1950 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 57-96
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 1,166,267, Avg. 17,169
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Meyer (57-96)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1950 season with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 681 runs and conceded 857 runs, most in the circuit. Ralph Kiner walloped 47 home runs for Pittsburgh, and Wally Westlake added 20 or more also. Ralph Kiner drove in 118 runs. Wally Westlake paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .285 clip. Cliff Chambers topped the squad with 12 wins, while Murry Dickson recorded a 3.80 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	12	15	.444	4.30	37	33	2	11	2	0	249.3	262	138	119	18	92	93	6	1	4	1097
Murry Dickson	10	15	.400	3.80	51	22	18	8	0	3	225.0	227	104	95	20	83	76	2	1	4	963
Bill Macdonald	8	10	.444	4.29	32	20	8	6	2	1	153.0	138	88	73	17	88	60	1	0	4	664
Bill Werle	8	16	.333	4.60	48	22	18	6	0	8	215.3	249	127	110	25	65	78	6	0	4	940
Vern Law	7	9	.438	4.92	27	17	6	5	1	0	128.0	137	83	70	11	49	57	4	0	2	562
Mel Queen	5	14	.263	5.98	33	21	5	4	1	0	120.3	135	95	80	18	73	76	2	1	1	562
Bob Chesnes	3	3	.500	5.54	9	7	0	2	0	0	39.0	44	26	24	7	17	12	3	0	1	174
Woody Main	1	0	1.000	4.87	12	0	4	0	0	1	20.3	21	12	11	2	11	12	1	0	0	95
Junior Walsh	1	1	.500	5.05	38	2	17	0	0	2	62.3	56	36	35	6	34	33	1	1	1	269
Frank Barrett	1	2	.333	4.15	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.3	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	16
Hank Borowy	1	3	.250	6.39	11	3	4	0	0	0	25.3	32	19	18	6	9	9	1	0	1	115
Harry Gumbert	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	11
Jack Phillips	0	0		7.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	0	2	22
Windy McCall	0	0		9.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.7	12	7	7	2	4	5	0	0	0	35
Frank Papish	0	0		27.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	2.3	8	7	7	1	4	1	0	0	0	19
Hal Gregg	0	1	.000	13.50	5	1	1	0	0	0	5.3	10	10	8	2	7	3	1	0	1	33
Bill Pierro	0	2	.000	10.55	12	3	2	0	0	0	29.0	33	34	34	2	28	13	2	1	3	146
Vic Lombardi	0	5	.000	6.60	39	2	23	0	0	1	76.3	93	61	56	14	48	26	2	4	2	356
Totals	57	96	.373	4.96	367	154	112	42	6	16	1368.7	1472	857	754	152	616	556	32	9	30	6079

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Ralph Kiner	150	672	547	112	149	21	6	47	118	2	122	79	.272	.408	.590	.998	323	22	3	0
Wally Westlake	139	534	477	69	136	15	6	24	95	1	48	78	.285	.359	.493	.852	235	15	7	2
Gus Bell	111	456	422	62	119	22	11	8	53	4	28	46	.282	.333	.443	.776	187	4	4	2
Johnny Hopp	106	362	318	51	108	24	5	8	47	7	43	17	.340	.420	.522	.942	166	7	1	0
Danny Murtaugh	118	416	367	34	108	20	5	2	37	2	47	42	.294	.376	.392	.768	144	8	1	1
Danny O'Connell	79	344	315	39	92	16	1	8	32	7	24	33	.292	.342	.425	.768	134	8	0	5
Clyde McCullough	103	319	279	28	71	16	4	6	34	3	31	35	.254	.340	.405	.745	113	5	5	4
Pete Castiglione	94	294	263	29	67	10	3	3	22	1	23	23	.255	.317	.350	.667	92	7	1	7
Bob Dillinger	58	237	222	23	64	8	2	1	9	4	13	22	.288	.328	.356	.684	79	9	0	2
Jack Phillips	69	229	208	25	61	7	6	5	34	1	20	17	.293	.355	.457	.812	95	2	0	1
Stan Rojek	76	253	230	28	59	12	1	0	17	2	18	13	.257	.313	.317	.631	73	4	1	4
Nanny Fernandez	65	219	198	23	51	11	0	6	27	2	19	17	.258	.326	.404	.730	80	9	1	1
Ray Mueller	67	170	156	17	42	7	0	6	24	2	11	14	.269	.321	.429	.751	67	9	1	2
Ted Beard	61	209	177	32	41	6	2	4	12	3	27	45	.232	.333	.356	.689	63	4	0	5
Tom Saffell	67	202	182	18	37	7	0	2	6	1	14	34	.203	.264	.275	.539	50	1	1	5
Dale Coogan	53	148	129	19	31	6	1	1	13	0	17	24	.240	.338	.326	.663	42	4	2	0
Johnny Berardino	40	152	131	12	27	3	1	1	12	0	19	11	.206	.307	.267	.574	35	6	0	2
Cliff Chambers	37	96	90	10	26	1	1	2	9	0	4	18	.289	.319	.389	.708	35	2	0	2
Hank Schenz	58	107	101	17	23	4	2	1	5	0	6	7	.228	.271	.337	.608	34	4	0	0
Murry Dickson	52	83	82	5	21	4	0	0	7	0	1	9	.256	.265	.305	.570	25	3	0	0
Earl Turner	40	78	74	10	18	0	0	3	5	1	4	13	.243	.282	.365	.647	27	3	0	0
Bill Werle	48	75	67	4	13	1	1	0	0	0	6	22	.194	.260	.239	.499	16	1	0	2
Ed Stevens	17	50	46	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	4	5	.196	.260	.239	.499	11	1	0	0
Bill Macdonald	32	54	49	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	4	18	.122	.189	.143	.332	7	1	0	1
Vic Lombardi	42	18	16	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.294	.313	.607	5	0	0	1
Marv Rickert	17	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	.150	.150	.150	.300	3	1	0	0
George Strickland	23	32	27	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	.111	.226	.111	.337	3	0	1	1
Vern Law	27	44	41	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	14	.073	.136	.122	.258	5	1	2	0
Woody Main	12	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Bill Pierro	13	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0
Bob Chesnes	9	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0
Mel Queen	33	38	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.057	.083	.057	.140	2	0	0	2
Harry Gumbert	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Hank Borowy	11	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	2
Junior Walsh	38	9	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	.167	.444	.333	.778	2	0	0	0
Ed FitzGerald	6	15	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.067	.067	.133	.200	2	1	0	0
Hal Gregg	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Windy McCall	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Frank Papish	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Frank Barrett	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1988	5976	5327	681	1404	227	59	138	634	43	564	693	.264	.338	.406	.744	2163	142	31	54

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ed Stevens	1B	12	92	8	0	11	1.000	8.333	0
Jack Phillips	1B	54	450	39	7	46	.986	9.056	0
Johnny Hopp	1B	70	534	32	6	61	.990	8.086	0
Dale Coogan	1B	32	263	27	6	28	.980	9.063	0
Pete Castiglione	1B	3	20	2	1	1	.957	7.333	0
Hank Schenz	2B	21	35	39	1	16	.987	3.524	0
Stan Rojek	2B	3	8	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Danny Murtaugh	2B	108	273	292	14	84	.976	5.231	0
Pete Castiglione	2B	9	18	16	2	3	.944	3.778	0
Johnny Berardino	2B	36	84	106	7	28	.964	5.278	0
George Strickland	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Hank Schenz	3B	12	5	13	0	3	1.000	1.500	0
Jack Phillips	3B	3	5	6	2	1	.846	3.667	0
Danny O'Connell	3B	12	15	39	2	2	.964	4.500	0
Nanny Fernandez	3B	52	48	101	12	6	.925	2.865	0
Bob Dillinger	3B	51	60	116	8	13	.957	3.451	0
Pete Castiglione	3B	35	40	58	3	8	.970	2.800	0
Johnny Berardino	3B	3	3	9	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Earl Turner	C	34	101	11	3	3	.974	3.294	2
Ray Mueller	C	63	204	30	1	3	.996	3.714	3
Clyde McCullough	C	100	362	45	6	3	.985	4.070	2
Ed FitzGerald	C	5	16	3	1	0	.950	3.800	2
Wally Westlake	OF	123	329	4	3	3	.991	2.707	0
Tom Saffell	OF	43	128	5	1	0	.993	3.093	0
Marv Rickert	OF	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	150	287	13	11	2	.965	2.000	0
Johnny Hopp	OF	7	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Gus Bell	OF	104	203	10	5	3	.977	2.048	0
Ted Beard	OF	49	112	4	2	0	.983	2.367	0
Bill Werle	P	48	11	58	2	4	.972	1.438	0
Junior Walsh	P	38	4	11	1	1	.938	.395	0
Mel Queen	P	33	9	13	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Bill Pierro	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Jack Phillips	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Frank Papish	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Windy McCall	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Woody Main	P	12	1	4	0	0	1.000	.417	0
Bill Macdonald	P	32	5	15	1	1	.952	.625	0
Vic Lombardi	P	39	4	15	0	3	1.000	.487	0
Vern Law	P	27	5	15	2	1	.909	.741	0
Harry Gumbert	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Hal Gregg	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Murry Dickson	P	51	20	45	1	6	.985	1.275	0
Bob Chesnes	P	9	3	15	0	3	1.000	2.000	0
Cliff Chambers	P	37	9	37	2	1	.958	1.243	0
Hank Borowy	P	11	5	4	0	0	1.000	.818	0
Frank Barrett	P	5	1	2	0	1	1.000	.600	0
George Strickland	SS	19	22	23	1	7	.978	2.368	0
Hank Schenz	SS	4	7	7	0	1	1.000	3.500	0
Stan Rojek	SS	68	102	160	9	39	.967	3.853	0
Danny O'Connell	SS	65	147	228	9	47	.977	5.769	0
Pete Castiglione	SS	29	38	49	4	11	.956	3.000	0
Totals		1750	4103	1741	136	454	.977	3.339	9

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