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1949 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 75-87
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 674
Runs Allowed: 816
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,244,815
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 2nd in the NL
AA: 83-54, 1st in the NL
A: 85-52, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
CF *Stan Musial 28 153 558 90 136 32 6 31 83 0 2 78 49 .244 .336 .489 .825 84.9 15.5 3.9
2B #Red Schoendienst 26 150 569 83 165 33 3 4 57 3 2 42 14 .290 .340 .380 .719 69.2 12.2 5.7
RF  Andy Pafko 28 148 551 79 145 17 4 24 87 2 3 42 43 .263 .313 .439 .753 73.1 11.2 4.5
SS  Bob Kennedy 28 153 502 65 123 24 4 22 73 0 0 54 30 .245 .319 .440 .759 71.0 12.1 6.1
3B  Luis Olmo 29 134 533 79 156 25 6 16 79 2 4 24 11 .293 .321 .452 .774 70.6 12.9 3.1
1B  Eddie Yost 22 102 330 55 79 13 2 14 46 0 0 96 58 .239 .413 .418 .831 64.9 14.0 2.4
CF  Roy Sievers 22 81 262 27 67 12 1 5 38 0 0 34 37 .256 .342 .366 .709 33.9 5.7 1.6
C *Bill Drescher 28 91 267 21 59 2 1 2 16 0 0 19 4 .221 .272 .258 .530 17.1 0.0 4.0
C  Charlie Silvera 24 69 225 28 72 7 0 3 33 0 0 31 12 .320 .399 .391 .790 35.6 7.7 4.0
RF  Bob Elliott 32 84 180 17 34 6 2 4 22 0 0 19 39 .189 .265 .311 .576 14.0 0.0 0.9
C #Ken Silvestri 33 67 168 13 35 5 2 3 16 0 0 23 32 .208 .301 .315 .616 18.6 1.4 2.7
CF *Willard Marshall 28 54 175 23 38 3 0 7 22 0 0 18 5 .217 .290 .354 .644 18.6 1.8 1.0
1B  Stan Benjamin 35 88 175 23 43 10 3 1 17 2 3 13 41 .246 .298 .354 .652 16.9 1.8 1.2
1B  Joe Wood 29 75 171 16 40 5 0 0 10 1 0 6 11 .234 .258 .263 .522 10.4 0.0 2.1
LF *Harry Walker 32 85 151 20 40 10 0 1 17 1 1 13 19 .265 .321 .351 .672 14.7 1.5 0.7
P #Russ Meyer 25 39 96 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 28 .073 .092 .073 .165 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 23 40 84 5 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 5 26 .048 .100 .048 .148 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Drews 29 39 85 4 6 1 0 2 9 0 0 3 22 .071 .112 .153 .265 -0.8 0.0 0.0
RF  Gus Zernial 26 25 85 8 16 1 0 1 5 0 0 12 18 .188 .286 .235 .521 6.5 0.0 0.5
P *Al Gerheauser 32 38 60 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .183 .210 .217 .426 2.5 0.0 0.0
C  Del Wilber 30 24 59 4 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 12 .186 .226 .288 .514 3.7 0.0 0.5
P *Lou Brissie 25 19 50 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .180 .180 .200 .380 0.9 0.0 0.0
2B  Billy Hitchcock 32 19 22 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .318 .423 .409 .832 3.5 0.8 0.2
CF *Johnny Rucker 32 13 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Bobby Avila 25 8 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.4 0.5 0.1
1B *Les Scarsella 35 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 29 75 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Al Epperly 31 18 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Frank Hiller 28 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Hogue 28 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Jack Lohrke 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Mulligan 31 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2039 5398 674 1312 217 34 141 653 11 15 545 534 .243 .312 .374 .686 625.9 99.4 45.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 7 8 6 2 4 7 6 5 7 1 8 8 5 5 7  
* - 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
 Russ Meyer 25 11 25 .306 39 39 0 296.0 314 168 34 121 121 5.11 8.2
 Karl Drews 29 12 19 .387 39 39 0 271.3 321 174 31 125 114 5.77 4.0
*Kent Peterson 23 19 11 .633 40 40 0 264.3 223 114 19 164 167 3.88 22.5
*Al Gerheauser 32 10 11 .476 38 25 7 195.0 192 97 33 94 87 4.48 14.5
*Lou Brissie 25 7 12 .368 19 17 0 144.0 141 74 16 61 64 4.63 7.6
 Dan Bankhead 29 1 2 .333 75 0 2 87.0 72 46 12 66 58 4.76 5.3
*Dick Mulligan 31 4 1 .800 54 0 6 61.3 70 30 3 47 17 4.40 5.2
 Frank Hiller 28 5 3 .625 55 0 3 56.0 61 32 5 31 17 5.14 3.7
 Bobby Hogue 28 4 3 .571 28 0 16 31.0 33 15 4 12 7 4.35 5.8
 Al Epperly 31 1 0 1.000 14 0 1 20.3 19 9 2 15 5 3.98 2.0
 Harry Feldman 29 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 6.3 8 1 0 1 2 1.42 1.4
Team Totals 28.2 75 87 .463 404 160 35 1432.7 1454 760 159 737 659 4.77 80.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 1 5 5 4 7 7 7 4 7  
* - 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 .990 33.8
C.Silvera 575.7 64 67 289 18 2 0 .994 24.0
B.Drescher 560.3 64 66 271 19 2 2 .993 31.3
K.Silvestri 218.0 25 26 113 17 0 2 1.000 57.1
D.Wilber 77.7 9 10 32 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Scarsella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1432.7 162 170 705 55 4 4 .995 34.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.19
E.Yost 642.3 73 75 750 83 9 69 .989 11.67
S.Benjamin 339.0 40 47 424 34 4 35 .991 12.16
R.Sievers 221.0 25 27 282 11 1 24 .997 11.93
K.Silvestri 201.0 23 25 243 24 5 32 .982 11.96
L.Scarsella 10.0 0 5 9 0 1 2 .900 8.10
S.Musial 5.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Schoendienst 4.0 0 2 4 1 0 2 1.000 11.25
A.Epperly 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Silvera 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1423.7 161 186 1718 154 20 164 .989 11.83
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.31
R.Schoendienst 1218.3 144 144 310 525 11 113 .987 6.17
J.Wood 186.0 17 30 39 99 3 21 .979 6.68
B.Hitchcock 15.3 1 5 5 3 0 1 1.000 4.70
L.Olmo 7.0 0 3 2 4 0 2 1.000 7.71
B.Avila 5.0 0 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Lohrke 1.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1432.7 162 185 360 635 14 138 .986 6.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.94
L.Olmo 1078.7 123 125 72 280 15 20 .959 2.94
E.Yost 220.0 24 26 21 49 2 4 .972 2.86
J.Wood 87.0 11 11 6 22 1 1 .966 2.90
D.Wilber 35.3 4 7 4 7 2 0 .846 2.80
K.Silvestri 6.0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50
B.Elliott 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Pafko 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Benjamin 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.0 162 175 104 360 21 25 .957 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.49
B.Kennedy 1238.0 146 149 219 519 11 107 .985 5.37
J.Wood 129.0 12 25 30 57 1 14 .989 6.07
B.Hitchcock 38.7 3 9 10 18 3 2 .903 6.52
L.Olmo 14.0 1 4 1 5 0 3 1.000 3.86
B.Avila 6.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Yost 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Schoendienst 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Benjamin 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1432.7 162 196 261 605 15 126 .983 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
S.Musial 1258.7 142 144 290 16 3 3 .990 2.19
W.Marshall 190.5 23 24 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.94
H.Walker 131.0 16 16 19 1 1 1 .952 1.37
L.Olmo 36.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
A.Pafko 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Benjamin 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1623.2 185 192 358 18 4 4 .989 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.60
A.Pafko 1253.7 144 145 343 14 9 1 .975 2.56
H.Walker 132.0 15 16 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.66
S.Benjamin 29.0 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
J.Rucker 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Sievers 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
S.Musial 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1432.7 162 171 395 15 9 1 .979 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
R.Sievers 405.3 46 49 88 2 4 0 .957 2.00
B.Elliott 357.3 42 45 74 4 4 3 .951 1.96
G.Zernial 209.0 24 25 42 1 0 0 1.000 1.85
W.Marshall 193.5 23 23 45 2 2 1 .959 2.19
J.Rucker 13.0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
S.Benjamin 13.0 1 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 4.15
A.Pafko 8.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Kennedy 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Wood 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1203.2 137 157 258 10 10 4 .964 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.33
R.Meyer 296.0 39 39 19 47 3 2 .957 2.01
K.Drews 271.3 39 39 25 64 1 6 .989 2.95
K.Peterson 264.3 40 40 14 52 1 4 .985 2.25
A.Gerheauser 195.0 25 38 13 30 1 0 .977 1.98
L.Brissie 144.0 17 19 8 29 2 1 .949 2.31
D.Bankhead 87.0 0 75 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.66
D.Mulligan 61.3 0 54 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.61
F.Hiller 56.0 0 55 5 16 0 1 1.000 3.38
B.Hogue 31.0 0 28 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.74
A.Epperly 20.3 0 14 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.43
H.Feldman 6.3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84
Team Total 1432.7 160 404 95 272 8 19 .979 2.31
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Olmo .293
On-Base Pct Yost .357
Slugging Pct Musial .489
OPS Musial .825
XR Musial 84.9
Games Kennedy, Musial 153
At-Bats Schoendienst 569
Runs Musial 90
Hits Schoendienst 165
Total Bases Musial 273
Singles Schoendienst 125
Doubles Schoendienst 33
Triples Musial, Olmo 6
Homeruns Musial 31
RBIs Pafko 87
Stolen Bases Schoendienst 3
Caught Stealing Olmo 4
Walks Yost 96
Strikeouts Yost 58
ERA Peterson 3.88
Wins Peterson 19
Losses Meyer 25
Winning Pct Peterson .633
Saves Hogue 16
Games Pitched Bankhead 75
Games Started Peterson 40
Complete Games Meyer 12
Shutouts Drews, Gerheauser 1
Innings Pitched Meyer 296.0
Hits Allowed Drews 321
Homeruns Allowed Meyer 34
Strikeouts Peterson 167
Walks Allowed Peterson 164
Walks per 9IP Meyer 3.7
Hits per 9IP Peterson 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 5.7
WHiP Peterson 1.46
OAVG Peterson .232
OOBP Gerheauser .336
OSLG Peterson .348
OOPS Peterson .691
Team All-Stars
Stan Musial
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 8,000,000
Russ Meyer $ 3,964,286
Kent Peterson $ 3,478,571
Andy Pafko $ 2,564,286
Dick Mulligan $ 2,530,000
Al Epperly $ 1,780,000
Bob Kennedy $ 1,528,571
Luis Olmo $ 1,292,857
Ken Silvestri $ 1,250,000
Frankie Hayes $ 400,000
Al Gerheauser $ 378,571
Joe Wood $ 350,000
Dan Bankhead $ 300,000
Stan Benjamin $ 300,000
Bill Drescher $ 300,000
Karl Drews $ 300,000
Bob Elliott $ 300,000
Harry Feldman $ 300,000
Frank Hiller $ 300,000
Jack Lohrke $ 300,000
Bobby Hogue $ 300,000
Charlie Silvera $ 300,000
Bobby Avila $ 300,000
Eddie Yost $ 300,000
Gus Zernial $ 300,000
Harry Walker $ 300,000
Johnny Rucker $ 300,000
Les Scarsella $ 300,000
Red Schoendienst $ 300,000
Roy Sievers $ 300,000
Billy Hitchcock $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Billy Goodman St. Louis Jack Lohrke
7/1 Traded Del Wilber
Willard Marshall
Lou Brissie		 New York (N) Frankie Hayes
Mickey Rocco
8/11 Released Frank Mccormick    
10/13 Released Ox Miller    
10/13 Released Walt Lanfranconi    
10/13 Released Cookie Cuccurullo    
10/13 Released Walter Brown    
10/13 Released Mickey Rocco    
10/13 Released Ray Mack    
10/13 Released Ty Laforest    
10/13 Released Tommy Nelson    
 
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