The 1950 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team is a

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team that represented the

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in the

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. The Crimson Tide were members of the

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and played their home games at

Sewell–Thomas Stadium Sewell–Thomas Stadium is a baseball stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is the home field of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide college baseball team. The stadium opened in 1948 and the current seating capacity is 8,500. The stadium is common ...

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. They were led by twelfth-year head coach

Tilden Campbell Tilden "Happy" Campbell (November 21, 1908 – February 23, 1963) was both a former player and head coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball, Alabama baseball team and both a player and assistant coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide football, Al ...

Roster

Schedule

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, , 5–24 , , 4–5 , , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 10 , , April 12 , , Andalusia , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 24–10 , , 5–5 , , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 11 , , April 14 , , LSU , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 5–3 , , 6–5 , , 3–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 12 , , April 15 , , LSU , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 13–11 , , 7–5 , , 4–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 13 , , April 17 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–15 , , 7–6 , , 4–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 14 , , April 18 , , Ole Miss , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–0 , , 8–6 , , 5–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 15 , , April 21 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 6–3 , , 9–6 , , 6–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 16 , , April 22 , , Mississippi State , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 0–1 , , 9–7 , , 6–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 17 , , April 28 , , , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 7–2 , , 10–7 , , 7–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 18 , , April 29 , , Florida , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 3–2 , , 11–7 , , 8–2 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 19 , , May 2 , , at , ,

Plainsman Park Plainsman Park, officially Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park, is the college baseball venue for the Auburn University Tigers. As of 2025, its seating capacity is 6,300. In 2003, ''Baseball America'' rated the facility the be ...

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, , 17–1 , , 12–7 , , 9–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 20 , , May 3 , , at Auburn , , Plainsman Park • Auburn, Alabama , , 17–0 , , 13–7 , , 10–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 21 , , May 4 , , Ole Miss , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 15–1 , , 14–7 , , 11–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 22 , , May 5 , , Ole Miss , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 1–6 , , 14–8 , , 11–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 23 , , May 13 , , Auburn , , Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama , , 9–7 , , 15–8 , , 12–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 24 , , May 15 , , at Mississippi State , , Unknown •

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Awards and honors

;Ned Folmar * District III All-Tournament Team ; Al Lary * District III All-Tournament Team ;

Frank Lary Frank Strong Lary (April 10, 1930 – December 13, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (–), New York Mets (1964, ), Milwaukee Braves (1964), and Chicago White Sox (1965). He led the American League wi ...

* ABCA All-South Region Team ;Mike Mizraney * District III All-Tournament Team ; Ed White * ABCA First Team All-American * ABCA All-South Region Team * District III All-Tournament Team

References

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Alabama Crimson Tide baseball seasons

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College World Series seasons Southeastern Conference baseball champion seasons