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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945)
90-63, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 744 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68
Manager: Frankie Frisch (90-63)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 604,278 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1943 / 1945 Batting Statistics

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 Al Lopez 35 115 371 331 27 76 12 1 1 34 4 34 24 .230 .303 .281 .584 62 93 7 1 5
2 1B Babe Dahlgren 32 158 659 599 67 173 28 7 12 101 2 47 56 .289 .347 .419 .766 111 251 20 6 7
3 2B Pete Coscarart 31 139 608 554 89 146 30 4 4 42 10 41 57 .264 .315 .354 .669 85 196 12 1 12
4 SS Frankie Gustine 24 127 446 405 42 93 18 3 2 42 8 33 41 .230 .288 .304 .591 64 123 14 0 8
5 3B Bob Elliott 27 143 617 538 85 160 28 16 10 108 9 75 42 .297 .383 .465 .848 134 250 8 0 4
6 OF Johnny Barrett* 28 149 661 568 99 153 24 19 7 83 28 86 56 .269 .366 .415 .782 116 236 6 1 6
7 OF Vince DiMaggio 31 109 379 342 41 82 20 4 9 50 6 33 83 .240 .307 .401 .707 95 137 6 0 4
8 OF Jim Russell# 25 152 664 580 109 181 34 14 8 66 6 79 63 .312 .399 .460 .859 137 267 8 5 0
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 OF Frank Colman* 26 99 252 226 30 61 9 5 6 53 0 25 27 .270 .345 .434 .779 115 98 5 1 0
10 UT Al Rubeling 31 92 207 184 22 45 7 2 4 30 4 19 19 .245 .322 .370 .692 91 68 3 2 2
11 SS Frankie Zak 22 87 186 160 33 48 3 1 0 11 6 22 18 .300 .385 .331 .716 99 53 2 0 4
12 OF Tommy O'Brien 25 85 178 156 27 39 6 2 3 20 1 21 12 .250 .343 .372 .714 98 58 7 1 0
13 C Hank Camelli 29 63 146 125 14 37 5 1 1 10 0 18 12 .296 .385 .376 .761 111 47 6 0 3
14 C Spud Davis 39 54 103 93 6 28 7 0 2 14 0 10 8 .301 .369 .441 .810 123 41 2 0 0
15 IF Lee Handley 30 40 93 86 7 19 2 0 0 5 1 3 5 .221 .247 .244 .491 36 21 6 0 4
16 OF Lloyd Waner* 38 19 16 14 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .357 .438 .357 .795 122 5 0 0 0
17 OF Al Gionfriddo* 22 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 1 0 0 0
18 OF Bill Rodgers* 21 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0 0 0
19 SS Vic Barnhart 21 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 226 1 0 0 0
20 1B Hank Sweeney* 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
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
21 P Rip Sewell* 37 44 116 112 10 25 4 1 1 12 1 2 19 .223 .237 .304 .540 49 34 1 0 2
22 P Fritz Ostermueller* 36 29 83 80 7 20 2 0 0 6 1 2 6 .250 .268 .275 .543 51 22 1 0 1
23 P Max Butcher 33 36 70 63 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 2 8 .190 .215 .222 .438 21 14 3 0 5
24 P Nick Strincevich 29 40 64 57 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 2 7 .158 .186 .193 .379 5 11 1 0 5
25 P Preacher Roe 29 39 62 53 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .132 .179 .132 .311 -13 7 1 0 6
26 P Cookie Cuccurullo* 26 36 40 38 4 14 4 0 0 4 0 2 3 .368 .400 .474 .874 141 18 3 0 0
27 P Ray Starr 38 27 28 22 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 6 9 .136 .321 .182 .503 42 4 0 0 0
28 P Xavier Rescigno 31 48 27 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 .091 .231 .091 .322 -8 2 0 0 1
29 P Joe Vitelli 36 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
30 P Len Gilmore 26 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Johnny Gee* 28 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 1 0 0 0
32 P Roy Wise# 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.0 158 6099 5429 743 1442 248 80 70 706 87 0 573 616 .266 .338 .379 .717 98 2060 122 18 79 0 0
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 3 4 1 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Vic Barnhart 21 3 1 1 26.8 97 1.000 .500 .272 .667 .340 .500 .383 1.167 .723 226 .968 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000 /6
*Johnny Barrett 28 661 427 86 5.4 97 .289 .269 .273 .366 .340 .415 .383 .782 .723 116 .614 13.1 1.4 .834 .347 .146 11.2 *O
Max Butcher 33 70 59 3 1.4 97 .218 .190 .273 .215 .340 .222 .383 .438 .723 21 .114 -6.8 -0.7 .296 .063 .032 1
Hank Camelli 29 146 97 18 5.0 97 .321 .296 .273 .385 .340 .376 .383 .761 .723 111 .577 2.6 0.3 .691 .224 .080 .0 2
*Frank Colman 26 252 170 34 5.4 97 .285 .270 .273 .345 .340 .434 .383 .779 .723 115 .611 3.9 0.4 .729 .274 .164 .0 O/3
Pete Coscarart 31 608 432 62 3.8 97 .288 .264 .273 .315 .340 .354 .383 .669 .723 85 .460 -11.7 -1.2 .590 .182 .090 5.7 *4/6O
*Cookie Cuccurullo 26 40 27 7 7.0 97 .400 .368 .273 .400 .340 .474 .383 .874 .723 141 .716 2.2 0.2 .741 .158 .105 1
Babe Dahlgren 32 659 453 85 5.0 97 .303 .289 .273 .347 .340 .419 .383 .766 .723 111 .583 7.9 0.8 .686 .212 .130 3.4 *3
Spud Davis 39 103 67 15 6.0 97 .313 .301 .273 .369 .340 .441 .383 .810 .723 123 .658 3.2 0.3 .761 .247 .140 .0 2
Vince DiMaggio 31 379 270 42 4.2 97 .292 .240 .273 .307 .340 .401 .383 .707 .723 95 .498 -3.4 -0.4 .662 .275 .161 7.2 O/5
Bob Elliott 27 617 390 96 6.6 97 .309 .297 .273 .383 .340 .465 .383 .848 .723 134 .696 25.2 2.6 .865 .323 .167 9.5 *5/6
*Johnny Gee 28 2 1 1 26.8 97 1.000 .500 .272 .500 .340 .500 .383 1.000 .724 177 .968 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
Len Gilmore 26 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .383 .000 .724 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Al Gionfriddo 22 7 5 0 0.0 97 .200 .167 .273 .286 .340 .167 .383 .452 .723 27 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .000 /O
Frankie Gustine 24 446 334 35 2.8 97 .251 .230 .273 .288 .340 .304 .383 .591 .723 64 .324 -20.2 -2.1 .503 .175 .074 3.2 *64/5
Lee Handley 30 93 77 5 1.7 97 .235 .221 .273 .247 .340 .244 .383 .491 .723 36 .166 -7.6 -0.8 .342 .070 .023 .0 45/6
Al Lopez 35 371 267 28 2.8 97 .245 .230 .273 .303 .340 .281 .383 .584 .723 62 .325 -16.3 -1.7 .504 .166 .051 1.6 *2
Tommy O'Brien 25 178 124 20 4.3 97 .255 .250 .273 .343 .340 .372 .383 .714 .723 98 .514 -0.2 -0.0 .653 .263 .122 1.5 O/5
*Fritz Ostermueller 36 83 62 6 2.6 97 .270 .250 .273 .268 .340 .275 .383 .543 .723 51 .294 -5.5 -0.6 .410 .063 .025 .0 1
Xavier Rescigno 31 27 21 0 0.0 97 .182 .091 .273 .231 .340 .091 .383 .322 .723 -8 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .300 .182 .000 1
*Bill Rodgers 21 4 3 0 0.0 97 .333 .250 .272 .250 .340 .250 .383 .500 .724 39 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /O
Preacher Roe 29 62 53 1 0.5 97 .233 .132 .273 .179 .340 .132 .383 .311 .723 -13 .021 -8.3 -0.9 .213 .057 .000 1
Al Rubeling 31 207 144 21 3.9 97 .255 .245 .273 .322 .340 .370 .383 .692 .723 91 .468 -2.4 -0.2 .655 .250 .125 4.0 O45
#Jim Russell 25 664 407 105 6.9 97 .340 .312 .273 .399 .340 .460 .383 .859 .723 137 .714 31.5 3.2 .877 .295 .148 6.9 *O
*Rip Sewell 37 116 90 8 2.4 97 .261 .223 .273 .237 .340 .304 .383 .540 .723 49 .263 -8.3 -0.9 .420 .107 .080 1.0 1
Ray Starr 38 28 19 1 1.4 97 .231 .136 .273 .321 .340 .182 .383 .503 .723 42 .120 -1.4 -0.2 .526 .318 .045 1
Nick Strincevich 29 64 54 2 1.0 97 .180 .158 .273 .186 .340 .193 .383 .379 .723 5 .066 -7.4 -0.8 .265 .070 .035 1
*Hank Sweeney 28 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .383 .000 .724 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /3
Joe Vitelli 36 3 3 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .273 .000 .340 .000 .383 .000 .723 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Lloyd Waner 38 16 9 2 6.0 97 .357 .357 .273 .438 .340 .357 .383 .795 .723 122 .656 0.5 0.1 .778 .143 .000 /O
#Roy Wise 18 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Frankie Zak 22 186 118 20 4.6 97 .338 .300 .273 .385 .340 .331 .383 .716 .723 99 .537 0.8 0.1 .711 .206 .031 .0 6
League Average 4.2 94 .276 .260 .268 .326 .335 .362 .377 .688 .712 93 .497 .616 .204 .102
Team Total 6099 4188 704 4.5 97 .289 .266 .273 .338 .340 .379 .383 .717 .723 98 .533 -14.1 -1.6 .666 .235 .114 77.6
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Vic Barnhart 21 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 1 1
*Johnny Barrett 28 155 680 590 103 159 25 20 7 86 29 89 58 .269 .366 .415 .781 89 149 149
Max Butcher 33 37 67 65 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 2 8 .185 .209 .215 .424 3 36 36
Hank Camelli 29 65 147 129 14 38 5 1 1 10 0 18 12 .295 .381 .372 .753 19 63 63
*Frank Colman 26 103 262 235 32 64 9 5 6 56 0 26 28 .272 .347 .430 .777 35 99 99
Pete Coscarart 31 144 620 576 93 152 31 4 4 44 10 43 59 .264 .316 .352 .669 64 139 139
*Cookie Cuccurullo 26 37 41 39 4 14 4 0 0 4 0 2 3 .359 .390 .462 .852 7 36 36
Babe Dahlgren 32 164 676 621 69 179 29 7 12 104 2 49 58 .288 .346 .415 .762 88 158 158
Spud Davis 39 56 106 96 6 29 7 0 2 14 0 10 8 .302 .368 .438 .805 16 54 54
Vince DiMaggio 31 113 389 355 43 85 21 4 9 52 6 34 86 .239 .306 .397 .703 44 109 109
Bob Elliott 27 148 637 559 88 166 29 17 10 112 9 78 44 .297 .383 .463 .846 100 143 143
*Johnny Gee 28 8 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8 8
Len Gilmore 26 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Al Gionfriddo 22 4 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 4 4
Frankie Gustine 24 132 454 420 43 96 19 3 2 43 8 34 43 .229 .286 .302 .589 36 127 127
Lee Handley 30 42 92 89 7 19 2 0 0 5 1 3 5 .213 .239 .236 .475 5 40 40
Al Lopez 35 119 380 344 28 79 12 1 1 35 4 35 25 .230 .303 .279 .582 29 115 115
Tommy O'Brien 25 88 185 162 29 41 6 2 3 21 1 22 12 .253 .346 .370 .716 21 85 85
*Fritz Ostermueller 36 42 99 96 7 22 2 0 0 6 1 3 8 .229 .253 .250 .503 6 40 40
Xavier Rescigno 31 50 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 .000 .148 .000 .148 0 48 48
*Bill Rodgers 21 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Preacher Roe 29 40 57 54 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 24 .111 .158 .111 .269 1 39 39
Al Rubeling 31 96 211 190 22 46 7 2 4 31 4 19 20 .242 .318 .363 .681 22 92 92
#Jim Russell 25 158 689 602 113 188 35 15 8 68 6 82 65 .312 .399 .460 .859 109 152 152
*Rip Sewell 37 46 118 116 10 26 4 1 1 12 1 2 20 .224 .237 .302 .539 8 44 44
Ray Starr 38 28 29 23 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 6 9 .130 .310 .174 .484 1 27 27
Nick Strincevich 29 42 61 59 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 2 7 .153 .180 .186 .367 2 40 40
*Hank Sweeney 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Joe Vitelli 36 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
*Lloyd Waner 38 35 36 30 5 10 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 .333 .444 .333 .778 4 34 34
Frankie Zak 22 90 187 165 34 49 3 1 0 11 6 22 19 .297 .380 .327 .707 21 87 87
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Vic Barnhart 21 1 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 226 1 0 0 0
*Johnny Barrett 28 3 1380 390 1380 1190 196 302 47 28 8 141 43 166 121 .254 .349 .361 .709 100 429 13 8 16
Max Butcher 33 9 588 314 588 544 37 98 13 0 1 35 0 15 90 .180 .202 .210 .412 14 114 21 0 29
Hank Camelli 29 2 150 64 150 128 15 37 5 1 1 10 0 19 12 .289 .381 .367 .748 108 47 6 0 3
*Frank Colman 26 3 360 141 360 322 41 82 11 7 7 59 0 35 36 .255 .330 .398 .727 103 128 5 1 2
Pete Coscarart 31 7 2898 738 2898 2598 340 632 111 20 20 231 32 240 306 .243 .310 .324 .634 76 843 50 11 49
*Cookie Cuccurullo 26 2 42 37 42 38 5 14 4 0 0 4 0 4 3 .368 .429 .474 .902 150 18 3 0 0
Babe Dahlgren 32 10 3826 965 3826 3434 411 909 149 29 77 485 17 10 331 337 .265 .333 .392 .725 95 1347 96 20 41
Spud Davis 39 15 4677 1435 4677 4222 386 1304 242 22 77 641 6 384 324 .309 .369 .431 .801 110 1821 98 21 50
Vince DiMaggio 31 8 3766 962 3766 3353 424 839 183 21 106 499 67 367 734 .250 .326 .412 .739 108 1382 57 12 34
Bob Elliott 27 6 3231 763 3231 2886 422 857 152 59 37 457 34 301 185 .297 .365 .429 .794 123 1238 63 6 38
*Johnny Gee 28 4 42 29 42 37 4 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 11 .135 .200 .189 .389 10 7 0 0 2 0 0
Len Gilmore 26 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
*Al Gionfriddo 22 1 7 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 1 0 0 0
Frankie Gustine 24 6 2468 630 2468 2264 226 587 109 24 6 224 37 166 185 .259 .311 .337 .648 82 762 61 5 33
Lee Handley 30 7 2595 653 2595 2351 319 640 88 33 13 195 56 194 150 .272 .328 .354 .683 88 833 55 2 48
Al Lopez 35 16 6014 1742 6014 5397 569 1415 195 43 50 608 43 489 499 .262 .325 .342 .667 84 1846 125 14 114
Tommy O'Brien 25 2 430 174 430 388 62 111 18 9 5 46 1 36 36 .286 .348 .418 .766 115 162 15 1 5
*Fritz Ostermueller 36 11 594 308 594 549 44 125 17 4 0 47 1 0 22 54 .228 .259 .273 .532 36 150 8 1 22
Xavier Rescigno 31 2 67 85 67 57 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 22 .123 .242 .158 .400 14 9 0 0 1
*Bill Rodgers 21 1 4 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 1 0 0 0
Preacher Roe 29 2 63 40 63 54 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .130 .175 .130 .305 -15 7 1 0 6
Al Rubeling 31 4 837 253 837 747 94 186 31 12 8 79 8 5 77 95 .249 .321 .355 .676 82 265 15 2 11
#Jim Russell 25 3 1293 303 1293 1127 190 320 53 25 12 110 18 157 134 .284 .374 .407 .782 119 459 21 6 3
*Rip Sewell 37 8 567 289 567 538 59 111 16 3 4 46 10 0 16 106 .206 .229 .270 .499 39 145 12 0 13
Ray Starr 38 6 246 125 246 209 11 24 3 0 0 11 0 13 81 .115 .167 .129 .296 -14 27 2 0 24
Nick Strincevich 29 4 123 95 123 111 7 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 22 .153 .183 .171 .354 -1 19 1 0 8 0 0
*Hank Sweeney 28 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Joe Vitelli 36 1 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
*Lloyd Waner 38 17 8306 1970 8306 7753 1196 2454 281 118 27 597 67 419 170 .317 .354 .394 .747 99 3052 57 26 108
#Roy Wise 18 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Zak 22 1 186 87 186 160 33 48 3 1 0 11 6 22 18 .300 .385 .331 .716 99 53 2 0 4
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1943 / 1945 Batting Statistics