1950 Boston Braves season

The 1950 Boston Braves season was the 80th season of the franchise. During the season, Sam Jethroe became the first black player in the history of the Braves.

Offseason

December 5, 1949: Phil Paine was selected by the Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies in the minor league draft.
December 14, 1949: Eddie Stanky and Alvin Dark were traded by the Braves to the New York Giants for Sid Gordon, Buddy Kerr, Willard Marshall, and Red Webb.
Prior to 1950 season: Art Fowler was acquired by the Braves from the Atlanta Crackers.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	R	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Walker Cooper	102	337	111	52	.329	14	60	1
1B	Earl Torgeson	156	576	167	120	.290	23	87	15
2B	Roy Hartsfield	107	419	116	62	.277	7	24	7
SS	Buddy Kerr	155	507	115	45	.227	2	46	0
3B	Bob Elliott	142	531	162	94	.305	24	107	2
OF		134	481	146	78	.304	27	103	2
OF		141	582	159	100	.273	18	58	35
OF	Tommy Holmes	105	322	96	44	.298	9	51	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Willard Marshall	105	298	70	.235	5	40
Del Crandall	79	255	56	.220	4	37
Luis Olmo	69	154	35	.227	5	22
Gene Mauch	48	121	28	.231	1	15
Sibby Sisti	69	105	18	.171	2	11
Pete Reiser	53	78	16	.205	1	10
Connie Ryan	20	72	14	.194	3	6
Bob Addis	16	28	7	.250	0	2
Paul Burris	10	23	4	.174	0	3
Walt Linden	3	5	2	.400	0	0
Emil Verban	4	5	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vern Bickford	40	311.2	19	14	3.47	126
Warren Spahn	41	293.0	21	17	3.16	191
Johnny Sain	37	278.1	20	13	3.94	96
Max Surkont	9	55.2	5	2	3.23	21

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Chipman	27	124.0	7	7	4.43	40
Normie Roy	19	59.2	4	3	5.13	25
	20	57.2	2	3	5.93	33
Bob Hall	21	50.1	0	2	6.97	22
Dick Donovan	10	29.2	0	2	8.19	9
Mickey Haefner	8	24.0	0	2	5.63	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bobby Hogue	36	3	5	7	5.03	15
Ernie Johnson Sr.	16	2	0	0	6.97	15
Dave Cole	4	0	1	0	1.13	8
Murray Wall	1	0	0	0	9.00	2
Bucky Walters	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Dick Manville	1	0	0	0	0.00	2