1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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
Manager: Frankie Frisch (62-89) and Spud Davis (1-2)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 749,962 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105

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1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		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	37	56	177	150	13	46	2	0	1	12	1		23	14	.307	.399	.340	.739	109	51	6	0	4
2	1B	Elbie Fletcher*	30	148	651	532	72	136	25	8	4	66	4		111	37	.256	.384	.355	.739	109	189	7	0	8
3	2B	Frankie Gustine	26	131	548	495	60	128	23	6	8	52	2		40	52	.259	.318	.378	.696	95	187	13	3	10
4	SS	Billy Cox	26	121	448	411	32	119	22	6	2	36	4		26	15	.290	.333	.387	.720	102	159	4	1	10
5	3B	Lee Handley	32	116	456	416	43	99	8	7	1	28	4		29	20	.238	.289	.298	.587	65	124	10	1	10
6	OF	Ralph Kiner	23	144	579	502	63	124	17	3	23	81	3		74	109	.247	.345	.430	.775	117	216	15	1	2
7	OF	Bob Elliott	29	140	559	486	50	128	25	3	5	68	6		64	44	.263	.351	.358	.709	100	174	15	2	7
8	OF	Jim Russell#	27	146	591	516	68	143	29	6	8	50	11		67	54	.277	.362	.403	.765	115	208	11	2	6
Rk	Pos		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	MI	Jimmy Brown#	36	79	263	241	23	58	6	0	0	12	3		18	5	.241	.293	.266	.559	58	64	8	0	4
10	C	Bill Salkeld*	29	69	200	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2		39	16	.294	.432	.400	.832	135	64	1	0	1
11	OF	Maurice Van Robays	31	59	162	146	14	31	5	3	1	12	0		11	15	.212	.272	.308	.580	63	45	6	1	4
12	OF	Chuck Workman*	31	58	161	145	11	32	4	1	2	16	2		11	19	.221	.280	.303	.584	64	44	3	1	4
13	2B	Burgess Whitehead	36	55	136	127	10	28	1	2	0	5	3		6	6	.220	.261	.260	.521	47	33	3	1	2
14	C	Bill Baker	35	53	127	113	7	27	4	0	1	8	0		12	6	.239	.312	.301	.613	73	34	3	0	2
15	OF	Al Gionfriddo*	24	64	116	102	11	26	2	2	0	10	1		14	5	.255	.345	.314	.659	86	32	1	0	0
16	C	Hank Camelli	31	42	105	96	8	20	2	2	0	5	0		8	9	.208	.269	.271	.540	52	26	1	0	1
17	OF	Johnny Barrett*	30	32	79	71	7	12	3	0	0	6	1		8	11	.169	.253	.211	.464	31	15	0	0	0
18	UT	Frank Colman*	28	26	56	53	3	9	3	0	1	6	0		2	7	.170	.214	.283	.497	39	15	0	1	0
19	C	Vinnie Smith	30	7	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.190	.227	.190	.418	18	4	1	0	0
20	SS	Frankie Zak	24	21	22	20	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	24	4	0	0	1
21	C	Roy Jarvis	20	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	85	1	0	0	0
22	OF	Ben Guintini	26	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Pete Coscarart	33	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	317	2	0	0	0
24		Alf Anderson	32	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	1	0	0
25		Vic Barnhart	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		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
26	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	38	28	75	64	7	21	3	0	0	2	0		5	8	.328	.386	.375	.761	114	24	3	1	5
27	P	Nick Strincevich	31	32	62	52	5	8	0	2	0	3	0		6	20	.154	.241	.231	.472	33	12	2	0	4
28	P	Rip Sewell*	39	26	56	50	4	9	2	0	0	1	1		4	12	.180	.241	.220	.461	30	11	4	0	2
29	P	Ken Heintzelman	30	32	55	44	4	6	0	0	0	3	0		5	12	.136	.224	.136	.361	3	6	4	0	6
30	P	Ed Bahr	26	29	46	45	2	8	0	1	0	5	0		0	10	.178	.178	.222	.400	12	10	0	0	1
