, 1950

World Series Champs

Managed by Casey Stengel

Coaches: Frankie Crosetti, Bill Dickey and Jim Turner

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium

History, Comments, Contributions

World Series champs

The 1950 New York Yankees played the 48th season in New York and the 50th overall, going back to the team's origins in Baltimore, MD. They finished with a record of 98-56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games.

The Yankees started the season on April 18th at Fenway Park by putting on the greatest Opening Day comeback in history. The Sox seemed to be off to the races that day, scoring three runs against Allie Reynolds in the bottom of the 1st. They added another in the 2nd and five more in the 4th, chasing Reynolds, by which point they had built a seemingly insurmountable 9-0 lead. But the Yankees managed to come back - and without even hitting a home run: they scored four in the 6th, then after the Sox had added another run in the 7tth, broke through with a nine-run 8th inning, and then added a couple more in the 9th for good measure, ending up 15-10 winners. 3B Billy Johnson led the way with 3 runs and 3 RBIs, and 2B Billy Martin, who did not even start the game, drove in three more in what was his major league debut, and incidentally became the first player to have two hits in one inning in his first game. The win went to Don Johnson, their third pitcher, and Joe Page picked up a save.

Awards and Honors

• All-Stars: Yogi Berra, Tommy Byrne, Jerry Coleman, Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich, Vic Raschi, Allie Reynolds and Phil Rizzuto
• AL MVP: Phil Rizzuto

World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 1, Phillies – 0	October 4	Shibe Park	30,746
2	Yankees – 2, Phillies – 1 (10 innings)	October 5	Shibe Park	32,660
3	Phillies – 2, Yankees – 3	October 6	Yankee Stadium	64,505
4	Phillies – 2, Yankees – 5	October 7	Yankee Stadium	68,098

Further Reading

• Sol Gittleman: Reynolds, Raschi and Lopat: New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.
• Roger Kahn: The Era, 1947-1957: When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World, Bison Books, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2002 (originally published in 1993). ISBN 0803278055
• Joseph M. Sheehan: "Yanks Clinch Flag as Tigers Lose", New York Times, September 30, 1950, pg. 1

External links

• 1950 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com