Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.

Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft   SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Pittsburgh Pirates > 1948 Statistics and Roster

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949) 83-71, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 706 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-76 Managed by Billy Meyer Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,517,021 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service.

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 Stats (1947/1949) / Schedule / Transactions

Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ed Fitz Gerald      24  102  262   31   70   9  3   1   35  32   37  .267  .349  .336   3       3   1   2           85
1B *Ed Stevens          23  128  429   47  109  19  6  10   69  35   53  .254  .313  .396   4       6   2   3           89
2B  Danny Murtaugh      30  146  514   56  149  21  5   1   71  60   40  .290  .365  .356  10       8   1   4           94
3B  Frankie Gustine     28  131  449   68  120  19  2   9   42  42   62  .267  .333  .379   5      12   2   6           90
SS  Stan Rojek          29  156  641   85  186  27  5   4   51  61   41  .290  .355  .367  24       8   3   8           94
OF  Ralph Kiner         25  156  555  104  147  19  5  40  123 112   61  .265  .391  .533   1      15   3   0          146
OF  Wally Westlake      27  132  428   78  122  10  6  17   65  46   40  .285  .360  .456   2      10   4   1          118
OF *Dixie Walker        37  129  408   39  129  19  3   2   54  52   18  .316  .393  .392   1       7   0   5          111
   *Johnny Hopp         31  120  392   64  109  15 12   1   31  40   25  .278  .345  .385   5       7   0   3           96
    Clyde Kluttz        30   94  271   26   60  12  2   4   20  20   19  .221  .275  .325   3       4   0   4           60
    Eddie Bockman       27   70  176   23   42   7  1   4   23  17   35  .239  .309  .358   2       7   1   2           79
   *Max West            31   87  146   19   26   4  0   8   21  27   29  .178  .310  .370   1       4   1   0           82
   *Ted Beard           27   25   81   15   16   1  3   0    7  12   18  .198  .316  .284   5       0   2   0           62
    Monty Basgall       26   38   51   12   11   1  0   2    6   3    5  .216  .259  .353   0       1   0   0           63
    Johnny Riddle       42   10   15    1    3   0  0   0    0   1    2  .200  .250  .200   0       1   0   1           22
    Grady Wilson        25   12   10    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    3  .100  .100  .200   0       0   0   0          -21
    Pete Castiglione    27    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   1       0   0   0         -100
    Don Gutteridge      36    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Earl Turner         25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

   #Bob Chesnes         27   39   91   15   25   1  1   1    8   7   11  .275  .327  .341   0       3   0   0           79
    Elmer Riddle        33   29   64    6   12   1  0   1    5   4   16  .188  .235  .250   1       0   0   6           30
    Tiny Bonham         34   22   49    2    8   0  0   0    3   0    7  .163  .163  .163   0       0   0   1          -12
    Kirby Higbe         33   56   48    4   10   1  0   1    3   0   11  .208  .208  .292   0       2   0   0           33
   *Vic Lombardi        25   39   48    1   10   2  0   0    3   2    4  .208  .255  .250   0       1   1   1           36
   *Fritz Ostermueller  40   23   44    1    8   1  0   0    4   1    6  .182  .200  .205   0       1   0   3            9
   *Rip Sewell          41   21   42    5    6   1  0   1    2   6   15  .143  .250  .238   0       0   0   1           32
    Elmer Singleton     30   38   23    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    8  .087  .087  .087   0       0   0   1          -53
    Hal Gregg           26   22   22    3    6   0  0   1    1   0    9  .273  .273  .409   0       0   0   2           81
    Mel Queen           30   25   17    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .059  .059  .059   0       0   0   2          -68
    Woody Main          26   17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Junior Walsh        29    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   #Cal McLish          22    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  156 5286  706 1388 191 54 108  650 580  578  .263  .335  .380  68     100  21  56           98
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    5    5   8  2   2        5    5     2     4     5   2                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Elmer Riddle        33  28   3.49  12  10  1  27   1  12   3  191.0  184   83   74  20   81   63  828   9   3  0     117
SP  Bob Chesnes         27  25   3.57  14   6  0  23   0  15   0  194.3  180   92   77  13   90   69  829   6   4  2     114
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  40  23   4.42   8  11  0  22   0  10   2  134.3  143   73   66  13   41   43  597   4   1  0      92
SP  Tiny Bonham         34  22   4.31   6  10  0  20   0   7   0  135.7  145   71   65  18   23   42  556   0   3  0      94
SP  Rip Sewell          41  21   3.48  13   3  0  17   3   7   0  121.7  126   51   47   9   37   36  522   1   1  0     117

CL  Kirby Higbe         33  56   3.36   8   7 10   8  31   3   0  158.0  140   75   59  11   83   86  681   4   3  1     121
RP  Elmer Singleton     30  38   4.97   4   6  2   5  17   1   0   92.3   90   52   51  11   40   53  404   9   1  0      82
RP *Vic Lombardi        25  38   3.70  10   9  4  17  15   9   0  163.0  156   72   67   9   67   54  689   1   2  1     110
RP  Woody Main          26  17   8.33   1   1  0   0   6   0   0   27.0   35   27   25   4   19   12  130   0   0  1      49
RP  Mel Queen           30  25   6.65   4   4  1   8   6   0   0   66.3   82   51   49   8   40   34  316   1   3  0      61

