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1950 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951)
57-96, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 857 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-92
Manager: Billy Meyer (57-96)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,166,267 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 106;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
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1949 / 1951 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 57-96, Final Rank:8, GB: 33.5
Days in First3last on Sunday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 5last on Apr 25, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead0.5last on Sunday, Apr 23, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind37last on Thursday, Sep 21, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5004last on Friday, Apr 28
Most Games under .50041last on Thursday, Sep 21
Longest Winning Streak6Friday, Sep 1 to Wednesday, Sep 6
Longest Losing Streak9Wednesday, May 24 to Thursday, Jun 1 and Sunday, Jul 30 to Tuesday, Aug 8
Most Runs Allowed21Saturday, Jun 24
Most Runs Scored16Sunday, May 14 and Sunday, Jun 25
Times Shutout by Opponent12 
Times Opponent Shutout6 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 57 96 681 857 .373
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 33 44 370 447 .429
Road 24 52 311 410 .316
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 5 50 49 .545
May 10 18 127 147 .357
June 7 18 128 209 .280
July 11 19 121 162 .367
August 8 22 127 157 .267
September 14 13 123 129 .519
October 1 1 5 4 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 27 47 348 447 .365
Second Half 30 49 333 410 .380
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 22 177 178 .488
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 13 26 211 317 .333
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 3 19 108 175 .136
BSN 7 15 98 152 .318
CHC 11 11 100 96 .500
CIN 10 12 104 126 .455
NYG 6 16 63 101 .273
PHI 8 14 89 102 .364
STL 12 9 119 105 .571

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 18 PIT @ STL L 2 4 0-1 5 1.0 Staley -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 19 PIT @ STL W 4 3 1-1 3 1.0 Chambers +
3 3 Thursday, Apr 20 PIT @ STL W 8 4 2-1 2 0.5 Dickson ++
4 4 Friday, Apr 21 PIT CIN W 7 5 3-1 1 Tied Werle +++
5 5 Saturday, Apr 22 PIT CIN W 9 2 4-1 1 Tied Chesnes ++++
6 6 Sunday, Apr 23 PIT CIN W 5 3 5-1 1 up 0.5 Chambers +++++
7 7 Thursday, Apr 27 PIT STL L 2 5 5-2 2 0.5 Munger -
8 8 Friday, Apr 28 PIT STL W 4 3 6-2 2 0.5 Werle 2:31 10,102 +
9 9 Saturday, Apr 29 PIT @ CIN L 6 14 6-3 2 1.0 Erautt -
10 10 Sunday, Apr 30 PIT @ CIN L 2 4 6-4 2 2.0 Fox --
11 11 Sunday, Apr 30 PIT @ CIN L 1 2 6-5 2 2.0 Blackwell ---
12 12 Tuesday, May 2 PIT BSN W 6 1 7-5 2 1.5 Dickson +
13 13 Wednesday, May 3 PIT BSN L 4 15 7-6 2 1.5 Sain 2:38 9,389 -
14 14 Thursday, May 4 PIT NYG W 3 1 8-6 2 1.5 Chambers 1:53 6,680 +
15 15 Friday, May 5 PIT NYG W 5 4 9-6 2 0.5 Queen ++
16 16 Saturday, May 6 PIT NYG L 8 9 9-7 3 0.5 Maglie -
17 17 Sunday, May 7 PIT BRO L 2 3 9-8 4 1.5 Barney 2:39 33,734 --
18 18 Monday, May 8 PIT BRO L 5 7 9-9 5 2.5 Podbielan 2:28 9,476 ---
19 19 Tuesday, May 9 PIT BRO W 10 5 10-9 4 1.5 Werle 2:35 6,734 +
20 20 Thursday, May 11 PIT PHI L 2 3 10-10 6 2.5 Roberts -
21 21 Friday, May 12 PIT @ CHC L 3 6 10-11 6 3.0 Rush 2:18 8,763 --
22 22 Saturday, May 13 PIT @ CHC L 3 4 10-12 6 4.0 Hiller ---
23 23 Sunday, May 14 PIT @ CHC W 6 5 11-12 6 3.0 Chesnes +
24 24 Sunday, May 14 PIT @ CHC W 16 9 12-12 6 3.0 Main ++
25 25 Tuesday, May 16 PIT @ BSN L 0 3 12-13 6 4.0 Sain 1:43 10,273 -
26 26 Wednesday, May 17 PIT @ BSN W 4 1 13-13 6 4.0 Chambers +
27 27 Saturday, May 20 PIT @ BRO L 2 3 13-14 6 5.0 Banta 2:16 -
28 28 Saturday, May 20 PIT @ BRO L 3 4 13-15 6 5.0 Bankhead 3:00 20,311 --
29 29 Sunday, May 21 PIT @ NYG W 4 2 14-15 5 3.5 Chesnes 2:13 +
30 30 Sunday, May 21 PIT @ NYG W 8 6 15-15 5 3.5 Chambers 2:53 34,972 ++
31 31 Tuesday, May 23 PIT @ PHI W 6 0 16-15 4 3.0 MacDonald +++
32 32 Wednesday, May 24 PIT @ PHI L 3 6 16-16 5 4.0 Konstanty 2:09 18,993 -
33 33 Thursday, May 25 PIT @ PHI L 0 3 16-17 5 5.0 Miller 2:00 5,265 --
34 34 Friday, May 26 PIT CHC L 0 4 16-18 6 6.0 Hiller ---
35 35 Saturday, May 27 PIT CHC L 5 7 16-19 6 6.5 Minner ----
36 36 Sunday, May 28 PIT CHC L 0 6 16-20 6 7.5 Schmitz -----
37 37 Sunday, May 28 PIT CHC L 1 5 16-21 6 7.5 Rush ------
38 38 Tuesday, May 30 PIT STL L 13 17 16-22 6 8.5 Staley 3:05 -------
39 39 Tuesday, May 30 PIT STL L 5 8 16-23 6 8.5 Staley 2:28 33,182 --------
40 40 Thursday, Jun 1 PIT BSN L 2 14 16-24 6 8.5 Bickford ---------
41 41 Friday, Jun 2 PIT BSN W 5 4 17-24 6 8.5 MacDonald 1:50 23,549 +
42 42 Saturday, Jun 3 PIT BSN L 6 10 17-25 6 9.0 Sain -
43 43 Sunday, Jun 4 PIT NYG L 3 4 17-26 7 9.0 Maglie --
44 44 Monday, Jun 5 PIT NYG L 4 5 17-27 7 10.0 Koslo ---
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 6 PIT NYG L 4 10 17-28 7 10.0 Kramer 2:30 5,111 ----
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 7 PIT BRO L 0 9 17-29 7 11.0 Newcombe 2:19 30,904 -----
47 47 Thursday, Jun 8 PIT BRO W 4 3 18-29 7 10.0 Chambers 1:56 22,697 +
48 48 Friday, Jun 9 PIT BRO L 7 9 18-30 7 11.0 Podbielan 2:39 9,510 -
49 49 Sunday, Jun 11 PIT PHI L 6 7 18-31 7 12.5 Konstanty 2:06 --
50 50 Sunday, Jun 11 PIT PHI W 5 4 19-31 7 12.5 Werle 2:56 33,217 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 13 PIT @ NYG L 0 7 19-32 7 13.5 Jansen 2:16 15,088 -
52 52 Friday, Jun 16 PIT @ BSN L 5 6 19-33 7 14.0 Sain --
53 53 Saturday, Jun 17 PIT @ BSN L 6 15 19-34 7 14.0 Hogue ---
54 54 Sunday, Jun 18 PIT @ BSN L 6 8 19-35 7 14.0 Roy 2:30 ----
55 55 Sunday, Jun 18 PIT @ BSN T 8 8 19-35 7 14.0 2:49 22,817 ----
56 56 Monday, Jun 19 PIT @ BSN W 1 0 20-35 7 13.5 Chambers 1:52 5,578 +
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 20 PIT @ PHI L 3 7 20-36 7 14.5 Meyer 2:01 13,597 -
58 58 Wednesday, Jun 21 PIT @ PHI W 5 3 21-36 7 13.5 MacDonald 2:24 18,632 +
59 59 Thursday, Jun 22 PIT @ PHI L 4 7 21-37 7 13.5 Miller -
60 60 Friday, Jun 23 PIT @ BRO L 3 15 21-38 7 14.5 Podbielan 2:58 25,519 --
61 61 Saturday, Jun 24 PIT @ BRO L 12 21 21-39 7 15.5 Roe 3:10 22,010 ---
62 62 Sunday, Jun 25 PIT @ BRO W 16 11 22-39 7 14.5 Chambers 3:11 20,196 +
63 63 Tuesday, Jun 27 PIT CIN L 3 8 22-40 7 15.0 Wehmeier -
64 64 Wednesday, Jun 28 PIT CIN W 6 5 23-40 7 14.5 Dickson +
65 65 Friday, Jun 30 PIT @ STL L 4 9 23-41 7 14.5 Staley -
66 66 Saturday, Jul 1 PIT @ STL L 4 5 23-42 7 15.5 Pollet --
67 67 Sunday, Jul 2 PIT @ STL L 1 2 23-43 7 16.5 Munger ---
68 68 Monday, Jul 3 PIT @ CIN L 5 8 23-44 8 16.5 Ramsdell ----
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 4 PIT @ CIN L 4 8 23-45 8 18.5 Wehmeier -----
70 70 Tuesday, Jul 4 PIT @ CIN L 4 5 23-46 8 18.5 Fox ------
71 71 Wednesday, Jul 5 PIT @ CHC W 4 1 24-46 8 18.5 Queen +
72 72 Thursday, Jul 6 PIT @ CHC L 2 4 24-47 8 19.5 Minner -
73 73 Friday, Jul 7 PIT STL W 9 1 25-47 8 18.5 Law +
74 74 Saturday, Jul 8 PIT STL W 7 6 26-47 8 18.5 Dickson ++
75 75 Sunday, Jul 9 PIT STL W 3 2 27-47 8 17.5 Queen +++
76 76 Friday, Jul 14 PIT NYG L 5 7 27-48 8 18.0 Maglie -
77 77 Saturday, Jul 15 PIT NYG W 2 1 28-48 8 17.0 Werle +
78 78 Sunday, Jul 16 PIT BSN L 5 9 28-49 8 16.5 Bickford -
79 79 Sunday, Jul 16 PIT BSN W 6 5 29-49 8 16.5 Borowy +
80 80 Monday, Jul 17 PIT BSN L 6 8 29-50 8 16.5 Johnson -
81 81 Tuesday, Jul 18 PIT BSN L 3 11 29-51 8 17.0 Spahn --
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 19 PIT PHI L 2 3 29-52 8 18.0 Simmons 2:34 ---
83 83 Wednesday, Jul 19 PIT PHI W 4 2 30-52 8 18.0 MacDonald 2:16 18,293 +
84 84 Thursday, Jul 20 PIT PHI W 10 8 31-52 8 17.0 Dickson ++
85 85 Friday, Jul 21 PIT PHI L 1 4 31-53 8 17.0 Church 2:23 34,016 -
86 86 Saturday, Jul 22 PIT BRO L 3 12 31-54 8 17.5 Branca 2:25 18,103 --
87 87 Sunday, Jul 23 PIT BRO L 6 11 31-55 8 19.0 Barney 2:56 25,389 ---
88 88 Monday, Jul 24 PIT PHI W 2 1 32-55 8 18.0 MacDonald 1:11 15,431 +
89 89 Tuesday, Jul 25 PIT @ BSN L 2 7 32-56 8 19.5 Sain -
90 90 Wednesday, Jul 26 PIT @ BSN W 8 4 33-56 8 19.5 Queen +
91 91 Thursday, Jul 27 PIT @ BSN L 3 5 33-57 8 20.5 Spahn -
92 92 Friday, Jul 28 PIT @ PHI L 1 4 33-58 8 21.5 Miller 1:50 17,865 --
93 93 Saturday, Jul 29 PIT @ PHI W 7 4 34-58 8 20.5 Werle 2:11 10,253 +
94 94 Sunday, Jul 30 PIT @ PHI L 0 10 34-59 8 22.5 Roberts 2:05 -
95 95 Sunday, Jul 30 PIT @ PHI L 2 4 34-60 8 22.5 Konstanty 2:13 21,411 --
96 96 Tuesday, Aug 1 PIT @ BRO L 1 3 34-61 8 23.0 Palica 2:02 16,691 ---
97 97 Wednesday, Aug 2 PIT @ BRO L 4 5 34-62 8 24.0 Branca 2:18 6,361 ----
98 98 Friday, Aug 4 PIT @ NYG L 2 3 34-63 8 25.0 Jones -----
99 99 Saturday, Aug 5 PIT @ NYG L 0 5 34-64 8 26.0 Hearn ------
100 100 Sunday, Aug 6 PIT @ NYG L 0 5 34-65 8 26.0 Jansen -------
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 6 PIT @ NYG L 0 3 34-66 8 26.0 Maglie 2:01 17,182 --------
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 8 PIT STL L 4 6 34-67 8 27.5 Martin ---------
103 103 Thursday, Aug 10 PIT CHC W 7 4 35-67 8 28.0 Law +
104 104 Friday, Aug 11 PIT CHC L 1 3 35-68 8 28.0 Hiller -
105 105 Saturday, Aug 12 PIT CHC L 2 7 35-69 8 29.0 Rush --
106 106 Sunday, Aug 13 PIT CHC W 7 4 36-69 8 27.5 Chambers +
107 107 Sunday, Aug 13 PIT CHC W 2 0 37-69 8 27.5 Queen ++
108 108 Monday, Aug 14 PIT CIN L 8 13 37-70 8 28.0 Smith -
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 15 PIT CIN W 10 9 38-70 8 28.0 MacDonald +
110 110 Wednesday, Aug 16 PIT @ STL W 5 3 39-70 8 28.0 Law ++
111 111 Friday, Aug 18 PIT @ CHC W 9 3 40-70 8 27.0 Chambers +++
112 112 Saturday, Aug 19 PIT @ CHC W 13 8 41-70 8 26.5 Dickson ++++
113 113 Sunday, Aug 20 PIT @ CHC L 2 4 41-71 8 27.5 Minner -
114 114 Sunday, Aug 20 PIT @ CHC L 2 5 41-72 8 27.5 Hiller --
115 115 Monday, Aug 21 PIT BRO L 2 3 41-73 8 28.5 Newcombe 2:10 7,666 ---
116 116 Tuesday, Aug 22 PIT BRO L 8 10 41-74 8 29.5 Palica 2:57 19,526 ----
117 117 Wednesday, Aug 23 PIT BRO L 5 7 41-75 8 30.5 Branca 4:09 16,382 -----
118 118 Thursday, Aug 24 PIT PHI L 2 4 41-76 8 31.5 Church ------
119 119 Friday, Aug 25 PIT PHI L 7 9 41-77 8 32.5 Konstanty 3:42 25,686 -------
120 120 Saturday, Aug 26 PIT PHI W 14 4 42-77 8 31.5 Dickson +
121 121 Sunday, Aug 27 PIT BSN L 3 7 42-78 8 33.0 Surkont -
122 122 Sunday, Aug 27 PIT BSN L 1 4 42-79 8 33.0 Roy --
123 123 Tuesday, Aug 29 PIT NYG L 5 10 42-80 8 34.0 Jansen ---
124 124 Wednesday, Aug 30 PIT NYG L 0 4 42-81 8 35.0 Maglie ----
125 125 Thursday, Aug 31 PIT NYG L 1 2 42-82 8 35.5 Hearn 3,552 -----
126 126 Friday, Sep 1 PIT STL W 10 4 43-82 8 35.5 Werle 2:20 12,589 +
127 127 Saturday, Sep 2 PIT STL W 6 0 44-82 8 35.5 Law ++
128 128 Sunday, Sep 3 PIT STL W 12 11 45-82 8 35.0 Werle 3:06 12,736 +++
129 129 Monday, Sep 4 PIT CHC W 5 3 46-82 8 33.0 Barrett ++++
130 130 Monday, Sep 4 PIT CHC W 3 0 47-82 8 33.0 MacDonald +++++
131 131 Wednesday, Sep 6 PIT @ CIN W 3 2 48-82 8 31.5 Law ++++++
132 132 Thursday, Sep 7 PIT @ CIN L 4 6 48-83 8 31.5 Erautt -
133 133 Saturday, Sep 9 PIT @ STL W 5 4 49-83 8 32.0 Dickson +
134 134 Sunday, Sep 10 PIT @ STL L 5 6 49-84 8 31.5 Wilks -
135 135 Sunday, Sep 10 PIT @ STL W 6 2 50-84 8 31.5 MacDonald +
136 136 Tuesday, Sep 12 PIT @ NYG L 0 3 50-85 8 32.5 Jones -
137 137 Wednesday, Sep 13 PIT @ NYG L 1 3 50-86 8 33.0 Maglie --
138 138 Thursday, Sep 14 PIT @ NYG W 7 1 51-86 8 33.5 Dickson +
139 139 Thursday, Sep 14 PIT @ NYG L 1 6 51-87 8 33.5 Hearn 1:57 4,272 -
140 140 Friday, Sep 15 PIT @ BSN L 4 7 51-88 8 35.0 Surkont --
141 141 Saturday, Sep 16 PIT @ BSN W 4 0 52-88 8 34.0 Chambers +
142 142 Sunday, Sep 17 PIT @ PHI L 3 5 52-89 8 35.0 Meyer 1:50 20,031 -
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 19 PIT @ BRO L 3 14 52-90 8 35.5 Newcombe 2:13 --
144 144 Tuesday, Sep 19 PIT @ BRO L 2 3 52-91 8 35.5 Palica 2:02 2,637 ---
145 145 Wednesday, Sep 20 PIT @ BRO L 2 7 52-92 8 36.5 Erskine 1:55 1,011 ----
146 146 Thursday, Sep 21 PIT @ BRO L 8 10 52-93 8 37.0 Palica 2:40 5,241 -----
147 147 Friday, Sep 22 PIT CIN W 8 7 53-93 8 36.5 Walsh +
148 148 Saturday, Sep 23 PIT CIN W 8 7 54-93 8 35.5 Law ++
149 149 Sunday, Sep 24 PIT CIN L 1 7 54-94 8 35.0 Blackwell -
150 150 Sunday, Sep 24 PIT CIN W 3 2 55-94 8 35.0 Dickson +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 27 PIT @ CHC W 7 4 56-94 8 34.0 Law ++
152 152 Saturday, Sep 30 PIT @ CIN L 2 5 56-95 8 33.0 Fox -
153 153 Sunday, Oct 1 PIT @ CIN L 2 3 56-96 8 33.5 Erautt --
154 154 Sunday, Oct 1 PIT @ CIN W 3 1 57-96 8 33.5 Chambers +
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.

1949 / 1951 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits