The Greatest Teams (according to TCMA) - 1950 Phillies

 

Edit: This is a series of posts about TCMA's set from 1987 highlighting some of the best ever teams in MLB history.

The 1950 Phillies finished the season at 91-63-3, which is the worst record so far in this series.  However that was good enough for a 1st place finish and an appearance in the World Series where they were swept by the Yankees.  The Phillies offense was led by Del Ennis, who smacked 31 HR's with a .311 BA.  HOFer Richie Ashburn had a down year hitting only .303 with 2 HR's.  

The offense only ranked #1 in two categories - AB's and caught stealing. 

The pitching staff had a 3.50 team ERA but were led by Robin Roberts (20-11, 3.02) and Curt Simmons (17-8, 3.40).  Despite the higher ERA, the pitching staff ranked 1 or 2 in most pitching categories and had 57 complete games (13 of those were shutouts).

This is another team where I would question if it's one of the greatest teams ever.  Someone at TCMA made the call, but I don't get it.  TCMA also stayed with the patriotic design concept for this team set.  

I don't know why, but I kind of like this better then the Red Sox design and the Richie Ashburn photo looks very familiar, as I have an 8x10 signed by him and I'm pretty sure its the same.  This is the first team set with color photos, so I guess it has that going for it.  Next up: 1955 Dodgers.