1917 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster (40-man)

1916 Season 1918 Season

Record: 51-103-3, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Jimmy Callahan (20-40-1) , Honus Wagner (1-4) and Hugo Bezdek (30-59-2)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 192,807 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105
One-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 60-94, 464 Runs, 595 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Jesse Altenburg	24	us US	L	R	5' 9"	158	Jan 2, 1893	2	11	3	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	6	1	-0.2	$1,500
Doug Baird	25	us US	R	R	5' 9"	148	Sep 27, 1891	3	43	39	43	42	0	0	0	1	41	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.5	$1,800
Carson Bigbee	22	us US	L	R	5' 9"	157	Mar 31, 1895	2	134	121	134	125	0	0	0	16	0	2	85	5	17	107	6	4	0.0	$1,800
Fred Blackwell	25	us US	L	R	5' 10"	160	Sep 7, 1891	1st	3	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Tony Boeckel	24	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 25, 1892	1st	64	62	64	62	0	0	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.3	$1,800
Bunny Brief	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jul 3, 1892	4	36	33	36	34	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.1	$2,500
Max Carey HOF	27	us US	B	R	5' 11"	170	Jan 11, 1890	8	155	153	155	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	153	0	153	2	0	5.2	$5,400
Hal Carlson	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	May 17, 1892	1st	34	17	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8
Howdy Caton	22	us US	R	R	5' 6"	165	Jul 16, 1894	1st	14	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$1,230
Wilbur Cooper	25	us US	R	L	5' 11"	175	Feb 24, 1892	6	41	34	41	41	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.5	$3,600
Adam DeBus	24	us US	R	R	5' 10"	150	Oct 7, 1892	1st	38	35	38	38	0	0	0	0	18	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$1,200
Bill Evans	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 10, 1893	2	8	2	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$1,800
William Fischer	26	us US	L	R	6' 0"	174	Mar 2, 1891	5	95	66	95	70	0	68	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	1.8	$3,500
Don Flinn	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Nov 17, 1892	1st	14	9	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	4	12	4	0	0.1
Billy Gleason	22	us US	R	R	5' 6"	157	Sep 6, 1894	2	14	10	14	13	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2	$1,200
Burleigh Grimes HOF	23	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 18, 1893	2	42	17	42	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	-0.5	$2,600
Bill Hinchman	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Apr 4, 1883	8	69	68	69	68	0	0	20	0	0	0	40	0	8	48	1	0	-0.6	$3,600
Charlie Jackson	23	us US	L	L	5' 9"	150	Feb 7, 1894	2	41	31	41	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	1	15	36	4	4	-0.2	$1,500
Elmer Jacobs	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Aug 10, 1892	3	38	25	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	$1,800
George Kelly HOF	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Sep 10, 1895	3	8	8	8	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Lee King	24	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Dec 26, 1892	2	111	95	111	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	95	102	13	1	0.0
Al Mamaux	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	168	May 30, 1894	5	16	13	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.6
Alex McCarthy	28	us US	R	R	5' 9"	150	May 12, 1889	8	49	46	49	49	0	0	0	14	26	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$2,725
Frank Miller	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	188	May 13, 1886	3	39	28	39	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.3	$2,800
Ray Miller	29	us US	L	L	5' 10"	168	Feb 12, 1888	1st	6	6	6	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Fritz Mollwitz	27	de DE	R	R	6' 2"	170	Jun 16, 1890	5	36	36	36	36	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$3,250
Jake Pitler	23	us US	R	R	5' 8"	150	Apr 22, 1894	1st	109	106	109	109	0	0	0	106	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	-1.0	$1,800
Elmer Ponder	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Jun 26, 1893	1st	3	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$1,500
Arch Reilly	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	163	Aug 17, 1891	1st	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$1,500
Walter Schmidt	30	us US	R	R	5' 9"	159	Mar 20, 1887	2	72	51	72	61	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	0.3	$3,000
Frank Schulte	34	us US	L	R	5' 11"	170	Sep 17, 1882	14	30	27	30	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25	28	3	0	-0.2	$4,000
Ben Shaw	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Jun 18, 1893	1st	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	$1,200
Red Smith	25	us US	R	R	5' 8"	165	Apr 11, 1892	1st	11	5	11	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.1	$1,500
Bob Steele	23	ca CA	B	L	5' 10"	175	Mar 29, 1894	2	33	19	33	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2.5
Bill Wagner	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	187	Jan 2, 1894	4	53	42	53	47	0	37	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	-0.3	$1,800
Honus Wagner HOF	43	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Feb 24, 1874	21	74	59	74	66	0	0	48	2	17	1	0	0	0	0	13	0	-0.1	$6,000
Chuck Ward	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Jul 30, 1894	1st	125	121	125	124	0	0	0	9	4	112	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.1	$1,650
Hooks Warner	23	us US	L	R	5' 10"	170	May 22, 1894	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	$9,000
Bill Webb	22	us US	R	R	5' 10"	161	Jun 25, 1895	1st	5	4	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$1,230
Joe Wilhoit	31	us US	L	R	6' 2"	175	Dec 20, 1885	2	9	1	9	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	2	-0.1
Harry Wolfe	28	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Nov 24, 1888	1st	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jimmy Callahan	43	us US	Mar 18, 1874	Manager	Apr 11	Jun 29
Honus Wagner	43	us US	Feb 24, 1874	Manager	Jun 30	Jul 3
Hugo Bezdek	34	cz CZ	Apr 1, 1883	Manager	Jul 4	Oct 1
Frank Roth	38	us US	Oct 11, 1878		Apr 11	Oct 1
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date