1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics and Roster

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1946 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945/1947)
63-91, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 552 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Managed by Frankie Frisch and Spud Davis

Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 749,962 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 105
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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            37   56  150   13   46   2  0   1   12  23   14  .307  .399  .340   1       6   0   4          109
1B *Elbie Fletcher      30  148  532   72  136  25  8   4   66 111   37  .256  .384  .355   4       7   0   8          109
2B  Frankie Gustine     26  131  495   60  128  23  6   8   52  40   52  .259  .318  .378   2      13   3  10           95
3B  Lee Handley         32  116  416   43   99   8  7   1   28  29   20  .238  .289  .298   4      10   1  10           65
SS  Billy Cox           26  121  411   32  119  22  6   2   36  26   15  .290  .333  .387   4       4   1  10          102
OF  Ralph Kiner         23  144  502   63  124  17  3  23   81  74  109  .247  .345  .430   3      15   1   2          117
OF #Jim Russell         27  146  516   68  143  29  6   8   50  67   54  .277  .362  .403  11      11   2   6          115
OF  Bob Elliott         29  140  486   50  128  25  3   5   68  64   44  .263  .351  .358   6      15   2   7          100
   #Jimmy Brown         36   79  241   23   58   6  0   0   12  18    5  .241  .293  .266   3       8   0   4           58
   *Bill Salkeld        29   69  160   18   47   8  0   3   19  39   16  .294  .432  .400   2       1   0   1          135
    Maurice Van Robays  31   59  146   14   31   5  3   1   12  11   15  .212  .272  .308   0       6   1   4           63
   *Chuck Workman       31   58  145   11   32   4  1   2   16  11   19  .221  .280  .303   2       3   1   4           64
    Burgess Whitehead   36   55  127   10   28   1  2   0    5   6    6  .220  .261  .260   3       3   1   2           47
    Bill Baker          35   53  113    7   27   4  0   1    8  12    6  .239  .312  .301   0       3   0   2           73
   *Al Gionfriddo       24   64  102   11   26   2  2   0   10  14    5  .255  .345  .314   1       1   0   0           86
    Hank Camelli        31   42   96    8   20   2  2   0    5   8    9  .208  .269  .271   0       1   0   1           52
   *Johnny Barrett      30   32   71    7   12   3  0   0    6   8   11  .169  .253  .211   1       0   0   0           31
   *Frank Colman        28   26   53    3    9   3  0   1    6   2    7  .170  .214  .283   0       0   1   0           39
    Vinnie Smith        30    7   21    2    4   0  0   0    0   1    5  .190  .227  .190   0       1   0   0           18
    Frankie Zak         24   21   20    8    4   0  0   0    0   1    0  .200  .238  .200   0       0   0   1           24
    Roy Jarvis          20    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0       0   0   0           85
    Ben Guintini        26    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Pete Coscarart      33    3    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.000   0       0   0   0          317
    Alf Anderson        32    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0       1   0   0           47
    Vic Barnhart        23    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

   *Fritz Ostermueller  38   28   64    7   21   3  0   0    2   5    8  .328  .386  .375   0       3   1   5          114
    Nick Strincevich    31   32   52    5    8   0  2   0    3   6   20  .154  .241  .231   0       2   0   4           33
   *Rip Sewell          39   26   50    4    9   2  0   0    1   4   12  .180  .241  .220   1       4   0   2           30
    Ed Bahr             26   29   45    2    8   0  1   0    5   0   10  .178  .178  .222   0       0   0   1           12
    Ken Heintzelman     30   32   44    4    6   0  0   0    3   5   12  .136  .224  .136   0       4   0   6            3
    Jack Hallett        31   35   26    0    6   1  0   0    0   0    4  .231  .231  .269   0       0   0   2           40
    Ken Gables          27   32   24    2    6   3  0   0    1   1    5  .250  .280  .375   0       1   0   2           83
   *Al Gerheauser       29   36   21    3    7   2  0   0    1   0   11  .333  .333  .429   0       0   0   0          114
    Johnny Lanning      35   27   21    0    3   1  0   0    0   1    4  .143  .182  .190   0       1   0   3            5
    Preacher Roe        31   21   15    2    1   0  0   0    0   3    5  .067  .222  .067   0       0   0   0          -17
    Ed Albosta          27   17    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .125  .125  .125   0       1   0   0          -30
   *Lee Howard          22    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Junior Walsh        27    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Hank Gornicki       35    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Al Tate             27    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0       0   0   0           88
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2  155 5199  552 1300 202 52  60  508 592  555  .250  .327  .344  48     125  15 101           93
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    7    7   7  3   5        2    5     7     5     7   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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 *Fritz Ostermueller  38  27   2.84  13  10  0  25   2  16   2  193.3  193   70   61   5   56   57  810   1   3  0     124
SP *Ken Heintzelman     30  32   3.77   8  12  1  24   4   6   2  157.7  165   84   66   7   86   57  708   4   0  0      93
SP  Nick Strincevich    31  32   3.58  10  15  1  22   4  11   3  176.0  185   77   70   7   44   49  745   1   4  0      98
SP  Rip Sewell          39  25   3.68   8  12  0  20   2  11   2  149.3  140   68   61   6   53   33  641   2   1  0      96
SP  Ed Bahr             26  27   2.63   8   6  0  14   7   7   0  136.7  128   57   40   8   52   44  577   2   5  0     133

RP *Al Gerheauser       29  35   3.97   2   2  0   3  18   1   0   81.7   92   42   36   2   25   32  356   1   1  0      89
RP  Jack Hallett        31  35   3.29   5   7  0   9  12   3   1  115.0  107   48   42   0   39   64  446   2   0  0     107
RP  Ken Gables          27  32   5.27   2   4  1   7  10   0   0  100.7  113   64   59   3   52   39  463   0   1  0      67
RP  Johnny Lanning      35  27   3.07   4   5  1   9  12   3   0   91.0   97   36   31   3   31   16  400   2   1  0     115

   *Preacher Roe        31  21   5.14   3   8  2  10   8   1   0   70.0   83   50   40   5   25   28  315   0   2  0      68
    Ed Albosta          27  17   6.13   0   6  0   6   3   0   0   39.7   41   34   27   3   35   19  195   1   1  0      57
   *Lee Howard          22   3   2.03   0   1  0   2   1   1   0   13.3   14    3    3   0    9    6   61   0   0  0     174
    Hank Gornicki       35   7   3.55   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.7   12   10    5   0   11    4   62   0   0  0      99
    Junior Walsh        27   4   5.23   0   1  0   2   2   0   0   10.3    9    6    6   0   10    2   49   0   1  0      67
    Al Tate             27   2   5.00   0   1  0   1   1   1   0    9.0    8    5    5   0    7    2   39   0   0  0      70
   *Lefty Wilkie        31   7  10.57   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    7.7   13    9    9   0    3    3   37   0   0  0      33
    Jim Hopper          26   2  11.25   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    4.0    6    5    5   1    3    1   22   2   0  0      31
    Bill Clemensen      27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    0    2    6   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.7 155   3.72  63  91  6 155  94  61  10 1370.0 1406  668  566  50  561  458 5932  18  20  0      95
    Rank among 8 NL teams           6   7   2  8           4   6      6    7    6        1    6    8

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ALopez 56 173 30 3 4 .985 0 BSalkeld 51 176 31 6 3 .972 6 BBaker 41 95 14 4 2 .965 4 HCamelli 39 117 18 4 2 .971 0 VSmith 7 25 4 1 0 .967 0 RJarvis 1 4 0 1 0 .800 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 590 97 19 11 .973 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EFletcher 147 1356 106 8 97 .995 9.95 JRussell 5 43 2 1 6 .978 9.00 FColman 2 16 2 1 2 .947 9.00 MVan Robays 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 BBaker 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1425 111 10 106 .994 10.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 113 290 328 21 61 .967 5.47 BWhitehead 30 66 64 5 14 .963 4.33 JBrown 21 55 69 4 12 .969 5.90 LHandley 3 9 2 2 0 .846 3.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 420 463 32 87 .965 5.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LHandley 102 107 237 15 13 .958 3.37 BElliott 43 44 82 6 5 .955 2.93 JBrown 9 15 11 6 1 .812 2.89 FGustine 7 9 19 1 1 .966 4.00 BWhitehead 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 CWorkman 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 175 350 29 20 .948 3.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .957 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BCox 114 235 323 39 59 .935 4.89 JBrown 30 57 88 6 15 .960 4.83 FGustine 13 20 40 2 8 .968 4.62 FZak 10 13 26 3 5 .929 3.90 PCoscarart 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BWhitehead 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 325 478 50 87 .941 5.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.16 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RKiner 140 339 6 11 2 .969 2.46 64 76 0 JRussell 134 308 7 11 1 .966 2.35 67 68 0 BElliott 92 188 8 1 5 .995 2.13 0 0 92 CWorkman 40 110 4 0 1 1.000 2.85 3 0 38 MVan Robays 37 62 1 3 0 .955 1.70 21 3 13 AGionfriddo 33 49 2 3 0 .944 1.55 8 13 12 JBarrett 21 33 1 3 1 .919 1.62 0 12 9 FColman 8 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 4 0 4 AGerheauser 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 BGuintini 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1105 30 32 10 .973 2.49 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FOstermuell 27 9 33 1 0 .977 1.96 NStrincevic 32 14 25 1 0 .975 1.99 KHeintzelma 32 7 39 0 3 1.000 2.63 RSewell 25 8 26 2 1 .944 2.05 EBahr 27 8 28 5 2 .878 2.37 JHallett 35 8 20 0 1 1.000 2.19 KGables 32 3 12 1 0 .937 1.34 JLanning 27 5 22 0 1 1.000 2.67 AGerheauser 35 3 21 0 2 1.000 2.64 PRoe 21 4 13 1 1 .944 2.19 EAlbosta 17 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.04 LHoward 3 0 2 1 1 .667 1.35 HGornicki 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 JWalsh 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.75 ATate 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 LWilkie 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 JHopper 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 BClemensen 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 71 257 12 14 .965 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 Average Cox .290

On-base % Fletcher .384

Slugging % Kiner .430

OPS Kiner .775

Games Fletcher 148

At Bats Fletcher 532

Plate Appearances (approx.) Fletcher 651

Runs Fletcher 72

Hits Russell 143

Total Bases Kiner 216

Doubles Russell 29

Triples Fletcher 8

Home Runs Kiner 23

RBI Kiner 81

Bases on Balls Fletcher 111

Strikeouts Kiner 109

Stolen Bases Russell 11

Singles Russell 100

Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 117

Runs Created Russell 75

Adjusted Batting Runs Fletcher and Russell 12

Batting Wins Fletcher and Russell 1.2

Extra-Base Hits Kiner and Russell 43

Times on Base Fletcher 247

Offensive Win% Russell .609

Hit By Pitch Gustine 3

Sac. Hits Cox, Gustine, and Handley 10

Grounded into Double Plays Elliott and Kiner 15

Power/Speed Number Russell 9.3

At Bats per Strikeout Cox 27.4

At Bats per Home Run Kiner 21.8

Outs Fletcher 411

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ERA Ostermueller 2.84

Wins Ostermueller 13

Won-Loss % Bahr .571

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ostermueller 1.288

Hits Allowed/9IP Ostermueller 8.98

Bases on Balls/9IP Strincevich 2.25

Strikeouts/9IP Heintzelman 3.25

Games Gerheauser and Hallett 35

Saves Roe 2

Innings Ostermueller 193.3

Strikeouts Hallett 64

Games Started Ostermueller 25

Comp. Games Ostermueller 16

Shutouts Strincevich 3

Home Runs Allow. Bahr 8

Bases On Balls Allow. Heintzelman 86

Hits Allowed Ostermueller 193

SO to Walk Strincevich 1.11

Losses Strincevich 15

Earned Runs Allow. Strincevich 70

Wild Pitches Heintzelman 4

Hit Batsmen Bahr 5

Batters Faced Ostermueller 810

Games Finished Gerheauser 18

Adjusted ERA+ Ostermueller 124

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