1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1945 Season 1947 Season

Record: 63-91-1, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Frankie Frisch (62-89-1) and Virgil Davis (1-2)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

Attendance: 749,962 (7th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 64-90, 552 Runs, 668 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Al Lopez	37	56	178	150	13	46	2	0	1	12	1	1	23	14	.307	.399	.340	.739	108	51	6	0	4		3
2	1B	Elbie Fletcher*	30	148	651	532	72	136	25	8	4	66	4	5	111	37	.256	.384	.355	.739	108	189	7	0	8		6
3	2B	Frankie Gustine	26	131	549	495	60	128	23	6	8	52	2	8	40	52	.259	.318	.378	.696	94	187	13	3	10		4
4	SS	Billy Cox	26	121	448	411	32	119	22	6	2	36	4	3	26	15	.290	.333	.387	.720	101	159	4	1	10		1
5	3B	Lee Handley	32	116	456	416	43	99	8	7	1	28	4	5	29	20	.238	.289	.298	.587	65	124	10	1	10		0
6	OF	Ralph Kiner	23	144	579	502	63	124	17	3	23	81	3	3	74	109	.247	.345	.430	.775	117	216	15	1	2		3
7	OF	Bob Elliott	29	140	559	486	50	128	25	3	5	68	6	5	64	44	.263	.351	.358	.709	99	174	15	2	7		4
8	OF	Jim Russell#	27	146	592	516	68	143	29	6	8	50	11	12	67	54	.277	.362	.403	.765	114	208	11	2	6		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	MI	Jimmy Brown#	36	79	264	241	23	58	6	0	0	12	3	3	18	5	.241	.293	.266	.559	57	64	8	0	4		1
10	C	Bill Salkeld*	29	69	200	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2	1	39	16	.294	.432	.400	.832	134	64	1	0	1		4
11	OF	Chuck Workman*	31	58	162	145	11	32	4	1	2	16	2	1	11	19	.221	.280	.303	.584	64	44	3	1	4		1
12	OF	Maurice Van Robays	31	59	162	146	14	31	5	3	1	12	0	2	11	15	.212	.272	.308	.580	62	45	6	1	4		1
13	2B	Burgess Whitehead	36	55	138	127	10	28	1	2	0	5	3	3	6	6	.220	.261	.260	.521	46	33	3	1	2		0
14	C	Bill Baker	35	53	128	113	7	27	4	0	1	8	0	1	12	6	.239	.312	.301	.613	72	34	3	0	2		3
15	OF	Al Gionfriddo*	24	64	116	102	11	26	2	2	0	10	1	0	14	5	.255	.345	.314	.659	85	32	1	0	0		0
16	C	Hank Camelli	31	42	105	96	8	20	2	2	0	5	0	0	8	9	.208	.269	.271	.540	52	26	1	0	1		3
17	OF	Johnny Barrett*	30	32	79	71	7	12	3	0	0	6	1	0	8	11	.169	.253	.211	.464	31	15	0	0	0		0
18	UT	Frank Colman*	28	26	56	53	3	9	3	0	1	6	0	0	2	7	.170	.214	.283	.497	39	15	0	1	0		0
19	C	Vinnie Smith	30	7	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.190	.227	.190	.418	18	4	1	0	0		0
20	SS	Frankie Zak	24	21	22	20	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	23	4	0	0	1		1
21	C	Roy Jarvis	20	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	84	1	0	0	0		0
22	OF	Ben Guintini	27	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
23	SS	Pete Coscarart	33	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	315	2	0	0	0		0
24		Alf Anderson	32	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	46	0	1	0	0		0
25		Vic Barnhart	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
26	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	38	28	75	64	7	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.328	.386	.375	.761	114	24	3	1	5		0
27	P	Nick Strincevich	31	32	62	52	5	8	0	2	0	3	0	0	6	20	.154	.241	.231	.472	33	12	2	0	4		0
28	P	Rip Sewell*	39	26	56	50	4	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	12	.180	.241	.220	.461	30	11	4	0	2		0
29	P	Ken Heintzelman	30	32	56	44	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	12	.136	.224	.136	.361	2	6	4	0	6		0
30	P	Ed Bahr	26	29	46	45	2	8	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	10	.178	.178	.222	.400	12	10	0	0	1		0
31	P	Jack Hallett	31	35	28	26	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.269	.500	40	7	0	0	2		0
32	P	Ken Gables	27	32	27	24	2	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.280	.375	.655	83	9	1	0	2		0
33	P	Johnny Lanning	35	27	25	21	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.182	.190	.372	4	4	1	0	3		0
34	P	Al Gerheauser*	29	36	21	21	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.333	.333	.429	.762	113	9	0	0	0		0
35	P	Preacher Roe	30	21	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.067	.222	.067	.289	-17	1	0	0	0		0
36	P	Ed Albosta	27	17	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	1	1	0	0		0
37	P	Lee Howard*	22	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Junior Walsh	27	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Hank Gornicki	35	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
40	P	Al Tate	27	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	1	0	0	0		0
41	P	Jim Hopper	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
42	P	Aldon Wilkie*	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
43	P	Bill Clemensen	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.2	155	5916	5199	552	1300	202	52	60	508	48	54	592	555	.250	.328	.344	.672	88	1786	125	15	101		37
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	7	7	7	3	5		5	7	2	4	7	5	7	7		7		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.0	155	5479	4814	523	1223	190	49	60	492	47	54	567	450	.254	.334	.351	.686	92	1691	109	14	76		37
		Pitcher Totals	32.2	155	437	385	29	77	12	3	0	16	1	0	25	105	.200	.251	.247	.497	40	95	16	1	25		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Fritz Ostermueller*	38	13	10	.565	2.84	27	25	2	16	2	0	193.1	193	70	61	5	56	7	57	3	0	1	810	124	3.25	1.288	9.0	0.2	2.6	2.7	1.02
2	SP	Nick Strincevich	31	10	15	.400	3.58	32	22	3	11	3	1	176.0	185	77	70	7	44	3	49	4	0	1	745	99	3.36	1.301	9.5	0.4	2.3	2.5	1.11
3	SP	Ken Heintzelman*	30	8	12	.400	3.77	32	24	4	6	2	1	157.2	165	84	66	7	86	9	57	0	0	4	708	94	4.07	1.592	9.4	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.66
4	SP	Rip Sewell	39	8	12	.400	3.68	25	20	3	11	2	0	149.1	140	68	61	6	53	7	33	1	0	2	641	96	3.75	1.292	8.4	0.4	3.2	2.0	0.62
5	SP	Ed Bahr	26	8	6	.571	2.63	27	14	7	7	0	0	136.2	128	57	40	8	52	4	44	5	0	2	577	134	3.95	1.317	8.4	0.5	3.4	2.9	0.85
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Jack Hallett	31	5	7	.417	3.29	35	9	12	3	1	0	115.0	107	48	42	0	39	3	64	0	0	2	480	107	2.49	1.270	8.4	0.0	3.1	5.0	1.64
7	RP	Ken Gables	27	2	4	.333	5.27	32	7	10	0	0	1	100.2	113	64	59	3	52	2	39	1	0	0	463	67	3.78	1.639	10.1	0.3	4.6	3.5	0.75
8	RP	Johnny Lanning	35	4	5	.444	3.07	27	9	12	3	0	1	91.0	97	36	31	3	31	4	16	1	0	2	400	115	3.71	1.407	9.6	0.3	3.1	1.6	0.52
9	RP	Al Gerheauser*	29	2	2	.500	3.97	35	3	18	1	0	0	81.2	92	42	36	2	25	1	32	1	0	1	356	89	3.07	1.433	10.1	0.2	2.8	3.5	1.28
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Preacher Roe*	30	3	8	.273	5.14	21	10	8	1	0	2	70.0	83	50	40	5	25	2	28	2	0	0	315	69	3.87	1.543	10.7	0.6	3.2	3.6	1.12
11		Ed Albosta	27	0	6	.000	6.13	17	6	3	0	0	0	39.2	41	34	27	3	35	1	19	1	0	1	195	58	5.33	1.916	9.3	0.7	7.9	4.3	0.54
12		Lee Howard*	22	0	1	.000	2.03	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.1	14	3	3	0	9	0	6	0	0	0	61	179	3.71	1.725	9.5	0.0	6.1	4.1	0.67
13		Hank Gornicki	35	0	0		3.55	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	5	0	11	0	4	0	0	0	62	102	4.56	1.816	8.5	0.0	7.8	2.8	0.36
14		Junior Walsh	27	0	1	.000	5.23	4	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	0	10	0	2	1	0	0	49	70	5.39	1.839	7.8	0.0	8.7	1.7	0.20
15		Al Tate	27	0	1	.000	5.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	5	5	0	7	0	2	0	0	0	39	74	4.47	1.667	8.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.29
16		Aldon Wilkie*	31	0	0		10.57	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	13	9	9	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	37	35	2.97	2.087	15.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
17		Jim Hopper	26	0	1	.000	10.38	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	22	37	7.20	2.077	12.5	2.1	6.2	2.1	0.33
18		Bill Clemensen	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.58	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	31.8	63	91	.409	3.72	155	155	94	61	10	6	1370.1	1406	668	566	50	541	43	458	20	0	18	5966	95	3.62	1.421	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.0	0.85
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2		6				4	6	8	6	7	6	6	1	6		8
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W