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1948 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
83-71, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 706 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76
Manager: Billy Meyer (83-71)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,517,021 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

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1947 / 1949 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 Ed Fitz Gerald 24 102 297 262 31 70 9 3 1 35 3 32 37 .267 .349 .336 .685 85 88 3 1 2
2 1B Ed Stevens* 23 128 469 429 47 109 19 6 10 69 4 35 53 .254 .313 .396 .710 89 170 6 2 3
3 2B Danny Murtaugh 30 146 579 514 56 149 21 5 1 71 10 60 40 .290 .365 .356 .721 94 183 8 1 4
4 SS Stan Rojek 29 156 713 641 85 186 27 5 4 51 24 61 41 .290 .355 .367 .721 94 235 8 3 8
5 3B Frankie Gustine 28 131 499 449 68 120 19 2 9 42 5 42 62 .267 .333 .379 .711 90 170 12 2 6
6 OF Dixie Walker* 37 129 465 408 39 129 19 3 2 54 1 52 18 .316 .393 .392 .786 111 160 7 0 5
7 OF Ralph Kiner 25 156 670 555 104 147 19 5 40 123 1 112 61 .265 .391 .533 .924 146 296 15 3 0
8 OF Wally Westlake 27 132 479 428 78 122 10 6 17 65 2 46 40 .285 .360 .456 .815 118 195 10 4 1
Rk Pos 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 40 25 .278 .345 .385 .730 96 151 7 0 3
10 C Clyde Kluttz 30 94 295 271 26 60 12 2 4 20 3 20 19 .221 .275 .325 .600 60 88 4 0 4
11 3B Eddie Bockman 27 70 196 176 23 42 7 1 4 23 2 17 35 .239 .309 .358 .667 79 63 7 1 2
12 UT Max West* 31 87 174 146 19 26 4 0 8 21 1 27 29 .178 .310 .370 .680 82 54 4 1 0
13 OF Ted Beard* 27 25 95 81 15 16 1 3 0 7 5 12 18 .198 .316 .284 .600 62 23 0 2 0
14 2B Monty Basgall 26 38 54 51 12 11 1 0 2 6 0 3 5 .216 .259 .353 .612 63 18 1 0 0
15 C Johnny Riddle 42 10 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .200 .450 22 3 1 0 1
16 SS Grady Wilson 25 12 10 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300 -21 2 0 0 0
17 Don Gutteridge 36 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
18 SS Pete Castiglione 27 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
19 C Earl Turner 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos 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 7 11 .275 .327 .341 .667 79 31 3 0 0
21 P Elmer Riddle 33 29 74 64 6 12 1 0 1 5 1 4 16 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 16 0 0 6
22 P Vic Lombardi* 25 39 52 48 1 10 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 .208 .255 .250 .505 36 12 1 1 1
23 P Tiny Bonham 34 22 50 49 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 .163 .163 .163 .327 -12 8 0 0 1
24 P Rip Sewell* 41 21 49 42 5 6 1 0 1 2 0 6 15 .143 .250 .238 .488 32 10 0 0 1
25 P Kirby Higbe 33 56 48 48 4 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 11 .208 .208 .292 .500 33 14 2 0 0
26 P Fritz Ostermueller* 40 23 48 44 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 6 .182 .200 .205 .405 9 9 1 0 3
27 P Elmer Singleton 30 38 24 23 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .087 .087 .087 .174 -53 2 0 0 1
28 P Hal Gregg 26 22 24 22 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 .273 .273 .409 .682 81 9 0 0 2
29 P Mel Queen 30 25 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .059 .059 .059 .118 -68 1 0 0 2
30 P Woody Main 26 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Junior Walsh 29 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Cal McLish# 22 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 0
Team Totals 28.7 156 5943 5286 706 1388 191 54 108 650 68 0 580 578 .263 .338 .380 .718 92 2011 100 21 56 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 5 5 8 2 2 2 5 5 2 4 5 5 5
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Monty Basgall 26 54 41 5 3.2 104 .205 .216 .271 .259 .346 .353 .401 .612 .747 63 .359 -3.0 -0.3 .512 .196 .137 .0 4
*Ted Beard 27 95 65 7 2.9 104 .254 .198 .271 .316 .346 .284 .401 .600 .747 62 .308 -4.4 -0.4 .646 .296 .086 .0 O
Eddie Bockman 27 196 143 19 3.5 104 .277 .239 .271 .309 .346 .358 .401 .667 .747 79 .396 -5.6 -0.6 .589 .227 .119 2.7 5/4
Tiny Bonham 34 50 42 1 0.6 104 .190 .163 .271 .163 .346 .163 .401 .327 .747 -12 .027 -7.9 -0.8 .195 .000 .000 1
Pete Castiglione 27 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .402 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .500 .500 .000 .0 /6
#Bob Chesnes 27 98 69 10 3.8 104 .304 .275 .271 .327 .346 .341 .401 .667 .747 79 .434 -2.9 -0.3 .551 .143 .066 .0 1
Ed Fitz Gerald 24 297 197 31 4.2 104 .308 .267 .271 .349 .346 .336 .401 .685 .747 85 .471 -5.1 -0.5 .636 .202 .069 1.5 2
Hal Gregg 26 24 18 2 3.0 104 .417 .273 .271 .273 .346 .409 .401 .682 .747 81 .320 -0.8 -0.1 .563 .136 .136 .0 1
Frankie Gustine 28 499 347 56 4.3 104 .294 .267 .271 .333 .346 .379 .401 .711 .747 90 .482 -6.4 -0.6 .642 .216 .111 6.4 *5
Don Gutteridge 36 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .402 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
Kirby Higbe 33 48 40 3 2.0 104 .250 .208 .271 .208 .346 .292 .401 .500 .747 33 .186 -4.8 -0.5 .350 .083 .083 .0 1
*Johnny Hopp 31 435 293 52 4.7 104 .295 .278 .271 .345 .346 .385 .401 .730 .747 96 .526 -3.2 -0.3 .676 .222 .107 1.7 O3
Ralph Kiner 25 670 423 115 7.2 104 .236 .265 .271 .391 .346 .533 .401 .924 .747 146 .708 37.6 3.7 .974 .472 .268 2.0 *O
Clyde Kluttz 30 295 219 24 2.9 104 .226 .221 .271 .275 .346 .325 .401 .600 .747 60 .315 -16.0 -1.6 .516 .188 .103 3.4 2
*Vic Lombardi 25 52 40 3 2.0 104 .227 .208 .271 .255 .346 .250 .401 .505 .747 36 .186 -4.4 -0.4 .385 .083 .042 1
Woody Main 26 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .402 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
#Cal McLish 22 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .271 .000 .346 .000 .401 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Danny Murtaugh 30 579 377 67 4.7 104 .313 .290 .271 .365 .346 .356 .401 .721 .747 94 .527 -2.5 -0.2 .681 .202 .066 1.8 *4
*Fritz Ostermueller 40 48 40 2 1.3 104 .211 .182 .271 .200 .346 .205 .401 .405 .747 9 .099 -5.8 -0.6 .270 .045 .023 1
Mel Queen 30 19 18 0 0.0 104 .067 .059 .271 .059 .346 .059 .401 .118 .747 -68 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .063 .000 .000 1
Elmer Riddle 33 74 58 4 1.8 104 .234 .188 .271 .235 .346 .250 .401 .485 .747 30 .164 -6.6 -0.7 .404 .141 .063 1.0 1
Johnny Riddle 42 17 14 1 1.9 104 .231 .200 .271 .250 .346 .200 .401 .450 .747 22 .174 -1.7 -0.2 .308 .067 .000 2
Stan Rojek 29 713 471 83 4.7 104 .305 .290 .271 .355 .346 .367 .401 .721 .747 94 .523 -4.7 -0.5 .698 .209 .076 6.9 *6
*Rip Sewell 41 49 37 3 2.2 104 .192 .143 .271 .250 .346 .238 .401 .488 .747 32 .209 -4.2 -0.4 .444 .238 .095 .0 1
Elmer Singleton 30 24 22 0 0.0 104 .133 .087 .271 .087 .346 .087 .401 .174 .747 -53 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .095 .000 .000 1
*Ed Stevens 23 469 329 53 4.3 104 .270 .254 .271 .313 .346 .396 .401 .710 .747 89 .482 -8.1 -0.8 .647 .233 .142 5.7 *3
Nick Strincevich 33 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Earl Turner 25 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .271 .000 .346 .000 .401 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /2
