1946 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 63-91 .409
Result: 7th in National League
Manager(s): Frankie Frisch, Spud Davis
General Manager:
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 749,962
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Rip Sewell (39)
Youngest Player: Roy Jarvis (20)
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell (9)
Top Hitter: Elbie Fletcher (10)
Top Pitcher: Fritz Ostermueller (16)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 75.33%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Louis	98	58	.628	--
Brooklyn	96	60	.615	2.0
Chi Cubs	82	71	.536	14.5
Boston	81	72	.529	15.5
Philadelphia	69	85	.448	28.0
Cincinnati	67	87	.435	30.0
Pittsburgh	63	91	.409	34.0
NY Giants	61	93	.396	36.0

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
15	Elbie Fletcher	1b	10	30	-	MLB	148	532	72	136	25	8	4	66	4		111	37	0		8		7	.256	.000	.355	355	189			-	-
32	Jim Russell	of	20	27	-	MLB	146	516	68	143	29	6	8	50	11		67	54	2		6		11	.277	.000	.403	403	208			-	-
43	Ralph Kiner	of	14	23	-	MLB	144	502	63	124	17	3	23	81	3		74	109	1		2		15	.247	.000	.430	430	216			-	-
16	Frankie Gustine	2b-3b	31	26	-	MLB	131	495	60	128	23	6	8	52	2		40	52	3		10		13	.259	.000	.378	378	187			-	-
8	Bob Elliott	3b-of	32	29	-	MLB	140	486	50	128	25	3	5	68	6		64	44	2		7		15	.263	.000	.358	358	174			-	-
6	Lee Handley	3b-2b	47	32	-	MLB	116	416	43	99	8	7	1	28	4		29	20	1		10		10	.238	.000	.298	298	124			-	-
4	Billy Cox	3b-ss	54	26	-	MLB	121	411	32	119	22	6	2	36	4		26	15	1		10		4	.290	.000	.387	387	159			-	-
2	Jimmy Brown	ss-2b	-	36	-	MLB	79	241	23	58	6	0	0	12	3		18	5	0		4		8	.241	.000	.266	266	64			-	-
1	Bill Salkeld	c	-	29	-	MLB	69	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2		39	16	0		1		1	.294	.000	.400	400	64			-	-
12	Al Lopez	c	-	37	-	MLB	56	150	13	46	2	0	1	12	1		23	14	0		4		6	.307	.000	.340	340	51			-	-
7,19	Maurice Van Robays	of	-	31	-	MLB	59	146	14	31	5	3	1	12	0		11	15	1		4		6	.212	.000	.308	308	45			-	-
41	Chuck Workman	of-3b	-	31	-	MLB	58	145	11	32	4	1	2	16	2		11	19	1		4		3	.221	.000	.303	303	44			-	-
9	Burgess Whitehead	2b	-	36	-	MLB	55	127	10	28	1	2	0	5	3		6	6	1		2		3	.220	.000	.260	260	33			-	-
44	Bill Baker	c	-	35	-	MLB	53	113	7	27	4	0	1	8	0		12	6	0		2		3	.239	.000	.301	301	34			-	-
3	Al Gionfriddo	of	-	24	-	MLB	64	102	11	26	2	2	0	10	1		14	5	0		0		1	.255	.000	.314	314	32			-	-
10	Hank Camelli	c	-	31	-	MLB	42	96	8	20	2	2	0	5	0		8	9	0		1		1	.208	.000	.271	271	26			-	-
18	Johnny Barrett	of	-	30	-	MLB	32	71	7	12	3	0	0	6	1		8	11	0		0		0	.169	.000	.211	211	15			-	-
21	Fritz Ostermueller	p	-	38	-	MLB	28	64	7	21	3	0	0	2	0		5	8	1		5		3	.328	.000	.375	375	24			-	-
23	Frank Colman	of-1b	-	28	-	MLB	26	53	3	9	3	0	1	6	0		2	7	1		0		0	.170	.000	.283	283	15			-	-
22	Nick Strincevich	p	-	31	-	MLB	32	52	5	8	0	2	0	3	0		6	20	0		4		2	.154	.000	.231	231	12			-	-
30	Rip Sewell	p	-	39	-	MLB	26	50	4	9	2	0	0	1	1		4	12	0		2		4	.180	.000	.220	220	11			-	-
46	Ed Bahr	p	-	26	-	MLB	29	45	2	8	0	1	0	5	0		0	10	0		1		0	.178	.000	.222	222	10			-	-
20	Ken Heintzelman	p	-	30	-	MLB	32	44	4	6	0	0	0	3	0		5	12	0		6		4	.136	.000	.136	136	6			-	-
39	Jack Hallett	p	-	31	-	MLB	35	26	0	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	4	0		2		0	.231	.000	.269	269	7			-	-
45	Ken Gables	p	-	27	-	MLB	32	24	2	6	3	0	0	1	0		1	5	0		2		1	.250	.000	.375	375	9			-	-
25	Johnny Lanning	p	-	35	-	MLB	27	21	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	0		3		1	.143	.000	.190	190	4			-	-
28	Vinnie Smith	c	-	30	-	MLB	7	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	0		0		1	.190	.000	.190	190	4			-	-
40	Al Gerheauser	p	-	29	-	MLB	36	21	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		0	11	0		0		0	.333	.000	.429	429	9			-	-
14	Frankie Zak	ss	-	24	-	MLB	21	20	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0		1		0	.200	.000	.200	200	4			-	-
29	Preacher Roe	p	-	31	-	MLB	21	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	0		0		0	.067	.000	.067	67	1			-	-
24	Ed Albosta	p	-	27	-	MLB	17	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0		0		1	.125	.000	.125	125	1			-	-
11	Lee Howard	p	-	22	-	MLB	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
31	Roy Jarvis	c	-	20	-	MLB	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
27	Junior Walsh	p	-	27	-	MLB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
49	Ben Guintini	of	-	26	-	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
26	Hank Gornicki	p	-	35	-	MLB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
11,47	Al Tate	p	-	27	-	MLB	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.333	.000	.333	333	1			-	-
5	Pete Coscarart	2b-ss	-	33	-	MLB	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.500	.000	1.000	1000	2			-	-
17	Vic Barnhart	ss	-	23	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
37	Alf Anderson	ss	-	32	-	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0		0		1	.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
21	Fritz Ostermueller	16	38	-	MLB	13	10	2.84	27	25	16	2	2	0	193.1	193	70	61	5	56	57	1	0	1.29	8.98	0.23	2.61	2.65	0.98	--	--
22	Nick Strincevich	18	31	-	MLB	10	15	3.58	32	22	11	3	4	1	176.0	185	77	70	7	44	49	1	0	1.30	9.46	0.36	2.25	2.51	0.90	--	--
20	Ken Heintzelman	30	30	-	MLB	8	12	3.77	32	24	6	2	4	1	157.2	165	84	66	7	86	57	4	0	1.59	9.42	0.40	4.91	3.25	1.51	--	--
30	Rip Sewell	37	39	-	MLB	8	12	3.68	25	20	11	2	2	0	149.1	140	68	61	6	53	33	2	0	1.29	8.44	0.36	3.19	1.99	1.61	--	--
46	Ed Bahr	-	26	-	MLB	8	6	2.63	27	14	7	0	7	0	136.2	128	57	40	8	52	44	2	0	1.32	8.43	0.53	3.42	2.90	1.18	--	--
39	Jack Hallett	44	31	-	MLB	5	7	3.29	35	9	3	1	12	0	115.0	107	48	42	0	39	64	2	0	1.27	8.37	0.00	3.05	5.01	0.61	--	--
45	Ken Gables	-	27	-	MLB	2	4	5.27	32	7	0	0	10	1	100.2	113	64	59	3	52	39	0	0	1.64	10.10	0.27	4.65	3.49	1.33	--	--
25	Johnny Lanning	48	35	-	MLB	4	5	3.07	27	9	3	0	12	1	91.0	97	36	31	3	31	16	2	0	1.41	9.59	0.30	3.07	1.58	1.94	--	--
40	Al Gerheauser	38	29	-	MLB	2	2	3.97	35	3	1	0	18	0	81.2	92	42	36	2	25	32	1	0	1.43	10.14	0.22	2.76	3.53	0.78	--	--
29	Preacher Roe	57	31	-	MLB	3	8	5.14	21	10	1	0	8	2	70.0	83	50	40	5	25	28	0	0	1.54	10.67	0.64	3.21	3.60	0.89	--	--
24	Ed Albosta	-	27	-	MLB	0	6	6.13	17	6	0	0	3	0	39.2	41	34	27	3	35	19	1	0	1.92	9.30	0.68	7.94	4.31	1.84	--	--
11	Lee Howard	-	22	-	MLB	0	1	2.03	3	2	1	0	1	0	13.1	14	3	3	0	9	6	0	0	1.73	9.45	0.00	6.08	4.05	1.50	--	--
26	Hank Gornicki	-	35	-	MLB	0	0	3.55	7	0	0	0	4	0	12.2	12	10	5	0	11	4	0	0	1.82	8.53	0.00	7.82	2.84	2.75	--	--
27	Junior Walsh	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	5.23	4	2	0	0	2	0	10.1	9	6	6	0	10	2	0	0	1.84	7.84	0.00	8.71	1.74	5.00	--	--
11,47	Al Tate	-	27	-	MLB	0	1	5.00	2	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	8	5	5	0	7	2	0	0	1.67	8.00	0.00	7.00	2.00	3.50	--	--
31	Lefty Wilkie	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	10.57	7	0	0	0	4	0	7.2	13	9	9	0	3	3	0	0	2.09	15.26	0.00	3.52	3.52	1.00	--	--
42	Jim Hopper	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	11.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	1	2	0	2.25	13.50	2.25	6.75	2.25	3.00	--	--
47	Bill Clemensen	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--
Totals: (40 players)						63	91	3.72	154	154	61	10	93	6	1,370	1406	668	566	60	541	458	18	0	1.38	9.24	0.33	3.55	3.01	1.18	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Lopez	C	56		173	30	3	4	.985	0.00
Bill Salkeld	C	51		176	31	6	3	.972	0.00
Bill Baker	C	41		95	14	4	2	.965	0.00
Hank Camelli	C	39		117	18	4	2	.971	0.00
Vinnie Smith	C	7		25	4	1	0	.967	0.00
Roy Jarvis	C	1		4	0	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Elbie Fletcher	1B	147		1356	106	8	97	.995	0.00
Jim Russell	1B	5		43	2	1	6	.978	0.00
Frank Colman	1B	2		16	2	1	2	.947	0.00
Maurice Van Robays	1B	2		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bill Baker	1B	1		2	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Gustine	2B	113		290	328	21	61	.967	0.00
Burgess Whitehead	2B	30		66	64	5	14	.963	0.00
Jimmy Brown	2B	21		55	69	4	12	.969	0.00
Lee Handley	2B	3		9	2	2	0	.846	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lee Handley	3B	102		107	237	15	13	.958	0.00
Bob Elliott	3B	43		44	82	6	5	.955	0.00
Jimmy Brown	3B	9		15	11	6	1	.812	0.00
Frankie Gustine	3B	7		9	19	1	1	.966	0.00
Burgess Whitehead	3B	4		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chuck Workman	3B	1		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Cox	SS	114		235	323	39	59	.935	0.00
Jimmy Brown	SS	30		57	88	6	15	.960	0.00
Frankie Gustine	SS	13		20	40	2	8	.968	0.00
Frankie Zak	SS	10		13	26	3	5	.929	0.00
Pete Coscarart	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Burgess Whitehead	SS	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ralph Kiner	OF	140		339	6	11	2	.969	0.00
Jim Russell	OF	134		308	7	11	1	.966	0.00
Bob Elliott	OF	92		188	8	1	5	.995	0.00
Chuck Workman	OF	40		110	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Maurice Van Robays	OF	37		62	1	3	0	.955	0.00
Al Gionfriddo	OF	33		49	2	3	0	.944	0.00
Johnny Barrett	OF	21		33	1	3	1	.919	0.00
Frank Colman	OF	8		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Al Gerheauser	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ben Guintini	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Gerheauser	P	35	81	3	21	0	2	1.000	2.66
Jack Hallett	P	35	115	8	20	0	1	1.000	2.19
Ken Gables	P	32	100	3	12	1	0	.937	1.35
Ken Heintzelman	P	32	157	7	39	0	3	1.000	2.63
Nick Strincevich	P	32	176	14	25	1	0	.975	1.99
Ed Bahr	P	27	136	8	28	5	2	.878	2.38
Johnny Lanning	P	27	91	5	22	0	1	1.000	2.67
Fritz Ostermueller	P	27	193	9	33	1	0	.977	1.96
Rip Sewell	P	25	149	8	26	2	1	.944	2.05
Preacher Roe	P	21	70	4	13	1	1	.944	2.19
Ed Albosta	P	17	39	2	7	0	1	1.000	2.07
Hank Gornicki	P	7	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.48
Lefty Wilkie	P	7	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.25
Junior Walsh	P	4	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.78
Lee Howard	P	3	13	0	2	1	1	.667	1.37
Jim Hopper	P	2	4	0	1	0	1	1.000	2.25
Al Tate	P	2	9	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00
Bill Clemensen	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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