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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Jim Bagby 30 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 8, 1916 10 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Bahr 27 R R 172 Oct 16, 1919 2 21 21 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Basinski 24 R R 6' 1" 172 Nov 4, 1922 3 56 56 56 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Behrman 26 R R 5' 11" 174 Jun 27, 1921 2 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Bloodworth 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 26, 1917 8 88 88 88 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiny Bonham 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 16, 1913 8 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Castiglione 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 1st 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Billy Cox 27 R R 5' 10" 150 Aug 29, 1919 3 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0
Elbie Fletcher 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 11 69 69 69 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Gables 28 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 31, 1919 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Gionfriddo 25 L L 5' 6" 165 Mar 8, 1922 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hank Greenberg HOF 36 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 1, 1911 13 125 125 125 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Gustine 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 20, 1920 9 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ken Heintzelman 31 R L 185 Oct 14, 1915 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Herman HOF 37 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1909 15 15 15 15 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Herring 41 R R 5' 7" 168 Mar 10, 1906 11 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirby Higbe 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 9 46 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Howard 23 L L 6' 2" 175 Nov 11, 1923 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dixie Howell 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 24, 1920 1st 76 76 76 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Jarvis 21 R R 5' 9" 160 Jun 7, 1926 3 18 18 18 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Kiner HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 2 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152
Clyde Kluttz 29 R R 6' 0" 198 Dec 12, 1917 6 73 73 73 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Lyons 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 18, 1918 3 15 15 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Mauch 21 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 2 16 16 16 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0
Cal McLish 21 B R 6' 1" 200 Dec 1, 1925 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hugh Mulcahy 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 9, 1913 9 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Nagy 28 L L 5' 10" 170 May 28, 1919 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fritz Ostermueller 39 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 14 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mel Queen 29 R R 6' 0" 204 Mar 4, 1918 4 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Culley Rikard 33 L R 5' 11" 183 May 9, 1914 3 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 28 45 79
Preacher Roe 32 R L 6' 2" 170 Feb 26, 1915 5 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Russell 28 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 6 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 102 19 119
Bill Salkeld 30 L R 5' 10" 190 Mar 8, 1917 3 47 47 47 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rip Sewell 40 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 11 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Singleton 29 R R 6' 2" 174 Jun 26, 1918 3 41 41 41 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Strincevich 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1915 7 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Sullivan 36 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1910 12 38 38 38 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Tost 36 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 1, 1911 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Westlake 26 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 1st 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 97 109
Whitey Wietelmann 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Mar 15, 1919 9 48 48 48 0 0 1 14 6 22 0 0 0 0
Roger Wolff 36 R R 6' 0" 208 Apr 10, 1911 7 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Woodling 24 L R 195 Aug 16, 1922 3 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 21
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1946 / 1948 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played