1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1950 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 69th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 64th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the league standings with a record of 57–96.
Player stats
Batting
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 McCullough | 103 | 279 | 71 | .254 | 6 | 34 |
| 1B | Johnny Hopp | 106 | 318 | 108 | .340 | 8 | 47 |
| 2B | Danny Murtaugh | 118 | 367 | 108 | .294 | 2 | 37 |
| SS | Danny O'Connell | 79 | 315 | 92 | .292 | 8 | 32 |
| 3B | Bob Dillinger | 58 | 222 | 64 | .288 | 1 | 9 |
| OF | Gus Bell | 111 | 422 | 119 | .282 | 8 | 53 |
| OF | Ralph Kiner | 150 | 547 | 149 | .272 | 47 | 118 |
| OF | Wally Westlake | 139 | 477 | 136 | .285 | 24 | 95 |
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 |
| Pete Castiglione | 94 | 263 | 67 | .255 | 3 | 22 |
| Stan Rojek | 76 | 230 | 59 | .257 | 0 | 17 |
| 69 | 208 | 61 | .293 | 5 | 34 | |
| Nanny Fernandez | 65 | 198 | 51 | .258 | 6 | 27 |
| Tom Saffell | 67 | 182 | 37 | .203 | 2 | 6 |
| Ted Beard | 61 | 177 | 41 | .232 | 4 | 12 |
| Ray Mueller | 67 | 156 | 42 | .269 | 6 | 24 |
| 40 | 131 | 27 | .206 | 1 | 12 | |
| Dale Coogan | 53 | 129 | 31 | .240 | 1 | 13 |
| Hank Schenz | 58 | 101 | 23 | .228 | 1 | 5 |
| Earl Turner | 40 | 74 | 18 | .243 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 3 | |
| George [Strickland (baseball)|George Strickland] | 23 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
| Marv Rickert | 17 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Fitz Gerald | 6 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 |
| 37 | 249.1 | 12 | 15 | 4.30 | 93 | |
| 9 | 49.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.54 | 12 |
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 |
| Murry Dickson | 51 | 225.0 | 10 | 15 | 3.80 | 76 |
| Bill Werle | 48 | 215.1 | 8 | 16 | 4.60 | 78 |
| Bill Macdonald | 32 | 153.0 | 8 | 10 | 4.29 | 60 |
| Vern Law | 27 | 128.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.92 | 57 |
| 33 | 120.1 | 5 | 14 | 5.98 | 76 | |
| Bill Pierro | 12 | 29.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.55 | 13 |
| 11 | 25.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.39 | 9 | |
| Hal Gregg | 5 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 3 |
| Frank Papish | 4 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
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 |
| Vic Lombardi | 39 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6.60 | 26 |
| Junior Walsh | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.05 | 33 |
| Woody Main | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.87 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 | 0 | |
| Windy McCall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.45 | 5 |
| Jack Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 |
| Harry Gumbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |