1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1948 Season 1950 Season

Record: 71-83-0, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Billy Meyer (71-83)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 1,449,435 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 69-85, 681 Runs, 760 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 McCullough	32	91	272	241	30	57	9	3	4	21	1	0	24	30	.237	.316	.349	.665	77	84	3	4	2		6
2	1B	Johnny Hopp*	32	105	411	371	55	118	14	5	5	39	9	12	37	29	.318	.380	.423	.803	113	157	7	0	3		1
3	2B	Monty Basgall	27	107	344	308	25	67	9	1	2	26	1	4	31	32	.218	.291	.273	.564	51	84	7	1	4		1
4	SS	Stan Rojek	30	144	625	557	72	136	19	2	0	31	4	11	50	31	.244	.309	.285	.594	59	159	10	2	16		0
5	3B	Pete Castiglione	28	118	477	448	57	120	20	2	6	43	2	6	20	43	.268	.299	.362	.661	75	162	4	0	9		0
6	OF	Dino Restelli	24	72	274	232	41	58	11	0	12	40	3	3	35	26	.250	.358	.453	.811	114	105	8	4	3		1
7	OF	Ralph Kiner	26	152	667	549	116	170	19	5	54	127	6	5	117	61	.310	.432	.658	1.089	186	361	10	1	0		12
8	OF	Wally Westlake	28	147	577	525	77	148	24	8	23	104	6	6	45	69	.282	.345	.490	.835	120	257	15	6	1		1
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	2B	Danny Murtaugh	31	75	269	236	16	48	7	2	2	24	2	2	29	17	.203	.291	.275	.566	51	65	2	0	3		0
10	1B	Ed Stevens*	24	67	247	221	22	58	10	1	4	32	1	2	22	24	.262	.332	.371	.703	87	82	2	1	3		2
11	3B	Eddie Bockman	28	79	245	220	21	49	6	1	6	19	3	3	23	31	.223	.296	.341	.637	69	75	3	0	2		1
12	OF	Tom Saffell*	27	73	234	205	36	66	7	1	2	25	5	6	21	27	.322	.385	.395	.780	108	81	3	0	7		0
13	OF	Dixie Walker*	38	88	211	181	26	51	4	1	1	18	0	0	26	11	.282	.372	.331	.703	89	60	4	0	4		1
14	C	Ed FitzGerald	25	75	171	160	16	42	7	0	2	18	1	0	8	27	.263	.302	.344	.646	71	55	5	1	2		0
15	C	Phil Masi	33	48	155	135	16	37	6	1	2	13	1	1	17	16	.274	.355	.378	.733	95	51	5	0	3		5
16	1B	Jack Phillips	27	18	60	56	6	13	3	1	0	3	1	0	4	6	.232	.283	.321	.605	60	18	1	0	0		0
17	1B	Les Fleming*	33	24	38	31	0	8	0	2	0	7	0	0	6	2	.258	.395	.387	.782	109	12	0	1	0		1
18	OF	Marv Rackley*	27	11	37	35	5	11	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	3	.314	.351	.371	.723	92	13	0	0	0		0
19	OF	Wally Judnich*	33	10	36	35	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.229	.250	.257	.507	35	9	0	0	0		0
20	OF	Ted Beard*	28	14	26	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	-35	2	0	0	0		0
21	3B	Bobby Rhawn	30	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	1	1	0	1		0
22		Jack Cassini	29	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
23	P	Murry Dickson	32	44	85	84	5	17	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	6	.202	.202	.274	.476	25	23	1	0	1		0
24	P	Bill Werle*	28	35	84	77	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	11	.117	.171	.130	.301	-19	10	1	0	2		0
25	P	Bob Chesnes#	28	42	73	68	11	17	5	2	1	5	0	0	5	6	.250	.301	.426	.728	91	29	2	0	0		0
26	P	Cliff Chambers*	27	34	66	55	5	13	2	1	0	5	0	0	5	7	.236	.300	.309	.609	62	17	1	0	6		0
27	P	Vic Lombardi*	26	43	53	49	8	17	0	1	0	10	1	0	4	4	.347	.396	.388	.784	109	19	0	0	0		0
28	P	Tiny Bonham	35	18	30	22	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	.045	.160	.045	.205	-43	1	0	0	5		0
29	P	Elmer Riddle	34	16	24	22	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.136	.174	.136	.310	-16	3	1	0	1		0
30	P	Rip Sewell*	42	28	22	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.250	.063	.313	-13	1	0	1	2		0
31	P	Junior Walsh	30	9	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Bob Muncrief	33	13	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	1	0	0	3		0
33	P	Ray Poat	31	11	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	1	0	0	0		0
34	P	Hal Gregg	27	8	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	0	0	0	2		0
35	P	Harry Gumbert	39	16	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	1	0	0	0		0
36	P	Hugh Casey	35	33	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	160	2	0	0	1		0
37	P	Kirby Higbe	34	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.8	154	5873	5214	681	1350	191	41	126	626	48	62	548	554	.259	.332	.384	.716	90	2001	96	22	86		32
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	5	6	8	6	3		3	8	5	3	5	5	5	5		6		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.7	154	5384	4777	646	1268	178	36	125	594	47	62	520	489	.265	.340	.396	.736	95	1893	90	21	63		32
		Pitcher Totals	30.1	154	489	437	35	82	13	5	1	32	1	0	28	65	.188	.238	.247	.485	29	108	6	1	23		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	Bill Werle*	28	12	13	.480	4.24	35	29	2	10	2	0	221.0	243	117	104	23	51	4	106	8	0	4	945	99	3.71	1.330	9.9	0.9	2.1	4.3	2.08
2	SP	Cliff Chambers*	27	13	7	.650	3.96	34	21	6	10	1	0	177.1	186	89	78	15	58	0	93	5	0	1	765	106	3.63	1.376	9.4	0.8	2.9	4.7	1.60
3	SP	Bob Chesnes	28	7	13	.350	5.88	27	25	1	8	1	1	145.1	153	104	95	16	82	5	49	5	0	5	647	72	5.06	1.617	9.5	1.0	5.1	3.0	0.60
4	SP	Tiny Bonham	35	7	4	.636	4.25	18	14	4	5	1	0	89.0	81	43	42	11	23	1	25	0	0	0	355	99	4.33	1.169	8.2	1.1	2.3	2.5	1.09
5	SP	Elmer Riddle	34	1	8	.111	5.33	16	12	3	1	0	1	74.1	81	45	44	9	45	1	24	4	1	0	341	79	5.42	1.695	9.8	1.1	5.4	2.9	0.53
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	Hugh Casey	35	4	1	.800	4.66	33	0	23	0	0	5	38.2	50	24	20	4	14	0	9	1	0	0	176	91	4.55	1.655	11.6	0.9	3.3	2.1	0.64
7	RP	Murry Dickson	32	12	14	.462	3.29	44	20	15	11	2	0	224.1	216	97	82	17	80	11	89	6	0	1	948	128	3.85	1.319	8.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	1.11
8	RP	Vic Lombardi*	26	5	5	.500	4.57	34	12	11	4	0	1	134.0	149	74	68	12	68	1	64	3	0	4	599	92	4.31	1.619	10.0	0.8	4.6	4.3	0.94
9	RP	Rip Sewell	42	6	1	.857	3.91	28	6	9	2	1	1	76.0	82	35	33	8	32	2	26	0	0	0	330	108	4.46	1.500	9.7	0.9	3.8	3.1	0.81
10	RP	Harry Gumbert	39	1	4	.200	5.86	16	0	15	0	0	3	27.2	30	20	18	5	18	2	5	0	0	3	133	73	6.45	1.735	9.8	1.6	5.9	1.6	0.28
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		Junior Walsh	30	1	4	.200	5.06	9	7	0	1	1	0	42.2	40	27	24	5	16	2	24	0	0	1	180	84	4.03	1.313	8.4	1.1	3.4	5.1	1.50
12		Ray Poat	31	0	1	.000	6.25	11	2	2	0	0	0	36.0	52	29	25	6	15	0	17	0	0	1	173	68	4.98	1.861	13.0	1.5	3.8	4.3	1.13
13		Bob Muncrief	33	1	5	.167	6.31	13	4	5	1	0	3	35.2	44	27	25	8	13	0	11	0	0	0	159	67	5.90	1.598	11.1	2.0	3.3	2.8	0.85
14		Hal Gregg	27	1	1	.500	3.38	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.2	20	10	7	1	8	1	9	1	0	1	79	127	3.69	1.500	9.6	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.13
15		Kirby Higbe	34	0	2	.000	13.50	7	1	2	0	0	0	15.1	25	24	23	2	12	1	5	0	0	0	81	32	5.90	2.413	14.7	1.2	7.0	2.9	0.42
		Team Totals	30.7	71	83	.461	4.57	154	154	101	53	9	15	1356.0	1452	765	688	142	535	31	556	33	1	21	5911	92	4.31	1.465	9.6	0.9	3.6	3.7	1.04
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	3		8				7	7	4	8	6	6	8	8	4		4
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