| 1950 Boston Red Sox | ||
|---|---|---|
| League | American League | |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
| City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Record | 94–60 (.610) | |
| League place | 3rd (4 GB) | |
| Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
| President | Tom Yawkey | |
| General managers | Joe Cronin | |
| Managers | Joe McCarthy, Steve O'Neill | |
| Television | WBZ-TV/WNAC-TV (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Bump Hadley) | |
| Radio | WHDH (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey, Leo Egan) | |
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1950 Boston Red Sox season was the 50th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 94 wins and 60 losses, four games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. This was the last time that the Red Sox won at least 90 games until their return to the World Series in 1967.
The team scored 1,027 runs, one of only six teams to score more than 1,000 runs in a season in the modern era (post-1900), and, along with the 1999 Cleveland Indians, are one of two teams to do so post-World War II.[1] The 1950 Red Sox compiled a .302 batting average, and remain the most recent major league team to record a .300 or higher team batting average for a season.[2]
In a game on June 8, the Red Sox set a major league record for total bases by a team in one game, which still stands. During their 29–4 win over the St. Louis Browns, the Red Sox collected 28 hits: 7 home runs, 1 triple, 9 doubles, and 11 singles for 60 total bases.[3][4] The Red Sox, who had already beaten the Browns 20–4 the day before, became only the second team since 1901 (after the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates) to score 20 or more runs in consecutive games.[5][6]
- ^ Rochford, Jeremy (September 9, 2014). "The Last 1,000 Run Team". Striking Out Looking.
- ^ Ferkovich, Scott (December 29, 2016). "Will a baseball team ever hit .300 again?". vintagedetroit.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Boston Red Sox 29, St. Louis Browns 4". Retrosheet. June 8, 1950. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, (requiring TB>=50), sorted by greatest TB". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ "1950 Boston Red Sox Batting Game Log". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ "Team Batting Streak Finder: Consecutive games with Runs Scored >= 20, In the Regular Season, since 1901". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 22, 2021.