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1949 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948/1950) 71-83, Finished 6th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 681 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85 Managed by Billy Meyer Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,449,435 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates 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: 1949 Stats (1948/1950) / 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    32   91  241   30   57   9  3   4   21  24   30  .237  .316  .349   1       3   4   2           77
1B *Johnny Hopp         32   85  316   50  106  11  4   5   36  30   26  .335  .393  .443   9       6   0   3          122
2B  Monty Basgall       27  107  308   25   67   9  1   2   26  31   32  .218  .291  .273   1       7   1   4           51
3B  Pete Castiglione    28  118  448   57  120  20  2   6   43  20   43  .268  .299  .362   2       4   0   9           75
SS  Stan Rojek          30  144  557   72  136  19  2   0   31  50   31  .244  .309  .285   4      10   2  16           59
OF  Ralph Kiner         26  152  549  116  170  19  5  54  127 117   61  .310  .432  .658   6      10   1   0          186
OF  Wally Westlake      28  147  525   77  148  24  8  23  104  45   69  .282  .345  .490   6      15   6   1          120
OF  Dino Restelli       24   72  232   41   58  11  0  12   40  35   26  .250  .358  .453   3       8   4   3          114
    Danny Murtaugh      31   75  236   16   48   7  2   2   24  29   17  .203  .291  .275   2       2   0   3           51
   *Ed Stevens          24   67  221   22   58  10  1   4   32  22   24  .262  .332  .371   1       2   1   3           87
    Eddie Bockman       28   79  220   21   49   6  1   6   19  23   31  .223  .296  .341   3       3   0   2           69
   *Tom Saffell         27   73  205   36   66   7  1   2   25  21   27  .322  .385  .395   5       3   0   7          108
   *Dixie Walker        38   88  181   26   51   4  1   1   18  26   11  .282  .372  .331   0       4   0   4           89
    Ed Fitz Gerald      25   75  160   16   42   7  0   2   18   8   27  .263  .302  .344   1       5   1   2           71
    Phil Masi           33   48  135   16   37   6  1   2   13  17   16  .274  .355  .378   1       5   0   3           95
    Jack Phillips       27   18   56    6   13   3  1   0    3   4    6  .232  .283  .321   1       1   0   0           60
   *Johnny Hopp         32   20   55    5   12   3  1   0    3   7    3  .218  .306  .309   0   0   1   0   0       0   64
   *Wally Judnich       32   10   35    5    8   1  0   0    1   1    2  .229  .250  .257   0       0   0   0           35
   *Marv Rackley        27   11   35    5   11   2  0   0    2   2    3  .314  .351  .371   1       0   0   0           92
   *Les Fleming         33   24   31    0    8   0  2   0    7   6    2  .258  .395  .387   0       0   1   0          109
   *Ted Beard           28   14   24    1    2   0  0   0    1   2    2  .083  .154  .083   0       0   0   0          -35
    Bobby Rhawn         30    3    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .143  .143  .143   0       1   0   1          -24
    Jack Cassini        29    8    0    3    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Murry Dickson       32   44   84    5   17   4  1   0    4   0    6  .202  .202  .274   0       1   0   1           25
   *Bill Werle          28   35   77    3    9   1  0   0    2   5   11  .117  .171  .130   0       1   0   2          -19
   #Bob Chesnes         28   42   68   11   17   5  2   1    5   5    6  .250  .301  .426   0       2   0   0           91
   *Cliff Chambers      27   34   55    5   13   2  1   0    5   5    7  .236  .300  .309   0       1   0   6           62
   *Vic Lombardi        26   43   49    8   17   0  1   0   10   4    4  .347  .396  .388   1       0   0   0          109
    Tiny Bonham         35   18   22    0    1   0  0   0    3   3    1  .045  .160  .045   0       0   0   5          -43
    Elmer Riddle        34   16   22    0    3   0  0   0    2   1   10  .136  .174  .136   0       1   0   1          -16
   *Rip Sewell          42   28   16    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    4  .063  .250  .063   0       0   1   2          -13
    Junior Walsh        30    9   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    9  .000  .077  .000   0       0   0   0          -78
    Ray Poat            31   11   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .100  .100  .100   0       0   0   0          -47
    Bob Muncrief        33   13    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0       0   0   3          -24
    Hal Gregg           27    8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0       0   0   2          -52
    Harry Gumbert       39   16    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0       0   0   0           33
    Hugh Casey          35   33    3    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    0  .333  .333  .667   0       0   0   1          160
    Kirby Higbe         34    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  154 5214  681 1350 191 41 126  626 548  554  .259  .329  .384  48      96  22  86           95
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    5    6   8  6   3        5    6     5     5     5   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Bill Werle          28  35   4.24  12  13  0  29   2  10   2  221.0  243  117  104  22   51  106  945   4   8  0      99
SP  Bob Chesnes         28  27   5.88   7  13  1  25   1   8   1  145.3  153  104   95  15   82   49  647   5   5  0      71
SP *Cliff Chambers      27  34   3.96  13   7  0  21   6  10   1  177.3  186   89   78  15   58   93  765   1   5  0     106
SP  Tiny Bonham         35  18   4.25   7   4  0  14   4   5   1   89.0   81   43   42  11   23   25  355   0   0  0      99
SP  Elmer Riddle        34  16   5.33   1   8  1  12   3   1   0   74.3   81   45   44   9   45   24  341   0   4  1      79
SP  Junior Walsh        30   9   5.06   1   4  0   7   0   1   1   42.7   40   27   24   5   16   24  180   1   0  0      83

