1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 90-63-5, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Frankie Frisch (90-63-5)

Ballpark: Forbes Field

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 - 106, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 85-68, 744 Runs, 662 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	35	115	372	331	27	76	12	1	1	34	4	1	34	24	.230	.303	.281	.584	62	93	7	1	5		6
2	1B	Babe Dahlgren	32	158	659	599	67	173	28	7	12	101	2	3	47	56	.289	.347	.419	.766	111	251	20	6	7		8
3	2B	Pete Coscarart	31	139	609	554	89	146	30	4	4	42	10	3	41	57	.264	.315	.354	.669	85	196	12	1	12		0
4	SS	Frankie Gustine	24	127	446	405	42	93	18	3	2	42	8	5	33	41	.230	.288	.304	.591	64	123	14	0	8		1
5	3B	Bob Elliott	27	143	618	538	85	160	28	16	10	108	9	3	75	42	.297	.383	.465	.848	134	250	8	0	4		5
6	OF	Johnny Barrett*	28	149	661	568	99	153	24	19	7	83	28	6	86	56	.269	.366	.415	.782	116	236	6	1	6		6
7	OF	Vince DiMaggio	31	109	379	342	41	82	20	4	9	50	6	5	33	83	.240	.307	.401	.707	95	137	6	0	4		1
8	OF	Jim Russell#	25	152	664	580	109	181	34	14	8	66	6	10	79	63	.312	.399	.460	.859	137	267	8	5	0		3
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	OF	Frank Colman*	26	99	252	226	30	61	9	5	6	53	0	1	25	27	.270	.345	.434	.779	115	98	5	1	0		2
10	UT	Al Rubeling	31	92	207	184	22	45	7	2	4	30	4	6	19	19	.245	.322	.370	.692	91	68	3	2	2		0
11	SS	Frankie Zak	22	87	186	160	33	48	3	1	0	11	6	3	22	18	.300	.385	.331	.716	99	53	2	0	4		0
12	OF	Tommy O'Brien	25	85	178	156	27	39	6	2	3	20	1	1	21	12	.250	.343	.372	.714	98	58	7	1	0		0
13	C	Hank Camelli	29	63	146	125	14	37	5	1	1	10	0	0	18	12	.296	.385	.376	.761	111	47	6	0	3		5
14	C	Virgil Davis	39	54	103	93	6	28	7	0	2	14	0	0	10	8	.301	.369	.441	.810	123	41	2	0	0		4
15	IF	Lee Handley	30	40	93	86	7	19	2	0	0	5	1	3	3	5	.221	.247	.244	.491	36	21	6	0	4		0
16	OF	Lloyd Waner*	38	19	16	14	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.357	.438	.357	.795	122	5	0	0	0		0
17	OF	Al Gionfriddo*	22	4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	27	1	0	0	0		0
18	OF	Bill Rodgers*	21	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	0		0
19	SS	Vic Barnhart	21	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	226	1	0	0	0		0
20	1B	Harry Sweeney*	28	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
21	P	Rip Sewell*	37	44	116	112	10	25	4	1	1	12	1	0	2	19	.223	.237	.304	.540	49	34	1	0	2		0
22	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	36	29	83	80	7	20	2	0	0	6	1	0	2	6	.250	.268	.275	.543	51	22	1	0	1		0
23	P	Max Butcher	33	36	70	63	4	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	8	.190	.215	.222	.438	21	14	3	0	5		0
24	P	Nick Strincevich	29	40	64	57	4	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.158	.186	.193	.379	5	11	1	0	5		0
25	P	Preacher Roe	28	39	62	53	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	23	.132	.179	.132	.311	-13	7	1	0	6		0
26	P	Arthur Cuccurullo*	26	36	40	38	4	14	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	.368	.400	.474	.874	141	18	3	0	0		0
27	P	Ray Starr	38	27	28	22	4	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	9	.136	.321	.182	.503	42	4	0	0	0		0
28	P	Xavier Rescigno	31	48	27	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	.091	.231	.091	.322	-8	2	0	0	1		0
29	P	Joe Vitelli	36	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
30	P	Len Gilmore	26	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
31	P	Johnny Gee*	28	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	177	1	0	0	0		0
32	P	Roy Wise#	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.1	158	6103	5429	743	1442	248	80	70	706	87	50	573	616	.266	.338	.379	.717	98	2060	122	18	79		41
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	2	3	4	1	5		1	7	1	8	3	2	2	2		2		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.8	158	5605	4975	701	1349	233	79	69	671	85	50	550	527	.271	.346	.391	.737	104	1947	112	18	59		41
		Pitcher Totals	32.9	158	498	454	42	93	15	1	1	35	2	0	23	89	.205	.243	.249	.492	36	113	10	0	20		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	Rip Sewell	37	21	12	.636	3.18	38	33	4	24	3	2	286.0	263	112	101	15	99	8	87	3	1	1	1218	117	3.82	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	6	80	1	0	5	859	137	3.31	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	3	43	1	0	2	854	119	3.48	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	5	47	4	0	0	802	121	3.18	1.195	9.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	1.27
5	SP	Preacher Roe*	28	13	11	.542	3.11	39	25	8	7	1	1	185.1	182	82	64	7	59	9	88	2	0	1	793	120	3.21	1.300	8.8	0.3	2.9	4.3	1.49
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	CL	Xavier Rescigno	31	10	8	.556	4.35	48	6	25	2	0	5	124.0	146	69	60	9	34	9	45	1	0	1	548	86	3.75	1.452	10.6	0.7	2.5	3.3	1.32
7	RP	Arthur Cuccurullo*	26	2	1	.667	4.06	32	4	14	0	0	4	106.1	110	65	48	5	44	6	31	3	0	0	463	92	4.04	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	1	25	1	0	1	413	74	4.23	1.695	11.6	0.6	3.6	2.5	0.69
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
9		Johnny Gee*	28	0	0		7.15	4	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	20	10	9	0	5	1	3	0	0	1	59	54	3.48	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	0	36	50	5.93	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	0	2	1	0	0	36	153	7.40	1.714	6.4	1.3	9.0	2.6	0.29
12		Roy Wise	20	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	15	47	5.01	2.333	12.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.33
		Team Totals	32.6	90	63	.588	3.44	158	158	81	77	10	19	1414.1	1466	662	540	65	435	48	452	17	1	12	6096	109	3.60	1.344	9.3	0.4	2.8	2.9	1.04
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		3				3	6	2	2	6	4	3	4	2		7
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