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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 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 Rip Sewell 37 21 12 .636 3.18 38 33 4 24 3 2 286.0 263 112 101 15 99 87 3 1 1 1218 117 1.266 8.3 0.5 3.1 2.7 0.88
2 SP Fritz Ostermueller* 36 11 7 .611 2.73 28 24 2 14 1 1 204.2 201 79 62 7 65 80 1 0 5 859 136 1.300 8.8 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.23
3 SP Max Butcher 33 13 11 .542 3.12 35 27 6 13 5 1 199.0 216 83 69 8 46 43 1 0 2 854 119 1.317 9.8 0.4 2.1 1.9 0.93
4 SP Nick Strincevich 29 14 7 .667 3.08 40 26 8 11 0 2 190.0 190 86 65 5 37 47 4 0 0 802 121 1.195 9.0 0.2 1.8 2.2 1.27
5 SP Preacher Roe* 29 13 11 .542 3.11 39 25 8 7 1 1 185.1 182 82 64 7 59 88 2 0 1 793 120 1.300 8.8 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.49
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 CL Xavier Rescigno 31 10 8 .556 4.35 48 6 25 2 0 5 124.0 146 69 60 9 34 45 1 0 1 548 85 1.452 10.6 0.7 2.5 3.3 1.32
7 RP Cookie Cuccurullo* 26 2 1 .667 4.06 32 4 14 0 0 4 106.1 110 65 48 5 44 31 3 0 0 463 92 1.448 9.3 0.4 3.7 2.6 0.70
8 RP Ray Starr 38 6 5 .545 5.02 27 12 6 5 0 3 89.2 116 60 50 6 36 25 1 0 1 413 74 1.695 11.6 0.6 3.6 2.5 0.69
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 Johnny Gee* 28 0 0 7.15 4 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 20 10 9 0 5 3 0 0 1 59 52 2.206 15.9 0.0 4.0 2.4 0.60
10 Len Gilmore 26 0 1 .000 7.88 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 13 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 47 1.625 14.6 2.3 0.0 0.0
11 Joe Vitelli 36 0 0 2.57 4 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 5 6 2 1 7 2 1 0 0 36 145 1.714 6.4 1.3 9.0 2.6 0.29
12 Roy Wise 18 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 15 41 2.333 12.0 0.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
Team Totals 32.7 90 63 .588 3.44 158 158 81 77 10 19 1414.1 1466 662 540 65 435 452 17 1 12 6096 108 1.344 9.3 0.4 2.8 2.9 1.04
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 3 6 2 2 6 4 3 4 2 7
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Vic Barnhart 21 1 9 2 6 1 0 .889 8.00 SS
Johnny Barrett 28 147 1 67 92 396 373 12 11 4 .972 2.62 OF
Max Butcher 33 35 65 12 51 2 3 .969 1.80 P
Hank Camelli 29 61 194 170 16 8 0 .959 3.05 1 C
Frank Colman 26 59 3 0 50 117 109 4 4 0 .966 1.92 OF-1B
Pete Coscarart 31 141 0 0 1 794 377 391 26 71 .967 5.45 2B-SS-OF
Cookie Cuccurullo 26 32 34 9 23 2 2 .941 1.00 P
Babe Dahlgren 32 158 1588 1440 128 20 105 .987 9.92 1B
Spud Davis 39 35 89 76 10 3 3 .966 2.46 0 C
Vince DiMaggio 31 102 0 101 0 249 235 10 4 4 .984 2.40 OF-3B
Bob Elliott 27 141 481 169 285 27 22 .944 3.22 3B-SS
Johnny Gee 28 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Len Gilmore 26 1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 6.00 P
Al Gionfriddo 22 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Frankie Gustine 24 128 593 206 351 36 55 .939 4.35 SS-2B-3B
Lee Handley 30 33 111 51 56 4 10 .964 3.24 2B-3B-SS
Al Lopez 35 115 431 372 52 7 6 .984 3.69 10 C
Tommy O'Brien 25 49 15 0 33 58 50 6 2 1 .966 1.14 OF-3B
Fritz Ostermueller 36 28 43 6 36 1 1 .977 1.50 P
Xavier Rescigno 31 48 29 7 21 1 2 .966 0.58 P
Bill Rodgers 21 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Preacher Roe 29 39 40 11 27 2 0 .950 0.97 P
Al Rubeling 31 51 9 0 9 128 70 56 2 7 .984 2.47 OF-2B-3B
Jim Russell 25 149 139 6 4 370 345 20 5 7 .986 2.45 OF
Rip Sewell 37 38 74 21 49 4 1 .946 1.84 P
Ray Starr 38 27 18 1 16 1 0 .944 0.63 P
Nick Strincevich 29 40 81 19 60 2 2 .975 1.98 P
Hank Sweeney 28 1 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 1B
Joe Vitelli 36 4 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.75 P
Lloyd Waner 38 7 1 6 0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 OF
Roy Wise 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Frankie Zak 22 67 269 93 162 14 24 .948 3.81 SS
Team Totals 29.3 158 6296 4248 1857 191 330 .970 3.50 11
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 7 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics