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1951 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 64-90, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 689 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91 Managed by Billy Meyer Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 980,590 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 106   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 109   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 Stats (1950/1952) / Schedule / Transactions

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Clyde McCullough    34   92  259   26   77   9  2   8   39  27   31  .297  .366  .440   2   0  13   1   3          113
1B  Ralph Kiner         28  151  531  124  164  31  6  42  109 137   57  .309  .452  .627   2   1  10   2   0          184
2B  Danny Murtaugh      33   77  151    9   30   7  0   1   11  16   19  .199  .284  .265   0   0   6   2   2           47
3B  Pete Castiglione    30  132  482   62  126  19  4   7   42  34   28  .261  .311  .361   2   2   9   1  16           78
SS  George Strickland   25  138  454   59   98  12  7   9   47  65   83  .216  .318  .333   4   2   9   3   6           73
OF *Gus Bell            22  149  600   80  167  27 12  16   89  42   41  .278  .330  .443   1   4   9   4   1          103
OF *Catfish Metkovich   30  120  423   51  124  21  3   3   40  28   23  .293  .338  .378   3   2  11   1   3           90
OF *Bill Howerton       29   80  219   29   60  12  2  11   37  26   44  .274  .351  .498   1   0   9   0   1          123
   *Joe Garagiola       25   72  212   24   54   8  2   9   35  32   20  .255  .358  .439   4   1   4   2   3          110
   *Rocky Nelson        26   71  195   29   52   7  4   1   14  10    7  .267  .302  .359   1   1   5   0   2           75
    Wally Westlake      30   50  181   28   51   4  0  16   45   9   26  .282  .323  .569   0   1   4   2   0          132
    Jack Phillips       29   70  156   12   37   7  3   0   12  15   17  .237  .304  .321   1   2   5   0   3           66
    Monty Basgall       29   55  153   15   32   5  2   0    9  12   14  .209  .271  .268   0   0   9   1   3           44
    Frank Thomas        22   39  148   21   39   9  2   2   16   9   15  .264  .306  .392   0   2   5   0   0           84
   *Pete Reiser         32   74  140   22   38   9  3   2   13  27   20  .271  .389  .421   4   2   2   0   0          115
    Dick Cole           25   42  106    9   25   4  0   1   11  15    9  .236  .331  .302   0   1   4   0   7           69
    Ed Fitz Gerald      27   55   97    8   22   6  0   0   13   7   10  .227  .286  .289   1   1   6   1   0           53
   *Tom Saffell         29   49   65   11   13   0  0   1    5   5   18  .200  .257  .246   1   1   1   0   1           34
    Hank Schenz         32   25   61    5   13   1  0   0    3   0    2  .213  .226  .230   0   2   0   1   1           21
    Jack Merson         29   13   50    6   18   2  2   1   14   1    7  .360  .373  .540   0   0   0   0   1          139
   *Ted Beard           30   22   48    7    9   1  0   1    3   6   14  .188  .291  .271   0   0   0   1   0           50
    Dick Smith          23   12   46    2    8   0  0   0    4   8    8  .174  .296  .174   0   2   0   0   0           28
    Bob Dillinger       32   12   43    3   10   3  0   0    0   1    0  .233  .250  .302   2   0   4   0   0           46
    Erv Dusak           30   21   39    6   12   3  0   1    7   3   11  .308  .357  .462   0   0   0   0   0          116
    Dino Restelli       26   21   38    1    7   1  0   1    3   2    4  .184  .225  .289   0   0   0   0   0           36
    Stan Rojek          32    8   16    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .188  .188  .188   0   0   0   0   1            0
   *Dale Long           25   10   12    1    2   0  0   1    1   0    3  .167  .167  .417   0   0   0   0   0           50
    Jack Maguire        26    8    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -52
   *Harry Fisher        25    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Murry Dickson       34   46  110   16   30   2  1   1    8   1    5  .273  .279  .336   0   0   2   0   4           63
    Mel Queen           33   39   47    4    5   0  0   0    1   1    8  .106  .125  .106   0   0   1   0   6          -38
    Bob Friend          20   34   44    1    4   2  0   0    2   2   19  .091  .130  .136   0   0   1   0   1          -29
   *Bill Werle          30   59   40    5   12   4  0   0    6   2   13  .300  .333  .400   0   0   1   0   1           94
   *Howie Pollet        30   21   36    3    5   0  0   0    1   5   12  .139  .244  .139   0   0   0   0   4            4
    Vern Law            21   28   32    5   11   2  1   1    4   3    6  .344  .400  .563   0   0   0   0   3          153
   *Cliff Chambers      29   10   21    1    7   0  0   1    3   0    3  .333  .333  .476   0   0   0   0   1          113
    Don Carlsen         24    7   16    1    4   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           33
    Ted Wilks           35   48   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    6  .083  .154  .083   0   0   0   0   1          -35
   *Paul LaPalme        27   22   10    2    1   0  0   0    0   2    2  .100  .250  .100   0   0   0   0   0           -3
    Junior Walsh        32   36    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    5  .143  .333  .143   0   0   0   0   0           31
    Bill Koski          19   13    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Len Yochim          22    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Con Dempsey         28    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Joe Muir            28    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Paul Pettit         19    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  155 5318  689 1372 218 56 137  648 557  615  .258  .328  .397  29  27 130  22  76           97
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    4    6   4  2   3        5    5     6     5     3   8   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Murry Dickson       34  45   4.02  20  16  2  35   9  19   3  288.7  294  151  129  32  101  112 1241   1   6  1     104
SP  Bob Friend          20  34   4.27   6  10  0  22   5   3   1  149.7  173   94   71  12   68   41  666   1   0  0      98
SP *Howie Pollet        30  21   5.04   6  10  0  21   0   4   1  128.7  149   81   72  24   51   47  568   2   1  0      83
SP  Mel Queen           33  39   4.44   7   9  0  21   4   4   1  168.3  149   90   83  21   99  123  741   6   1  0      95
SP *Cliff Chambers      29  10   5.58   3   6  0  10   0   2   1   59.7   64   38   37   5   31   19  272   2   4  0      75
SP  Don Carlsen         24   7   4.19   2   3  0   6   0   2   0   43.0   50   22   20   4   14   20  189   2   1  0     100

CL  Ted Wilks           35  48   2.83   3   5 12   1  34   1   0   82.7   69   31   26   6   24   43  332   1   2  0     148
RP *Bill Werle          30  59   5.65   8   6  6   9  24   2   0  149.7  181  102   94  20   51   57  665   2   6  3      74
RP  Junior Walsh        32  36   6.87   1   4  0   1  10   0   0   73.3   92   66   56   9   46   32  356   2   1  1      61
RP *Paul LaPalme        27  22   6.29   1   5  0   8   8   1   1   54.3   79   48   38   6   31   24  272   3   1  1      67
RP  Vern Law            21  28   4.50   6   9  2  14   8   2   1  114.0  109   66   57   9   51   41  499   2   6  1      93

    Bill Koski          19  13   6.67   0   1  0   1   5   0   0   27.0   26   23   20   2   28    6  131   0   0  0      63
   *Joe Muir            28   9   2.76   0   2  0   1   4   0   0   16.3   11    6    5   2    7    5   70   1   0  0     152
   *Len Yochim          22   2   8.31   1   1  0   2   0   0   0    8.7   10    9    8   0   11    5   48   2   1  0      50
    Con Dempsey         28   3   9.00   0   2  0   2   1   0   0    7.0   11    7    7   2    4    3   33   0   0  0      47
    Erv Dusak           30   3  12.15   0   1  0   1   2   0   0    6.7   10   10    9   2    9    2   38   0   1  0      35
   *Paul Pettit         19   2   3.38   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.7    2    1    1   1    1    0   11   0   0  0     124
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 155   4.79  64  90 22 155 115  40   9 1380.0 1479  845  734 157  609  580 6132  27  31  7      88
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   7   2  3           8   6      8    8    8        8    8    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMcCullough 87 364 52 5 10 .988 1 JGaragiola 61 255 30 4 4 .986 7 EFitz Geral 38 98 13 4 2 .965 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 717 95 13 16 .984 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RKiner 58 556 29 11 59 .982 10.09 JPhillips 53 322 21 3 37 .991 6.47 CMetkovich 37 306 27 3 32 .991 9.00 RNelson 32 275 24 3 32 .990 9.34 DLong 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1467 101 20 160 .987 10.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurtaugh 65 110 113 7 35 .970 3.43 MBasgall 55 140 144 9 39 .969 5.16 DCole 34 85 74 3 18 .981 4.68 HSchenz 19 39 35 3 17 .961 3.89 JMerson 13 30 46 1 7 .987 5.85 GStrickland 13 33 40 0 8 1.000 5.62 EDusak 2 2 1 1 1 .750 1.50 JMaguire 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 439 455 24 125 .974 5.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCastiglion 99 103 228 15 25 .957 3.34 WWestlake 34 32 87 12 12 .908 3.50 DSmith 12 14 30 3 6 .936 3.67 BDillinger 10 11 15 1 0 .963 2.60 PReiser 5 3 7 1 1 .909 2.00 BHowerton 4 2 5 1 0 .875 1.75 JPhillips 4 2 7 1 1 .900 2.25 DMurtaugh 3 0 4 1 0 .800 1.33 EDusak 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HSchenz 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 JMaguire 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 168 386 35 45 .941 3.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GStrickland 125 222 386 37 89 .943 4.86 PCastiglion 28 45 64 6 11 .948 3.89 DCole 8 12 14 0 1 1.000 3.25 SRojek 8 5 13 2 0 .900 2.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 284 477 45 101 .944 4.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GBell 145 267 18 4 4 .986 1.97 0 0 145 RKiner 94 195 7 7 1 .967 2.15 94 0 0 CMetkovich 69 171 4 1 0 .994 2.54 3 66 0 BHowerton 53 93 3 5 0 .950 1.81 4 38 11 FThomas 37 87 5 0 2 1.000 2.49 0 37 0 PReiser 27 53 1 1 0 .982 2.00 20 6 1 TSaffell 17 25 1 2 0 .929 1.53 1 13 3 TBeard 15 23 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 12 4 0 EDusak 12 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.92 1 10 1 RNelson 12 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.92 12 0 0 DRestelli 11 22 1 2 1 .920 2.09 8 4 0 WWestlake 11 17 2 0 1 1.000 1.73 10 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 986 45 22 9 .979 2.24 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDickson 45 19 70 3 3 .967 2.77 MQueen 39 4 12 1 2 .941 0.86 BFriend 34 10 29 1 1 .975 2.34 BWerle 59 10 42 0 3 1.000 3.13 HPollet 21 5 23 0 2 1.000 1.96 VLaw 28 10 15 2 2 .926 1.97 TWilks 48 4 17 0 1 1.000 2.29 JWalsh 36 6 13 2 0 .905 2.33 CChambers 10 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.75 PLaPalme 22 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.66 DCarlsen 7 1 6 2 1 .778 1.47 BKoski 13 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 JMuir 9 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.42 LYochim 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.10 CDempsey 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 EDusak 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PPettit 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 77 249 11 16 .967 2.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kiner .309 On-base % Kiner .452 Slugging % Kiner .627 OPS Kiner 1.079 Games Kiner 151 At Bats Bell 600 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kiner 670 Runs Kiner 124 Hits Bell 167 Total Bases Kiner 333 Doubles Kiner 31 Triples Bell 12 Home Runs Kiner 42 RBI Kiner 109 Bases on Balls Kiner 137 Strikeouts Strickland 83 Stolen Bases Garagiola, Reiser, and Strickland 4 Singles Bell 112 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 184 Runs Created Kiner 150 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 71 Batting Wins Kiner 6.9 Extra-Base Hits Kiner 79 Times on Base Kiner 303 Offensive Win% Kiner .828 Hit By Pitch Bell 4 Sac. Hits Castiglione 16 Grounded into Double Plays McCullough 13 Caught Stealing Bell 4 Power/Speed Number Garagiola and Strickland 5.5 At Bats per Strikeout Castiglione 17.2 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 12.6 Outs Bell 447

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dickson 4.02 Wins Dickson 20 Won-Loss % Werle .571 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dickson 1.368 Hits Allowed/9IP Queen 7.97 Bases on Balls/9IP Dickson 3.15 Strikeouts/9IP Queen 6.58 Games Werle 59 Saves Wilks 12 Innings Dickson 288.7 Strikeouts Queen 123 Games Started Dickson 35 Comp. Games Dickson 19 Shutouts Dickson 3 Home Runs Allow. Dickson 32 Bases On Balls Allow. Dickson 101 Hits Allowed Dickson 294 SO to Walk Queen 1.24 Losses Dickson 16 Earned Runs Allow. Dickson 129 Wild Pitches Queen 6 Hit Batsmen Dickson, Law, and Werle 6 Batters Faced Dickson 1241 Games Finished Wilks 34 Adjusted ERA+ Dickson 104

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