1948 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 1,517,021, Avg. 23,718
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Meyer (83-71)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 83-71
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 1,517,021, Avg. 23,718
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Meyer (83-71)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1948 season with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pirates plated 706 runs and gave up 699 runs. Ralph Kiner walloped 40 home runs for Pittsburgh, while Wally Westlake swatted 20 or more also. Ralph Kiner drove in 123 runs. Danny Murtaugh and Stan Rojek topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .290 clip. Bob Chesnes led the team with 14 wins, and Kirby Higbe recorded a 3.36 ERA, tops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Chesnes | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.57 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 194.3 | 180 | 92 | 77 | 13 | 90 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 829 |
| Rip Sewell | 13 | 3 | .813 | 3.48 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 121.7 | 126 | 51 | 47 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 522 |
| Elmer Riddle | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.49 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 191.0 | 184 | 83 | 74 | 20 | 81 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 828 |
| Vic Lombardi | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.70 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 163.0 | 156 | 72 | 67 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 689 |
| Kirby Higbe | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.36 | 56 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 158.0 | 140 | 75 | 59 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 681 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.42 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 134.3 | 143 | 73 | 66 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 597 |
| Tiny Bonham | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.31 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 135.7 | 145 | 71 | 65 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 556 |
| Mel Queen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.65 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.3 | 82 | 51 | 49 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 316 |
| Elmer Singleton | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.97 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92.3 | 90 | 52 | 51 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 404 |
| Hal Gregg | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.60 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74.3 | 72 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 322 |
| Junior Walsh | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Woody Main | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.33 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 130 |
| Nick Strincevich | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Cal McLish | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |
| Totals | 83 | 71 | .539 | 4.15 | 322 | 156 | 91 | 65 | 5 | 19 | 1371.7 | 1373 | 701 | 632 | 120 | 564 | 0 | 519 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 5938 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Rojek | 156 | 713 | 641 | 85 | 186 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 0 | 61 | 41 | .290 | .355 | .367 | .721 | 235 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Murtaugh | 146 | 579 | 514 | 56 | 149 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 40 | .290 | .365 | .356 | .721 | 183 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Kiner | 156 | 670 | 555 | 104 | 147 | 19 | 5 | 40 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 61 | .265 | .391 | .533 | .924 | 296 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Walker | 129 | 465 | 408 | 39 | 129 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 18 | .316 | .393 | .392 | .786 | 160 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Westlake | 132 | 479 | 428 | 78 | 122 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 40 | .285 | .360 | .456 | .815 | 195 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Gustine | 131 | 499 | 449 | 68 | 120 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 62 | .267 | .333 | .379 | .711 | 170 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Hopp | 120 | 435 | 392 | 64 | 109 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 25 | .278 | .345 | .385 | .730 | 151 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Stevens | 128 | 469 | 429 | 47 | 109 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 53 | .254 | .313 | .396 | .710 | 170 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed FitzGerald | 102 | 297 | 262 | 31 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 37 | .267 | .349 | .336 | .685 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Kluttz | 94 | 295 | 271 | 26 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 19 | .221 | .275 | .325 | .600 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Bockman | 70 | 196 | 176 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 35 | .239 | .309 | .358 | .667 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Max West | 87 | 174 | 146 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 29 | .178 | .310 | .370 | .680 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Chesnes | 39 | 98 | 91 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .275 | .327 | .341 | .667 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Beard | 25 | 95 | 81 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .198 | .316 | .284 | .600 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Riddle | 29 | 74 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .188 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Basgall | 38 | 54 | 51 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .216 | .259 | .353 | .612 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Lombardi | 39 | 52 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .208 | .255 | .250 | .505 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Higbe | 56 | 48 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .208 | .208 | .292 | .500 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 23 | 48 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .182 | .200 | .205 | .405 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiny Bonham | 22 | 50 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .163 | .163 | .163 | .327 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Gregg | 22 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .273 | .273 | .409 | .682 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Sewell | 21 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .143 | .250 | .238 | .488 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Riddle | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Singleton | 38 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Wilson | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Queen | 25 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Turner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Main | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Walsh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Gutteridge | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Castiglione | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal McLish | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Strincevich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1885 | 5943 | 5286 | 706 | 1388 | 191 | 54 | 108 | 650 | 68 | 0 | 580 | 578 | .263 | .338 | .380 | .718 | 2011 | 100 | 21 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max West | 1B | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 20 | 2 | 14 | .991 | 6.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Stevens | 1B | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 1021 | 83 | 4 | 94 | .996 | 9.436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hopp | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 211 | 18 | 1 | 21 | .996 | 9.160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Murtaugh | 2B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 375 | 412 | 17 | 95 | .979 | 5.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Bockman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monty Basgall | 2B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | 3B | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | 256 | 21 | 21 | .947 | 3.178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Bockman | 3B | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 100 | 6 | 9 | .962 | 2.941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Turner | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Riddle | C | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Kluttz | C | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | 298 | 54 | 8 | 8 | .978 | 3.868 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed FitzGerald | C | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 338 | 36 | 15 | 4 | .961 | 3.896 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max West | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Westlake | OF | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 274 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .976 | 2.256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Walker | OF | 112 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 1.536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Kiner | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 382 | 6 | 10 | 1 | .975 | 2.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hopp | OF | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Beard | OF | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Walsh | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Strincevich | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Singleton | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Sewell | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Riddle | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 1.643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Queen | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Ostermueller | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cal McLish | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Main | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Lombardi | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirby Higbe | P | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .482 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Gregg | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chesnes | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 45 | 3 | 5 | .957 | 2.640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tiny Bonham | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Wilson | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Rojek | SS | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 262 | 475 | 29 | 91 | .962 | 4.724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Castiglione | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1705 | 0 | 0.0 | 4114 | 1757 | 137 | 380 | .977 | 3.443 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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