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1950 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Billy Meyer

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,166,267 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 103, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 Stats / Schedule (1949/1951) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   57-96 , Final Rank: 8, GB:   33.5
Days in First:                   3 (last on April 23, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           4 (last on April 28)
Most Games under .500:          41 (last on September 21)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on April 23)
Farthest Behind Leader:       37.0 (last on September 21)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (September 1 to September 6)
Longest Losing Streak:           9 (May 24 to June 1 and July 30 to August 8)

Most Runs Allowed:              21 (June 24)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (May 14 and June 25)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:          6

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        57  96     681     857    .373

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           33  44     370     447    .429
Road           24  52     311     410    .316

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     27  47     348     447    .365
Second Half    30  49     333     410    .380
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        21  22     177     178    .488

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        13  26     211     317    .333

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 18     PIT @STL  L   2-4        0-1     5     1.0       J Staley                          -
  2 Wed, Apr 19     PIT @STL  W   4-3        1-1     3     1.0       C Chambers                        +
  3 Thu, Apr 20     PIT @STL  W   8-4        2-1     2     0.5       M Dickson                         ++
  4 Fri, Apr 21     PIT  CIN  W   7-5        3-1     1    Tied       B Werle                           +++
  5 Sat, Apr 22     PIT  CIN  W   9-2        4-1     1    Tied       B Chesnes                         ++++
  6 Sun, Apr 23     PIT  CIN  W   5-3        5-1     1  up 0.5       C Chambers                        +++++
  7 Thu, Apr 27     PIT  STL  L   2-5        5-2     2     0.5       R Munger                          -
  8 Fri, Apr 28     PIT  STL  W   4-3        6-2     2     0.5  2:31 B Werle                    10,102 +
  9 Sat, Apr 29     PIT @CIN  L   6-14       6-3     2     1.0       E Erautt                          -
 10 Sun, Apr 30     PIT @CIN  L   2-4        6-4     2     2.0       H Fox                             --
 11                 PIT @CIN  L   1-2        6-5     2     2.0       E Blackwell                       ---
 12 Tue, May  2     PIT  BSN  W   6-1        7-5     2     1.5       M Dickson                         +
 13 Wed, May  3     PIT  BSN  L   4-15       7-6     2     1.5  2:38 J Sain                      9,389 -
 14 Thu, May  4     PIT  NYG  W   3-1        8-6     2     1.5  1:53 C Chambers                  6,680 +
 15 Fri, May  5     PIT  NYG  W   5-4        9-6     2     0.5       M Queen                           ++
 16 Sat, May  6     PIT  NYG  L   8-9        9-7     3     0.5       S Maglie                          -
 17 Sun, May  7     PIT  BRO  L   2-3        9-8     4     1.5  2:39 R Barney                   33,734 --
 18 Mon, May  8     PIT  BRO  L   5-7        9-9     5     2.5  2:28 B Podbielan                 9,476 ---
 19 Tue, May  9     PIT  BRO  W  10-5       10-9     4     1.5  2:35 B Werle                     6,734 +
 20 Thu, May 11     PIT  PHI  L   2-3       10-10    6     2.5       R Roberts                         -
 21 Fri, May 12     PIT @CHC  L   3-6       10-11    6     3.0  2:18 B Rush                      8,763 --
 22 Sat, May 13     PIT @CHC  L   3-4       10-12    6     4.0       F Hiller                          ---
 23 Sun, May 14     PIT @CHC  W   6-5       11-12    6     3.0       B Chesnes                         +
 24                 PIT @CHC  W  16-9       12-12    6     3.0       W Main                            ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 16     PIT @BSN  L   0-3       12-13    6     4.0  1:43 J Sain                     10,273 -
 26 Wed, May 17     PIT @BSN  W   4-1       13-13    6     4.0       C Chambers                        +
 27 Sat, May 20     PIT @BRO  L   2-3       13-14    6     5.0  2:16 J Banta                           -
 28                 PIT @BRO  L   3-4       13-15    6     5.0  3:00 D Bankhead                 20,311 --
 29 Sun, May 21     PIT @NYG  W   4-2       14-15    5     3.5  2:13 B Chesnes                         +
 30                 PIT @NYG  W   8-6       15-15    5     3.5  2:53 C Chambers                 34,972 ++
 31 Tue, May 23     PIT @PHI  W   6-0       16-15    4     3.0       B MacDonald                       +++
 32 Wed, May 24     PIT @PHI  L   3-6       16-16    5     4.0  2:09 J Konstanty                18,993 -
 33 Thu, May 25     PIT @PHI  L   0-3       16-17    5     5.0  2:00 B Miller                    5,265 --
 34 Fri, May 26     PIT  CHC  L   0-4       16-18    6     6.0       F Hiller                          ---
 35 Sat, May 27     PIT  CHC  L   5-7       16-19    6     6.5       P Minner                          ----
 36 Sun, May 28     PIT  CHC  L   0-6       16-20    6     7.5       J Schmitz                         -----
 37                 PIT  CHC  L   1-5       16-21    6     7.5       B Rush                            ------
 38 Tue, May 30     PIT  STL  L  13-17      16-22    6     8.5  3:05 J Staley                          -------
 39                 PIT  STL  L   5-8       16-23    6     8.5  2:28 J Staley                   33,182 --------
 40 Thu, Jun  1     PIT  BSN  L   2-14      16-24    6     8.5       V Bickford                        ---------
 41 Fri, Jun  2     PIT  BSN  W   5-4       17-24    6     8.5  1:50 B MacDonald                23,549 +
 42 Sat, Jun  3     PIT  BSN  L   6-10      17-25    6     9.0       J Sain                            -
 43 Sun, Jun  4     PIT  NYG  L   3-4       17-26    7     9.0       S Maglie                          --
 44 Mon, Jun  5     PIT  NYG  L   4-5       17-27    7    10.0       D Koslo                           ---
 45 Tue, Jun  6     PIT  NYG  L   4-10      17-28    7    10.0  2:30 J Kramer                    5,111 ----
 46 Wed, Jun  7     PIT  BRO  L   0-9       17-29    7    11.0  2:19 D Newcombe                 30,904 -----
 47 Thu, Jun  8     PIT  BRO  W   4-3       18-29    7    10.0  1:56 C Chambers                 22,697 +
 48 Fri, Jun  9     PIT  BRO  L   7-9       18-30    7    11.0  2:39 B Podbielan                 9,510 -
 49 Sun, Jun 11     PIT  PHI  L   6-7       18-31    7    12.5  2:06 J Konstanty                       --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 PIT  PHI  W   5-4       19-31    7    12.5  2:56 B Werle                    33,217 +
 51 Tue, Jun 13     PIT @NYG  L   0-7       19-32    7    13.5  2:16 L Jansen                   15,088 -
 52 Fri, Jun 16     PIT @BSN  L   5-6       19-33    7    14.0       J Sain                            --
 53 Sat, Jun 17     PIT @BSN  L   6-15      19-34    7    14.0       B Hogue                           ---
 54 Sun, Jun 18     PIT @BSN  L   6-8       19-35    7    14.0  2:30 N Roy                             ----
 55                 PIT @BSN  -   8-8       19-35    7    14.0  2:49                            22,817 ----
 56 Mon, Jun 19     PIT @BSN  W   1-0       20-35    7    13.5  1:52 C Chambers                  5,578 +
 57 Tue, Jun 20     PIT @PHI  L   3-7       20-36    7    14.5  2:01 R Meyer                    13,597 -
 58 Wed, Jun 21     PIT @PHI  W   5-3       21-36    7    13.5  2:24 B MacDonald                18,632 +
 59 Thu, Jun 22     PIT @PHI  L   4-7       21-37    7    13.5       B Miller                          -
 60 Fri, Jun 23     PIT @BRO  L   3-15      21-38    7    14.5  2:58 B Podbielan                25,519 --
 61 Sat, Jun 24     PIT @BRO  L  12-21      21-39    7    15.5  3:10 P Roe                      22,010 ---
 62 Sun, Jun 25     PIT @BRO  W  16-11      22-39    7    14.5  3:11 C Chambers                 20,196 +
 63 Tue, Jun 27     PIT  CIN  L   3-8       22-40    7    15.0       H Wehmeier                        -
 64 Wed, Jun 28     PIT  CIN  W   6-5       23-40    7    14.5       M Dickson                         +
 65 Fri, Jun 30     PIT @STL  L   4-9       23-41    7    14.5       J Staley                          -
 66 Sat, Jul  1     PIT @STL  L   4-5       23-42    7    15.5       H Pollet                          --
 67 Sun, Jul  2     PIT @STL  L   1-2       23-43    7    16.5       R Munger                          ---
 68 Mon, Jul  3     PIT @CIN  L   5-8       23-44    8    16.5       W Ramsdell                        ----
 69 Tue, Jul  4     PIT @CIN  L   4-8       23-45    8    18.5       H Wehmeier                        -----
 70                 PIT @CIN  L   4-5       23-46    8    18.5       H Fox                             ------
 71 Wed, Jul  5     PIT @CHC  W   4-1       24-46    8    18.5       M Queen                           +
 72 Thu, Jul  6     PIT @CHC  L   2-4       24-47    8    19.5       P Minner                          -
 73 Fri, Jul  7     PIT  STL  W   9-1       25-47    8    18.5       V Law                             +
 74 Sat, Jul  8     PIT  STL  W   7-6       26-47    8    18.5       M Dickson                         ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul  9     PIT  STL  W   3-2       27-47    8    17.5       M Queen                           +++
 76 Fri, Jul 14     PIT  NYG  L   5-7       27-48    8    18.0       S Maglie                          -
 77 Sat, Jul 15     PIT  NYG  W   2-1       28-48    8    17.0       B Werle                           +
 78 Sun, Jul 16     PIT  BSN  L   5-9       28-49    8    16.5       V Bickford                        -
 79                 PIT  BSN  W   6-5       29-49    8    16.5       H Borowy                          +
 80 Mon, Jul 17     PIT  BSN  L   6-8       29-50    8    16.5       E Johnson                         -
 81 Tue, Jul 18     PIT  BSN  L   3-11      29-51    8    17.0       W Spahn                           --
 82 Wed, Jul 19     PIT  PHI  L   2-3       29-52    8    18.0  2:34 C Simmons                         ---
 83                 PIT  PHI  W   4-2       30-52    8    18.0  2:16 B MacDonald                18,293 +
 84 Thu, Jul 20     PIT  PHI  W  10-8       31-52    8    17.0       M Dickson                         ++
 85 Fri, Jul 21     PIT  PHI  L   1-4       31-53    8    17.0  2:23 B Church                   34,016 -
 86 Sat, Jul 22     PIT  BRO  L   3-12      31-54    8    17.5  2:25 R Branca                   18,103 --
 87 Sun, Jul 23     PIT  BRO  L   6-11      31-55    8    19.0  2:56 R Barney                   25,389 ---
 88 Mon, Jul 24     PIT  PHI  W   2-1       32-55    8    18.0  1:11 B MacDonald                15,431 +
 89 Tue, Jul 25     PIT @BSN  L   2-7       32-56    8    19.5       J Sain                            -
 90 Wed, Jul 26     PIT @BSN  W   8-4       33-56    8    19.5       M Queen                           +
 91 Thu, Jul 27     PIT @BSN  L   3-5       33-57    8    20.5       W Spahn                           -
 92 Fri, Jul 28     PIT @PHI  L   1-4       33-58    8    21.5  1:50 B Miller                   17,865 --
 93 Sat, Jul 29     PIT @PHI  W   7-4       34-58    8    20.5  2:11 B Werle                    10,253 +
 94 Sun, Jul 30     PIT @PHI  L   0-10      34-59    8    22.5  2:05 R Roberts                         -
 95                 PIT @PHI  L   2-4       34-60    8    22.5  2:13 J Konstanty                21,411 --
 96 Tue, Aug  1     PIT @BRO  L   1-3       34-61    8    23.0  2:02 E Palica                   16,691 ---
 97 Wed, Aug  2     PIT @BRO  L   4-5       34-62    8    24.0  2:18 R Branca                    6,361 ----
 98 Fri, Aug  4     PIT @NYG  L   2-3       34-63    8    25.0       S Jones                           -----
 99 Sat, Aug  5     PIT @NYG  L   0-5       34-64    8    26.0       J Hearn                           ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  6     PIT @NYG  L   0-5       34-65    8    26.0       L Jansen                          -------
101                 PIT @NYG  L   0-3       34-66    8    26.0  2:01 S Maglie                   17,182 --------
102 Tue, Aug  8     PIT  STL  L   4-6       34-67    8    27.5       F Martin                          ---------
103 Thu, Aug 10     PIT  CHC  W   7-4       35-67    8    28.0       V Law                             +
104 Fri, Aug 11     PIT  CHC  L   1-3       35-68    8    28.0       F Hiller                          -
105 Sat, Aug 12     PIT  CHC  L   2-7       35-69    8    29.0       B Rush                            --
106 Sun, Aug 13     PIT  CHC  W   7-4       36-69    8    27.5       C Chambers                        +
107                 PIT  CHC  W   2-0       37-69    8    27.5       M Queen                           ++
108 Mon, Aug 14     PIT  CIN  L   8-13      37-70    8    28.0       F Smith                           -
109 Tue, Aug 15     PIT  CIN  W  10-9       38-70    8    28.0       B MacDonald                       +
110 Wed, Aug 16     PIT @STL  W   5-3       39-70    8    28.0       V Law                             ++
111 Fri, Aug 18     PIT @CHC  W   9-3       40-70    8    27.0       C Chambers                        +++
112 Sat, Aug 19     PIT @CHC  W  13-8       41-70    8    26.5       M Dickson                         ++++
113 Sun, Aug 20     PIT @CHC  L   2-4       41-71    8    27.5       P Minner                          -
114                 PIT @CHC  L   2-5       41-72    8    27.5       F Hiller                          --
115 Mon, Aug 21     PIT  BRO  L   2-3       41-73    8    28.5  2:10 D Newcombe                  7,666 ---
116 Tue, Aug 22     PIT  BRO  L   8-10      41-74    8    29.5  2:57 E Palica                   19,526 ----
117 Wed, Aug 23     PIT  BRO  L   5-7       41-75    8    30.5  4:09 R Branca                   16,382 -----
118 Thu, Aug 24     PIT  PHI  L   2-4       41-76    8    31.5       B Church                          ------
119 Fri, Aug 25     PIT  PHI  L   7-9       41-77    8    32.5  3:42 J Konstanty                25,686 -------
120 Sat, Aug 26     PIT  PHI  W  14-4       42-77    8    31.5       M Dickson                         +
121 Sun, Aug 27     PIT  BSN  L   3-7       42-78    8    33.0       M Surkont                         -
122                 PIT  BSN  L   1-4       42-79    8    33.0       N Roy                             --
123 Tue, Aug 29     PIT  NYG  L   5-10      42-80    8    34.0       L Jansen                          ---
124 Wed, Aug 30     PIT  NYG  L   0-4       42-81    8    35.0       S Maglie                          ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Thu, Aug 31     PIT  NYG  L   1-2       42-82    8    35.5       J Hearn                     3,552 -----
126 Fri, Sep  1     PIT  STL  W  10-4       43-82    8    35.5  2:20 B Werle                    12,589 +
127 Sat, Sep  2     PIT  STL  W   6-0       44-82    8    35.5       V Law                             ++
128 Sun, Sep  3     PIT  STL  W  12-11      45-82    8    35.0  3:06 B Werle                    12,736 +++
129 Mon, Sep  4     PIT  CHC  W   5-3       46-82    8    33.0       F Barrett                         ++++
130                 PIT  CHC  W   3-0       47-82    8    33.0       B MacDonald                       +++++
131 Wed, Sep  6     PIT @CIN  W   3-2       48-82    8    31.5       V Law                             ++++++
132 Thu, Sep  7     PIT @CIN  L   4-6       48-83    8    31.5       E Erautt                          -
133 Sat, Sep  9     PIT @STL  W   5-4       49-83    8    32.0       M Dickson                         +
134 Sun, Sep 10     PIT @STL  L   5-6       49-84    8    31.5       T Wilks                           -
135                 PIT @STL  W   6-2       50-84    8    31.5       B MacDonald                       +
136 Tue, Sep 12     PIT @NYG  L   0-3       50-85    8    32.5       S Jones                           -
137 Wed, Sep 13     PIT @NYG  L   1-3       50-86    8    33.0       S Maglie                          --
138 Thu, Sep 14     PIT @NYG  W   7-1       51-86    8    33.5       M Dickson                         +
139                 PIT @NYG  L   1-6       51-87    8    33.5  1:57 J Hearn                     4,272 -
140 Fri, Sep 15     PIT @BSN  L   4-7       51-88    8    35.0       M Surkont                         --
141 Sat, Sep 16     PIT @BSN  W   4-0       52-88    8    34.0       C Chambers                        +
142 Sun, Sep 17     PIT @PHI  L   3-5       52-89    8    35.0  1:50 R Meyer                    20,031 -
143 Tue, Sep 19     PIT @BRO  L   3-14      52-90    8    35.5  2:13 D Newcombe                        --
144                 PIT @BRO  L   2-3       52-91    8    35.5  2:02 E Palica                    2,637 ---
145 Wed, Sep 20     PIT @BRO  L   2-7       52-92    8    36.5  1:55 C Erskine                   1,011 ----
146 Thu, Sep 21     PIT @BRO  L   8-10      52-93    8    37.0  2:40 E Palica                    5,241 -----
147 Fri, Sep 22     PIT  CIN  W   8-7       53-93    8    36.5       J Walsh                           +
148 Sat, Sep 23     PIT  CIN  W   8-7       54-93    8    35.5       V Law                             ++
149 Sun, Sep 24     PIT  CIN  L   1-7       54-94    8    35.0       E Blackwell                       -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 PIT  CIN  W   3-2       55-94    8    35.0       M Dickson                         +
151 Wed, Sep 27     PIT @CHC  W   7-4       56-94    8    34.0       V Law                             ++
152 Sat, Sep 30     PIT @CIN  L   2-5       56-95    8    33.0       H Fox                             -
153 Sun, Oct  1     PIT @CIN  L   2-3       56-96    8    33.5       E Erautt                          --
154                 PIT @CIN  W   3-1       57-96    8    33.5       C Chambers                        +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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