Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

1949 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

71-83, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
View League Standings and Leaders

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


BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)


1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs  · Mouseover bar for details  · Click for box score  · Grouped by Month

Team Batting

More Stats

Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats
 · League Register
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 Clyde McCullough 32 91 271 241 30 57 9 3 4 21 1 24 30 .237 .316 .349 .665 77 84 3 4 2
2 1B Johnny Hopp* 32 105 411 371 55 118 14 5 5 39 9 37 29 .318 .380 .423 .803 113 157 7 0 3
3 2B Monty Basgall 27 107 344 308 25 67 9 1 2 26 1 31 32 .218 .291 .273 .564 51 84 7 1 4
4 SS Stan Rojek 30 144 625 557 72 136 19 2 0 31 4 50 31 .244 .309 .285 .594 59 159 10 2 16
5 3B Pete Castiglione 28 118 477 448 57 120 20 2 6 43 2 20 43 .268 .299 .362 .661 75 162 4 0 9
6 OF Dino Restelli 24 72 274 232 41 58 11 0 12 40 3 35 26 .250 .358 .453 .811 114 105 8 4 3
7 OF Ralph Kiner 26 152 667 549 116 170 19 5 54 127 6 117 61 .310 .432 .658 1.089 186 361 10 1 0
8 OF Wally Westlake 28 147 577 525 77 148 24 8 23 104 6 45 69 .282 .345 .490 .835 120 257 15 6 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 2B Danny Murtaugh 31 75 268 236 16 48 7 2 2 24 2 29 17 .203 .291 .275 .566 51 65 2 0 3
10 1B Ed Stevens* 24 67 247 221 22 58 10 1 4 32 1 22 24 .262 .332 .371 .703 87 82 2 1 3
11 3B Eddie Bockman 28 79 245 220 21 49 6 1 6 19 3 23 31 .223 .296 .341 .637 69 75 3 0 2
12 OF Tom Saffell* 27 73 233 205 36 66 7 1 2 25 5 21 27 .322 .385 .395 .780 108 81 3 0 7
13 OF Dixie Walker* 38 88 211 181 26 51 4 1 1 18 0 26 11 .282 .372 .331 .703 89 60 4 0 4
14 C Ed Fitz Gerald 25 75 171 160 16 42 7 0 2 18 1 8 27 .263 .302 .344 .646 71 55 5 1 2
15 C Phil Masi 33 48 155 135 16 37 6 1 2 13 1 17 16 .274 .355 .378 .733 95 51 5 0 3
16 1B Jack Phillips 27 18 60 56 6 13 3 1 0 3 1 4 6 .232 .283 .321 .605 60 18 1 0 0
17 1B Les Fleming* 33 24 38 31 0 8 0 2 0 7 0 6 2 .258 .395 .387 .782 109 12 0 1 0
18 OF Marv Rackley* 27 11 37 35 5 11 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 .314 .351 .371 .723 92 13 0 0 0
19 OF Wally Judnich* 33 10 36 35 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 .229 .250 .257 .507 35 9 0 0 0
20 OF Ted Beard* 28 14 26 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 2 0 0 0
21 3B Bobby Rhawn 30 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 1 0 1
22 Jack Cassini 29 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Murry Dickson 32 44 85 84 5 17 4 1 0 4 0 0 6 .202 .202 .274 .476 25 23 1 0 1
24 P Bill Werle* 28 35 84 77 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 5 11 .117 .171 .130 .301 -19 10 1 0 2
25 P Bob Chesnes# 28 42 73 68 11 17 5 2 1 5 0 5 6 .250 .301 .426 .728 91 29 2 0 0
26 P Cliff Chambers* 27 34 66 55 5 13 2 1 0 5 0 5 7 .236 .300 .309 .609 62 17 1 0 6
27 P Vic Lombardi* 26 43 53 49 8 17 0 1 0 10 1 4 4 .347 .396 .388 .784 109 19 0 0 0
28 P Tiny Bonham 35 18 30 22 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 .045 .160 .045 .205 -43 1 0 0 5
29 P Elmer Riddle 34 16 24 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 .136 .174 .136 .310 -16 3 1 0 1
30 P Rip Sewell* 42 28 22 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .063 .250 .063 .313 -13 1 0 1 2
31 P Junior Walsh 30 9 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .077 .000 .077 -78 0 0 0 0
32 P Bob Muncrief 33 13 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 3
33 P Ray Poat 31 11 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0 0
34 P Hal Gregg 27 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -52 0 0 0 2
35 P Harry Gumbert 39 16 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0
36 P Hugh Casey 35 33 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 160 2 0 0 1
37 P Kirby Higbe 34 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 154 5870 5214 681 1350 191 41 126 626 48 548 554 .259 .332 .384 .716 90 2001 96 22 86
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 5 6 8 6 3 3 1 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

More Stats

Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats
 · League Register
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 Bill Werle* 28 12 13 .480 4.24 35 29 2 10 2 0 221.0 243 117 104 23 51 106 8 0 4 945 99 1.330 9.9 0.9 2.1 4.3 2.08
2 SP Cliff Chambers* 27 13 7 .650 3.96 34 21 6 10 1 0 177.1 186 89 78 15 58 93 5 0 1 765 106 1.376 9.4 0.8 2.9 4.7 1.60
3 SP Bob Chesnes 28 7 13 .350 5.88 27 25 1 8 1 1 145.1 153 104 95 16 82 49 5 0 5 647 72 1.617 9.5 1.0 5.1 3.0 0.60
4 SP Tiny Bonham 35 7 4 .636 4.25 18 14 4 5 1 0 89.0 81 43 42 11 23 25 0 0 0 355 99 1.169 8.2 1.1 2.3 2.5 1.09
5 SP Elmer Riddle 34 1 8 .111 5.33 16 12 3 1 0 1 74.1 81 45 44 9 45 24 4 1 0 341 79 1.695 9.8 1.1 5.4 2.9 0.53
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 Hugh Casey 35 4 1 .800 4.66 33 0 23 0 0 5 38.2 50 24 20 4 14 9 1 0 0 176 91 1.655 11.6 0.9 3.3 2.1 0.64
7 RP Murry Dickson 32 12 14 .462 3.29 44 20 15 11 2 0 224.1 216 97 82 17 80 89 6 0 1 948 128 1.319 8.7 0.7 3.2 3.6 1.11
8 RP Vic Lombardi* 26 5 5 .500 4.57 34 12 11 4 0 1 134.0 149 74 68 12 68 64 3 0 4 599 92 1.619 10.0 0.8 4.6 4.3 0.94
9 RP Rip Sewell 42 6 1 .857 3.91 28 6 9 2 1 1 76.0 82 35 33 8 32 26 0 0 0 330 108 1.500 9.7 0.9 3.8 3.1 0.81
10 RP Harry Gumbert 39 1 4 .200 5.86 16 0 15 0 0 3 27.2 30 20 18 5 18 5 0 0 3 133 73 1.735 9.8 1.6 5.9 1.6 0.28
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 Junior Walsh 30 1 4 .200 5.06 9 7 0 1 1 0 42.2 40 27 24 5 16 24 0 0 1 180 84 1.313 8.4 1.1 3.4 5.1 1.50
12 Ray Poat 31 0 1 .000 6.25 11 2 2 0 0 0 36.0 52 29 25 6 15 17 0 0 1 173 68 1.861 13.0 1.5 3.8 4.3 1.13
13 Bob Muncrief 33 1 5 .167 6.31 13 4 5 1 0 3 35.2 44 27 25 8 13 11 0 0 0 159 67 1.598 11.1 2.0 3.3 2.8 0.85
14 Hal Gregg 27 1 1 .500 3.38 8 1 3 0 0 0 18.2 20 10 7 1 8 9 1 0 1 79 127 1.500 9.6 0.5 3.9 4.3 1.13
15 Kirby Higbe 34 0 2 .000 13.50 7 1 2 0 0 0 15.1 25 24 23 2 12 5 0 0 0 81 32 2.413 14.7 1.2 7.0 2.9 0.42
Team Totals 30.7 71 83 .461 4.57 154 154 101 53 9 15 1356.0 1452 765 688 142 535 556 33 1 21 5911 92 1.465 9.6 0.9 3.6 3.7 1.04
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 3 8 7 7 4 8 6 6 8 8 4 4
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

More Stats

Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Monty Basgall 27 101 88 75 462 224 225 13 58 .972 4.45 2B-3B
Ted Beard 28 10 5 4 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.90 OF
Eddie Bockman 28 73 56 51 198 62 128 8 14 .960 2.60 3B-2B
Tiny Bonham 35 18 14 5 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.67 P
Hugh Casey 35 33 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.03 P
Pete Castiglione 28 111 108 94 365 115 236 14 32 .962 3.00 3B-SS-OF
Cliff Chambers 27 34 21 10 39 6 33 0 2 1.000 1.15 P
Bob Chesnes 28 27 25 8 50 13 35 2 4 .960 1.78 P
Murry Dickson 32 44 20 11 81 26 52 3 8 .963 1.77 P
Ed Fitz Gerald 25 56 34 30 190 163 22 5 5 .974 3.30 7 6 10 63% C
Les Fleming 33 5 3 3 43 43 0 0 4 1.000 8.60 1B
Hal Gregg 27 8 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.25 P
Harry Gumbert 39 16 0 0 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 0.75 P
Kirby Higbe 34 7 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.57 P
Johnny Hopp 32 93 88 85 728 675 45 8 69 .989 7.74 OF-1B
Wally Judnich 33 8 8 7 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 OF
Ralph Kiner 26 152 152 150 330 311 12 7 3 .979 2.13 OF
Vic Lombardi 26 34 12 4 37 9 28 0 1 1.000 1.09 P
Phil Masi 33 46 37 35 199 174 24 1 10 .995 4.30 3 10 9 47% C-1B
Clyde McCullough 32 90 85 56 408 363 39 6 8 .985 4.47 3 19 17 47% C
Bob Muncrief 33 13 4 1 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 0.92 P
Danny Murtaugh 31 74 66 56 394 202 182 10 58 .975 5.19 2B
Jack Phillips 27 16 14 13 143 135 8 0 11 1.000 8.41 1B-3B
Ray Poat 31 11 2 0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.64 P
Marv Rackley 27 8 8 7 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 OF
Dino Restelli 24 61 60 55 181 169 5 7 3 .961 2.81 OF-1B
Bobby Rhawn 30 2 2 2 9 3 5 1 0 .889 4.00 3B
Elmer Riddle 34 16 12 1 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Stan Rojek 30 144 144 137 726 240 461 25 92 .966 4.87 SS
Tom Saffell 27 53 46 45 125 122 2 1 1 .992 2.34 OF
Rip Sewell 42 28 6 2 17 3 12 2 0 .882 0.54 P
Ed Stevens 24 58 57 54 594 533 58 3 65 .995 10.19 1B
Dixie Walker 38 42 39 24 91 82 5 4 2 .956 2.07 OF-1B
Junior Walsh 30 9 7 1 9 2 5 2 0 .778 0.78 P
Bill Werle 28 35 29 10 52 7 43 2 3 .962 1.43 P
Wally Westlake 28 143 132 127 337 319 12 6 4 .982 2.31 OF
Team Totals 29.2 154 1386 1163 5928 4073 1723 132 460 .978 3.44 13 35 36 51%
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 1 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Monty Basgall 27 344 -20 -1 0 0 -2 4 13 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ Traded 4/5
Ted Beard* 28 26 -4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O9
Eddie Bockman 28 245 -9 -1 0 0 1 0 9 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Purchased 5/4
Tiny Bonham 35 30 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hugh Casey 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Pete Castiglione 28 477 -16 1 0 0 1 1 17 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 56/O9
Cliff Chambers* 27 66 -3 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bob Chesnes# 28 73 -1 0 0 0 0 5 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Traded 1
Murry Dickson 32 85 -9 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ed Fitz Gerald 25 171 -6 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 2
Les Fleming* 33 38 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Traded /3
Hal Gregg 27 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Harry Gumbert 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Kirby Higbe 34 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Johnny Hopp* 32 411 8 1 0 0 -1 -4 13 17 1.7 18 1.8 -0.1 $ Traded--voided 9/O37
Wally Judnich* 33 36 -3 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Waivers /8O
Ralph Kiner 26 667 68 -1 0 0 -4 -7 22 78 8.1 82 8.4 -0.3 $50,000 Amateur Free Agent *7O
Vic Lombardi* 26 53 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Traded 1
Phil Masi 33 155 -1 0 0 0 2 1 6 8 0.8 6 0.6 0.2 $ Traded 2/3
Clyde McCullough 32 271 -8 0 0 0 2 3 10 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ Traded 2
Bob Muncrief 33 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Danny Murtaugh 31 268 -15 -1 0 0 -3 3 10 -6 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ Traded 4
Jack Phillips 27 60 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 3/5
Ray Poat 31 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Marv Rackley* 27 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded /8O
Dino Restelli 24 274 5 0 0 0 0 -1 10 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ Traded O89/3
Bobby Rhawn 30 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /5
Elmer Riddle 34 24 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Stan Rojek 30 625 -29 1 0 0 2 9 21 4 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Purchased *6
Tom Saffell* 27 233 3 1 0 0 -4 0 8 8 0.8 12 1.2 -0.4 $ Unknown O8/9
Rip Sewell* 42 22 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ed Stevens* 24 247 -4 -1 0 0 4 -3 9 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $ Purchased 3
Dixie Walker* 38 211 -1 0 0 0 -4 -2 8 1 0.1 5 0.5 -0.4 $30,000 Traded O9/3
Junior Walsh 30 13 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bill Werle* 28 84 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Wally Westlake 28 577 13 0 0 0 2 -5 21 31 3.2 29 3.0 0.2 $ Traded *O98
Team Total 28.8 5870 -65 -1 0 0 -7 37 205 169 17.0 176 17.9 -0.9 $80,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Tiny Bonham 35 89.0 14 43 53 0 1.0 10 1.2 $ Traded
Hugh Casey 35 38.2 0 24 23 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $
Cliff Chambers* 27 177.1 21 89 106 -1 1.0 17 2.1 $ Traded
Bob Chesnes 28 145.1 25 104 87 -1 1.0 -17 -1.3 $ Traded
Murry Dickson 32 224.1 20 97 134 -1 1.0 37 4.2 $ Purchased
Hal Gregg 27 18.2 1 10 11 0 1.0 1 0.2 $ Traded
Harry Gumbert 39 27.2 0 20 16 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $ Waivers
Kirby Higbe 34 15.1 1 24 9 0 1.0 -15 -1.4 $ Traded
Vic Lombardi* 26 134.0 12 74 80 0 1.0 6 0.9 $ Traded
Bob Muncrief 33 35.2 4 27 21 0 1.0 -6 -0.5 $ Purchased
Ray Poat 31 36.0 2 29 21 0 1.0 -8 -0.6 $ Traded
Elmer Riddle 34 74.1 12 45 44 0 1.0 -1 0.1 $ Purchased
Rip Sewell 42 76.0 6 35 45 0 1.0 10 1.2 $ Purchased
Junior Walsh 30 42.2 7 27 25 0 1.0 -2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Werle* 28 221.0 29 117 132 -1 1.0 15 2.1 $ Traded
Team Total 30.7 1356.0 154 765 807 -4 1.0 42 7.9 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics