1950 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1950 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1950 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1950 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1950 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1950 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1950 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1950 Boston Red Sox



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
12 James Atkins 6-03 205 Right Left 1921-03-10
15 Joe Dobson 6-02 197 Right Right 1917-01-20
33 Dave Ferriss 6-02 208 Right Left 1921-12-05
21 Bob Gillespie 6-04 187 Right Right 1919-10-08
12 Earl Johnson 6-03 190 Left Left 1919-04-02
16 Ellis Kinder 6-00 195 Right Right 1914-07-26
34 Dick Littlefield 6-00 180 Left Left 1926-03-18
26 Phil Marchildon 5-11 175 Right Right 1913-10-25
20 Walt Masterson 6-02 189 Right Right 1920-06-22
19 Mickey McDermott 6-02 170 Left Left 1929-04-29
26 Jim McDonald 5-10½ 185 Right Right 1927-05-17
25 Gordie Mueller 6-04 200 Right Right 1922-12-10
21 Willard Nixon 6-02 195 Right Left 1928-06-17
34 Al Papai 6-03 185 Right Right 1917-05-07
17 Mel Parnell 6-00 180 Left Left 1922-06-13
26 Frank Quinn 6-02 180 Right Right 1927-11-27
18 Charley Schanz 6-03½ 215 Right Right 1919-06-08
22 Chuck Stobbs 6-01 185 Left Left 1929-07-02
21, 37 Jim Suchecki 5-11 185 Right Right 1926-08-25
35 Harry Taylor 6-01 175 Right Right 1919-05-20
14 Matt Batts 5-11 200 Right Right 1921-10-16
11 Buddy Rosar 5-09 190 Right Right 1914-07-03
39 Bob Scherbarth 6-00 180 Right Right 1926-01-18
8 Birdie Tebbetts 5-11½ 170 Right Right 1912-11-10
1 Bobby Doerr 5-11 175 Right Right 1918-04-07
3 Walt Dropo 6-05 220 Right Right 1923-01-30
39 Fred Hatfield 6-01 171 Right Left 1925-03-18
4 Ken Keltner 6-00 190 Right Right 1916-10-31
6 Johnny Pesky 5-09 168 Right Left 1919-09-27
5 Vern Stephens 5-10 185 Right Right 1920-10-23
27 Lou Stringer 5-11 173 Right Right 1917-05-13
7 Dom DiMaggio 5-09 168 Right Right 1917-02-12
10 Billy Goodman 5-11 165 Right Left 1926-03-22
37 Charlie Maxwell 5-11 185 Left Left 1927-04-08
23 Tommy O'Brien 5-11 195 Right Right 1918-12-19
24 Jimmy Piersall 6-00 175 Right Right 1929-11-14
23 Clyde Vollmer 6-01 190 Right Right 1921-09-24
9 Ted Williams 6-03 205 Right Left 1918-08-30
28 Tom Wright 5-11½ 180 Right Left 1923-09-22
2 Al Zarilla 5-11 180 Right Left 1919-05-01
24 Merl Combs 6-00 172 Right Left 1919-12-11
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The 1950 Boston Red Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 94 games, lost 60 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 110/107) where 1,344,080 fans witnessed their 1950 Red Sox finish the season with a .610 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1950 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1950 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1950 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1950 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1950 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters


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1950 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position

C Birdie Tebbetts (74)
1B Walt Dropo (134)
2B Bobby Doerr (149)
3B Johnny Pesky (116)
SS Vern Stephens (146)
LF Ted Williams (86)
CF Dom DiMaggio (140)
RF Al Zarilla (128)
  
SP Joe Dobson
SP Walt Masterson
SP Mickey McDermott
SP Willard Nixon
SP Mel Parnell
SP Chuck Stobbs
  
CL Ellis Kinder


1950 Boston Red Sox
Salaries

Ted Williams $125,000.00


1950 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers

#1 Bobby Doerr
#2 Al Zarilla
#3 Walt Dropo
#4 Ken Keltner
#5 Vern Stephens
#6 Johnny Pesky
#7 Dom DiMaggio
#8 Birdie Tebbetts
#9 Ted Williams
#10 Billy Goodman
#11 Buddy Rosar
#12 James Atkins
#12 Earl Johnson
#14 Matt Batts
#15 Joe Dobson
#16 Ellis Kinder
#17 Mel Parnell
#18 Charley Schanz
#19 Mickey McDermott
#20 Walt Masterson
#21 Bob Gillespie
#21 Willard Nixon
#21 Jim Suchecki
#22 Chuck Stobbs
#23 Tommy O'Brien
#23 Clyde Vollmer
#24 Merl Combs
#24 Jimmy Piersall
#25 Gordie Mueller
#26 Phil Marchildon
#26 Jim McDonald
#26 Frank Quinn
#27 Lou Stringer
#28 Tom Wright
#33 Dave Ferriss
#34 Dick Littlefield
#34 Al Papai
#35 Harry Taylor
#37 Charlie Maxwell
#37 Jim Suchecki
#39 Fred Hatfield
#39 Bob Scherbarth

Did you know that a 1950 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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