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1951 National League
Team Record GB
New York Giants 98 - 59
Brooklyn Dodgers 97 - 60 1.0
St. Louis Cardinals 81 - 73 15.5
Boston Braves 76 - 78 20.5
Philadelphia Phillies 73 - 81 23.5
Cincinnati Reds 68 - 86 28.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 64 - 90 32.5
Chicago Cubs 62 - 92 34.5

7th (NL)
Runs Scored: 689
Runs Allowed: 845
Attendance: 980,590

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Clyde McCullough C 34 92 259 26 77 9 2 8 39 27 0 31 2 0 3 1 13 .297 .366 .440 .806
Ralph Kiner 1B 28 151 531 124 164 31 6 42 109 137 0 57 2 1 0 2 10 .309 .452 .627 1.079
Danny Murtaugh 2B 33 77 151 9 30 7 0 1 11 16 0 19 0 0 2 2 6 .199 .284 .265 .549
Pete Castiglione 3B 30 132 482 62 126 19 4 7 42 34 0 28 2 2 16 1 9 .261 .311 .361 .672
George Strickland SS 25 138 454 59 98 12 7 9 47 65 0 83 4 2 6 3 9 .216 .318 .333 .651
Pete Reiser LF 32 74 140 22 38 9 3 2 13 27 0 20 4 2 0 0 2 .271 .389 .421 .810
Catfish Metkovich CF 30 120 423 51 124 21 3 3 40 28 0 23 3 2 3 1 11 .293 .338 .378 .716
Gus Bell RF 22 149 600 80 167 27 12 16 89 42 0 41 1 4 1 4 9 .278 .330 .443 .773

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bill Howerton 29 80 219 29 60 12 2 11 37 26 0 44 1 0 1 0 9 .274 .351 .498 .849
Joe Garagiola 25 72 212 24 54 8 2 9 35 32 0 20 4 1 3 2 4 .255 .358 .439 .797
Rocky Nelson 26 71 195 29 52 7 4 1 14 10 0 7 1 1 2 0 5 .267 .302 .359 .661
Jack Phillips 29 70 156 12 37 7 3 0 12 15 0 17 1 2 3 0 5 .237 .304 .321 .625
Monty Basgall 29 55 153 15 32 5 2 0 9 12 0 14 0 0 3 1 9 .209 .271 .268 .539
Ed Fitz Gerald 27 55 97 8 22 6 0 0 13 7 0 10 1 1 0 1 6 .227 .286 .289 .575
Wally Westlake 30 50 181 28 51 4 0 16 45 9 0 26 0 1 0 2 4 .282 .323 .569 .892
Tom Saffell 29 49 65 11 13 0 0 1 5 5 0 18 1 1 1 0 1 .200 .257 .246 .503
Dick Cole 25 42 106 9 25 4 0 1 11 15 0 9 0 1 7 0 4 .236 .331 .302 .633
Frank Thomas 22 39 148 21 39 9 2 2 16 9 0 15 0 2 0 0 5 .264 .306 .392 .698
Hank Schenz 32 25 61 5 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 .213 .226 .230 .456
Ted Beard 30 22 48 7 9 1 0 1 3 6 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 .188 .291 .271 .562
Erv Dusak 30 21 39 6 12 3 0 1 7 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .357 .462 .819
Dino Restelli 26 21 38 1 7 1 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .184 .225 .289 .514
Jack Merson 29 13 50 6 18 2 2 1 14 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .360 .373 .540 .913
Bob Dillinger 32 12 43 3 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .233 .250 .302 .552
Dick Smith 23 12 46 2 8 0 0 0 4 8 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 .174 .296 .174 .470
Dale Long 25 10 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .417 .584
Jack Maguire 26 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Stan Rojek 32 8 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .376
Paul Pettit 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Murry Dickson P 34 46 110 16 30 2 1 1 8 1 0 5 0 0 4 0 2 .273 .279 .336 .615
Mel Queen P 33 39 47 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 6 0 1 .106 .125 .106 .231
Bob Friend P 20 34 44 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 19 0 0 1 0 1 .091 .130 .136 .266
Bill Werle P 30 59 40 5 12 4 0 0 6 2 0 13 0 0 1 0 1 .300 .333 .400 .733
Howie Pollet P 30 21 36 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 0 12 0 0 4 0 0 .139 .244 .139 .383
Vern Law P 21 28 32 5 11 2 1 1 4 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 .344 .400 .563 .963
Cliff Chambers P 29 10 21 1 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .476 .809
Don Carlsen P 24 7 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Ted Wilks P 35 48 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
Paul LaPalme P 27 22 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .250 .100 .350
Junior Walsh P 32 36 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Bill Koski P 19 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Harry Fisher P 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Len Yochim P 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Con Dempsey P 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Muir P 28 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Murry Dickson 34 45 35 20 16 .556 4.02 288.2 151 129 294 32 101 112 .259 6 1 19 3 2 4.78
Bob Friend 20 34 22 6 10 .375 4.27 149.2 94 71 173 12 68 41 .289 0 1 3 1 0 4.86
Howie Pollet 30 21 21 6 10 .375 5.04 128.2 81 72 149 24 51 47 .289 1 2 4 1 0 5.91
Mel Queen 33 39 21 7 9 .438 4.44 168.1 90 83 149 21 99 123 .232 1 6 4 1 0 4.94
Cliff Chambers 29 10 10 3 6 .333 5.58 59.2 38 37 64 5 31 19 .270 4 2 2 1 0 5.21
Don Carlsen 24 7 6 2 3 .400 4.19 43.0 22 20 50 4 14 20 .287 1 2 2 0 0 4.33
Con Dempsey 28 3 2 0 2 .000 9.00 7.0 7 7 11 2 4 3 .379 0 0 0 0 0 7.57
Len Yochim 22 2 2 1 1 .500 8.31 8.2 9 8 10 0 11 5 .278 1 2 0 0 0 6.00

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bill Werle 30 59 9 8 6 .571 5.65 149.2 102 94 181 20 51 57 .298 6 2 2 0 6 5.12
Ted Wilks 35 48 1 3 5 .375 2.83 82.2 31 26 69 6 24 43 .225 2 1 1 0 12 3.85
Junior Walsh 32 36 1 1 4 .200 6.87 73.1 66 56 92 9 46 32 .298 1 2 0 0 0 5.65
Vern Law 21 28 14 6 9 .400 4.50 114.0 66 57 109 9 51 41 .247 6 2 2 1 2 4.81
Paul LaPalme 27 22 8 1 5 .167 6.29 54.1 48 38 79 6 31 24 .329 1 3 1 1 0 5.32
Bill Koski 19 13 1 0 1 .000 6.67 27.0 23 20 26 2 28 6 .252 0 0 0 0 0 6.63
Joe Muir 28 9 1 0 2 .000 2.76 16.1 6 5 11 2 7 5 .175 0 1 0 0 0 5.27
Erv Dusak 30 3 1 0 1 .000 12.15 6.2 10 9 10 2 9 2 .357 1 0 0 0 0 10.80
Paul Pettit 19 2 0 0 0 .000 3.38 2.2 1 1 2 1 1 0 .200 0 0 0 0 0 9.00