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1948 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

83-71, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Meyer (83-71)
Scored 706 runs, Allowed 701 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 - 105, Pitching - 105


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1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Monty Basgall 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 8, 1922 1st 38 12 38 22 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 0.1 $
Ted Beard 27 L L 5' 8" 165 Jan 7, 1921 1st 25 21 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 22 2 1 0.2 $
Eddie Bockman 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Jul 26, 1920 3 70 44 70 52 0 0 0 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0.6 $
Tiny Bonham 34 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 16, 1913 9 22 20 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Pete Castiglione 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.1 $
Bob Chesnes 27 B R 6' 0" 180 May 6, 1921 1st 39 23 39 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3.0 $
Ed Fitz Gerald 24 R R 6' 0" 170 May 21, 1924 1st 102 66 102 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.5 $
Hal Gregg 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 11, 1921 6 22 8 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Frankie Gustine 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1920 10 131 112 131 119 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2.1 $ All-Star
Don Gutteridge 36 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1912 12 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1 $
Kirby Higbe 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 10 56 8 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Johnny Hopp 31 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 18, 1916 10 120 94 120 105 0 0 25 0 0 0 2 71 8 81 14 1 1.7 $
Ralph Kiner HOF 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 3 156 154 156 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 2 0 6.1 $35,000 All-Star
Clyde Kluttz 30 R R 6' 0" 193 Dec 12, 1917 7 94 88 94 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Vic Lombardi 25 L L 5' 7" 158 Sep 20, 1922 4 39 17 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.6 $
Woody Main 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 12, 1922 1st 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Cal McLish 22 B R 6' 0" 179 Dec 1, 1925 4 3 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Danny Murtaugh 30 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 8, 1917 6 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
Fritz Ostermueller 40 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 15 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Mel Queen 30 R R 6' 0" 204 Mar 4, 1918 5 25 8 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Elmer Riddle 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 31, 1914 9 29 27 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 $ All-Star
Johnny Riddle 42 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 3, 1905 7 10 2 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Stan Rojek 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 21, 1919 4 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Rip Sewell 41 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 12 21 17 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Elmer Singleton 30 R R 6' 2" 174 Jun 26, 1918 4 38 5 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ed Stevens 23 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 12, 1925 4 128 111 128 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.9 $
Nick Strincevich 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1915 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Earl Turner 25 R R 5' 9" 170 May 6, 1923 1st 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Dixie Walker 37 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 24, 1910 17 129 110 129 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 109 112 17 0 1.7 $
Junior Walsh 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 7, 1919 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Max West 31 L R 6' 1" 182 Nov 28, 1916 7 87 28 87 47 0 0 32 0 0 0 3 0 13 16 40 0 -0.2 $
Wally Westlake 27 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 2 132 106 132 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 70 56 125 7 0 2.8 $
Grady Wilson 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 23, 1922 1st 12 0 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Johnny Riddle
Ralph Kiner
Ed Stevens
Stan Rojek
Danny Murtaugh
Monty Basgall
Ed Fitz Gerald
Clyde Kluttz

Dixie Walker
Johnny Hopp
Kirby Higbe
Max West
Wally Westlake
Frankie Gustine
Ted Beard
Grady Wilson
Eddie Bockman

Fritz Ostermueller
Nick Strincevich
Mel Queen
Bob Chesnes
Cal McLish
Elmer Singleton
Vic Lombardi
Pete Castiglione
Don Gutteridge

Rip Sewell
Earl Turner
Hal Gregg
Woody Main
Junior Walsh
Tiny Bonham
Elmer Riddle
Cal McLish

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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