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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 82-72, Final Rank:4, GB: 16.0
Days in First2last on Friday, Jun 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 2last on Jun 15, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind16.5last on Sunday, Aug 19, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50014last on Sunday, Sep 16
Most Games under .5005last on Saturday, Apr 28
Longest Winning Streak9Sunday, May 20 to Wednesday, May 30
Longest Losing Streak5Saturday, Apr 21 to Saturday, Apr 28 and Saturday, Jun 16 to Thursday, Jun 21
Most Runs Allowed14Wednesday, May 30, Friday, Jul 6 and Sunday, Sep 9
Most Runs Scored17Thursday, Sep 6
Times Shutout by Opponent14 
Times Opponent Shutout8 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 82 72 753 686 .532
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 45 34 407 352 .570
Road 37 38 346 334 .493
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 7 35 49 .364
May 15 9 156 109 .625
June 14 15 134 138 .483
July 16 15 163 150 .516
August 18 16 146 123 .529
September 15 10 119 117 .600
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 39 37 397 370 .513
Second Half 43 35 356 316 .551
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 24 20 179 175 .545
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 17 15 232 182 .531
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 10 12 142 101 .455
BSN 15 7 118 121 .682
CHC 8 14 70 89 .364
CIN 12 10 82 72 .545
NYG 11 11 102 93 .500
PHI 16 6 128 96 .727
STL 10 12 111 114 .455

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 17 PIT @ CIN L 6 7 0-1 5 1.0 Lisenbee 2:40 30,069 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 18 PIT @ CIN L 0 6 0-2 7 2.0 Heusser 1:54 1,467 --
3 3 Thursday, Apr 19 PIT @ CIN W 5 1 1-2 6 1.5 Butcher 1:52 1,104 +
4 4 Friday, Apr 20 PIT CHC W 5 4 2-2 3 1.5 Sewell 1:58 9,449 ++
5 5 Saturday, Apr 21 PIT CHC L 3 4 2-3 5 2.5 Derringer 2:06 3,891 -
6 6 Sunday, Apr 22 PIT CHC L 0 3 2-4 8 3.0 Chipman 1:51 --
7 7 Sunday, Apr 22 PIT CHC L 2 5 2-5 8 3.0 Prim 2:29 27,690 ---
8 8 Friday, Apr 27 PIT @ CHC L 3 7 2-6 7 5.0 Derringer 1:53 4,655 ----
9 9 Saturday, Apr 28 PIT @ CHC L 0 6 2-7 7 5.0 Wyse 1:54 5,708 -----
10 10 Sunday, Apr 29 PIT @ CHC W 6 2 3-7 7 3.5 Roe 2:06 +
11 11 Sunday, Apr 29 PIT @ CHC W 5 4 4-7 7 3.5 Strincevich 2:27 36,637 ++
12 12 Wednesday, May 2 PIT STL L 2 4 4-8 7 4.0 Brecheen 1:59 -
13 13 Wednesday, May 2 PIT STL W 11 1 5-8 7 4.0 Butcher 2:00 6,159 +
14 14 Sunday, May 6 PIT CIN L 1 3 5-9 7 5.5 Heusser 2:00 -
15 15 Sunday, May 6 PIT CIN W 5 1 6-9 7 5.5 Sewell 1:26 10,157 +
16 16 Wednesday, May 9 PIT @ BSN W 9 5 7-9 5 5.5 Roe 2:10 2,574 ++
17 17 Saturday, May 12 PIT @ PHI W 5 3 8-9 4 6.0 Strincevich 2:13 2,693 +++
18 18 Sunday, May 13 PIT @ PHI W 9 6 9-9 4 6.0 Sewell 1:55 ++++
19 19 Sunday, May 13 PIT @ PHI L 5 6 9-10 4 6.0 Lee 1:55 10,402 -
20 20 Monday, May 14 PIT @ BRO L 1 4 9-11 5 7.0 Pfund 2:11 7,343 --
21 21 Tuesday, May 15 PIT @ BRO L 3 6 9-12 5 8.0 Lombardi 2:06 25,828 ---
22 22 Wednesday, May 16 PIT @ BRO L 1 3 9-13 6 9.0 Gregg 2:00 7,352 ----
23 23 Thursday, May 17 PIT @ BRO W 12 3 10-13 6 9.0 Strincevich 2:28 6,575 +
24 24 Sunday, May 20 PIT @ NYG L 1 5 10-14 6 9.0 Voiselle 1:44 -
25 25 Sunday, May 20 PIT @ NYG W 4 0 11-14 6 9.0 Roe 1:56 51,340 +
26 26 Monday, May 21 PIT NYG W 5 2 12-14 5 8.0 Butcher 1:43 21,682 ++
27 27 Wednesday, May 23 PIT BSN W 9 8 13-14 5 8.0 Sewell 3:16 10,106 +++
28 28 Thursday, May 24 PIT BSN W 10 9 14-14 4 8.0 Gables 2:53 2,156 ++++
29 29 Friday, May 25 PIT BSN W 5 3 15-14 4 8.0 Roe 2:18 2,768 +++++
30 30 Sunday, May 27 PIT NYG W 16 4 16-14 3 6.5 Sewell 2:22 0 ++++++
31 31 Sunday, May 27 PIT NYG W 11 5 17-14 3 6.5 Rescigno 2:11 29,121 +++++++
32 32 Tuesday, May 29 PIT NYG W 4 3 18-14 2 5.5 Gables 1:53 3,602 ++++++++
33 33 Wednesday, May 30 PIT BRO W 13 5 19-14 2 5.5 Sewell 2:36 0 +++++++++
34 34 Wednesday, May 30 PIT BRO L 10 14 19-15 2 5.5 Pfund 2:56 27,029 -
35 35 Thursday, May 31 PIT BRO L 4 6 19-16 3 6.0 King 3:05 13,126 --
36 36 Friday, Jun 1 PIT PHI W 6 5 20-16 2 5.0 Butcher 1:43 1,513 +
37 37 Saturday, Jun 2 PIT PHI W 7 6 21-16 2 5.0 Gerheauser 2:08 2,695 ++
38 38 Sunday, Jun 3 PIT PHI W 7 6 22-16 2 4.0 Cuccurullo 2:47 +++
39 39 Sunday, Jun 3 PIT PHI L 9 11 22-17 2 4.0 Karl 1:46 9,086 -
40 40 Tuesday, Jun 5 PIT CIN L 0 4 22-18 2 3.5 Heusser 1:35 --
41 41 Tuesday, Jun 5 PIT CIN W 9 1 23-18 2 3.5 Butcher 1:39 2,634 +
42 42 Wednesday, Jun 6 PIT CIN L 0 3 23-19 3 4.0 Walters 1:43 13,277 -
43 43 Thursday, Jun 7 PIT CIN L 3 7 23-20 3 5.0 Bowman 1:58 2,954 --
44 44 Friday, Jun 8 PIT @ STL L 3 4 23-21 4 5.5 Burkhart 2:46 3,695 ---
45 45 Saturday, Jun 9 PIT @ STL W 5 1 24-21 4 4.5 Strincevich 1:46 5,195 +
46 46 Sunday, Jun 10 PIT @ STL W 8 6 25-21 2 2.5 Sewell 2:32 ++
47 47 Sunday, Jun 10 PIT @ STL W 4 1 26-21 2 2.5 Roe 2:29 13,794 +++
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 12 PIT CHC W 9 3 27-21 2 1.5 Gerheauser 2:03 15,126 ++++
49 49 Thursday, Jun 14 PIT CHC W 5 2 28-21 1 Tied Butcher 1:48 +++++
50 50 Thursday, Jun 14 PIT CHC W 6 5 29-21 1 Tied Sewell 2:31 12,880 ++++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 15 PIT STL W 5 2 30-21 1 Tied Strincevich 1:54 24,315 +++++++
52 52 Saturday, Jun 16 PIT STL L 10 13 30-22 2 0.5 Byerly 2:53 6,019 -
53 53 Sunday, Jun 17 PIT STL L 0 7 30-23 3 1.0 Burkhart 2:07 --
54 54 Sunday, Jun 17 PIT STL L 2 6 30-24 3 1.0 Wilks 1:57 22,396 ---
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 20 PIT @ CHC L 3 5 30-25 2 3.0 Passeau 1:56 10,123 ----
56 56 Thursday, Jun 21 PIT @ CHC L 4 5 30-26 4 4.0 Wyse 2:06 8,644 -----
57 57 Friday, Jun 22 PIT @ CIN W 3 1 31-26 3 4.0 Strincevich 1:36 5,814 +
58 58 Sunday, Jun 24 PIT @ CIN W 7 5 32-26 3 4.5 Sewell 1:59 ++
59 59 Sunday, Jun 24 PIT @ CIN L 3 4 32-27 3 4.5 Bowman 1:41 11,732 -
60 60 Wednesday, Jun 27 PIT @ NYG L 4 10 32-28 4 6.0 Mungo 2:05 0 --
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 27 PIT @ NYG L 2 3 32-29 4 6.0 Brewer 2:04 17,735 ---
62 62 Thursday, Jun 28 PIT @ NYG W 3 1 33-29 4 5.0 Strincevich 1:54 22,321 +
63 63 Friday, Jun 29 PIT @ NYG L 2 3 33-30 5 5.5 Adams 2:10 3,779 -
64 64 Saturday, Jun 30 PIT @ BRO L 5 8 33-31 5 6.5 Herring 2:40 23,736 --
65 65 Sunday, Jul 1 PIT @ BRO W 4 3 34-31 5 6.5 Roe 2:45 0 +
66 66 Sunday, Jul 1 PIT @ BRO L 2 4 34-32 5 6.5 Davis 2:00 23,370 -
67 67 Tuesday, Jul 3 PIT @ PHI W 10 3 35-32 5 5.5 Strincevich 2:28 2,005 +
68 68 Wednesday, Jul 4 PIT @ PHI L 6 7 35-33 5 5.5 Kraus 2:24 -
69 69 Wednesday, Jul 4 PIT @ PHI W 13 0 36-33 5 5.5 Butcher 2:02 14,334 +
70 70 Friday, Jul 6 PIT @ BSN L 5 13 36-34 5 5.5 Andrews 2:09 0 -
71 71 Friday, Jul 6 PIT @ BSN L 8 14 36-35 5 5.5 Hendrickson 1:56 --
72 72 Saturday, Jul 7 PIT @ BSN L 6 7 36-36 6 6.5 Cooper 2:06 5,159 ---
73 73 Sunday, Jul 8 PIT @ BSN W 10 8 37-36 6 7.0 Gables 2:10 +
74 74 Sunday, Jul 8 PIT @ BSN L 1 13 37-37 6 7.0 Tobin 1:51 25,317 -
75 75 Thursday, Jul 12 PIT PHI W 4 0 38-37 5 6.5 Strincevich 1:48 15,044 +
76 76 Friday, Jul 13 PIT PHI W 3 2 39-37 5 6.5 Butcher 2:35 3,660 ++
77 77 Sunday, Jul 15 PIT BRO W 9 1 40-37 4 7.0 Sewell 1:52 +++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 15 PIT BRO W 15 3 41-37 4 7.0 Gables 1:56 24,129 ++++
79 79 Monday, Jul 16 PIT BRO L 4 8 41-38 4 8.0 Seats 2:17 3,162 -
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 17 PIT BRO L 2 5 41-39 4 8.0 Gregg 2:24 20,148 --
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 18 PIT NYG L 3 6 41-40 5 9.0 Brewer 3:35 0 ---
82 82 Wednesday, Jul 18 PIT NYG L 3 4 41-41 5 9.0 Fischer 2:14 6,253 ----
83 83 Thursday, Jul 19 PIT NYG W 4 0 42-41 5 9.0 Sewell 1:39 14,168 +
84 84 Friday, Jul 20 PIT NYG W 13 5 43-41 4 8.0 Beck 2:04 3,210 ++
85 85 Saturday, Jul 21 PIT BSN L 1 5 43-42 5 8.5 Lee 2:10 0 -
86 86 Saturday, Jul 21 PIT BSN W 3 1 44-42 5 8.5 Strincevich 1:46 +
87 87 Sunday, Jul 22 PIT BSN W 2 1 45-42 4 7.5 Gables 2:01 ++
88 88 Sunday, Jul 22 PIT BSN W 3 1 46-42 4 7.5 Roe 1:36 19,184 +++
89 89 Monday, Jul 23 PIT BSN W 8 5 47-42 4 7.0 Beck 2:23 3,163 ++++
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 24 PIT BSN W 6 5 48-42 4 7.0 Gables 2:39 20,168 +++++
91 91 Thursday, Jul 26 PIT @ STL L 2 10 48-43 4 8.0 Burkhart 2:00 9,213 -
92 92 Friday, Jul 27 PIT @ STL L 0 2 48-44 4 9.0 Donnelly 1:52 4,948 --
93 93 Saturday, Jul 28 PIT @ STL L 0 2 48-45 4 10.0 Barrett 1:33 9,242 ---
94 94 Sunday, Jul 29 PIT @ STL W 9 6 49-45 4 11.0 Gerheauser 2:38 +
95 95 Sunday, Jul 29 PIT @ STL L 4 6 49-46 4 11.0 Dockins 1:57 15,971 -
96 96 Wednesday, Aug 1 PIT @ CHC W 1 0 50-46 4 10.0 Butcher 1:49 17,780 +
97 97 Thursday, Aug 2 PIT @ CHC L 0 1 50-47 5 11.0 Derringer 1:47 18,535 -
98 98 Friday, Aug 3 PIT STL L 1 5 50-48 5 12.5 Dockins 1:47 --
99 99 Saturday, Aug 4 PIT STL L 5 6 50-49 5 12.5 Brecheen 2:05 5,280 ---
100 100 Sunday, Aug 5 PIT STL L 3 10 50-50 5 13.5 Barrett 1:52 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 5 PIT STL W 12 5 51-50 5 13.5 Ostermueller 2:01 22,105 +
102 102 Wednesday, Aug 8 PIT @ PHI W 4 0 52-50 5 14.5 Roe 1:57 ++
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 8 PIT @ PHI L 0 5 52-51 5 14.5 Mauney 1:50 6,630 -
104 104 Thursday, Aug 9 PIT @ PHI W 3 1 53-51 5 13.5 Gables 2:26 5,017 +
105 105 Friday, Aug 10 PIT @ PHI W 10 2 54-51 5 13.0 Ostermueller 2:21 ++
106 106 Friday, Aug 10 PIT @ PHI L 1 6 54-52 5 13.0 Judd 1:55 5,728 -
107 107 Sunday, Aug 12 PIT @ BSN L 6 7 54-53 5 14.5 Hendrickson 2:21 --
108 108 Sunday, Aug 12 PIT @ BSN W 3 0 55-53 5 14.5 Roe 1:46 14,961 +
109 109 Monday, Aug 13 PIT @ BSN L 4 6 55-54 5 15.5 Andrews 2:02 2,095 -
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 14 PIT @ BSN W 7 5 56-54 5 14.0 Ostermueller 2:14 0 +
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 14 PIT @ BSN W 6 2 57-54 5 14.0 Beck 1:33 4,542 ++
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 15 PIT @ NYG W 11 9 58-54 5 13.5 Gables 2:54 +++
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 15 PIT @ NYG W 3 2 59-54 5 13.5 Strincevich 1:39 18,822 ++++
114 114 Thursday, Aug 16 PIT @ NYG L 1 2 59-55 5 13.5 Mungo 1:54 22,807 -
115 115 Friday, Aug 17 PIT @ NYG L 2 3 59-56 5 14.5 Brewer 1:44 6,751 --
116 116 Saturday, Aug 18 PIT @ NYG L 0 6 59-57 5 15.5 Maglie 1:37 10,126 ---
117 117 Sunday, Aug 19 PIT @ BRO L 2 6 59-58 5 16.5 Webber 2:06 0 ----
118 118 Sunday, Aug 19 PIT @ BRO W 4 2 60-58 5 16.5 Strincevich 1:58 19,422 +
119 119 Monday, Aug 20 PIT @ BRO W 11 1 61-58 5 15.5 Roe 2:19 6,322 ++
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 21 PIT @ BRO W 12 1 62-58 5 14.5 Gables 1:58 5,484 +++
121 121 Thursday, Aug 23 PIT CIN W 6 2 63-58 5 14.0 Beck 1:57 1,567 ++++
122 122 Friday, Aug 24 PIT CIN L 1 2 63-59 5 14.0 Heusser 1:52 12,928 -
123 123 Saturday, Aug 25 PIT CIN L 0 1 63-60 5 14.0 Kennedy 1:38 3,402 --
124 124 Sunday, Aug 26 PIT CIN W 10 7 64-60 5 12.5 Rescigno 2:00 +
125 125 Sunday, Aug 26 PIT CIN W 2 1 65-60 5 12.5 Gables 1:49 4,193 ++
126 126 Tuesday, Aug 28 PIT CHC L 3 6 65-61 5 13.5 Borowy 2:08 23,335 -
127 127 Wednesday, Aug 29 PIT CHC L 0 2 65-62 5 14.5 Prim 2:01 4,881 --
128 128 Thursday, Aug 30 PIT CHC W 6 4 66-62 5 13.5 Roe 2:20 4,088 +
129 129 Friday, Aug 31 PIT @ CIN W 6 5 67-62 5 12.5 Gables 2:10 4,490 ++
130 130 Sunday, Sep 2 PIT @ CIN W 4 2 68-62 5 11.0 Beck 2:03 +++
131 131 Sunday, Sep 2 PIT @ CIN W 7 3 69-62 5 11.0 Strincevich 1:44 9,810 ++++
132 132 Monday, Sep 3 PIT @ STL W 6 5 70-62 5 11.0 Ostermueller 2:16 +++++
133 133 Monday, Sep 3 PIT @ STL W 6 2 71-62 5 11.0 Roe 2:08 19,492 ++++++
134 134 Tuesday, Sep 4 PIT @ STL T 8 8 71-62 5 11.0 3:16 1,755 ++++++
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 5 PIT BRO L 3 5 71-63 5 12.5 Lombardi 2:37 19,504 -
136 136 Thursday, Sep 6 PIT BRO W 17 5 72-63 5 12.5 Strincevich 2:19 1,885 +
137 137 Friday, Sep 7 PIT BRO L 2 3 72-64 5 12.5 Seats 2:17 1,874 -
138 138 Saturday, Sep 8 PIT BRO W 6 5 73-64 5 11.5 Gerheauser 3:21 3,550 +
139 139 Sunday, Sep 9 PIT PHI W 4 3 74-64 5 12.5 Beck 1:55 ++
140 140 Sunday, Sep 9 PIT PHI L 3 14 74-65 5 12.5 Mauney 2:12 5,525 -
141 141 Monday, Sep 10 PIT PHI W 9 5 75-65 4 11.5 Strincevich 1:39 6,000 +
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 11 PIT PHI W 5 4 76-65 4 11.0 Rescigno 2:04 ++
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 11 PIT PHI W 5 1 77-65 4 11.0 Butcher 1:54 2,047 +++
144 144 Thursday, Sep 13 PIT BSN W 4 3 78-65 4 10.5 Gerheauser 1:25 ++++
145 145 Thursday, Sep 13 PIT BSN W 2 0 79-65 4 10.5 Ostermueller 1:52 3,836 +++++
146 146 Saturday, Sep 15 PIT NYG L 5 9 79-66 4 11.5 Zabala 2:16 411 -
147 147 Sunday, Sep 16 PIT NYG W 3 2 80-66 4 12.5 Roe 1:55 0 +
148 148 Sunday, Sep 16 PIT NYG L 2 9 80-67 4 12.5 Brewer 1:58 15,175 -
149 149 Sunday, Sep 23 PIT @ CHC L 3 7 80-68 4 12.5 Wyse 1:48 43,755 --
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 26 PIT @ CIN L 2 5 80-69 4 12.5 Hetki 1:46 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Wednesday, Sep 26 PIT @ CIN W 2 1 81-69 4 12.5 Strincevich 1:37 715 +
152 152 Thursday, Sep 27 PIT STL W 5 2 82-69 4 13.0 Roe 1:50 9,603 ++
153 153 Saturday, Sep 29 PIT CHC L 3 4 82-70 4 15.0 Borowy 2:36 -
154 154 Saturday, Sep 29 PIT CHC L 0 5 82-71 4 15.0 Vandenberg 1:10 4,016 --
155 155 Sunday, Sep 30 PIT CHC L 3 5 82-72 4 16.0 Chipman 1:35 3,751 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1944 / 1946 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits