1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 988,441, Avg. 14,976
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Meyer (64-90)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1951 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Pirates tallied 689 runs and yielded 845 runs, most in the league. Ralph Kiner walloped 42 home runs for Pittsburgh, while Gus Bell and Wally Westlake swatted 20 or more also. Ralph Kiner drove in 109 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Murry Dickson led the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 4.02 ERA, leading 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
Murry Dickson2016.5564.02453591932288.72941511293210101126111241
Bill Werle86.5715.6559924206149.7181102942051057632665
Mel Queen79.4384.4439214410168.3149908321990123106741
Vern Law69.4004.5028148212114.01096657951041612499
Bob Friend610.3754.2734225310149.717394711268041001666
Howie Pollet610.3755.0421210410128.714981722451047102568
Ted Wilks35.3752.8348134101282.7693126624043201332
Cliff Chambers36.3335.581010021059.7643837531019402272
Don Carlsen23.4004.1976020043.0502220414020102189
Len Yochim11.5008.312200008.710980110510248
Junior Walsh14.2006.873611000073.3926656946032112356
Paul LaPalme15.1676.29228811054.3794838631024113272
Paul Pettit003.382010002.7211110000011
Bill Koski01.0006.67131500027.026232022806000131
Erv Dusak01.00012.153120006.710109290210038
Joe Muir02.0002.7691400016.31165270500170
Con Dempsey02.0009.003210007.01177240300033
Totals6490.4164.78381155115409221380.314798457331576270580317276132

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
Gus Bell1496476008016727121689144241.278.330.443.77326694100
Ralph Kiner151670531124164316421092113757.309.452.6271.079333102000
Pete Castiglione13253348262126194742223428.261.311.361.672174911600
George Metkovich12045542351124213340322823.293.338.378.717160111300
George Strickland1385284545998127947426583.216.318.333.65115193600
Clyde McCullough92290259267792839202731.297.366.440.806114131300
Bill Howerton8024621929601221137102644.274.351.498.84910990100
Joe Garagiola72249212245482935413220.255.358.439.7969342300
Rocky Nelson7120719529527411411107.267.302.359.6617050200
Wally Westlake50192181285140164501926.282.323.569.89210342000
Frank Thomas3915714821399221602915.264.306.392.6985850000
Pete Reiser74167140223893213422720.271.389.421.8115920000
Jack Phillips70174156123773012121517.237.304.321.6255050300
Monty Basgall5516915315325209001214.209.271.268.5394191300
Murry Dickson46115110163021180015.273.279.336.6163720400
Danny Murtaugh7717115193070111001619.199.284.265.5494062200
Dick Cole421281069254011101159.236.331.302.6323240700
Ed FitzGerald55105978226001311710.227.286.289.5742861000
Jack Merson135250618221140017.360.373.540.9132700100
Hank Schenz25636151310030202.213.226.230.4551401100
Tom Saffell4971651113001511518.200.257.246.5031610100
Erv Dusak214239612301700311.308.357.462.8191800000
Bill Werle594340512400600213.300.333.400.7331610100
Vern Law28383251121140036.344.400.563.9631800300
Bob Dillinger12444331030002010.233.250.302.5521340000
Ted Beard22554879101300614.188.291.271.5621301000
Dick Smith1254462800040288.174.296.174.470800000
Cliff Chambers1022211700130003.333.333.476.8101000100
Dino Restelli2140381710130024.184.225.289.5141100000
Howie Pollet21453635000100512.139.244.139.383500400
Mel Queen3954474500010018.106.125.106.231510600
Don Carlsen716161400010001.250.250.250.500400000
Bob Friend34474414200200219.091.130.136.267610100
Stan Rojek817160300000001.188.188.188.375300100
Dale Long1012121200110003.167.167.417.583500000
Junior Walsh36970100000025.143.333.143.476100000
Paul LaPalme2212102100000022.100.250.100.350100000
Ted Wilks4814120100000016.083.154.083.237100100
Con Dempsey3110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Jack Maguire8651000000010.000.167.000.167000000
Harry Fisher3330000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Paul Pettit2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Bill Koski13440000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Joe Muir9110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Len Yochim2430000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Totals2050597353186891372218561376482927557615.258.331.397.7282113130227600


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Jack Phillips1B5300.032221337.9916.4720000
Rocky Nelson1B3200.027524332.9909.3440000
George Metkovich1B3700.030627332.9919.0000000
Dale Long1B100.080001.0008.0000000
Ralph Kiner1B5800.0556291159.9821.0860000
George Strickland2B1300.03340081.0005.6150000
Hank Schenz2B1900.03935317.9613.8950000
Danny Murtaugh2B6500.0110113735.9703.4310000
Jack Merson2B1300.0304617.9875.8460000
Jack Maguire2B100.002001.0002.0000000
Erv Dusak2B200.02111.7501.5000000
Dick Cole2B3400.08574318.9814.6760000
Monty Basgall2B5500.0140144939.9695.1640000
Wally Westlake3B3400.032871212.9083.5000000
Dick Smith3B1200.0143036.9363.6670000
Hank Schenz3B200.011001.0001.0000000
Pete Reiser3B500.03711.9092.0000000
Jack Phillips3B400.02711.9002.2500000
Danny Murtaugh3B300.00410.8001.3330000
Jack Maguire3B100.002001.0002.0000000
Bill Howerton3B400.02510.8751.7500000
Erv Dusak3B200.00000.0000000
Bob Dillinger3B1000.0111510.9632.6000000
Pete Castiglione3B9900.01032281525.9573.3430000
Clyde McCulloughC8700.036452510.9884.7821000
Joe GaragiolaC6100.02553044.9864.6727000
Ed FitzGeraldC3800.0981342.9652.9211000
Wally WestlakeOF1100.0172011.0001.7270000
Frank ThomasOF3700.0875021.0002.4860000
Tom SaffellOF1700.025120.9291.5290000
Dino RestelliOF1100.022121.9202.0910000
Pete ReiserOF2700.053110.9822.0000000
Rocky NelsonOF1200.0221001.0001.9170000
George MetkovichOF6900.0171410.9942.5360000
Ralph KinerOF9400.0195771.9672.1490000
Bill HowertonOF5300.093350.9501.8110000
Erv DusakOF1200.0110001.000.9170000
Gus BellOF14500.02671844.9861.9660000
Ted BeardOF1500.0232001.0001.6670000
Len YochimP200.021001.0001.5000000
Ted WilksP4800.0417011.000.4380000
Bill WerleP5900.01042031.000.8810000
Junior WalshP3600.061320.905.5280000
Mel QueenP3900.041212.941.4100000
Howie PolletP2100.0523021.0001.3330000
Paul PettitP200.00000.0000000
Joe MuirP900.017001.000.8890000
Vern LawP2800.0101522.926.8930000
Paul LaPalmeP2200.046001.000.4550000
Bill KoskiP1300.002001.000.1540000
Bob FriendP3400.0102911.9751.1470000
Erv DusakP300.00000.0000000
Murry DicksonP4500.0197033.9671.9780000
Con DempseyP300.002001.000.6670000
Cliff ChambersP1000.014011.000.5000000
Don CarlsenP700.01621.7781.0000000
George StricklandSS12500.02223863789.9434.8640000
Stan RojekSS800.051320.9002.2500000
Dick ColeSS800.01214011.0003.2500000
Pete CastiglioneSS2800.04564611.9483.8930000
Totals179800.041381808170472.9723.3079000




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