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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
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
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* - 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* 30 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 2 966 119 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 0 728 130 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 86 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 0 248 184 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 75 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 42 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 11 4.000 36.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 31.9 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Vic Barnhart 22 64 304 108 174 22 32 .928 4.41 SS-3B
Johnny Barrett 29 132 0 75 57 334 318 8 8 0 .976 2.47 OF
Boom-Boom Beck 40 14 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 0.93 P
Max Butcher 34 28 46 8 37 1 2 .978 1.61 P
Hank Camelli 30 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 C
Frank Colman 27 34 6 0 5 158 143 14 1 10 .994 4.62 1B-OF
Pete Coscarart 32 123 633 257 362 14 74 .978 5.03 2B-SS
Cookie Cuccurullo 27 29 15 2 12 1 1 .933 0.48 P
Babe Dahlgren 33 144 1472 1373 93 6 115 .996 10.18 1B
Spud Davis 40 13 31 26 4 1 0 .968 2.31 0 C
Bob Elliott 28 142 0 0 61 427 219 185 23 18 .946 2.85 3B-OF
Ken Gables 26 29 22 5 17 0 0 1.000 0.76 P
Al Gerheauser 28 32 44 9 33 2 3 .955 1.31 P
Al Gionfriddo 23 106 13 82 11 250 235 6 9 2 .964 2.27 OF
Frankie Gustine 25 134 655 248 366 41 63 .937 4.58 0 SS-2B-C
Lee Handley 31 79 283 85 183 15 13 .947 3.39 3B
Johnny Lanning 34 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Al Lopez 36 91 367 326 38 3 7 .992 4.00 4 C
Tommy O'Brien 26 45 12 0 33 77 72 2 3 0 .961 1.64 OF
Fritz Ostermueller 37 14 23 8 14 1 0 .957 1.57 P
Xavier Rescigno 32 44 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 0.41 P
Preacher Roe 30 33 56 16 40 0 3 1.000 1.70 P
Jim Russell 26 140 139 1 0 331 313 9 9 1 .973 2.30 OF
Bill Salkeld 28 86 328 279 40 9 8 .973 3.71 3 C
Jack Saltzgaver 42 32 134 63 66 5 11 .963 4.03 2B-3B
Rip Sewell 38 33 46 10 35 1 2 .978 1.36 P
Ray Starr 39 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Nick Strincevich 30 36 52 14 36 2 1 .962 1.39 P
Lloyd Waner 39 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Frankie Zak 23 11 36 9 26 1 3 .972 3.18 SS-2B
Team Totals 29.3 155 6166 4158 1830 178 370 .971 3.57 7
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 5 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics