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1948 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Chesnes 27 14 6 .700 3.57 25 23 0 15 0 0 194.1 180 92 77 13 90 69 4 2 6 829 114 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 20 81 63 3 0 9 828 117 1.387 8.7 0.9 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 42 3 0 0 556 94 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 43 1 0 4 597 92 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 36 1 0 1 522 117 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 2.7 0.97
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Kirby Higbe 33 8 7 .533 3.36 56 8 31 3 0 10 158.0 140 75 59 11 83 86 3 1 4 681 121 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 54 2 1 1 689 110 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 11 40 53 1 0 9 404 82 1.408 8.8 1.1 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 3 34 25 3 0 0 322 89 1.426 8.7 0.4 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 34 3 0 1 316 61 1.839 11.1 1.1 5.4 4.6 0.85
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Woody Main 26 1 1 .500 8.33 17 0 6 0 0 0 27.0 35 27 25 4 19 12 0 1 0 130 49 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 1 0 0 1 22 45 2.000 14.4 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.50
13 Nick Strincevich 33 0 0 8.31 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 20 49 2.308 16.6 0.0 4.2 2.1 0.50
14 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 22 39 2.077 8.3 2.1 10.4 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 31.8 83 71 .539 4.15 156 156 91 65 5 19 1371.2 1373 701 632 120 564 519 24 5 36 5938 98 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 4730
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Monty Basgall 26 22 72 37 35 0 4 1.000 3.27 2B
Ted Beard 27 22 0 22 0 66 66 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Eddie Bockman 27 52 157 51 100 6 9 .962 2.90 3B-2B
Tiny Bonham 34 22 16 6 9 1 1 .938 0.68 P
Pete Castiglione 27 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 SS
Bob Chesnes 27 25 69 21 45 3 5 .957 2.64 P
Ed Fitz Gerald 24 96 389 338 36 15 4 .961 3.90 15 C
Hal Gregg 26 22 17 7 10 0 1 1.000 0.77 P
Frankie Gustine 28 118 396 119 256 21 21 .947 3.18 3B
Kirby Higbe 33 56 28 5 22 1 0 .964 0.48 P
Johnny Hopp 31 105 1 71 8 425 403 21 1 22 .998 4.04 OF-1B
Ralph Kiner 25 154 154 0 0 398 382 6 10 1 .975 2.52 OF
Clyde Kluttz 30 91 360 298 54 8 8 .978 3.87 4 C
Vic Lombardi 25 38 40 3 37 0 0 1.000 1.05 P
Woody Main 26 17 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.47 P
Cal McLish 22 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Danny Murtaugh 30 146 804 375 412 17 95 .979 5.39 2B
Fritz Ostermueller 40 23 24 3 21 0 0 1.000 1.04 P
Mel Queen 30 25 15 6 8 1 0 .933 0.56 P
Elmer Riddle 33 28 48 9 37 2 3 .958 1.64 P
Johnny Riddle 42 10 21 18 3 0 1 1.000 2.10 1 C
Stan Rojek 29 156 766 262 475 29 91 .962 4.72 SS
Rip Sewell 41 21 34 10 21 3 1 .912 1.48 P
Elmer Singleton 30 38 31 13 18 0 1 1.000 0.82 P
Ed Stevens 23 117 1108 1021 83 4 94 .996 9.44 1B
Nick Strincevich 33 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Earl Turner 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 C
Dixie Walker 37 112 1 1 110 176 168 4 4 0 .977 1.54 OF
Junior Walsh 29 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Wally Westlake 27 125 1 67 57 289 274 8 7 2 .976 2.26 OF
Max West 31 48 3 0 13 231 209 20 2 14 .991 4.77 1B-OF
Grady Wilson 25 7 13 7 4 2 2 .846 1.57 SS
Team Totals 28.9 156 6008 4114 1757 137 380 .977 3.44 20
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 3 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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