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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
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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 2 8 4 4 4 4 7 7 5 7
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

Team Fielding--Totals

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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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