1951 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 64-90 .416
Result: 7th in National League
Manager(s): Billy Meyer
General Manager: Branch Rickey
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 980,590
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ted Wilks (35)
Youngest Player: Bill Koski (19)
Longest Tenure: Ralph Kiner (6)
Top Hitter: Ralph Kiner (5)
Top Pitcher: Murry Dickson (8)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 69.00%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Giants	98	59	.624	--
Brooklyn	97	60	.618	1.0
St. Louis	81	73	.526	15.5
Boston	76	78	.494	20.5
Philadelphia	73	81	.474	23.5
Cincinnati	68	86	.442	28.5
Pittsburgh	64	90	.416	32.5
Chi Cubs	62	92	.403	34.5

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
18	Gus Bell	of	18	22	-	MLB	149	600	80	167	27	12	16	89	1	4	42	41	4		1		9	.278	.000	.443	443	266			-	-
4	Ralph Kiner	of	5	28	-	MLB	151	531	124	164	31	6	42	109	2	1	137	57	2		0		10	.309	.000	.627	627	333			-	-
16	Pete Castiglione	3b-ss	39	30	-	MLB	132	482	62	126	19	4	7	42	2	2	34	28	1		16		9	.261	.000	.361	361	174			-	-
14	George Strickland	ss-2b	41	25	-	MLB	138	454	59	98	12	7	9	47	4	2	65	83	3		6		9	.216	.000	.333	333	151			-	-
11	Catfish Metkovich	of-1b	-	30	-	MLB	120	423	51	124	21	3	3	40	3	2	28	23	1		3		11	.293	.000	.378	378	160			-	-
3,8	Clyde McCullough	c	-	34	-	MLB	92	259	26	77	9	2	8	39	2	0	27	31	1		3		13	.297	.000	.440	440	114			-	-
8	Bill Howerton	of	62	29	-	MLB	80	219	29	60	12	2	11	37	1	0	26	44	0		1		9	.274	.000	.498	498	109			-	-
2	Joe Garagiola	c	-	25	-	MLB	72	212	24	54	8	2	9	35	4	1	32	20	2		3		4	.255	.000	.439	439	93			-	-
6	Rocky Nelson	1b	-	26	-	MLB	71	195	29	52	7	4	1	14	1	1	10	7	0		2		5	.267	.000	.359	359	70			-	-
15	Wally Westlake	of	31	30	-	MLB	50	181	28	51	4	0	16	45	0	1	9	26	2		0		4	.282	.000	.569	569	103			-	-
5	Jack Phillips	1b	-	29	-	MLB	70	156	12	37	7	3	0	12	1	2	15	17	0		3		5	.237	.000	.321	321	50			-	-
10,12	Monty Basgall	2b	-	29	-	MLB	55	153	15	32	5	2	0	9	0	0	12	14	1		3		9	.209	.000	.268	268	41			-	-
7	Danny Murtaugh	2b	-	33	-	MLB	77	151	9	30	7	0	1	11	0	0	16	19	2		2		6	.199	.000	.265	265	40			-	-
27	Frank Thomas	of-3b	-	22	-	MLB	39	148	21	39	9	2	2	16	0	2	9	15	0		0		5	.264	.000	.392	392	58			-	-
27	Pete Reiser	of	-	32	-	MLB	74	140	22	38	9	3	2	13	4	2	27	20	0		0		2	.271	.000	.421	421	59			-	-
21,22	Murry Dickson	p	-	34	-	MLB	46	110	16	30	2	1	1	8	0	0	1	5	0		4		2	.273	.000	.336	336	37			-	-
12	Dick Cole	ss-3b	-	25	-	MLB	42	106	9	25	4	0	1	11	0	1	15	9	0		7		4	.236	.000	.302	302	32			-	-
9	Ed Fitz Gerald	c	-	27	-	MLB	55	97	8	22	6	0	0	13	1	1	7	10	1		0		6	.227	.000	.289	289	28			-	-
17	Tom Saffell	of	-	29	-	MLB	49	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	1	5	18	0		1		1	.200	.000	.246	246	16			-	-
10	Hank Schenz	2b-3b	-	32	-	MLB	25	61	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	1		1		0	.213	.000	.230	230	14			-	-
10	Jack Merson	2b-3b	-	29	-	MLB	13	50	6	18	2	2	1	14	0	0	1	7	0		1		0	.360	.000	.540	540	27			-	-
13	Ted Beard	of	-	30	-	MLB	22	48	7	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	14	1		0		0	.187	.000	.271	271	13			-	-
36	Mel Queen	p	-	33	-	MLB	39	47	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0		6		1	.106	.000	.106	106	5			-	-
6	Dick Smith	3b-ss	-	23	-	MLB	12	46	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	8	8	0		0		0	.174	.000	.174	174	8			-	-
25	Bob Friend	p	-	20	-	MLB	34	44	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0		1		1	.091	.000	.136	136	6			-	-
3	Bob Dillinger	3b	-	32	-	MLB	12	43	3	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		4	.233	.000	.302	302	13			-	-
