1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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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	Dixie Howell	27	76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1		27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	94	82	2	0	4
2	1B	Hank Greenberg	36	125	510	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0		104	73	.249	.408	.478	.885	132	192	16	4	0
3	2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	29	88	335	316	27	79	9	0	7	48	1		16	39	.250	.290	.345	.635	66	109	9	2	1
4	SS	Billy Cox	27	132	561	529	75	145	30	7	15	54	5		29	28	.274	.313	.442	.755	96	234	5	1	2
5	3B	Frankie Gustine	27	156	691	616	102	183	30	6	9	67	5		63	65	.297	.364	.409	.773	102	252	15	2	10
6	OF	Ralph Kiner	24	152	666	565	118	177	23	4	51	127	1		98	81	.313	.417	.639	1.055	173	361	12	2	1
7	OF	Wally Westlake	26	112	443	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5		27	63	.273	.324	.459	.784	103	187	16	4	5
8	OF	Jim Russell#	28	128	548	478	68	121	21	8	8	51	7		63	58	.253	.343	.381	.723	89	182	12	2	5
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	OF	Culley Rikard*	33	109	376	324	57	93	16	4	4	32	1		50	39	.287	.384	.398	.782	105	129	9	1	1
10	C	Clyde Kluttz	29	73	255	232	26	70	9	2	6	42	1		17	18	.302	.355	.435	.790	106	101	2	2	4
11	1B	Elbie Fletcher*	31	69	187	157	22	38	9	1	1	22	2		29	24	.242	.364	.331	.695	83	52	5	1	0
12	2B	Eddie Basinski	24	56	182	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0		18	27	.199	.279	.335	.615	61	54	5	0	3
13	MI	Whitey Wietelmann#	28	48	140	128	21	30	4	1	1	7	0		12	10	.234	.300	.305	.605	59	39	6	0	0
14	OF	Gene Woodling*	24	22	87	79	7	21	2	2	0	10	0		7	5	.266	.326	.342	.667	75	27	1	0	1
15	C	Bill Salkeld*	30	47	68	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	0		6	8	.213	.284	.246	.529	40	15	2	0	1
16	C	Billy Sullivan*	36	38	61	55	1	14	3	0	0	8	1		6	3	.255	.328	.309	.637	68	17	1	0	0
17	SS	Pete Castiglione	26	13	52	50	6	14	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.280	.308	.280	.588	55	14	0	0	0
18	C	Roy Jarvis	21	18	51	45	4	7	1	0	1	4	0		6	5	.156	.255	.244	.499	32	11	1	0	0
19	IF	Billy Herman	37	15	49	47	3	10	4	0	0	6	0		2	7	.213	.245	.298	.543	42	14	3	0	0
20	MI	Gene Mauch	21	16	37	30	8	9	0	0	0	1	0		7	6	.300	.432	.300	.732	95	9	0	0	0
21		Al Gionfriddo*	25	1	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
22	P	Kirby Higbe	32	46	80	72	6	10	2	0	1	4	0		2	11	.139	.162	.208	.370	-3	15	2	0	6
23	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	39	26	74	64	6	12	1	0	0	5	0		4	12	.188	.235	.203	.438	16	13	2	0	6
24	P	Tiny Bonham	33	33	55	45	4	7	1	0	0	4	0		3	5	.156	.224	.178	.402	7	8	2	1	6
25	P	Preacher Roe	32	38	46	40	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2	15	.125	.167	.125	.292	-22	5	0	0	4
26	P	Rip Sewell*	40	24	41	40	2	5	0	0	1	4	0		1	6	.125	.146	.200	.346	-10	8	3	0	0
27	P	Jim Bagby	30	37	36	32	3	7	2	0	0	3	0		0	3	.219	.242	.281	.524	37	9	2	1	3
28	P	Mel Queen	29	14	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	2	1	0	1
29	P	Ed Bahr	27	21	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	-54	2	2	0	3
30	P	Nick Strincevich	32	32	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.048	.130	.048	.178	-52	1	0	0	1
31	P	Elmer Singleton	29	41	14	13	1	4	0	1	0	2	0		0	4	.308	.308	.462	.769	99	6	0	0	1
32	P	Al Lyons	28	15	12	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	3	.200	.333	.500	.833	116	5	0	1	0
33	P	Roger Wolff	36	13	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0	0
34	P	Hank Behrman	26	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
35	P	Steve Nagy*	28	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0
36	P	Hugh Mulcahy	33	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0
37	P	Art Herring	41	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
38	P	Ken Heintzelman	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
39	P	Lou Tost*	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Lee Howard*	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Ken Gables	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Cal McLish#	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	156	6007	5307	744	1385	216	44	156	699	30	0	606	684	.261	.339	.406	.746	95	2157	136	24	70	0	0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	4	5	7	6	2		5		3	1	5	4	2	4		3
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.

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

* - 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
Jim Bagby	30	37				37	7	28	2	2	.946	0.95		P
Ed Bahr	27	19				15	2	12	1	1	.933	0.74		P
Eddie Basinski	24	56				253	116	130	7	34	.972	4.39		2B
Hank Behrman	26	10				4	1	1	2	0	.500	0.20		P
Jimmy Bloodworth	29	87				437	222	206	9	56	.979	4.92		2B
Tiny Bonham	33	33				20	7	11	2	1	.900	0.55		P
Pete Castiglione	26	13				67	26	39	2	6	.970	5.00		SS
Billy Cox	27	129				628	220	388	20	63	.968	4.71		SS
Elbie Fletcher	31	50				354	324	25	5	28	.986	6.98		1B
Ken Gables	28	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Hank Greenberg	36	119				1071	983	79	9	85	.992	8.92		1B
Frankie Gustine	27	156				554	193	330	31	35	.944	3.35		3B
Ken Heintzelman	31	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Billy Herman	37	12				35	20	15	0	2	1.000	2.92		2B-1B
Art Herring	41	11				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.09		P
Kirby Higbe	32	46				33	9	23	1	0	.970	0.70		P
Lee Howard	23	2				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Dixie Howell	27	74				310	272	30	8	2	.974	4.08	12	C
Roy Jarvis	21	15				60	50	8	2	1	.967	3.87	1	C
Ralph Kiner	24	152	152	0	0	405	390	8	7	1	.983	2.62		OF
Clyde Kluttz	29	69				306	247	55	4	7	.987	4.38	4	C
Al Lyons	28	13				10	2	8	0	1	1.000	0.77		P
Gene Mauch	21	10				41	18	20	3	1	.927	3.80		2B-SS
Cal McLish	21	1				2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00		P
Hugh Mulcahy	33	2				4	1	3	0	1	1.000	2.00		P
Steve Nagy	28	6				4	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.67		P
Fritz Ostermueller	39	26				34	9	25	0	4	1.000	1.31		P
Mel Queen	29	14				13	5	7	1	1	.923	0.86		P
Culley Rikard	33	79	5	28	45	183	177	2	4	0	.978	2.27		OF
Preacher Roe	32	38				27	6	20	1	2	.963	0.68		P
Jim Russell	28	119	1	102	19	356	343	6	7	3	.980	2.93		OF
Bill Salkeld	30	15				34	29	4	1	0	.971	2.20	1	C
Rip Sewell	40	24				37	10	26	1	3	.973	1.50		P
Elmer Singleton	29	36				21	9	11	1	1	.952	0.56		P
Nick Strincevich	32	32				19	2	17	0	1	1.000	0.59		P
Billy Sullivan	36	12				46	42	4	0	1	1.000	3.83	0	C
Lou Tost	36	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00		P
Wally Westlake	26	109	0	12	97	250	239	8	3	0	.988	2.27		OF
Whitey Wietelmann	28	43				150	69	68	13	14	.913	3.19		SS-2B-3B-1B
Roger Wolff	36	13				5	3	2	0	0	1.000	0.38		P
Gene Woodling	24	21	1	20	0	62	59	1	2	0	.968	2.86		OF
Team Totals	29.0	156				5889	4115	1625	149	357	.975	3.36	18
Rank in 8 NL teams									5	7	4
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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