CL  Hugh Casey          35  33   4.66   4   1  5   0  23   0   0   38.7   50   24   20   4   14    9  176   0   1  0      90
RP  Murry Dickson       32  44   3.29  12  14  0  20  15  11   2  224.3  216   97   82  17   80   89  948   1   6  0     128
RP *Vic Lombardi        26  34   4.57   5   5  1  12  11   4   0  134.0  149   74   68  14   68   64  599   4   3  0      92
RP  Rip Sewell          42  28   3.91   6   1  1   6   9   2   1   76.0   82   35   33   8   32   26  330   0   0  0     108
RP  Harry Gumbert       39  16   5.86   1   4  3   0  15   0   0   27.7   30   20   18   5   18    5  133   3   0  0      72

    Ray Poat            31  11   6.25   0   1  0   2   2   0   0   36.0   52   29   25   6   15   17  173   1   0  0      67
    Bob Muncrief        33  13   6.31   1   5  3   4   5   1   0   35.7   44   27   25   8   13   11  159   0   0  0      67
    Hal Gregg           27   8   3.38   1   1  0   1   3   0   0   18.7   20   10    7   1    8    9   79   1   1  0     124
    Kirby Higbe         34   7  13.50   0   2  0   1   2   0   0   15.3   25   24   23   2   12    5   81   0   0  0      31
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.9 154   4.57  71  83 15 154 101  53   9 1356.0 1452  760  689 142  535  556 5911  21  33  1      92
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   6   3  4           7   7      8    6    6        8    4    4

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMcCullough 90 363 39 6 8 .985 3 EFitz Geral 56 163 22 5 5 .974 7 PMasi 44 157 21 1 7 .994 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 683 82 12 20 .985 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHopp 71 593 40 4 65 .994 8.92 EStevens 58 533 58 3 65 .995 10.19 JPhillips 16 135 8 0 11 1.000 8.94 JHopp 6 49 4 3 4 .946 8.83 LFleming 5 43 0 0 4 1.000 8.60 DWalker 3 24 3 3 2 .900 9.00 PMasi 2 17 3 0 3 1.000 10.00 DRestelli 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1396 117 13 155 .991 10.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBasgall 98 224 224 13 58 .972 4.57 DMurtaugh 74 202 182 10 58 .975 5.19 EBockman 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 429 407 23 116 .973 5.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCastiglion 98 100 213 14 26 .957 3.19 EBockman 68 59 127 8 14 .959 2.74 MBasgall 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 BRhawn 2 3 5 1 0 .889 4.00 JPhillips 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 162 346 23 40 .957 3.37 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SRojek 144 240 461 25 92 .966 4.87 PCastiglion 17 13 23 0 6 1.000 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 253 484 25 98 .967 4.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.25 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RKiner 152 311 12 7 3 .979 2.12 152 0 0 WWestlake 143 319 12 6 4 .982 2.31 0 51 92 DRestelli 61 167 4 7 2 .961 2.80 0 47 14 TSaffell 53 122 2 1 1 .992 2.34 0 52 2 DWalker 39 58 2 1 0 .984 1.54 0 0 39 TBeard 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.90 0 0 10 JHopp 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 2 0 7 WJudnich 8 27 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 8 0 MRackley 8 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 8 0 JHopp 7 12 1 1 0 .929 1.86 2 0 5 PCastiglion 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1070 33 24 10 .979 2.44 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MDickson 44 26 52 3 8 .963 3.13 BWerle 35 7 43 2 3 .962 2.04 CChambers 34 6 33 0 2 1.000 1.98 BChesnes 27 13 35 2 4 .960 2.97 VLombardi 34 9 28 0 1 1.000 2.49 TBonham 18 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.21 RSewell 28 3 12 2 0 .882 1.78 ERiddle 16 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 JWalsh 9 2 5 2 0 .778 1.48 HCasey 33 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.23 RPoat 11 1 6 1 0 .875 1.75 BMuncrief 13 0 12 0 0 1.000 3.03 HGumbert 16 1 11 0 1 1.000 3.90 HGregg 8 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.96 KHigbe 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 80 254 12 21 .965 2.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 .310 On-base % Kiner .432 Slugging % Kiner .658 OPS Kiner 1.090 Games Kiner 152 At Bats Rojek 557 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kiner 667 Runs Kiner 116 Hits Kiner 170 Total Bases Kiner 361 Doubles Westlake 24 Triples Westlake 8 Home Runs Kiner 54 RBI Kiner 127 Bases on Balls Kiner 117 Strikeouts Westlake 69 Stolen Bases Kiner and Westlake 6 Singles Rojek 115 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 186 Runs Created Kiner 156 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 69 Batting Wins Kiner 6.7 Extra-Base Hits Kiner 78 Times on Base Kiner 288 Offensive Win% Kiner .826 Hit By Pitch Westlake 6 Sac. Hits Rojek 16 Grounded into Double Plays Westlake 15 Power/Speed Number Kiner 10.8 At Bats per Strikeout Rojek 18.0 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 10.2 Outs Rojek 447

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dickson 3.29 Wins Chambers 13 Won-Loss % Chambers .650 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dickson 1.319 Hits Allowed/9IP Dickson 8.67 Bases on Balls/9IP Werle 2.08 Strikeouts/9IP Chambers 4.72 Games Dickson 44 Saves Casey 5 Innings Dickson 224.3 Strikeouts Werle 106 Games Started Werle 29 Comp. Games Dickson 11 Shutouts Dickson and Werle 2 Home Runs Allow. Werle 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Chesnes 82 Hits Allowed Werle 243 SO to Walk Werle 2.08 Losses Dickson 14 Earned Runs Allow. Werle 104 Wild Pitches Chesnes 5 Hit Batsmen Werle 8 Batters Faced Dickson 948 Games Finished Casey 23 Adjusted ERA+ Dickson 128

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