1950 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1951 ,
1952 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- and Jimmie Foxx are inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame .
- pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million. A number of owners criticize lame-duck Commissioner Happy Chandler , believing that in a couple of years, the broadcast rights would be worth much more than $1 million per annum.
- makes his Major League debut.
- pitches in his final Major League game.
- Rookie Willie Mays , goes 0-for-5 in his major league debut against the Philadelphia Phillies .
- became the first Latin America n player to participate in an All-Star Game , beating out reigning MVP Phil Rizzuto as the American League 's starting shortstop. Carrasquel would go on to be selected to the All-Star team a total of four times.
- July 14 - St. Louis Browns sign Satchel Paige as a free agent.
- August 11 : The New York Giants fall 13 games behind in the National League standings. Following this nadir, the Giants go 37-8 over their last 45 games in one of baseball's most famous comebacks. This enables them to tie their crosstown rivals Brooklyn Dodgers for first place and forces a playoff series.
- becomes the only midget to play in a major league game, pinch-hitting and drawing a walk in his lone plate appearance.
- August 29 - The New York Yankees trade Lew Burdette and $50,000 cash to the Boston Braves for Johnny Sain .
- September 7 - Bobby Doerr plays in his final career game.
- September 30 - Joe DiMaggio plays in his final career regular season game.
- October 4 : National League Playoff: The New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season tied for first place. The Giants then won a playoff series, 2 games to 1. In the final game, when all seemed lost for the Giants, Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic three run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Giants a 5 to 4 victory and the National League pennant.
- win 4 games to 2 over the New York Giants .
- MVP Awards: Roy Campanella (NL) and Yogi Berra (AL)
- Rookie of the Year Awards: Willie Mays (NL) and Gil McDougald (AL)
- Babe Ruth Award: Phil Rizzuto
- Sporting News Major League Player of the Year: Stan Musial
- Sporting News Pitcher of the Year: Preacher Roe (NL) and Bob Feller (AL)
Men's Golf
- - $26,089
- team wins 9 1/2 to 2 1/2 over the British team in world golf.
Women's Golf
- The 50th anniversaries of the donations of both the Mann Cup and the Minto Cup .
- The Peterborough Timbermen win the 50th Mann Cup .
- The Mimico Mountaineers win the 50th Minto Cup .
- January 2 — Bill Madlock , U.S. baseball player.
- January 22 — Ondrej Nepela , Slovak figure skater (d. 1989 )
- January 26 — Jarmila Kratochvílová , Czech athlete
- February 14 — Haruki Uemura , Japanese judoka
- February 14 — Graham White , Australian freestyle swimmer
- February 25 — Don Quarrie , Jamaican athlete
- March 4 — Kenny Dalglish , Scottish football (soccer) player and manager
- March 26 — Greg Brough , Australian freestyle swimmer
- April 6 — Bert Blyleven , U.S. baseball player
- April 29 — Dale Earnhardt , stock car racer (d. 2001 )
- June 2 — Larry Robinson , Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman
- June 9 — Dave Parker , U.S. baseball player
- June 23 — Minneula Azizov , Soviet field hockey player
- June 24 — Raelene Boyle , Australian athlete
- June 26 — Clarence Hill , Bermudian boxer
- July 5 — Rich Gossage , U.S. baseball player
- July 31 — Evonne Goolagong , Australian tennis player
- August 1 — Jürgen Fanghänel , East German boxer
- August 7 — Gary Hall, Sr. , American swimmer
- August 13 — Gwen Cheeseman , US field hockey goalkeeper
- August 17 — Alan Minter , British boxer
- August 27 — Buddy Bell , U.S. baseball player
- September 6 — Samiullah Khan , Pakistani field hockey player
- September 16 — René and Willy Van De Kerkhof , Dutch football (soccer) players and twins
- September 20 — Guy Lafleur , Canadian hockey player
- October 3 — Dave Winfield , U.S. baseball player
- October 6 — Manfred Winkelhock , auto racing driver
- October 15 — Roscoe Tanner , American tennis player
- November 3 — Dwight Evans , U.S. baseball player
- November 13 — Beth Anders , US field hockey player
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