1946 Pittsburgh Pirates

Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947

63-91, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frankie Frisch (62-89) and Spud Davis (1-2)
Scored 552 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90

Ballparks: Forbes Field · Attendance: 749,962 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 106

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1945 / 1947 Fielding Statistics

Team Fielding--Totals

Standard Fielding by Position Below · League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Ed Albosta	27	17	6	0	9	2	7	0	1	1.000	0.53								P
Ed Bahr	26	27	14	7	41	8	28	5	2	.878	1.33								P
Bill Baker	35	43	26	22	115	97	14	4	3	.965	2.64	4		12	8	40%	43%		C-1B
Johnny Barrett	30	21	14	14	37	33	1	3	1	.919	1.62								OF
Jimmy Brown	36	59	55	51	311	127	168	16	28	.949	4.92								SS-2B-3B
Hank Camelli	31	39	25	21	139	117	18	4	2	.971	3.46	0		22	10	31%	43%		C
Bill Clemensen	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00								P
Frank Colman	28	10	10	9	35	31	3	1	2	.971	3.40								OF-1B
Pete Coscarart	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00								SS
Billy Cox	26	114	110	101	597	235	323	39	59	.935	4.89								SS
Bob Elliott	29	134	130	122	329	232	90	7	10	.979	2.39								OF-3B
Elbie Fletcher	30	147	147	145	1470	1356	106	8	97	.995	9.95								1B
Ken Gables	27	32	7	0	16	3	12	1	0	.938	0.47								P
Al Gerheauser	29	36	4	1	24	3	21	0	2	1.000	0.67								P-OF
Al Gionfriddo	24	33	18	14	54	49	2	3	0	.944	1.55								OF
Hank Gornicki	35	7	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29								P
Ben Guintini	27	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00								OF
Frankie Gustine	26	130	128	118	730	319	387	24	70	.967	5.31								2B-SS-3B
Jack Hallett	31	35	9	3	28	8	20	0	1	1.000	0.80								P
Lee Handley	32	105	101	94	372	116	239	17	13	.954	3.38								3B-2B
Ken Heintzelman	30	32	24	6	46	7	39	0	3	1.000	1.44								P
Jim Hopper	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.50								P
Lee Howard	22	3	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	.667	0.67								P
Roy Jarvis	20	1	1	1	5	4	0	1	0	.800	4.00	0		1	0	0%	43%		C
Ralph Kiner	23	140	138	127	356	339	6	11	2	.969	2.46								OF
Johnny Lanning	35	27	9	3	27	5	22	0	1	1.000	1.00								P
Al Lopez	37	56	49	37	206	173	30	3	4	.985	3.63	0		22	17	44%	43%		C
Fritz Ostermueller	38	27	25	16	43	9	33	1	0	.977	1.56								P
Preacher Roe	30	21	10	1	18	4	13	1	1	.944	0.81								P
Jim Russell	27	139	133	129	372	351	9	12	7	.968	2.59								OF-1B
Bill Salkeld	29	51	47	31	213	176	31	6	3	.972	4.06	6		28	18	39%	43%		C
Rip Sewell	39	25	20	11	36	8	26	2	1	.944	1.36								P
Vinnie Smith	30	7	7	5	30	25	4	1	0	.967	4.14	0		3	2	40%	43%		C
Nick Strincevich	31	32	22	11	40	14	25	1	0	.975	1.22								P
Al Tate	27	2	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50								P
Maurice Van Robays	31	37	34	20	75	70	2	3	0	.960	1.85								OF-1B
Junior Walsh	27	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50								P
Burgess Whitehead	36	35	24	21	137	66	66	5	14	.964	3.77								2B-3B-SS
Lefty Wilkie	31	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.14								P
Chuck Workman	31	41	34	32	115	110	4	1	1	.991	2.78								OF-3B
Frankie Zak	24	10	7	4	42	13	26	3	5	.929	3.90								SS
Team Totals	29.4	155	1395	1179	6081	4111	1786	184	335	.970	3.47	10		88	55	38%	43%
Rank in 8 NL teams								1	6	8
	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Standard Team Fielding

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Player Standard Fielding--C

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Al Lopez	37	56	49	37	206	173	30	3	4	.985	3.63	0	22	17	44%
Bill Salkeld	29	51	47	31	213	176	31	6	3	.972	4.06	6	28	18	39%
Bill Baker	35	41	26	22	113	95	14	4	2	.965	2.66	4	12	8	40%
Hank Camelli	31	39	25	21	139	117	18	4	2	.971	3.46	0	22	10	31%
Vinnie Smith	30	7	7	5	30	25	4	1	0	.967	4.14	0	3	2	40%
Roy Jarvis	20	1	1	1	5	4	0	1	0	.800	4.00	0	1	0	0%
League Average										.979	4.22				43%
Team Total		155	155	117	706	590	97	19	11	.973	3.52	10	88	55	38%

Player Standard Fielding--1B

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Elbie Fletcher	30	147	147	145	1470	1356	106	8	97	.995	9.95
Jim Russell	27	5	5	5	46	43	2	1	6	.978	9.00
Frank Colman	28	2	2	2	19	16	2	1	2	.947	9.00
Maurice Van Robays	31	2	1	1	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Bill Baker	35	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.00
League Average										.991	9.28
Team Total		155	155	153	1546	1425	111	10	106	.994	9.78

Player Standard Fielding--2B

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frankie Gustine	26	113	109	103	639	290	328	21	61	.967	5.47
Burgess Whitehead	36	30	24	21	135	66	64	5	14	.963	4.33
Jimmy Brown	36	21	20	17	128	55	69	4	12	.969	5.90
Lee Handley	32	3	2	2	13	9	2	2	0	.846	3.67
League Average										.970	5.07
Team Total		155	155	143	915	420	463	32	87	.965	5.29

Player Standard Fielding--3B

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Handley	32	102	99	92	359	107	237	15	13	.958	3.37
Bob Elliott	29	43	40	38	132	44	82	6	5	.955	2.93
Jimmy Brown	36	9	9	9	32	15	11	6	1	.813	2.89
Frankie Gustine	26	7	7	5	29	9	19	1	1	.966	4.00
Burgess Whitehead	36	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25
Chuck Workman	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
League Average										.952	2.84
Team Total		155	155	144	554	175	350	29	20	.948	3.16

Player Standard Fielding--SS

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Cox	26	114	110	101	597	235	323	39	59	.935	4.89
Jimmy Brown	36	30	26	25	151	57	88	6	15	.960	4.83
Frankie Gustine	26	13	12	10	62	20	40	2	8	.968	4.62
Frankie Zak	24	10	7	4	42	13	26	3	5	.929	3.90
Pete Coscarart	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
Burgess Whitehead	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
League Average										.957	4.67
Team Total		155	155	140	853	325	478	50	87	.941	4.75

Player Standard Fielding--OF

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ralph Kiner	23	140	138	127	356	339	6	11	2	.969	2.46
Jim Russell	27	134	128	124	326	308	7	11	1	.966	2.35
Bob Elliott	29	92	90	84	197	188	8	1	5	.995	2.13
Chuck Workman	31	40	34	32	114	110	4	0	1	1.000	2.85
Maurice Van Robays	31	37	33	19	66	62	1	3	0	.955	1.70
Al Gionfriddo	24	33	18	14	54	49	2	3	0	.944	1.55
Johnny Barrett	30	21	14	14	37	33	1	3	1	.919	1.62
Frank Colman	28	8	8	7	16	15	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Al Gerheauser	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
Ben Guintini	27	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
League Average										.977	2.17
Team Total		155	465	421	1167	1105	30	32	10	.973	2.24

Player Standard Fielding--P

League Register

	Age	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fritz Ostermueller	38	27	25	16	43	9	33	1	0	.977	1.56
Nick Strincevich	31	32	22	11	40	14	25	1	0	.975	1.22
Ken Heintzelman	30	32	24	6	46	7	39	0	3	1.000	1.44
Rip Sewell	39	25	20	11	36	8	26	2	1	.944	1.36
Ed Bahr	26	27	14	7	41	8	28	5	2	.878	1.33
Jack Hallett	31	35	9	3	28	8	20	0	1	1.000	0.80
Ken Gables	27	32	7	0	16	3	12	1	0	.938	0.47
Johnny Lanning	35	27	9	3	27	5	22	0	1	1.000	1.00
Al Gerheauser	29	35	3	1	24	3	21	0	2	1.000	0.69
Preacher Roe	30	21	10	1	18	4	13	1	1	.944	0.81
Ed Albosta	27	17	6	0	9	2	7	0	1	1.000	0.53
Lee Howard	22	3	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	.667	0.67
Hank Gornicki	35	7	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29
Junior Walsh	27	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50
Al Tate	27	2	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50
Lefty Wilkie	31	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.14
Jim Hopper	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.50
Bill Clemensen	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
League Average										.960	1.00
Team Total		155	155	61	340	71	257	12	14	.965	0.98

1945 / 1947 Fielding Statistics

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