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1948 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1947)  (1949) 75-79, 3rd in National League Scored 673 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 83-71 Manager(s): Mike Tomeo

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Sid Gordon           30  150  568  106  171  22   8  36  106   3   0   82   49  .301  .389  .558  118   7.5  4e26       20  
 OF  Ralph Kiner          25  154  559   82  133  18  11  29  103   0   1  112   69  .238  .365  .465   99   5.9  4(+1)e10  -95  
 OF #Dave Philley         28  132  482   55  147  33   2   8   46   4   6   37   35  .305  .352  .432   68   5.0  2(-3)e11   43  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        24  136  481   63  114  19   4  11   71  11   3   83   74  .237  .351  .362   66   4.7  3e11      -56  
 SS  Frankie Gustine      28  116  391   39  116  23   4   9   45   4   3   28   39  .297  .341  .445   59   5.4  4e48       75  
 UT  Erv Dusak            27   99  265   54   68   9   1  13   30   3   5   51   36  .257  .375  .445   48   6.2            195  
 OF *Johnny Hopp          31   94  280   38   82  12  14   0   21   4   1   27   19  .293  .354  .436   44   5.8  4(+2)e5    59  
 2B #Red Schoendienst     25  108  407   53  106  19   2   5   36   2   0   22   17  .260  .296  .354   41   3.5  1e17      -41  
 OF *Dixie Walker         37   88  307   39   83  16   4   2   23   3   2   33   19  .270  .340  .368   38   4.3  4(+2)e7   -77  
 C   Ed Fitzgerald        24   84  277   29   77  15   4   0   34   0   0   35   44  .278  .361  .361   36   4.7  4(+1)e16   37  
 SS  Eddie Miller         31   94  340   25   76  20   1   9   43   0   1    9   24  .224  .244  .368   24   2.4  2e28      -52  
 C   Matt Batts           26   63  133   12   43  21   0   0   14   0   0    9    5  .323  .366  .481   23   7.0  4(+1)e2    16  
 3B  Eddie Bockman        27   52  118   11   28   8   2   2   10   0   1   11   15  .237  .308  .390   12   3.5  2e20       30  
 C   Clyde McCullough     31   57  189   17   33   5   4   0   17   0   0   22   39  .175  .258  .243   11   1.8  3(+1)e8   -44  
 1B *Ed Stevens           23   62   75    5   20   5   0   1    9   0   0    6    9  .267  .345  .373    9   4.4  3e6         9  
 PH  Bobby Rhawn          29   22   20    4    4   0   0   2    7   1   1    6    1  .200  .385  .500    4   6.6             68  
 2B  Danny Murtaugh       30   14   56    7    9   0   0   0    3   0   0    6    5  .161  .234  .161    2   1.5  2e19     -326  
 OF *Wally Moses          37    9   19    3    3   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .158  .200  .263    1   1.8  3(0)e7   -242  
 1B *Max West             31    4    8    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    0  .125  .364  .250    0   2.6  4e15      -67  
 SS  Billy Cox            28   11    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125  .222  .125    0    .5  2e38     -364  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           711                   -5

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bob Chesnes          27  14   8  .636  30  30   2   0   0   0   0  200.2  185   92   83  12   86   89  3.72   90   4.0  -53  
  P *Joe Hatten           31   9  13  .409  31  31   3   0   0   0   0  189.0  217  106   88  12   74   83  4.19  110   5.1   14  
  P  Elmer Riddle         33   8   5  .615  25  17   3   6   1   1   0  129.2  105   44   43   7   56   49  2.98   47   3.2 -108  
  P  Rip Sewell           41   8   7  .533  46   4   0  19   3   2   0  104.1  113   44   39   7   27   36  3.36   50   4.3  -62  
  P *Vic Lombardi         25   8   7  .533  27  16   1   6   2   2   0  114.1  111   68   57   8   68   39  4.49   63   4.9  -30  
  P *Sam Zoldak           29   5   1  .833  11   8   0   3   1   0   0   60.1   62   17   15   3    9   14  2.24   23   3.4  -60  
  P  Tom Ferrick          33   5   3  .625  41   0   0  28   5   8   0   67.0   69   31   25   3   25   28  3.36   31   4.1  -16  
  P  Hank Behrman         27   5   7  .417  61   2   0  27   8   2   0   84.2  111   60   54   9   36   43  5.74   65   6.9   86  
  P  Tiny Bonham          34   4   5  .444  47  10   0  28   7   2   0  125.1  139   53   42  10   19   46  3.02   57   4.0  -95  
  P *Fritz Ostermueller   40   4   9  .308  23  21   2   2   2   0   0  143.2  147   72   65  10   43   50  4.07   67   4.2  -45  
  P  Jim Blackburn        24   2   3  .400  18   0   0   6   0   4   0   35.2   40   21   20   1   28   10  5.05   21   5.3 -251  
  P *Bill Kennedy         27   2   5  .286  39   7   0  15   5   0   0   92.2  103   65   56   8   64   54  5.44   65   6.4  -34  
  P *Preacher Roe         32   1   6  .143  10   8   2   1   0   0   0   53.0   68   38   32   6   19   25  5.43   37   6.4  174  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      732        -35

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ed Fitzgerald 687 77 81 338 27 17 3 .955 20 10 Clyde McCullough 472 53 55 236 17 7 2 .973 10 4 Matt Batts 242 24 36 128 14 2 1 .986 6 10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Torgeson 1195 133 134 1320 171 7 128 .995 11.23 Johnny Hopp 107 13 13 119 12 0 13 1.000 11.02 Ed Stevens 90 7 17 96 13 0 16 1.000 10.86 Max West 8 1 1 13 1 0 1 1.000 15.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Schoendienst 851 92 103 277 312 11 61 .982 6.23 Erv Dusak 353 40 41 106 119 6 35 .974 5.73 Danny Murtaugh 122 14 14 48 61 3 15 .973 8.04 Eddie Bockman 72 8 11 23 23 0 11 1.000 5.75 Frankie Gustine 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 934 107 110 89 260 11 17 .969 3.36 Frankie Gustine 291 31 39 24 90 3 7 .974 3.53 Eddie Bockman 167 15 23 14 41 1 1 .982 2.96 Bobby Rhawn 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Miller 768 85 91 151 317 13 57 .973 5.49 Frankie Gustine 609 69 74 146 243 17 58 .958 5.75 Billy Cox 14 0 7 2 6 0 2 1.000 5.02 Erv Dusak 6 0 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 Bobby Rhawn 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ralph Kiner 1375 154 154 281 15 5 3 .983 1.94 Erv Dusak 11 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Sid Gordon 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Wally Moses 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Dave Philley 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Hopp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Philley 1088 121 123 315 4 3 2 .991 2.64 Erv Dusak 236 25 36 66 4 1 0 .986 2.67 Johnny Hopp 47 5 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 Dixie Walker 29 3 5 8 1 1 0 .900 2.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dixie Walker 606 67 70 105 2 4 0 .964 1.59 Johnny Hopp 369 44 47 77 3 2 0 .976 1.95 Sid Gordon 353 39 40 61 4 1 0 .985 1.66 Wally Moses 33 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 Erv Dusak 30 0 14 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Max West 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1948 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Clyde McCullough
Round 2 (#18):	Erv Dusak
Round 3 (#31):	Tom Ferrick
Round 4 (#44):	Wally Moses
Round 5 (#54):	Hank Behrman
Round 6 (#64):	Bobby Rhawn
Round 7 (#71):	Jim Blackburn

Transactions

• 1948-03: traded Danny Murtaugh to CHA for Dave Philley
• 1948-12: traded Vic Lombardi, Dixie Walker to BRN for Preacher Roe, BRN#1
• 1948-12: traded Tom Ferrick to WAA for Billy Cox
• 1948-12: traded Eddie Miller, Elmer Riddle to CIN for Sam Zoldak, CIN#2
• 1948 postseason: released Hank Behrman, Roy Jarvis, Bobby Rhawn

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