31	P	Jack Hallett	31	35	28	26	0	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	.231	.231	.269	.500	40	7	0	0	2
32	P	Ken Gables	27	32	27	24	2	6	3	0	0	1	0		1	5	.250	.280	.375	.655	83	9	1	0	2
33	P	Johnny Lanning	35	27	25	21	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	.143	.182	.190	.372	5	4	1	0	3
34	P	Al Gerheauser*	29	36	21	21	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		0	11	.333	.333	.429	.762	114	9	0	0	0
35	P	Preacher Roe	31	21	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.067	.222	.067	.289	-17	1	0	0	0
36	P	Ed Albosta	27	17	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	1	1	0	0
37	P	Lee Howard*	22	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
38	P	Junior Walsh	27	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
39	P	Hank Gornicki	35	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
40	P	Al Tate	27	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0
41	P	Jim Hopper	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Lefty Wilkie*	31	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Bill Clemensen	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.2	155	5907	5199	552	1300	202	52	60	508	48	0	592	555	.250	.328	.344	.672	89	1786	125	15	101	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	7	7	7	3	5		5		2	5	7	5	7	7		7
Rk	Pos		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Fritz Ostermueller*	38	13	10	.565	2.84	27	25	2	16	2	0	193.1	193	70	61	5	56		57	3	0	1	810	124	1.288	9.0	0.2	2.6	2.7	1.02
2	SP	Nick Strincevich	31	10	15	.400	3.58	32	22	4	11	3	1	176.0	185	77	70	7	44		49	4	0	1	745	98	1.301	9.5	0.4	2.3	2.5	1.11
3	SP	Ken Heintzelman*	30	8	12	.400	3.77	32	24	4	6	2	1	157.2	165	84	66	7	86		57	0	0	4	708	93	1.592	9.4	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.66
4	SP	Rip Sewell	39	8	12	.400	3.68	25	20	2	11	2	0	149.1	140	68	61	6	53		33	1	0	2	641	96	1.292	8.4	0.4	3.2	2.0	0.62
5	SP	Ed Bahr	26	8	6	.571	2.63	27	14	7	7	0	0	136.2	128	57	40	8	52		44	5	0	2	577	133	1.317	8.4	0.5	3.4	2.9	0.85
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	RP	Jack Hallett	31	5	7	.417	3.29	35	9	12	3	1	0	115.0	107	48	42	0	39		64	0	0	2	446	107	1.270	8.4	0.0	3.1	5.0	1.64
7	RP	Ken Gables	27	2	4	.333	5.27	32	7	10	0	0	1	100.2	113	64	59	3	52		39	1	0	0	463	67	1.639	10.1	0.3	4.6	3.5	0.75
8	RP	Johnny Lanning	35	4	5	.444	3.07	27	9	12	3	0	1	91.0	97	36	31	3	31		16	1	0	2	400	115	1.407	9.6	0.3	3.1	1.6	0.52
9	RP	Al Gerheauser*	29	2	2	.500	3.97	35	3	18	1	0	0	81.2	92	42	36	2	25		32	1	0	1	356	89	1.433	10.1	0.2	2.8	3.5	1.28
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
10		Preacher Roe*	31	3	8	.273	5.14	21	10	8	1	0	2	70.0	83	50	40	5	25		28	2	0	0	315	68	1.543	10.7	0.6	3.2	3.6	1.12
11		Ed Albosta	27	0	6	.000	6.13	17	6	3	0	0	0	39.2	41	34	27	3	35		19	1	0	1	195	57	1.916	9.3	0.7	7.9	4.3	0.54
12		Lee Howard*	22	0	1	.000	2.02	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.1	14	3	3	0	9		6	0	0	0	61	174	1.725	9.5	0.0	6.1	4.1	0.67
13		Hank Gornicki	35	0	0		3.55	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	12	10	5	0	11		4	0	0	0	62	99	1.816	8.5	0.0	7.8	2.8	0.36
14		Junior Walsh	27	0	1	.000	5.23	4	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	0	10		2	1	0	0	49	67	1.839	7.8	0.0	8.7	1.7	0.20
15		Al Tate	27	0	1	.000	5.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	5	5	0	7		2	0	0	0	39	70	1.667	8.0	0.0	7.0	2.0	0.29
16		Lefty Wilkie*	31	0	0		10.57	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	13	9	9	0	3		3	0	0	0	37	33	2.087	15.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
17		Jim Hopper	26	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	3		1	0	0	2	22	31	2.250	13.5	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
18		Bill Clemensen	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	31.9	63	91	.409	3.72	155	155	94	61	10	6	1370.0	1406	668	566	50	541		458	20	0	18	5932	95	1.421	9.2	0.3	3.6	3.0	0.85
		Rank in 8 NL teams		7	2						4	6	8	6	7	6	6	1	6		8
Rk	Pos		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+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Ed Albosta	27	17				9	2	7	0	1	1.000	0.53		P
Ed Bahr	26	27				41	8	28	5	2	.878	1.33		P
Bill Baker	35	42				115	97	14	4	3	.965	2.64	4	C-1B
Johnny Barrett	30	21	0	12	9	37	33	1	3	1	.919	1.62		OF
Jimmy Brown	36	60				311	127	168	16	28	.949	4.92		SS-2B-3B
Hank Camelli	31	39				139	117	18	4	2	.971	3.46	0	C
Bill Clemensen	27	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Frank Colman	28	10	4	0	4	35	31	3	1	2	.971	3.40		OF-1B
Pete Coscarart	33	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		SS
Billy Cox	26	114				597	235	323	39	59	.935	4.89		SS
Bob Elliott	29	135	0	0	92	329	232	90	7	10	.979	2.39		OF-3B
Elbie Fletcher	30	147				1470	1356	106	8	97	.995	9.95		1B
Ken Gables	27	32				16	3	12	1	0	.938	0.47		P
Al Gerheauser	29	36	0	0	1	24	3	21	0	2	1.000	0.67		P-OF
Al Gionfriddo	24	33	8	13	12	54	49	2	3	0	.944	1.55		OF
Hank Gornicki	35	7				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29		P
Ben Guintini	26	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00		OF
Frankie Gustine	26	133				730	319	387	24	70	.967	5.31		2B-SS-3B
Jack Hallett	31	35				28	8	20	0	1	1.000	0.80		P
Lee Handley	32	105				372	116	239	17	13	.954	3.38		3B-2B
Ken Heintzelman	30	32				46	7	39	0	3	1.000	1.44		P
Jim Hopper	26	2				1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.50		P
Lee Howard	22	3				3	0	2	1	1	.667	0.67		P
Roy Jarvis	20	1				5	4	0	1	0	.800	4.00	0	C
Ralph Kiner	23	140	64	76	0	356	339	6	11	2	.969	2.46		OF
Johnny Lanning	35	27				27	5	22	0	1	1.000	1.00		P
Al Lopez	37	56				206	173	30	3	4	.985	3.63	0	C
Fritz Ostermueller	38	27				43	9	33	1	0	.977	1.56		P
Preacher Roe	31	21				18	4	13	1	1	.944	0.81		P
Jim Russell	27	139	67	68	0	372	351	9	12	7	.968	2.59		OF-1B
Bill Salkeld	29	51				213	176	31	6	3	.972	4.06	6	C
Rip Sewell	39	25				36	8	26	2	1	.944	1.36		P
Vinnie Smith	30	7				30	25	4	1	0	.967	4.14	0	C
Nick Strincevich	31	32				40	14	25	1	0	.975	1.22		P
Al Tate	27	2				3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.50		P
Maurice Van Robays	31	39	21	3	13	75	70	2	3	0	.960	1.85		OF-1B
Junior Walsh	27	4				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50		P
Burgess Whitehead	36	35				137	66	66	5	14	.964	3.77		2B-3B-SS
Lefty Wilkie	31	7				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.14		P
Chuck Workman	31	41	3	0	38	115	110	4	1	1	.991	2.78		OF-3B
Frankie Zak	24	10				42	13	26	3	5	.929	3.90		SS
Team Totals	29.4	155				6081	4111	1786	184	335	.970	3.47	10
Rank in 8 NL teams									1	6	8
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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