1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics

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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946)
82-72, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 753 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Frankie Frisch (82-72)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 604,694 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1944 / 1946 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	36	91	280	243	22	53	8	0	0	18	1		35	12	.218	.317	.251	.568	56	61	5	0	2
2	1B	Babe Dahlgren	33	144	591	531	57	133	24	8	5	75	1		51	51	.250	.318	.354	.673	84	188	23	2	7
3	2B	Pete Coscarart	32	123	455	392	59	95	17	2	8	38	2		55	55	.242	.341	.357	.699	91	140	10	4	4
4	SS	Frankie Gustine	25	128	523	478	67	134	27	5	2	66	8		37	33	.280	.335	.370	.705	93	177	14	2	6
5	3B	Bob Elliott	28	144	608	541	80	157	36	6	8	108	5		64	38	.290	.366	.423	.790	116	229	16	1	2
6	OF	Johnny Barrett*	29	142	594	507	97	130	29	4	15	67	25		79	68	.256	.357	.418	.775	111	212	5	0	8
7	OF	Al Gionfriddo*	23	122	476	409	74	116	18	9	2	42	12		60	22	.284	.377	.386	.763	109	158	4	1	6
8	OF	Jim Russell#	26	146	589	510	88	145	24	8	12	77	15		71	40	.284	.377	.433	.810	121	221	7	5	3
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	3B	Lee Handley	31	98	340	312	39	93	16	2	1	32	7		20	16	.298	.340	.372	.712	95	116	5	0	8
10	C	Bill Salkeld*	28	95	317	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2		50	16	.311	.420	.547	.966	163	146	8	0	0
11	SS	Vic Barnhart	22	71	215	201	21	54	7	0	0	19	2		9	11	.269	.300	.303	.603	65	61	9	0	5
12	OF	Tommy O'Brien	26	58	175	161	23	54	6	5	0	18	0		9	13	.335	.374	.435	.809	121	70	1	1	4
13	UT	Frank Colman*	27	77	162	153	18	32	11	1	4	30	0		9	16	.209	.253	.373	.626	70	57	4	0	0
14	2B	Jack Saltzgaver*	42	52	126	117	20	38	5	3	0	10	0		8	8	.325	.368	.419	.787	115	49	1	0	1
15	C	Spud Davis	40	23	36	33	2	8	2	0	0	6	0		2	2	.242	.306	.303	.609	67	10	2	1	0
16	MI	Frankie Zak	23	15	32	28	2	4	2	0	0	3	0		3	5	.143	.226	.214	.440	21	6	0	0	1
17	OF	Lloyd Waner*	39	23	20	19	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.263	.300	.263	.563	55	5	0	0	0
18	C	Hank Camelli	30	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0	0
19		Bill Rodgers*	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	448	1	0	0	0
20		Joe Vitelli	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
21	P	Nick Strincevich	30	36	94	84	4	17	1	0	0	8	0		4	11	.202	.239	.214	.453	24	18	3	0	6
22	P	Preacher Roe	30	33	89	75	3	8	1	0	0	3	0		6	21	.107	.173	.120	.293	-19	9	1	0	8
23	P	Rip Sewell*	38	35	72	64	10	20	3	0	0	6	1		7	11	.313	.380	.359	.740	103	23	1	0	1
24	P	Max Butcher	34	28	61	54	6	12	1	0	0	2	0		1	2	.222	.236	.241	.477	31	13	0	0	6
25	P	Al Gerheauser*	28	32	50	48	2	12	2	2	0	7	0		2	11	.250	.280	.375	.655	78	18	0	0	0
26	P	Ken Gables	26	29	42	39	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	8	.103	.103	.128	.231	-37	5	0	0	3
27	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	37	14	32	28	2	9	0	0	0	4	0		3	0	.321	.387	.321	.709	95	9	2	0	1
28	P	Boom-Boom Beck	40	14	22	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.125	.176	.125	.301	-17	2	0	0	5
29	P	Xavier Rescigno	32	44	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	.133	.188	.200	.388	6	3	1	0	1
30	P	Cookie Cuccurullo*	27	29	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	17	3	0	0	0
31	P	Ray Starr	39	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	708	2	0	0	0
32	P	Johnny Lanning	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.0	155	6037	5343	753	1425	259	56	72	695	81	0	589	481	.267	.341	.377	.718	96	2012	122	17	88	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	3	6	1	2	3		2		2	5	5	3	2	2		5
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 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	22	215	161	18	3.0	100	.284	.269	.278	.300	.348	.303	.384	.603	.732	65	.342	-10.0	-1.0	.462	.090	.035	.0	6/5
*Johnny Barrett	29	594	390	76	5.2	100	.271	.256	.278	.357	.348	.418	.384	.775	.732	111	.590	9.0	0.9	.827	.367	.162	18.8	*O
Boom-Boom Beck	40	22	19	0	0.0	100	.154	.125	.278	.176	.348	.125	.384	.301	.732	-17	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.214	.063	.000		1
Max Butcher	34	61	48	3	1.7	100	.231	.222	.278	.236	.348	.241	.384	.477	.732	31	.152	-5.4	-0.6	.333	.037	.019		1
Hank Camelli	30	3	2	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.278	.333	.348	.000	.384	.333	.732	-4	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000		/2
*Frank Colman	27	162	125	14	3.0	100	.211	.209	.278	.253	.348	.373	.384	.626	.732	70	.343	-7.2	-0.7	.528	.222	.163	.0	3O
Pete Coscarart	32	455	311	47	4.0	100	.264	.242	.278	.341	.348	.357	.384	.699	.732	91	.475	-3.8	-0.4	.655	.260	.115	3.2	*4/6
*Cookie Cuccurullo	27	14	11	1	2.4	100	.231	.214	.278	.214	.348	.214	.384	.429	.732	17	.262	-1.6	-0.2	.273	.000	.000		1
Babe Dahlgren	33	591	428	59	3.7	100	.269	.250	.278	.318	.348	.354	.384	.673	.732	84	.433	-12.9	-1.3	.575	.202	.104	1.7	*3
Spud Davis	40	36	27	3	3.0	100	.258	.242	.278	.306	.348	.303	.384	.609	.732	67	.340	-1.5	-0.2	.481	.121	.061		2
Bob Elliott	28	608	402	84	5.6	100	.301	.290	.278	.366	.348	.423	.384	.790	.732	116	.621	12.3	1.2	.748	.261	.133	6.2	5O
Ken Gables	26	42	38	1	0.7	100	.129	.103	.278	.103	.348	.128	.384	.231	.732	-37	.035	-7.5	-0.8	.143	.026	.026		1
*Al Gerheauser	28	50	36	5	3.7	100	.324	.250	.278	.280	.348	.375	.384	.655	.732	78	.436	-1.9	-0.2	.556	.167	.125		1
*Al Gionfriddo	23	476	303	59	5.2	100	.296	.284	.278	.377	.348	.386	.384	.763	.732	109	.590	6.4	0.6	.778	.279	.103	3.4	*O
Frankie Gustine	25	523	364	59	4.3	100	.298	.280	.278	.335	.348	.370	.384	.705	.732	93	.506	-5.3	-0.5	.626	.184	.090	3.2	*64/2
Lee Handley	31	340	232	39	4.5	100	.312	.298	.278	.340	.348	.372	.384	.712	.732	95	.523	-2.8	-0.3	.638	.160	.074	1.8	5
Johnny Lanning	34	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Al Lopez	36	280	197	19	2.6	100	.229	.218	.278	.317	.348	.251	.384	.568	.732	56	.284	-13.5	-1.4	.497	.181	.033	.0	2
Tommy O'Brien	26	175	112	26	6.2	100	.365	.335	.278	.374	.348	.435	.384	.809	.732	121	.665	3.8	0.4	.741	.155	.099		O
*Fritz Ostermueller	37	32	22	3	3.6	100	.321	.321	.278	.387	.348	.321	.384	.709	.732	95	.428	-0.1	-0.0	.571	.107	.000		1
Xavier Rescigno	32	17	15	1	1.8	100	.182	.133	.278	.188	.348	.200	.384	.388	.732	6	.169	-2.0	-0.2	.286	.133	.067		1
*Bill Rodgers	22	1	0	1		100	1.000	1.000	.278	1.000	.348	1.000	.384	2.000	.732	448		0.5	0.0		.000	.000
Preacher Roe	30	89	76	2	0.7	100	.148	.107	.278	.173	.348	.120	.384	.293	.732	-19	.035	-12.5	-1.3	.221	.093	.013		1
#Jim Russell	26	589	375	82	5.9	100	.290	.284	.278	.377	.348	.433	.384	.810	.732	121	.640	15.9	1.6	.839	.318	.149	13.3	*O
*Bill Salkeld	28	317	192	61	8.5	100	.288	.311	.278	.420	.348	.547	.384	.966	.732	163	.779	24.6	2.5	1.031	.431	.236	3.5	2
*Jack Saltzgaver	42	126	81	18	6.0	100	.349	.325	.278	.368	.348	.419	.384	.787	.732	115	.646	2.0	0.2	.713	.162	.094		4/5
*Rip Sewell	38	72	46	9	5.2	100	.377	.313	.278	.380	.348	.359	.384	.740	.732	103	.592	0.6	0.1	.689	.172	.047	.0	1
Ray Starr	39	1	0	2		100	1.000	1.000	.278	1.000	.348	2.000	.384	3.000	.732	708		0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000		/1
Nick Strincevich	30	94	76	4	1.4	100	.233	.202	.278	.239	.348	.214	.384	.453	.732	24	.116	-9.0	-0.9	.314	.060	.012		1
Joe Vitelli	37	0	0															0.0	0.0
*Lloyd Waner	39	20	14	2	3.8	100	.313	.263	.278	.300	.348	.263	.384	.563	.732	55	.449	-1.2	-0.1	.429	.053	.000		/O
Frankie Zak	23	32	25	1	1.1	100	.174	.143	.278	.226	.348	.214	.384	.440	.732	21	.073	-3.0	-0.3	.375	.179	.071		6/4
League Average					4.3	97	.280	.265	.273	.332	.343	.363	.377	.694	.720	93	.497			.629	.205	.098
Team Total		6037	4128	699	4.5	100	.282	.267	.278	.341	.348	.377	.384	.718	.732	96	.526	-28.3	-3.0	.668	.235	.110	76.2
	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	22	74	217	208	20	54	7	0	0	18	2		9	11	.260	.290	.293	.584	18	71	71
*Johnny Barrett	29	148	606	526	97	132	29	4	15	67	25		80	71	.251	.350	.407	.757	75	142	142
Boom-Boom Beck	40	26	32	31	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.161	.188	.161	.349	1	25	25
Max Butcher	34	29	57	56	6	12	1	0	0	2	0		1	2	.214	.228	.232	.460	3	28	28
Hank Camelli	30	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1	1
*Frank Colman	27	80	168	159	18	33	11	1	4	30	0		9	17	.208	.250	.365	.615	15	77	77
Pete Coscarart	32	129	467	407	59	97	17	2	8	38	2		56	57	.238	.336	.349	.685	47	123	123
*Cookie Cuccurullo	27	30	15	15	3	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	29	29
Babe Dahlgren	33	151	606	552	57	136	25	8	5	75	1		52	53	.246	.314	.348	.661	60	144	144
Spud Davis	40	24	38	35	2	9	2	0	0	7	0		2	2	.257	.316	.314	.630	3	23	23
Bob Elliott	28	151	627	561	80	160	37	6	8	108	5		65	40	.285	.360	.415	.776	84	144	144
Ken Gables	26	30	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29	29
*Al Gerheauser	28	33	52	50	2	12	2	2	0	7	0		2	11	.240	.269	.360	.629	5	32	32
*Al Gionfriddo	23	128	486	424	74	118	18	9	2	42	12		61	23	.278	.370	.377	.748	60	122	122
Frankie Gustine	25	134	536	496	67	136	27	5	2	66	8		38	34	.274	.328	.361	.689	59	128	128
Lee Handley	31	102	344	324	39	95	16	2	1	32	7		20	17	.293	.334	.364	.698	40	98	98
Al Lopez	36	95	287	252	21	53	8	0	0	18	1		35	13	.210	.307	.242	.549	19	91	91
Tommy O'Brien	26	61	177	167	23	55	6	5	0	18	0		9	14	.329	.367	.425	.792	26	58	58
*Fritz Ostermueller	37	15	32	29	2	9	0	0	0	4	0		3	0	.310	.375	.310	.685	3	14	14
Xavier Rescigno	32	46	19	17	2	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	4	.176	.263	.294	.557	1	44	44
*Bill Rodgers	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1	1
Preacher Roe	30	34	82	77	2	7	1	0	0	2	0		5	22	.091	.146	.104	.250	1	33	33
#Jim Russell	26	153	605	528	87	147	24	8	12	76	15		72	42	.278	.370	.422	.793	82	146	146
*Bill Salkeld	28	99	327	276	45	84	16	1	15	51	2		51	17	.304	.413	.533	.945	61	95	95
*Jack Saltzgaver	42	54	129	121	20	38	5	3	0	10	0		8	8	.314	.357	.405	.762	18	52	52
*Rip Sewell	38	37	73	66	10	20	3	0	0	6	1		7	11	.303	.370	.348	.718	8	35	35
Ray Starr	39	14	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	13	13
Nick Strincevich	30	38	91	87	4	17	1	0	0	8	0		4	11	.195	.231	.207	.438	4	36	36
*Lloyd Waner	39	24	20	19	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	23	23
Frankie Zak	23	16	32	29	2	4	2	0	0	2	0		3	5	.138	.219	.207	.426	1	15	15
	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	22	2	218	72	218	203	21	55	7	0	0	19	2		10	12	.271	.305	.305	.611	67	62	9	0	5
*Johnny Barrett	29	4	1974	532	1974	1697	293	432	76	32	23	208	68		245	189	.255	.351	.378	.729	104	641	18	8	24
Boom-Boom Beck	40	12	350	266	350	327	17	61	14	0	0	20	0	0	4	46	.187	.196	.229	.426	19	75	13	0	19	0	0
Max Butcher	34	10	649	342	649	598	43	110	14	0	1	37	0		16	92	.184	.205	.212	.418	16	127	21	0	35
Hank Camelli	30	3	153	65	153	130	15	37	5	1	1	10	0		20	12	.285	.380	.362	.742	106	47	6	0	3
*Frank Colman	27	4	522	218	522	475	59	114	22	8	11	89	0		44	52	.240	.306	.389	.695	92	185	9	1	2
Pete Coscarart	32	8	3353	861	3353	2990	399	727	128	22	28	269	34		295	361	.243	.314	.329	.643	78	983	60	15	53
*Cookie Cuccurullo	27	3	56	66	56	52	7	17	4	0	0	5	0		4	4	.327	.375	.404	.779	115	21	3	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	33	11	4417	1109	4417	3965	468	1042	173	37	82	560	18	10	382	388	.263	.331	.387	.718	94	1535	119	22	48
Spud Davis	40	16	4713	1458	4713	4255	388	1312	244	22	77	647	6		386	326	.308	.369	.430	.799	110	1831	100	22	50
Bob Elliott	28	7	3839	907	3839	3427	502	1014	188	65	45	565	39		365	223	.296	.365	.428	.793	122	1467	79	7	40
Ken Gables	26	1	42	29	42	39	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	8	.103	.103	.128	.231	-37	5	0	0	3
*Al Gerheauser	28	3	194	102	194	184	9	35	8	3	1	21	0		7	42	.190	.224	.283	.507	44	52	1	1	2
*Al Gionfriddo	23	2	483	126	483	415	74	117	18	9	2	42	12		61	23	.282	.375	.383	.758	108	159	4	1	6
Frankie Gustine	25	7	2991	758	2991	2742	293	721	136	29	8	290	45		203	218	.263	.315	.342	.658	84	939	75	7	39
Lee Handley	31	8	2935	751	2935	2663	358	733	104	35	14	227	63		214	166	.275	.330	.356	.686	88	949	60	2	56
Johnny Lanning	34	9	331	248	331	301	17	44	10	0	1	17	0	0	10	63	.146	.176	.189	.366	3	57	8	1	19	0	0
Al Lopez	36	17	6294	1833	6294	5640	591	1468	203	43	50	626	44		524	511	.260	.325	.338	.663	83	1907	130	14	116
Tommy O'Brien	26	3	605	232	605	549	85	165	24	14	5	64	1		45	49	.301	.356	.423	.778	117	232	16	2	9
*Fritz Ostermueller	37	12	626	322	626	577	46	134	17	4	0	51	1	0	25	54	.232	.265	.276	.541	39	159	10	1	23
Xavier Rescigno	32	3	84	129	84	72	6	9	1	1	0	1	0		10	26	.125	.232	.167	.398	13	12	1	0	2
*Bill Rodgers	22	2	5	3	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	121	2	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	30	3	152	73	152	129	7	15	1	0	0	4	0		9	44	.116	.174	.124	.298	-17	16	2	0	14
#Jim Russell	26	4	1882	449	1882	1637	278	465	77	33	24	187	33		228	174	.284	.375	.415	.791	120	680	28	11	6
*Bill Salkeld	28	1	317	95	317	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2		50	16	.311	.420	.547	.966	163	146	8	0	0
*Jack Saltzgaver	42	6	886	278	886	764	131	199	26	5	10	82	9	4	105	80	.260	.351	.347	.698	85	265	1	2	15
*Rip Sewell	38	9	639	324	639	602	69	131	19	3	4	52	11	0	23	117	.218	.246	.279	.525	47	168	13	0	14
Ray Starr	39	7	250	138	250	212	12	26	4	0	0	12	0		13	81	.123	.173	.142	.315	-9	30	3	0	25
Nick Strincevich	30	5	217	131	217	195	11	34	3	0	0	13	0	0	8	33	.174	.207	.190	.397	10	37	4	0	14	0	0
Joe Vitelli	37	2	3	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
*Lloyd Waner	39	18	8326	1993	8326	7772	1201	2459	281	118	27	598	67		420	173	.316	.353	.393	.747	99	3057	57	26	108
Frankie Zak	23	2	218	102	218	188	35	52	5	1	0	14	6		25	23	.277	.362	.314	.675	88	59	2	0	5
	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

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