1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 980,590, 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Murry Dickson	20	16	.556	4.02	45	35	9	19	3	2	288.7	294	151	129	32	101	112	6	1	1	1241
Bill Werle	8	6	.571	5.65	59	9	24	2	0	6	149.7	181	102	94	20	51	57	6	3	2	665
Mel Queen	7	9	.438	4.44	39	21	4	4	1	0	168.3	149	90	83	21	99	123	1	0	6	741
Vern Law	6	9	.400	4.50	28	14	8	2	1	2	114.0	109	66	57	9	51	41	6	1	2	499
Bob Friend	6	10	.375	4.27	34	22	5	3	1	0	149.7	173	94	71	12	68	41	0	0	1	666
Howie Pollet	6	10	.375	5.04	21	21	0	4	1	0	128.7	149	81	72	24	51	47	1	0	2	568
Ted Wilks	3	5	.375	2.83	48	1	34	1	0	12	82.7	69	31	26	6	24	43	2	0	1	332
Cliff Chambers	3	6	.333	5.58	10	10	0	2	1	0	59.7	64	38	37	5	31	19	4	0	2	272
Don Carlsen	2	3	.400	4.19	7	6	0	2	0	0	43.0	50	22	20	4	14	20	1	0	2	189
Len Yochim	1	1	.500	8.31	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.7	10	9	8	0	11	5	1	0	2	48
Junior Walsh	1	4	.200	6.87	36	1	10	0	0	0	73.3	92	66	56	9	46	32	1	1	2	356
Paul LaPalme	1	5	.167	6.29	22	8	8	1	1	0	54.3	79	48	38	6	31	24	1	1	3	272
Paul Pettit	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	11
Bill Koski	0	1	.000	6.67	13	1	5	0	0	0	27.0	26	23	20	2	28	6	0	0	0	131
Erv Dusak	0	1	.000	12.15	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.7	10	10	9	2	9	2	1	0	0	38
Joe Muir	0	2	.000	2.76	9	1	4	0	0	0	16.3	11	6	5	2	7	5	0	0	1	70
Con Dempsey	0	2	.000	9.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.0	11	7	7	2	4	3	0	0	0	33
Totals	64	90	.416	4.78	381	155	115	40	9	22	1380.3	1479	845	733	157	627	580	31	7	27	6132

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Gus Bell	149	647	600	80	167	27	12	16	89	1	4	42	41	.278	.330	.443	.773	266	9	4	1
Ralph Kiner	151	670	531	124	164	31	6	42	109	2	1	137	57	.309	.452	.627	1.079	333	10	2	0
Pete Castiglione	132	533	482	62	126	19	4	7	42	2	2	34	28	.261	.311	.361	.672	174	9	1	16
George Metkovich	120	455	423	51	124	21	3	3	40	3	2	28	23	.293	.338	.378	.717	160	11	1	3
George Strickland	138	528	454	59	98	12	7	9	47	4	2	65	83	.216	.318	.333	.651	151	9	3	6
Clyde McCullough	92	290	259	26	77	9	2	8	39	2	0	27	31	.297	.366	.440	.806	114	13	1	3
Bill Howerton	80	246	219	29	60	12	2	11	37	1	0	26	44	.274	.351	.498	.849	109	9	0	1
Joe Garagiola	72	249	212	24	54	8	2	9	35	4	1	32	20	.255	.358	.439	.796	93	4	2	3
Rocky Nelson	71	207	195	29	52	7	4	1	14	1	1	10	7	.267	.302	.359	.661	70	5	0	2
Wally Westlake	50	192	181	28	51	4	0	16	45	0	1	9	26	.282	.323	.569	.892	103	4	2	0
Frank Thomas	39	157	148	21	39	9	2	2	16	0	2	9	15	.264	.306	.392	.698	58	5	0	0
Pete Reiser	74	167	140	22	38	9	3	2	13	4	2	27	20	.271	.389	.421	.811	59	2	0	0
Jack Phillips	70	174	156	12	37	7	3	0	12	1	2	15	17	.237	.304	.321	.625	50	5	0	3
Monty Basgall	55	169	153	15	32	5	2	0	9	0	0	12	14	.209	.271	.268	.539	41	9	1	3
Murry Dickson	46	115	110	16	30	2	1	1	8	0	0	1	5	.273	.279	.336	.616	37	2	0	4
Danny Murtaugh	77	171	151	9	30	7	0	1	11	0	0	16	19	.199	.284	.265	.549	40	6	2	2
Dick Cole	42	128	106	9	25	4	0	1	11	0	1	15	9	.236	.331	.302	.632	32	4	0	7
Ed FitzGerald	55	105	97	8	22	6	0	0	13	1	1	7	10	.227	.286	.289	.574	28	6	1	0
Jack Merson	13	52	50	6	18	2	2	1	14	0	0	1	7	.360	.373	.540	.913	27	0	0	1
Hank Schenz	25	63	61	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	.213	.226	.230	.455	14	0	1	1
Tom Saffell	49	71	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	1	5	18	.200	.257	.246	.503	16	1	0	1
Erv Dusak	21	42	39	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	11	.308	.357	.462	.819	18	0	0	0
Bill Werle	59	43	40	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	13	.300	.333	.400	.733	16	1	0	1
Vern Law	28	38	32	5	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	6	.344	.400	.563	.963	18	0	0	3
Bob Dillinger	12	44	43	3	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.233	.250	.302	.552	13	4	0	0
Ted Beard	22	55	48	7	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	14	.188	.291	.271	.562	13	0	1	0
Dick Smith	12	54	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	8	8	.174	.296	.174	.470	8	0	0	0
Cliff Chambers	10	22	21	1	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.476	.810	10	0	0	1
Dino Restelli	21	40	38	1	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	.184	.225	.289	.514	11	0	0	0
Howie Pollet	21	45	36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	.139	.244	.139	.383	5	0	0	4
Mel Queen	39	54	47	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.106	.125	.106	.231	5	1	0	6
Don Carlsen	7	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	0	0	0
Bob Friend	34	47	44	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.091	.130	.136	.267	6	1	0	1
Stan Rojek	8	17	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	0	0	1
Dale Long	10	12	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.417	.583	5	0	0	0
Junior Walsh	36	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	22	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	48	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	1
Con Dempsey	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jack Maguire	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Harry Fisher	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Pettit	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Koski	13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Muir	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Len Yochim	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Totals	2050	5973	5318	689	1372	218	56	137	648	29	27	557	615	.258	.331	.397	.728	2113	130	22	76

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jack Phillips	1B	53	322	21	3	37	.991	6.472	0
Rocky Nelson	1B	32	275	24	3	32	.990	9.344	0
George Metkovich	1B	37	306	27	3	32	.991	9.000	0
Dale Long	1B	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Ralph Kiner	1B	58	556	29	11	59	.982	1.086	0
George Strickland	2B	13	33	40	0	8	1.000	5.615	0
Hank Schenz	2B	19	39	35	3	17	.961	3.895	0
Danny Murtaugh	2B	65	110	113	7	35	.970	3.431	0
Jack Merson	2B	13	30	46	1	7	.987	5.846	0
Jack Maguire	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Erv Dusak	2B	2	2	1	1	1	.750	1.500	0
Dick Cole	2B	34	85	74	3	18	.981	4.676	0
Monty Basgall	2B	55	140	144	9	39	.969	5.164	0
Wally Westlake	3B	34	32	87	12	12	.908	3.500	0
Dick Smith	3B	12	14	30	3	6	.936	3.667	0
Hank Schenz	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Pete Reiser	3B	5	3	7	1	1	.909	2.000	0
Jack Phillips	3B	4	2	7	1	1	.900	2.250	0
Danny Murtaugh	3B	3	0	4	1	0	.800	1.333	0
Jack Maguire	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bill Howerton	3B	4	2	5	1	0	.875	1.750	0
Erv Dusak	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Dillinger	3B	10	11	15	1	0	.963	2.600	0
Pete Castiglione	3B	99	103	228	15	25	.957	3.343	0
Clyde McCullough	C	87	364	52	5	10	.988	4.782	1
Joe Garagiola	C	61	255	30	4	4	.986	4.672	7
Ed FitzGerald	C	38	98	13	4	2	.965	2.921	1
Wally Westlake	OF	11	17	2	0	1	1.000	1.727	0
Frank Thomas	OF	37	87	5	0	2	1.000	2.486	0
Tom Saffell	OF	17	25	1	2	0	.929	1.529	0
Dino Restelli	OF	11	22	1	2	1	.920	2.091	0
Pete Reiser	OF	27	53	1	1	0	.982	2.000	0
Rocky Nelson	OF	12	22	1	0	0	1.000	1.917	0
George Metkovich	OF	69	171	4	1	0	.994	2.536	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	94	195	7	7	1	.967	2.149	0
Bill Howerton	OF	53	93	3	5	0	.950	1.811	0
Erv Dusak	OF	12	11	0	0	0	1.000	.917	0
Gus Bell	OF	145	267	18	4	4	.986	1.966	0
Ted Beard	OF	15	23	2	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
Len Yochim	P	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Ted Wilks	P	48	4	17	0	1	1.000	.438	0
Bill Werle	P	59	10	42	0	3	1.000	.881	0
Junior Walsh	P	36	6	13	2	0	.905	.528	0
Mel Queen	P	39	4	12	1	2	.941	.410	0
Howie Pollet	P	21	5	23	0	2	1.000	1.333	0
Paul Pettit	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Joe Muir	P	9	1	7	0	0	1.000	.889	0
Vern Law	P	28	10	15	2	2	.926	.893	0
Paul LaPalme	P	22	4	6	0	0	1.000	.455	0
Bill Koski	P	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	.154	0
Bob Friend	P	34	10	29	1	1	.975	1.147	0
Erv Dusak	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Murry Dickson	P	45	19	70	3	3	.967	1.978	0
Con Dempsey	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Cliff Chambers	P	10	1	4	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Don Carlsen	P	7	1	6	2	1	.778	1.000	0
George Strickland	SS	125	222	386	37	89	.943	4.864	0
Stan Rojek	SS	8	5	13	2	0	.900	2.250	0
Dick Cole	SS	8	12	14	0	1	1.000	3.250	0
Pete Castiglione	SS	28	45	64	6	11	.948	3.893	0
Totals		1798	4138	1808	170	472	.972	3.307	9

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