1950 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1950 MLB Season is the 50th Season for Major League Baseball, However this is the Final Season before the Start of Divisional Play begins

Anticipating with a Rebrand
Prior to 1950, The Cleveland Indians got rebranded into the Cleveland Buckeyes to pay homage to the Buckeye State

Top Draft Choices
Bill Abernathie (SP) - Cleveland Buckeyes

Dick Brodowski (SP) - Boston Red Sox

Phil Clark (SP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Jim Coates (SP) - New York Yankees

Mike Fornieles (SP) - Boston Red Sox

Woodie Held (3B) - New York Yankees

Billy Hoeft (SP) - Detroit Tigers

Jerry Jacobs (2B) - Kansas City Monarchs

Ron Kline (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Paul Martin (RP) - Chicago Cubs

Pedro Naranjo (RP) - San Francisco Seals

George Piktuzis (SP) - Chicago Cubs

Final Standings
AL: San Francisco Seals (104-62), Boston Red Sox (93-73), Chicago White Sox (92-74), Philadelphia Athletics (85-81), New York Yankees (82-84), Detroit Tigers (82-84), Cleveland Buckeyes (79-87), Kansas City Monarchs (75-91), Baltimore Orioles (75-91), Los Angeles Angels (63-103)

NL: Chicago Cubs (91-75), St. Louis Cardinals (90-76), Minnesota Twins (89-77), Atlanta Braves (89-77), Brooklyn Dodgers (84-82), New York Giants (82-84), Pittsburgh Pirates (82-84), Cincinnati Reds (78-88), Milwaukee Brewers (75-91), Philadelphia Phillies (70-96)

WS: Chicago Cubs def. San Francisco 4-0

League Leaders
Batting Average - Pete Reiser (KC) .362

Home Runs - Bobby Moyer (PIT) 38

RBI - Steve Bilko (STL) 143

Stolen Baseess - Joe Collins (SFS) & Art Pennington (BRO) 23

OBP + Slugging % - Pete Reiser (KC) 1.011

ERA - Hal Newhouser (MIN) 2.50

Wins - Hal Newhouser (MIN) 25

Strikeouts - Dave Cole (ATL) 239