1945 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 82-72 .532
Result: 4th in National League
Manager(s): Frankie Frisch
General Manager:
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 604,694
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jack Saltzgaver (42)
Youngest Player: Bill Rodgers (22)
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell (8)
Top Hitter: Bob Elliott (12)
Top Pitcher: Preacher Roe (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 91.84%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Chi Cubs	98	56	.636	--
St. Louis	95	59	.617	3.0
Brooklyn	87	67	.565	11.0
Pittsburgh	82	72	.532	16.0
NY Giants	78	74	.513	19.0
Boston	67	85	.441	30.0
Cincinnati	61	93	.396	37.0
Philadelphia	46	108	.299	52.0

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
8	Bob Elliott	3b-of	12	28	-	MLB	144	541	80	157	36	6	8	108	5		64	38	1		2		16	.290	.000	.423	423	229			-	-
7	Babe Dahlgren	1b	33	33	-	MLB	144	531	57	133	24	8	5	75	1		51	51	2		7		23	.250	.000	.354	354	188			-	-
32	Jim Russell	of	16	26	-	MLB	146	510	88	145	24	8	12	77	15		71	40	5		3		7	.284	.000	.433	433	221			-	-
18	Johnny Barrett	of	14	29	-	MLB	142	507	97	130	29	4	15	67	25		79	68	0		8		5	.256	.000	.418	418	212			-	-
16	Frankie Gustine	2b-3b	34	25	-	MLB	128	478	67	134	27	5	2	66	8		37	33	2		6		14	.280	.000	.370	370	177			-	-
3	Al Gionfriddo	of	35	23	-	MLB	122	409	74	116	18	9	2	42	12		60	22	1		6		4	.284	.000	.386	386	158			-	-
5	Pete Coscarart	2b-ss	38	32	-	MLB	123	392	59	95	17	2	8	38	2		55	55	4		4		10	.242	.000	.357	357	140			-	-
6	Lee Handley	3b-2b	-	31	-	MLB	98	312	39	93	16	2	1	32	7		20	16	0		8		5	.298	.000	.372	372	116			-	-
1	Bill Salkeld	c	46	28	-	MLB	95	267	45	83	16	1	15	52	2		50	16	0		0		8	.311	.000	.547	547	146			-	-
12	Al Lopez	c	-	36	-	MLB	91	243	22	53	8	0	0	18	1		35	12	0		2		5	.218	.000	.251	251	61			-	-
17	Vic Barnhart	ss	-	22	-	MLB	71	201	21	54	7	0	0	19	2		9	11	0		5		9	.269	.000	.303	303	61			-	-
11	Tommy O'Brien	of	-	26	-	MLB	58	161	23	54	6	5	0	18	0		9	13	1		4		1	.335	.000	.435	435	70			-	-
23	Frank Colman	of-1b	-	27	-	MLB	77	153	18	32	11	1	4	30	0		9	16	0		0		4	.209	.000	.373	373	57			-	-
4	Jack Saltzgaver	3b-2b	-	42	-	MLB	52	117	20	38	5	3	0	10	0		8	8	0		1		1	.325	.000	.419	419	49			-	-
22	Nick Strincevich	p	-	30	-	MLB	36	84	4	17	1	0	0	8	0		4	11	0		6		3	.202	.000	.214	214	18			-	-
29	Preacher Roe	p	-	30	-	MLB	33	75	3	8	1	0	0	3	0		6	21	0		8		1	.107	.000	.120	120	9			-	-
30	Rip Sewell	p	-	38	-	MLB	35	64	10	20	3	0	0	6	1		7	11	0		1		1	.312	.000	.359	359	23			-	-
19	Max Butcher	p	-	34	-	MLB	28	54	6	12	1	0	0	2	0		1	2	0		6		0	.222	.000	.241	241	13			-	-
40	Al Gerheauser	p	-	28	-	MLB	32	48	2	12	2	2	0	7	0		2	11	0		0		0	.250	.000	.375	375	18			-	-
45	Ken Gables	p	-	26	-	MLB	29	39	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	8	0		3		0	.103	.000	.128	128	5			-	-
36	Spud Davis	c	-	40	-	MLB	23	33	2	8	2	0	0	6	0		2	2	1		0		2	.242	.000	.303	303	10			-	-
14	Frankie Zak	ss	-	23	-	MLB	15	28	2	4	2	0	0	3	0		3	5	0		1		0	.143	.000	.214	214	6			-	-
21	Fritz Ostermueller	p	-	37	-	MLB	14	28	2	9	0	0	0	4	0		3	0	0		1		2	.321	.000	.321	321	9			-	-
15	Lloyd Waner	of	-	39	-	MLB	23	19	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	0		0		0	.263	.000	.263	263	5			-	-
20	Boom-Boom Beck	p	-	40	-	MLB	14	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	0		5		0	.125	.000	.125	125	2			-	-
4	Xavier Rescigno	p	-	31	-	MLB	44	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	0		1		1	.133	.000	.200	200	3			-	-
27	Cookie Cuccurullo	p	-	27	-	MLB	29	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	0		0		0	.214	.000	.214	214	3			-	-
2	Hank Camelli	c	-	30	-	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
20	Ray Starr	p	-	39	-	MLB	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0		0		0	1.000	.000	2.000	2000	2			-	-
4	Bill Rodgers	of	-	22	-	MLB	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	1.000	.000	1.000	1000	1			-	-
25	Joe Vitelli	p	-	37	-	MLB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

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
29	Preacher Roe	3	30	-	MLB	14	13	2.87	33	31	15	3	1	1	235.0	228	77	75	11	46	148	2	0	1.17	8.73	0.42	1.76	5.67	0.31	--	--
22	Nick Strincevich	7	30	-	MLB	16	10	3.31	36	29	18	1	5	2	228.1	235	94	84	7	49	74	2	0	1.24	9.26	0.28	1.93	2.92	0.66	--	--
30	Rip Sewell	34	38	-	MLB	11	9	4.07	33	24	9	1	7	1	188.0	212	116	85	9	91	60	5	0	1.61	10.15	0.43	4.36	2.87	1.52	--	--
19	Max Butcher	25	34	-	MLB	10	8	3.03	28	20	12	2	3	0	169.1	184	76	57	7	46	37	0	0	1.36	9.78	0.37	2.44	1.97	1.24	--	--
40	Al Gerheauser	43	28	-	MLB	5	10	3.91	32	14	5	0	14	1	140.1	170	72	61	5	54	55	4	0	1.60	10.90	0.32	3.46	3.53	0.98	--	--
45	Ken Gables	40	26	-	MLB	11	7	4.15	29	16	6	0	10	1	138.2	139	69	64	5	46	49	2	1	1.33	9.02	0.32	2.99	3.18	0.94	--	--
21	Fritz Ostermueller	-	37	-	MLB	5	4	4.57	14	11	4	1	1	0	80.2	74	45	41	6	37	29	1	1	1.38	8.26	0.67	4.13	3.24	1.28	--	--
4	Xavier Rescigno	27	31	-	MLB	3	5	5.72	44	1	0	0	27	9	78.2	95	57	50	6	34	29	0	0	1.64	10.87	0.69	3.89	3.32	1.17	--	--
20	Boom-Boom Beck	-	40	-	MLB	6	1	2.14	14	5	4	0	2	0	63.0	54	19	15	2	14	20	0	0	1.08	7.71	0.29	2.00	2.86	0.70	--	--
27	Cookie Cuccurullo	47	27	-	MLB	1	3	5.24	29	4	0	0	11	1	56.2	68	41	33	2	34	17	1	0	1.80	10.80	0.32	5.40	2.70	2.00	--	--
20	Ray Starr	-	39	-	MLB	0	2	9.45	4	0	0	0	1	0	6.2	10	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	2.10	13.50	0.00	5.40	0.00	--	--	--
25	Johnny Lanning	-	34	-	MLB	0	0	36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	4.00	36.00	4.50	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (31 players)						82	72	3.76	154	154	73	8	81	16	1,387	1477	681	580	72	455	518	17	2	1.45	9.58	0.40	2.95	3.36	0.88	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Lopez	C	91		326	38	3	7	.992	0.00
Bill Salkeld	C	86		279	40	9	8	.973	0.00
Spud Davis	C	13		26	4	1	0	.968	0.00
Hank Camelli	C	1		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Frankie Gustine	C	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Babe Dahlgren	1B	144		1373	93	6	115	.996	0.00
Frank Colman	1B	22		126	14	1	10	.993	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Coscarart	2B	122		257	361	14	74	.978	0.00
Jack Saltzgaver	2B	31		63	66	5	11	.963	0.00
Frankie Gustine	2B	29		69	75	6	11	.960	0.00
Frankie Zak	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Elliott	3B	81		94	178	21	18	.928	0.00
Lee Handley	3B	79		85	183	15	13	.947	0.00
Vic Barnhart	3B	4		4	8	1	1	.923	0.00
Jack Saltzgaver	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Gustine	SS	104		177	291	35	52	.930	0.00
Vic Barnhart	SS	60		104	166	21	31	.928	0.00
Frankie Zak	SS	10		9	25	1	3	.971	0.00
Pete Coscarart	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Russell	OF	140		313	9	9	1	.973	0.00
Johnny Barrett	OF	132		318	8	8	0	.976	0.00
Al Gionfriddo	OF	106		235	6	9	2	.964	0.00
Bob Elliott	OF	61		125	7	2	0	.985	0.00
Tommy O'Brien	OF	45		72	2	3	0	.961	0.00
Frank Colman	OF	12		17	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lloyd Waner	OF	3		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Xavier Rescigno	P	44	78	4	14	0	1	1.000	2.07
Nick Strincevich	P	36	228	14	36	2	1	.962	1.97
Preacher Roe	P	33	235	16	40	0	3	1.000	2.14
Rip Sewell	P	33	188	10	35	1	2	.978	2.15
Al Gerheauser	P	32	140	9	33	2	3	.955	2.70
Cookie Cuccurullo	P	29	56	2	12	1	1	.933	2.24
Ken Gables	P	29	138	5	17	0	0	1.000	1.43
Max Butcher	P	28	169	8	37	1	2	.978	2.40
Boom-Boom Beck	P	14	63	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.86
Fritz Ostermueller	P	14	80	8	14	1	0	.957	2.47
Ray Starr	P	4	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	4.35
Johnny Lanning	P	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50

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