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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946

82-72, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frankie Frisch (82-72)
Scored 753 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 29 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
Team Totals 29.0 155 6037 5343 753 1425 259 56 72 695 81 589 481 .267 .341 .377 .718 96 2012 122 17 88
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 3 6 1 2 3 2 1 2 5 5 3 2 3 5 7 1
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 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 Preacher Roe* 29 14 13 .519 2.87 33 31 1 15 3 1 235.0 228 77 75 11 46 148 1 0 2 936 138 1.166 8.7 0.4 1.8 5.7 3.22
2 SP Nick Strincevich 30 16 10 .615 3.31 36 29 5 18 1 2 228.1 235 94 84 7 49 74 3 0 2 966 120 1.244 9.3 0.3 1.9 2.9 1.51
3 SP Rip Sewell 38 11 9 .550 4.07 33 24 7 9 1 1 188.0 212 116 85 9 91 60 2 0 5 863 97 1.612 10.1 0.4 4.4 2.9 0.66
4 SP Max Butcher 34 10 8 .556 3.03 28 20 3 12 2 0 169.1 184 76 57 7 46 37 4 0 0 728 131 1.358 9.8 0.4 2.4 2.0 0.80
5 SP Ken Gables 26 11 7 .611 4.15 29 16 10 6 0 1 138.2 139 69 64 5 46 49 4 1 2 599 95 1.334 9.0 0.3 3.0 3.2 1.07
6 SP Fritz Ostermueller* 37 5 4 .556 4.57 14 11 1 4 1 0 80.2 74 45 41 6 37 29 2 1 1 360 87 1.376 8.3 0.7 4.1 3.2 0.78
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
7 CL Xavier Rescigno 32 3 5 .375 5.72 44 1 27 0 0 9 78.2 95 57 50 6 34 29 1 0 0 354 69 1.640 10.9 0.7 3.9 3.3 0.85
8 RP Al Gerheauser* 28 5 10 .333 3.91 32 14 14 5 0 1 140.1 170 72 61 5 54 55 1 0 4 629 101 1.596 10.9 0.3 3.5 3.5 1.02
9 RP Boom-Boom Beck 40 6 1 .857 2.14 14 5 2 4 0 0 63.0 54 19 15 2 14 20 0 0 0 248 185 1.079 7.7 0.3 2.0 2.9 1.43
10 RP Cookie Cuccurullo* 27 1 3 .250 5.24 29 4 11 0 0 1 56.2 68 41 33 2 34 17 1 0 1 263 76 1.800 10.8 0.3 5.4 2.7 0.50
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
11 Ray Starr 39 0 2 .000 9.45 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 10 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 33 44 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
12 Johnny Lanning 34 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 8 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 4.000 36.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 31.7 82 72 .532 3.76 155 155 82 73 8 16 1387.1 1477 681 580 61 455 518 19 2 17 5993 105 1.393 9.6 0.4 3.0 3.4 1.14
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 3 4 2 2 4
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Vic Barnhart 22 64 53 45 304 108 174 22 32 .928 4.41 SS-3B
Johnny Barrett 29 132 130 121 334 318 8 8 0 .976 2.47 OF
Boom-Boom Beck 40 14 5 4 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.93 P
Max Butcher 34 28 20 12 46 8 37 1 2 .978 1.61 P
Hank Camelli 30 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 1 0 0% C
Frank Colman 27 33 24 19 158 143 14 1 10 .994 4.62 1B-OF
Pete Coscarart 32 123 109 96 633 257 362 14 74 .978 5.03 2B-SS
Cookie Cuccurullo 27 29 4 0 15 2 12 1 1 .933 0.48 P
Babe Dahlgren 33 142 142 133 1472 1373 93 6 115 .996 10.18 1B
Spud Davis 40 14 4 3 31 26 4 1 0 .968 2.31 0 4 2 33% C
Bob Elliott 28 141 141 133 427 219 185 23 18 .946 2.85 3B-OF
Ken Gables 26 29 16 6 22 5 17 0 0 1.000 0.76 P
Al Gerheauser 28 32 14 5 44 9 33 2 3 .955 1.31 P
Al Gionfriddo 23 106 96 92 250 235 6 9 2 .964 2.27 OF
Frankie Gustine 25 125 122 101 655 248 366 41 63 .937 4.58 0 0 0 SS-2B-C
Lee Handley 31 79 74 70 283 85 183 15 13 .947 3.39 3B
Johnny Lanning 34 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Al Lopez 36 91 77 57 367 326 38 3 7 .992 4.00 4 29 19 40% C
Tommy O'Brien 26 45 36 26 77 72 2 3 0 .961 1.64 OF
Fritz Ostermueller 37 14 11 4 23 8 14 1 0 .957 1.57 P
Xavier Rescigno 32 44 1 0 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 0.41 P
Preacher Roe 29 33 31 15 56 16 40 0 3 1.000 1.70 P
Jim Russell 26 140 131 124 331 313 9 9 1 .973 2.30 OF
Bill Salkeld 28 87 73 57 328 279 40 9 8 .973 3.71 3 43 20 32% C
Jack Saltzgaver 42 32 20 14 134 63 66 5 11 .963 4.03 2B-3B
Rip Sewell 38 33 24 9 46 10 35 1 2 .978 1.36 P
Ray Starr 39 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Nick Strincevich 30 36 29 18 52 14 36 2 1 .962 1.39 P
Lloyd Waner 39 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Frankie Zak 23 11 7 7 36 9 26 1 3 .972 3.18 SS-2B
Team Totals 29.3 155 1395 1172 6166 4158 1830 178 370 .971 3.57 7 77 41 35%
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 5
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Vic Barnhart 22 215 -9 0 0 0 -5 4 7 -3 -0.4 2 0.2 -0.6 $ 6/5
Johnny Barrett* 29 594 10 4 0 0 -2 -3 18 27 2.8 29 3.1 -0.3 $ Purchased *O89
Boom-Boom Beck 40 22 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Max Butcher 34 61 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Hank Camelli 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Frank Colman* 27 162 -7 0 0 0 1 -2 5 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 3O/79
Pete Coscarart 32 455 -3 0 0 0 6 6 14 23 2.3 17 1.8 0.5 $ Traded *4/6
Cookie Cuccurullo* 27 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Babe Dahlgren 33 591 -10 -1 0 0 -1 -7 18 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded *3
Spud Davis 40 36 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Bob Elliott 28 608 15 0 0 0 1 -3 18 31 3.2 30 3.2 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 5O9
Ken Gables 26 42 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
Al Gerheauser* 28 50 -2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Al Gionfriddo* 23 476 9 3 0 0 -9 -2 15 16 1.7 25 2.6 -0.9 $ *O897
Frankie Gustine 25 523 -3 1 0 0 -9 8 16 13 1.3 22 2.3 -1.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *64/2
Lee Handley 31 340 -1 0 0 0 3 0 11 13 1.3 10 1.1 0.2 $ Free Agency 5
Al Lopez 36 280 -12 -1 0 0 1 3 9 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Tommy O'Brien 26 175 5 0 0 0 -4 -2 5 4 0.5 8 0.8 -0.3 $ Conditional Deal O97
Fritz Ostermueller* 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Xavier Rescigno 32 17 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Bill Rodgers* 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Preacher Roe 29 89 -13 0 0 0 0 5 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Jim Russell# 26 589 19 2 0 0 4 -6 19 38 3.9 34 3.6 0.3 $ MinorLg Draft *O7/8
Bill Salkeld* 28 317 25 -1 0 0 0 3 10 37 3.8 37 3.9 -0.1 $ Purchased 2
Jack Saltzgaver* 42 126 3 1 0 0 -1 1 4 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ 4/5
Rip Sewell* 38 72 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ray Starr 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Nick Strincevich 30 94 -9 0 0 0 0 5 3 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Lloyd Waner* 39 20 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /O79
Frankie Zak 23 32 -3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 6/4
Team Total 29.0 6037 -5 8 0 0 -14 28 188 205 20.4 219 23.1 -2.7 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Boom-Boom Beck 40 63.0 5 19 35 0 1.0 16 1.7 $ Free Agency
Max Butcher 34 169.1 20 76 93 -1 1.0 17 2.2 $ Traded
Cookie Cuccurullo* 27 56.2 4 41 31 0 1.0 -10 -0.8 $
Ken Gables 26 138.2 16 69 76 -1 1.0 7 1.1 $
Al Gerheauser* 28 140.1 14 72 77 -1 1.0 5 0.9 $ Traded
Johnny Lanning 34 2.0 0 8 1 0 1.0 -7 -0.7 $ Traded
Fritz Ostermueller* 37 80.2 11 45 44 -1 1.0 -1 0.2 $ Purchased
Xavier Rescigno 32 78.2 1 57 43 -1 1.0 -14 -1.2 $
Preacher Roe* 29 235.0 31 77 129 -2 1.0 52 5.9 $ Traded
Rip Sewell 38 188.0 24 116 103 -1 1.0 -13 -0.7 $ Purchased
Ray Starr 39 6.2 0 7 4 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Purchased
Nick Strincevich 30 228.1 29 94 125 -2 1.0 31 3.8 $ Traded
Team Total 31.7 1387.1 155 681 761 -10 1.0 80 12.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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