19	Bill Werle	p	-	30	-	MLB	59	40	5	12	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	13	0		1		1	.300	.000	.400	400	16			-	-
15	Erv Dusak	of	-	30	-	MLB	21	39	6	12	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	11	0		0		0	.308	.000	.462	462	18			-	-
21	Dino Restelli	of	-	26	-	MLB	21	38	1	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	4	0		0		0	.184	.000	.289	289	11			-	-
30	Howie Pollet	p	-	30	-	MLB	21	36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	12	0		4		0	.139	.000	.139	139	5			-	-
20	Vern Law	p	-	21	-	MLB	28	32	5	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	3	6	0		3		0	.344	.000	.562	562	18			-	-
23	Cliff Chambers	p	-	29	-	MLB	10	21	1	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0		1		0	.333	.000	.476	476	10			-	-
24	Don Carlsen	p	-	24	-	MLB	7	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	4			-	-
6	Stan Rojek	ss	-	32	-	MLB	8	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.187	.000	.187	187	3			-	-
2	Dale Long	1b	-	25	-	MLB	10	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.167	.000	.417	417	5			-	-
28	Ted Wilks	p	-	35	-	MLB	48	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0		1		0	.083	.000	.083	83	1			-	-
24	Paul LaPalme	p	-	27	-	MLB	22	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		0		0	.100	.000	.100	100	1			-	-
29	Junior Walsh	p	-	32	-	MLB	36	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0		0		0	.143	.000	.143	143	1			-	-
12	Jack Maguire	of	-	26	-	MLB	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
26	Bill Koski	p	-	19	-	MLB	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
35,39	Harry Fisher	p	-	25	-	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
23	Len Yochim	p	-	22	-	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
30	Con Dempsey	p	-	27	-	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
31	Joe Muir	p	-	28	-	MLB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
23	Paul Pettit	p	-	19	-	MLB	2	1	0	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
21,22	Murry Dickson	8	34	-	MLB	20	16	4.02	45	35	19	3	9	2	288.2	294	151	129	32	101	112	1	1	1.37	9.17	1.00	3.15	3.49	0.90	--	1.13
36	Mel Queen	20	33	-	MLB	7	9	4.44	39	21	4	1	4	0	168.1	149	90	83	21	99	123	6	0	1.47	7.97	1.12	5.29	6.58	0.80	--	0.76
19	Bill Werle	26	30	-	MLB	8	6	5.65	59	9	2	0	24	6	149.2	181	102	94	20	51	57	2	3	1.55	10.88	1.20	3.07	3.43	0.89	--	1.33
25	Bob Friend	-	20	-	MLB	6	10	4.27	34	22	3	1	5	0	149.2	173	94	71	12	68	41	1	0	1.61	10.40	0.72	4.09	2.47	1.66	--	1.74
30	Howie Pollet	37	30	-	MLB	6	10	5.04	21	21	4	1	0	0	128.2	149	81	72	24	51	47	2	0	1.55	10.42	1.68	3.57	3.29	1.09	--	0.94
20	Vern Law	-	21	-	MLB	6	9	4.50	28	14	2	1	8	2	114.0	109	66	57	9	51	41	2	1	1.40	8.61	0.71	4.03	3.24	1.24	--	1.37
28	Ted Wilks	24	35	-	MLB	3	5	2.83	48	1	1	0	34	12	82.2	69	31	26	6	24	43	1	0	1.12	7.51	0.65	2.61	4.68	0.56	--	0.64
29	Junior Walsh	-	32	-	MLB	1	4	6.87	36	1	0	0	10	0	73.1	92	66	56	9	46	32	2	1	1.88	11.29	1.10	5.65	3.93	1.44	--	0.89
23	Cliff Chambers	35	29	-	MLB	3	6	5.58	10	10	2	1	0	0	59.2	64	38	37	5	31	19	2	0	1.59	9.65	0.75	4.68	2.87	1.63	--	0.66
24	Paul LaPalme	-	27	-	MLB	1	5	6.29	22	8	1	1	8	0	54.1	79	48	38	6	31	24	3	1	2.02	13.09	0.99	5.13	3.98	1.29	--	0.77
24	Don Carlsen	-	24	-	MLB	2	3	4.19	7	6	2	0	0	0	43.0	50	22	20	4	14	20	2	0	1.49	10.47	0.84	2.93	4.19	0.70	--	0.70
26	Bill Koski	-	19	-	MLB	0	1	6.67	13	1	0	0	5	0	27.0	26	23	20	2	28	6	0	0	2.00	8.67	0.67	9.33	2.00	4.67	--	0.96
31	Joe Muir	-	28	-	MLB	0	2	2.76	9	1	0	0	4	0	16.1	11	6	5	2	7	5	1	0	1.10	6.06	1.10	3.86	2.76	1.40	--	1.62
23	Len Yochim	-	22	-	MLB	1	1	8.31	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	10	9	8	0	11	5	2	0	2.42	10.38	0.00	11.42	5.19	2.20	--	1.43
30	Con Dempsey	-	27	-	MLB	0	2	9.00	3	2	0	0	1	0	7.0	11	7	7	2	4	3	0	0	2.14	14.14	2.57	5.14	3.86	1.33	--	--
15	Erv Dusak	-	30	-	MLB	0	1	12.15	3	1	0	0	2	0	6.2	10	10	9	2	9	2	0	0	2.85	13.50	2.70	12.15	2.70	4.50	--	0.38
23	Paul Pettit	-	19	-	MLB	0	0	3.37	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.12	6.75	3.37	3.37	0.00	--	--	2.00
Totals: (45 players)						64	90	4.78	154	154	40	9	114	22	1,380	1479	845	733	137	627	580	27	7	1.40	9.64	1.02	4.09	3.78	1.08	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clyde McCullough	C	87		364	52	5	10	.988	0.00
Joe Garagiola	C	61		255	30	4	4	.986	0.00
Ed Fitz Gerald	C	38		98	13	4	2	.965	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ralph Kiner	1B	58		556	29	11	59	.982	0.00
Jack Phillips	1B	53		322	21	3	37	.991	0.00
Catfish Metkovich	1B	37		306	27	3	32	.991	0.00
Rocky Nelson	1B	32		275	24	3	32	.990	0.00
Dale Long	1B	1		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Murtaugh	2B	65		110	113	7	35	.970	0.00
Monty Basgall	2B	55		140	144	9	39	.969	0.00
Dick Cole	2B	34		85	74	3	18	.981	0.00
Hank Schenz	2B	19		39	35	3	17	.961	0.00
Jack Merson	2B	13		30	46	1	7	.987	0.00
George Strickland	2B	13		33	40	0	8	1.000	0.00
Erv Dusak	2B	2		2	1	1	1	.750	0.00
Jack Maguire	2B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Castiglione	3B	99		103	228	15	25	.957	0.00
Wally Westlake	3B	34		32	87	12	12	.908	0.00
Dick Smith	3B	12		14	30	3	6	.936	0.00
Bob Dillinger	3B	10		11	15	1	0	.963	0.00
Pete Reiser	3B	5		3	7	1	1	.909	0.00
Bill Howerton	3B	4		2	5	1	0	.875	0.00
Jack Phillips	3B	4		2	7	1	1	.900	0.00
Danny Murtaugh	3B	3		0	4	1	0	.800	0.00
Erv Dusak	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Hank Schenz	3B	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jack Maguire	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Strickland	SS	125		222	386	37	89	.943	0.00
Pete Castiglione	SS	28		45	64	6	11	.948	0.00
Dick Cole	SS	8		12	14	0	1	1.000	0.00
Stan Rojek	SS	8		5	13	2	0	.900	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gus Bell	OF	145		267	18	4	4	.986	0.00
Ralph Kiner	OF	94		195	7	7	1	.967	0.00
Catfish Metkovich	OF	69		171	4	1	0	.994	0.00
Bill Howerton	OF	53		93	3	5	0	.950	0.00
Frank Thomas	OF	37		87	5	0	2	1.000	0.00
Pete Reiser	OF	27		53	1	1	0	.982	0.00
Tom Saffell	OF	17		25	1	2	0	.929	0.00
Ted Beard	OF	15		23	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Erv Dusak	OF	12		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rocky Nelson	OF	12		22	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dino Restelli	OF	11		22	1	2	1	.920	0.00
Wally Westlake	OF	11		17	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Werle	P	59	149	10	42	0	3	1.000	3.14
Ted Wilks	P	48	82	4	17	0	1	1.000	2.30
Murry Dickson	P	45	288	19	70	3	3	.967	2.78
Mel Queen	P	39	168	4	12	1	2	.941	0.86
Junior Walsh	P	36	73	6	13	2	0	.905	2.34
Bob Friend	P	34	149	10	29	1	1	.975	2.35
Vern Law	P	28	114	10	15	2	2	.926	1.97
Paul LaPalme	P	22	54	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.66
Howie Pollet	P	21	128	5	23	0	2	1.000	1.97
Bill Koski	P	13	27	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67
Cliff Chambers	P	10	59	1	4	0	1	1.000	0.76
Joe Muir	P	9	16	1	7	0	0	1.000	4.47
Don Carlsen	P	7	43	1	6	2	1	.778	1.47
Con Dempsey	P	3	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.57
Erv Dusak	P	3	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Paul Pettit	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Len Yochim	P	2	8	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.29

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