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1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 72-90
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 766
Runs Allowed: 780
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,125,617
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the NL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the NL
A: 96-41, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Eddie Yost 23 152 540 109 143 27 4 39 94 0 0 124 101 .265 .401 .546 .947 119.3 19.5 2.6
CF  Roy Sievers 23 154 531 91 161 27 3 22 80 0 0 105 62 .303 .418 .490 .907 102.8 16.8 2.7
3B  Luis Olmo 30 152 607 76 172 29 1 11 67 1 2 26 16 .283 .313 .389 .702 64.0 6.1 6.1
RF  Gus Zernial 27 154 558 77 139 14 3 43 120 0 0 54 110 .249 .315 .516 .832 90.3 11.7 3.0
SS  Bob Kennedy 29 151 547 65 143 35 3 9 54 1 0 45 31 .261 .318 .386 .703 62.7 6.3 6.6
CF *Stan Musial 29 94 352 58 89 27 6 19 75 1 0 33 47 .253 .314 .526 .839 56.2 7.2 2.2
RF  Andy Pafko 29 118 336 42 82 11 5 11 51 0 1 35 22 .244 .312 .405 .717 42.9 3.7 2.8
C  Charlie Silvera 25 116 302 37 75 8 1 3 29 0 0 53 30 .248 .361 .311 .673 37.8 3.9 5.1
3B *Ralph Hodgin 34 94 296 36 100 21 1 6 46 0 0 17 25 .338 .373 .476 .850 46.9 7.4 1.5
SS  Jack Lohrke 26 74 235 33 55 13 1 4 21 2 0 27 20 .234 .313 .349 .662 24.1 1.9 1.4
C  Stan Lopata 24 81 227 35 46 7 3 9 40 2 0 31 57 .203 .301 .379 .680 26.3 2.1 3.7
2B #Red Schoendienst 27 106 200 27 63 15 0 5 22 1 0 10 5 .315 .346 .465 .811 28.2 3.9 1.7
RF *Frank Colman 32 46 117 16 27 4 0 4 12 0 0 20 15 .231 .341 .368 .708 13.8 1.0 0.6
C  Sam Calderone 24 38 130 11 34 3 1 1 12 1 0 5 11 .262 .289 .323 .612 11.3 0.6 1.9
P #Russ Meyer 26 36 97 5 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 30 .093 .093 .124 .216 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 24 43 91 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 29 .077 .106 .088 .194 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Al Javery 32 29 69 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 .101 .100 .101 .201 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Al Gerheauser 33 20 51 6 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .196 .212 .196 .408 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Drews 30 41 38 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .105 .103 .105 .208 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Stan Benjamin 36 58 40 17 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 12 .150 .244 .175 .419 0.8 0.0 0.3
2B  Bobby Avila 26 42 37 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 .189 .302 .216 .519 2.3 0.0 0.4
1B  Joe Wood 30 41 39 6 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .282 .275 .308 .583 3.5 0.3 0.2
P  Clem Labine 23 33 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .074 .107 .074 .181 -0.8 0.0 0.0
C *Bill Drescher 29 18 22 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .273 .385 .273 .657 2.9 0.3 0.2
RF  Bob Elliott 33 21 15 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .267 .313 .467 .779 2.3 0.2 0.0
1B  Lennie Merullo 33 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.1 0.0
P *Dick Mulligan 32 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 30 54 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Hogue 29 88 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Banta 25 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Hiller 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2124 5520 766 1404 246 33 187 749 9 6 606 693 .254 .328 .413 .740 731.8 93.2 43.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 6 4 5 3 5 7 2 6 6 6 5 4 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Kent Peterson 24 12 15 .444 43 43 0 289.3 225 133 23 192 214 4.14 17.2
 Russ Meyer 26 19 12 .613 36 36 0 273.3 265 111 23 117 118 3.65 21.1
 Al Javery 32 12 15 .444 29 29 0 223.0 249 107 29 94 88 4.32 11.5
 Karl Drews 30 8 15 .348 41 18 6 148.3 174 104 29 64 62 6.31 1.4
*Al Gerheauser 33 8 7 .533 20 20 0 147.7 132 76 16 76 78 4.63 7.7
 Clem Labine 23 5 7 .417 33 16 8 112.3 130 64 11 55 43 5.13 4.9
 Bobby Hogue 29 6 6 .500 88 0 7 106.7 97 41 10 62 28 3.46 11.4
 Dan Bankhead 30 0 5 .000 54 0 1 72.7 73 49 13 66 40 6.07 0.0
*Dick Mulligan 32 1 5 .167 37 0 0 43.3 54 25 2 30 13 5.19 1.2
 Frank Hiller 29 0 2 .000 13 0 0 19.0 26 8 1 2 9 3.79 1.3
 Jack Banta 25 1 1 .500 15 0 1 16.0 10 6 2 5 6 3.38 2.0
Team Totals 28.5 72 90 .444 409 162 23 1451.6 1435 724 159 763 699 4.49 79.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 33.4
C.Silvera 592.7 62 83 318 25 1 3 .997 37.0
S.Lopata 538.0 62 66 274 16 1 0 .997 40.9
S.Calderone 288.3 35 36 141 8 0 0 1.000 30.0
B.Drescher 32.7 3 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1451.7 162 190 745 50 2 3 .997 37.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.04
E.Yost 1271.3 146 149 1535 128 12 142 .993 11.77
F.Colman 74.0 9 12 93 8 2 15 .981 12.28
C.Silvera 65.0 7 11 94 5 0 8 1.000 13.71
S.Benjamin 21.3 0 16 24 3 0 2 1.000 11.39
S.Musial 14.1 1 3 16 1 0 1 1.000 10.85
R.Schoendienst 7.7 0 5 6 2 1 0 .889 9.40
G.Zernial 4.7 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 11.59
R.Sievers 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
L.Merullo 2.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.15
Team Total 1463.7 163 199 1779 149 15 168 .992 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.13
L.Olmo 1277.3 144 144 278 563 13 116 .985 5.93
R.Schoendienst 143.7 16 21 32 62 0 12 1.000 5.89
B.Avila 27.7 2 6 10 15 0 6 1.000 8.13
J.Lohrke 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 173 321 641 13 135 .987 5.96
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
R.Hodgin 641.0 80 86 47 161 13 14 .941 2.92
J.Lohrke 611.0 74 74 42 147 9 13 .955 2.78
J.Wood 107.0 9 27 6 26 2 2 .941 2.69
R.Schoendienst 36.0 4 6 6 13 1 0 .950 4.75
S.Benjamin 20.0 0 14 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.15
B.Elliott 10.0 0 6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
L.Olmo 6.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
E.Yost 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Kennedy 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Pafko 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Merullo 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.7 167 220 104 356 26 29 .947 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
B.Kennedy 1284.3 146 148 238 568 13 115 .984 5.65
R.Schoendienst 144.7 15 21 28 62 1 12 .989 5.60
B.Avila 15.3 1 6 6 7 0 1 1.000 7.63
J.Wood 3.3 0 3 1 2 1 1 .750 8.11
E.Yost 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Olmo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.7 162 180 274 639 15 129 .984 5.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
R.Sievers 1257.7 145 148 254 7 3 1 .989 1.87
A.Pafko 78.0 9 9 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
F.Colman 56.7 6 9 12 1 0 1 1.000 2.06
S.Benjamin 26.0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
S.Musial 18.3 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
R.Schoendienst 11.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
L.Merullo 7.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Zernial 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Hodgin 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Olmo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1463.0 163 183 300 8 3 2 .990 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.51
