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1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950)
71-83, Finished 6th in National League
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85
Manager: Billy Meyer (71-83)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 71-83, Final Rank:6, GB: 26.0
Days in First2last on Wednesday, Apr 27, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 2last on Apr 27, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind29.5last on Wednesday, Sep 21, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5002last on Wednesday, Apr 27
Most Games under .50019last on Wednesday, Sep 21
Longest Winning Streak8Saturday, Jul 2 to Saturday, Jul 9 and Thursday, Sep 22 to Sunday, Oct 2
Longest Losing Streak8Sunday, Aug 28 to Monday, Sep 5
Most Runs Allowed17Saturday, Jun 25
Most Runs Scored12Wednesday, Jun 22 and Saturday, Jul 23
Times Shutout by Opponent5 
Times Opponent Shutout9 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 71 83 681 760 .461
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 36 41 341 397 .468
Road 35 42 340 363 .455
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 5 6 38 38 .455
May 11 18 122 147 .379
June 11 15 121 147 .423
July 18 10 140 123 .643
August 12 19 111 138 .387
September 13 14 140 159 .481
October 1 1 9 8 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 35 42 330 371 .455
Second Half 36 41 351 389 .468
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 27 24 182 179 .529
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 19 23 228 275 .452
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 6 16 94 153 .273
BSN 10 12 97 117 .455
CHC 11 11 105 108 .500
CIN 13 9 93 87 .591
NYG 10 12 108 116 .455
PHI 9 13 95 100 .409
STL 12 10 89 79 .545

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 19 PIT @ CHC W 1 0 1-0 1 Tied Sewell 1:49 29,392 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 20 PIT @ CHC L 0 4 1-1 4 1.0 Rush 2:12 11,218 -
3 3 Thursday, Apr 21 PIT @ CHC L 3 4 1-2 5 1.5 Kush 1:55 11,599 --
4 4 Friday, Apr 22 PIT CIN W 5 4 2-2 4 1.0 Werle 2:41 32,167 +
5 5 Sunday, Apr 24 PIT CIN L 2 3 2-3 4 1.0 Gumbert 2:19 -
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 PIT CIN W 3 1 3-3 4 1.0 Chambers 2:10 24,444 +
7 7 Monday, Apr 25 PIT CHC W 8 2 4-3 2 0.5 Sewell 2:10 35,373 ++
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 27 PIT @ STL W 7 1 5-3 1 Tied Dickson 2:09 11,727 +++
9 9 Thursday, Apr 28 PIT @ STL L 2 4 5-4 3 0.5 Brazle 2:01 4,561 -
10 10 Friday, Apr 29 PIT @ CIN L 3 7 5-5 5 1.0 Fox 2:06 20,046 --
11 11 Saturday, Apr 30 PIT @ CIN L 4 8 5-6 6 1.5 Wehmeier 2:26 4,416 ---
12 12 Sunday, May 1 PIT @ CIN W 10 4 6-6 4 2.5 Chesnes 2:33 +
13 13 Sunday, May 1 PIT @ CIN L 2 5 6-7 4 2.5 Lively 2:02 24,872 -
14 14 Tuesday, May 3 PIT @ NYG L 3 5 6-8 8 2.5 Hartung 2:14 33,995 --
15 15 Wednesday, May 4 PIT @ NYG L 4 11 6-9 8 3.5 Jansen 2:20 9,874 ---
16 16 Thursday, May 5 PIT @ NYG L 2 3 6-10 8 4.0 Behrman 2:36 8,422 ----
17 17 Friday, May 6 PIT @ PHI L 3 4 6-11 8 5.0 Meyer 2:01 15,754 -----
18 18 Saturday, May 7 PIT @ PHI W 6 4 7-11 8 4.0 Gregg 2:25 6,832 +
19 19 Sunday, May 8 PIT @ BSN W 8 3 8-11 6 3.5 Chambers 2:15 ++
20 20 Sunday, May 8 PIT @ BSN W 11 8 9-11 6 3.5 Casey 2:41 27,211 +++
21 21 Monday, May 9 PIT @ BSN L 1 4 9-12 7 4.5 Bickford 2:07 13,706 -
22 22 Wednesday, May 11 PIT @ BRO W 5 3 10-12 5 3.5 Werle 2:21 22,709 +
23 23 Thursday, May 12 PIT @ BRO L 6 11 10-13 6 3.5 Branca 3:04 7,455 -
24 24 Friday, May 13 PIT STL W 3 2 11-13 5 3.5 Casey 34,893 +
25 25 Saturday, May 14 PIT STL L 3 4 11-14 5 4.5 Pollet 2:21 18,914 -
26 26 Sunday, May 15 PIT STL L 3 4 11-15 6 5.5 Staley 2:21 26,909 --
27 27 Tuesday, May 17 PIT NYG W 3 2 12-15 5 4.5 Chesnes 2:09 30,450 +
28 28 Wednesday, May 18 PIT NYG W 5 3 13-15 5 3.5 Muncrief 2:01 14,240 ++
29 29 Thursday, May 19 PIT BSN L 2 3 13-16 6 4.5 Bickford 1:53 9,586 -
30 30 Friday, May 20 PIT BSN W 2 1 14-16 5 4.5 Werle 2:19 29,807 +
31 31 Saturday, May 21 PIT BSN L 2 8 14-17 6 5.0 Spahn 2:34 16,724 -
32 32 Sunday, May 22 PIT PHI L 5 6 14-18 6 5.5 Roberts 2:28 31,467 --
33 33 Tuesday, May 24 PIT BRO L 1 6 14-19 7 6.0 Branca 2:11 29,625 ---
34 34 Wednesday, May 25 PIT BRO L 6 8 14-20 7 6.0 Banta 2:17 13,988 ----
35 35 Thursday, May 26 PIT @ STL L 6 13 14-21 7 6.5 Wilks 2:19 10,402 -----
36 36 Friday, May 27 PIT @ STL L 1 2 14-22 8 6.5 Brazle 1:53 12,110 ------
37 37 Saturday, May 28 PIT @ STL L 2 4 14-23 8 7.5 Wilks 1:56 15,931 -------
38 38 Sunday, May 29 PIT @ STL W 4 2 15-23 8 6.5 Riddle 2:16 16,535 +
39 39 Monday, May 30 PIT CHC L 5 8 15-24 8 6.5 Rush 2:12 -
40 40 Monday, May 30 PIT CHC W 8 6 16-24 8 6.5 Chesnes 2:03 38,089 +
41 41 Wednesday, Jun 1 PIT @ BSN L 6 8 16-25 8 8.0 Hall 2:49 20,153 -
42 42 Thursday, Jun 2 PIT @ BSN L 1 4 16-26 8 9.0 Spahn 2:05 20,130 --
43 43 Saturday, Jun 4 PIT @ BRO L 6 8 16-27 8 9.0 Banta 2:31 18,352 ---
44 44 Sunday, Jun 5 PIT @ BRO W 5 4 17-27 8 8.5 Dickson 2:36 25,035 +
45 45 Monday, Jun 6 PIT @ BRO L 1 5 17-28 8 8.5 Newcombe 2:21 30,053 -
46 46 Tuesday, Jun 7 PIT @ PHI L 5 6 17-29 8 9.5 Rowe 2:23 12,105 --
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 8 PIT @ PHI L 0 2 17-30 8 10.5 Roberts 1:58 10,136 ---
48 48 Thursday, Jun 9 PIT @ PHI L 3 4 17-31 8 11.5 Konstanty 3:45 4,095 ----
49 49 Friday, Jun 10 PIT @ NYG W 6 1 18-31 7 11.5 Werle 2:12 6,942 +
50 50 Saturday, Jun 11 PIT @ NYG L 3 4 18-32 8 12.5 Behrman 2:27 14,065 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 12 PIT @ NYG W 6 5 19-32 8 12.5 Sewell 3:22 18,149 +
52 52 Tuesday, Jun 14 PIT BSN W 4 3 20-32 7 12.5 Bonham 2:33 29,639 ++
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 15 PIT BSN W 8 7 21-32 7 11.5 Sewell 2:46 15,048 +++
54 54 Thursday, Jun 16 PIT BSN L 2 7 21-33 7 11.5 Bickford 2:19 12,239 -
55 55 Friday, Jun 17 PIT NYG W 6 4 22-33 7 11.5 Bonham 2:45 32,615 +
56 56 Saturday, Jun 18 PIT NYG L 4 5 22-34 7 12.5 Jones 2:58 17,752 -
57 57 Sunday, Jun 19 PIT NYG W 9 4 23-34 7 11.5 Chesnes 1:56 25,413 +
58 58 Monday, Jun 20 PIT PHI L 1 7 23-35 7 12.0 Meyer 2:35 30,066 -
59 59 Tuesday, Jun 21 PIT PHI L 4 9 23-36 7 13.0 Borowy 2:23 32,332 --
60 60 Wednesday, Jun 22 PIT PHI W 12 3 24-36 7 12.0 Lombardi 2:17 8,957 +
61 61 Thursday, Jun 23 PIT PHI L 3 9 24-37 7 13.0 Simmons 2:28 10,283 -
62 62 Friday, Jun 24 PIT BRO W 4 2 25-37 7 12.5 Bonham 2:22 34,670 +
63 63 Saturday, Jun 25 PIT BRO L 10 17 25-38 7 13.0 Branca 2:27 19,800 -
64 64 Sunday, Jun 26 PIT BRO L 3 15 25-39 7 14.0 Newcombe 2:59 39,548 --
65 65 Wednesday, Jun 29 PIT CIN W 7 3 26-39 7 14.5 Lombardi 2:16 18,349 +
66 66 Thursday, Jun 30 PIT CIN W 2 1 27-39 7 13.5 Chambers 2:00 8,283 ++
67 67 Friday, Jul 1 PIT @ CHC L 5 6 27-40 7 13.5 Muncrief 2:32 10,526 -
68 68 Saturday, Jul 2 PIT @ CHC W 8 3 28-40 7 13.5 Bonham 2:28 16,670 +
69 69 Sunday, Jul 3 PIT @ CHC W 7 3 29-40 7 12.5 Lombardi 2:34 18,128 ++
70 70 Monday, Jul 4 PIT @ CIN W 2 1 30-40 6 12.5 Chambers 2:14 +++
71 71 Monday, Jul 4 PIT @ CIN W 1 0 31-40 6 12.5 Werle 2:16 15,479 ++++
72 72 Wednesday, Jul 6 PIT STL W 4 3 32-40 6 11.0 Dickson 2:41 32,983 +++++
73 73 Thursday, Jul 7 PIT STL W 2 0 33-40 6 11.0 Bonham 1:49 15,603 ++++++
74 74 Friday, Jul 8 PIT CHC W 2 1 34-40 6 11.0 Lombardi 2:10 36,336 +++++++
75 75 Saturday, Jul 9 PIT CHC W 6 5 35-40 6 10.0 Sewell 3:25 15,924 ++++++++
76 76 Sunday, Jul 10 PIT CHC L 6 8 35-41 6 11.5 Rush 2:57 -
77 77 Sunday, Jul 10 PIT CHC L 6 9 35-42 6 11.5 Chipman 1:55 26,317 --
78 78 Thursday, Jul 14 PIT @ NYG L 3 4 35-43 6 12.5 Jansen 2:00 22,677 ---
79 79 Saturday, Jul 16 PIT @ NYG W 9 0 36-43 6 11.5 Chesnes 2:08 +
80 80 Saturday, Jul 16 PIT @ NYG W 7 6 37-43 6 11.5 Werle 3:10 20,001 ++
81 81 Sunday, Jul 17 PIT @ PHI W 2 1 38-43 6 11.5 Chambers 1:25 12,761 +++
82 82 Monday, Jul 18 PIT @ PHI W 7 2 39-43 6 11.5 Dickson 2:44 4,068 ++++
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 19 PIT @ BRO L 3 4 39-44 6 12.5 Palica 2:54 21,387 -
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 20 PIT @ BRO W 8 6 40-44 6 11.5 Chambers 2:43 17,531 +
85 85 Thursday, Jul 21 PIT @ BRO L 6 7 40-45 6 12.5 Palica 3:05 11,947 -
86 86 Friday, Jul 22 PIT @ BSN L 3 5 40-46 6 12.5 Bickford 2:30 16,958 --
