1948 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Forbes Field (since 1909); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas P. 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 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 67th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 62nd in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the league standings with a record of 83–71.

Offseason

December 8, 1947: Billy Cox, Gene Mauch and Preacher Roe were traded by the Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Hal Gregg, Vic Lombardi and Dixie Walker.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	91	62	0.595	—	45–31	46–31
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	0.552	6½	44–33	41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	0.545	7½	36–41	48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates	83	71	0.539	8½	47–31	36–40
New York Giants	78	76	0.506	13½	37–40	41–36
Philadelphia Phillies	66	88	0.429	25½	32–44	34–44
Cincinnati Reds	64	89	0.418	27	32–45	32–44
Chicago Cubs	64	90	0.416	27½	35–42	29–48

Record vs. opponents

1948 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	14–8	16–6–1	13–8	11–11	14–8	12–10	11–11
Brooklyn	8–14	—	11–11	18–4	11–11–1	15–7	9–13	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	11–11	—	10–12	11–11	7–15	8–14	11–11
Cincinnati	8–13	4–18	12–10	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	10–12
New York	11–11	11–11–1	11–11	12–10	—	14–8	12–10	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	15–7	11–11	8–14	—	12–10–1	5–17
Pittsburgh	10–12	13–9	14–8	13–9	10–12	10–12–1	—	13–9–1
St. Louis	11–11	10–12	11–11	12–10	15–7	17–5	9–13–1	—

Game log

1948 Game Log: 83–71 (Home: 47–31; Away: 36–40)

April: 6–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 4–3)

May: 14–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–8)

June: 13–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–7)

July: 13–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 5–6)

August: 20–9 (Home: 15–5; Away: 5–4)

September: 16–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
123	September 1	Giants	1–3	Kennedy	Bonham (4–9)	—	33,946	66–55
124	September 2	Giants	4–5	Jansen	Chesnes (11–4)	—	16,250	66–56
125	September 3	Cubs	1–10	Meyer	Queen (3–4)	—	27,843	66–57
126	September 5	Cubs	7–3	Sewell (10–3)	Borowy	—		67–57
127	September 5	Cubs	3–11	Lade	Riddle (11–9)	—	25,569	67–58
128	September 6	Cardinals	2–1	Chesnes (12–4)	Dickson	—		68–58
129	September 6	Cardinals	4–1	Lombardi (8–6)	Munger	—		69–58
130	September 7	Cardinals	6–2	Ostermueller (8–7)	Hearn	—	36,136	70–58
131	September 8	@ Reds	5–1	Bonham (5–9)	Fox	—	12,436	71–58
132	September 9	@ Reds	6–1	Riddle (12–9)	Walters	—	2,002	72–58
133	September 11	@ Cubs	13–12	Queen (4–4)	Chambers	Riddle (1)	17,095	73–58
134	September 12	@ Cubs	7–3	Sewell (11–3)	McCall	—	27,967	74–58
135	September 13	@ Giants	2–5	Kennedy	Lombardi (8–7)	—	33,372	74–59
136	September 14	@ Dodgers	5–8	Behrman	Ostermueller (8–8)	—		74–60
137	September 14	@ Dodgers	3–7	Taylor	Riddle (12–10)	—		74–61
138	September 15	@ Giants	8–3	Bonham (6–9)	Jansen	—	9,180	75–61
139	September 16	@ Giants	10–6	Chesnes (13–4)	Koslo	—	7,174	76–61
140	September 17	@ Braves	2–6	Sain	Lombardi (8–8)	—	11,838	76–62
141	September 18	@ Braves	1–2	Spahn	Ostermueller (8–9)	—	21,085	76–63
142	September 19	@ Phillies	6–9	Leonard	Main (1–1)	—		76–64
143	September 19	@ Phillies	3–5	Rowe	Higbe (7–7)	—	15,713	76–65
144	September 20	@ Phillies	2–5	Roberts	Chesnes (13–5)	—	2,884	76–66
145	September 20	@ Phillies	4–7	Possehl	Bonham (6–10)	—	3,513	76–67
146	September 21	@ Dodgers	6–3	Lombardi (9–8)	Barney	—	10,882	77–67
147	September 22	@ Dodgers	5–1	Sewell (12–3)	Taylor	—	3,756	78–67
148	September 24	Reds	3–4	Wehmeier	Ostermueller (8–10)	Gumbert	18,914	78–68
149	September 25	Reds	16–6	Chesnes (14–5)	Blackburn	—	7,766	79–68
150	September 26	Reds	8–6	Sewell (13–3)	Gumbert	Lombardi (4)		80–68
151	September 26	Reds	8–5 (8)	Singleton (4–6)	Peterson	—	26,483	81–68
152	September 29	@ Cardinals	2–1	Lombardi (10–8)	Dickson	—	5,977	82–68
153	September 30	@ Cardinals	1–6	Munger	Chesnes (14–6)	—	2,060	82–69
154	September 30	@ Cardinals	1–4	Brecheen	Ostermueller (8–11)	—	8,597	82–70

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

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

Roster

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

35 Tiny Bonham

24 Bob Chesnes

32 Hal Gregg

13 Kirby Higbe

28 Vic Lombardi

36 Woody Main

38 Cal McLish

21 Fritz Ostermueller

23 Mel Queen

37 Elmer Riddle

30 Rip Sewell

26 Elmer Singleton

22 Nick Strincevich

34 Junior Walsh

Catchers

9 Ed Fitz Gerald

10 Clyde Kluttz

3 Johnny Riddle

31 Earl Turner

Infielders

8 Monty Basgall

18 Eddie Bockman

-- Pete Castiglione

16 Frankie Gustine

7 Danny Murtaugh

6 Stan Rojek

5 Ed Stevens

14 Max West

17 Grady Wilson

Outfielders

17 Ted Beard

12 Johnny Hopp

4 Ralph Kiner

11 Dixie Walker

15 Wally Westlake

Other batters

29 Don Gutteridge

Manager

1 Billy Meyer

Coaches

2 Bill Burwell

19 Goldie Holt

3 Johnny Riddle

30 Rip Sewell

33 Honus Wagner

Player stats

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 Kluttz	94	271	60	.221	4	20
1B	Ed Stevens	128	429	109	.254	10	69
2B	Danny Murtaugh	146	514	149	.290	1	71
SS	Stan Rojek	156	641	186	.290	4	51
3B	Frankie Gustine	131	449	120	.267	9	42
OF	Dixie Walker	129	408	129	.316	2	54
OF	Ralph Kiner	156	555	147	.265	40	123
OF	Wally Westlake	132	428	122	.285	17	65

Other batters

Note: 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
UT	Johnny Hopp	120	392	109	.278	1	31
C	Ed Fitz Gerald	102	262	70	.267	1	35
3B	Eddie Bockman	70	176	42	.239	4	23
1B	Max West	87	146	26	.178	8	21
OF	Ted Beard	25	81	16	.198	0	7
2B	Monty Basgall	38	51	11	.216	2	6
C	Johnny Riddle	10	15	3	.200	0	0
SS	Grady Wilson	12	10	1	.100	0	1
PH	Don Gutteridge	4	2	0	.000	0	0
SS	Pete Castiglione	4	2	0	.000	0	0
C	Earl Turner	2	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Bob Chesnes	25	194.1	14	6	3.57	69
Elmer Riddle	28	191	12	10	3.49	63
Tiny Bonham	22	135.2	6	10	4.31	42
Fritz Ostermueller	23	134.1	8	11	4.42	43
Rip Sewell	21	121.2	13	3	3.48	36

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
Vic Lombardi	38	163	10	9	3.70	54
Kirby Higbe	56	158	8	7	3.36	86
Elmer Singleton	38	92.1	4	6	4.97	53
Hal Gregg	22	74.1	2	4	4.60	25
Mel Queen	25	66.1	4	4	6.65	34
Cal McLish	2	5	0	0	9.00	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Woody Main	17	1	1	8.33	12
Nick Strincevich	3	0	0	8.31	1
Junior Walsh	2	1	0	10.38	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Al López
AA	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Jimmy Brown
A	Fort Wayne Generals	Central League	Boom-Boom Beck
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Pinky May
B	Waco Pirates	Big State League	Buster Chatham
B	Davenport Pirates	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ival Goodman
B	York White Roses	Interstate League	Frank Oceak
B	Anderson Rebels	Tri-State League	Bob Richards
C	Keokuk Pirates	Central Association	Phil Seghi
C	Uniontown Coal Barons	Middle Atlantic League	Bill Mongiello
C	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Bruno Haas and Ralph DiLullo
D	Greenville Pirates	Alabama State League	Walt Tauscher
D	Rehoboth Beach Pirates	Eastern Shore League	Doug Peden
D	New Iberia Pelicans	Evangeline League	George Stumpf
D	Santa Rosa Pirates	Far West League	Dan Reagan
D	Leesburg Pirates	Florida State League	Edgar Leip
D	Tallahassee Pirates	Georgia–Florida League	Jack Rothrock
D	Bartlesville Oilers	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Eddie Marleau
D	Salisbury Pirates	North Carolina State League	Art Doll

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Santa Rosa

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Billy Cox at Baseball Reference

References

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1948 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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

[2] Billy Cox at Baseball Reference

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