    Hal Gregg           26  22   4.60   2   4  1   8   9   1   0   74.3   72   40   38   3   34   25  322   0   3  0      89
    Cal McLish          22   2   9.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    5.0    8    5    5   0    2    1   22   1   0  0      45
    Junior Walsh        29   2  10.38   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    4    5    5   1    5    0   22   0   0  0      39
    Nick Strincevich    33   3   8.31   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.3    8    4    4   0    2    1   20   0   0  0      49
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.9 156   4.15  83  71 19 156  91  65   5 1371.0 1373  699  632 120  564  543 5938  36  24  5      98
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   4   5  4           2   8      4    4    4        7    5    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EFitz Geral 96 338 36 15 4 .961 15 CKluttz 91 298 54 8 8 .978 4 JRiddle 10 18 3 0 1 1.000 1 ETurner 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 654 93 23 13 .970 20 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EStevens 117 1021 83 4 94 .996 9.44 MWest 32 198 20 2 14 .991 6.81 JHopp 25 211 18 1 21 .996 9.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1430 121 7 129 .996 10.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .971 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurtaugh 146 375 412 17 95 .979 5.39 MBasgall 22 37 35 0 4 1.000 3.27 EBockman 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 413 447 17 99 .981 5.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 118 119 256 21 21 .947 3.18 EBockman 51 50 100 6 9 .962 2.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 169 356 27 30 .951 3.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SRojek 156 262 475 29 91 .962 4.72 GWilson 7 7 4 2 2 .846 1.57 PCastiglion 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 269 480 31 93 .960 4.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.20 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RKiner 154 382 6 10 1 .975 2.52 154 0 0 WWestlake 125 274 8 7 2 .976 2.26 1 67 57 DWalker 112 168 4 4 0 .977 1.54 1 1 110 JHopp 80 192 3 0 1 1.000 2.44 1 71 8 TBeard 22 66 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 22 0 MWest 16 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 3 0 13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1093 21 21 4 .981 2.44 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BChesnes 25 21 45 3 5 .957 3.06 ERiddle 28 9 37 2 3 .958 2.17 VLombardi 38 3 37 0 0 1.000 2.21 KHigbe 56 5 22 1 0 .964 1.54 TBonham 22 6 9 1 1 .937 0.99 FOstermuell 23 3 21 0 0 1.000 1.61 RSewell 21 10 21 3 1 .912 2.29 ESingleton 38 13 18 0 1 1.000 3.02 HGregg 22 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.06 MQueen 25 6 8 1 0 .933 1.90 WMain 17 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.67 CMcLish 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 NStrincevic 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.19 JWalsh 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 86 239 11 12 .967 2.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Walker .316 On-base % Walker .393 Slugging % Kiner .533 OPS Kiner .924 Games Kiner and Rojek 156 At Bats Rojek 641 Plate Appearances (approx.) Rojek 713 Runs Kiner 104 Hits Rojek 186 Total Bases Kiner 296 Doubles Rojek 27 Triples Hopp 12 Home Runs Kiner 40 RBI Kiner 123 Bases on Balls Kiner 112 Strikeouts Gustine 62 Stolen Bases Rojek 24 Singles Rojek 150 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 146 Runs Created Kiner 115 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 38 Batting Wins Kiner 3.7 Extra-Base Hits Kiner 64 Times on Base Kiner 262 Offensive Win% Kiner .708 Hit By Pitch Westlake 4 Sac. Hits Rojek 8 Grounded into Double Plays Kiner 15 Power/Speed Number Rojek 6.9 At Bats per Strikeout Walker 22.7 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 13.9 Outs Rojek 471

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Higbe 3.36 Wins Chesnes 14 Won-Loss % Sewell .813 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lombardi 1.368 Hits Allowed/9IP Higbe 7.97 Bases on Balls/9IP Lombardi 3.70 Strikeouts/9IP Higbe 4.90 Games Higbe 56 Saves Higbe 10 Innings Chesnes 194.3 Strikeouts Higbe 86 Games Started Riddle 27 Comp. Games Chesnes 15 Shutouts Riddle 3 Home Runs Allow. Riddle 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Chesnes 90 Hits Allowed Riddle 184 SO to Walk Higbe 1.04 Losses Ostermueller 11 Earned Runs Allow. Chesnes 77 Wild Pitches Riddle and Singleton 9 Hit Batsmen Chesnes 4 Batters Faced Chesnes 829 Games Finished Higbe 31 Adjusted ERA+ Higbe 121

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Frankie Gustine
Ralph Kiner
Elmer Riddle

1947/1949

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007). Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Pittsburgh Pirates > 1948 Statistics and Roster
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft   SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.

Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.