1948 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 83-71 .539
Result: 4th in National League
Manager(s): Billy Meyer
General Manager:
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,517,021
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Johnny Riddle (42)
Youngest Player: Cal McLish (22)
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell (11)
Top Hitter: Ralph Kiner (3)
Top Pitcher: Kirby Higbe (12)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 45.39%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Boston	91	62	.595	--
St. Louis	85	69	.552	6.5
Brooklyn	84	70	.545	7.5
Pittsburgh	83	71	.539	8.5
NY Giants	78	76	.506	13.5
Philadelphia	66	88	.429	25.5
Cincinnati	64	89	.418	27.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	27.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
6	Stan Rojek	ss	10	29	-	MLB	156	641	85	186	27	5	4	51	24		61	41	3		8		8	.290	.000	.367	367	235			-	-
4	Ralph Kiner	of	3	25	-	MLB	156	555	104	147	19	5	40	123	1		112	61	3		0		15	.265	.000	.533	533	296			-	-
7	Danny Murtaugh	2b	24	30	-	MLB	146	514	56	149	21	5	1	71	10		60	40	1		4		8	.290	.000	.356	356	183			-	-
16	Frankie Gustine	2b-3b	34	28	-	MLB	131	449	68	120	19	2	9	42	5		42	62	2		6		12	.267	.000	.379	379	170			-	-
5	Ed Stevens	1b	54	23	-	MLB	128	429	47	109	19	6	10	69	4		35	53	2		3		6	.254	.000	.396	396	170			-	-
15	Wally Westlake	of	27	27	-	MLB	132	428	78	122	10	6	17	65	2		46	40	4		1		10	.285	.000	.456	456	195			-	-
11	Dixie Walker	of	-	37	-	MLB	129	408	39	129	19	3	2	54	1		52	18	0		5		7	.316	.000	.392	392	160			-	-
12	Johnny Hopp	of-1b	39	31	-	MLB	120	392	64	109	15	12	1	31	5		40	25	0		3		7	.278	.000	.385	385	151			-	-
10	Clyde Kluttz	c	-	30	-	MLB	94	271	26	60	12	2	4	20	3		20	19	0		4		4	.221	.000	.325	325	88			-	-
9	Ed Fitz Gerald	c	-	24	-	MLB	102	262	31	70	9	3	1	35	3		32	37	1		2		3	.267	.000	.336	336	88			-	-
18	Eddie Bockman	3b	-	27	-	MLB	70	176	23	42	7	1	4	23	2		17	35	1		2		7	.239	.000	.358	358	63			-	-
14	Max West	of-1b	-	31	-	MLB	87	146	19	26	4	0	8	21	1		27	29	1		0		4	.178	.000	.370	370	54			-	-
24	Bob Chesnes	p	-	27	-	MLB	39	91	15	25	1	1	1	8	0		7	11	0		0		3	.275	.000	.341	341	31			-	-
17	Ted Beard	of	-	27	-	MLB	25	81	15	16	1	3	0	7	5		12	18	2		0		0	.198	.000	.284	284	23			-	-
37	Elmer Riddle	p	-	33	-	MLB	29	64	6	12	1	0	1	5	1		4	16	0		6		0	.187	.000	.250	250	16			-	-
8	Monty Basgall	2b	-	26	-	MLB	38	51	12	11	1	0	2	6	0		3	5	0		0		1	.216	.000	.353	353	18			-	-
35	Tiny Bonham	p	-	34	-	MLB	22	49	2	8	0	0	0	3	0		0	7	0		1		0	.163	.000	.163	163	8			-	-
28	Vic Lombardi	p	-	25	-	MLB	39	48	1	10	2	0	0	3	0		2	4	1		1		1	.208	.000	.250	250	12			-	-
13	Kirby Higbe	p	-	33	-	MLB	56	48	4	10	1	0	1	3	0		0	11	0		0		2	.208	.000	.292	292	14			-	-
21	Fritz Ostermueller	p	-	40	-	MLB	23	44	1	8	1	0	0	4	0		1	6	0		3		1	.182	.000	.205	205	9			-	-
30	Rip Sewell	p	-	41	-	MLB	21	42	5	6	1	0	1	2	0		6	15	0		1		0	.143	.000	.238	238	10			-	-
26	Elmer Singleton	p	-	30	-	MLB	38	23	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	8	0		1		0	.087	.000	.087	87	2			-	-
32	Hal Gregg	p	-	26	-	MLB	22	22	3	6	0	0	1	1	0		0	9	0		2		0	.273	.000	.409	409	9			-	-
23	Mel Queen	p	-	30	-	MLB	25	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0		2		0	.059	.000	.059	59	1			-	-
3	Johnny Riddle	c	-	42	-	MLB	10	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	0		1		1	.200	.000	.200	200	3			-	-
17	Grady Wilson	ss	-	25	-	MLB	12	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	0		0		0	.100	.000	.200	200	2			-	-
36	Woody Main	p	-	26	-	MLB	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
34	Junior Walsh	p	-	29	-	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
29	Don Gutteridge	2b	-	36	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Pete Castiglione	3b-ss	-	27	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
31	Earl Turner	c	-	25	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
38	Cal McLish	p	-	22	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
24	Bob Chesnes	16	27	-	MLB	14	6	3.57	25	23	15	0	0	0	194.1	180	92	77	13	90	69	6	2	1.39	8.34	0.60	4.17	3.20	1.30	--	--
37	Elmer Riddle	15	33	-	MLB	12	10	3.49	28	27	12	3	1	1	191.0	184	83	74	20	81	63	9	0	1.39	8.67	0.94	3.82	2.97	1.29	--	--
28	Vic Lombardi	22	25	-	MLB	10	9	3.70	38	17	9	0	15	4	163.0	156	72	67	9	67	54	1	1	1.37	8.61	0.50	3.70	2.98	1.24	--	--
13	Kirby Higbe	12	33	-	MLB	8	7	3.36	56	8	3	0	31	10	158.0	140	75	59	11	83	86	4	1	1.41	7.97	0.63	4.73	4.90	0.97	--	--
35	Tiny Bonham	48	34	-	MLB	6	10	4.31	22	20	7	0	0	0	135.2	145	71	65	18	23	42	0	0	1.24	9.62	1.19	1.53	2.79	0.55	--	--
21	Fritz Ostermueller	45	40	-	MLB	8	11	4.42	23	22	10	2	0	0	134.1	143	73	66	13	41	43	4	0	1.37	9.58	0.87	2.75	2.88	0.95	--	--
30	Rip Sewell	53	41	-	MLB	13	3	3.48	21	17	7	0	3	0	121.2	126	51	47	9	37	36	1	0	1.34	9.32	0.67	2.74	2.66	1.03	--	--
26	Elmer Singleton	49	30	-	MLB	4	6	4.97	38	5	1	0	17	2	92.1	90	52	51	11	40	53	9	0	1.41	8.77	1.07	3.90	5.17	0.75	--	--
32	Hal Gregg	-	26	-	MLB	2	4	4.60	22	8	1	0	9	1	74.1	72	40	38	3	34	25	0	0	1.43	8.72	0.36	4.12	3.03	1.36	--	--
23	Mel Queen	-	30	-	MLB	4	4	6.65	25	8	0	0	6	1	66.1	82	51	49	8	40	34	1	0	1.84	11.13	1.09	5.43	4.61	1.18	--	--
36	Woody Main	-	26	-	MLB	1	1	8.33	17	0	0	0	6	0	27.0	35	27	25	4	19	12	0	1	2.00	11.67	1.33	6.33	4.00	1.58	--	--
38	Cal McLish	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	0	2	1	1	0	2.00	14.40	0.00	3.60	1.80	2.00	--	--
22	Nick Strincevich	-	33	-	MLB	0	0	8.31	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2.31	16.62	0.00	4.15	2.08	2.00	--	--
34	Junior Walsh	-	29	-	MLB	1	0	10.38	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.1	4	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	2.08	8.31	2.08	10.38	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (32 players)						83	71	4.15	154	154	65	5	89	19	1,372	1373	701	632	108	564	519	36	5	1.43	9.01	0.79	3.70	3.41	1.09	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Fitz Gerald	C	96		338	36	15	4	.961	0.00
Clyde Kluttz	C	91		298	54	8	8	.978	0.00
Johnny Riddle	C	10		18	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Earl Turner	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Stevens	1B	117		1021	83	4	94	.996	0.00
Max West	1B	32		198	20	2	14	.991	0.00
Johnny Hopp	1B	25		211	18	1	21	.996	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Murtaugh	2B	146		375	412	17	95	.979	0.00
Monty Basgall	2B	22		37	35	0	4	1.000	0.00
Eddie Bockman	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Gustine	3B	118		119	256	21	21	.947	0.00
Eddie Bockman	3B	51		50	100	6	9	.962	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Stan Rojek	SS	156		262	475	29	91	.962	0.00
Grady Wilson	SS	7		7	4	2	2	.846	0.00
Pete Castiglione	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ralph Kiner	OF	154		382	6	10	1	.975	0.00
Wally Westlake	OF	125		274	8	7	2	.976	0.00
Dixie Walker	OF	112		168	4	4	0	.977	0.00
Johnny Hopp	OF	80		192	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ted Beard	OF	22		66	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Max West	OF	16		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kirby Higbe	P	56	158	5	22	1	0	.964	1.54
Vic Lombardi	P	38	163	3	37	0	0	1.000	2.21
Elmer Singleton	P	38	92	13	18	0	1	1.000	3.03
Elmer Riddle	P	28	191	9	37	2	3	.958	2.17
Bob Chesnes	P	25	194	21	45	3	5	.957	3.06
Mel Queen	P	25	66	6	8	1	0	.933	1.91
Fritz Ostermueller	P	23	134	3	21	0	0	1.000	1.61
Tiny Bonham	P	22	135	6	9	1	1	.937	1.00
Hal Gregg	P	22	74	7	10	0	1	1.000	2.06
Rip Sewell	P	21	121	10	21	3	1	.912	2.30
Woody Main	P	17	27	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.67
Nick Strincevich	P	3	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.39
Cal McLish	P	2	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.60
Junior Walsh	P	2	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.39

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