1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1946 Season 1948 Season

Record: 62-92-2, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Billy Herman (61-92-2) and Bill Burwell (1-0)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 71-83, 745 Runs, 817 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	2	27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	94	82	2	0	4		5
2	1B	Hank Greenberg	36	125	510	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0	4	104	73	.249	.408	.478	.885	132	192	16	4	0		9
3	2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	29	88	335	316	27	79	9	0	7	48	1	5	16	39	.250	.290	.345	.635	66	109	9	2	1		4
4	SS	Billy Cox	27	132	561	529	75	145	30	7	15	54	5	5	29	28	.274	.313	.442	.755	96	234	5	1	2		2
5	3B	Frankie Gustine	27	156	692	616	102	183	30	6	9	67	5	2	63	65	.297	.364	.409	.773	102	252	15	2	10		3
6	OF	Ralph Kiner	24	152	666	565	118	177	23	4	51	127	1	3	98	81	.313	.417	.639	1.055	173	361	12	2	1		8
7	OF	Wally Westlake	26	112	443	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5	4	27	63	.273	.324	.459	.784	103	187	16	4	5		0
8	OF	Jim Russell#	28	128	548	478	68	121	21	8	8	51	7	5	63	58	.253	.343	.381	.723	89	182	12	2	5		5
Rk	Pos	Name	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	6	50	39	.287	.384	.398	.782	105	129	9	1	1		3
10	C	Clyde Kluttz	29	73	255	232	26	70	9	2	6	42	1	2	17	18	.302	.355	.435	.790	106	101	2	2	4		4
11	1B	Elbie Fletcher*	31	69	187	157	22	38	9	1	1	22	2	0	29	24	.242	.364	.331	.695	83	52	5	1	0		4
12	2B	Eddie Basinski	24	56	182	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0	0	18	27	.199	.279	.335	.615	61	54	5	0	3		5
13	MI	Whitey Wietelmann#	28	48	140	128	21	30	4	1	1	7	0	1	12	10	.234	.300	.305	.605	59	39	6	0	0		1
14	OF	Gene Woodling*	24	22	87	79	7	21	2	2	0	10	0	2	7	5	.266	.326	.342	.667	75	27	1	0	1		0
15	C	Bill Salkeld*	30	47	69	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	6	8	.213	.284	.246	.529	40	15	2	0	1		2
16	C	Billy Sullivan*	36	38	61	55	1	14	3	0	0	8	1	1	6	3	.255	.328	.309	.637	68	17	1	0	0		2
17	SS	Pete Castiglione	26	13	52	50	6	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	.280	.308	.280	.588	55	14	0	0	0		0
18	C	Roy Jarvis	21	18	51	45	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	2	6	5	.156	.255	.244	.499	32	11	1	0	0		1
19	IF	Billy Herman	37	15	49	47	3	10	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	7	.213	.245	.298	.543	42	14	3	0	0		0
20	MI	Gene Mauch	21	16	37	30	8	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	6	.300	.432	.300	.732	95	9	0	0	0		0
21		Al Gionfriddo*	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	0	2	11	.139	.162	.208	.370	-3	15	2	0	6		0
23	P	Fritz Ostermueller*	39	26	74	64	6	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	12	.188	.235	.203	.438	16	13	2	0	6		0
24	P	Tiny Bonham	33	33	55	45	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	3	5	.156	.224	.178	.402	7	8	2	1	6		0
25	P	Preacher Roe	31	38	46	40	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.125	.167	.125	.292	-22	5	0	0	4		0
26	P	Rip Sewell*	40	24	42	40	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	6	.125	.146	.200	.346	-10	8	3	0	0		0
27	P	Jim Bagby	30	37	36	32	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.219	.242	.281	.524	37	9	2	1	3		0
28	P	Mel Queen	29	14	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	2	1	0	1		0
29	P	Ed Bahr	27	21	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	-54	2	2	0	3		0
30	P	Nick Strincevich	32	32	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.048	.130	.048	.178	-52	1	0	0	1		0
31	P	Elmer Singleton	29	41	14	13	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.462	.769	99	6	0	0	1		0
32	P	Al Lyons	28	15	12	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.333	.500	.833	116	5	0	1	0		0
33	P	Roger Wolff	36	13	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	-72	0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Hank Behrman	26	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
35	P	Steve Nagy*	28	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0		0
36	P	Hugh Mulcahy	33	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	75	1	0	0	0		0
37	P	Art Herring	41	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Ken Heintzelman	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	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
40	P	Lee Howard*	23	2	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
42	P	Cal McLish#	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.7	156	6010	5307	744	1385	216	44	156	699	30	47	606	684	.261	.339	.406	.746	95	2157	136	24	70		58
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	4	5	7	6	2		5	6	3	8	5	4	2	4		3		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.3	156	5547	4897	718	1326	210	43	153	673	30	46	589	598	.271	.352	.425	.777	103	2081	122	21	38		58
		Pitcher Totals	33.0	156	463	410	26	59	6	1	3	26	0	1	17	86	.144	.184	.185	.369	-3	76	14	3	32		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Kirby Higbe	32	11	17	.393	3.72	46	30	12	10	1	5	225.0	204	108	93	22	110	17	99	3	0	6	975	114	4.57	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	7	66	1	0	5	789	110	4.36	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	7	63	2	0	1	642	110	4.05	1.350	10.0	1.0	2.1	3.8	1.80
4	SP	Preacher Roe*	31	4	15	.211	5.25	38	22	8	4	1	2	144.0	156	93	84	19	63	5	59	0	1	1	635	81	4.88	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	3	25	3	0	5	360	93	4.53	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	5	34	1	1	0	343	106	5.27	1.635	8.5	1.0	6.2	4.1	0.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	RP	Rip Sewell	40	6	4	.600	3.57	24	12	8	4	1	0	121.0	121	58	48	11	36	8	36	3	0	1	504	119	4.23	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	4	23	5	0	1	521	91	4.94	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	7	22	2	0	0	397	81	4.81	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	9	24	2	0	5	309	67	5.54	1.627	9.4	1.2	5.2	3.2	0.62
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Roger Wolff	36	1	4	.200	8.70	13	6	4	1	0	0	30.0	49	33	29	4	18	2	7	1	0	0	155	49	5.84	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	3	16	1	0	2	133	59	4.76	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	3	11	2	0	0	116	47	7.26	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	0	4	0	0	2	68	75	4.96	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	1	6	0	0	0	55	52	6.33	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	2	0	0	0	31	110	7.18	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	0	2	0	0	0	28	23	12.68	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	0	2	0	0	0	12	142	6.05	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	0	6	64	2.68	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	0	1	0	0	6	32	5.68	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	0	4	16	41.68	9.000	81.0	27.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	32.8	62	92	.403	4.68	156	156	112	44	9	13	1374.0	1488	815	715	155	592	83	501	27	2	29	6089	91	4.76	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		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W