1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952)
64-90, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 689 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91
Manager: Billy Meyer (64-90)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 980,590 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106; one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 109
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1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	34	92	290	259	26	77	9	2	8	39	2	0	27	31	.297	.366	.440	.806	113	114	13	1	3
2	1B	Jack Phillips	29	70	174	156	12	37	7	3	0	12	1	2	15	17	.237	.304	.321	.625	66	50	5	0	3
3	2B	Danny Murtaugh	33	77	171	151	9	30	7	0	1	11	0	0	16	19	.199	.284	.265	.549	47	40	6	2	2
4	SS	George Strickland	25	138	528	454	59	98	12	7	9	47	4	2	65	83	.216	.318	.333	.651	73	151	9	3	6
5	3B	Pete Castiglione	30	132	533	482	62	126	19	4	7	42	2	2	34	28	.261	.311	.361	.672	78	174	9	1	16
6	OF	Catfish Metkovich*	30	120	455	423	51	124	21	3	3	40	3	2	28	23	.293	.338	.378	.717	90	160	11	1	3
7	OF	Gus Bell*	22	149	647	600	80	167	27	12	16	89	1	4	42	41	.278	.330	.443	.773	103	266	9	4	1
8	OF	Ralph Kiner	28	151	670	531	124	164	31	6	42	109	2	1	137	57	.309	.452	.627	1.079	184	333	10	2	0
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	C	Joe Garagiola*	25	72	249	212	24	54	8	2	9	35	4	1	32	20	.255	.358	.439	.796	110	93	4	2	3
10	OF	Bill Howerton*	29	80	246	219	29	60	12	2	11	37	1	0	26	44	.274	.351	.498	.849	123	109	9	0	1
11	1B	Rocky Nelson*	26	71	207	195	29	52	7	4	1	14	1	1	10	7	.267	.302	.359	.661	75	70	5	0	2
12	3B	Wally Westlake	30	50	192	181	28	51	4	0	16	45	0	1	9	26	.282	.323	.569	.892	132	103	4	2	0
13	2B	Monty Basgall	29	55	169	153	15	32	5	2	0	9	0	0	12	14	.209	.271	.268	.539	44	41	9	1	3
14	OF	Pete Reiser*	32	74	167	140	22	38	9	3	2	13	4	2	27	20	.271	.389	.421	.811	115	59	2	0	0
15	OF	Frank Thomas	22	39	157	148	21	39	9	2	2	16	0	2	9	15	.264	.306	.392	.698	84	58	5	0	0
16	2B	Dick Cole	25	42	128	106	9	25	4	0	1	11	0	1	15	9	.236	.331	.302	.632	69	32	4	0	7
17	C	Ed Fitz Gerald	27	55	105	97	8	22	6	0	0	13	1	1	7	10	.227	.286	.289	.574	53	28	6	1	0
18	OF	Tom Saffell*	29	49	71	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	1	5	18	.200	.257	.246	.503	34	16	1	0	1
19	2B	Hank Schenz	32	25	63	61	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	.213	.226	.230	.455	21	14	0	1	1
20	OF	Ted Beard*	30	22	55	48	7	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	14	.188	.291	.271	.562	50	13	0	1	0
21	3B	Dick Smith	23	12	54	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	8	8	.174	.296	.174	.470	28	8	0	0	0
22	2B	Jack Merson	29	13	52	50	6	18	2	2	1	14	0	0	1	7	.360	.373	.540	.913	139	27	0	0	1
23	3B	Bob Dillinger	32	12	44	43	3	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.233	.250	.302	.552	46	13	4	0	0
24	UT	Erv Dusak	30	21	42	39	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	11	.308	.357	.462	.819	116	18	0	0	0
25	OF	Dino Restelli	26	21	40	38	1	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	.184	.225	.289	.514	36	11	0	0	0
26	SS	Stan Rojek	32	8	17	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.188	.375	-0	3	0	0	1
27	1B	Dale Long*	25	10	12	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.417	.583	50	5	0	0	0
28	IF	Jack Maguire	26	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	0	0	0	0
29		Harry Fisher*	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
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
30	P	Murry Dickson	34	46	115	110	16	30	2	1	1	8	0	0	1	5	.273	.279	.336	.616	63	37	2	0	4
31	P	Mel Queen	33	39	54	47	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.106	.125	.106	.231	-38	5	1	0	6
32	P	Bob Friend	20	34	47	44	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.091	.130	.136	.267	-29	6	1	0	1
33	P	Howie Pollet*	30	21	45	36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	.139	.244	.139	.383	4	5	0	0	4
34	P	Bill Werle*	30	59	43	40	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	13	.300	.333	.400	.733	94	16	1	0	1
35	P	Vern Law	21	28	38	32	5	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	6	.344	.400	.563	.963	153	18	0	0	3
36	P	Cliff Chambers*	29	10	22	21	1	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.476	.810	113	10	0	0	1
37	P	Don Carlsen	24	7	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	4	0	0	0
38	P	Ted Wilks	35	48	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	-35	1	0	0	1
39	P	Paul LaPalme*	27	22	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	-3	1	0	0	0
40	P	Junior Walsh	32	36	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.143	.333	.143	.476	31	1	0	0	0
41	P	Len Yochim*	22	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
42	P	Bill Koski	19	13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
43	P	Con Dempsey	28	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
44	P	Paul Pettit*	19	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
45	P	Joe Muir*	28	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	155	5973	5318	689	1372	218	56	137	648	29	27	557	615	.258	.331	.397	.728	93	2113	130	22	76
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	4	6	4	2	3		8	8	5	5	6	5	3	4		3
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.

