1948 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 70-92
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 691
Runs Allowed: 829
Exp W-L: 68-94
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,211,890
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 88-49, 1st in the NL
AA: 88-49, 1st in the NL
A: 83-54, 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
3B  Luis Olmo 28 158 618 73 175 26 3 12 63 2 5 39 30 .283 .325 .393 .718 72.6 10.0 5.1
SS  Bob Kennedy 27 156 566 71 152 24 5 22 74 0 0 42 39 .269 .317 .445 .762 75.3 11.2 4.3
RF  Andy Pafko 27 148 546 95 154 21 3 18 69 5 2 56 42 .282 .351 .430 .781 77.8 13.3 3.7
CF *Stan Musial 27 126 453 80 125 28 5 28 71 0 0 53 47 .276 .352 .545 .898 83.2 17.6 2.9
C #Ken Silvestri 32 143 390 62 91 26 1 8 56 0 0 99 73 .233 .389 .367 .756 61.2 10.1 4.2
C *Bill Drescher 27 124 453 38 130 10 1 4 56 0 0 28 13 .287 .328 .340 .668 47.3 5.1 7.4
LF *Harry Walker 31 129 429 53 118 17 4 8 38 5 5 36 45 .275 .331 .389 .720 53.1 8.0 2.2
2B #Red Schoendienst 25 128 398 49 115 20 1 5 59 0 2 19 6 .289 .319 .382 .701 43.4 5.2 2.4
1B  Stan Benjamin 34 98 312 32 71 18 4 0 21 6 4 20 68 .228 .274 .311 .585 24.5 0.6 1.7
1B  Joe Wood 28 113 297 19 78 11 0 0 28 2 3 9 29 .263 .283 .300 .583 21.1 0.0 2.0
1B  Frank McCormick 37 99 256 20 66 8 1 3 30 0 0 16 34 .258 .300 .332 .632 23.3 1.4 1.7
2B *Bama Rowell 32 117 191 28 53 17 1 2 24 4 0 14 9 .277 .330 .408 .738 23.1 3.5 0.5
CF *Johnny Rucker 31 76 162 24 44 5 1 2 24 5 0 1 22 .272 .273 .352 .625 14.9 1.0 0.9
P *Lou Brissie 24 33 94 8 25 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 7 .266 .263 .277 .540 6.9 0.0 0.0
C  Walker Cooper 33 24 98 13 26 4 3 6 12 0 0 5 4 .265 .298 .551 .849 15.6 2.6 1.4
P *Al Gerheauser 31 32 86 8 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 23 .174 .193 .198 .391 2.3 0.0 0.0
P #Russ Meyer 24 33 78 3 11 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 32 .141 .173 .179 .352 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Drews 28 27 69 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 .029 .043 .029 .072 -4.5 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 22 32 61 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .066 .081 .066 .146 -2.5 0.0 0.0
C  Del Wilber 29 47 43 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .163 .178 .233 .410 1.6 0.0 0.1
2B  Don Gutteridge 36 33 25 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .280 .333 .320 .653 2.0 0.0 0.2
1B *Les Scarsella 34 19 18 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .222 .263 .222 .485 0.3 0.0 0.1
P *Dick Mulligan 30 69 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Carrasquel 35 51 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 28 68 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Hiller 27 38 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2121 5682 691 1481 242 33 119 661 29 21 447 589 .261 .314 .378 .692 644.8 89.8 40.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 2 8 5 6 7 6 8 5 5 8 1 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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 24 11 14 .440 33 33 0 251.0 230 106 19 102 102 3.80 19.2
*Lou Brissie 24 12 15 .444 33 33 0 249.7 253 130 21 123 107 4.69 15.2
*Al Gerheauser 31 11 16 .407 32 32 0 236.0 255 131 29 101 91 5.00 10.2
*Kent Peterson 22 9 10 .474 32 32 0 203.3 180 93 12 129 101 4.12 13.5
 Karl Drews 28 11 9 .550 27 27 0 200.0 219 95 22 75 84 4.28 10.9
*Dick Mulligan 30 4 6 .400 69 0 3 102.3 124 63 8 63 27 5.54 3.3
 Dan Bankhead 28 4 5 .444 68 0 3 84.0 75 50 7 82 38 5.36 2.9
 Alex Carrasquel 35 6 11 .353 51 3 12 73.0 101 59 5 55 15 7.27 0.0
 Frank Hiller 27 2 6 .250 38 2 1 59.3 54 27 7 24 22 4.10 4.4
Team Totals 27.7 70 92 .432 383 162 19 1458.7 1491 754 130 754 587 4.65 79.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 7 8 3 5 5 6 7 7 6  
* - 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 30.9
B.Drescher 1040.3 120 120 422 46 4 1 .992 31.4
W.Cooper 213.9 21 22 90 8 2 1 .980 45.5
K.Silvestri 190.3 20 27 98 9 2 2 .982 44.4
D.Wilber 14.3 0 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Scarsella 4.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1463.2 161 181 617 63 8 4 .988 35.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.13
K.Silvestri 769.0 85 95 1036 67 9 87 .992 12.91
F.McCormick 598.3 72 78 738 49 5 62 .994 11.84
R.Schoendienst 33.7 3 10 37 4 0 4 1.000 10.96
L.Scarsella 32.0 2 10 37 5 0 6 1.000 11.81
S.Benjamin 15.3 0 10 18 0 0 2 1.000 10.57
D.Gutteridge 8.3 0 5 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.72
S.Musial 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 209 1877 125 14 163 .993 12.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.10
R.Schoendienst 773.7 91 94 184 340 12 62 .978 6.10
J.Wood 564.3 67 71 137 238 13 49 .966 5.98
B.Rowell 106.0 4 31 28 45 4 14 .948 6.20
D.Gutteridge 10.7 0 6 2 5 0 1 1.000 5.91
S.Benjamin 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Olmo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 205 352 629 29 126 .971 6.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 3.04
L.Olmo 1271.3 144 149 101 342 10 22 .978 3.14
J.Wood 80.7 8 14 6 20 0 0 1.000 2.90
K.Silvestri 72.3 9 10 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.24
D.Gutteridge 18.7 1 8 0 5 1 0 .833 2.41
S.Benjamin 8.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Pafko 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Wilber 3.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1458.6 162 191 114 383 11 22 .978 3.07
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.50
B.Kennedy 1255.0 145 149 189 559 21 97 .973 5.36
J.Wood 104.0 11 22 21 46 1 8 .985 5.80
R.Schoendienst 59.0 5 15 9 31 0 7 1.000 6.10
D.Gutteridge 31.0 1 9 6 13 0 3 1.000 5.52
H.Walker 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
B.Drescher 3.3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 5.41
L.Olmo 2.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1458.7 162 199 227 652 22 117 .976 5.42
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.03
H.Walker 676.3 82 93 151 7 8 4 .952 2.10
S.Benjamin 500.0 63 64 115 2 5 0 .959 2.11
B.Rowell 185.3 10 60 34 1 5 1 .875 1.70
R.Schoendienst 40.3 5 7 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.79
L.Olmo 21.3 2 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
S.Musial 18.3 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.93
J.Rucker 7.7 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
A.Pafko 7.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
B.Kennedy 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.6 162 250 320 11 18 6 .948 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
A.Pafko 1096.3 124 124 301 8 6 3 .981 2.54
H.Walker 169.7 17 27 51 4 3 1 .948 2.92
S.Benjamin 127.0 16 16 41 1 0 0 1.000 2.98
