1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1950 Season 1952 Season

Record: 64-90-1, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Billy Meyer (64-90-1)

General Manager: Branch Rickey

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 980,590 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 110

Pythagorean W-L: 63-91, 689 Runs, 845 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	114	114	13	1	3		3
2	1B	Jack Phillips	29	70	174	156	12	37	7	3	0	12	1	2	15	17	.237	.304	.321	.625	67	50	5	0	3		0
3	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		0
4	SS	George Strickland	25	138	528	454	59	98	12	7	9	47	4	2	65	83	.216	.318	.333	.651	74	151	9	3	6		0
5	3B	Pete Castiglione	30	132	533	482	62	126	19	4	7	42	2	2	34	28	.261	.311	.361	.672	79	174	9	1	16		0
6	OF	George Metkovich*	30	120	455	423	51	124	21	3	3	40	3	2	28	23	.293	.338	.378	.717	91	160	11	1	3		0
7	OF	Gus Bell*	22	149	647	600	80	167	27	12	16	89	1	4	42	41	.278	.330	.443	.773	104	266	9	4	1		2
8	OF	Ralph Kiner	28	151	670	531	124	164	31	6	42	109	2	1	137	57	.309	.452	.627	1.079	185	333	10	2	0		13
Rk	Pos	Name	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	111	93	4	2	3		4
10	OF	Bill Howerton*	29	80	246	219	29	60	12	2	11	37	1	0	26	44	.274	.351	.498	.849	124	109	9	0	1		1
11	1B	Rocky Nelson*	26	71	207	195	29	52	7	4	1	14	1	1	10	7	.267	.302	.359	.661	76	70	5	0	2		0
12	3B	Wally Westlake	30	50	192	181	28	51	4	0	16	45	0	1	9	26	.282	.323	.569	.892	133	103	4	2	0		2
13	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		2
14	OF	Pete Reiser*	32	74	167	140	22	38	9	3	2	13	4	2	27	20	.271	.389	.421	.811	116	59	2	0	0		1
15	OF	Frank Thomas	22	39	157	148	21	39	9	2	2	16	0	2	9	15	.264	.306	.392	.698	85	58	5	0	0		0
16	2B	Dick Cole	25	42	129	106	9	25	4	0	1	11	0	1	15	9	.236	.331	.302	.632	70	32	4	0	7		2
17	C	Ed FitzGerald	27	55	105	97	8	22	6	0	0	13	1	1	7	10	.227	.286	.289	.574	54	28	6	1	0		0
18	OF	Tom Saffell*	29	49	71	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	1	5	18	.200	.257	.246	.503	35	16	1	0	1		0
19	2B	Hank Schenz	32	25	63	61	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	.213	.226	.230	.455	22	14	0	1	1		0
20	OF	Ted Beard*	30	22	55	48	7	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	14	.188	.291	.271	.562	51	13	0	1	0		0
21	3B	Dick Smith	24	12	54	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	8	8	.174	.296	.174	.470	29	8	0	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	140	27	0	0	1		0
23	3B	Bob Dillinger	32	12	44	43	3	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.233	.250	.302	.552	47	13	4	0	0		0
24	UT	Erv Dusak	30	21	42	39	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	11	.308	.357	.462	.819	117	18	0	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		1
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		0
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		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		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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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		0
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		0
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		0
33	P	Howie Pollet*	30	21	45	36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	.139	.244	.139	.383	5	5	0	0	4		0
34	P	Bill Werle*	30	59	43	40	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	13	.300	.333	.400	.733	95	16	1	0	1		0
35	P	Vern Law	21	28	38	32	5	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	6	.344	.400	.563	.963	154	18	0	0	3		0
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		0
37	P	Don Carlsen	24	7	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	4	0	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		0
39	P	Paul LaPalme*	27	22	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	-3	1	0	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	32	1	0	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		0
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		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		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		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		0
		Team Totals	27.9	155	5975	5318	689	1372	218	56	137	648	29	27	557	615	.258	.331	.397	.728	93	2113	130	22	76		31
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	4	6	4	2	3		8	1	5	4	6	5	3	4		3		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	155	5548	4933	651	1291	208	54	134	622	29	27	538	532	.262	.337	.407	.744	98	2009	125	22	54		31
		Pitcher Totals	29.2	155	427	385	38	81	10	2	3	26	0	0	19	83	.210	.248	.270	.518	38	104	5	0	22		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Murry Dickson	34	20	16	.556	4.02	45	35	9	19	3	2	288.2	294	151	129	32	101	8	112	6	1	1	1241	104	4.26	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	5	123	1	0	6	741	95	4.42	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	2	41	0	0	1	666	99	4.34	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	3	47	1	0	2	568	84	5.39	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	0	19	4	0	2	272	76	4.69	1.592	9.7	0.8	4.7	2.9	0.61
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Ted Wilks	35	3	5	.375	2.83	48	1	34	1	0	12	82.2	69	31	26	6	24	5	43	2	0	1	332	149	3.33	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	7	57	6	3	2	665	74	4.60	1.550	10.9	1.2	3.1	3.4	1.12
8	RP	Vern Law	21	6	9	.400	4.50	28	14	9	2	1	2	114.0	109	66	57	9	51	1	41	6	1	2	499	94	4.29	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	1	32	1	1	2	356	61	5.12	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	2	24	1	1	3	272	67	4.80	2.025	13.1	1.0	5.1	4.0	0.77
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Don Carlsen	24	2	3	.400	4.19	7	6	0	2	0	0	43.0	50	22	20	4	14	0	20	1	0	2	189	101	3.80	1.488	10.5	0.8	2.9	4.2	1.43
12		Bill Koski	19	0	1	.000	6.67	13	1	4	0	0	0	27.0	26	23	20	2	28	1	6	0	0	0	131	64	6.11	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	1	5	0	0	1	70	156	4.74	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	0	5	1	0	2	48	53	5.48	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	0	3	0	0	0	33	49	7.05	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	0	2	1	0	0	38	36	10.28	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	0	11	141	8.48	1.125	6.8	3.4	3.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.1	64	90	.416	4.79	155	155	115	40	9	22	1380.1	1479	845	735	157	627	36	580	31	7	27	6132	88	4.55	1.526	9.6	1.0	4.1	3.8	0.93
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		8				8	6	2	8	8	8	8	8	8		5
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W