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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	Murry Dickson	34	20	16	.556	4.02	45	35	9	19	3	2	288.2	294	151	129	32	101		112	6	1	1	1241	104	1.368	9.2	1.0	3.1	3.5	1.11
2	SP	Mel Queen	33	7	9	.438	4.44	39	21	4	4	1	0	168.1	149	90	83	21	99		123	1	0	6	741	95	1.473	8.0	1.1	5.3	6.6	1.24
3	SP	Bob Friend	20	6	10	.375	4.27	34	22	5	3	1	0	149.2	173	94	71	12	68		41	0	0	1	666	98	1.610	10.4	0.7	4.1	2.5	0.60
4	SP	Howie Pollet*	30	6	10	.375	5.04	21	21	0	4	1	0	128.2	149	81	72	24	51		47	1	0	2	568	83	1.554	10.4	1.7	3.6	3.3	0.92
5	SP	Cliff Chambers*	29	3	6	.333	5.58	10	10	0	2	1	0	59.2	64	38	37	5	31		19	4	0	2	272	75	1.592	9.7	0.8	4.7	2.9	0.61
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	Ted Wilks	35	3	5	.375	2.83	48	1	34	1	0	12	82.2	69	31	26	6	24		43	2	0	1	332	148	1.125	7.5	0.7	2.6	4.7	1.79
7	RP	Bill Werle*	30	8	6	.571	5.65	59	9	24	2	0	6	149.2	181	102	94	20	51		57	6	3	2	665	74	1.550	10.9	1.2	3.1	3.4	1.12
8	RP	Vern Law	21	6	9	.400	4.50	28	14	8	2	1	2	114.0	109	66	57	9	51		41	6	1	2	499	93	1.404	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.2	0.80
9	RP	Junior Walsh	32	1	4	.200	6.87	36	1	10	0	0	0	73.1	92	66	56	9	46		32	1	1	2	356	61	1.882	11.3	1.1	5.6	3.9	0.70
10	RP	Paul LaPalme*	27	1	5	.167	6.29	22	8	8	1	1	0	54.1	79	48	38	6	31		24	1	1	3	272	67	2.025	13.1	1.0	5.1	4.0	0.77
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		Don Carlsen	24	2	3	.400	4.19	7	6	0	2	0	0	43.0	50	22	20	4	14		20	1	0	2	189	100	1.488	10.5	0.8	2.9	4.2	1.43
12		Bill Koski	19	0	1	.000	6.67	13	1	5	0	0	0	27.0	26	23	20	2	28		6	0	0	0	131	63	2.000	8.7	0.7	9.3	2.0	0.21
13		Joe Muir*	28	0	2	.000	2.76	9	1	4	0	0	0	16.1	11	6	5	2	7		5	0	0	1	70	152	1.102	6.1	1.1	3.9	2.8	0.71
14		Len Yochim*	22	1	1	.500	8.31	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	9	8	0	11		5	1	0	2	48	50	2.423	10.4	0.0	11.4	5.2	0.45
15		Con Dempsey	28	0	2	.000	9.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.0	11	7	7	2	4		3	0	0	0	33	47	2.143	14.1	2.6	5.1	3.9	0.75
16		Erv Dusak	30	0	1	.000	12.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.2	10	10	9	2	9		2	1	0	0	38	35	2.850	13.5	2.7	12.2	2.7	0.22
17		Paul Pettit*	19	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	11	124	1.125	6.8	3.4	3.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.1	64	90	.416	4.78	155	155	115	40	9	22	1380.1	1479	845	733	157	627		580	31	7	27	6132	88	1.526	9.6	1.0	4.1	3.8	0.93
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		8				8	6	3	8	8	8	8	8	8		4747
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

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	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Monty Basgall	29	55				293	140	144	9	39	.969	5.16		2B
Ted Beard	30	15	12	4	0	25	23	2	0	0	1.000	1.67		OF
Gus Bell	22	145	0	0	145	289	267	18	4	4	.986	1.97		OF
Don Carlsen	24	7				9	1	6	2	1	.778	1.00		P
Pete Castiglione	30	127				461	148	292	21	36	.954	3.46		3B-SS
Cliff Chambers	29	10				5	1	4	0	1	1.000	0.50		P
Dick Cole	25	42				188	97	88	3	19	.984	4.40		2B-SS
Con Dempsey	28	3				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67		P
Murry Dickson	34	45				92	19	70	3	3	.967	1.98		P
Bob Dillinger	32	10				27	11	15	1	0	.963	2.60		3B
Erv Dusak	30	19	1	10	1	15	13	1	1	1	.933	0.74		OF-P-2B-3B
Ed Fitz Gerald	27	38				115	98	13	4	2	.965	2.92	1	C
Bob Friend	20	34				40	10	29	1	1	.975	1.15		P
Joe Garagiola	25	61				289	255	30	4	4	.986	4.67	7	C
Bill Howerton	29	57	4	38	11	109	95	8	6	0	.945	1.81		OF-3B
Ralph Kiner	28	152	94	0	0	805	751	36	18	60	.978	5.18		OF-1B
Bill Koski	19	13				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.15		P
Paul LaPalme	27	22				10	4	6	0	0	1.000	0.45		P
Vern Law	21	28				27	10	15	2	2	.926	0.89		P
Dale Long	25	1				8	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.00		1B
Jack Maguire	26	2				4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.00		3B-2B
Clyde McCullough	34	87				421	364	52	5	10	.988	4.78	1	C
Jack Merson	29	13				77	30	46	1	7	.987	5.85		2B
Catfish Metkovich	30	106	3	66	0	512	477	31	4	32	.992	4.79		OF-1B
Joe Muir	28	9				8	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.89		P
Danny Murtaugh	33	68				235	110	117	8	35	.966	3.34		2B-3B
Rocky Nelson	26	44	12	0	0	325	297	25	3	32	.991	7.32		1B-OF
Paul Pettit	19	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Jack Phillips	29	57				356	324	28	4	38	.989	6.18		1B-3B
Howie Pollet	30	21				28	5	23	0	2	1.000	1.33		P
Mel Queen	33	39				17	4	12	1	2	.941	0.41		P
Pete Reiser	32	32	20	6	1	66	56	8	2	1	.970	2.00		OF-3B
Dino Restelli	26	11	8	4	0	25	22	1	2	1	.920	2.09		OF
Stan Rojek	32	8				20	5	13	2	0	.900	2.25		SS
Tom Saffell	29	17	1	13	3	28	25	1	2	0	.929	1.53		OF
Hank Schenz	32	21				79	40	36	3	17	.962	3.62		2B-3B
Dick Smith	23	12				47	14	30	3	6	.936	3.67		3B
George Strickland	25	138				718	255	426	37	97	.948	4.93		SS-2B
Frank Thomas	22	37	0	37	0	92	87	5	0	2	1.000	2.49		OF
Junior Walsh	32	36				21	6	13	2	0	.905	0.53		P
Bill Werle	30	59				52	10	42	0	3	1.000	0.88		P
Wally Westlake	30	45	10	1	0	150	49	89	12	13	.920	3.07		3B-OF
Ted Wilks	35	48				21	4	17	0	1	1.000	0.44		P
Len Yochim	22	2				3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50		P
Team Totals	28.2	155				6116	4138	1808	170	472	.972	3.31	9
Rank in 8 NL teams									2	3	6
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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