*Dixie Walker 37 465 291 63 5.8 104 .327 .316 .271 .393 .346 .392 .401 .786 .747 111 .615 8.7 0.9 .745 .206 .076 1.3 *O
Junior Walsh 29 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .346 .000 .402 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Max West 31 174 124 17 3.6 104 .165 .178 .271 .310 .346 .370 .401 .680 .747 82 .409 -3.8 -0.4 .669 .384 .192 1.8 3O
Wally Westlake 27 479 317 69 5.8 104 .283 .285 .271 .360 .346 .456 .401 .815 .747 118 .617 9.3 0.9 .782 .283 .171 3.6 *O
Grady Wilson 25 10 9 0 0.0 104 .143 .100 .271 .100 .346 .200 .401 .300 .747 -21 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .222 .100 .100 /6
League Average 4.4 102 .277 .260 .269 .332 .343 .382 .398 .714 .742 93 .499 .657 .236 .121
Team Total 5943 4054 690 4.5 104 .278 .263 .271 .338 .346 .380 .401 .718 .747 92 .507 -59.9 -6.1 .670 .240 .118 83.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Monty Basgall 26 40 57 54 13 12 1 0 2 7 0 3 5 .222 .263 .352 .615 5 38 38
*Ted Beard 27 26 100 85 16 17 1 3 0 7 5 13 19 .200 .320 .282 .602 7 25 25
Eddie Bockman 27 73 203 184 24 44 7 1 4 24 2 18 37 .239 .310 .353 .664 20 70 70
Tiny Bonham 34 23 51 51 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 22 22
Pete Castiglione 27 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
#Bob Chesnes 27 41 102 95 15 26 1 1 1 8 0 7 11 .274 .324 .337 .660 10 39 39
Ed Fitz Gerald 24 107 307 273 32 72 9 3 1 36 3 33 39 .264 .345 .330 .675 31 102 102
Hal Gregg 26 23 23 23 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 22 22
Frankie Gustine 28 137 513 468 70 124 20 2 9 43 5 43 65 .265 .329 .374 .703 57 131 131
Don Gutteridge 36 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Kirby Higbe 33 59 50 50 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 56 56
*Johnny Hopp 31 125 449 408 66 112 15 12 1 32 5 41 26 .275 .341 .377 .718 53 120 120
Ralph Kiner 25 163 695 577 106 151 20 5 41 125 1 115 64 .262 .387 .527 .914 117 156 156
Clyde Kluttz 30 98 304 283 27 62 12 2 4 21 3 21 20 .219 .273 .318 .591 25 94 94
*Vic Lombardi 25 41 54 51 1 11 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 .216 .259 .255 .514 3 39 39
Woody Main 26 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17 17
#Cal McLish 22 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Danny Murtaugh 30 153 597 534 57 153 22 5 1 72 10 62 42 .287 .362 .352 .714 68 146 146
*Fritz Ostermueller 40 24 48 47 1 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 6 .191 .208 .213 .421 2 23 23
Mel Queen 30 26 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25 25
Elmer Riddle 33 30 71 67 7 13 1 0 1 6 1 4 17 .194 .239 .254 .493 4 29 29
Johnny Riddle 42 10 18 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .235 .278 .235 .513 1 10 10
Stan Rojek 29 163 734 668 87 192 28 5 4 52 25 63 43 .287 .351 .362 .714 85 156 156
*Rip Sewell 41 22 50 44 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 6 16 .136 .240 .227 .467 2 21 21
Elmer Singleton 30 40 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38 38
*Ed Stevens 23 134 485 447 48 113 20 6 10 71 4 36 55 .253 .311 .391 .703 54 128 128
Nick Strincevich 33 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
Earl Turner 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Dixie Walker 37 135 480 426 40 134 20 3 2 56 1 54 19 .315 .392 .390 .781 65 129 129
Junior Walsh 29 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Max West 31 91 181 152 19 27 4 0 8 21 1 28 30 .178 .309 .362 .671 17 87 87
Wally Westlake 27 138 498 446 80 126 10 6 18 67 2 48 42 .283 .357 .453 .810 71 132 132
Grady Wilson 25 13 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12 12
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Monty Basgall 26 1 54 38 54 51 12 11 1 0 2 6 0 3 5 .216 .259 .353 .612 63 18 1 0 0
*Ted Beard 27 1 95 25 95 81 15 16 1 3 0 7 5 12 18 .198 .316 .284 .600 62 23 0 2 0
Eddie Bockman 27 3 280 120 280 254 33 60 10 3 5 37 2 0 23 56 .236 .302 .358 .660 79 91 7 1 2
Tiny Bonham 34 9 562 213 562 500 34 83 9 0 0 23 1 0 28 88 .166 .213 .184 .397 11 92 12 2 32
Pete Castiglione 27 2 54 17 54 52 6 14 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 .269 .296 .269 .566 49 14 0 0 0
#Bob Chesnes 27 1 98 39 98 91 15 25 1 1 1 8 0 7 11 .275 .327 .341 .667 79 31 3 0 0
Ed Fitz Gerald 24 1 297 102 297 262 31 70 9 3 1 35 3 32 37 .267 .349 .336 .685 85 88 3 1 2
Hal Gregg 26 6 278 174 278 249 25 53 7 0 2 15 0 7 57 .213 .237 .265 .502 39 66 3 1 21
Frankie Gustine 28 10 4729 1176 4729 4302 523 1152 208 43 34 451 57 348 397 .268 .325 .360 .684 89 1548 115 14 65
Don Gutteridge 36 12 4577 1151 4577 4202 586 1075 200 64 39 391 95 37 309 444 .256 .308 .362 .669 84 1520 52 5 61
Kirby Higbe 33 10 689 356 689 638 35 99 14 2 3 46 0 12 131 .155 .171 .197 .368 2 126 19 0 39
*Johnny Hopp 31 10 3828 1052 3828 3396 564 1000 174 63 30 355 108 359 307 .294 .365 .409 .774 113 1390 43 17 56
Ralph Kiner 25 3 1915 452 1915 1622 285 448 59 12 114 331 5 284 251 .276 .386 .538 .924 147 873 42 6 3
Clyde Kluttz 30 7 1729 541 1729 1596 148 426 75 8 17 178 5 99 100 .267 .312 .356 .668 85 568 27 5 29
*Vic Lombardi 25 4 269 163 269 246 16 53 7 0 0 22 2 7 29 .215 .240 .244 .484 32 60 4 1 15
Woody Main 26 1 2 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
#Cal McLish 22 4 34 36 34 33 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .212 .212 .242 .455 29 8 1 0 1 0 0
Danny Murtaugh 30 6 2082 497 2082 1845 204 475 63 14 3 147 45 195 137 .257 .330 .312 .642 84 575 33 6 36
*Fritz Ostermueller 40 15 823 399 823 749 60 175 22 4 0 62 1 0 35 80 .234 .270 .274 .543 41 205 16 2 37
Mel Queen 30 5 88 72 88 82 6 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 22 .122 .122 .159 .280 -24 13 2 0 6 0 0
Elmer Riddle 33 9 358 175 358 317 30 66 10 0 1 26 1 0 18 59 .208 .251 .249 .500 42 79 4 0 23 0 0
Johnny Riddle 42 7 233 98 233 214 18 51 4 1 0 11 0 0 13 19 .238 .288 .266 .555 51 57 1 2 4
Stan Rojek 29 4 853 234 853 768 104 220 29 7 4 60 26 72 45 .286 .350 .358 .708 90 275 14 3 10
*Rip Sewell 41 12 785 395 785 734 80 151 22 3 6 59 12 0 34 150 .206 .241 .268 .509 41 197 20 0 17
Elmer Singleton 30 4 54 102 54 51 2 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 18 .118 .118 .157 .275 -26 8 1 0 3
*Ed Stevens 23 4 1059 291 1059 953 110 241 47 16 24 158 6 95 122 .253 .323 .411 .734 101 392 13 3 8
Nick Strincevich 33 8 307 204 307 272 16 43 3 2 0 16 0 0 16 58 .158 .205 .184 .389 8 50 6 0 19 0 0
Earl Turner 25 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
*Dixie Walker 37 17 7455 1817 7455 6559 1011 2013 372 95 104 1005 59 10 791 314 .307 .383 .440 .823 122 2887 77 16 89
Junior Walsh 29 2 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
*Max West 31 7 3057 824 3057 2676 338 681 136 20 77 380 19 353 340 .254 .344 .407 .751 113 1088 48 13 15
Wally Westlake 27 2 922 244 922 835 137 233 27 10 34 134 7 73 103 .279 .343 .457 .800 111 382 26 8 6
Grady Wilson 25 1 10 12 10 10 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .100 .100 .200 .300 -21 2 0 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1947 / 1949 Batting Statistics