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The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball.The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the National League and the New York Yankees, as 1950 American League champions, competed to win a best-of-seven game series.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 1950 major league baseball season began on April 18, 1950. The regular season ended on October 1, with the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 47th World Series on October 4 and ended with Game 4 on ...
February 6 – Art Fletcher, 65, a player, coach and manager who participated in fourteen World Series––four as a smooth fielding shortstop for the New York Giants and ten as a base coach with the New York Yankees––earning nine series rings with the Yankees; led the National League for the most assists in 1915 and from 1917 to 1919 ...
Members of the 1950 New York Yankees being honored at the 2010 Old-Timers' Day. The 1950 New York Yankees season was the 48th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 17th pennant, finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. In the World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games.
This category lists the seasons of baseball teams that won the World Series. Pages in category "World Series champion seasons" The following 126 pages are in this ...
Pages in category "1950 Major League Baseball season" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Whiz Kids (baseball) 1950 World Series;
The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies won the National League pennant by two games over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed the " Whiz Kids " because of the youth of their roster, they went on to lose the World Series to the New York Yankees in four straight games.