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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Vic Barnhart 21 R R 6' 0" 188 Sep 1, 1922 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Barrett 28 L L 170 Dec 18, 1915 3 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67 92 147
Max Butcher 33 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 9 36 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Camelli 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 12, 1914 2 63 63 63 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Colman 26 L L 5' 11" 188 Mar 2, 1918 3 99 99 99 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 50 53
Pete Coscarart 31 R R 175 Jun 16, 1913 7 139 139 139 0 0 0 136 0 4 0 0 1 1
Cookie Cuccurullo 26 L L 5' 10" 168 Feb 8, 1918 2 36 36 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babe Dahlgren 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 10 158 158 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spud Davis 39 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 20, 1904 15 54 54 54 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vince DiMaggio 31 R R 5' 11" 183 Sep 6, 1912 8 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 101 0 101 All-Star
Bob Elliott 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 6 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 140 1 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Johnny Gee 28 L L 6' 9" 225 Dec 7, 1915 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Len Gilmore 26 R R 6' 3" 175 Nov 3, 1917 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Gionfriddo 22 L L 5' 6" 165 Mar 8, 1922 1st 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Frankie Gustine 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1920 6 127 127 127 0 0 0 11 1 116 0 0 0 0
Lee Handley 30 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 31, 1913 7 40 40 40 0 0 0 19 11 3 0 0 0 0
Al Lopez HOF 35 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 20, 1908 16 115 115 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy O'Brien 25 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 19, 1918 2 85 85 85 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 33 48
Fritz Ostermueller 36 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 11 29 29 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xavier Rescigno 31 R R 175 Oct 13, 1912 2 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Rodgers 21 L L 6' 0" 162 Dec 5, 1922 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Preacher Roe 29 R L 6' 2" 170 Feb 26, 1915 2 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Rubeling 31 R R 6' 0" 185 May 10, 1913 4 92 92 92 0 0 0 17 16 0 9 0 9 18
Jim Russell 25 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 3 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 6 4 149
Rip Sewell 37 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 8 44 44 44 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ray Starr 38 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 23, 1906 6 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Strincevich 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1915 4 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Sweeney 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 28, 1915 1st 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Vitelli 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 12, 1908 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Waner HOF 38 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7
Roy Wise 18 B R 6' 2" 170 Nov 18, 1925 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Zak 22 R R 5' 10" 150 Feb 22, 1922 1st 87 87 87 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1943 / 1945 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played