1951 Pittsburgh Pirates

64-90 • 0.416 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
90 Losses
0.416 Win %
7th Rank
689 R 845 RA
Diff -156

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689 Runs Scored
845 Runs Allowed
-156 Run Diff
988K Attendance

📈 vs. 1951 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 1% below the 1951 league average (.259)
OBP .328 equal to the 1951 league average (.328)
SLG .335 1% above the 1951 league average (.331)
Team ERA 4.79 21% worse than the 1951 league average (3.96)
Runs Scored 689 1% below the 1951 league average (694 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 988,441
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Avg per Game 12,672

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jack Merson 0.360 2 Ralph Kiner 0.309 3 Clyde McCullough 0.297 4 George Metkovich 0.293 5 Wally Westlake 0.282

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 42 2 Gus Bell 16 3 Wally Westlake 16 4 Bill Howerton 11 5 Joe Garagiola 9

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 109 2 Gus Bell 89 3 George Strickland 47 4 Wally Westlake 45 5 Pete Castiglione 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gus Bell 149 600 80 167 0 0 16 89 42 41 1 0.278
Ralph Kiner 151 531 124 164 0 0 42 109 137 57 2 0.309
Pete Castiglione 132 482 62 126 0 0 7 42 34 28 2 0.261
George Strickland 138 454 59 98 0 0 9 47 65 83 4 0.216
George Metkovich 120 423 51 124 0 0 3 40 28 23 3 0.293
Clyde McCullough 92 259 26 77 0 0 8 39 27 31 2 0.297
Bill Howerton 80 219 29 60 0 0 11 37 26 44 1 0.274
Joe Garagiola 72 212 24 54 0 0 9 35 32 20 4 0.255
Rocky Nelson 71 195 29 52 0 0 1 14 10 7 1 0.267
Wally Westlake 50 181 28 51 0 0 16 45 9 26 0 0.282
Jack Phillips 70 156 12 37 0 0 0 12 15 17 1 0.237
Monty Basgall 55 153 15 32 0 0 0 9 12 14 0 0.209
Danny Murtaugh 77 151 9 30 0 0 1 11 16 19 0 0.199
Frank Thomas 39 148 21 39 0 0 2 16 9 15 0 0.264
Pete Reiser 74 140 22 38 0 0 2 13 27 20 4 0.271
Murry Dickson 46 110 16 30 0 0 1 8 1 5 0 0.273
Dick Cole 42 106 9 25 0 0 1 11 15 9 0 0.236
Ed FitzGerald 55 97 8 22 0 0 0 13 7 10 1 0.227
Tom Saffell 49 65 11 13 0 0 1 5 5 18 1 0.200
Hank Schenz 25 61 5 13 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.213
Jack Merson 13 50 6 18 0 0 1 14 1 7 0 0.360
Ted Beard 22 48 7 9 0 0 1 3 6 14 0 0.188
Mel Queen 39 47 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.106
Dick Smith 12 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 8 8 0 0.174
Bob Friend 34 44 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 19 0 0.091
Bob Dillinger 12 43 3 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.233
Bill Werle 59 40 5 12 0 0 0 6 2 13 0 0.300
Erv Dusak 21 39 6 12 0 0 1 7 3 11 0 0.308
Dino Restelli 21 38 1 7 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0.184
Howie Pollet 21 36 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 12 0 0.139
Vern Law 28 32 5 11 0 0 1 4 3 6 0 0.344
Cliff Chambers 10 21 1 7 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0.333
Don Carlsen 7 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Stan Rojek 8 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.188
Dale Long 10 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.167
Ted Wilks 48 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.083
Paul LaPalme 22 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.100
Junior Walsh 36 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.143
Jack Maguire 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Bill Koski 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry Fisher 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Yochim 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Con Dempsey 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Muir 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Pettit 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ted Wilks 2.83 2 Murry Dickson 4.02 3 Don Carlsen 4.19 4 Bob Friend 4.27 5 Mel Queen 4.44

Wins

1 Murry Dickson 20 2 Bill Werle 8 3 Mel Queen 7 4 Bob Friend 6 5 Vern Law 6

Strikeouts

1 Mel Queen 123 2 Murry Dickson 112 3 Bill Werle 57 4 Howie Pollet 47 5 Ted Wilks 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Murry Dickson 20 16 4.02 45 35 2 288.2 101 112
Mel Queen 7 9 4.44 39 21 0 168.1 99 123
Bob Friend 6 10 4.27 34 22 0 149.2 68 41
Bill Werle 8 6 5.65 59 9 6 149.2 51 57
Howie Pollet 6 10 5.04 21 21 0 128.2 51 47
Vern Law 6 9 4.50 28 14 2 114.0 51 41
Ted Wilks 3 5 2.83 48 1 12 82.2 24 43
Junior Walsh 1 4 6.87 36 1 0 73.1 46 32
Cliff Chambers 3 6 5.58 10 10 0 59.2 31 19
Paul LaPalme 1 5 6.29 22 8 0 54.1 31 24
Don Carlsen 2 3 4.19 7 6 0 43.0 14 20
Bill Koski 0 1 6.67 13 1 0 27.0 28 6
Joe Muir 0 2 2.76 9 1 0 16.1 7 5
Len Yochim 1 1 8.31 2 2 0 8.2 11 5
Con Dempsey 0 2 9.00 3 2 0 7.0 4 3
Erv Dusak 0 1 12.15 3 1 0 6.2 9 2
Paul Pettit 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 1 0

👥 Roster (45)

Monty Basgall Ted Beard Gus Bell Don Carlsen Pete Castiglione Cliff Chambers Dick Cole Con Dempsey Murry Dickson Bob Dillinger Erv Dusak Harry Fisher +33 more

45 players

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