S.Musial 736.2 78 80 192 4 1 1 .995 2.40
A.Pafko 582.7 65 68 201 7 2 3 .990 3.21
F.Colman 57.0 7 7 12 1 1 0 .929 2.05
S.Benjamin 39.0 4 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.31
R.Sievers 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1415.9 154 162 415 12 5 4 .988 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.07
G.Zernial 1241.0 143 147 277 6 3 1 .990 2.05
A.Pafko 87.7 8 16 14 0 1 0 .933 1.44
F.Colman 87.7 9 13 17 1 1 0 .947 1.85
S.Benjamin 19.7 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.66
S.Musial 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
R.Sievers 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Elliott 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Avila 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Hodgin 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1451.9 162 190 321 7 5 1 .985 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.37
K.Peterson 289.3 43 43 13 40 0 4 1.000 1.65
R.Meyer 273.3 36 36 12 50 0 1 1.000 2.04
A.Javery 223.0 29 29 12 54 3 6 .957 2.66
K.Drews 148.3 18 41 9 34 1 3 .977 2.61
A.Gerheauser 147.7 20 20 14 23 1 2 .974 2.26
C.Labine 112.3 16 33 13 23 1 1 .973 2.88
B.Hogue 106.7 0 88 8 22 1 2 .968 2.53
D.Bankhead 72.7 0 54 2 15 1 1 .944 2.11
D.Mulligan 43.3 0 37 3 9 1 0 .923 2.49
F.Hiller 19.0 0 13 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.89
J.Banta 16.0 0 15 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1451.6 162 409 88 274 9 20 .976 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sievers .303
On-Base Pct Sievers .418
Slugging Pct Yost .546
OPS Yost .947
XR Yost 119.3
Games Zernial, Sievers 154
At-Bats Olmo 607
Runs Yost 109
Hits Olmo 172
Total Bases Yost 295
Singles Olmo 131
Doubles Kennedy 35
Triples Musial 6
Homeruns Zernial 43
RBIs Zernial 120
Stolen Bases Lohrke, Lopata 2
Caught Stealing Benjamin 3
Walks Yost 124
Strikeouts Zernial 110
ERA Meyer 3.65
Wins Meyer 19
Losses Drews, Javery, Peterson 15
Winning Pct Meyer .613
Saves Labine 8
Games Pitched Hogue 88
Games Started Peterson 43
Complete Games Javery 11
Shutouts Gerheauser, Javery 1
Innings Pitched Peterson 289.3
Hits Allowed Meyer 265
Homeruns Allowed Drews, Javery 29
Strikeouts Peterson 214
Walks Allowed Peterson 192
Walks per 9IP Javery 3.8
Hits per 9IP Peterson 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 6.7
WHiP Meyer 1.40
OAVG Peterson .215
OOBP Meyer .328
OSLG Peterson .335
OOPS Peterson .672
Team All-Stars
Karl Drews
Ralph Hodgin
Russ Meyer
Stan Musial
Roy Sievers
Player Salaries
Kent Peterson $ 4,457,143
Russ Meyer $ 3,964,286
Stan Spence $ 3,000,000
Andy Pafko $ 2,564,286
Luis Olmo $ 2,500,000
Al Epperly $ 1,780,000
Bob Kennedy $ 1,528,571
Red Schoendienst $ 1,342,857
Karl Drews $ 1,292,857
Lee Handley $ 1,060,000
Dick Mulligan $ 663,000
Al Gerheauser $ 550,000
Joe Wood $ 400,000
Bob Elliott $ 350,000
Frank Colman $ 300,000
Sam Calderone $ 300,000
Stan Lopata $ 300,000
Jack Banta $ 300,000
Frank Hiller $ 300,000
Bobby Hogue $ 300,000
Bobby Avila $ 300,000
Jack Lohrke $ 300,000
Gus Zernial $ 300,000
Lennie Merullo $ 300,000
Roy Sievers $ 300,000
Charlie Silvera $ 300,000
Eddie Yost $ 300,000
Clem Labine $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Ralph Hodgin
2/6 Signed     Al Javery
2/12 Signed     Lennie Merullo
4/2 Released Frankie Hayes    
4/2 Released Johnny Rucker    
4/2 Released Ken Silvestri    
7/31 Traded Stan Musial
$6,000,000		 Seattle Preston Ward
Jim Delsing
Stan Spence
7/31 Traded Ralph Hodgin
Dan Bankhead		 Cincinnati Sandy Ullrich
7/31 Traded Al Javery Minnesota Lee Handley
Jack Banta
10/13 Released Bill Drescher    
10/13 Released Stan Benjamin    
 
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