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1951 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 93-69
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 938
Runs Allowed: 809
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,377,422
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 2nd in the NL
AA: 77-60, 1st in the NL
A: 92-45, 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
CF *Elmer Valo 30 149 579 129 179 18 4 18 96 39 16 103 14 .309 .411 .447 .858 112.6 20.1 3.7
CF  Roy Sievers 24 157 577 107 177 42 4 20 99 2 0 98 80 .307 .404 .497 .901 114.2 21.3 3.2
1B  Eddie Yost 24 156 508 111 127 28 6 20 86 0 0 157 97 .250 .425 .447 .872 107.8 19.2 6.2
RF  Gus Zernial 28 155 560 115 191 18 3 45 151 0 0 74 101 .341 .418 .625 1.043 129.7 26.7 2.6
C  Stan Lopata 25 141 475 84 113 22 5 31 104 1 0 103 103 .238 .373 .501 .874 90.4 15.2 3.6
C  Charlie Silvera 26 127 433 70 120 16 4 5 45 1 0 70 40 .277 .374 .367 .741 60.8 8.0 1.7
SS  Jack Lohrke 27 139 422 58 115 27 0 6 70 5 1 62 17 .273 .363 .379 .742 58.2 7.7 6.3
SS  Bob Kennedy 30 117 360 53 93 18 1 9 52 0 0 36 14 .258 .323 .389 .712 43.9 4.8 4.1
RF  Andy Pafko 30 111 290 41 78 5 3 11 42 2 1 26 23 .269 .332 .421 .753 41.2 5.4 2.1
2B #Red Schoendienst 28 86 213 20 50 8 1 3 27 1 2 9 2 .235 .263 .324 .587 17.4 0.3 2.7
CF *Stan Spence 36 92 115 24 38 10 0 3 27 1 1 22 7 .330 .432 .496 .927 23.7 4.4 0.6
P #Russ Meyer 27 44 113 5 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 27 .097 .113 .115 .228 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Friend 20 42 119 3 13 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 42 .109 .109 .109 .218 -4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 25 44 93 4 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 26 .075 .122 .108 .230 -1.4 0.0 0.0
C  Sam Calderone 25 36 112 17 31 6 1 1 13 0 0 3 5 .277 .291 .375 .666 11.6 0.9 0.8
3B  Luis Olmo 31 105 105 29 37 10 0 5 25 3 0 4 6 .352 .376 .590 .967 20.1 4.0 1.0
2B  Chico Carrasquel 23 36 89 18 25 6 0 0 10 1 0 14 4 .281 .381 .348 .729 12.2 1.6 1.4
2B  Bobby Avila 27 52 82 16 23 2 0 2 12 0 0 16 10 .280 .400 .378 .778 14.3 2.2 0.4
P  Karl Drews 31 32 81 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 31 .074 .071 .086 .158 -3.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Bob Repass 33 56 75 7 17 3 0 2 13 0 0 8 7 .227 .294 .347 .641 8.9 0.7 0.7
1B *Jack Bolling 34 52 71 16 25 6 0 0 9 0 0 9 3 .352 .425 .437 .862 11.7 2.3 0.2
RF  Bob Elliott 34 13 17 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .353 .368 .353 .721 2.7 0.5 0.0
1B  Lennie Merullo 34 12 10 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 0.8 0.1 0.1
P *Jack Banta 26 78 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jackie Collum 24 70 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Clem Labine 24 25 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Bruner 34 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Hogue 30 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 2186 5513 938 1485 249 32 182 912 56 21 823 667 .269 .362 .425 .788 870.0 145.4 41.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 2 4 5 5 2 2 5 3 1 5 4 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Bob Friend 20 25 10 .714 42 42 0 326.3 349 129 26 103 95 3.56 27.4
 Russ Meyer 27 20 18 .526 44 44 0 325.7 367 185 32 135 181 5.11 14.4
*Kent Peterson 25 20 11 .645 44 44 0 299.3 224 130 20 140 280 3.91 24.3
 Karl Drews 31 11 13 .458 32 32 0 236.3 251 135 30 119 101 5.14 7.0
 Jack Banta 26 3 7 .300 78 0 18 81.7 73 45 5 44 34 4.96 9.5
*Jackie Collum 24 10 1 .909 70 0 6 70.3 88 40 5 32 17 5.12 6.5
 Roy Bruner 34 2 0 1.000 35 0 3 39.3 43 17 3 27 32 3.89 3.1
 Clem Labine 24 0 3 .000 25 0 3 28.0 28 23 6 22 6 7.39 0.0
 Bobby Hogue 30 0 4 .000 24 0 2 23.0 32 27 6 17 7 10.57 0.0
 Harry Feldman 31 2 2 .500 14 0 2 14.7 21 11 4 5 4 6.75 0.1
Team Totals 27.2 93 69 .574 408 162 34 1444.6 1476 742 137 644 757 4.62 92.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 1 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 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 .992 30.0
S.Lopata 1173.3 131 136 656 33 8 1 .989 15.1
S.Calderone 224.0 26 27 104 14 1 0 .992 52.9
C.Silvera 47.3 5 6 22 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
Team Total 1444.7 162 169 782 49 9 1 .989 26.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.01
C.Silvera 886.7 107 112 988 91 5 117 .995 10.95
R.Sievers 218.0 24 26 255 22 2 27 .993 11.44
B.Avila 144.0 14 23 171 10 3 17 .984 11.31
J.Bolling 131.4 20 34 168 6 1 13 .994 11.92
B.Repass 45.7 5 12 54 4 0 10 1.000 11.43
L.Merullo 15.7 1 7 20 0 0 2 1.000 11.49
E.Yost 6.7 0 5 6 2 0 0 1.000 10.81
R.Schoendienst 4.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Olmo 4.0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Lohrke 3.0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1459.0 171 230 1673 136 11 188 .994 11.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.28
J.Lohrke 617.7 73 77 168 289 11 67 .976 6.66
R.Schoendienst 464.0 52 66 104 207 8 47 .975 6.03
C.Carrasquel 227.7 29 30 43 109 2 20 .987 6.01
B.Repass 79.0 8 19 21 32 0 7 1.000 6.04
L.Olmo 37.7 0 19 22 15 1 7 .974 8.84
B.Avila 15.7 0 11 6 5 0 3 1.000 6.32
B.Kennedy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Pafko 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.6 162 224 364 657 22 151 .979 6.36
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
E.Yost 1295.0 147 147 101 287 18 32 .956 2.70
A.Pafko 83.7 9 14 7 25 0 1 1.000 3.44
J.Lohrke 26.0 3 3 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.77
B.Kennedy 18.0 2 3 0 7 0 2 1.000 3.50
L.Merullo 11.0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
L.Olmo 10.0 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Valo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 176 112 330 18 35 .961 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.51
B.Kennedy 836.0 102 109 124 328 13 74 .972 4.87
J.Lohrke 435.3 55 56 77 175 11 42 .958 5.21
L.Olmo 86.7 0 38 16 38 4 13 .931 5.61
B.Repass 31.0 3 6 5 11 0 1 1.000 4.65
C.Carrasquel 19.0 2 3 6 7 3 4 .813 6.16
B.Avila 14.0 0 7 1 7 0 1 1.000 5.14
R.Schoendienst 13.7 0 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.95
E.Yost 6.0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 7.50
S.Spence 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Merullo 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 233 229 578 31 136 .963 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
R.Sievers 1063.7 122 125 266 5 2 1 .993 2.29
E.Valo 197.0 22 26 49 0 4 0 .925 2.24
A.Pafko 97.7 12 13 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
S.Spence 48.0 4 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
G.Zernial 32.7 2 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Kennedy 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Olmo 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.6 162 189 348 6 6 1 .983 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.49
E.Valo 1054.7 118 121 306 5 2 0 .994 2.65
A.Pafko 281.0 36 36 88 1 2 1 .978 2.85
S.Spence 94.0 8 18 33 1 1 0 .971 3.26
R.Sievers 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Olmo 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Elliott 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 183 430 7 5 1 .989 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.98
G.Zernial 1222.7 138 142 265 4 4 0 .985 1.98
A.Pafko 154.3 18 22 33 1 2 0 .944 1.98
S.Spence 33.0 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Elliott 21.0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Sievers 10.7 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Kennedy 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 180 313 5 6 0 .981 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.27
B.Friend 326.3 42 42 22 50 1 4 .986 1.99
R.Meyer 325.7 44 44 21 54 1 6 .987 2.07
K.Peterson 299.3 44 44 20 43 0 2 1.000 1.89
K.Drews 236.3 32 32 12 61 1 8 .986 2.78
J.Banta 81.7 0 78 6 13 0 2 1.000 2.09
J.Collum 70.3 0 70 6 14 1 1 .952 2.56
R.Bruner 39.3 0 35 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.60
C.Labine 28.0 0 25 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.89
B.Hogue 23.0 0 24 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.96
H.Feldman 14.7 0 14 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.68
Team Total 1444.6 162 408 94 255 4 24 .989 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Zernial .341
On-Base Pct Yost .425
Slugging Pct Zernial .625
OPS Zernial 1.043
XR Zernial 129.7
Games Sievers 157
At-Bats Valo 579
Runs Valo 129
Hits Zernial 191
Total Bases Zernial 350
Singles Valo 139
Doubles Sievers 42
Triples Yost 6
Homeruns Zernial 45
RBIs Zernial 151
Stolen Bases Valo 39
Caught Stealing Valo 16
Walks Yost 157
Strikeouts Lopata 103
ERA Friend 3.56
Wins Friend 25
Losses Meyer 18
Winning Pct Friend .714
Saves Banta 18
Games Pitched Banta 78
Games Started Meyer, Peterson 44
Complete Games Friend 13
Shutouts Friend 2
Innings Pitched Friend 326.3
Hits Allowed Meyer 367
Homeruns Allowed Meyer 32
Strikeouts Peterson 280
Walks Allowed Peterson 140
Walks per 9IP Friend 2.8
Hits per 9IP Peterson 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Peterson 8.4
WHiP Peterson 1.22
OAVG Peterson .207
OOBP Peterson .299
OSLG Peterson .323
OOPS Peterson .622
Team All-Stars
Kent Peterson
Roy Sievers
Gus Zernial
Player Salaries
Elmer Valo $ 12,785,000
Kent Peterson $ 4,785,714
Jack Bolling $ 4,500,000
Andy Pafko $ 4,000,000
Russ Meyer $ 3,964,286
Stan Spence $ 3,000,000
Luis Olmo $ 2,500,000
Bob Kennedy $ 1,880,000
Red Schoendienst $ 1,342,857
Karl Drews $ 1,292,857
Roy Bruner $ 1,100,000
Dick Mulligan $ 663,000
Joe Wood $ 400,000
Bob Elliott $ 350,000
Stan Lopata $ 300,000
Jack Banta $ 300,000
Sam Calderone $ 300,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 300,000
Jackie Collum $ 300,000
Harry Feldman $ 300,000
Bob Friend $ 300,000
Bobby Hogue $ 300,000
Bobby Avila $ 300,000
Jack Lohrke $ 300,000
Gus Zernial $ 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
2/10 Signed     Elmer Valo
2/15 Signed     Roy Bruner
2/19 Signed     Bob Repass
4/2 Released Don White    
4/2 Released Steve Nagy    
4/2 Released Jack Brewer    
4/2 Released Les Mueller    
4/2 Released Bill Ramsey    
4/2 Released Ray Shore    
5/1 Released Al Epperly    
5/1 Traded Garvin Hamner New York (N) Jack Bolling
7/31 Released Lennie Merullo    
7/31 Released Bob Repass    
 
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