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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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Team Batting

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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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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 6 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 5
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
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* - 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