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1950 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949/1951) 57-96, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders 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. 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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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    33  103  279   28   71  16  4   6   34  31   35  .254  .340  .405   3       5   5   4           93
1B *Johnny Hopp         33  106  318   51  108  24  5   8   47  43   17  .340  .420  .522   7       7   1   0          143
2B  Danny Murtaugh      32  118  367   34  108  20  5   2   37  47   42  .294  .376  .392   2       8   1   1          100
3B  Nanny Fernandez     31   65  198   23   51  11  0   6   27  19   17  .258  .326  .404   2       9   1   1           88
SS  Stan Rojek          31   76  230   28   59  12  1   0   17  18   13  .257  .313  .317   2       4   1   4           64
OF  Ralph Kiner         27  150  547  112  149  21  6  47  118 122   79  .272  .408  .590   2      22   3   0          156
OF  Wally Westlake      29  139  477   69  136  15  6  24   95  48   78  .285  .359  .493   1      15   7   2          119
OF *Gus Bell            21  111  422   62  119  22 11   8   53  28   46  .282  .333  .443   4       4   4   2          100
    Danny O'Connell     23   79  315   39   92  16  1   8   32  24   33  .292  .342  .425   7       8   0   5           98
    Pete Castiglione    29   94  263   29   67  10  3   3   22  23   23  .255  .317  .350   1       7   1   7           73
    Bob Dillinger       31   58  222   23   64   8  2   1    9  13   22  .288  .328  .356   4       9   0   2           78
    Jack Phillips       28   69  208   25   61   7  6   5   34  20   17  .293  .355  .457   1       2   0   1          109
   *Tom Saffell         28   67  182   18   37   7  0   2    6  14   34  .203  .264  .275   1       1   1   5           40
   *Ted Beard           29   61  177   32   41   6  2   4   12  27   45  .232  .333  .356   3       4   0   5           79
    Ray Mueller         38   67  156   17   42   7  0   6   24  11   14  .269  .321  .429   2       9   1   2           93
    Johnny Berardino    33   40  131   12   27   3  1   1   12  19   11  .206  .307  .267   0       6   0   2           51
   *Dale Coogan         19   53  129   19   31   6  1   1   13  17   24  .240  .338  .326   0       4   2   0           73
    Hank Schenz         31   58  101   17   23   4  2   1    5   6    7  .228  .271  .337   0       4   0   0           57
    Earl Turner         27   40   74   10   18   0  0   3    5   4   13  .243  .282  .365   1       3   0   0           67
   *Ed Stevens          25   17   46    2    9   2  0   0    3   4    5  .196  .260  .239   0       1   0   0           31
    George Strickland   24   23   27    0    3   0  0   0    2   3    8  .111  .226  .111   0       0   1   1           -9
   *Marv Rickert        29   17   20    0    3   0  0   0    4   0    4  .150  .150  .150   0       1   0   0          -22
    Ed Fitz Gerald      26    6   15    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .067  .067  .133   0       1   0   0          -49

   *Cliff Chambers      28   37   90   10   26   1  1   2    9   4   18  .289  .319  .389   0       2   0   2           83
    Murry Dickson       33   52   82    5   21   4  0   0    7   1    9  .256  .265  .305   0       3   0   0           48
   *Bill Werle          29   48   67    4   13   1  1   0    0   6   22  .194  .260  .239   0       1   0   2           31
    Bill MacDonald      21   32   49    3    6   1  0   0    1   4   18  .122  .189  .143   0       1   0   1          -12
    Vern Law            20   27   41    0    3   0  1   0    1   1   14  .073  .136  .122   0       1   2   0          -32
    Mel Queen           32   33   35    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    6  .057  .083  .057   0       0   0   2          -63
   *Vic Lombardi        27   42   16    1    4   1  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .294  .313   0       0   0   1           58
   #Bob Chesnes         29    9   13    2    2   0  0   0    2   1    1  .154  .214  .154   0       0   0   0           -3
    Bill Pierro         24   13    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    6  .222  .222  .222   0       0   0   0           16
    Hank Borowy         34   11    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0       0   0   2          -13
    Junior Walsh        31   38    6    2    1   1  0   0    1   3    4  .167  .444  .333   0       0   0   0          106
    Woody Main          28   12    5    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    2  .400  .400  .400   0       0   0   0          109
   *Windy McCall        24    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   0           -5
    Hal Gregg           28    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Harry Gumbert       40    1    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          422
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  154 5327  681 1404 227 59 138  634 564  693  .264  .334  .406  43     142  31  54           98
    Rank among 8 NL teams          4    6    4   5  1   4        5    2     3     5     2   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Cliff Chambers      28  37   4.30  12  15  0  33   2  11   2  249.3  262  138  119  18   92   93 1097   4   6  1     102
SP  Mel Queen           32  33   5.98   5  14  0  21   5   4   1  120.3  135   95   80  18   73   76  562   1   2  1      73
SP  Bill MacDonald      21  32   4.29   8  10  1  20   8   6   2  153.0  138   88   73  17   88   60  664   4   1  0     102
SP  Vern Law            20  27   4.92   7   9  0  17   6   5   1  128.0  137   83   70  11   49   57  562   2   4  0      89
SP  Bob Chesnes         29   9   5.54   3   3  0   7   0   2   0   39.0   44   26   24   7   17   12  174   1   3  0      79

CL *Bill Werle          29  48   4.60   8  16  8  22  18   6   0  215.3  249  127  110  25   65   78  940   4   6  0      95
RP *Vic Lombardi        27  39   6.60   0   5  1   2  23   0   0   76.3   93   61   56  14   48   26  356   2   2  4      66
RP  Junior Walsh        31  38   5.05   1   1  2   2  17   0   0   62.3   56   36   35   6   34   33  269   1   1  1      87
RP  Murry Dickson       33  51   3.80  10  15  3  22  18   8   0  225.0  227  104   95  20   83   76  963   4   2  1     116
RP  Woody Main          28  12   4.87   1   0  1   0   4   0   0   20.3   21   12   11   2   11   12   95   0   1  0      90

    Bill Pierro         24  12  10.55   0   2  0   3   2   0   0   29.0   33   34   34   2   28   13  146   3   2  1      42
    Hank Borowy         34  11   6.39   1   3  0   3   4   0   0   25.3   32   19   18   6    9    9  115   1   1  0      69
   *Windy McCall        24   2   9.45   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.7   12    7    7   2    4    5   35   0   0  0      46
    Hal Gregg           28   5  13.50   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    5.3   10   10    8   2    7    3   33   1   1  0      33
    Jack Phillips       28   1   7.20   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    7    4    4   0    1    2   22   2   0  0      61
    Frank Barrett       36   5   4.15   1   2  0   0   3   0   0    4.3    5    3    2   1    1    0   16   0   0  0     106
   *Frank Papish        32   4  27.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    2.3    8    7    7   1    4    1   19   0   0  0      16
    Harry Gumbert       40   1   5.40   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    3    3    1   0    2    0   11   0   0  0      81
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 154   4.96  57  96 16 154 112  42   6 1368.0 1472  857  754 152  616  556 6079  30  32  9      89
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  4           8   8      6    8    8        7    8    8

