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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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 Stats / Schedule (1945/1947) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   63-91 , Final Rank: 7, GB:   33.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 16, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           1 (last on April 16)
Most Games under .500:          28 (last on September 29)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       33.0 (last on September 29)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (August 10 to August 16)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (June 19 to June 23 and July 4 to July 11)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (May 17)
Most Runs Scored:               13 (September 24)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      20
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        63  91     552     668    .409

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           37  40     303     342    .481
Road           26  51     249     326    .338

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   8      34      54    .385
May            10  10      91      95    .500
June           11  19     111     137    .367
July           11  19      98     110    .367
August         11  15      86     123    .423
September      15  20     132     149    .429

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     29  44     269     323    .397
Second Half    34  47     283     345    .420
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        25  32     187     194    .439

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        17  28     201     278    .378

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BRO             8  14      84     112    .364
BSN             7  15      64      98    .318
CHC            10  12      92      93    .455
CIN             9  13      66      83    .409
NYG            12  10      81      81    .545
PHI             8  14      78      91    .364
STL             9  13      87     110    .409

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     PIT @STL  W   6-4        1-0     1    Tied  2:40 K Heintzelma               14,000 +
  2 Wed, Apr 17     PIT @STL  L   0-6        1-1     3     1.0  1:37 M Lanier                    4,819 -
  3 Thu, Apr 18     PIT @STL  L   2-6        1-2     6     2.0  2:05 H Pollet                    6,328 --
  4 Sat, Apr 20     PIT  CIN  W   2-1        2-2     5     1.0  1:47 R Sewell                   27,891 +
  5 Sun, Apr 21     PIT  CIN  L   2-8        2-3     6     2.5  1:59 E Heusser                         -
  6                 PIT  CIN  L   3-4        2-4     6     2.5  1:54 J Beggs                    30,237 --
  7 Tue, Apr 23     PIT  CHC  L   1-3        2-5     6     4.0  2:15 C Passeau                   8,224 ---
  8 Wed, Apr 24     PIT  CHC  W   4-3        3-5     5     4.0  2:07 R Sewell                    6,287 +
  9 Thu, Apr 25     PIT  STL  W   5-3        4-5     5     3.5  2:11 K Heintzelma               10,585 ++
 10 Fri, Apr 26     PIT  STL  L   2-3        4-6     5     4.5  2:00 F Martin                    4,885 -
 11 Sat, Apr 27     PIT @CIN  L   2-5        4-7     5     5.0  1:50 J Beggs                     3,086 --
 12 Sun, Apr 28     PIT @CIN  L   1-7        4-8     7     4.5  2:03 E Heusser                  24,002 ---
 13 Tue, Apr 30     PIT  PHI  W   4-1        5-8     7     4.0  1:51 J Hallett                   4,970 +
 14 Wed, May  1     PIT  PHI  L   0-8        5-9     7     4.5  2:02 I Pearson                   4,426 -
 15 Thu, May  2     PIT  PHI  W   8-3        6-9     7     4.5  2:03 F Ostermuell                3,458 +
 16 Fri, May  3     PIT  BSN  W   3-2        7-9     5     4.0  1:51 K Heintzelma                5,797 ++
 17 Sun, May  5     PIT  BRO  W   5-4        8-9     4     2.0  2:50 J Hallett                         +++
 18                 PIT  BRO  W   4-3        9-9     4     2.0  1:43 P Roe                      37,953 ++++
 19 Wed, May  8     PIT  NYG  L   0-1        9-10    5     3.5  2:10 D Koslo                     6,267 -
 20 Thu, May  9     PIT  NYG  L   1-6        9-11    7     4.0  2:14 B Voiselle                  7,786 --
 21 Sun, May 12     PIT @CHC  L   1-3        9-12    7     5.0  1:53 C Passeau                  22,065 ---
 22 Tue, May 14     PIT @BSN  L   1-5        9-13    7     5.5  1:45 L Wallace                  20,762 ----
 23 Fri, May 17     PIT @BRO  L   6-16       9-14    7     6.0  3:10 J Hatten                    9,307 -----
 24 Sun, May 19     PIT @NYG  W   3-1       10-14    7     6.5  1:56 F Ostermuell                      +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25                 PIT @NYG  L   1-5       10-15    7     6.5  2:12 D Koslo                    39,482 -
 26 Wed, May 22     PIT @PHI  L   2-6       10-16    7     7.0  2:14 S Rowe                      4,813 --
 27 Thu, May 23     PIT @PHI  W  10-2       11-16    6     7.0  2:27 E Bahr                      4,746 +
 28 Fri, May 24     PIT  CHC  W   6-3       12-16    6     7.0  2:07 P Roe                      27,432 ++
 29 Sun, May 26     PIT  CHC  W   8-2       13-16    7     8.0  1:41 K Heintzelma               13,000 +++
 30 Tue, May 28     PIT  CIN  W   6-3       14-16    7     7.0  2:11 E Bahr                     16,995 ++++
 31 Wed, May 29     PIT  CIN  L   6-7       14-17    7     8.0  2:34 H Gumbert                   4,112 -
 32 Thu, May 30     PIT  STL  W   9-3       15-17    6     8.0  2:21 F Ostermuell                      +
 33                 PIT  STL  L  11-12      15-18    6     8.0  2:34 F Schmidt                  34,985 -
 34 Sun, Jun  2     PIT  PHI  W   5-1       16-18    6     8.5  1:39 R Sewell                          +
 35                 PIT  PHI  L   3-10      16-19    6     8.5  2:44 A Jurisich                  8,971 -
 36 Mon, Jun  3     PIT  PHI  L   4-8       16-20    7     9.0  2:17 C Schanz                    2,175 --
 37 Tue, Jun  4     PIT  BRO  W   4-3       17-20    6     9.0  2:21 F Ostermuell                    0 +
 38                 PIT  BRO  L   6-7       17-21    6     9.0  3:30 L Webber                   11,521 -
 39 Wed, Jun  5     PIT  BRO  L   3-5       17-22    6    10.0  2:46 K Higbe                    26,206 --
 40 Thu, Jun  6     PIT  BRO  L   8-13      17-23    7    11.0  2:38 H Behrman                   3,093 ---
 41 Fri, Jun  7     PIT  NYG  W  10-5       18-23    6    10.0  2:44 E Bahr                     16,884 +
 42 Sat, Jun  8     PIT  NYG  L   3-5       18-24    7    10.0  2:11 D Koslo                     5,785 -
 43 Sun, Jun  9     PIT  NYG  W   2-1       19-24    5     8.5  1:50 F Ostermuell                      +
 44                 PIT  NYG  W   5-1       20-24    5     8.5  2:11 J Lanning                  24,787 ++
 45 Mon, Jun 10     PIT  BSN  L   5-10      20-25    6     8.5  2:12 E Wright                    3,652 -
 46 Tue, Jun 11     PIT  BSN  W   5-3       21-25    5     7.5  1:45 R Sewell                   17,181 +
 47 Sat, Jun 15     PIT @PHI  L   1-3       21-26    6     8.5  2:04 S Rowe                     23,804 -
 48 Sun, Jun 16     PIT @PHI  L   3-4       21-27    6     9.0  2:10 K Raffensber                    0 --
 49                 PIT @PHI  W  10-1       22-27    6     9.0  2:20 F Ostermuell               36,910 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Mon, Jun 17     PIT @PHI  L   3-7       22-28    6     9.5  2:45 D Mauney                   16,529 -
 51 Tue, Jun 18     PIT @BRO  W   6-3       23-28    6     8.5  2:44 K Heintzelma               32,565 +
 52 Wed, Jun 19     PIT @BRO  L   0-7       23-29    6     9.5  2:29 J Hatten                   13,093 -
 53 Thu, Jun 20     PIT @BRO  L   3-7       23-30    6    10.5  2:24 K Higbe                     9,490 --
 54 Fri, Jun 21     PIT @BSN  L   2-3       23-31    6    11.5  1:56 M Cooper                   13,256 ---
 55 Sat, Jun 22     PIT @BSN  L   3-4       23-32    7    11.5  2:16 S Roser                     4,421 ----
 56 Sun, Jun 23     PIT @BSN  L   3-4       23-33    7    13.0       B Lee                             -----
 57                 PIT @BSN  L   0-4       23-34    7    13.0       J Sain                            ------
 58 Tue, Jun 25     PIT @NYG  W   3-0       24-34    7    12.5  1:47 N Strincevic               20,317 +
 59 Wed, Jun 26     PIT @NYG  L   0-4       24-35    7    13.5  2:15 D Koslo                     4,812 -
 60 Thu, Jun 27     PIT  CHC  L   5-6       24-36    8    14.5  2:24 P Erickson                  3,019 --
 61 Fri, Jun 28     PIT  STL  L   1-5       24-37    8    15.5  2:10 H Pollet                   20,475 ---
 62 Sun, Jun 30     PIT  STL  W   4-3       25-37    7    15.5  1:59 F Ostermuell                      +
 63                 PIT  STL  W   1-0       26-37    7    15.5  1:57 N Strincevic               20,040 ++
 64 Mon, Jul  1     PIT @CHC  W   1-0       27-37    7    15.5  1:39 R Sewell                   18,828 +++
 65 Tue, Jul  2     PIT @CHC  W   9-0       28-37    7    15.5  1:51 K Heintzelma               12,970 ++++
 66 Wed, Jul  3     PIT @CHC  L   3-4       28-38    7    16.5  2:04 E Kush                            -
 67                 PIT @CHC  L   1-2       28-39    7    16.5  2:20 P Erickson                 25,623 --
 68 Thu, Jul  4     PIT @CIN  W   6-1       29-39    7    16.5  1:42 N Strincevic                      +
 69                 PIT @CIN  L   3-4       29-40    7    16.5  2:40 C Shoun                    15,407 -
 70 Fri, Jul  5     PIT @CIN  L   3-4       29-41    8    16.5  1:54 B Walters                  18,519 --
 71 Sat, Jul  6     PIT @STL  L   4-12      29-42    8    17.5  2:02 T Wilks                    12,660 ---
 72 Sun, Jul  7     PIT @STL  L   3-4       29-43    8    18.5  2:03 M Dickson                         ----
 73                 PIT @STL  L   0-6       29-44    8    18.5  1:40 H Pollet                   16,625 -----
 74 Thu, Jul 11     PIT  PHI  L   1-4       29-45    8    18.5  1:37 S Rowe                      3,772 ------

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul 12     PIT  PHI  W   4-3       30-45    8    17.5  2:01 E Bahr                     15,047 +
 76 Sat, Jul 13     PIT  PHI  W   8-1       31-45    8    17.5  1:51 J Lanning                   5,011 ++
 77 Sun, Jul 14     PIT  BSN  L   1-4       31-46    8    16.5  2:03 W Spahn                           -
 78                 PIT  BSN  W   5-2       32-46    8    16.5  1:54 R Sewell                   17,414 +
 79 Mon, Jul 15     PIT  BSN  L   2-3       32-47    8    16.5  1:50 J Niggeling                11,787 -
 80 Tue, Jul 16     PIT  BSN  L   0-10      32-48    8    16.5  1:41 M Cooper                    2,387 --
 81 Wed, Jul 17     PIT  NYG  W   8-5       33-48    8    15.5  1:49 N Strincevic                3,133 +
 82 Thu, Jul 18     PIT  NYG  W   7-3       34-48    8    15.0  2:02 P Roe                       3,397 ++
 83 Sat, Jul 20     PIT  BRO  L   1-4       34-49    8    16.0  2:22 A Herring                   7,736 -
 84 Sun, Jul 21     PIT  BRO  L   0-3       34-50    8    18.0  2:04 V Lombardi                 18,844 --
 85                 PIT  BRO  L   5-6       34-51    8    18.0  2:41 H Behrman                  18,844 ---
 86 Wed, Jul 24     PIT @PHI  L   0-2       34-52    8    19.0  1:50 S Rowe                     22,025 ----
 87 Thu, Jul 25     PIT @PHI  W   2-1       35-52    8    19.5  1:37 J Lanning                         +
 88                 PIT @PHI  L   2-9       35-53    8    19.5  2:11 B Donnelly                 10,252 -
 89 Fri, Jul 26     PIT @BRO  W   5-0       36-53    8    18.5  2:06 F Ostermuell               26,918 +
 90 Sat, Jul 27     PIT @BRO  L   3-4       36-54    8    20.5  2:19 H Casey                    33,645 -
 91                 PIT @BRO  L   3-4       36-55    8    20.5  2:15 K Higbe                    33,645 --
 92 Sun, Jul 28     PIT @BRO  W   7-3       37-55    8    19.5  2:30 N Strincevic               19,836 +
 93 Wed, Jul 31     PIT @BSN  L   1-2       37-56    8    20.5  1:45 J Sain                      9,343 -
 94 Fri, Aug  2     PIT @NYG  W   6-0       38-56    8    20.5  1:40 F Ostermuell                      +
 95                 PIT @NYG  L   2-3       38-57    8    20.5  1:55 K Trinkle                  12,561 -
 96 Sun, Aug  4     PIT @NYG  L   0-4       38-58    8    21.5  1:56 M Budnick                         --
 97                 PIT @NYG  L   1-10      38-59    8    21.5  2:12 M Kennedy                  27,709 ---
 98 Wed, Aug  7     PIT  STL  L   1-8       38-60    8    22.0  2:22 H Brecheen                 14,880 ----
 99 Fri, Aug  9     PIT  CHC  L   3-9       38-61    8    23.5  2:35 P Erickson                 13,624 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug 10     PIT  CHC  W   3-2       39-61    8    23.5  1:39 N Strincevic                3,452 +
101 Sun, Aug 11     PIT  CHC  W  10-9       40-61    8    22.0  2:30 A Gerheauser                      ++
102                 PIT  CHC  -   4-4       40-61    8    22.0  1:53                            18,700 ++
103 Mon, Aug 12     PIT  CIN  W   3-2       41-61    8    22.0  1:50 E Bahr                      2,764 +++
104 Tue, Aug 13     PIT  CIN  W   3-2       42-61    8    21.5  1:52 J Hallett                  15,575 ++++
105 Wed, Aug 14     PIT  CIN  W   3-2       43-61    8    22.0  1:33 N Strincevic                3,890 +++++
106 Fri, Aug 16     PIT @STL  W   3-0       44-61    8    21.5  1:56 K Heintzelma               10,795 ++++++
107 Sat, Aug 17     PIT @CHC  L   1-2       44-62    8    22.0  1:56 J Schmitz                         -
108 Sun, Aug 18     PIT @CHC  L   0-8       44-63    8    23.0  2:08 P Erickson                 30,965 --
109 Tue, Aug 20     PIT  BRO  W  10-0       45-63    8    22.0  1:54 N Strincevic               31,106 +
110 Wed, Aug 21     PIT  BRO  L   2-8       45-64    8    23.0  2:30 J Hatten                    7,974 -
111 Thu, Aug 22     PIT  NYG  L   0-1       45-65    8    23.0  2:20 M Kennedy                   3,958 --
112 Fri, Aug 23     PIT  NYG  W   7-3       46-65    7    23.0  1:52 E Bahr                     15,306 +
113 Sat, Aug 24     PIT  NYG  L   1-8       46-66    7    24.0  2:07 B Voiselle                  5,260 -
114 Sun, Aug 25     PIT  BSN  L   5-7       46-67    8    25.0  1:54 E Wright                          --
115                 PIT  BSN  L   5-10      46-68    8    25.0  2:11 S Johnson                  20,049 ---
116 Mon, Aug 26     PIT  BSN  W   3-2       47-68    8    25.0  1:59 K Heintzelma                2,169 +
117 Tue, Aug 27     PIT  BSN  L   1-9       47-69    8    25.0  2:05 W Spahn                     3,094 -
118 Wed, Aug 28     PIT  PHI  L   1-4       47-70    8    26.5  1:48 O Judd                     11,594 --
119 Thu, Aug 29     PIT  PHI  L   2-5       47-71    8    27.5  1:55 K Raffensber                1,124 ---
120 Sat, Aug 31     PIT  STL  W   6-1       48-71    8    26.5  1:57 N Strincevic                6,074 +
121 Sun, Sep  1     PIT  STL  L   6-7       48-72    8    26.5  2:48 H Pollet                          -
122                 PIT  STL  W   2-1       49-72    8    26.5  1:33 F Ostermuell               28,167 +
123 Mon, Sep  2     PIT  CHC  W   4-1       50-72    8    27.5  1:47 E Bahr                            ++
124                 PIT  CHC  L   3-7       50-73    8    27.5       R Bauers                   18,237 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Sep  3     PIT  CHC  L   0-2       50-74    8    28.0  1:49 B Chipman                   1,802 --
126 Wed, Sep  4     PIT @CIN  L   0-6       50-75    8    29.0  1:37 J Beggs                    10,465 ---
127 Thu, Sep  5     PIT @CIN  W   2-1       51-75    8    29.0  1:52 R Sewell                    1,254 +
128 Fri, Sep  6     PIT @STL  L   6-7       51-76    8    30.0  2:17 J Beazley                  17,496 -
129 Sat, Sep  7     PIT @STL  W   9-2       52-76    8    29.0  2:26 F Ostermuell               17,266 +
130 Sun, Sep  8     PIT @STL  L   4-5       52-77    8    31.0  2:33 R Munger                          -
131                 PIT @STL  L   2-12      52-78    8    31.0  1:54 A Brazle                   25,572 --
132 Tue, Sep 10     PIT @NYG  W   7-4       53-78    7    31.0  2:21 A Gerheauser                9,971 +
133 Wed, Sep 11     PIT @NYG  W   7-6       54-78    7    29.5  2:33 J Lanning                         ++
134                 PIT @NYG  W   7-5       55-78    7    29.5  2:13 K Gables                    6,358 +++
135 Thu, Sep 12     PIT @BSN  W   1-0       56-78    7    30.0  1:53 J Hallett                   2,822 ++++
136                 PIT @BSN  L   1-2       56-79    7    30.0  1:37 E Wright                    3,822 -
137 Fri, Sep 13     PIT @BSN  W   4-2       57-79    7    28.5  2:34 F Ostermuell                2,776 +
138                 PIT @BSN  W  10-1       58-79    7    28.5  1:44 E Bahr                      2,776 ++
139 Sat, Sep 14     PIT @BSN  L   3-9       58-80    7    28.5  2:06 J Sain                      6,077 -
140 Sun, Sep 15     PIT @PHI  L   5-6       58-81    7    30.0  2:52 A Karl                     14,279 --
141 Mon, Sep 16     PIT @PHI  L   0-2       58-82    7    30.5  1:51 K Raffensber               19,247 ---
142 Wed, Sep 18     PIT @BRO  W   3-2       59-82    7    30.5  2:31 F Ostermuell                      +
143                 PIT @BRO  L   0-3       59-83    7    30.5  2:37 R Branca                   26,659 -
144 Thu, Sep 19     PIT @BRO  L   0-7       59-84    7    31.5  2:25 H Gregg                    11,462 --
145 Sat, Sep 21     PIT  CIN  W   2-1       60-84    6    31.5  2:42 J Hallett                  13,810 +
146 Sun, Sep 22     PIT  CIN  L   2-4       60-85    7    32.0  1:58 J Beggs                           -
147                 PIT  CIN  L   5-6       60-86    7    32.0  2:24 E Blackwell                11,138 --
148 Tue, Sep 24     PIT @CHC  L   3-13      60-87    7    33.0  2:28 P Erickson                        ---
149                 PIT @CHC  W  13-0       61-87    7    33.0  1:58 R Sewell                    8,396 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Wed, Sep 25     PIT @CHC  W   6-5       62-87    7    32.0  3:46 K Gables                    3,339 ++
151 Thu, Sep 26     PIT @CHC  L   3-5       62-88    7    32.5  1:58 E Hanyzewski                5,369 -
152 Fri, Sep 27     PIT @CIN  L   0-8       62-89    7    32.5  1:46 J Beggs                           --
153 Sat, Sep 28     PIT @CIN  W  10-3       63-89    7    32.5  2:08 N Strincevic                1,930 +
154 Sun, Sep 29     PIT @CIN  L   0-1       63-90    7    33.0  1:51 J Vander Mee                      -
155                 PIT @CIN  L   2-3       63-91    7    33.0  1:30 J Hetki                     6,329 --

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