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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

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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
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* - 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
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* - 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