J.Rucker 56.7 5 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
L.Olmo 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Musial 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.McCormick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 183 410 13 9 4 .979 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
S.Musial 1013.0 114 115 237 12 2 2 .992 2.21
J.Rucker 266.0 30 32 67 0 1 0 .985 2.27
A.Pafko 139.7 15 16 31 0 4 0 .886 2.00
B.Kennedy 20.0 2 2 4 1 1 0 .833 2.25
S.Benjamin 17.0 1 5 2 1 1 1 .750 1.59
F.McCormick 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 171 341 14 9 3 .975 2.19
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.29
R.Meyer 251.0 33 33 13 44 3 6 .950 2.04
L.Brissie 249.7 33 33 18 45 2 3 .969 2.27
A.Gerheauser 236.0 32 32 14 52 0 1 1.000 2.52
K.Peterson 203.3 32 32 14 44 1 5 .983 2.57
K.Drews 200.0 27 27 7 40 0 2 1.000 2.12
D.Mulligan 102.3 0 69 3 15 1 0 .947 1.58
D.Bankhead 84.0 0 68 5 18 0 3 1.000 2.46
A.Carrasquel 73.0 3 51 2 21 0 4 1.000 2.84
F.Hiller 59.3 2 38 6 11 0 3 1.000 2.58
Team Total 1458.7 162 383 82 290 7 27 .982 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Olmo .283
On-Base Pct Silvestri .382
Slugging Pct Musial .545
OPS Musial .898
XR Musial 83.2
Games Olmo 158
At-Bats Olmo 618
Runs Pafko 95
Hits Olmo 175
Total Bases Kennedy 252
Singles Olmo 134
Doubles Musial 28
Triples Kennedy, Musial 5
Homeruns Musial 28
RBIs Kennedy 74
Stolen Bases Benjamin 6
Caught Stealing Olmo, Walker 5
Walks Silvestri 99
Strikeouts Silvestri 73
ERA Meyer 3.80
Wins Brissie 12
Losses Gerheauser 16
Winning Pct Drews .550
Saves Carrasquel 12
Games Pitched Mulligan 69
Games Started Brissie, Meyer 33
Complete Games Meyer 13
Shutouts Brissie 2
Innings Pitched Meyer 251.0
Hits Allowed Gerheauser 255
Homeruns Allowed Gerheauser 29
Strikeouts Brissie 107
Walks Allowed Peterson 129
Walks per 9IP Drews 3.4
Hits per 9IP Peterson 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 4.5
WHiP Meyer 1.32
OAVG Meyer .241
OOBP Meyer .313
OSLG Peterson .347
OOPS Meyer .674
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 8,000,000
Willard Marshall $ 3,664,286
Bama Rowell $ 3,090,000
Andy Pafko $ 2,564,286
Dick Mulligan $ 2,530,000
Al Epperly $ 1,780,000
Tiny Bonham $ 1,780,000
Claude Passeau $ 1,500,000
Rip Russell $ 1,500,000
Bob Kennedy $ 1,450,000
Alex Carrasquel $ 1,310,000
Luis Olmo $ 1,292,857
Ken Silvestri $ 1,250,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 500,000
Frank Secory $ 350,000
Joe Wood $ 350,000
Lou Brissie $ 300,000
Don Gutteridge $ 300,000
Karl Drews $ 300,000
Stan Benjamin $ 300,000
Al Gerheauser $ 300,000
Bill Drescher $ 300,000
Frank Hiller $ 300,000
Ben Huffman $ 300,000
Dan Bankhead $ 300,000
Russ Meyer $ 300,000
Kent Peterson $ 300,000
Johnny Rucker $ 300,000
Les Scarsella $ 300,000
Red Schoendienst $ 300,000
Harry Walker $ 300,000
Del Wilber $ 300,000
Frank McCormick $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Traded Cecil Travis St. Louis Bill Lillard
3/3 Traded Johnny Sain
Frank Papish
Mickey Owen
Detroit Ken Silvestri
Jake Mooty
Nino Bongiovanni
Frank Secory
3/3 Traded Luke Easter
Mike Garbark
Brooklyn Steve Nagy
3/3 Traded Murry Dickson San Diego Don White
3/3 Released Joe Medwick    
3/3 Traded Jake Mooty
Johnny Hutchings
$2,760,000
New York (N) Walt Lanfranconi
5/1 Traded Walker Cooper Tampa Bay Claude Passeau
5/1 Traded Hal White Montreal Tiny Bonham
Al Epperly