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CMcCullough 100 362 45 6 3 .985 2 RMueller 63 204 30 1 3 .996 3 ETurner 34 101 11 3 3 .974 2 EFitz Geral 5 16 3 1 0 .950 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 683 89 11 9 .986 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHopp 70 534 32 6 61 .990 8.09 JPhillips 54 450 39 7 46 .986 9.06 DCoogan 32 263 27 6 28 .980 9.06 EStevens 12 92 8 0 11 1.000 8.33 PCastiglion 3 20 2 1 1 .957 7.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1359 108 20 147 .987 9.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurtaugh 108 273 292 14 84 .976 5.23 JBerardino 36 84 106 7 28 .964 5.28 HSchenz 21 35 39 1 16 .987 3.52 PCastiglion 9 18 16 2 3 .944 3.78 SRojek 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 418 454 24 131 .973 5.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 3.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NFernandez 52 48 101 12 6 .925 2.87 BDillinger 51 60 116 8 13 .957 3.45 PCastiglion 35 40 58 3 8 .970 2.80 DO'Connell 12 15 39 2 2 .964 4.50 HSchenz 12 5 13 0 3 1.000 1.50 JBerardino 3 3 9 0 0 1.000 4.00 JPhillips 3 5 6 2 1 .846 3.67 GStrickland 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 176 343 27 33 .951 3.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SRojek 68 102 160 9 39 .967 3.85 DO'Connell 65 147 228 9 47 .977 5.77 PCastiglion 29 38 49 4 11 .956 3.00 GStrickland 19 22 23 1 7 .978 2.37 HSchenz 4 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 316 467 23 105 .971 5.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.14 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RKiner 150 287 13 11 2 .965 2.00 150 0 0 WWestlake 123 329 4 3 3 .991 2.71 5 97 26 GBell 104 203 10 5 3 .977 2.05 0 0 104 TBeard 49 112 4 2 0 .983 2.37 1 21 27 TSaffell 43 128 5 1 0 .993 3.09 0 42 2 JHopp 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 2 2 3 MRickert 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1072 37 22 8 .981 2.43 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CChambers 37 9 37 2 1 .958 1.66 MDickson 51 20 45 1 6 .985 2.60 BWerle 48 11 58 2 4 .972 2.88 BMacDonald 32 5 15 1 1 .952 1.18 VLaw 27 5 15 2 1 .909 1.41 MQueen 33 9 13 0 0 1.000 1.65 VLombardi 39 4 15 0 3 1.000 2.24 JWalsh 38 4 11 1 1 .937 2.17 BChesnes 9 3 15 0 3 1.000 4.15 BPierro 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.93 HBorowy 11 5 4 0 0 1.000 3.20 WMain 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.22 WMcCall 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.69 HGregg 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 JPhillips 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 FBarrett 5 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.28 FPapish 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 HGumbert 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 79 243 9 21 .973 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Westlake .285 On-base % Kiner .408 Slugging % Kiner .590 OPS Kiner .998 Games Kiner 150 At Bats Kiner 547 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kiner 672 Runs Kiner 112 Hits Kiner 149 Total Bases Kiner 323 Doubles Hopp 24 Triples Bell 11 Home Runs Kiner 47 RBI Kiner 118 Bases on Balls Kiner 122 Strikeouts Kiner 79 Stolen Bases Hopp and O'Connell 7 Singles Westlake 91 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 156 Runs Created Kiner 131 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 47 Batting Wins Kiner 4.5 Extra-Base Hits Kiner 74 Times on Base Kiner 274 Offensive Win% Kiner .738 Hit By Pitch Westlake 7 Sac. Hits Castiglione 7 Grounded into Double Plays Kiner 22 Power/Speed Number Hopp and O'Connell 7.5 At Bats per Strikeout Bell 9.2 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 11.6 Outs Kiner 420

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Dickson 3.80 Wins Chambers 12 Won-Loss % Chambers and MacDonald .444 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dickson 1.378 Hits Allowed/9IP Dickson 9.08 Bases on Balls/9IP Werle 2.72 Strikeouts/9IP Chambers 3.36 Games Dickson 51 Saves Werle 8 Innings Chambers 249.3 Strikeouts Chambers 93 Games Started Chambers 33 Comp. Games Chambers 11 Shutouts Chambers and MacDonald 2 Home Runs Allow. Werle 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Chambers 92 Hits Allowed Chambers 262 SO to Walk Werle 1.20 Losses Werle 16 Earned Runs Allow. Chambers 119 Wild Pitches Chambers, Dickson, MacDonald, and Werle 4 Hit Batsmen Chambers and Werle 6 Batters Faced Chambers 1097 Games Finished Lombardi 23 Adjusted ERA+ Dickson 116

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