1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 1,447,122, Avg. 20,973
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Meyer (71-83)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1949 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 681 runs and allowed 760 runs. Ralph Kiner crushed 54 homers for Pittsburgh, while Wally Westlake walloped 20 or more also. Ralph Kiner drove in 127 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Cliff Chambers led the squad with 13 wins, and Murry Dickson recorded a 3.29 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Meyer coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Cliff Chambers137.6503.96342161010177.318689781558093501765
Bill Werle1213.4804.24352921020221.024311710422510106804945
Murry Dickson1214.4623.294420151120224.321697821780089601948
Tiny Bonham74.6364.251814451089.08143421123025000355
Bob Chesnes713.3505.8827251811145.3153104951582049505647
Rip Sewell61.8573.91286921176.0823533832026000330
Vic Lombardi55.5004.57341211401134.014974681468064304599
Hugh Casey41.8004.663302300538.750242041409100176
Hal Gregg11.5003.3881300018.720107180910179
Junior Walsh14.2005.0697011042.7402724516024001180
Harry Gumbert14.2005.861601500327.730201851805003133
Bob Muncrief15.1676.31134510335.7442725813011000159
Elmer Riddle18.1115.331612310174.3814544945024410341
Ray Poat01.0006.25112200036.0522925615017001173
Kirby Higbe02.00013.5071200015.32524232120500081
Totals7183.4614.57333154101539151356.014527656881425350556331215911

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ralph Kiner152667549116170195541276011761.310.432.6581.089361101000
Wally Westlake1475775257714824823104604569.282.345.490.835257156100
Stan Rojek14462555772136192031405031.244.309.285.5941591021600
Pete Castiglione11847744857120202643202043.268.299.362.66116240900
Johnny Hopp8534931650106114536903026.335.393.443.83614060300
Monty Basgall107344308256791226103132.218.291.273.5648471400
Tom Saffell73233205366671225502127.322.385.395.7808130700
Ed Stevens672472212258101432102224.262.332.371.7038221300
Dino Restelli7227423241581101240303526.250.358.453.81110584300
Clyde McCullough91271241305793421102430.237.316.349.6658434200
Dixie Walker88211181265141118002611.282.372.331.7036040400
Eddie Bockman79245220214961619302331.223.296.341.6377530200
Danny Murtaugh75268236164872224202917.203.291.275.5666520300
Ed FitzGerald7517116016427021810827.263.302.344.6465551200
Phil Masi48155135163761213101716.274.355.378.7335150300
Vic Lombardi435349817010101044.347.396.388.7841900000
Bob Chesnes427368111752150056.250.301.426.7282920000
Murry Dickson44858451741040006.202.202.274.4762310100
Cliff Chambers34665551321050057.236.300.309.6091710600
Jack Phillips18605661331031046.232.283.321.6051810000
Johnny Hopp20625551231030073.218.306.309.6161710000
Marv Rackley11373551120021023.314.351.371.7231300000
Bill Werle35847739100200511.117.171.130.3011010200
Les Fleming2438310802070062.258.395.387.7821201000
Wally Judnich1036355810010012.229.250.257.507900000
Elmer Riddle16242203000200110.136.174.136.310310100
Ted Beard1426241200010022.083.154.083.237200000
Hugh Casey33431110010000.333.333.6671.000200100
Harry Gumbert16441100000002.250.250.250.500100000
Bobby Rhawn3870100000000.143.143.143.286110100
Bob Muncrief131070100000001.143.143.143.286100300
Ray Poat1110100100000003.100.100.100.200100000
Rip Sewell2822161100000034.063.250.063.313101200
Tiny Bonham1830220100030031.045.160.045.205100500
Kirby Higbe7330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Junior Walsh913120000000019.000.077.000.077000000
Hal Gregg8850000000011.000.167.000.167000200
Jack Cassini8003000000000000000
Totals188658705214681135019141126626480548554.259.332.384.716200196228600


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dixie Walker1B300.024332.9009.0000000
Ed Stevens1B5800.053358365.9951.1900000
Dino Restelli1B100.021011.0003.0000000
Jack Phillips1B1600.013580111.0008.9380000
Phil Masi1B200.0173031.0001.0000000
Johnny Hopp1B7100.059340465.9948.9150000
Johnny Hopp1B600.049434.9468.8330000
Les Fleming1B500.0430041.0008.6000000
Danny Murtaugh2B7400.02021821058.9755.1890000
Eddie Bockman2B500.031001.000.8000000
Monty Basgall2B9800.02242241358.9724.5710000
Bobby Rhawn3B200.03510.8894.0000000
Jack Phillips3B100.00000.0000000
Pete Castiglione3B9800.01002131426.9573.1940000
Eddie Bockman3B6800.059127814.9592.7350000
Monty Basgall3B300.001001.000.3330000
Clyde McCulloughC9000.03633968.9854.4673000
Phil MasiC4400.01572117.9944.0453000
Ed FitzGeraldC5600.01632255.9743.3047000
Wally WestlakeOF14300.03191264.9822.3150000
Dixie WalkerOF3900.058210.9841.5380000
Tom SaffellOF5300.0122211.9922.3400000
Dino RestelliOF6100.0167472.9612.8030000
Marv RackleyOF800.0220001.0002.7500000
Ralph KinerOF15200.03111273.9792.1250000
Wally JudnichOF800.0270001.0003.3750000
Johnny HoppOF900.0210001.0002.3330000
Johnny HoppOF700.012110.9291.8570000
Pete CastiglioneOF200.020001.0001.0000000
Ted BeardOF1000.09010.900.9000000
Bill WerleP3500.074323.9621.4290000
Junior WalshP900.02520.778.7780000
Rip SewellP2800.031220.882.5360000
Elmer RiddleP1600.064001.000.6250000
Ray PoatP1100.01610.875.6360000
Bob MuncriefP1300.0012001.000.9230000
Vic LombardiP3400.0928011.0001.0880000
Kirby HigbeP700.013001.000.5710000
Harry GumbertP1600.0111011.000.7500000
Hal GreggP800.011011.000.2500000
Murry DicksonP4400.0265238.9631.7730000
Bob ChesnesP2700.0133524.9601.7780000
Cliff ChambersP3400.0633021.0001.1470000
Hugh CaseyP3300.010001.000.0300000
Tiny BonhamP1800.039011.000.6670000
Stan RojekSS14400.02404612592.9664.8680000
Pete CastiglioneSS1700.01323061.0002.1180000
Totals168700.040731723132460.9783.43613000




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