87 87 Saturday, Jul 23 PIT @ BSN W 12 9 41-46 6 11.5 Casey 2:51 8,213 +
88 88 Sunday, Jul 24 PIT @ BSN W 4 3 42-46 6 10.5 Werle 2:08 0 ++
89 89 Sunday, Jul 24 PIT @ BSN W 7 6 43-46 6 10.5 Casey 2:24 21,986 +++
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 26 PIT NYG W 4 1 44-46 6 10.5 Bonham 1:57 35,041 ++++
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 27 PIT NYG L 3 8 44-47 6 11.5 Higbe 2:36 19,768 -
92 92 Thursday, Jul 28 PIT NYG L 6 8 44-48 6 12.5 Jones 2:56 12,653 --
93 93 Sunday, Jul 31 PIT BSN L 1 9 44-49 6 12.5 Sain 2:15 ---
94 94 Sunday, Jul 31 PIT BSN W 6 5 45-49 6 12.5 Gumbert 2:29 27,105 +
95 95 Monday, Aug 1 PIT BRO L 0 9 45-50 6 12.5 Branca 2:03 29,483 -
96 96 Tuesday, Aug 2 PIT BRO L 2 5 45-51 6 13.5 Barney 2:43 27,697 --
97 97 Wednesday, Aug 3 PIT BRO L 5 10 45-52 6 14.5 Erskine 2:39 13,007 ---
98 98 Thursday, Aug 4 PIT BRO L 3 11 45-53 6 15.5 Newcombe 2:28 14,363 ----
99 99 Friday, Aug 5 PIT PHI W 1 0 46-53 6 15.5 Werle 1:52 24,944 +
100 100 Saturday, Aug 6 PIT PHI L 3 4 46-54 6 15.5 Konstanty 2:13 13,260 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 7 PIT PHI L 3 7 46-55 6 17.0 Borowy 2:05 --
102 102 Sunday, Aug 7 PIT PHI L 4 5 46-56 6 17.0 Konstanty 1:56 27,928 ---
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 9 PIT @ CHC W 8 3 47-56 6 17.5 Chambers 2:27 11,313 +
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 10 PIT @ CHC L 0 2 47-57 6 18.5 Lade 2:01 10,326 -
105 105 Thursday, Aug 11 PIT @ CHC W 3 2 48-57 6 18.5 Werle 2:10 5,415 +
106 106 Friday, Aug 12 PIT @ STL L 2 8 48-58 6 19.0 Staley 2:14 22,231 -
107 107 Saturday, Aug 13 PIT @ STL W 6 3 49-58 6 18.0 Dickson 2:25 25,745 +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 14 PIT @ STL W 4 0 50-58 6 18.0 Chambers 2:12 22,996 ++
109 109 Monday, Aug 15 PIT @ CIN W 9 7 51-58 6 17.5 Sewell 2:25 11,371 +++
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 16 PIT @ CIN L 1 2 51-59 6 17.5 Fox 1:57 2,526 -
111 111 Thursday, Aug 18 PIT CHC W 2 0 52-59 6 17.0 Walsh 1:52 13,868 +
112 112 Friday, Aug 19 PIT STL W 8 2 53-59 6 16.0 Chambers 1:53 32,476 ++
113 113 Saturday, Aug 20 PIT STL L 3 4 53-60 6 17.0 Pollet 2:40 20,659 -
114 114 Sunday, Aug 21 PIT STL L 2 4 53-61 6 17.0 Martin 2:05 --
115 115 Sunday, Aug 21 PIT STL W 8 0 54-61 6 17.0 Dickson 1:47 34,408 +
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 23 PIT @ BSN L 2 5 54-62 6 17.5 Sain 2:14 14,405 -
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 24 PIT @ BSN L 5 6 54-63 6 17.5 Spahn 2:25 6,467 --
118 118 Thursday, Aug 25 PIT @ PHI W 5 1 55-63 6 18.0 Dickson 2:01 4,548 +
119 119 Thursday, Aug 25 PIT @ PHI L 2 4 55-64 6 18.0 Roberts 1:42 7,179 -
120 120 Friday, Aug 26 PIT @ PHI W 3 2 56-64 6 17.0 Werle 1:49 9,586 +
121 121 Saturday, Aug 27 PIT @ PHI W 8 2 57-64 6 17.5 Bonham 2:14 6,070 ++
122 122 Sunday, Aug 28 PIT @ BRO L 0 9 57-65 6 19.0 Newcombe 2:24 23,663 -
123 123 Monday, Aug 29 PIT @ BRO L 1 5 57-66 6 20.0 Banta 2:07 24,031 --
124 124 Tuesday, Aug 30 PIT @ BRO L 3 4 57-67 6 20.0 Barney 2:15 13,708 ---
125 125 Wednesday, Aug 31 PIT @ NYG L 5 12 57-68 6 20.5 Jones 2:00 4,701 ----
126 126 Thursday, Sep 1 PIT @ NYG L 5 9 57-69 6 21.5 Hansen 2:38 3,973 -----
127 127 Saturday, Sep 3 PIT @ CHC L 7 11 57-70 6 22.0 Adkins 2:23 13,289 ------
128 128 Sunday, Sep 4 PIT @ CHC L 7 11 57-71 6 23.5 Muncrief 2:14 18,082 -------
129 129 Monday, Sep 5 PIT @ STL L 1 9 57-72 6 23.5 Munger 2:13 --------
130 130 Monday, Sep 5 PIT @ STL W 5 4 58-72 6 23.5 Lombardi 2:39 32,214 +
131 131 Tuesday, Sep 6 PIT CIN L 3 6 58-73 6 24.0 Blackwell 2:29 11,797 -
132 132 Wednesday, Sep 7 PIT CIN L 2 5 58-74 6 25.0 Raffensberger 2:15 12,367 --
133 133 Thursday, Sep 8 PIT CIN L 7 9 58-75 6 26.0 Wehmeier 5,642 ---
134 134 Friday, Sep 9 PIT CHC L 1 8 58-76 6 26.0 Dubiel 1:51 7,905 ----
135 135 Saturday, Sep 10 PIT CHC L 5 9 58-77 6 27.0 Leonard 2:23 5,369 -----
136 136 Sunday, Sep 11 PIT CHC W 7 3 59-77 6 27.5 Dickson 1:59 9,851 +
137 137 Tuesday, Sep 13 PIT PHI W 11 6 60-77 6 27.5 Chambers 2:29 11,878 ++
138 138 Wednesday, Sep 14 PIT PHI L 4 12 60-78 6 28.5 Roberts 2:04 3,920 -
139 139 Friday, Sep 16 PIT BRO W 9 2 61-78 6 28.5 Werle 2:39 28,202 +
140 140 Saturday, Sep 17 PIT BRO W 7 2 62-78 6 27.5 Dickson 2:03 14,842 ++
141 141 Sunday, Sep 18 PIT NYG L 4 13 62-79 6 28.0 Jones 2:20 -
142 142 Sunday, Sep 18 PIT NYG W 7 2 63-79 6 28.0 Chambers 1:56 28,291 +
143 143 Monday, Sep 19 PIT NYG L 4 6 63-80 6 28.0 Jones 2:41 11,542 -
144 144 Tuesday, Sep 20 PIT BSN L 2 4 63-81 6 29.0 Bickford 2:11 11,348 --
145 145 Wednesday, Sep 21 PIT BSN L 7 9 63-82 6 29.5 Hall 2:30 11,881 ---
146 146 Thursday, Sep 22 PIT BSN W 1 0 64-82 6 28.5 Dickson 2:04 8,261 +
147 147 Saturday, Sep 24 PIT @ CIN W 6 5 65-82 6 28.5 Chambers 2:03 2,019 ++
148 148 Sunday, Sep 25 PIT @ CIN W 7 3 66-82 6 28.0 Chesnes 2:08 +++
149 149 Sunday, Sep 25 PIT @ CIN W 5 3 67-82 6 28.0 Dickson 1:53 9,086 ++++
150 150 Tuesday, Sep 27 PIT STL W 6 4 68-82 6 27.0 Werle 2:33 27,283 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 29 PIT STL W 7 2 69-82 6 26.5 Dickson 2:06 9,573 ++++++
152 152 Friday, Sep 30 PIT CIN W 3 2 70-82 6 26.0 Chesnes 1:49 9,416 +++++++
153 153 Sunday, Oct 2 PIT CIN W 4 2 71-82 6 26.0 Chambers 2:54 ++++++++
154 154 Sunday, Oct 2 PIT CIN L 5 6 71-83 6 26.0 Raffensberger 40,025 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1948 / 1950 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits