1949 Pittsburgh Pirates

71-83 • 0.461 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

71 Wins
83 Losses
0.461 Win %
6th Rank
681 R 760 RA
Diff -79

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⚡ Quick Stats

681 Runs Scored
760 Runs Allowed
-79 Run Diff
1,447K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 NL Average

Batting Avg .258 1% below the 1949 league average (.262)
OBP .329 1% below the 1949 league average (.331)
SLG .331 1% above the 1949 league average (.328)
Team ERA 4.57 13% worse than the 1949 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 681 4% below the 1949 league average (706 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,447,122
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Avg per Game 18,793

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tom Saffell 0.322 2 Ralph Kiner 0.310 3 Wally Westlake 0.282 4 Dixie Walker 0.282 5 Phil Masi 0.274

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 54 2 Wally Westlake 23 3 Dino Restelli 12 4 Eddie Bockman 6 5 Pete Castiglione 6

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 127 2 Wally Westlake 104 3 Pete Castiglione 43 4 Dino Restelli 40 5 Ed Stevens 32
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Stan Rojek 144 557 72 136 0 0 0 31 50 31 4 0.244
Ralph Kiner 152 549 116 170 0 0 54 127 117 61 6 0.310
Wally Westlake 147 525 77 148 0 0 23 104 45 69 6 0.282
Pete Castiglione 118 448 57 120 0 0 6 43 20 43 2 0.268
Monty Basgall 107 308 25 67 0 0 2 26 31 32 1 0.218
Clyde McCullough 91 241 30 57 0 0 4 21 24 30 1 0.237
Danny Murtaugh 75 236 16 48 0 0 2 24 29 17 2 0.203
Dino Restelli 72 232 41 58 0 0 12 40 35 26 3 0.250
Ed Stevens 67 221 22 58 0 0 4 32 22 24 1 0.262
Eddie Bockman 79 220 21 49 0 0 6 19 23 31 3 0.223
Tom Saffell 73 205 36 66 0 0 2 25 21 27 5 0.322
Dixie Walker 88 181 26 51 0 0 1 18 26 11 0 0.282
Ed FitzGerald 75 160 16 42 0 0 2 18 8 27 1 0.263
Phil Masi 48 135 16 37 0 0 2 13 17 16 1 0.274
Murry Dickson 44 84 5 17 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0.202
Bill Werle 35 77 3 9 0 0 0 2 5 11 0 0.117
Bob Chesnes 42 68 11 17 0 0 1 5 5 6 0 0.250
Jack Phillips 18 56 6 13 0 0 0 3 4 6 1 0.232
Cliff Chambers 34 55 5 13 0 0 0 5 5 7 0 0.236
Johnny Hopp 20 55 5 12 0 0 0 3 7 3 0 0.218
Vic Lombardi 43 49 8 17 0 0 0 10 4 4 1 0.347
Wally Judnich 10 35 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.229
Marv Rackley 11 35 5 11 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0.314
Les Fleming 24 31 0 8 0 0 0 7 6 2 0 0.258
Ted Beard 14 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.083
Tiny Bonham 18 22 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0.045
Elmer Riddle 16 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.136
Rip Sewell 28 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.062
Junior Walsh 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.000
Ray Poat 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.100
Bob Muncrief 13 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Bobby Rhawn 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.143
Hal Gregg 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Harry Gumbert 16 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Hugh Casey 33 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333
Kirby Higbe 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Cassini 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Murry Dickson 3.29 2 Rip Sewell 3.91 3 Cliff Chambers 3.96 4 Bill Werle 4.24 5 Tiny Bonham 4.25

Wins

1 Cliff Chambers 13 2 Murry Dickson 12 3 Bill Werle 12 4 Tiny Bonham 7 5 Bob Chesnes 7

Strikeouts

1 Bill Werle 106 2 Cliff Chambers 93 3 Murry Dickson 89 4 Vic Lombardi 64 5 Bob Chesnes 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Murry Dickson 12 14 3.29 44 20 0 224.1 80 89
Bill Werle 12 13 4.24 35 29 0 221.0 51 106
Cliff Chambers 13 7 3.96 34 21 0 177.1 58 93
Bob Chesnes 7 13 5.88 27 25 1 145.1 82 49
Vic Lombardi 5 5 4.57 34 12 1 134.0 68 64
Tiny Bonham 7 4 4.25 18 14 0 89.0 23 25
Rip Sewell 6 1 3.91 28 6 1 76.0 32 26
Elmer Riddle 1 8 5.33 16 12 1 74.1 45 24
Junior Walsh 1 4 5.06 9 7 0 42.2 16 24
Hugh Casey 4 1 4.66 33 0 5 38.2 14 9
Ray Poat 0 1 6.25 11 2 0 36.0 15 17
Bob Muncrief 1 5 6.31 13 4 3 35.2 13 11
Harry Gumbert 1 4 5.86 16 0 3 27.2 18 5
Hal Gregg 1 1 3.38 8 1 0 18.2 8 9
Kirby Higbe 0 2 13.50 7 1 0 15.1 12 5

👥 Roster (37)

Monty Basgall Ted Beard Eddie Bockman Tiny Bonham Hugh Casey Jack Cassini Pete Castiglione Cliff Chambers Bob Chesnes Murry Dickson Ed FitzGerald Les Fleming +25 more

37 players

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