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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948)
62-92, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 744 runs, Allowed 817 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84
Manager: Billy Herman (61-92) and Bill Burwell (1-0)
Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,283,531 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1946 / 1948 Pitching Statistics

Team Pitching

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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 Kirby Higbe 32 11 17 .393 3.72 46 30 12 10 1 5 225.0 204 108 93 22 110 99 3 0 6 975 114 1.396 8.2 0.9 4.4 4.0 0.90
2 SP Fritz Ostermueller* 39 12 10 .545 3.84 26 24 0 12 3 0 183.0 181 94 78 18 68 66 1 0 5 789 110 1.361 8.9 0.9 3.3 3.2 0.97
3 SP Tiny Bonham 33 11 8 .579 3.85 33 18 12 7 3 3 149.2 167 67 64 17 35 63 2 0 1 642 110 1.350 10.0 1.0 2.1 3.8 1.80
4 SP Preacher Roe* 32 4 15 .211 5.25 38 22 8 4 1 2 144.0 156 93 84 19 63 59 0 1 1 635 81 1.521 9.8 1.2 3.9 3.7 0.94
5 SP Ed Bahr 27 3 5 .375 4.59 19 11 4 1 0 0 82.1 82 45 42 5 43 25 3 0 0 360 92 1.518 9.0 0.5 4.7 2.7 0.58
6 SP Mel Queen 29 3 7 .300 4.01 14 12 1 2 0 0 74.0 70 39 33 8 51 34 1 1 0 343 105 1.635 8.5 1.0 6.2 4.1 0.67
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
7 RP Rip Sewell 40 6 4 .600 3.57 24 12 8 4 1 0 121.0 121 58 48 11 36 36 3 0 1 504 118 1.298 9.0 0.8 2.7 2.7 1.00
8 RP Jim Bagby 30 5 4 .556 4.67 37 6 18 2 0 0 115.2 143 75 60 14 37 23 5 0 1 521 91 1.556 11.1 1.1 2.9 1.8 0.62
9 RP Nick Strincevich 32 1 6 .143 5.26 32 7 10 1 0 0 89.0 111 59 52 9 37 22 2 0 0 397 80 1.663 11.2 0.9 3.7 2.2 0.59
10 RP Elmer Singleton 29 2 2 .500 6.31 36 3 14 0 0 1 67.0 70 49 47 9 39 24 2 0 5 309 67 1.627 9.4 1.2 5.2 3.2 0.62
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
11 Roger Wolff 36 1 4 .200 8.70 13 6 4 1 0 0 30.0 49 33 29 4 18 7 1 0 0 155 49 2.233 14.7 1.2 5.4 2.1 0.39
12 Al Lyons 28 1 2 .333 7.31 13 0 6 0 0 0 28.1 36 24 23 4 12 16 1 0 2 133 58 1.694 11.4 1.3 3.8 5.1 1.33
13 Hank Behrman 26 0 2 .000 9.12 10 2 3 0 0 0 24.2 33 26 25 6 17 11 2 0 0 116 46 2.027 12.0 2.2 6.2 4.0 0.65
14 Steve Nagy* 28 1 3 .250 5.79 6 1 1 0 0 0 14.0 18 10 9 1 9 4 0 0 2 68 73 1.929 11.6 0.6 5.8 2.6 0.44
15 Art Herring 41 1 3 .250 8.44 11 0 8 0 0 2 10.2 18 11 10 3 4 6 0 0 0 55 50 2.063 15.2 2.5 3.4 5.1 1.50
16 Hugh Mulcahy 33 0 0 4.05 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 8 7 3 1 7 2 0 0 0 31 104 2.250 10.8 1.4 9.5 2.7 0.29
17 Ken Heintzelman* 31 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 11 9 2 6 2 0 0 0 28 21 3.750 20.3 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33
18 Lee Howard* 23 0 0 3.38 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 125 1.500 13.5 3.4 0.0 6.8
19 Lou Tost* 36 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 47 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Cal McLish 21 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 24 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
21 Ken Gables 28 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 9.000 81.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 32.9 62 92 .403 4.68 156 156 112 44 9 13 1374.0 1488 815 715 155 592 501 27 2 24 6089 90 1.514 9.7 1.0 3.9 3.3 0.85
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 1 8 8 5 6 3 8 8 8 8 6 4530
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Jim Bagby 30 6 7 .462 4.46 119.0 145 66 59 14 38 24 5 1.538 11.0 2.9 1.8 0.63 1.1 37 37
Ed Bahr 27 4 5 .444 4.45 83.0 82 46 41 5 43 25 3 1.506 8.9 4.7 2.7 0.58 0.5 19 19
Hank Behrman 26 3 9 .250 6.26 115.0 131 89 80 16 66 43 2 1.713 10.3 5.2 3.4 0.65 1.3 50 50
Tiny Bonham 33 9 8 .529 3.60 155.0 169 69 62 17 35 65 2 1.316 9.8 2.0 3.8 1.86 1.0 33 33
Ken Gables 28 0 0 18.00 1.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1
*Ken Heintzelman 31 6 9 .400 4.63 138.0 157 79 71 14 53 56 2 1.522 10.2 3.5 3.7 1.06 0.9 26 26
Art Herring 41 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 19 11 10 3 4 6 0 2.091 15.5 3.3 4.9 1.50 2.5 11 11
Kirby Higbe 32 15 12 .556 3.59 248.0 225 110 99 22 124 112 4 1.407 8.2 4.5 4.1 0.90 0.8 50 50
*Lee Howard 23 0 0 2.25 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 2 2
Al Lyons 28 1 3 .250 7.88 40.0 57 39 35 6 22 23 1 1.975 12.8 5.0 5.2 1.05 1.4 19 19
Cal McLish 21 0 0 9.00 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1
Hugh Mulcahy 33 0 0 4.50 6.0 8 3 3 1 7 2 0 2.500 12.0 10.5 3.0 0.29 1.5 2 2
*Steve Nagy 28 0 1 .000 4.80 15.0 18 9 8 1 9 4 0 1.800 10.8 5.4 2.4 0.44 0.6 6 6
*Fritz Ostermueller 39 12 9 .571 3.60 190.0 184 84 76 18 69 69 1 1.332 8.7 3.3 3.3 1.00 0.9 26 26
Mel Queen 29 4 5 .444 4.29 84.0 82 44 40 10 57 37 2 1.655 8.8 6.1 4.0 0.65 1.1 19 19
*Preacher Roe 32 6 10 .375 5.02 147.0 159 91 82 19 64 60 0 1.517 9.7 3.9 3.7 0.94 1.2 38 38
Rip Sewell 40 8 5 .615 3.39 122.0 121 51 46 11 36 36 3 1.287 8.9 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.8 24 24
Elmer Singleton 29 2 5 .286 5.79 70.0 71 50 45 9 40 25 2 1.586 9.1 5.1 3.2 0.63 1.2 36 36
Nick Strincevich 32 3 6 .333 5.06 89.0 110 56 50 9 37 22 2 1.652 11.1 3.7 2.2 0.59 0.9 32 32
*Lou Tost 36 0 0 4.50 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1
Roger Wolff 36 1 4 .200 7.43 46.0 67 42 38 5 29 12 3 2.087 13.1 5.7 2.3 0.41 1.0 20 20
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
Jim Bagby 30 10 97 96 .503 3.96 303 198 65 84 13 9 1666.1 1815 849 733 98 608 431 28 1 26 7266 97 1.454 9.8 0.5 3.3 2.3 0.71 97
Ed Bahr 27 2 11 11 .500 3.37 46 25 11 8 0 0 219.0 210 102 82 13 95 69 8 0 2 937 112 1.393 8.6 0.5 3.9 2.8 0.73 112
Hank Behrman 26 2 16 10 .615 4.38 97 19 31 2 0 12 267.1 268 157 130 19 134 122 4 2 5 1175 85 1.504 9.0 0.6 4.5 4.1 0.91 85
Tiny Bonham 33 8 90 58 .608 2.86 191 159 23 98 20 9 1326.1 1275 466 421 88 241 411 6 2 4 5373 126 1.143 8.7 0.6 1.6 2.8 1.71 126
Ken Gables 28 3 13 11 .542 4.69 62 23 20 6 0 2 239.2 255 135 125 9 98 88 5 1 2 1066 80 1.473 9.6 0.3 3.7 3.3 0.90 80
*Ken Heintzelman 31 8 44 53 .454 4.13 178 105 40 39 10 5 835.1 902 441 383 47 373 328 8 1 23 3687 89 1.526 9.7 0.5 4.0 3.5 0.88 89
Art Herring 41 11 34 38 .472 4.32 199 56 80 25 3 13 697.2 754 401 335 41 284 243 20 0 7 3097 96 1.488 9.7 0.5 3.7 3.1 0.86 96
Kirby Higbe 32 9 108 89 .548 3.61 300 226 50 95 11 12 1664.0 1489 749 668 90 813 825 31 1 46 7200 102 1.383 8.1 0.5 4.4 4.5 1.01 102
*Lee Howard 23 2 0 1 .000 2.25 5 2 2 1 0 0 16.0 18 4 4 1 9 8 0 0 0 73 161 1.688 10.1 0.6 5.1 4.5 0.89 161
Al Lyons 28 3 2 3 .400 6.08 32 1 18 0 0 0 87.1 108 62 59 8 51 41 4 2 8 413 62 1.821 11.1 0.8 5.3 4.2 0.80 62
Cal McLish 21 3 3 10 .231 7.94 25 13 4 3 0 0 85.0 113 85 75 10 48 24 2 1 1 410 45 1.894 12.0 1.1 5.1 2.5 0.50 45
Hugh Mulcahy 33 9 45 89 .336 4.49 220 143 48 63 5 9 1161.2 1271 695 579 69 487 314 39 4 36 5161 90 1.513 9.8 0.5 3.8 2.4 0.64 90
*Steve Nagy 28 1 1 3 .250 5.79 6 1 1 0 0 0 14.0 18 10 9 1 9 4 0 0 2 68 73 1.929 11.6 0.6 5.8 2.6 0.44 73
*Fritz Ostermueller 39 14 106 104 .505 3.96 367 224 86 103 9 15 1932.1 2027 989 851 92 794 731 20 1 56 8519 110 1.460 9.4 0.4 3.7 3.4 0.92 110
Mel Queen 29 4 11 11 .500 4.17 47 25 8 7 1 0 198.1 193 106 92 19 113 92 5 2 1 896 90 1.543 8.8 0.9 5.1 4.2 0.81 90
*Preacher Roe 32 5 34 47 .420 3.77 132 88 25 27 5 6 637.0 655 306 267 42 195 324 5 1 4 2695 103 1.334 9.3 0.6 2.8 4.6 1.66 103
Rip Sewell 40 11 124 93 .571 3.46 341 220 76 128 19 14 1921.2 1893 897 739 99 679 574 22 2 29 8249 107 1.338 8.9 0.5 3.2 2.7 0.85 107
Elmer Singleton 29 3 3 7 .300 5.28 58 10 22 1 0 2 138.0 132 91 81 13 74 55 4 0 6 613 74 1.493 8.6 0.8 4.8 3.6 0.74 74
Nick Strincevich 32 7 46 48 .489 3.93 194 102 36 46 4 6 868.2 924 440 379 51 258 269 24 0 7 3757 96 1.361 9.6 0.5 2.7 2.8 1.04 96
*Lou Tost 36 3 10 11 .476 3.65 39 23 6 5 1 0 155.1 159 72 63 14 56 46 4 0 3 671 91 1.384 9.2 0.8 3.2 2.7 0.82 91
Roger Wolff 36 7 52 69 .430 3.41 182 128 39 63 8 13 1025.1 1018 468 388 56 316 430 22 1 16 4366 100 1.301 8.9 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.36 100
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

1946 / 1948 Pitching Statistics