1950 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1950 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 69th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 59th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 78–75 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.
Offseason
- December 5, 1949: Bill Sarni was drafted by the Cardinals from the Shreveport Sports in the 1949 minor league draft.
- December 14, 1949: Lou Klein and Ron Northey were traded by the Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Harry Walker.
Regular season
Notable transactions
- September 7, 1950: Peanuts Lowrey was purchased by the Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds.
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Del Rice | 130 | 414 | 101 | .244 | 9 | 54 |
| 1B | Rocky Nelson | 76 | 235 | 58 | .247 | 1 | 20 |
| 2B | Red Schoendienst | 153 | 642 | 177 | .276 | 7 | 63 |
| SS | Marty Marion | 106 | 372 | 92 | .247 | 4 | 40 |
| 3B | Tommy Glaviano | 115 | 410 | 117 | .285 | 11 | 44 |
| OF | Stan Musial | 146 | 555 | 192 | .346 | 28 | 109 |
| OF | Enos Slaughter | 148 | 556 | 161 | .290 | 10 | 101 |
| OF | 110 | 313 | 88 | .281 | 10 | 58 |
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 |
| Eddie Kazak | 93 | 207 | 53 | .256 | 5 | 23 |
| Chuck Diering | 89 | 204 | 51 | .250 | 3 | 18 |
| 64 | 172 | 39 | .227 | 3 | 22 | |
| 60 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 0 | 7 | |
| 44 | 128 | 27 | .211 | 2 | 11 | |
| Johnny Lindell | 36 | 113 | 21 | .186 | 5 | 16 |
| 34 | 88 | 28 | .318 | 2 | 20 | |
| 17 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 1 | 4 | |
| Johnny Bucha | 22 | 36 | 5 | .139 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Bilko | 10 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
| Nippy Jones | 13 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 6 |
| Johnny Blatnik | 7 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 1 |
| Solly Hemus | 11 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Bollweg | 4 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Mickelson | 5 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Gardella | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Mierkowicz | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Howie Pollet | 37 | 232.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.29 | 117 |
| Max Lanier | 27 | 181.1 | 11 | 9 | 3.13 | 89 |
| Gerry Staley | 42 | 169.2 | 13 | 13 | 4.99 | 62 |
| 27 | 163.1 | 8 | 11 | 3.80 | 80 |
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 |
| 46 | 164.2 | 11 | 9 | 4.10 | 47 | |
| Red Munger | 32 | 154.2 | 7 | 8 | 3.90 | 61 |
| 36 | 120.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.52 | 82 | |
| Erv Dusak | 14 | 36.1 | 0 | 2 | 3.72 | 16 |
| Tom Poholsky | 5 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 2 |
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 |
| Fred Martin | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.12 | 19 |
| Ted Wilks | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | 15 |
| Al Papai | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 7 |
| Jim Hearn | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | 4 |
| Cot Deal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Ken Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |