1947 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 62-92 .403
Result: 7th in National League
Manager(s): Billy Herman, Bill Burwell
General Manager:
Stadium: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,283,531
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Art Herring (41)
Youngest Player: Roy Jarvis (21)
Longest Tenure: Rip Sewell (10)
Top Hitter: Ralph Kiner (1)
Top Pitcher: Kirby Higbe (9)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 58.03%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Brooklyn	94	60	.610	--
St. Louis	89	65	.578	5.0
Boston	86	68	.558	8.0
NY Giants	81	73	.526	13.0
Cincinnati	73	81	.474	21.0
Chi Cubs	69	85	.448	25.0
Philadelphia	62	92	.403	32.0
Pittsburgh	62	92	.403	32.0

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
16	Frankie Gustine	2b-3b	10	27	-	MLB	156	616	102	183	30	6	9	67	5		63	65	2		10		15	.297	.000	.409	409	252			-	-
4	Ralph Kiner	of	1	24	-	MLB	152	565	118	177	23	4	51	127	1		98	81	2		1		12	.313	.000	.639	639	361			-	-
6	Billy Cox	3b-ss	30	27	-	MLB	132	529	75	145	30	7	15	54	5		29	28	1		2		5	.274	.000	.442	442	234			-	-
17	Jim Russell	of	37	28	-	MLB	128	478	68	121	21	8	8	51	7		63	58	2		5		12	.253	.000	.381	381	182			-	-
15	Wally Westlake	of	44	26	-	MLB	112	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5		27	63	4		5		16	.273	.000	.459	459	187			-	-
5	Hank Greenberg	1b-of	13	36	-	MLB	125	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0		104	73	4		0		16	.249	.000	.478	478	192			-	-
12	Culley Rikard	of	-	33	-	MLB	109	324	57	93	16	4	4	32	1		50	39	1		1		9	.287	.000	.398	398	129			-	-
2,19	Jimmy Bloodworth	2b	-	29	-	MLB	88	316	27	79	9	0	7	48	1		16	39	2		1		9	.250	.000	.345	345	109			-	-
10	Clyde Kluttz	c	-	29	-	MLB	73	232	26	70	9	2	6	42	1		17	18	2		4		2	.302	.000	.435	435	101			-	-
1	Dixie Howell	c	-	27	-	MLB	76	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1		27	34	0		4		2	.276	.000	.383	383	82			-	-
8	Eddie Basinski	ss-2b	-	24	-	MLB	56	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0		18	27	0		3		5	.199	.000	.335	335	54			-	-
3	Elbie Fletcher	1b	-	31	-	MLB	69	157	22	38	9	1	1	22	2		29	24	1		0		5	.242	.000	.331	331	52			-	-
7	Whitey Wietelmann	ss-2b	-	28	-	MLB	48	128	21	30	4	1	1	7	0		12	10	0		0		6	.234	.000	.305	305	39			-	-
14	Gene Woodling	of	-	24	-	MLB	22	79	7	21	2	2	0	10	0		7	5	0		1		1	.266	.000	.342	342	27			-	-
13	Kirby Higbe	p	-	32	-	MLB	46	72	6	10	2	0	1	4	0		2	11	0		6		2	.139	.000	.208	208	15			-	-
21	Fritz Ostermueller	p	-	39	-	MLB	26	64	6	12	1	0	0	5	0		4	12	0		6		2	.187	.000	.203	203	13			-	-
1,2	Bill Salkeld	c	-	30	-	MLB	47	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	0		6	8	0		1		2	.213	.000	.246	246	15			-	-
14,42	Billy Sullivan	c-1b	-	36	-	MLB	38	55	1	14	3	0	0	8	1		6	3	0		0		1	.255	.000	.309	309	17			-	-
9	Pete Castiglione	3b-ss	-	26	-	MLB	13	50	6	14	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	0		0		0	.280	.000	.280	280	14			-	-
11	Billy Herman	2b	-	37	-	MLB	15	47	3	10	4	0	0	6	0		2	7	0		0		3	.213	.000	.298	298	14			-	-
31	Roy Jarvis	c	-	21	-	MLB	18	45	4	7	1	0	1	4	0		6	5	0		0		1	.156	.000	.244	244	11			-	-
35	Tiny Bonham	p	-	33	-	MLB	33	45	4	7	1	0	0	4	0		3	5	1		6		2	.156	.000	.178	178	8			-	-
29	Preacher Roe	p	-	32	-	MLB	38	40	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2	15	0		4		0	.125	.000	.125	125	5			-	-
30	Rip Sewell	p	-	40	-	MLB	24	40	2	5	0	0	1	4	0		1	6	0		0		3	.125	.000	.200	200	8			-	-
36	Jim Bagby	p	-	30	-	MLB	37	32	3	7	2	0	0	3	0		0	3	1		3		2	.219	.000	.281	281	9			-	-
19,42	Gene Mauch	2b-ss	-	21	-	MLB	16	30	8	9	0	0	0	1	0		7	6	0		0		0	.300	.000	.300	300	9			-	-
23	Mel Queen	p	-	29	-	MLB	14	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	0		1		1	.077	.000	.077	77	2			-	-
24	Ed Bahr	p	-	27	-	MLB	21	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	0		3		2	.087	.000	.087	87	2			-	-
22	Nick Strincevich	p	-	32	-	MLB	32	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	0		1		0	.048	.000	.048	48	1			-	-
26	Elmer Singleton	p	-	29	-	MLB	41	13	1	4	0	1	0	2	0		0	4	0		1		0	.308	.000	.462	462	6			-	-
2	Al Lyons	p	-	28	-	MLB	15	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1	3	1		0		0	.200	.000	.500	500	5			-	-
32	Roger Wolff	p	-	36	-	MLB	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
18	Hank Behrman	p	-	26	-	MLB	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0		1		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
28	Steve Nagy	p	-	28	-	MLB	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
19	Hugh Mulcahy	p	-	33	-	MLB	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.333	.000	.333	333	1			-	-
27	Art Herring	p	-	41	-	MLB	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
18	Al Gionfriddo	of	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
20	Ken Heintzelman	p	-	31	-	MLB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	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
13	Kirby Higbe	9	32	-	MLB	11	17	3.72	46	30	10	1	12	5	225.0	204	108	93	22	110	99	6	0	1.40	8.16	0.88	4.40	3.96	1.11	--	--
21	Fritz Ostermueller	20	39	-	MLB	12	10	3.84	26	24	12	3	0	0	183.0	181	94	78	18	68	66	5	0	1.36	8.90	0.89	3.34	3.25	1.03	--	--
35	Tiny Bonham	31	33	-	MLB	11	8	3.85	33	18	7	3	12	3	149.2	167	67	64	17	35	63	1	0	1.35	10.04	1.02	2.10	3.79	0.56	--	--
29	Preacher Roe	32	32	-	MLB	4	15	5.25	38	22	4	1	8	2	144.0	156	93	84	19	63	59	1	1	1.52	9.75	1.19	3.94	3.69	1.07	--	--
30	Rip Sewell	-	40	-	MLB	6	4	3.57	24	12	4	1	8	0	121.0	121	58	48	11	36	36	1	0	1.30	9.00	0.82	2.68	2.68	1.00	--	--
36	Jim Bagby	39	30	-	MLB	5	4	4.67	37	6	2	0	18	0	115.2	143	75	60	14	37	23	1	0	1.56	11.13	1.09	2.88	1.79	1.61	--	--
22	Nick Strincevich	-	32	-	MLB	1	6	5.26	32	7	1	0	10	0	89.0	111	59	52	9	37	22	0	0	1.66	11.22	0.91	3.74	2.22	1.68	--	--
24	Ed Bahr	-	27	-	MLB	3	5	4.59	19	11	1	0	4	0	82.1	82	45	42	5	43	25	0	0	1.52	8.96	0.55	4.70	2.73	1.72	--	--
23	Mel Queen	-	29	-	MLB	3	7	4.01	14	12	2	0	1	0	74.0	70	39	33	8	51	34	0	1	1.64	8.51	0.97	6.20	4.14	1.50	--	--
26	Elmer Singleton	48	29	-	MLB	2	2	6.31	36	3	0	0	14	1	67.0	70	49	47	9	39	24	5	0	1.63	9.40	1.21	5.24	3.22	1.63	--	--
32	Roger Wolff	-	36	-	MLB	1	4	8.70	13	6	1	0	4	0	30.0	49	33	29	4	18	7	0	0	2.23	14.70	1.20	5.40	2.10	2.57	--	--
2	Al Lyons	-	28	-	MLB	1	2	7.31	13	0	0	0	6	0	28.1	36	24	23	4	12	16	2	0	1.69	11.44	1.27	3.81	5.08	0.75	--	--
18	Hank Behrman	24	26	-	MLB	0	2	9.12	10	2	0	0	3	0	24.2	33	26	25	6	17	11	0	0	2.03	12.04	2.19	6.20	4.01	1.55	--	--
28	Steve Nagy	-	28	-	MLB	1	3	5.79	6	1	0	0	1	0	14.0	18	10	9	1	9	4	2	0	1.93	11.57	0.64	5.79	2.57	2.25	--	--
27	Art Herring	53	41	-	MLB	1	3	8.44	11	0	0	0	8	2	10.2	18	11	10	3	4	6	0	0	2.06	15.19	2.53	3.37	5.06	0.67	--	--
19	Hugh Mulcahy	-	33	-	MLB	0	0	4.05	2	1	0	0	1	0	6.2	8	7	3	1	7	2	0	0	2.25	10.80	1.35	9.45	2.70	3.50	--	--
20	Ken Heintzelman	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	20.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	11	9	2	6	2	0	0	3.75	20.25	4.50	13.50	4.50	3.00	--	--
-	Lee Howard	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	3.37	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.50	13.50	3.37	0.00	6.75	0.00	--	--
28,40	Cal McLish	-	21	-	MLB	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
23	Lou Tost	-	36	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
25	Ken Gables	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	81.00	27.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (38 players)						62	92	4.68	154	154	44	9	110	13	1,374	1488	815	715	156	592	501	24	2	1.45	9.75	1.02	3.88	3.28	1.18	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dixie Howell	C	74		272	30	8	2	.974	0.00
Clyde Kluttz	C	69		247	55	4	7	.987	0.00
Roy Jarvis	C	15		50	8	2	1	.967	0.00
Bill Salkeld	C	15		29	4	1	0	.971	0.00
Billy Sullivan	C	12		42	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Greenberg	1B	119		983	79	9	85	.992	0.00
Elbie Fletcher	1B	50		324	25	5	28	.986	0.00
Billy Herman	1B	2		6	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Whitey Wietelmann	1B	1		7	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	87		222	206	9	56	.979	0.00
Eddie Basinski	2B	56		116	130	7	34	.972	0.00
Whitey Wietelmann	2B	14		30	24	3	8	.947	0.00
Billy Herman	2B	10		14	13	0	2	1.000	0.00
Gene Mauch	2B	6		13	13	1	0	.963	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Gustine	3B	156		193	330	31	35	.944	0.00
Whitey Wietelmann	3B	6		1	5	1	0	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Cox	SS	129		220	388	20	63	.968	0.00
Whitey Wietelmann	SS	22		31	38	9	6	.885	0.00
Pete Castiglione	SS	13		26	39	2	6	.970	0.00
Gene Mauch	SS	4		5	7	2	1	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ralph Kiner	OF	152		390	8	7	1	.983	0.00
Jim Russell	OF	119		343	6	7	3	.980	0.00
Wally Westlake	OF	109		239	8	3	0	.988	0.00
Culley Rikard	OF	79		177	2	4	0	.978	0.00
Gene Woodling	OF	21		59	1	2	0	.968	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kirby Higbe	P	46	225	9	23	1	0	.970	1.28
Preacher Roe	P	38	144	6	20	1	2	.963	1.63
Jim Bagby	P	37	115	7	28	2	2	.946	2.73
Elmer Singleton	P	36	67	9	11	1	1	.952	2.69
Tiny Bonham	P	33	149	7	11	2	1	.900	1.09
Nick Strincevich	P	32	89	2	17	0	1	1.000	1.92
Fritz Ostermueller	P	26	183	9	25	0	4	1.000	1.67
Rip Sewell	P	24	121	10	26	1	3	.973	2.68
Ed Bahr	P	19	82	2	12	1	1	.933	1.53
Mel Queen	P	14	74	5	7	1	1	.923	1.46
Al Lyons	P	13	28	2	8	0	1	1.000	3.20
Roger Wolff	P	13	30	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.50
Art Herring	P	11	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.88
Hank Behrman	P	10	24	1	1	2	0	.500	0.74
Steve Nagy	P	6	14	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.57
Ken Heintzelman	P	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Lee Howard	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Hugh Mulcahy	P	2	6	1	3	0	1	1.000	5.81
Ken Gables	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Cal McLish	P	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	18.00
Lou Tost	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00

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