1950 Pittsburgh Pirates

57-96 • 0.373 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

57 Wins
96 Losses
0.373 Win %
8th Rank
681 R 857 RA
Diff -176

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⚡ Quick Stats

681 Runs Scored
857 Runs Allowed
-176 Run Diff
1,167K Attendance

📈 vs. 1950 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1950 league average (.261)
OBP .334 equal to the 1950 league average (.332)
SLG .341 1% above the 1950 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.96 20% worse than the 1950 league average (4.14)
Runs Scored 681 5% below the 1950 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,167,464
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Avg per Game 15,161

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Johnny Hopp 0.340 2 Danny Murtaugh 0.294 3 Jack Phillips 0.293 4 Danny O'Connell 0.292 5 Cliff Chambers 0.289

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 47 2 Wally Westlake 24 3 Gus Bell 8 4 Johnny Hopp 8 5 Danny O'Connell 8

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 118 2 Wally Westlake 95 3 Gus Bell 53 4 Johnny Hopp 47 5 Danny Murtaugh 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ralph Kiner 150 547 112 149 0 0 47 118 122 79 2 0.272
Wally Westlake 139 477 69 136 0 0 24 95 48 78 1 0.285
Gus Bell 111 422 62 119 0 0 8 53 28 46 4 0.282
Danny Murtaugh 118 367 34 108 0 0 2 37 47 42 2 0.294
Johnny Hopp 106 318 51 108 0 0 8 47 43 17 7 0.340
Danny O'Connell 79 315 39 92 0 0 8 32 24 33 7 0.292
Clyde McCullough 103 279 28 71 0 0 6 34 31 35 3 0.254
Pete Castiglione 94 263 29 67 0 0 3 22 23 23 1 0.255
Stan Rojek 76 230 28 59 0 0 0 17 18 13 2 0.257
Bob Dillinger 58 222 23 64 0 0 1 9 13 22 4 0.288
Jack Phillips 69 208 25 61 0 0 5 34 20 17 1 0.293
Nanny Fernandez 65 198 23 51 0 0 6 27 19 17 2 0.258
Tom Saffell 67 182 18 37 0 0 2 6 14 34 1 0.203
Ted Beard 61 177 32 41 0 0 4 12 27 45 3 0.232
Ray Mueller 67 156 17 42 0 0 6 24 11 14 2 0.269
Johnny Berardino 40 131 12 27 0 0 1 12 19 11 0 0.206
Dale Coogan 53 129 19 31 0 0 1 13 17 24 0 0.240
Hank Schenz 58 101 17 23 0 0 1 5 6 7 0 0.228
Cliff Chambers 37 90 10 26 0 0 2 9 4 18 0 0.289
Murry Dickson 52 82 5 21 0 0 0 7 1 9 0 0.256
Earl Turner 40 74 10 18 0 0 3 5 4 13 1 0.243
Bill Werle 48 67 4 13 0 0 0 0 6 22 0 0.194
Bill Macdonald 32 49 3 6 0 0 0 1 4 18 0 0.122
Ed Stevens 17 46 2 9 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 0.196
Vern Law 27 41 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.073
Mel Queen 33 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.057
George Strickland 23 27 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 0.111
Marv Rickert 17 20 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0.150
Vic Lombardi 42 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Ed FitzGerald 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.067
Bob Chesnes 9 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.154
Bill Pierro 13 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.222
Hank Borowy 11 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Junior Walsh 38 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.167
Woody Main 12 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.400
Windy McCall 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hal Gregg 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry Gumbert 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Frank Barrett 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Papish 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Murry Dickson 3.80 2 Bill Macdonald 4.29 3 Cliff Chambers 4.30 4 Bill Werle 4.60 5 Vern Law 4.92

Wins

1 Cliff Chambers 12 2 Murry Dickson 10 3 Bill Macdonald 8 4 Bill Werle 8 5 Vern Law 7

Strikeouts

1 Cliff Chambers 93 2 Bill Werle 78 3 Murry Dickson 76 4 Mel Queen 76 5 Bill Macdonald 60
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cliff Chambers 12 15 4.30 37 33 0 249.1 92 93
Murry Dickson 10 15 3.80 51 22 3 225.0 83 76
Bill Werle 8 16 4.60 48 22 8 215.1 65 78
Bill Macdonald 8 10 4.29 32 20 1 153.0 88 60
Vern Law 7 9 4.92 27 17 0 128.0 49 57
Mel Queen 5 14 5.98 33 21 0 120.1 73 76
Vic Lombardi 0 5 6.60 39 2 1 76.1 48 26
Junior Walsh 1 1 5.05 38 2 2 62.1 34 33
Bob Chesnes 3 3 5.54 9 7 0 39.0 17 12
Bill Pierro 0 2 10.55 12 3 0 29.0 28 13
Hank Borowy 1 3 6.39 11 3 0 25.1 9 9
Woody Main 1 0 4.87 12 0 1 20.1 11 12
Windy McCall 0 0 9.45 2 0 0 6.2 4 5
Hal Gregg 0 1 13.50 5 1 0 5.1 7 3
Jack Phillips 0 0 7.20 1 0 0 5.0 1 2
Frank Barrett 1 2 4.15 5 0 0 4.1 1 0
Frank Papish 0 0 27.00 4 1 0 2.1 4 1
Harry Gumbert 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 2 0

👥 Roster (40)

Frank Barrett Ted Beard Gus Bell Johnny Berardino Hank Borowy Pete Castiglione Cliff Chambers Bob Chesnes Dale Coogan Murry Dickson Bob Dillinger Nanny Fernandez +28 more

40 players

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