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1949 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1948)  (1950) 67-87, 6th in National League Scored 709 runs, Allowed 759 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .685 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-85   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 71-83 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Ralph Kiner          26  154  536  121  160  20   4  49  132   7   2  135   70  .299  .443  .625  156  10.7  4(+1)e7   -22  
 OF  Sid Gordon           31  151  556   96  155  38   1  23  105   0   0   85   47  .279  .375  .475   96   5.9  3(-1)e9   -59  
 UT #Red Schoendienst     26  154  677  106  194  20   1   8   45  11  10   53   26  .287  .341  .355   80   4.2            -12  
 OF *Johnny Hopp          32  120  387   62  116  16   5   7   41   7   1   41   44  .300  .364  .421   60   5.5  3(+2)e9    10  
 1B  Dino Restelli        24   93  263   35   66  18   0  10   48   4   1   27   34  .251  .325  .433   36   4.8  4e13      -52  
 SS  Eddie Miller         32   96  282   30   65  13   3   6   36   0   0   38   20  .230  .317  .362   33   3.9  1e31       65  
 3B  Pete Castiglione     28  116  429   40   95  18   3   6   48   1   1   20   59  .221  .258  .319   32   2.4  4e24      -83  
 OF *Tom Saffell          27   75  236   31   73   4   1   3   28   2   3   18   29  .309  .357  .373   30   4.7  3(0)e9    -50  
 C   Clyde McCullough     32   82  243   26   59  12   2   6   34   0   2   23   26  .243  .312  .383   27   3.9  3(0)e7     30  
 OF *Dixie Walker         38   87  193   28   55   6   1   2   21   0   0   29   15  .285  .377  .358   26   4.9  2(0)e9     31  
 C   Ed Fitzgerald        25   48  162   15   56   6   0   2   22   2   2    5   29  .346  .368  .420   24   5.8  3(+1)e7   143  
 1B *Ed Stevens           24   72  196   15   51   9   0   2   16   1   0   19   35  .260  .323  .337   22   4.0  2e13      -44  
 3B  Eddie Bockman        28   62  187   17   43   4   0   8   20   0   3   18   29  .230  .303  .380   21   3.7  3e24       45  
 2B  Danny Murtaugh       31   76  223   26   48   5   5   1   17   1   1   26   19  .215  .294  .296   19   2.8  2e21       24  
 C   Matt Batts           27   55  176   14   37   8   0   4   19   1   2   28   32  .210  .325  .324   17   3.2  4(-1)e7   -70  
 1B *Earl Torgeson        25   36  108    6   22   2   1   2   10   3   2   14    7  .204  .295  .296    9   2.9  3e18     -204  
 2B  Frankie Gustine      29    4   19    3    4   1   1   0    3   0   0    0    2  .211  .211  .368    1   2.7  2e38      -52  
 PH *Les Fleming          33   18   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    0  .133  .316  .133    0   1.4           -333  
 OF  Dick Lane            22    2    8    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .125  .125  .250    0   1.0  4(-3)e7    43  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           697                  -18

     * - 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  Murry Dickson        32  18   9  .667  34  34   4   0   0   0   1  242.0  250   97   88  16   64  113  3.27  109   4.0  -56  
  P *Joe Hatten           32   9  12  .429  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  190.1  196   94   73  13   86   70  3.45   97   4.5  -29  
  P  Tiny Bonham          35   6   3  .667  27  11   0  13   5   1   0   93.1   78   26   24  11   22   30  2.31   35   3.4  -77  
  P *Bobby Shantz         23   6   9  .400  51   7   1  33   6   5   0  110.1   94   62   54   9   72   54  4.40   56   4.5   42  
  P  Bob Chesnes          28   5   8  .385  43  19   3  12   2   0   1  160.2  186  101   93  17   80   82  5.21  106   6.0  -23  
  P *Bill Kennedy         28   5  11  .312  30  15   1   9   2   3   0  114.2  150   86   79   8   58   67  6.20   85   6.7   36  
  P  Warren Hacker        24   5  12  .294  61   6   1  28   7   7   0  129.1  169   85   72  10   59   46  5.01   97   6.8   71  
  P  Elmer Riddle         34   4   4  .500  27  10   0   8   0   1   0   86.1   82   49   41   6   53   37  4.27   51   5.3  -56  
  P *Vic Lombardi         26   4   6  .400  16  13   1   2   0   0   0   90.0  110   56   50   6   52   47  5.00   61   6.0   14  
  P  Rip Sewell           42   3   5  .375  49   1   0  21   7   2   0   83.2  115   56   47  11   43   39  5.06   68   7.2   89  
  P  Junior Walsh         30   2   8  .200  30   7   1  16   4   1   0   75.2   80   47   35  13   26   59  4.16   46   5.3   33  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      815         -2

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Clyde McCullough 591 66 78 324 32 11 2 .970 34 14 Matt Batts 439 50 53 227 14 4 2 .984 10 6 Ed Fitzgerald 346 38 43 207 20 3 2 .987 21 14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dino Restelli 537 60 61 584 47 3 62 .995 10.58 Ed Stevens 407 46 47 389 38 1 44 .998 9.45 Earl Torgeson 235 27 27 274 21 7 30 .977 11.31 Johnny Hopp 194 21 21 181 17 3 27 .985 9.19 Les Fleming 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00 Dixie Walker 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Schoendienst 748 83 87 232 271 4 75 .992 6.05 Danny Murtaugh 580 68 71 155 208 10 57 .973 5.63 Frankie Gustine 30 3 3 8 9 1 4 .944 5.10 Eddie Miller 12 0 8 6 4 0 2 1.000 7.50 Eddie Bockman 6 0 4 3 3 0 1 1.000 8.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Castiglione 924 106 107 97 247 18 22 .950 3.35 Eddie Bockman 428 47 52 44 116 8 9 .952 3.36 Frankie Gustine 13 1 1 0 3 1 0 .750 2.13 Red Schoendienst 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 Sid Gordon 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Miller 750 83 88 148 277 15 71 .966 5.10 Red Schoendienst 620 71 71 141 216 10 54 .973 5.18 Pete Castiglione 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ralph Kiner 1355 154 154 309 14 6 0 .982 2.15 Dixie Walker 13 0 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 Tom Saffell 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Sid Gordon 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.37 Johnny Hopp 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sid Gordon 1288 146 147 359 24 11 1 .972 2.68 Johnny Hopp 45 5 5 10 1 1 0 .917 2.20 Dixie Walker 24 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 Dick Lane 12 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 Dino Restelli 7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Hopp 562 64 64 118 3 3 2 .976 1.94 Tom Saffell 470 52 55 120 2 2 0 .984 2.34 Dixie Walker 333 37 41 74 4 3 1 .963 2.11 Dick Lane 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Sid Gordon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dino Restelli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Sid Gordon
Round 2 (#19):	Eddie Miller
Round 3 (#33):	Ed Fitzgerald
Round 4 (#47):	Warren Hacker
Round 5 (#59):	Bill Kennedy

Transactions

• 1949-12: traded Hugh Casey to BRN for Eddie Waitkus
• 1949-12: traded Eddie Waitkus to CHN for Frankie Gustine
• 1949-17: acquired Dick Lane as a free agent
• 1949 postseason: released Pete Castiglione

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