1948 Pittsburgh Pirates

83-71 • 0.539 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
71 Losses
0.539 Win %
4th Rank
706 R 699 RA
Diff +7

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⚡ Quick Stats

706 Runs Scored
699 Runs Allowed
+7 Run Diff
1,494K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 NL Average

Batting Avg .262 1% above the 1948 league average (.260)
OBP .335 1% above the 1948 league average (.330)
SLG .323 1% above the 1948 league average (.320)
Team ERA 4.15 5% worse than the 1948 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 706 3% above the 1948 league average (686 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,494,235
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Avg per Game 18,677

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dixie Walker 0.316 2 Stan Rojek 0.290 3 Danny Murtaugh 0.290 4 Wally Westlake 0.285 5 Johnny Hopp 0.278

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 40 2 Wally Westlake 17 3 Ed Stevens 10 4 Frankie Gustine 9 5 Max West 8

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 123 2 Danny Murtaugh 71 3 Ed Stevens 69 4 Wally Westlake 65 5 Dixie Walker 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Stan Rojek 156 641 85 186 0 0 4 51 61 41 24 0.290
Ralph Kiner 156 555 104 147 0 0 40 123 112 61 1 0.265
Danny Murtaugh 146 514 56 149 0 0 1 71 60 40 10 0.290
Frankie Gustine 131 449 68 120 0 0 9 42 42 62 5 0.267
Ed Stevens 128 429 47 109 0 0 10 69 35 53 4 0.254
Wally Westlake 132 428 78 122 0 0 17 65 46 40 2 0.285
Dixie Walker 129 408 39 129 0 0 2 54 52 18 1 0.316
Johnny Hopp 120 392 64 109 0 0 1 31 40 25 5 0.278
Clyde Kluttz 94 271 26 60 0 0 4 20 20 19 3 0.221
Ed FitzGerald 102 262 31 70 0 0 1 35 32 37 3 0.267
Eddie Bockman 70 176 23 42 0 0 4 23 17 35 2 0.239
Max West 87 146 19 26 0 0 8 21 27 29 1 0.178
Bob Chesnes 39 91 15 25 0 0 1 8 7 11 0 0.275
Ted Beard 25 81 15 16 0 0 0 7 12 18 5 0.198
Elmer Riddle 29 64 6 12 0 0 1 5 4 16 1 0.188
Monty Basgall 38 51 12 11 0 0 2 6 3 5 0 0.216
Tiny Bonham 22 49 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0.163
Kirby Higbe 56 48 4 10 0 0 1 3 0 11 0 0.208
Vic Lombardi 39 48 1 10 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 0.208
Fritz Ostermueller 23 44 1 8 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.182
Rip Sewell 21 42 5 6 0 0 1 2 6 15 0 0.143
Elmer Singleton 38 23 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0.087
Hal Gregg 22 22 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0.273
Mel Queen 25 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.059
Johnny Riddle 10 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Grady Wilson 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.100
Pete Castiglione 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
Don Gutteridge 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Woody Main 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Junior Walsh 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cal McLish 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Earl Turner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nick Strincevich 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Kirby Higbe 3.36 2 Rip Sewell 3.48 3 Elmer Riddle 3.49 4 Bob Chesnes 3.57 5 Vic Lombardi 3.70

Wins

1 Bob Chesnes 14 2 Rip Sewell 13 3 Elmer Riddle 12 4 Vic Lombardi 10 5 Kirby Higbe 8

Strikeouts

1 Kirby Higbe 86 2 Bob Chesnes 69 3 Elmer Riddle 63 4 Vic Lombardi 54 5 Elmer Singleton 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Chesnes 14 6 3.57 25 23 0 194.1 90 69
Elmer Riddle 12 10 3.49 28 27 1 191.0 81 63
Vic Lombardi 10 9 3.70 38 17 4 163.0 67 54
Kirby Higbe 8 7 3.36 56 8 10 158.0 83 86
Tiny Bonham 6 10 4.31 22 20 0 135.2 23 42
Fritz Ostermueller 8 11 4.42 23 22 0 134.1 41 43
Rip Sewell 13 3 3.48 21 17 0 121.2 37 36
Elmer Singleton 4 6 4.97 38 5 2 92.1 40 53
Hal Gregg 2 4 4.60 22 8 1 74.1 34 25
Mel Queen 4 4 6.65 25 8 1 66.1 40 34
Woody Main 1 1 8.33 17 0 0 27.0 19 12
Cal McLish 0 0 9.00 2 1 0 5.0 2 1
Nick Strincevich 0 0 8.31 3 0 0 4.1 2 1
Junior Walsh 1 0 10.38 2 0 0 4.1 5 0

👥 Roster (33)

Monty Basgall Ted Beard Eddie Bockman Tiny Bonham Pete Castiglione Bob Chesnes Ed FitzGerald Hal Gregg Frankie Gustine Don Gutteridge Kirby Higbe Johnny Hopp +21 more

33 players

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