1950 in the Negro Leagues

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1950 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro American League

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

East Division							West Division
Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT		Rank	Team	G	W	L	WPCT
1	Indianapolis Clowns	85	47	38	0.553		1	Kansas City Monarchs	73	52	21	0.712
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	44	24	20	0.545		2	Birmingham Black Barons	77	52	25	0.675
3	New York Cubans	34	18	16	0.529		3	Memphis Red Sox	74	42	32	0.568
4	Philadelphia Stars	43	15	28	0.349		4	Houston Eagles	64	23	41	0.359
5	Cleveland Buckeyes	42	3	39	0.071		5	Chicago American Giants	46	15	31	0.326

The Cleveland Buckeyes dropped out of the league on July 6.

Independent Teams

Source: The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester

• New York Black Yankees
• Pittsburgh Homestead Grays

Postseason

The Monarchs won the first half title of the West Division, but declined to meet the American Giants, who had won the second half. The Monarchs had sold several of their better players to Organized Ball, and had lost several more to Latin American leagues, and manager Buck O'Neil forfeited the division title rather than field a non-representative team. The Clowns beat the American Giants easily in a brief championship series.