1944 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 90-63 .588
Result: 2nd in National League
Manager(s): Frankie Frisch
General Manager:
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 604,278
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Spud Davis (39)
Youngest Player: Roy Wise (19)
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell (7)
Top Hitter: Jim Russell (6)
Top Pitcher: Rip Sewell (9)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 61.13%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	105	49	.682	--
Pittsburgh	90	63	.588	14.5
Cincinnati	89	65	.578	16.0
Chi Cubs	75	79	.487	30.0
NY Giants	67	87	.435	38.0
Boston	65	89	.422	40.0
Brooklyn	63	91	.409	42.0
Philadelphia	61	92	.399	43.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
7	Babe Dahlgren	1b	13	32	-	MLB	158	599	67	173	28	7	12	101	2		47	56	6		7		20	.289	.000	.419	419	251			-	-
32	Jim Russell	of	6	25	-	MLB	152	580	109	181	34	14	8	66	6		79	63	5		0		8	.312	.000	.460	460	267			-	-
18	Johnny Barrett	of	10	28	-	MLB	149	568	99	153	24	19	7	83	28		86	56	1		6		6	.269	.000	.415	415	236			-	-
5	Pete Coscarart	2b-ss	20	31	-	MLB	139	554	89	146	30	4	4	42	10		41	57	1		12		12	.264	.000	.354	354	196			-	-
8	Bob Elliott	3b-of	12	27	-	MLB	143	538	85	160	28	16	10	108	9		75	42	0		4		8	.297	.000	.465	465	250			-	-
16	Frankie Gustine	2b-3b	50	24	-	MLB	127	405	42	93	18	3	2	42	8		33	41	0		8		14	.230	.000	.304	304	123			-	-
9	Vince DiMaggio	of	40	31	-	MLB	109	342	41	82	20	4	9	50	6		33	83	0		4		6	.240	.000	.401	401	137			-	-
12	Al Lopez	c	-	35	-	MLB	115	331	27	76	12	1	1	34	4		34	24	1		5		7	.230	.000	.281	281	93			-	-
23	Frank Colman	of-1b	-	26	-	MLB	99	226	30	61	9	5	6	53	0		25	27	1		0		5	.270	.000	.434	434	98			-	-
4	Al Rubeling	3b-2b	-	31	-	MLB	92	184	22	45	7	2	4	30	4		19	19	2		2		3	.245	.000	.370	370	68			-	-
14	Frankie Zak	ss	-	22	-	MLB	87	160	33	48	3	1	0	11	6		22	18	0		4		2	.300	.000	.331	331	53			-	-
11	Tommy O'Brien	of	-	25	-	MLB	85	156	27	39	6	2	3	20	1		21	12	1		0		7	.250	.000	.372	372	58			-	-
10	Hank Camelli	c	-	29	-	MLB	63	125	14	37	5	1	1	10	0		18	12	0		3		6	.296	.000	.376	376	47			-	-
30	Rip Sewell	p	-	37	-	MLB	44	112	10	25	4	1	1	12	1		2	19	0		2		1	.223	.000	.304	304	34			-	-
36	Spud Davis	c	-	39	-	MLB	54	93	6	28	7	0	2	14	0		10	8	0		0		2	.301	.000	.441	441	41			-	-
6	Lee Handley	3b-2b	-	30	-	MLB	40	86	7	19	2	0	0	5	1		3	5	0		4		6	.221	.000	.244	244	21			-	-
21	Fritz Ostermueller	p	-	36	-	MLB	29	80	7	20	2	0	0	6	1		2	6	0		1		1	.250	.000	.275	275	22			-	-
19	Max Butcher	p	-	33	-	MLB	36	63	4	12	2	0	0	5	0		2	8	0		5		3	.190	.000	.222	222	14			-	-
22	Nick Strincevich	p	-	29	-	MLB	40	57	4	9	2	0	0	4	0		2	7	0		5		1	.158	.000	.193	193	11			-	-
29	Preacher Roe	p	-	29	-	MLB	39	53	4	7	0	0	0	1	0		3	23	0		6		1	.132	.000	.132	132	7			-	-
27	Cookie Cuccurullo	p	-	26	-	MLB	36	38	4	14	4	0	0	4	0		2	3	0		0		3	.368	.000	.474	474	18			-	-
4	Xavier Rescigno	p	-	30	-	MLB	48	22	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	11	0		1		0	.091	.000	.091	91	2			-	-
20	Ray Starr	p	-	38	-	MLB	27	22	4	3	1	0	0	3	0		6	9	0		0		0	.136	.000	.182	182	4			-	-
15	Lloyd Waner	of	-	38	-	MLB	19	14	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		2	0	0		0		0	.357	.000	.357	357	5			-	-
-	Al Gionfriddo	of	-	22	-	MLB	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0		0		0	.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
-	Bill Rodgers	of	-	21	-	MLB	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
25	Joe Vitelli	p	-	36	-	MLB	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
26	Johnny Gee	p	-	28	-	MLB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.500	.000	.500	500	1			-	-
-	Hank Sweeney	1b	-	28	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Len Gilmore	p	-	26	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Vic Barnhart	ss	-	21	-	MLB	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0		0		0	.500	.000	.500	500	1			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
30	Rip Sewell	9	37	-	MLB	21	12	3.18	38	33	24	3	4	2	286.0	263	112	101	15	99	87	1	1	1.27	8.28	0.47	3.12	2.74	1.14	--	--
21	Fritz Ostermueller	12	36	-	MLB	11	7	2.73	28	24	14	1	2	1	204.2	201	79	62	7	65	80	5	0	1.30	8.84	0.31	2.86	3.52	0.81	--	--
19	Max Butcher	21	33	-	MLB	13	11	3.12	35	27	13	5	6	1	199.0	216	83	69	8	46	43	2	0	1.32	9.77	0.36	2.08	1.94	1.07	--	--
22	Nick Strincevich	15	29	-	MLB	14	7	3.08	40	26	11	0	8	2	190.0	190	86	65	5	37	47	0	0	1.19	9.00	0.24	1.75	2.23	0.79	--	--
29	Preacher Roe	18	29	-	MLB	13	11	3.11	39	25	7	1	8	1	185.1	182	82	64	7	59	88	1	0	1.30	8.84	0.34	2.87	4.27	0.67	--	--
4	Xavier Rescigno	28	30	-	MLB	10	8	4.35	48	6	2	0	25	5	124.0	146	69	60	9	34	45	1	0	1.45	10.60	0.65	2.47	3.27	0.76	--	--
27	Cookie Cuccurullo	32	26	-	MLB	2	1	4.06	32	4	0	0	14	4	106.1	110	65	48	5	44	31	0	0	1.45	9.31	0.42	3.72	2.62	1.42	--	--
20	Ray Starr	39	38	-	MLB	6	5	5.02	27	12	5	0	6	3	89.2	116	60	50	6	36	25	1	0	1.70	11.64	0.60	3.61	2.51	1.44	--	--
26	Johnny Gee	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	7.15	4	0	0	0	2	0	11.1	20	10	9	0	5	3	1	0	2.21	15.88	0.00	3.97	2.38	1.67	--	--
-	Len Gilmore	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	7.88	1	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	1.63	14.63	2.25	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
25	Joe Vitelli	-	36	-	MLB	0	0	2.57	4	0	0	0	4	0	7.0	5	6	2	1	7	2	0	0	1.71	6.43	1.29	9.00	2.57	3.50	--	--
-	Roy Wise	-	19	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	3.0	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	2.33	12.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	3.00	--	--
Totals: (31 players)						90	63	3.44	153	153	77	10	76	19	1,414	1466	662	540	70	435	452	12	1	1.42	9.33	0.41	2.77	2.88	0.96	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Lopez	C	115		372	52	7	6	.984	0.00
Hank Camelli	C	61		170	16	8	0	.959	0.00
Spud Davis	C	35		76	10	3	3	.966	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Babe Dahlgren	1B	158		1440	128	20	105	.987	0.00
Frank Colman	1B	6		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hank Sweeney	1B	1		9	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Coscarart	2B	136		371	389	26	71	.967	0.00
Lee Handley	2B	19		39	32	4	7	.947	0.00
Al Rubeling	2B	17		19	17	2	1	.947	0.00
Frankie Gustine	2B	11		23	21	2	3	.957	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Elliott	3B	140		169	285	27	22	.944	0.00
Al Rubeling	3B	16		18	38	0	5	1.000	0.00
Lee Handley	3B	11		6	17	0	0	1.000	0.00
Vince DiMaggio	3B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Frankie Gustine	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Tommy O'Brien	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Gustine	SS	116		183	330	34	52	.938	0.00
Frankie Zak	SS	67		93	162	14	24	.948	0.00
Pete Coscarart	SS	4		6	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lee Handley	SS	3		6	7	0	3	1.000	0.00
Vic Barnhart	SS	1		2	6	1	0	.889	0.00
Bob Elliott	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Russell	OF	149		345	20	5	7	.986	0.00
Johnny Barrett	OF	147		373	12	11	4	.972	0.00
Vince DiMaggio	OF	101		234	8	4	4	.984	0.00
Frank Colman	OF	53		102	4	4	0	.964	0.00
Tommy O'Brien	OF	48		50	5	2	1	.965	0.00
Al Rubeling	OF	18		33	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Lloyd Waner	OF	7		9	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Pete Coscarart	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Al Gionfriddo	OF	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Rodgers	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Xavier Rescigno	P	48	124	7	21	1	2	.966	2.03
Nick Strincevich	P	40	190	19	60	2	2	.975	3.74
Preacher Roe	P	39	185	11	27	2	0	.950	1.85
Rip Sewell	P	38	286	21	49	4	1	.946	2.20
Max Butcher	P	35	199	12	51	2	3	.969	2.85
Cookie Cuccurullo	P	32	106	9	23	2	2	.941	2.71
Fritz Ostermueller	P	28	204	6	36	1	1	.977	1.85
Ray Starr	P	27	89	1	16	1	0	.944	1.72
Johnny Gee	P	4	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.62
Joe Vitelli	P	4	7	1	2	1	0	.750	3.86
Roy Wise	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Len Gilmore	P	1	8	2	4	1	0	.857	6.75

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