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1917 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

51-103, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Callahan (20-40), Honus Wagner (1-4) and Hugo Bezdek (30-59)
Scored 464 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94

Ballparks: 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 - 102


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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 William Fischer* 26 95 277 245 25 70 9 2 3 25 11 27 19 .286 .359 .376 .734 122 92 1 4
2 1B Honus Wagner 43 74 264 230 15 61 7 1 0 24 5 24 17 .265 .337 .304 .642 95 70 1 9
3 2B Jake Pitler 23 109 437 382 39 89 8 5 0 23 6 30 24 .233 .297 .280 .577 75 107 5 20
4 SS Chuck Ward 22 125 483 423 25 100 12 3 0 43 5 32 43 .236 .302 .279 .581 77 118 8 20
5 3B Tony Boeckel 24 64 238 219 16 58 11 1 0 23 6 8 31 .265 .297 .324 .621 88 71 2 9
6 OF Carson Bigbee* 22 133 530 469 46 112 11 6 0 21 19 37 16 .239 .301 .288 .589 79 135 5 19
7 OF Lee King 24 111 408 381 32 95 14 5 1 35 8 15 58 .249 .281 .320 .602 82 122 2 10
8 OF Max Carey# 27 155 668 588 82 174 21 12 1 51 46 58 38 .296 .369 .378 .746 126 222 10 12
Rk Pos 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 UT Bill Hinchman 34 69 282 244 27 46 5 5 2 29 5 33 27 .189 .288 .275 .562 71 67 1 4
10 C Walter Schmidt 30 72 202 183 9 45 7 0 0 17 4 11 11 .246 .296 .284 .580 76 52 2 6
11 C Bill Wagner 23 53 170 151 15 31 7 2 0 9 1 11 22 .205 .264 .278 .542 64 42 1 7
12 3B Alex McCarthy 28 49 168 151 15 33 4 0 0 8 1 11 13 .219 .276 .245 .521 58 37 1 5
13 3B Doug Baird 25 43 161 135 17 35 6 1 0 18 8 20 19 .259 .355 .319 .673 105 43 0 6
14 1B Fritz Mollwitz 27 36 156 140 15 36 4 1 0 12 4 8 8 .257 .297 .300 .597 81 42 0 8
15 IF Adam DeBus 24 38 142 131 9 30 5 4 0 7 2 7 14 .229 .279 .328 .607 83 43 2 2
16 1B Bunny Brief 24 36 141 115 15 25 5 1 2 11 4 15 21 .217 .318 .330 .649 96 38 2 9
17 OF Charlie Jackson* 23 41 134 121 7 29 3 2 0 1 4 10 22 .240 .303 .298 .601 82 36 1 2
18 OF Frank Schulte* 34 30 114 103 11 22 5 1 0 7 5 10 14 .214 .283 .282 .565 71 29 0 1
19 SS Howdy Caton 22 14 63 57 6 12 1 2 0 4 0 6 7 .211 .286 .298 .584 77 17 0 0
20 2B Billy Gleason 22 13 47 42 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 .167 .255 .190 .446 36 8 0 0
21 OF Don Flinn 24 14 38 37 1 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 .297 .316 .378 .694 110 14 0 0
22 1B Ray Miller* 29 6 30 27 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .148 .207 .185 .392 19 5 0 1
23 C Red Smith 25 11 24 21 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 .143 .250 .190 .440 34 4 0 0
24 1B High Pockets Kelly 21 8 24 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 .087 .125 .174 .299 -10 4 0 0
25 OF Jesse Altenburg* 24 11 18 17 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .176 .176 .176 .353 7 3 0 1
26 MI Bill Webb 22 5 17 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .200 .294 .200 .494 51 3 0 0
27 UT Joe Wilhoit* 31 9 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .200 .473 44 2 0 0
28 C Fred Blackwell* 25 3 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 21 2 0 0
29 MI Harry Wolfe 24 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0
30 3B Hooks Warner* 23 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 21 1 0 0
31 Ben Shaw 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 3B Arch Reilly 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Wilbur Cooper 25 41 111 103 8 21 5 1 0 5 0 6 20 .204 .248 .272 .520 57 28 0 2
34 P Frank Miller 31 39 81 76 0 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 11 .118 .118 .145 .263 -21 11 0 5
35 P Bob Steele# 23 33 77 76 6 17 1 1 0 5 1 0 14 .224 .224 .263 .487 47 20 0 1
36 P Burleigh Grimes 23 42 75 69 7 16 3 0 0 4 2 2 18 .232 .254 .275 .529 60 19 0 4
37 P Elmer Jacobs 24 38 72 67 3 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 26 .179 .203 .209 .412 25 14 1 3
38 P Hal Carlson 25 34 53 49 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 13 .122 .140 .163 .303 -8 8 0 3
39 P Al Mamaux 23 16 33 31 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .226 .250 .226 .476 45 7 1 1
40 P Bill Evans 24 8 9 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .333 .444 32 3 0 0
41 P Elmer Ponder 24 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.0 157 5788 5169 464 1230 160 61 9 396 150 399 580 .238 .298 .298 .596 81 1539 46 174
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 8 7 6 7 8 5 1 4 4 8 7 8 8 8 2 1
Rk Pos 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Wilbur Cooper* 25 17 11 .607 2.36 40 34 5 23 7 1 297.2 276 96 78 4 54 99 4 0 1 1159 121 1.109 8.3 0.1 1.6 3.0 1.83
2 SP Elmer Jacobs 24 6 19 .240 2.81 38 25 12 10 1 2 227.1 214 87 71 3 76 58 5 2 1 941 101 1.276 8.5 0.1 3.0 2.3 0.76
3 SP Frank Miller 31 10 19 .345 3.13 38 28 8 14 5 1 224.0 216 98 78 1 60 92 5 0 6 962 91 1.232 8.7 0.0 2.4 3.7 1.53
4 SP Bob Steele* 23 5 11 .313 2.76 27 19 8 13 1 1 179.2 158 71 55 0 53 82 5 2 6 747 103 1.174 7.9 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.55
5 SP Al Mamaux 23 2 11 .154 5.25 16 13 3 5 0 0 85.2 92 59 50 1 50 22 3 0 3 394 54 1.658 9.7 0.1 5.3 2.3 0.44
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Burleigh Grimes 23 3 16 .158 3.53 37 17 18 8 1 0 194.0 186 101 76 5 70 72 6 2 5 824 81 1.320 8.6 0.2 3.2 3.3 1.03
7 RP Hal Carlson 25 7 11 .389 2.90 34 17 14 9 1 1 161.1 140 64 52 0 49 68 4 0 2 657 98 1.171 7.8 0.0 2.7 3.8 1.39
8 RP Bill Evans 24 0 4 .000 3.38 8 2 4 1 0 0 26.2 24 14 10 0 14 5 1 0 2 123 86 1.425 8.1 0.0 4.7 1.7 0.36
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Elmer Ponder 24 1 1 .500 1.69 3 2 1 1 1 0 21.1 12 5 4 0 6 11 1 0 1 80 172 0.844 5.1 0.0 2.5 4.6 1.83
Team Totals 25.1 51 103 .331 3.01 157 157 73 84 17 6 1417.2 1318 595 474 14 432 509 34 6 27 5887 95 1.234 8.4 0.1 2.7 3.2 1.18
Rank in 8 NL teams 8 1 7 6 4 5 4 7 7 8 1 8 6
Rk Pos 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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Jesse Altenburg 24 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Doug Baird 25 43 142 57 75 10 3 .930 3.07 3B-2B
Carson Bigbee 22 125 343 272 56 15 10 .956 2.62 OF-2B-SS
Fred Blackwell 25 3 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 5.67 0 3 2 40% C
Tony Boeckel 24 62 200 71 116 13 9 .935 3.02 3B
Bunny Brief 24 34 335 309 22 4 23 .988 9.74 1B
Max Carey 27 153 478 440 28 10 8 .979 3.06 OF
Hal Carlson 25 34 60 6 53 1 3 .983 1.74 P
Howdy Caton 22 14 76 21 47 8 5 .895 4.86 SS
Wilbur Cooper 25 41 86 11 71 4 4 .953 2.00 P-OF
Adam DeBus 24 39 172 61 92 19 10 .890 3.92 SS-3B
Bill Evans 24 8 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
William Fischer 26 71 370 279 77 14 8 .962 5.01 4 82 45 35% C-1B
Don Flinn 24 12 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 OF
Billy Gleason 22 13 46 18 27 1 3 .978 3.46 2B
Burleigh Grimes 23 37 77 9 62 6 3 .922 1.92 P
Bill Hinchman 34 68 304 275 18 11 10 .964 4.31 OF-1B
Charlie Jackson 23 36 71 65 5 1 0 .986 1.94 OF
Elmer Jacobs 24 38 85 8 75 2 3 .976 2.18 P
High Pockets Kelly 21 8 70 66 2 2 3 .971 8.50 1B
Lee King 24 102 221 198 16 7 6 .968 2.10 OF
Al Mamaux 23 16 24 3 20 1 0 .958 1.44 P
Alex McCarthy 28 48 206 85 115 6 18 .971 4.17 3B-2B-SS
Frank Miller 31 38 74 4 69 1 0 .986 1.92 P
Ray Miller 29 6 65 61 4 0 5 1.000 10.83 1B
Fritz Mollwitz 27 37 360 341 17 2 16 .994 9.68 1B-2B
Jake Pitler 23 109 583 286 277 20 46 .966 5.17 2B-OF
Elmer Ponder 24 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Arch Reilly 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 3B
Walter Schmidt 30 61 320 229 84 7 9 .978 5.13 8 62 49 44% C
Frank Schulte 34 28 54 49 3 2 0 .963 1.86 OF
Red Smith 25 6 31 20 11 0 1 1.000 5.17 1 6 6 50% C
Bob Steele 23 27 53 4 43 6 3 .887 1.74 P
Bill Wagner 23 49 302 239 49 14 7 .954 5.88 3 41 27 40% C-1B
Honus Wagner 43 68 527 466 51 10 27 .981 7.60 1B-3B-2B-SS
Chuck Ward 22 125 625 226 347 52 53 .917 4.58 SS-2B-3B
Hooks Warner 23 1 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 7.00 3B
Bill Webb 22 5 23 9 13 1 1 .957 4.40 2B-SS
Joe Wilhoit 31 4 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF-1B
Harry Wolfe 24 2 10 4 5 1 2 .900 4.50 SS-2B
Team Totals 26.0 157 6460 4244 1965 251 299 .961 3.93 16 194 129 40%
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 6 7
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Jesse Altenburg* 24 18 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.3 0.1 $ /O
Doug Baird 25 161 0 0 0 0 -3 1 4 2 0.3 5 0.6 -0.3 $ 5/4
Carson Bigbee* 22 530 -12 0 0 0 2 -5 15 0 -0.3 -2 -0.3 0.0 $ *O4/6
Fred Blackwell* 25 10 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Tony Boeckel 24 238 -5 -1 0 0 -2 2 7 1 -0.1 3 0.4 -0.5 $ 5
Bunny Brief 24 141 -1 0 0 0 -1 -1 4 1 0.1 2 0.3 -0.2 $ 3
Max Carey# 27 668 14 4 0 0 8 -4 18 40 4.4 32 4.0 0.4 $ Purchased *O
Hal Carlson 25 53 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
Howdy Caton 22 63 -2 0 0 0 -1 1 2 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 6
Wilbur Cooper 25 111 -6 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0.1 2 0.3 -0.2 $ Traded 1/O
Adam DeBus 24 142 -3 0 0 0 -4 2 4 -1 -0.2 3 0.4 -0.6 $ Waivers 65
Bill Evans 24 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
William Fischer* 26 277 5 -1 0 0 0 4 8 16 1.7 16 2.0 -0.3 $ Traded 2/3
Don Flinn 24 38 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ O
Billy Gleason 22 47 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.3 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 4
Burleigh Grimes 23 75 -4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bill Hinchman 34 282 -9 0 0 0 -1 -3 8 -5 -0.7 -4 -0.5 -0.2 $ O3
Charlie Jackson* 23 134 -3 -1 0 0 0 -2 4 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.3 0.0 $ O
Elmer Jacobs 24 72 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
High Pockets Kelly 21 24 -3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.3 -0.1 $ Waivers /3
Lee King 24 408 -11 -1 0 0 4 -5 11 -2 -0.4 -6 -0.8 0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft O
Al Mamaux 23 33 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Alex McCarthy 28 168 -7 0 0 0 -1 1 5 -2 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ Purchased 54/6
Frank Miller 31 81 -10 0 0 0 0 3 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
Ray Miller* 29 30 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /3
Fritz Mollwitz 27 156 -4 0 0 0 -1 -1 4 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ Traded 3/4
Jake Pitler 23 437 -11 0 0 0 -9 0 12 -8 -1.1 1 0.1 -1.2 $ *4/O
Elmer Ponder 24 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.3 0.1 $ /1
Walter Schmidt 30 202 -5 -1 0 0 1 4 6 5 0.3 4 0.5 -0.2 $ 2
Frank Schulte* 34 114 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded O
Ben Shaw 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Red Smith 25 24 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /2
Bob Steele# 23 77 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Bill Wagner 23 170 -7 0 0 0 -4 2 5 -4 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ 23
Honus Wagner 43 264 -2 -2 0 0 -5 -1 7 -3 -0.4 2 0.3 -0.7 $10,000 Traded 35/46
Chuck Ward 22 483 -12 -3 0 0 -10 7 13 -5 -0.8 5 0.6 -1.4 $ *6/45
Hooks Warner* 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
Bill Webb 22 17 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /46
Joe Wilhoit* 31 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers /O3
Harry Wolfe 24 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /46
Team Total 26.0 5788 -137 -6 0 0 -28 20 158 7 -2.5 35 4.3 -6.8 $10,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Hal Carlson 25 161.1 17 64 72 -2 1.0 8 1.6 $
Wilbur Cooper* 25 297.2 34 96 132 -4 1.0 36 5.5 $ Traded
Bill Evans 24 26.2 2 15 12 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Purchased
Burleigh Grimes 23 194.0 17 101 86 -3 1.0 -15 -0.9 $ Purchased
Elmer Jacobs 24 227.1 25 87 101 -3 1.0 14 2.6 $ Purchased
Al Mamaux 23 85.2 13 59 38 -1 1.0 -21 -2.1 $
Frank Miller 31 224.0 28 98 99 -3 1.0 1 1.1 $
Elmer Ponder 24 21.1 2 5 9 0 1.0 4 0.6 $
Bob Steele* 23 179.2 19 70 80 -2 1.0 10 1.9 $ Traded
Team Total 25.1 1417.2 157 595 629 -18 1.0 34 10.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics