1951 Pittsburgh Pirates roster

31 players appeared for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1951 MLB season.

1951 Pirates roster: batting

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Gus Bell1496008016716891.278.330.773
Ralph Kiner151531124164421092.309.4521.079
Pete Castiglione132482621267422.261.311.672
George Strickland13845459989474.216.318.651
Catfish Metkovich120423511243403.293.338.717
Clyde McCullough9225926778392.297.366.806
Jack Phillips7015612370121.237.304.625
Monty Basgall551531532090.209.271.539
Danny Murtaugh771519301110.199.284.549
Frank Thomas3914821392160.264.306.698
Pete Reiser7414022382134.271.389.811
Ed Fitzgerald55978220131.227.286.574
Tom Saffell49651113151.200.257.503
Jack Merson13506181140.360.373.913
Ted Beard224879130.188.291.562
Dick Smith124628040.174.296.470
Dino Restelli213817130.184.225.514
Harry Fisher3300000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1951 Pirates roster: pitching

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Murry DicksonP453520164.02288.21121.372
Mel QueenP3921794.44168.11231.470
Bob FriendP34226104.27149.2411.610
Bill WerleP599865.65149.2571.556
Vern LawP2814694.50114.0411.402
Junior WalshP361146.8773.1321.880
Paul LapalmeP228156.2954.1242.020
Don CarlsenP76234.1943.0201.490
Bill KoskiP131016.6727.062.000
Joe MuirP91022.7616.151.100
Len YochimP22118.318.252.420
Con DempseyP32029.007.032.140
Paul PettitP20003.382.201.130

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.