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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 22 R R 6' 0" 188 Sep 1, 1922 2 71 71 71 0 0 0 0 4 60 0 0 0 0
Johnny Barrett 29 L L 170 Dec 18, 1915 4 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 57 132
Boom-Boom Beck 40 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 16, 1904 12 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max Butcher 34 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 10 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Camelli 30 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 12, 1914 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Colman 27 L L 5' 11" 188 Mar 2, 1918 4 77 77 77 0 0 22 0 0 0 6 0 5 12
Pete Coscarart 32 R R 175 Jun 16, 1913 8 123 123 123 0 0 0 122 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cookie Cuccurullo 27 L L 5' 10" 168 Feb 8, 1918 3 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Babe Dahlgren 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 15, 1912 11 144 144 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spud Davis 40 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 20, 1904 16 23 23 23 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Elliott 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 26, 1916 7 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 61 61 All-Star
Ken Gables 26 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 31, 1919 1st 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Gerheauser 28 L L 6' 3" 190 Jun 24, 1917 3 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Gionfriddo 23 L L 5' 6" 165 Mar 8, 1922 2 122 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 82 11 106
Frankie Gustine 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1920 7 128 128 128 0 1 0 29 0 104 0 0 0 0
Lee Handley 31 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 31, 1913 8 98 98 98 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Lanning 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 6, 1910 9 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Lopez HOF 36 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 20, 1908 17 91 91 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy O'Brien 26 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 19, 1918 3 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 33 45
Fritz Ostermueller 37 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 12 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xavier Rescigno 32 R R 175 Oct 13, 1912 3 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Rodgers 22 L L 6' 0" 162 Dec 5, 1922 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preacher Roe 30 R L 6' 2" 170 Feb 26, 1915 3 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Jim Russell 26 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 4 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 1 0 140
Bill Salkeld 28 L R 5' 10" 190 Mar 8, 1917 1st 95 95 95 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Saltzgaver 42 L R 5' 11" 165 Jan 23, 1903 6 52 52 52 0 0 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Sewell 38 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 9 35 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ray Starr 39 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 23, 1906 7 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Strincevich 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1915 5 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Vitelli 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Apr 12, 1908 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Waner HOF 39 L R 5' 9" 150 Mar 16, 1906 18 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3
Frankie Zak 23 R R 5' 10" 150 Feb 22, 1922 2 15 15 15 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1944 / 1946 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played