1948 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1947 Season 1949 Season

Record: 83-71-2, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Billy Meyer (83-71-2)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 1,517,021 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 78-76, 706 Runs, 701 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Clyde Kluttz	30	94	297	271	26	60	12	2	4	20	3	0	20	19	.221	.275	.325	.600	60	88	4	0	4		3
2	1B	Ed Stevens*	23	128	469	429	47	109	19	6	10	69	4	5	35	53	.254	.313	.396	.710	89	170	6	2	3		8
3	2B	Danny Murtaugh	30	146	579	514	56	149	21	5	1	71	10	11	60	40	.290	.365	.356	.721	94	183	8	1	4		2
4	SS	Stan Rojek	29	156	714	641	85	186	27	5	4	51	24	16	61	41	.290	.355	.367	.721	94	235	8	3	8		1
5	3B	Frankie Gustine	28	131	500	449	68	120	19	2	9	42	5	6	42	62	.267	.333	.379	.711	90	170	12	2	6		0
6	OF	Dixie Walker*	37	129	466	408	39	129	19	3	2	54	1	3	52	18	.316	.393	.392	.786	111	160	7	0	5		8
7	OF	Ralph Kiner	25	156	670	555	104	147	19	5	40	123	1	2	112	61	.265	.391	.533	.924	146	296	15	3	0		5
8	OF	Wally Westlake	27	132	479	428	78	122	10	6	17	65	2	6	46	40	.285	.360	.456	.815	118	195	10	4	1		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Johnny Hopp*	31	120	435	392	64	109	15	12	1	31	5	4	40	25	.278	.345	.385	.730	96	151	7	0	3		0
10	C	Ed FitzGerald	24	102	297	262	31	70	9	3	1	35	3	4	32	37	.267	.349	.336	.685	85	88	3	1	2		4
11	3B	Eddie Bockman	27	70	196	176	23	42	7	1	4	23	2	1	17	35	.239	.309	.358	.667	79	63	7	1	2		0
12	1B	Max West*	31	87	174	146	19	26	4	0	8	21	1	0	27	29	.178	.310	.370	.680	82	54	4	1	0		3
13	OF	Ted Beard*	27	25	95	81	15	16	1	3	0	7	5	1	12	18	.198	.316	.284	.600	62	23	0	2	0		0
14	2B	Monty Basgall	26	38	56	51	12	11	1	0	2	6	0	0	3	5	.216	.259	.353	.612	63	18	1	0	0		0
15	C	Johnny Riddle	42	10	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.250	.200	.450	22	3	1	0	1		0
16	SS	Grady Wilson	25	12	10	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	-21	2	0	0	0		0
17		Don Gutteridge	36	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
18	SS	Pete Castiglione	27	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
19	C	Earl Turner	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Bob Chesnes#	27	39	98	91	15	25	1	1	1	8	0	0	7	11	.275	.327	.341	.667	79	31	3	0	0		0
21	P	Elmer Riddle	33	29	74	64	6	12	1	0	1	5	1	1	4	16	.188	.235	.250	.485	30	16	0	0	6		0
22	P	Vic Lombardi*	25	39	52	48	1	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.208	.255	.250	.505	36	12	1	1	1		0
23	P	Tiny Bonham	34	22	50	49	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.163	.163	.163	.327	-12	8	0	0	1		0
24	P	Rip Sewell*	41	21	49	42	5	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	6	15	.143	.250	.238	.488	32	10	0	0	1		0
25	P	Kirby Higbe	33	56	48	48	4	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	11	.208	.208	.292	.500	33	14	2	0	0		0
26	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	40	23	48	44	1	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.182	.200	.205	.405	9	9	1	0	3		0
27	P	Elmer Singleton	30	38	24	23	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	-53	2	0	0	1		0
28	P	Hal Gregg	26	22	24	22	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	.273	.273	.409	.682	81	9	0	0	2		0
29	P	Mel Queen	30	25	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.059	.059	.059	.118	-68	1	0	0	2		0
30	P	Woody Main	26	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
31	P	Junior Walsh	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Cal McLish#	22	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Nick Strincevich	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.8	156	5951	5286	706	1388	191	54	108	650	68	60	580	578	.263	.338	.380	.718	92	2011	100	21	56		39
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	5	5	8	2	2		2	8	5	3	2	3	5	5		5		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.5	156	5459	4833	669	1300	184	53	103	619	67	59	560	489	.269	.347	.393	.740	98	1899	93	20	39		39
		Pitcher Totals	31.9	156	492	453	37	88	7	1	5	31	1	1	20	89	.194	.230	.247	.477	28	112	7	1	17		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bob Chesnes	27	14	6	.700	3.57	25	23	0	15	0	0	194.1	180	92	77	13	90	5	69	4	2	6	829	114	4.37	1.389	8.3	0.6	4.2	3.2	0.77
2	SP	Elmer Riddle	33	12	10	.545	3.49	28	27	1	12	3	1	191.0	184	83	74	17	81	0	63	3	0	9	828	117	4.57	1.387	8.7	0.8	3.8	3.0	0.78
3	SP	Tiny Bonham	34	6	10	.375	4.31	22	20	0	7	0	0	135.2	145	71	65	18	23	2	42	3	0	0	556	95	4.44	1.238	9.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	1.83
4	SP	Fritz Ostermueller*	40	8	11	.421	4.42	23	22	0	10	2	0	134.1	143	73	66	13	41	4	43	1	0	4	597	92	4.31	1.370	9.6	0.9	2.7	2.9	1.05
5	SP	Rip Sewell	41	13	3	.813	3.48	21	17	3	7	0	0	121.2	126	51	47	9	37	2	36	1	0	1	522	118	4.06	1.340	9.3	0.7	2.7	2.7	0.97
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Kirby Higbe	33	8	7	.533	3.36	56	8	31	3	0	10	158.0	140	75	59	11	83	1	86	3	1	4	681	121	4.21	1.411	8.0	0.6	4.7	4.9	1.04
7	RP	Vic Lombardi*	25	10	9	.526	3.70	38	17	15	9	0	4	163.0	156	72	67	9	67	7	54	2	1	1	689	110	4.08	1.368	8.6	0.5	3.7	3.0	0.81
8	RP	Elmer Singleton	30	4	6	.400	4.97	38	5	17	1	0	2	92.1	90	52	51	12	40	6	53	1	0	9	404	82	4.63	1.408	8.8	1.2	3.9	5.2	1.33
9	RP	Hal Gregg	26	2	4	.333	4.60	22	8	9	1	0	1	74.1	72	40	38	5	34	1	25	3	0	0	322	89	4.45	1.426	8.7	0.6	4.1	3.0	0.74
10	RP	Mel Queen	30	4	4	.500	6.65	25	8	6	0	0	1	66.1	82	51	49	8	40	2	34	3	0	1	316	62	5.25	1.839	11.1	1.1	5.4	4.6	0.85
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Woody Main	26	1	1	.500	8.33	17	0	6	0	0	0	27.0	35	27	25	4	19	2	12	0	1	0	130	50	5.91	2.000	11.7	1.3	6.3	4.0	0.63
12		Cal McLish	22	0	0		9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	22	49	3.56	2.000	14.4	0.0	3.6	1.8	0.50
13		Junior Walsh	29	1	0	1.000	10.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	4	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	22	43	9.22	2.077	8.3	2.1	10.4	0.0	0.00
14		Nick Strincevich	33	0	0		8.31	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	8	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	53	3.68	2.308	16.6	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50
		Team Totals	31.8	83	71	.539	4.15	156	156	91	65	5	19	1371.2	1373	701	632	120	564	32	519	24	5	36	5938	99	4.42	1.412	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.4	0.92
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		7				2	8	4	4	4	4	7	7	5		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W