1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Frank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson
General managers	Roy Hamey
Managers	Billy Meyer
Radio	WWSW; Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 69th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 64th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 57–96.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Phillies	91	63	0.591	—	48–29	43–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	89	65	0.578	2	48–30	41–35
New York Giants	86	68	0.558	5	44–32	42–36
Boston Braves	83	71	0.539	8	46–31	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	78	75	0.510	12½	48–28	30–47
Cincinnati Reds	66	87	0.431	24½	38–38	28–49
Chicago Cubs	64	89	0.418	26½	35–42	29–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	57	96	0.373	33½	33–44	24–52

Record vs. opponents

1950 National League record Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	9–13	17–5	13–9	9–13–1	15–7–1	11–11
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	12–10	12–10	11–11–1	19–3	12–10
Chicago	13–9	12–10	—	4–17	5–17	9–13–1	11–11	10–12
Cincinnati	5–17	10–12	17–4	—	11–11	4–18	12–10	7–15
New York	9–13	10–12	17–5	11–11	—	12–10	16–6	11–11
Philadelphia	13–9–1	11–11–1	13–9–1	18–4	10–12	—	14–8	12–10
Pittsburgh	7–15–1	3–19	11–11	10–12	6–16	8–14	—	12–9
St. Louis	11–11	10–12	12–10	15–7	11–11	10–12	9–12	—

Game log

1950 Game Log: 57–96 (Home: 33–44; Away: 24–52)

April: 6–5 (Home: 4–1; Away: 2–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 18	@ Cardinals	2–4	Staley	Chesnes (0–1)	—	20,871	0–1
2	April 19	@ Cardinals	4–3	Chambers (1–0)	Munger	—	5,648	1–1
3	April 20	@ Cardinals	8–4	Dickson (1–0)	Pollet	—	4,235	2–1
4	April 21	Reds	7–5	Werle (1–0)	Wehmeier	Lombardi (1)	32,685	3–1
5	April 22	Reds	9–2	Chesnes (1–1)	Hetki	—	14,533	4–1
6	April 23	Reds	5–3	Chambers (2–0)	Smith	—	18,049	5–1
7	April 27	Cardinals	2–5	Munger	Dickson (1–1)	—	34,995	5–2
8	April 28	Cardinals	4–3	Werle (2–0)	Staley	Main (1)	10,102	6–2
9	April 29	@ Reds	6–14	Erautt	Chesnes (1–2)	—	4,895	6–3
10	April 30	@ Reds	2–4	Fox	Chambers (2–1)	Wehmeier		6–4
11	April 30	@ Reds	1–2	Blackwell	Queen (0–1)	—	10,759	6–5

May: 10–18 (Home: 4–11; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
12	May 2	Braves	6–1	Dickson (2–1)	Spahn	—	24,115	7–5
13	May 3	Braves	4–15	Sain	Lombardi (0–1)	—	9,389	7–6
14	May 4	Giants	3–1	Chambers (3–1)	Jansen	—	6,680	8–6
15	May 5	Giants	5–4	Queen (1–1)	Jones	Werle (1)	31,785	9–6
16	May 6	Giants	8–9	Maglie	Lombardi (0–2)	Hansen	13,577	9–7
17	May 7	Dodgers	2–3	Barney	Dickson (2–2)	Erskine	33,734	9–8
18	May 8	Dodgers	5–7	Podbielan	Chambers (3–2)	Banta	9,476	9–9
19	May 9	Dodgers	10–5	Werle (3–0)	Palica	—	26,734	10–9
20	May 11	Phillies	2–3	Roberts	Dickson (2–3)	—	28,452	10–10
21	May 12	@ Cubs	3–6	Rush	Gregg (0–1)	—	8,763	10–11
22	May 13	@ Cubs	3–4	Hiller	Chambers (3–3)	Dubiel	25,453	10–12
23	May 14	@ Cubs	6–5	Chesnes (2–2)	Leonard	Werle (2)		11–12
24	May 14	@ Cubs	16–9	Main (1–0)	Lade	Werle (3)	34,659	12–12
25	May 16	@ Braves	0–3	Sain	Dickson (2–4)	—	10,273	12–13
26	May 17	@ Braves	4–1	Chambers (4–3)	Bickford	—	13,384	13–13
27	May 20	@ Dodgers	2–3	Banta	Queen (1–2)	—		13–14
28	May 20	@ Dodgers	3–4 (11)	Bankhead	Werle (3–1)	—	20,311	13–15
29	May 21	@ Giants	4–2	Chesnes (3–2)	Jansen	—		14–15
30	May 21	@ Giants	8–6	Chambers (5–3)	Jones	Werle (4)	34,972	15–15
31	May 23	@ Phillies	6–0	Macdonald (1–0)	Meyer	—	12,428	16–15
32	May 24	@ Phillies	3–6	Konstanty	Werle (3–2)	—	18,993	16–16
33	May 25	@ Phillies	0–3	Miller	Chambers (5–4)	—	5,265	16–17
34	May 26	Cubs	0–4	Hiller	Queen (1–3)	—	22,526	16–18
35	May 27	Cubs	5–7	Minner	Chesnes (3–3)	Leonard	10,220	16–19
36	May 28	Cubs	0–6	Schmitz	Dickson (2–5)	—		16–20
37	May 28	Cubs	1–5	Rush	Lombardi (0–3)	—	23,873	16–21
38	May 30	Cardinals	13–17	Staley	Werle (3–3)	Brazle		16–22
39	May 30	Cardinals	5–8	Staley	Dickson (2–6)	—	33,182	16–23

June: 7–18 (Home: 4–9; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	Braves	2–14	Bickford	Queen (1–4)	—	5,468	16–24
41	June 2	Braves	5–4	Macdonald (2–0)	Spahn	—	23,549	17–24
42	June 3	Braves	6–10	Sain	Lombardi (0–4)	Hogue	5,737	17–25
43	June 4	Giants	3–4	Maglie	Chambers (5–5)	Kennedy	14,534	17–26
44	June 5	Giants	4–5 (10)	Koslo	Walsh (0–1)	Hansen	16,733	17–27
45	June 6	Giants	4–10	Kramer	Queen (1–5)	—	5,111	17–28
46	June 7	Dodgers	0–9	Newcombe	Macdonald (2–1)	—	30,904	17–29
47	June 8	Dodgers	4–3	Chambers (6–5)	Branca	Werle (5)	22,697	18–29
48	June 9	Dodgers	7–9	Podbielan	Werle (3–4)	Newcombe	9,510	18–30
49	June 11	Phillies	6–7	Konstanty	Law (0–1)	—		18–31
50	June 11	Phillies	5–4 (12)	Werle (4–4)	Donnelly	—	33,217	19–31
51	June 13	@ Giants	0–7	Jansen	Chambers (6–6)	—	15,088	19–32
52	June 16	@ Braves	5–6	Sain	Queen (1–6)	—	15,866	19–33
53	June 17	@ Braves	6–15	Hogue	Borowy (0–1)	—	6,272	19–34
54	June 18	@ Braves	6–8	Roy	Dickson (2–7)	—		19–35
55	June 18	@ Braves	8–8			—	22,817	19–35
56	June 19	@ Braves	1–0	Chambers (7–6)	Spahn	—	5,578	20–35
57	June 20	@ Phillies	3–7	Meyer	Law (0–2)	—	13,597	20–36
58	June 21	@ Phillies	5–3	Macdonald (3–1)	Roberts	Werle (6)	18,632	21–36
59	June 22	@ Phillies	4–7	Miller	Borowy (0–2)	—	5,326	21–37
60	June 23	@ Dodgers	3–15	Podbielan	Dickson (2–8)	—	25,519	21–38
61	June 24	@ Dodgers	12–21	Roe	Werle (4–5)	—	22,010	21–39
62	June 25	@ Dodgers	16–11	Chambers (8–6)	Branca	Macdonald (1)	20,196	22–39
63	June 27	Reds	3–8	Wehmeier	Macdonald (3–2)	Blackwell	13,500	22–40
64	June 28	Reds	6–5	Dickson (3–8)	Smith	—	12,040	23–40
65	June 30	@ Cardinals	4–9	Staley	Chambers (8–7)	—	12,631	23–41

July: 11–19 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
66	July 1	@ Cardinals	4–5	Pollet	Queen (1–7)	Brazle	15,795	23–42
67	July 2	@ Cardinals	1–2	Munger	Werle (4–6)	Brazle	25,630	23–43
68	July 3	@ Reds	5–8	Ramsdell	Dickson (3–9)	Blackwell	3,405	23–44
69	July 4	@ Reds	4–8	Wehmeier	Chambers (8–8)	—		23–45
70	July 4	@ Reds	4–5	Fox	Macdonald (3–3)	—	10,728	23–46
71	July 5	@ Cubs	4–1	Queen (2–7)	Lade	—	10,815	24–46
72	July 6	@ Cubs	2–4	Minner	Werle (4–7)	—	12,953	24–47
73	July 7	Cardinals	9–1	Law (1–2)	Staley	—	28,468	25–47
74	July 8	Cardinals	7–6	Dickson (4–9)	Brecheen	—	15,224	26–47
75	July 9	Cardinals	3–2	Queen (3–7)	Lanier	Werle (7)	21,431	27–47
76	July 14	Giants	5–7	Maglie	Chambers (8–9)	—	29,323	27–48
77	July 15	Giants	2–1	Werle (5–7)	Jansen	—	11,958	28–48
78	July 16	Braves	5–9	Bickford	Law (1–3)	—		28–49
79	July 16	Braves	6–5	Borowy (1–2)	Hogue	—	29,363	29–49
80	July 17	Braves	6–8	Johnson	Borowy (1–3)	Hogue	21,450	29–50
81	July 18	Braves	3–11	Spahn	Dickson (4–10)	—	5,445	29–51
82	July 19	Phillies	2–3 (11)	Simmons	Werle (5–8)	Konstanty		29–52
83	July 19	Phillies	4–2	Macdonald (4–3)	Meyer	—	18,953	30–52
84	July 20	Phillies	10–8	Dickson (5–10)	Donnelly	—	7,291	31–52
85	July 21	Phillies	1–4	Church	Queen (3–8)	—	34,016	31–53
86	July 22	Dodgers	3–12	Branca	Pierro (0–1)	—	18,103	31–54
87	July 23	Dodgers	6–11	Barney	Chambers (8–10)	Newcombe	25,889	31–55
88	July 24	Phillies	2–1 (6)	Macdonald (5–3)	Miller	—	15,431	32–55
89	July 25	@ Braves	2–7	Sain	Pierro (0–2)	—	18,461	32–56
90	July 26	@ Braves	8–4	Queen (4–8)	Bickford	Dickson (1)	12,689	33–56
91	July 27	@ Braves	3–5	Spahn	Chambers (8–11)	—	8,302	33–57
92	July 28	@ Phillies	1–4	Miller	Macdonald (5–4)	—	7,343	33–58
93	July 29	@ Phillies	7–4	Werle (6–8)	Church	—	10,252	34–58
94	July 30	@ Phillies	0–10	Roberts	Queen (4–9)	—		34–59
95	July 30	@ Phillies	2–4	Konstanty	Dickson (5–11)	Meyer	21,411	34–60

August: 8–22 (Home: 5–14; Away: 3–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
96	August 1	@ Dodgers	1–3	Palica	Chambers (8–12)	—	16,691	34–61
97	August 2	@ Dodgers	4–5 (10)	Branca	Dickson (5–12)	—	6,361	34–62
98	August 4	@ Giants	2–3	Jones	Law (1–4)	Koslo	14,238	34–63
99	August 5	@ Giants	0–5	Hearn	Queen (4–10)	—	9,264	34–64
100	August 6	@ Giants	0–5	Jansen	Werle (6–9)	—	17,182	34–65
101	August 6	@ Giants	0–3	Maglie	Dickson (5–13)	—	17,182	34–66
102	August 8	Cardinals	4–6	Martin	Chambers (8–13)	—	18,243	34–67
103	August 10	Cubs	7–4	Law (2–4)	Minner	Dickson (2)	10,087	35–67
104	August 11	Cubs	1–3	Hiller	Werle (6–10)	—	11,082	35–68
105	August 12	Cubs	2–7	Rush	Macdonald (5–5)	—	6,770	35–69
106	August 13	Cubs	7–4	Chambers (9–13)	Schmitz	—		36–69
107	August 13	Cubs	2–0	Queen (5–10)	Dubiel	—	18,162	37–69
108	August 14	Reds	8–13	Smith	Lombardi (0–5)	—	4,306	37–70
109	August 15	Reds	10–9	Macdonald (6–5)	Hetki	—	5,495	38–70
110	August 16	@ Cardinals	5–3	Law (3–4)	Boyer	Dickson (3)	12,134	39–70
111	August 18	@ Cubs	9–3	Chambers (10–13)	Dubiel	—	3,823	40–70
112	August 19	@ Cubs	13–8	Dickson (6–13)	Rush	Werle (8)	13,290	41–70
113	August 20	@ Cubs	2–4	Minner	Law (3–5)	—		41–71
114	August 20	@ Cubs	2–5	Hiller	Macdonald (6–6)	—	29,589	41–72
115	August 21	Dodgers	2–3	Newcombe	Werle (6–11)	—	7,666	41–73
116	August 22	Dodgers	8–10	Palica	Queen (5–11)	Branca	19,526	41–74
117	August 23	Dodgers	5–7 (17)	Branca	Queen (5–12)	—	16,382	41–75
118	August 24	Phillies	2–4	Church	Law (3–6)	—	9,096	41–76
119	August 25	Phillies	7–9 (15)	Konstanty	Chambers (10–14)	—	25,686	41–77
120	August 26	Phillies	14–4	Dickson (7–13)	Roberts	—	12,157	42–77
121	August 27	Braves	3–7 (13)	Surkont	Werle (6–12)	—		42–78
122	August 27	Braves	1–4	Roy	Queen (5–13)	—	24,279	42–79
123	August 29	Giants	5–10	Jansen	Law (3–7)	—	13,850	42–80
124	August 30	Giants	0–4	Maglie	Chambers (10–15)	—	7,794	42–81
125	August 31	Giants	1–2	Hearn	Macdonald (6–7)	—	3,552	42–82

September: 14–13 (Home: 8–1; Away: 6–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
126	September 1	Cardinals	10–4	Werle (7–12)	Boyer	—	12,589	43–82
127	September 2	Cardinals	6–0	Law (4–7)	Staley	—	5,638	44–82
128	September 3	Cardinals	12–11 (10)	Werle (8–12)	Brecheen	—	12,736	45–82
129	September 4	Cubs	5–3	Barrett (1–0)	Dubiel	Walsh (1)		46–82
130	September 4	Cubs	3–0	Macdonald (7–7)	Rush	—	20,695	47–82
131	September 6	@ Reds	3–2	Law (5–7)	Blackwell	—	7,079	48–82
132	September 7	@ Reds	4–6 (10)	Erautt	Barrett (1–1)	—	1,176	48–83
133	September 9	@ Cardinals	5–4	Dickson (8–13)	Pollet	—	13,527	49–83
134	September 10	@ Cardinals	5–6 (10)	Wilks	Barrett (1–2)	—		49–84
135	September 10	@ Cardinals	6–2	Macdonald (8–7)	Dusak	—	12,436	50–84
136	September 12	@ Giants	0–3	Jones	Werle (8–13)	—	4,112	50–85
137	September 13	@ Giants	1–3 (7)	Maglie	Law (5–8)	—	11,684	50–86
138	September 14	@ Giants	7–1	Dickson (9–13)	Jansen	—	4,272	51–86
139	September 14	@ Giants	1–6	Hearn	Macdonald (8–8)	—		51–87
140	September 15	@ Braves	4–7	Surkont	Queen (5–14)	—	9,168	51–88
141	September 16	@ Braves	4–0 (12)	Chambers (11–15)	Bickford	—	4,606	52–88
142	September 17	@ Phillies	3–5	Meyer	Werle (8–14)	Konstanty	20,031	52–89
143	September 19	@ Dodgers	3–14	Newcombe	Law (5–9)	—		52–90
144	September 19	@ Dodgers	2–3	Palica	Dickson (9–14)	—	2,637	52–91
145	September 20	@ Dodgers	2–7	Erskine	Macdonald (8–9)	—	1,011	52–92
146	September 21	@ Dodgers	8–10	Palica	Werle (8–15)	—	5,241	52–93
147	September 22	Reds	8–7 (10)	Walsh (1–1)	Smith	—	12,979	53–93
148	September 23	Reds	8–7	Law (6–9)	Wehmeier	Walsh (2)	4,009	54–93
149	September 24	Reds	1–7	Blackwell	Macdonald (8–10)	—		54–94
150	September 24	Reds	3–2	Dickson (10–14)	Raffensberger	—	25,233	55–94
151	September 27	@ Cubs	7–4	Law (7–9)	Dubiel	—	4,783	56–94
152	September 30	@ Reds	2–5	Fox	Werle (8–16)	—	1,719	56–95

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
153	October 1	@ Reds	2–3	Erautt	Dickson (10–15)	—		56–96
154	October 1	@ Reds	3–1	Chambers (12–15)	Byerly	—	8,390	57–96

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Billy Meyer

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Clyde McCullough	103	279	71	.254	6	34
1B	Johnny Hopp	106	318	108	.340	8	47
2B	Danny Murtaugh	118	367	108	.294	2	37
SS	Danny O'Connell	79	315	92	.292	8	32
3B	Bob Dillinger	58	222	64	.288	1	9
OF	Gus Bell	111	422	119	.282	8	53
OF	Ralph Kiner	150	547	149	.272	47	118
OF	Wally Westlake	139	477	136	.285	24	95

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Pete Castiglione	94	263	67	.255	3	22
Stan Rojek	76	230	59	.257	0	17
Jack Phillips	69	208	61	.293	5	34
Nanny Fernandez	65	198	51	.258	6	27
Tom Saffell	67	182	37	.203	2	6
Ted Beard	61	177	41	.232	4	12
Ray Mueller	67	156	42	.269	6	24
Johnny Berardino	40	131	27	.206	1	12
Dale Coogan	53	129	31	.240	1	13
Hank Schenz	58	101	23	.228	1	5
Earl Turner	40	74	18	.243	3	5
Ed Stevens	17	46	9	.196	0	3
George Strickland	23	27	3	.111	0	2
Marv Rickert	17	20	3	.150	0	0
Ed Fitz Gerald	6	15	1	.067	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cliff Chambers	37	249.1	12	15	4.30	93
Bob Chesnes	9	49.0	3	3	5.54	12

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Murry Dickson	51	225.0	10	15	3.80	76
Bill Werle	48	215.1	8	16	4.60	78
Bill Macdonald	32	153.0	8	10	4.29	60
Vern Law	27	128.0	7	9	4.92	57
Mel Queen	33	120.1	5	14	5.98	76
Bill Pierro	12	29.0	0	2	10.55	13
Hank Borowy	11	25.1	1	3	6.39	9
Hal Gregg	5	5.1	0	1	13.50	3
Frank Papish	4	2.1	0	0	27.00	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Vic Lombardi	39	0	5	1	6.60	26
Junior Walsh	38	1	1	2	5.05	33
Woody Main	12	1	0	1	4.87	12
Frank Barrett	5	1	2	0	4.15	0
Windy McCall	2	0	0	0	9.45	5
Jack Phillips	1	0	0	0	7.20	2
Harry Gumbert	1	0	0	0	5.40	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Al López
AA	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Hugh Luby and Bill Burwell
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Pinky May
A	Charleston Rebels	Sally League	Rip Sewell
B	Waco Pirates	Big State League	Buddy Hancken
B	York White Roses	Interstate League	Frank Oceak
C	Modesto Reds	California League	Marc Carrola
C	Hutchinson Elks	Western Association	Wes Griffin
D	Greenville Pirates	Alabama State League	Mickey O'Neil
D	Tallahassee Pirates	Georgia–Florida League	Walt Tauscher
D	Bartlesville Pirates	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Tedd Gullic
D	Mayfield Clothiers	KITTY League	Jerry Gardner
D	Salisbury Pirates	North Carolina State League	George Detore

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Modesto, Hutchinson, Tallahassee, Mayfield

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

External links

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1950 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

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