1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

Record: 82-72-1, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Frankie Frisch (82-72-1)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 84-70, 753 Runs, 686 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	35	12	.218	.317	.251	.568	56	61	5	0	2		10
2	1B	Babe Dahlgren	33	144	593	531	57	133	24	8	5	75	1	2	51	51	.250	.318	.354	.673	84	188	23	2	7		5
3	2B	Pete Coscarart	32	123	456	392	59	95	17	2	8	38	2	5	55	55	.242	.341	.357	.699	91	140	10	4	4		7
4	SS	Frankie Gustine	25	128	523	478	67	134	27	5	2	66	8	3	37	33	.280	.335	.370	.705	93	177	14	2	6		2
5	3B	Bob Elliott	28	144	611	541	80	157	36	6	8	108	5	1	64	38	.290	.366	.423	.790	116	229	16	1	2		2
6	OF	Johnny Barrett*	29	142	594	507	97	130	29	4	15	67	25	13	79	68	.256	.357	.418	.775	111	212	5	0	8		5
7	OF	Al Gionfriddo*	23	122	476	409	74	116	18	9	2	42	12	9	60	22	.284	.377	.386	.763	109	158	4	1	6		1
8	OF	Jim Russell#	26	146	589	510	88	145	24	8	12	77	15	6	71	40	.284	.377	.433	.810	121	221	7	5	3		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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	3	20	16	.298	.340	.372	.712	95	116	5	0	8		1
10	C	Bill Salkeld*	28	95	317	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2	3	50	16	.311	.420	.547	.966	163	146	8	0	0		7
11	SS	Vic Barnhart	22	71	215	201	21	54	7	0	0	19	2	1	9	11	.269	.300	.303	.603	65	61	9	0	5		1
12	OF	Tommy O'Brien	26	58	175	161	23	54	6	5	0	18	0	2	9	13	.335	.374	.435	.809	121	70	1	1	4		0
13	UT	Frank Colman*	27	77	162	153	18	32	11	1	4	30	0	0	9	16	.209	.253	.373	.626	70	57	4	0	0		2
14	2B	Jack Saltzgaver*	42	52	126	117	20	38	5	3	0	10	0	0	8	8	.325	.368	.419	.787	115	49	1	0	1		1
15	C	Virgil Davis	40	23	36	33	2	8	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	2	.242	.306	.303	.609	67	10	2	1	0		1
16	SS	Frankie Zak	23	15	32	28	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	5	.143	.226	.214	.440	21	6	0	0	1		0
17	OF	Lloyd Waner*	39	23	20	19	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.263	.300	.263	.563	55	5	0	0	0		0
18	C	Hank Camelli	30	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0	0		0
19		Bill Rodgers*	22	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	448	1	0	0	0		0
20		Joe Vitelli	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	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	0	4	11	.202	.239	.214	.453	24	18	3	0	6		0
22	P	Preacher Roe	29	33	89	75	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	21	.107	.173	.120	.293	-19	9	1	0	8		0
23	P	Rip Sewell*	38	35	72	64	10	20	3	0	0	6	1	0	7	11	.313	.380	.359	.740	103	23	1	0	1		0
24	P	Max Butcher	34	28	61	54	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.222	.236	.241	.477	31	13	0	0	6		0
25	P	Al Gerheauser*	28	32	50	48	2	12	2	2	0	7	0	0	2	11	.250	.280	.375	.655	78	18	0	0	0		0
26	P	Ken Gables	26	29	42	39	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.103	.103	.128	.231	-37	5	0	0	3		0
27	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	37	14	32	28	2	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	.321	.387	.321	.709	95	9	2	0	1		0
28	P	Boom-Boom Beck	40	14	22	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.125	.176	.125	.301	-17	2	0	0	5		0
29	P	Xavier Rescigno	32	44	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.133	.188	.200	.388	6	3	1	0	1		0
30	P	Arthur Cuccurullo*	27	29	14	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	17	3	0	0	0		0
31	P	Ray Starr	39	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	708	2	0	0	0		0
32	P	Johnny Lanning	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.1	155	6043	5343	753	1425	259	56	72	695	81	49	589	481	.267	.341	.377	.718	96	2012	122	17	88		51
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	3	6	1	2	3		2	7	2	4	5	3	2	3		5		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.8	155	5549	4905	720	1335	248	54	72	662	80	49	564	409	.272	.349	.389	.738	102	1907	114	17	57		51
		Pitcher Totals	31.9	155	494	438	33	90	11	2	0	33	1	0	25	72	.205	.248	.240	.488	34	105	8	0	31		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Preacher Roe*	29	14	13	.519	2.87	33	31	1	15	3	1	235.0	228	77	75	11	46	9	148	1	0	2	936	138	2.65	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	5	74	3	0	2	966	120	3.13	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	15	60	2	0	5	863	97	4.17	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	4	37	4	0	0	728	131	3.69	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	6	49	4	1	2	599	95	3.54	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	5	29	2	1	1	360	87	4.40	1.376	8.3	0.7	4.1	3.2	0.78
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Xavier Rescigno	32	3	5	.375	5.72	44	1	27	0	0	9	78.2	95	57	50	6	34	6	29	1	0	0	354	69	4.29	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	4	55	1	0	4	629	101	3.56	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	1	20	0	0	0	248	185	3.14	1.079	7.7	0.3	2.0	2.9	1.43
10	RP	Arthur Cuccurullo*	27	1	3	.250	5.24	29	4	11	0	0	1	56.2	68	41	33	2	34	1	17	1	0	1	263	76	4.41	1.800	10.8	0.3	5.4	2.7	0.50
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	0	33	44	4.50	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	0	14	13	9.20	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	56	518	19	2	17	5993	105	3.55	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	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W