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1945 Pittsburgh Pirates (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
Managed by Frankie Frisch

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 604,694 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 Stats / Schedule (1944/1946) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   82-72 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   16.0
Days in First:                   2 (last on June 15, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          14 (last on September 16)
Most Games under .500:           5 (last on April 28)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       16.5 (last on August 19)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (May 20 to May 30)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (April 21 to April 28 and June 16 to June 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              14 (May 30, July 6, and September 9)
Most Runs Scored:               17 (September 6)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      14
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        82  72     753     686    .532

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           45  34     407     352    .570
Road           37  38     346     334    .493

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     39  37     397     370    .513
Second Half    43  35     356     316    .551
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  20     179     175    .545

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        17  15     232     182    .531

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 17     PIT @CIN  L   6-7        0-1     5     1.0  2:40 H Lisenbee                 30,069 -
  2 Wed, Apr 18     PIT @CIN  L   0-6        0-2     7     2.0  1:54 E Heusser                   1,467 --
  3 Thu, Apr 19     PIT @CIN  W   5-1        1-2     6     1.5  1:52 M Butcher                   1,104 +
  4 Fri, Apr 20     PIT  CHC  W   5-4        2-2     3     1.5  1:58 R Sewell                    9,449 ++
  5 Sat, Apr 21     PIT  CHC  L   3-4        2-3     5     2.5  2:06 P Derringer                 3,891 -
  6 Sun, Apr 22     PIT  CHC  L   0-3        2-4     8     3.0  1:51 B Chipman                         --
  7                 PIT  CHC  L   2-5        2-5     8     3.0  2:29 R Prim                     27,690 ---
  8 Fri, Apr 27     PIT @CHC  L   3-7        2-6     7     5.0  1:53 P Derringer                 4,655 ----
  9 Sat, Apr 28     PIT @CHC  L   0-6        2-7     7     5.0  1:54 H Wyse                      5,708 -----
 10 Sun, Apr 29     PIT @CHC  W   6-2        3-7     7     3.5  2:06 P Roe                             +
 11                 PIT @CHC  W   5-4        4-7     7     3.5  2:27 N Strincevic               36,637 ++
 12 Wed, May  2     PIT  STL  L   2-4        4-8     7     4.0  1:59 H Brecheen                        -
 13                 PIT  STL  W  11-1        5-8     7     4.0  2:00 M Butcher                   6,159 +
 14 Sun, May  6     PIT  CIN  L   1-3        5-9     7     5.5  2:00 E Heusser                         -
 15                 PIT  CIN  W   5-1        6-9     7     5.5  1:26 R Sewell                   10,157 +
 16 Wed, May  9     PIT @BSN  W   9-5        7-9     5     5.5  2:10 P Roe                       2,574 ++
 17 Sat, May 12     PIT @PHI  W   5-3        8-9     4     6.0  2:13 N Strincevic                2,693 +++
 18 Sun, May 13     PIT @PHI  W   9-6        9-9     4     6.0  1:55 R Sewell                          ++++
 19                 PIT @PHI  L   5-6        9-10    4     6.0  1:55 B Lee                      10,402 -
 20 Mon, May 14     PIT @BRO  L   1-4        9-11    5     7.0  2:11 L Pfund                     7,343 --
 21 Tue, May 15     PIT @BRO  L   3-6        9-12    5     8.0  2:06 V Lombardi                 25,828 ---
 22 Wed, May 16     PIT @BRO  L   1-3        9-13    6     9.0  2:00 H Gregg                     7,352 ----
 23 Thu, May 17     PIT @BRO  W  12-3       10-13    6     9.0  2:28 N Strincevic                6,575 +
 24 Sun, May 20     PIT @NYG  L   1-5       10-14    6     9.0  1:44 B Voiselle                        -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25                 PIT @NYG  W   4-0       11-14    6     9.0  1:56 P Roe                      51,340 +
 26 Mon, May 21     PIT  NYG  W   5-2       12-14    5     8.0  1:43 M Butcher                  21,682 ++
 27 Wed, May 23     PIT  BSN  W   9-8       13-14    5     8.0  3:16 R Sewell                   10,106 +++
 28 Thu, May 24     PIT  BSN  W  10-9       14-14    4     8.0  2:53 K Gables                    2,156 ++++
 29 Fri, May 25     PIT  BSN  W   5-3       15-14    4     8.0  2:18 P Roe                       2,768 +++++
 30 Sun, May 27     PIT  NYG  W  16-4       16-14    3     6.5  2:22 R Sewell                        0 ++++++
 31                 PIT  NYG  W  11-5       17-14    3     6.5  2:11 X Rescigno                 29,121 +++++++
 32 Tue, May 29     PIT  NYG  W   4-3       18-14    2     5.5  1:53 K Gables                    3,602 ++++++++
 33 Wed, May 30     PIT  BRO  W  13-5       19-14    2     5.5  2:36 R Sewell                        0 +++++++++
 34                 PIT  BRO  L  10-14      19-15    2     5.5  2:56 L Pfund                    27,029 -
 35 Thu, May 31     PIT  BRO  L   4-6       19-16    3     6.0  3:05 C King                     13,126 --
 36 Fri, Jun  1     PIT  PHI  W   6-5       20-16    2     5.0  1:43 M Butcher                   1,513 +
 37 Sat, Jun  2     PIT  PHI  W   7-6       21-16    2     5.0  2:08 A Gerheauser                2,695 ++
 38 Sun, Jun  3     PIT  PHI  W   7-6       22-16    2     4.0  2:47 C Cuccurullo                      +++
 39                 PIT  PHI  L   9-11      22-17    2     4.0  1:46 A Karl                      9,086 -
 40 Tue, Jun  5     PIT  CIN  L   0-4       22-18    2     3.5  1:35 E Heusser                         --
 41                 PIT  CIN  W   9-1       23-18    2     3.5  1:39 M Butcher                   2,634 +
 42 Wed, Jun  6     PIT  CIN  L   0-3       23-19    3     4.0  1:43 B Walters                  13,277 -
 43 Thu, Jun  7     PIT  CIN  L   3-7       23-20    3     5.0  1:58 J Bowman                    2,954 --
 44 Fri, Jun  8     PIT @STL  L   3-4       23-21    4     5.5  2:46 K Burkhart                  3,695 ---
 45 Sat, Jun  9     PIT @STL  W   5-1       24-21    4     4.5  1:46 N Strincevic                5,195 +
 46 Sun, Jun 10     PIT @STL  W   8-6       25-21    2     2.5  2:32 R Sewell                          ++
 47                 PIT @STL  W   4-1       26-21    2     2.5  2:29 P Roe                      13,794 +++
 48 Tue, Jun 12     PIT  CHC  W   9-3       27-21    2     1.5  2:03 A Gerheauser               15,126 ++++
 49 Thu, Jun 14     PIT  CHC  W   5-2       28-21    1    Tied  1:48 M Butcher                         +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 PIT  CHC  W   6-5       29-21    1    Tied  2:31 R Sewell                   12,880 ++++++
 51 Fri, Jun 15     PIT  STL  W   5-2       30-21    1    Tied  1:54 N Strincevic               24,315 +++++++
 52 Sat, Jun 16     PIT  STL  L  10-13      30-22    2     0.5  2:53 B Byerly                    6,019 -
 53 Sun, Jun 17     PIT  STL  L   0-7       30-23    3     1.0  2:07 K Burkhart                        --
 54                 PIT  STL  L   2-6       30-24    3     1.0  1:57 T Wilks                    22,396 ---
 55 Wed, Jun 20     PIT @CHC  L   3-5       30-25    2     3.0  1:56 C Passeau                  10,123 ----
 56 Thu, Jun 21     PIT @CHC  L   4-5       30-26    4     4.0  2:06 H Wyse                      8,644 -----
 57 Fri, Jun 22     PIT @CIN  W   3-1       31-26    3     4.0  1:36 N Strincevic                5,814 +
 58 Sun, Jun 24     PIT @CIN  W   7-5       32-26    3     4.5  1:59 R Sewell                          ++
 59                 PIT @CIN  L   3-4       32-27    3     4.5  1:41 J Bowman                   11,732 -
 60 Wed, Jun 27     PIT @NYG  L   4-10      32-28    4     6.0  2:05 V Mungo                         0 --
 61                 PIT @NYG  L   2-3       32-29    4     6.0  2:04 J Brewer                   17,735 ---
 62 Thu, Jun 28     PIT @NYG  W   3-1       33-29    4     5.0  1:54 N Strincevic               22,321 +
 63 Fri, Jun 29     PIT @NYG  L   2-3       33-30    5     5.5  2:10 A Adams                     3,779 -
 64 Sat, Jun 30     PIT @BRO  L   5-8       33-31    5     6.5  2:40 A Herring                  23,736 --
 65 Sun, Jul  1     PIT @BRO  W   4-3       34-31    5     6.5  2:45 P Roe                           0 +
 66                 PIT @BRO  L   2-4       34-32    5     6.5  2:00 C Davis                    23,370 -
 67 Tue, Jul  3     PIT @PHI  W  10-3       35-32    5     5.5  2:28 N Strincevic                2,005 +
 68 Wed, Jul  4     PIT @PHI  L   6-7       35-33    5     5.5  2:24 J Kraus                           -
 69                 PIT @PHI  W  13-0       36-33    5     5.5  2:02 M Butcher                  14,334 +
 70 Fri, Jul  6     PIT @BSN  L   5-13      36-34    5     5.5  2:09 N Andrews                       0 -
 71                 PIT @BSN  L   8-14      36-35    5     5.5  1:56 D Hendrickso                      --
 72 Sat, Jul  7     PIT @BSN  L   6-7       36-36    6     6.5  2:06 M Cooper                    5,159 ---
 73 Sun, Jul  8     PIT @BSN  W  10-8       37-36    6     7.0  2:10 K Gables                          +
 74                 PIT @BSN  L   1-13      37-37    6     7.0  1:51 J Tobin                    25,317 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 12     PIT  PHI  W   4-0       38-37    5     6.5  1:48 N Strincevic               15,044 +
 76 Fri, Jul 13     PIT  PHI  W   3-2       39-37    5     6.5  2:35 M Butcher                   3,660 ++
 77 Sun, Jul 15     PIT  BRO  W   9-1       40-37    4     7.0  1:52 R Sewell                          +++
 78                 PIT  BRO  W  15-3       41-37    4     7.0  1:56 K Gables                   24,129 ++++
 79 Mon, Jul 16     PIT  BRO  L   4-8       41-38    4     8.0  2:17 T Seats                     3,162 -
 80 Tue, Jul 17     PIT  BRO  L   2-5       41-39    4     8.0  2:24 H Gregg                    20,148 --
 81 Wed, Jul 18     PIT  NYG  L   3-6       41-40    5     9.0  3:35 J Brewer                        0 ---
 82                 PIT  NYG  L   3-4       41-41    5     9.0  2:14 R Fischer                   6,253 ----
 83 Thu, Jul 19     PIT  NYG  W   4-0       42-41    5     9.0  1:39 R Sewell                   14,168 +
 84 Fri, Jul 20     PIT  NYG  W  13-5       43-41    4     8.0  2:04 B Beck                      3,210 ++
 85 Sat, Jul 21     PIT  BSN  L   1-5       43-42    5     8.5  2:10 B Lee                           0 -
 86                 PIT  BSN  W   3-1       44-42    5     8.5  1:46 N Strincevic                      +
 87 Sun, Jul 22     PIT  BSN  W   2-1       45-42    4     7.5  2:01 K Gables                          ++
 88                 PIT  BSN  W   3-1       46-42    4     7.5  1:36 P Roe                      19,184 +++
 89 Mon, Jul 23     PIT  BSN  W   8-5       47-42    4     7.0  2:23 B Beck                      3,163 ++++
 90 Tue, Jul 24     PIT  BSN  W   6-5       48-42    4     7.0  2:39 K Gables                   20,168 +++++
 91 Thu, Jul 26     PIT @STL  L   2-10      48-43    4     8.0  2:00 K Burkhart                  9,213 -
 92 Fri, Jul 27     PIT @STL  L   0-2       48-44    4     9.0  1:52 B Donnelly                  4,948 --
 93 Sat, Jul 28     PIT @STL  L   0-2       48-45    4    10.0  1:33 R Barrett                   9,242 ---
 94 Sun, Jul 29     PIT @STL  W   9-6       49-45    4    11.0  2:38 A Gerheauser                      +
 95                 PIT @STL  L   4-6       49-46    4    11.0  1:57 G Dockins                  15,971 -
 96 Wed, Aug  1     PIT @CHC  W   1-0       50-46    4    10.0  1:49 M Butcher                  17,780 +
 97 Thu, Aug  2     PIT @CHC  L   0-1       50-47    5    11.0  1:47 P Derringer                18,535 -
 98 Fri, Aug  3     PIT  STL  L   1-5       50-48    5    12.5  1:47 G Dockins                         --
 99 Sat, Aug  4     PIT  STL  L   5-6       50-49    5    12.5  2:05 H Brecheen                  5,280 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug  5     PIT  STL  L   3-10      50-50    5    13.5  1:52 R Barrett                         ----
101                 PIT  STL  W  12-5       51-50    5    13.5  2:01 F Ostermuell               22,105 +
102 Wed, Aug  8     PIT @PHI  W   4-0       52-50    5    14.5  1:57 P Roe                             ++
103                 PIT @PHI  L   0-5       52-51    5    14.5  1:50 D Mauney                    6,630 -
104 Thu, Aug  9     PIT @PHI  W   3-1       53-51    5    13.5  2:26 K Gables                    5,017 +
105 Fri, Aug 10     PIT @PHI  W  10-2       54-51    5    13.0  2:21 F Ostermuell                      ++
106                 PIT @PHI  L   1-6       54-52    5    13.0  1:55 O Judd                      5,728 -
107 Sun, Aug 12     PIT @BSN  L   6-7       54-53    5    14.5  2:21 D Hendrickso                      --
108                 PIT @BSN  W   3-0       55-53    5    14.5  1:46 P Roe                      14,961 +
109 Mon, Aug 13     PIT @BSN  L   4-6       55-54    5    15.5  2:02 N Andrews                   2,095 -
110 Tue, Aug 14     PIT @BSN  W   7-5       56-54    5    14.0  2:14 F Ostermuell                    0 +
111                 PIT @BSN  W   6-2       57-54    5    14.0  1:33 B Beck                      4,542 ++
112 Wed, Aug 15     PIT @NYG  W  11-9       58-54    5    13.5  2:54 K Gables                          +++
113                 PIT @NYG  W   3-2       59-54    5    13.5  1:39 N Strincevic               18,822 ++++
114 Thu, Aug 16     PIT @NYG  L   1-2       59-55    5    13.5  1:54 V Mungo                    22,807 -
115 Fri, Aug 17     PIT @NYG  L   2-3       59-56    5    14.5  1:44 J Brewer                    6,751 --
116 Sat, Aug 18     PIT @NYG  L   0-6       59-57    5    15.5  1:37 S Maglie                   10,126 ---
117 Sun, Aug 19     PIT @BRO  L   2-6       59-58    5    16.5  2:06 L Webber                        0 ----
118                 PIT @BRO  W   4-2       60-58    5    16.5  1:58 N Strincevic               19,422 +
119 Mon, Aug 20     PIT @BRO  W  11-1       61-58    5    15.5  2:19 P Roe                       6,322 ++
120 Tue, Aug 21     PIT @BRO  W  12-1       62-58    5    14.5  1:58 K Gables                    5,484 +++
121 Thu, Aug 23     PIT  CIN  W   6-2       63-58    5    14.0  1:57 B Beck                      1,567 ++++
122 Fri, Aug 24     PIT  CIN  L   1-2       63-59    5    14.0  1:52 E Heusser                  12,928 -
123 Sat, Aug 25     PIT  CIN  L   0-1       63-60    5    14.0  1:38 V Kennedy                   3,402 --
124 Sun, Aug 26     PIT  CIN  W  10-7       64-60    5    12.5  2:00 X Rescigno                        +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 PIT  CIN  W   2-1       65-60    5    12.5  1:49 K Gables                    4,193 ++
126 Tue, Aug 28     PIT  CHC  L   3-6       65-61    5    13.5  2:08 H Borowy                   23,335 -
127 Wed, Aug 29     PIT  CHC  L   0-2       65-62    5    14.5  2:01 R Prim                      4,881 --
128 Thu, Aug 30     PIT  CHC  W   6-4       66-62    5    13.5  2:20 P Roe                       4,088 +
129 Fri, Aug 31     PIT @CIN  W   6-5       67-62    5    12.5  2:10 K Gables                    4,490 ++
130 Sun, Sep  2     PIT @CIN  W   4-2       68-62    5    11.0  2:03 B Beck                            +++
131                 PIT @CIN  W   7-3       69-62    5    11.0  1:44 N Strincevic                9,810 ++++
132 Mon, Sep  3     PIT @STL  W   6-5       70-62    5    11.0  2:16 F Ostermuell                      +++++
133                 PIT @STL  W   6-2       71-62    5    11.0  2:08 P Roe                      19,492 ++++++
134 Tue, Sep  4     PIT @STL  -   8-8       71-62    5    11.0  3:16                             1,755 ++++++
135 Wed, Sep  5     PIT  BRO  L   3-5       71-63    5    12.5  2:37 V Lombardi                 19,504 -
136 Thu, Sep  6     PIT  BRO  W  17-5       72-63    5    12.5  2:19 N Strincevic                1,885 +
137 Fri, Sep  7     PIT  BRO  L   2-3       72-64    5    12.5  2:17 T Seats                     1,874 -
138 Sat, Sep  8     PIT  BRO  W   6-5       73-64    5    11.5  3:21 A Gerheauser                3,550 +
139 Sun, Sep  9     PIT  PHI  W   4-3       74-64    5    12.5  1:55 B Beck                            ++
140                 PIT  PHI  L   3-14      74-65    5    12.5  2:12 D Mauney                    5,525 -
141 Mon, Sep 10     PIT  PHI  W   9-5       75-65    4    11.5  1:39 N Strincevic                6,000 +
142 Tue, Sep 11     PIT  PHI  W   5-4       76-65    4    11.0  2:04 X Rescigno                        ++
143                 PIT  PHI  W   5-1       77-65    4    11.0  1:54 M Butcher                   2,047 +++
144 Thu, Sep 13     PIT  BSN  W   4-3       78-65    4    10.5  1:25 A Gerheauser                      ++++
145                 PIT  BSN  W   2-0       79-65    4    10.5  1:52 F Ostermuell                3,836 +++++
146 Sat, Sep 15     PIT  NYG  L   5-9       79-66    4    11.5  2:16 A Zabala                      411 -
147 Sun, Sep 16     PIT  NYG  W   3-2       80-66    4    12.5  1:55 P Roe                           0 +
148                 PIT  NYG  L   2-9       80-67    4    12.5  1:58 J Brewer                   15,175 -
149 Sun, Sep 23     PIT @CHC  L   3-7       80-68    4    12.5  1:48 H Wyse                     43,755 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 26     PIT @CIN  L   2-5       80-69    4    12.5  1:46 J Hetki                           ---
151                 PIT @CIN  W   2-1       81-69    4    12.5  1:37 N Strincevic                  715 +
152 Thu, Sep 27     PIT  STL  W   5-2       82-69    4    13.0  1:50 P Roe                       9,603 ++
153 Sat, Sep 29     PIT  CHC  L   3-4       82-70    4    15.0  2:36 H Borowy                          -
154                 PIT  CHC  L   0-5       82-71    4    15.0  1:10 H Vandenberg                4,016 --
155 Sun, Sep 30     PIT  CHC  L   3-5       82-72    4    16.0  1:35 B Chipman                   3,751 ---

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