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1949 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

71-83, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Meyer (71-83)
Scored 681 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 1,449,435 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102


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1948 / 1950 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 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 8, 1922 2 107 88 107 101 0 0 0 98 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -0.7 $
Ted Beard 28 L L 5' 8" 165 Jan 7, 1921 2 14 5 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 3 1 -0.5 $
Eddie Bockman 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Jul 26, 1920 4 79 56 79 73 0 0 0 5 68 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.0 $
Tiny Bonham 35 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 16, 1913 10 18 14 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Hugh Casey 35 R R 6' 1" 207 Oct 14, 1913 9 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jack Cassini 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Oct 26, 1919 1st 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 $
Pete Castiglione 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 3 118 108 118 111 0 0 0 0 98 17 0 0 2 2 6 2 0.4 $
Cliff Chambers 27 L L 6' 3" 208 Jan 10, 1922 2 34 21 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Bob Chesnes 28 B R 6' 0" 180 May 6, 1921 2 42 25 42 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 -0.6 $
Murry Dickson 32 R R 5' 10" 157 Aug 21, 1916 8 44 20 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Ed Fitz Gerald 25 R R 6' 0" 170 May 21, 1924 2 76 34 76 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 0.1 $
Les Fleming 33 L L 5' 10" 185 Aug 7, 1915 7 24 3 24 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.1 $
Hal Gregg 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 11, 1921 7 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Harry Gumbert 39 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 5, 1909 14 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Kirby Higbe 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 11 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Johnny Hopp 32 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 18, 1916 11 105 88 105 93 0 0 77 0 0 0 4 0 12 16 12 0 1.7 $
Wally Judnich 33 L L 6' 1" 205 Jan 24, 1916 7 10 8 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 2 0 -0.1 $
Ralph Kiner HOF 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 4 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 0 0 8.1 $50,000 All-Star
Vic Lombardi 26 L L 5' 7" 158 Sep 20, 1922 5 43 12 43 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1.6 $
Phil Masi 33 R R 5' 10" 177 Jan 6, 1916 11 48 37 48 46 0 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.8 $
Clyde McCullough 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 4, 1917 8 91 85 91 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 $
Bob Muncrief 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 28, 1916 11 13 4 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Danny Murtaugh 31 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 8, 1917 7 75 66 75 74 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7 $
Jack Phillips 27 R R 6' 4" 193 Sep 6, 1921 3 18 14 18 16 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.2 $
Ray Poat 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 19, 1917 6 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Marv Rackley 27 L L 5' 10" 170 Jul 25, 1921 3 11 8 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 3 0 0.1 $
Dino Restelli 24 R R 6' 1" 191 Sep 23, 1924 1st 72 60 72 61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 44 17 61 9 1 1.4 $
Bobby Rhawn 30 R R 5' 8" 180 Feb 13, 1919 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Elmer Riddle 34 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 31, 1914 10 16 12 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Stan Rojek 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 21, 1919 5 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Tom Saffell 27 L R 5' 11" 170 Jul 26, 1921 1st 72 46 72 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 2 53 19 0 0.8 $
Rip Sewell 42 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 13 28 6 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Ed Stevens 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 12, 1925 5 67 57 67 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.5 $
Dixie Walker 38 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 24, 1910 18 88 39 88 42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 39 45 0 0.1 $30,000
Junior Walsh 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 7, 1919 3 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Werle 28 L L 6' 2" 182 Dec 21, 1920 1st 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Wally Westlake 28 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 3 147 132 147 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 93 143 4 0 3.2 $
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

Les Fleming

Eddie Bockman

Ralph Kiner

Jack Phillips
Ed Stevens

Stan Rojek

Danny Murtaugh

Monty Basgall
Clyde McCullough

Ed Fitz Gerald

Monty Basgall

Dixie Walker

Johnny Hopp

Kirby Higbe

Wally Judnich
Dino Restelli

Wally Westlake

Pete Castiglione

Ted Beard
Phil Masi
Marv Rackley
Bobby Rhawn

Tom Saffell

Jack Cassini
Bill Werle

Tiny Bonham
Bill Werle

Elmer Riddle

Murry Dickson

Cliff Chambers

Bob Chesnes

Hugh Casey

Bob Muncrief
Ray Poat

Vic Lombardi

Junior Walsh
Bill Werle

Rip Sewell

Hal Gregg

Tiny Bonham

Hal Gregg
Harry Gumbert
Elmer Riddle

Bob Muncrief

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers