1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson
General manager(s)	Roy Hamey
Manager(s)	Billy Meyer
Local television	none
Local radio	WWSW Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince
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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 Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1950 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 38 Frank Barrett 24 Hank Borowy 23 Cliff Chambers 24 Bob Chesnes 22 Murry Dickson 20 Hal Gregg 37 Harry Gumbert 20 Vern Law 28 Vic Lombardi 25 Bill Macdonald 39 Woody Main 40 Windy McCall 30 Frank Papish 13 Bill Pierro 27 Mel Queen 29 Junior Walsh 19 Bill Werle		Catchers  9 Ed Fitz Gerald  8 Clyde McCullough  9 Ray Mueller 10 Earl Turner Infielders 10 Johnny Berardino 16 Pete Castiglione  3 Dale Coogan  3 Bob Dillinger 11 Nanny Fernandez 12 Johnny Hopp  7 Danny Murtaugh 11 Danny O'Connell  5 Jack Phillips  6 Stan Rojek  2 Hank Schenz 37 Ed Stevens 14 George Strickland		Outfielders 17 Ted Beard 18,21 Gus Bell  4 Ralph Kiner 13 Marv Rickert 18,21 Tom Saffell 15 Wally Westlake		Manager  1 Billy Meyer Coaches 31 Goldie Holt 32 Bill Posedel 34 Johnny Riddle 33 Honus Wagner

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
3B	Nanny Fernandez	65	198	51	.258	6	27

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
Jack Phillips	69	208	61	.293	5	34
Johnny Berardino	40	131	27	.206	1	12
Ed Stevens	17	46	9	.196	0	3

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	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
Mel Queen	33	120.1	5	14	5.98	76
Hank Borowy	11	25.1	1	3	6.39	9

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
Frank Barrett	5	1	2	0	4.15	0

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Al Lopez
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

External links

• 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac