1948 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersFrank E. McKinney, John W. Galbreath, Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson
General managersRoy Hamey
ManagersBilly Meyer
Local televisionnone
Local radioWWSW
Rosey Rowswell, Bob Prince
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 9162 0.595 45–31 46–31
St. Louis Cardinals 8569 0.552 44–33 41–36
Brooklyn Dodgers 8470 0.545 36–41 48–29
Pittsburgh Pirates 8371 0.539 47–31 36–40
New York Giants 7876 0.506 13½ 37–40 41–36
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 25½ 32–44 34–44
Cincinnati Reds 6489 0.418 27 32–45 32–44
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 27½ 35–42 29–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston 14–816–6–113–811–1114–812–1011–11
Brooklyn 8–1411–1118–411–11–115–79–1312–10
Chicago 6–16–111–1110–1211–117–158–1411–11
Cincinnati 8–134–1812–1010–1211–119–1310–12
New York 11–1111–11–111–1112–1014–812–107–15
Philadelphia 8–147–1515–711–118–1412–10–15–17
Pittsburgh 10–1213–914–813–910–1210–12–113–9–1
St. Louis 11–1110–1211–1112–1015–717–59–13–1

Game log

1948 Game Log: 83–71 (Home: 47–31; Away: 36–40)
April: 6–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 19@ Reds1–4BlackwellGregg (0–1)32,1470–1
2April 20Cubs3–2Sewell (1–0)Meyer38,5461–1
3April 21Cubs3–6BorowyBonham (0–1)Chipman5,5551–2
4April 22Cubs3–0Riddle (1–0)Rush38,5462–2
5April 23@ Reds3–5BlackwellHigbe (0–1)Gumbert5,3552–3
6April 24@ Reds7–1Singleton (1–0)Hughes10,3853–3
7April 25@ Reds6–7GumbertLombardi (0–1)3–4
8April 25@ Reds13–10Walsh (1–0)Hetki28,0864–4
9April 29@ Cubs4–2Riddle (2–0)Borowy6,6375–4
10April 30@ Cubs10–4Sewell (2–0)RushHigbe (1)13,0586–4
May: 14–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
11May 1Reds7–2Ostermueller (1–0)Hughes13,6617–4
12May 2Reds6–4Queen (1–0)BlackwellLombardi (1)35,7798–4
13May 5Braves3–2Higbe (1–1)Sain5,2109–4
14May 6Giants2–9PoatBonham (0–2)14,5429–5
15May 8Giants5–12JansenLombardi (0–2)Trinkle11,5359–6
16May 9Dodgers2–14BrancaSingleton (1–1)9–7
17May 9Dodgers10–8Sewell (3–0)Ramsdell40,79710–7
18May 10Dodgers4–2Riddle (3–0)Palica11,35511–7
19May 12Phillies0–5DonnellyBonham (0–3)11,66411–8
20May 13Phillies5–1Chesnes (1–0)LeonardSingleton (1)29,78912–8
21May 14@ Cardinals1–2PolletOstermueller (1–1)14,83912–9
22May 15@ Cardinals3–8BrecheenRiddle (3–1)10,08612–10
23May 16@ Cardinals5–6 (10)PolletGregg (0–2)20,48412–11
24May 18@ Braves4–3Lombardi (1–2)Voiselle19,18113–11
25May 19@ Braves1–4BickfordSewell (3–1)15,97813–12
26May 20@ Braves13–0Riddle (4–1)Barrett3,08914–12
27May 21@ Dodgers8–4Ostermueller (2–1)BarneyGregg (1)8,80315–12
28May 22@ Dodgers3–1Higbe (2–1)Branca12,82116–12
29May 23@ Giants1–2JansenSingleton (1–2)36,47316–13
30May 25@ Phillies1–4EricksonRiddle (4–2)Rowe7,13816–14
31May 27@ Phillies1–2SimmonsHigbe (2–2)13,83916–15
32May 28Cardinals1–1 (6)24,02916–15
33May 29Cardinals7–3Chesnes (2–0)Munger15,33617–15
34May 30Cardinals9–3Higbe (3–2)Pollet18–15
35May 30Cardinals7–6Lombardi (2–2)Staley33,58419–15
36May 31@ Cubs3–4RushHigbe (3–3)19–16
37May 31@ Cubs4–2Riddle (5–2)Chambers46,96520–16
June: 13–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
38June 2Braves1–5SainLombardi (2–3)25,71020–17
39June 3Braves5–3Higbe (4–3)VoiselleSingleton (2)9,76721–17
40June 4Braves7–10HogueGregg (0–3)Voiselle37,35521–18
41June 5Braves8–7Lombardi (3–3)Bickford11,39722–18
42June 6Giants4–16PoatSingleton (1–3)22–19
43June 6Giants4–3Riddle (6–2)Trinkle36,49623–19
44June 7Giants5–9JonesSingleton (1–4)23,24323–20
45June 9Dodgers6–4Sewell (4–1)BarneyHigbe (2)11,79024–20
46June 10Dodgers4–1Bonham (1–3)Taylor30,34425–20
47June 11Dodgers2–3 (13)BrancaLombardi (3–4)Ramsdell10,23325–21
48June 13Phillies7–8DubielHigbe (4–4)Heintzelman25–22
49June 13Phillies9–2Riddle (7–2)Rowe30,38526–22
50June 15@ Giants2–0Ostermueller (3–1)Hartung44,15027–22
51June 16@ Giants11–5Bonham (2–3)Konikowski8,16028–22
52June 17@ Giants9–8Singleton (2–4)JansenHigbe (3)13,55629–22
53June 18@ Phillies2–0Riddle (8–2)Roberts13,50130–22
54June 19@ Phillies7–6Chesnes (3–0)DubielHigbe (4)7,55531–22
55June 20@ Phillies0–9LeonardSewell (4–2)31–23
56June 20@ Phillies7–5Gregg (1–3)DonnellyQueen (1)23,81032–23
57June 21@ Dodgers2–5BrancaLombardi (3–5)28,40432–24
58June 24@ Dodgers2–6RamsdellChesnes (3–1)32–25
59June 24@ Dodgers6–8 (8)BarneyRiddle (8–3)Roe24,74532–26
60June 25@ Braves3–12SpahnOstermueller (3–2)25,58732–27
61June 26@ Braves7–1Bonham (3–3)Voiselle31,49033–27
62June 27@ Braves1–9SainLombardi (3–6)17,64833–28
63June 29@ Reds5–6 (14)RaffensbergerSingleton (2–5)23,23333–29
July: 13–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
64July 1@ Reds5–2Ostermueller (4–2)Wehmeier5,49334–29
65July 2Cubs1–5MeyerChesnes (3–2)30,04134–30
66July 4Cubs5–1Sewell (5–2)BorowyHigbe (5)35–30
67July 4Cubs6–2Riddle (9–3)Rush26,18336–30
68July 5Reds10–3Lombardi (4–6)Fox37–30
69July 5Reds4–6GumbertBonham (3–4)Fox32,02937–31
70July 6Reds4–6Vander MeerQueen (1–1)Gumbert31,03537–32
71July 7@ Cardinals2–1Chesnes (4–2)Brazle14,25538–32
72July 8@ Cardinals6–4Ostermueller (5–2)StaleyHigbe (6)15,03539–32
73July 9@ Cubs1–2HamnerRiddle (9–4)14,50639–33
74July 10@ Cubs2–4SchmitzSewell (5–3)19,87339–34
75July 11@ Cubs0–1MeyerBonham (3–5)29,68339–35
76July 15Giants4–3Queen (2–1)Hartung40–35
77July 15Giants3–10PoatRiddle (9–5)26,05040–36
78July 17Giants5–6KonikowskiHigbe (4–5)16,07140–37
79July 18Braves2–10PotterRiddle (9–6)40–38
80July 18Braves1–3BickfordBonham (3–6)34,11640–39
81July 19Braves1–0Ostermueller (6–2)Sain28,11541–39
82July 20Phillies11–2Chesnes (5–2)Simmons26,01942–39
83July 21Phillies2–3 (10)RoweSingleton (2–6)6,79742–40
84July 22Phillies5–3Sewell (6–3)Bicknell43–40
85July 22Phillies1–1 (5)14,10743–40
86July 23Dodgers3–4PalicaQueen (2–2)Behrman33,70243–41
87July 25Dodgers6–7ErskineChesnes (5–3)Palica43–42
88July 25Dodgers7–4 (8)Singleton (3–6)Barney39,20444–42
89July 27@ Braves1–5PotterOstermueller (6–3)29,03144–43
90July 28@ Braves2–8BickfordRiddle (9–7)25,44644–44
91July 29@ Braves1–2VoiselleQueen (2–3)12,81344–45
92July 30@ Dodgers10–5Chesnes (6–3)Branca31,27845–45
93July 31@ Dodgers5–2Higbe (5–5)BehrmanLombardi (2)15,63346–45
August: 20–9 (Home: 15–5; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
94August 6@ Giants6–7PoatOstermueller (6–4)Jones6,54446–46
95August 7@ Giants5–4 (11)Higbe (6–5)Poat20,40847–46
96August 8@ Giants2–6JansenRiddle (9–8)Jones47–47
97August 8@ Giants5–4Chesnes (7–3)Konikowski46,21448–47
98August 10Cubs5–1Gregg (2–3)Rush21,25649–47
99August 11Cubs4–2Sewell (7–3)Hamner4,65250–47
100August 12Cardinals3–2Lombardi (5–6)Dickson26,00451–47
101August 13Cardinals5–4Chesnes (8–3)Wilks34,89352–47
102August 14Cardinals3–6BrecheenOstermueller (6–5)22,28352–48
103August 15Cardinals3–8WilksHigbe (6–6)52–49
104August 15Cardinals5–4Bonham (4–6)Dickson37,76753–49
105August 16Reds2–5Vander MeerGregg (2–4)19,23053–50
106August 17Reds4–3Lombardi (6–6)Blackwell25,92954–50
107August 18@ Cubs7–4Chesnes (9–3)MeyerHigbe (7)13,31755–50
108August 19@ Cubs2–1Sewell (8–3)Lade10,85356–50
109August 20@ Cardinals4–7StaleyOstermueller (6–6)Brazle21,58056–51
110August 21@ Cardinals2–9MungerBonham (4–7)22,38756–52
111August 22@ Cardinals4–1 (10)Riddle (10–8)DicksonLombardi (3)18,57857–52
112August 24Dodgers9–1Chesnes (10–3)Erskine38,26558–52
113August 25Dodgers12–11Main (1–0)Erskine17,04859–52
114August 26Phillies11–4Sewell (9–3)HeintzelmanHigbe (8)60–52
115August 26Phillies4–1Queen (3–3)LeonardHigbe (9)10,38761–52
116August 27Phillies4–3Higbe (7–6)Leonard32,36762–52
117August 28Phillies2–9RoweOstermueller (6–7)62–53
118August 28Phillies7–11LeonardBonham (4–8)14,28662–54
119August 29Braves6–1Chesnes (11–3)Spahn63–54
120August 29Braves5–2Lombardi (7–6)Voiselle30,27664–54
121August 30Braves2–1Ostermueller (7–7)Sain33,17465–54
122August 31Giants5–4Riddle (11–8)PoatHigbe (10)30,38666–54
September: 16–16 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
123September 1Giants1–3KennedyBonham (4–9)33,94666–55
124September 2Giants4–5JansenChesnes (11–4)16,25066–56
125September 3Cubs1–10MeyerQueen (3–4)27,84366–57
126September 5Cubs7–3Sewell (10–3)Borowy67–57
127September 5Cubs3–11LadeRiddle (11–9)25,56967–58
128September 6Cardinals2–1Chesnes (12–4)Dickson68–58
129September 6Cardinals4–1Lombardi (8–6)Munger69–58
130September 7Cardinals6–2Ostermueller (8–7)Hearn36,13670–58
131September 8@ Reds5–1Bonham (5–9)Fox12,43671–58
132September 9@ Reds6–1Riddle (12–9)Walters2,00272–58
133September 11@ Cubs13–12Queen (4–4)ChambersRiddle (1)17,09573–58
134September 12@ Cubs7–3Sewell (11–3)McCall27,96774–58
135September 13@ Giants2–5KennedyLombardi (8–7)33,37274–59
136September 14@ Dodgers5–8BehrmanOstermueller (8–8)74–60
137September 14@ Dodgers3–7TaylorRiddle (12–10)74–61
138September 15@ Giants8–3Bonham (6–9)Jansen9,18075–61
139September 16@ Giants10–6Chesnes (13–4)Koslo7,17476–61
140September 17@ Braves2–6SainLombardi (8–8)11,83876–62
141September 18@ Braves1–2SpahnOstermueller (8–9)21,08576–63
142September 19@ Phillies6–9LeonardMain (1–1)76–64
143September 19@ Phillies3–5RoweHigbe (7–7)15,71376–65
144September 20@ Phillies2–5RobertsChesnes (13–5)2,88476–66
145September 20@ Phillies4–7PossehlBonham (6–10)3,51376–67
146September 21@ Dodgers6–3Lombardi (9–8)Barney10,88277–67
147September 22@ Dodgers5–1Sewell (12–3)Taylor3,75678–67
148September 24Reds3–4WehmeierOstermueller (8–10)Gumbert18,91478–68
149September 25Reds16–6Chesnes (14–5)Blackburn7,76679–68
150September 26Reds8–6Sewell (13–3)GumbertLombardi (4)80–68
151September 26Reds8–5 (8)Singleton (4–6)Peterson26,48381–68
152September 29@ Cardinals2–1Lombardi (10–8)Dickson5,97782–68
153September 30@ Cardinals1–6MungerChesnes (14–6)2,06082–69
154September 30@ Cardinals1–4BrecheenOstermueller (8–11)8,59782–70
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
155October 1@ Reds2–1Higbe (8–7)Cress1,16283–70
156October 3@ Reds0–1Vander MeerLombardi (10–9)7,25583–71
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1948 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
CClyde Kluttz9427160.221420
1BEd Stevens128429109.2541069
2BDanny Murtaugh146514149.290171
SSStan Rojek156641186.290451
3BFrankie Gustine131449120.267942
OFDixie Walker129408129.316254
OFRalph Kiner156555147.26540123
OFWally Westlake132428122.2851765

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
UTJohnny Hopp120392109.278131
CEd Fitz Gerald10226270.267135
3BEddie Bockman7017642.239423
1BMax West8714626.178821
OFTed Beard258116.19807
2BMonty Basgall385111.21626
CJohnny Riddle10153.20000
SSGrady Wilson12101.10001
PHDon Gutteridge420.00000
SSPete Castiglione420.00000
CEarl Turner210.00000

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 Chesnes25194.11463.5769
Elmer Riddle28191.012103.4963
Tiny Bonham22135.26104.3142
Fritz Ostermueller23134.18114.4243
Rip Sewell21121.21333.4836

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 Lombardi38163.01093.7054
Kirby Higbe56158.0873.3686
Elmer Singleton3892.1464.9753
Hal Gregg2274.1244.6025
Mel Queen2566.1446.6534
Cal McLish25.0009.001

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
Woody Main171108.3312
Nick Strincevich30008.311
Junior Walsh210010.380

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

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. 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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