1949 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1949 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 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 68th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 63rd in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 71–83.

Offseason

Prior to 1949 season: Dick Smith was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Dodgers	97	57	0.630	—	48–29	49–28
St. Louis Cardinals	96	58	0.623	1	51–26	45–32
Philadelphia Phillies	81	73	0.526	16	40–37	41–36
Boston Braves	75	79	0.487	22	43–34	32–45
New York Giants	73	81	0.474	24	43–34	30–47
Pittsburgh Pirates	71	83	0.461	26	36–41	35–42
Cincinnati Reds	62	92	0.403	35	35–42	27–50
Chicago Cubs	61	93	0.396	36	33–44	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1949 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	12–10–1	12–10–2	11–11	12–10	6–16
Brooklyn	12–10	—	17–5	17–5	14–8	11–11	16–6	10–12–1
Chicago	10–12	5–17	—	9–13	12–10	6–16	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	10–12–1	5–17	13–9	—	7–15	13–9	9–13	5–17–1
New York	10–12–2	8–14	10–12	15–7	—	11–11	12–10	7–15
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	16–6	9–13	11–11	—	13–9	10–12
Pittsburgh	10–12	6–16	11–11	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	12–10
St. Louis	16–6	12–10–1	14–8	17–5–1	15–7	12–10	10–12	—

Game log

1949 Game Log: 71–83 (Home: 36–41; Away: 35–42)

April: 5–6 (Home: 3–1; Away: 2–5)

May: 11–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–10)

June: 11–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 3–8)

July: 18–10 (Home: 6–5; Away: 12–5)

August: 12–19 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
95	August 1	Dodgers	0–9	Branca	Bonham (6–3)	—	29,483	45–50
96	August 2	Dodgers	2–5	Barney	Chesnes (5–6)	—	27,697	45–51
97	August 3	Dodgers	5–10	Erskine	Riddle (1–8)	—	13,007	45–52
98	August 4	Dodgers	3–11	Newcombe	Lombardi (4–2)	—	14,363	45–53
99	August 5	Phillies	1–0	Werle (8–8)	Rowe	—	24,944	46–53
100	August 6	Phillies	3–4	Konstanty	Gumbert (1–2)	—	13,260	46–54
101	August 7	Phillies	3–7	Borowy	Chambers (6–3)	—		46–55
102	August 7	Phillies	4–5	Konstanty	Chesnes (5–7)	Roberts	27,928	46–56
103	August 9	@ Cubs	8–3	Chambers (7–3)	Schmitz	Gumbert (1)	11,313	47–56
104	August 10	@ Cubs	0–2	Lade	Walsh (0–1)	—	10,326	47–57
105	August 11	@ Cubs	3–2	Werle (9–8)	Dubiel	Gumbert (2)	5,415	48–57
106	August 12	@ Cardinals	2–8	Staley	Bonham (6–4)	—	22,231	48–58
107	August 13	@ Cardinals	6–3	Dickson (5–12)	Munger	—	25,745	49–58
108	August 14	@ Cardinals	4–0	Chambers (8–3)	Pollet	—	22,996	50–58
109	August 15	@ Reds	9–7	Sewell (6–1)	Wehmeier	Gumbert (3)	11,371	51–58
110	August 16	@ Reds	1–2 (10)	Fox	Chesnes (5–8)	—	2,526	51–59
111	August 18	Cubs	2–0	Walsh (1–1)	Lade	—	6,922	52–59
112	August 19	Cardinals	8–2	Chambers (9–3)	Staley	—	32,476	53–59
113	August 20	Cardinals	3–4	Pollet	Gumbert (1–3)	—	20,659	53–60
114	August 21	Cardinals	2–4	Martin	Werle (9–9)	—		53–61
115	August 21	Cardinals	8–0	Dickson (6–12)	Brecheen	—	34,408	54–61
116	August 23	@ Braves	2–5	Sain	Chesnes (5–9)	—	14,405	54–62
117	August 24	@ Braves	5–6	Spahn	Chambers (9–4)	—	6,467	54–63
118	August 25	@ Phillies	5–1	Dickson (7–12)	Meyer	—	4,548	55–63
119	August 25	@ Phillies	2–4	Roberts	Walsh (1–2)	—	7,179	55–64
120	August 26	@ Phillies	3–2	Werle (10–9)	Heintzelman	—	9,586	56–64
121	August 27	@ Phillies	8–2	Bonham (7–4)	Rowe	—	6,070	57–64
122	August 28	@ Dodgers	0–9	Newcombe	Chesnes (5–10)	—	23,663	57–65
123	August 29	@ Dodgers	1–5	Banta	Chambers (9–5)	—	24,031	57–66
124	August 30	@ Dodgers	3–4	Barney	Dickson (7–13)	—	13,708	57–67
125	August 31	@ Giants	5–12	Jones	Werle (10–10)	—	4,701	57–68

September: 13–14 (Home: 9–10; Away: 4–4)

October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

May 19, 1949: Ed Bahr and Grady Wilson were traded by the Pirates to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Nanny Fernandez.[3]
September 21, 1949: The Pirates traded a player to be named later and cash to the San Francisco Seals for Bill Werle. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Steve Nagy to the Seals on September 27.[4]

Roster

1949 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

10 Tiny Bonham

25 Hugh Casey

23 Cliff Chambers

24 Bob Chesnes

18,22 Murry Dickson

37 Hal Gregg

37 Harry Gumbert

13 Kirby Higbe

28 Vic Lombardi

27 Bob Muncrief

27,37 Ray Poat

21 Elmer Riddle

30 Rip Sewell

29 Junior Walsh

19,29 Bill Werle

Catchers

9 Ed Fitz Gerald

17 Phil Masi

8 Clyde McCullough

Infielders

10 Monty Basgall

3 Eddie Bockman

16 Pete Castiglione

2 Les Fleming

12 Johnny Hopp

7 Danny Murtaugh

5 Jack Phillips

17 Bobby Rhawn

6 Stan Rojek

5 Ed Stevens

Outfielders

17 Ted Beard

14 Wally Judnich

4 Ralph Kiner

17 Marv Rackley

14 Dino Restelli

18 Tom Saffell

11 Dixie Walker

15 Wally Westlake

Other batters

19 Jack Cassini

Manager

1 Billy Meyer

Coaches

31 Goldie Holt

32 Bill Posedel

34 Johnny Riddle

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

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	18	56	13	.232	0	3

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
Bill Werle	35	221	12	13	4.24	106
Tiny Bonham	18	89	7	4	4.25	25

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Al López
AA	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Hugh Luby
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Pinky May
B	Waco Pirates	Big State League	Buddy Hancken
B	Davenport Pirates	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bill Burwell
B	York White Roses	Interstate League	Frank Oceak
C	Modesto Reds	California League	Bill Jackson and Max Macon
C	Keokuk Pirates	Central Association	Charlie Hargreaves
C	Uniontown Coal Barons	Middle Atlantic League	Wes Griffin
D	Greenville Pirates	Alabama State League	Walt Tauscher
D	Tallahassee Pirates	Georgia–Florida League	Norman Veazey, Bob Shawkey, Johnnie Heving and Gene Cabaniss
D	Bartlesville Pirates	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Tedd Gullic
D	Salisbury Pirates	North Carolina State League	John Corriden and Mickey O'Neil

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis, Waco

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Dick Smith at Baseball-Reference
Nanny Fernandez at Baseball-Reference
Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference

References

1949 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1949 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] Dick Smith at Baseball-Reference

[3] Nanny Fernandez at Baseball-Reference

[4] Steve Nagy at Baseball-Reference

1949 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1949 All-Star Game 1949 World Series