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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

62-92, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Herman (61-92) and Bill Burwell (1-0)
Scored 745 runs, Allowed 817 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83

Ballparks: Forbes Field · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Jim Bagby 30 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 8, 1916 10 37 6 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ed Bahr 27 R R 6' 1" 172 Oct 16, 1919 2 21 11 21 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.6 $
Eddie Basinski 24 R R 6' 1" 172 Nov 4, 1922 3 56 48 56 56 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Hank Behrman 26 R R 5' 11" 174 Jun 27, 1921 2 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Jimmy Bloodworth 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 26, 1917 8 88 82 88 86 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1.1 $
Tiny Bonham 33 R R 6' 2" 215 Aug 16, 1913 8 33 18 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Pete Castiglione 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 13, 1921 1st 13 12 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Billy Cox 27 R R 5' 10" 150 Aug 29, 1919 3 132 123 132 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.9 $
Elbie Fletcher 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Mar 18, 1916 11 69 36 69 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.1 $
Ken Gables 28 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 31, 1919 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Al Gionfriddo 25 L L 5' 6" 165 Mar 8, 1922 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Hank Greenberg HOF 36 R R 6' 3" 210 Jan 1, 1911 13 125 118 125 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3.1 $
Frankie Gustine 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 20, 1920 9 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $ All-Star
Ken Heintzelman 31 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 14, 1915 8 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Billy Herman HOF 37 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 7, 1909 15 15 13 15 13 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Art Herring 41 R R 5' 7" 168 Mar 10, 1906 11 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Kirby Higbe 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 9 46 30 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Lee Howard 23 L L 6' 2" 175 Nov 11, 1923 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dixie Howell 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 24, 1920 1st 76 65 76 74 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 $
Roy Jarvis 21 R R 5' 9" 160 Jun 7, 1926 3 18 13 18 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Ralph Kiner HOF 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 2 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 0 0 7.9 $15,000
Clyde Kluttz 29 R R 6' 0" 193 Dec 12, 1917 6 73 63 73 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.3 $
Al Lyons 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 18, 1918 3 15 0 15 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.5 $
Gene Mauch 21 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 18, 1925 2 16 8 16 10 0 0 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 $
Cal McLish 21 B R 6' 0" 179 Dec 1, 1925 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Hugh Mulcahy 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 9, 1913 9 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Steve Nagy 28 L L 5' 9" 174 May 28, 1919 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Fritz Ostermueller 39 L L 5' 11" 175 Sep 15, 1907 14 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Mel Queen 29 R R 6' 0" 204 Mar 4, 1918 4 14 12 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Culley Rikard 33 L R 5' 11" 183 May 9, 1914 3 109 75 109 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 29 45 79 30 0 1.4 $
Preacher Roe 31 R L 6' 2" 170 Feb 26, 1916 5 38 22 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jim Russell 28 B R 6' 1" 181 Oct 1, 1918 6 128 117 128 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 96 23 119 9 0 1.3 $
Bill Salkeld 30 L R 5' 10" 190 Mar 8, 1917 3 47 7 47 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 -0.3 $
Rip Sewell 40 L R 6' 1" 180 May 11, 1907 11 24 12 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Elmer Singleton 29 R R 6' 2" 174 Jun 26, 1918 3 41 3 41 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.4 $
Nick Strincevich 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1915 7 32 7 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Billy Sullivan 36 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1910 12 38 8 38 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0.0 $
Lou Tost 36 L L 6' 0" 175 Jun 1, 1911 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Wally Westlake 26 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 1st 112 104 112 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 95 109 3 0 1.3 $
Whitey Wietelmann 28 B R 6' 0" 170 Mar 15, 1919 9 48 28 48 39 0 0 1 14 6 22 0 0 0 0 8 1 -0.5 $
Roger Wolff 36 R R 6' 0" 208 Apr 10, 1911 7 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Gene Woodling 24 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 3 22 20 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 21 1 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Lee Howard
Dixie Howell
Bill Salkeld
Jimmy Bloodworth
Al Lyons
Elbie Fletcher
Ralph Kiner
Hank Greenberg
Billy Cox
Whitey Wietelmann

Eddie Basinski
Clyde Kluttz
Billy Herman
Culley Rikard
Kirby Higbe
Billy Sullivan
Gene Woodling
Wally Westlake
Pete Castiglione
Frankie Gustine

Jim Russell
Hank Behrman
Al Gionfriddo
Hugh Mulcahy
Ken Heintzelman
Fritz Ostermueller
Nick Strincevich
Mel Queen
Lou Tost
Ed Bahr

Ken Gables
Elmer Singleton
Art Herring
Steve Nagy
Preacher Roe
Rip Sewell
Roy Jarvis
Jim Russell
Roger Wolff

Tiny Bonham
Jim Bagby
Cal McLish
Gene Mauch
Billy Sullivan

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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