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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944/1946) 82-72, Finished 4th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 753 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Frankie Frisch Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 604,694 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Al Lopez            36   91  243   22   53   8  0   0   18  35   12  .218  .317  .251   1       5   0   2           56
1B  Babe Dahlgren       33  144  531   57  133  24  8   5   75  51   51  .250  .318  .354   1      23   2   7           84
2B  Pete Coscarart      32  123  392   59   95  17  2   8   38  55   55  .242  .341  .357   2      10   4   4           91
3B  Bob Elliott         28  144  541   80  157  36  6   8  108  64   38  .290  .366  .423   5      16   1   2          116
SS  Frankie Gustine     25  128  478   67  134  27  5   2   66  37   33  .280  .335  .370   8      14   2   6           93
OF #Jim Russell         26  146  510   88  145  24  8  12   77  71   40  .284  .377  .433  15       7   5   3          121
OF *Johnny Barrett      29  142  507   97  130  29  4  15   67  79   68  .256  .357  .418  25       5   0   8          111
OF *Al Gionfriddo       23  122  409   74  116  18  9   2   42  60   22  .284  .377  .386  12       4   1   6          109
    Lee Handley         31   98  312   39   93  16  2   1   32  20   16  .298  .340  .372   7       5   0   8           95
   *Bill Salkeld        28   95  267   45   83  16  1  15   52  50   16  .311  .420  .547   2       8   0   0          163
    Vic Barnhart        22   71  201   21   54   7  0   0   19   9   11  .269  .300  .303   2       9   0   5           65
    Tommy O'Brien       26   58  161   23   54   6  5   0   18   9   13  .335  .374  .435   0       1   1   4          121
   *Frank Colman        27   77  153   18   32  11  1   4   30   9   16  .209  .253  .373   0       4   0   0           70
   *Jack Saltzgaver     42   52  117   20   38   5  3   0   10   8    8  .325  .368  .419   0       1   0   1          115
    Spud Davis          40   23   33    2    8   2  0   0    6   2    2  .242  .306  .303   0       2   1   0           67
    Frankie Zak         23   15   28    2    4   2  0   0    3   3    5  .143  .226  .214   0       0   0   1           21
   *Lloyd Waner         39   23   19    5    5   0  0   0    1   1    3  .263  .300  .263   0       0   0   0           55
    Hank Camelli        30    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .333  .000   0       0   0   0           -4
   *Bill Rodgers        22    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0       0   0   0          448
    Joe Vitelli         37    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0       0   0   0             

    Nick Strincevich    30   36   84    4   17   1  0   0    8   4   11  .202  .239  .214   0       3   0   6           24
    Preacher Roe        30   33   75    3    8   1  0   0    3   6   21  .107  .173  .120   0       1   0   8          -19
   *Rip Sewell          38   35   64   10   20   3  0   0    6   7   11  .313  .380  .359   1       1   0   1          103
    Max Butcher         34   28   54    6   12   1  0   0    2   1    2  .222  .236  .241   0       0   0   6           31
   *Al Gerheauser       28   32   48    2   12   2  2   0    7   2   11  .250  .280  .375   0       0   0   0           78
    Ken Gables          26   29   39    3    4   1  0   0    0   0    8  .103  .103  .128   0       0   0   3          -37
   *Fritz Ostermueller  37   14   28    2    9   0  0   0    4   3    0  .321  .387  .321   0       2   0   1           95
    Boom-Boom Beck      40   14   16    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    3  .125  .176  .125   0       0   0   5          -17
    Xavier Rescigno     32   44   15    1    2   1  0   0    0   1    4  .133  .188  .200   0       1   0   1            6
   *Cookie Cuccurullo   27   29   14    2    3   0  0   0    1   0    1  .214  .214  .214   0       0   0   0           17
    Ray Starr           39    4    1    0    1   1  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0       0   0   0          708
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1  155 5343  753 1425 259 56  72  695 590  480  .267  .340  .377  81     122  17  88          102
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    3    6   1  2   3        2    5     5     3     2   2                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Preacher Roe        30  33   2.87  14  13  1  31   1  15   3  235.0  228   77   75  11   46  148  936   2   1  0     138
SP  Nick Strincevich    30  36   3.31  16  10  2  29   5  18   1  228.3  235   94   84   7   49   74  966   2   3  0     119
SP  Rip Sewell          38  33   4.07  11   9  1  24   7   9   1  188.0  212  116   85   9   91   60  863   5   2  0      97
SP  Max Butcher         34  28   3.03  10   8  0  20   3  12   2  169.3  184   76   57   7   46   37  728   0   4  0     130
SP  Ken Gables          26  29   4.15  11   7  1  16  10   6   0  138.7  139   69   64   5   46   49  599   2   4  1      95
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  37  14   4.57   5   4  0  11   1   4   1   80.7   74   45   41   6   37   29  360   1   2  1      86

CL  Xavier Rescigno     32  44   5.72   3   5  9   1  27   0   0   78.7   95   57   50   6   34   29  354   0   1  0      69
RP *Cookie Cuccurullo   27  29   5.24   1   3  1   4  11   0   0   56.7   68   41   33   2   34   17  263   1   1  0      75
RP *Al Gerheauser       28  32   3.91   5  10  1  14  14   5   0  140.3  170   72   61   5   54   55  629   4   1  0     101
RP  Boom-Boom Beck      40  14   2.14   6   1  0   5   2   4   0   63.0   54   19   15   2   14   20  248   0   0  0     184

    Ray Starr           39   4   9.45   0   2  0   0   1   0   0    6.7   10    7    7   0    4    0   33   0   0  0      42
    Johnny Lanning      34   1  36.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    8    8    8   1    0    0   14   0   0  0      11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.8 155   3.76  82  72 16 155  82  73   8 1387.0 1477  686  579  61  455  518 5993  17  19  2     105
    Rank among 8 NL teams           4   4   5  4           4   5      4    7    3        2    2    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ALopez 91 326 38 3 7 .992 4 BSalkeld 86 279 40 9 8 .973 3 SDavis 13 26 4 1 0 .968 0 HCamelli 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 FGustine 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 637 82 13 15 .982 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDahlgren 144 1373 93 6 115 .996 10.18 FColman 22 126 14 1 10 .993 6.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1499 107 7 125 .996 10.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCoscarart 122 257 361 14 74 .978 5.07 JSaltzgaver 31 63 66 5 11 .963 4.16 FGustine 29 69 75 6 11 .960 4.97 FZak 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 389 503 25 96 .973 5.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 2.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 81 94 178 21 18 .928 3.36 LHandley 79 85 183 15 13 .947 3.39 VBarnhart 4 4 8 1 1 .923 3.00 JSaltzgaver 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 183 369 37 32 .937 3.58 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .947 4.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 104 177 291 35 52 .930 4.50 VBarnhart 60 104 166 21 31 .928 4.50 FZak 10 9 25 1 3 .971 3.40 PCoscarart 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 290 483 57 86 .931 5.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.33 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JRussell 140 313 9 9 1 .973 2.30 139 1 0 JBarrett 132 318 8 8 0 .976 2.47 0 75 57 AGionfriddo 106 235 6 9 2 .964 2.27 13 82 11 BElliott 61 125 7 2 0 .985 2.16 0 0 61 TO'Brien 45 72 2 3 0 .961 1.64 12 0 33 FColman 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 6 0 5 LWaner 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 2 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1082 33 31 3 .973 2.41 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRoe 33 16 40 0 3 1.000 2.14 NStrincevic 36 14 36 2 1 .962 1.97 RSewell 33 10 35 1 2 .978 2.15 MButcher 28 8 37 1 2 .978 2.39 AGerheauser 32 9 33 2 3 .955 2.69 KGables 29 5 17 0 0 1.000 1.43 FOstermuell 14 8 14 1 0 .957 2.45 XRescigno 44 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.06 BBeck 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.86 CCuccurullo 29 2 12 1 1 .933 2.22 RStarr 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.03 JLanning 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 78 253 8 13 .976 2.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Elliott .290 On-base % Gionfriddo and Russell .377 Slugging % Russell .433 OPS Russell .810 Games Russell 146 At Bats Elliott 541 Plate Appearances (approx.) Elliott 608 Runs Barrett 97 Hits Elliott 157 Total Bases Elliott 229 Doubles Elliott 36 Triples Gionfriddo 9 Home Runs Barrett and Salkeld 15 RBI Elliott 108 Bases on Balls Barrett 79 Strikeouts Barrett 68 Stolen Bases Barrett 25 Singles Elliott 107 Adjusted OPS+ Russell 121 Runs Created Elliott 84 Adjusted Batting Runs Salkeld 25 Batting Wins Salkeld 2.5 Extra-Base Hits Elliott 50 Times on Base Elliott 222 Offensive Win% Russell .640 Hit By Pitch Russell 5 Sac. Hits Barrett, Handley, and Roe 8 Grounded into Double Plays Dahlgren 23 Power/Speed Number Barrett 18.8 At Bats per Strikeout Gionfriddo 18.6 At Bats per Home Run Barrett 33.8 Outs Dahlgren 428

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Roe 2.87 Wins Strincevich 16 Won-Loss % Strincevich .615 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Roe 1.166 Hits Allowed/9IP Roe 8.73 Bases on Balls/9IP Roe 1.76 Strikeouts/9IP Roe 5.67 Games Rescigno 44 Saves Rescigno 9 Innings Roe 235.0 Strikeouts Roe 148 Games Started Roe 31 Comp. Games Strincevich 18 Shutouts Roe 3 Home Runs Allow. Roe 11 Bases On Balls Allow. Sewell 91 Hits Allowed Strincevich 235 SO to Walk Roe 3.22 Losses Roe 13 Earned Runs Allow. Sewell 85 Wild Pitches Sewell 5 Hit Batsmen Butcher and Gables 4 Batters Faced Strincevich 966 Games Finished Rescigno 27 Adjusted ERA+ Roe 138

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