1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 1,449,435, 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Cliff Chambers	13	7	.650	3.96	34	21	6	10	1	0	177.3	186	89	78	15	58	93	5	0	1	765
Bill Werle	12	13	.480	4.24	35	29	2	10	2	0	221.0	243	117	104	22	51	106	8	0	4	945
Murry Dickson	12	14	.462	3.29	44	20	15	11	2	0	224.3	216	97	82	17	80	89	6	0	1	948
Tiny Bonham	7	4	.636	4.25	18	14	4	5	1	0	89.0	81	43	42	11	23	25	0	0	0	355
Bob Chesnes	7	13	.350	5.88	27	25	1	8	1	1	145.3	153	104	95	15	82	49	5	0	5	647
Rip Sewell	6	1	.857	3.91	28	6	9	2	1	1	76.0	82	35	33	8	32	26	0	0	0	330
Vic Lombardi	5	5	.500	4.57	34	12	11	4	0	1	134.0	149	74	68	14	68	64	3	0	4	599
Hugh Casey	4	1	.800	4.66	33	0	23	0	0	5	38.7	50	24	20	4	14	9	1	0	0	176
Hal Gregg	1	1	.500	3.38	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.7	20	10	7	1	8	9	1	0	1	79
Junior Walsh	1	4	.200	5.06	9	7	0	1	1	0	42.7	40	27	24	5	16	24	0	0	1	180
Harry Gumbert	1	4	.200	5.86	16	0	15	0	0	3	27.7	30	20	18	5	18	5	0	0	3	133
Bob Muncrief	1	5	.167	6.31	13	4	5	1	0	3	35.7	44	27	25	8	13	11	0	0	0	159
Elmer Riddle	1	8	.111	5.33	16	12	3	1	0	1	74.3	81	45	44	9	45	24	4	1	0	341
Ray Poat	0	1	.000	6.25	11	2	2	0	0	0	36.0	52	29	25	6	15	17	0	0	1	173
Kirby Higbe	0	2	.000	13.50	7	1	2	0	0	0	15.3	25	24	23	2	12	5	0	0	0	81
Totals	71	83	.461	4.57	333	154	101	53	9	15	1356.0	1452	765	688	142	535	556	33	1	21	5911

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Ralph Kiner	152	667	549	116	170	19	5	54	127	6	117	61	.310	.432	.658	1.089	361	10	1	0
Wally Westlake	147	577	525	77	148	24	8	23	104	6	45	69	.282	.345	.490	.835	257	15	6	1
Stan Rojek	144	625	557	72	136	19	2	0	31	4	50	31	.244	.309	.285	.594	159	10	2	16
Pete Castiglione	118	477	448	57	120	20	2	6	43	2	20	43	.268	.299	.362	.661	162	4	0	9
Johnny Hopp	85	349	316	50	106	11	4	5	36	9	30	26	.335	.393	.443	.836	140	6	0	3
Monty Basgall	107	344	308	25	67	9	1	2	26	1	31	32	.218	.291	.273	.564	84	7	1	4
Tom Saffell	73	233	205	36	66	7	1	2	25	5	21	27	.322	.385	.395	.780	81	3	0	7
Ed Stevens	67	247	221	22	58	10	1	4	32	1	22	24	.262	.332	.371	.703	82	2	1	3
Dino Restelli	72	274	232	41	58	11	0	12	40	3	35	26	.250	.358	.453	.811	105	8	4	3
Clyde McCullough	91	271	241	30	57	9	3	4	21	1	24	30	.237	.316	.349	.665	84	3	4	2
Dixie Walker	88	211	181	26	51	4	1	1	18	0	26	11	.282	.372	.331	.703	60	4	0	4
Eddie Bockman	79	245	220	21	49	6	1	6	19	3	23	31	.223	.296	.341	.637	75	3	0	2
Danny Murtaugh	75	268	236	16	48	7	2	2	24	2	29	17	.203	.291	.275	.566	65	2	0	3
Ed FitzGerald	75	171	160	16	42	7	0	2	18	1	8	27	.263	.302	.344	.646	55	5	1	2
Phil Masi	48	155	135	16	37	6	1	2	13	1	17	16	.274	.355	.378	.733	51	5	0	3
Vic Lombardi	43	53	49	8	17	0	1	0	10	1	4	4	.347	.396	.388	.784	19	0	0	0
Bob Chesnes	42	73	68	11	17	5	2	1	5	0	5	6	.250	.301	.426	.728	29	2	0	0
Murry Dickson	44	85	84	5	17	4	1	0	4	0	0	6	.202	.202	.274	.476	23	1	0	1
Cliff Chambers	34	66	55	5	13	2	1	0	5	0	5	7	.236	.300	.309	.609	17	1	0	6
Jack Phillips	18	60	56	6	13	3	1	0	3	1	4	6	.232	.283	.321	.605	18	1	0	0
Johnny Hopp	20	62	55	5	12	3	1	0	3	0	7	3	.218	.306	.309	.616	17	1	0	0
Marv Rackley	11	37	35	5	11	2	0	0	2	1	2	3	.314	.351	.371	.723	13	0	0	0
Bill Werle	35	84	77	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	5	11	.117	.171	.130	.301	10	1	0	2
Les Fleming	24	38	31	0	8	0	2	0	7	0	6	2	.258	.395	.387	.782	12	0	1	0
Wally Judnich	10	36	35	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	.229	.250	.257	.507	9	0	0	0
Elmer Riddle	16	24	22	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	.136	.174	.136	.310	3	1	0	1
Ted Beard	14	26	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	2	0	0	0
Hugh Casey	33	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	1
Harry Gumbert	16	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Bobby Rhawn	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	1
Bob Muncrief	13	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	3
Ray Poat	11	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	28	22	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.250	.063	.313	1	0	1	2
Tiny Bonham	18	30	22	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	.045	.160	.045	.205	1	0	0	5
Kirby Higbe	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Junior Walsh	9	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0
Hal Gregg	8	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	2
Jack Cassini	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1886	5870	5214	681	1350	191	41	126	626	48	548	554	.259	.332	.384	.716	2001	96	22	86

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Dixie Walker	1B	3	24	3	3	2	.900	9.000	0
Ed Stevens	1B	58	533	58	3	65	.995	1.190	0
Dino Restelli	1B	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Jack Phillips	1B	16	135	8	0	11	1.000	8.938	0
Phil Masi	1B	2	17	3	0	3	1.000	1.000	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	71	593	40	4	65	.994	8.915	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	6	49	4	3	4	.946	8.833	0
Les Fleming	1B	5	43	0	0	4	1.000	8.600	0
Danny Murtaugh	2B	74	202	182	10	58	.975	5.189	0
Eddie Bockman	2B	5	3	1	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Monty Basgall	2B	98	224	224	13	58	.972	4.571	0
Bobby Rhawn	3B	2	3	5	1	0	.889	4.000	0
Jack Phillips	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Pete Castiglione	3B	98	100	213	14	26	.957	3.194	0
Eddie Bockman	3B	68	59	127	8	14	.959	2.735	0
Monty Basgall	3B	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Clyde McCullough	C	90	363	39	6	8	.985	4.467	3
Phil Masi	C	44	157	21	1	7	.994	4.045	3
Ed FitzGerald	C	56	163	22	5	5	.974	3.304	7
Wally Westlake	OF	143	319	12	6	4	.982	2.315	0
Dixie Walker	OF	39	58	2	1	0	.984	1.538	0
Tom Saffell	OF	53	122	2	1	1	.992	2.340	0
Dino Restelli	OF	61	167	4	7	2	.961	2.803	0
Marv Rackley	OF	8	22	0	0	0	1.000	2.750	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	152	311	12	7	3	.979	2.125	0
Wally Judnich	OF	8	27	0	0	0	1.000	3.375	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	9	21	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	7	12	1	1	0	.929	1.857	0
Pete Castiglione	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ted Beard	OF	10	9	0	1	0	.900	.900	0
Bill Werle	P	35	7	43	2	3	.962	1.429	0
Junior Walsh	P	9	2	5	2	0	.778	.778	0
Rip Sewell	P	28	3	12	2	0	.882	.536	0
Elmer Riddle	P	16	6	4	0	0	1.000	.625	0
Ray Poat	P	11	1	6	1	0	.875	.636	0
Bob Muncrief	P	13	0	12	0	0	1.000	.923	0
Vic Lombardi	P	34	9	28	0	1	1.000	1.088	0
Kirby Higbe	P	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	.571	0
Harry Gumbert	P	16	1	11	0	1	1.000	.750	0
Hal Gregg	P	8	1	1	0	1	1.000	.250	0
Murry Dickson	P	44	26	52	3	8	.963	1.773	0
Bob Chesnes	P	27	13	35	2	4	.960	1.778	0
Cliff Chambers	P	34	6	33	0	2	1.000	1.147	0
Hugh Casey	P	33	1	0	0	0	1.000	.030	0
Tiny Bonham	P	18	3	9	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Stan Rojek	SS	144	240	461	25	92	.966	4.868	0
Pete Castiglione	SS	17	13	23	0	6	1.000	2.118	0
Totals		1687	4073	1723	132	460	.978	3.436	13

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