Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951
91-63, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Sawyer (91-63)
Scored 722 runs, Allowed 624 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,217,035 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
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Lost World Series (4-0) to New York Yankees |

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While the Whiz Kids were splitting a late-September twinbill against the Braves, I was being born in a hospital about 4 miles south of Shibe Park. So began the life of a Phan.
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Andy Seminick | 29 | 130 | 467 | 393 | 55 | 113 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 50 | .288 | .400 | .524 | .925 | 143 | 206 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Eddie Waitkus* | 30 | 154 | 702 | 641 | 102 | 182 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 55 | 29 | .284 | .341 | .359 | .700 | 86 | 230 | 13 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Mike Goliat | 28 | 145 | 540 | 483 | 49 | 113 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 3 | 53 | 75 | .234 | .314 | .366 | .680 | 80 | 177 | 20 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 4 | SS | Granny Hamner | 23 | 157 | 685 | 637 | 78 | 172 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 82 | 2 | 39 | 35 | .270 | .314 | .380 | .694 | 83 | 242 | 14 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Willie Jones | 24 | 157 | 678 | 610 | 100 | 163 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 88 | 5 | 61 | 40 | .267 | .337 | .456 | .793 | 108 | 278 | 15 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 6 | OF | Dick Sisler* | 29 | 141 | 593 | 523 | 79 | 155 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 83 | 1 | 64 | 50 | .296 | .373 | .442 | .815 | 115 | 231 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 7 | OF | Del Ennis | 25 | 153 | 654 | 595 | 92 | 185 | 34 | 8 | 31 | 126 | 2 | 56 | 59 | .311 | .372 | .551 | .923 | 141 | 328 | 25 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 8 | OF | Richie Ashburn* | 23 | 151 | 670 | 594 | 84 | 180 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 63 | 32 | .303 | .372 | .402 | .774 | 105 | 239 | 11 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | C | Stan Lopata | 24 | 58 | 151 | 129 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 25 | .209 | .325 | .279 | .604 | 62 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | OF | Dick Whitman* | 29 | 75 | 145 | 132 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .250 | .317 | .303 | .620 | 65 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 11 | 2B | Jimmy Bloodworth | 32 | 54 | 104 | 96 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .229 | .275 | .250 | .525 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 12 | OF | Bill Nicholson* | 35 | 41 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .224 | .318 | .448 | .766 | 101 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | OF | Jackie Mayo* | 24 | 18 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .222 | .263 | .306 | .569 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | C | Ken Silvestri# | 34 | 11 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .250 | .400 | .350 | .750 | 101 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 15 | IF | Putsy Caballero | 22 | 46 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | OF | Stan Hollmig | 24 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | OF | Johnny Blatnik | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 18 | P | Robin Roberts# | 23 | 40 | 117 | 102 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 39 | .118 | .182 | .118 | .299 | -19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 19 | P | Curt Simmons* | 21 | 34 | 86 | 77 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .156 | .217 | .156 | .373 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 20 | P | Bob Miller | 24 | 35 | 64 | 61 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .180 | .194 | .197 | .390 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 21 | P | Russ Meyer# | 26 | 32 | 60 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .140 | .189 | .160 | .349 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 22 | P | Bubba Church | 25 | 39 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .182 | .200 | .227 | .427 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 23 | P | Ken Heintzelman | 34 | 23 | 42 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .053 | .077 | .053 | .130 | -65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 24 | P | Jim Konstanty | 33 | 74 | 39 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .108 | .108 | .108 | .216 | -42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 25 | P | Ken Johnson* | 27 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | -4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | P | Milo Candini | 32 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | P | Blix Donnelly | 36 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | P | Hank Borowy | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 29 | P | Paul Stuffel | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | P | Steve Ridzik | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 31 | P | Jack Brittin | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 32 | P | Jocko Thompson* | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 26.4 | 157 | 6051 | 5426 | 722 | 1440 | 225 | 55 | 125 | 673 | 33 | 535 | 569 | .265 | .334 | .396 | .730 | 93 | 2150 | 144 | 24 | 66 | |||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Robin Roberts | 23 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.02 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 304.1 | 282 | 112 | 102 | 29 | 77 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1228 | 135 | 1.180 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 1.90 | |
| 2 | SP | Curt Simmons* | 21 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.40 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 214.2 | 178 | 93 | 81 | 19 | 88 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 896 | 120 | 1.239 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 1.66 | |
| 3 | SP | Bob Miller | 24 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.57 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 174.0 | 190 | 78 | 69 | 9 | 57 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 755 | 114 | 1.420 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.77 | |
| 4 | SP | Russ Meyer | 26 | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.30 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 159.2 | 193 | 108 | 94 | 21 | 67 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 710 | 77 | 1.628 | 10.9 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 1.10 | |
| 5 | SP | Bubba Church | 25 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.73 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 142.0 | 113 | 50 | 43 | 12 | 56 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 562 | 149 | 1.190 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.89 | |
| 6 | SP | Ken Heintzelman* | 34 | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.09 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.1 | 122 | 66 | 57 | 10 | 54 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 547 | 99 | 1.404 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.72 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | CL | Jim Konstanty | 33 | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.66 | 74 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 152.0 | 108 | 51 | 45 | 11 | 50 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 593 | 152 | 1.039 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.12 | |
| 8 | RP | Ken Johnson* | 27 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.01 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60.2 | 61 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 43 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 282 | 101 | 1.714 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 0.74 | |
| 9 | RP | Milo Candini | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 150 | 1.567 | 9.6 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 0.67 | |
| 10 | RP | Blix Donnelly | 36 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.29 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 95 | 1.905 | 12.9 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1.00 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Hank Borowy | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 71 | 1.421 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 0.75 | |||
| 12 | Paul Stuffel | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 226 | 1.000 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 3.00 | |||
| 13 | Jack Brittin | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 90 | 1.250 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 1.00 | |||
| 14 | Jocko Thompson* | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.250 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0.50 | ||||
| 15 | Steve Ridzik | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 68 | 1.333 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 26.1 | 91 | 63 | .591 | 3.50 | 157 | 157 | 100 | 57 | 13 | 27 | 1406.0 | 1324 | 624 | 546 | 122 | 530 | 620 | 13 | 14 | 28 | 5896 | 116 | 1.319 | 8.5 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.17 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | 23 | 147 | 0 | 147 | 0 | 418 | 405 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .988 | 2.81 | OF | |
| Johnny Blatnik | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | OF | |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 32 | 36 | 126 | 72 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 3.50 | 2B-1B-3B | ||||
| Hank Borowy | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||
| Jack Brittin | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||
| Putsy Caballero | 22 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.00 | 2B-3B-SS | ||||
| Milo Candini | 32 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.56 | P | ||||
| Bubba Church | 25 | 31 | 32 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Blix Donnelly | 36 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.43 | P | ||||
| Del Ennis | 25 | 149 | 14 | 1 | 140 | 298 | 279 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 1.94 | OF | |
| Mike Goliat | 28 | 145 | 759 | 345 | 393 | 21 | 89 | .972 | 5.09 | 2B | ||||
| Granny Hamner | 23 | 157 | 854 | 293 | 513 | 48 | 100 | .944 | 5.13 | SS | ||||
| Ken Heintzelman | 34 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.74 | P | ||||
| Stan Hollmig | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | OF | |
| Ken Johnson | 27 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Willie Jones | 24 | 157 | 538 | 190 | 323 | 25 | 30 | .954 | 3.27 | 3B | ||||
| Jim Konstanty | 33 | 74 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 0.46 | P | ||||
| Stan Lopata | 24 | 51 | 194 | 176 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .974 | 3.71 | 1 | C | |||
| Jackie Mayo | 24 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.53 | OF | |
| Russ Meyer | 26 | 32 | 39 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.22 | P | ||||
| Bob Miller | 24 | 35 | 55 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.57 | P | ||||
| Bill Nicholson | 35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.33 | OF | |
| Steve Ridzik | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||
| Robin Roberts | 23 | 40 | 74 | 22 | 50 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 1.80 | P | ||||
| Andy Seminick | 29 | 124 | 620 | 551 | 54 | 15 | 9 | .976 | 4.88 | 5 | C | |||
| Ken Silvestri | 34 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.89 | 0 | C | |||
| Curt Simmons | 21 | 31 | 44 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.42 | P | ||||
| Dick Sisler | 29 | 137 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 306 | 293 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .987 | 2.20 | OF | |
| Paul Stuffel | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||
| Jocko Thompson | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||
| Eddie Waitkus | 30 | 154 | 1496 | 1387 | 99 | 10 | 142 | .993 | 9.65 | 1B | ||||
| Dick Whitman | 29 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 59 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.81 | OF | |
| Team Totals | 26.8 | 157 | 6098 | 4216 | 1731 | 151 | 418 | .975 | 3.57 | 6 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |