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1944 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943/1945) 90-63, Finished 2nd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 744 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-68 Managed by Frankie Frisch Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 604,278 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 Stats (1943/1945) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Al Lopez            35  115  331   27   76  12  1   1   34  34   24  .230  .303  .281   4       7   1   5           62
1B  Babe Dahlgren       32  158  599   67  173  28  7  12  101  47   56  .289  .347  .419   2      20   6   7          111
2B  Pete Coscarart      31  139  554   89  146  30  4   4   42  41   57  .264  .315  .354  10      12   1  12           85
3B  Bob Elliott         27  143  538   85  160  28 16  10  108  75   42  .297  .383  .465   9       8   0   4          134
SS  Frankie Gustine     24  127  405   42   93  18  3   2   42  33   41  .230  .288  .304   8      14   0   8           64
OF #Jim Russell         25  152  580  109  181  34 14   8   66  79   63  .312  .399  .460   6       8   5   0          137
OF *Johnny Barrett      28  149  568   99  153  24 19   7   83  86   56  .269  .366  .415  28       6   1   6          116
OF  Vince DiMaggio      31  109  342   41   82  20  4   9   50  33   83  .240  .307  .401   6       6   0   4           95
   *Frank Colman        26   99  226   30   61   9  5   6   53  25   27  .270  .345  .434   0       5   1   0          115
    Al Rubeling         31   92  184   22   45   7  2   4   30  19   19  .245  .322  .370   4       3   2   2           91
    Frankie Zak         22   87  160   33   48   3  1   0   11  22   18  .300  .385  .331   6       2   0   4           99
    Tommy O'Brien       25   85  156   27   39   6  2   3   20  21   12  .250  .343  .372   1       7   1   0           98
    Hank Camelli        29   63  125   14   37   5  1   1   10  18   12  .296  .385  .376   0       6   0   3          111
    Spud Davis          39   54   93    6   28   7  0   2   14  10    8  .301  .369  .441   0       2   0   0          123
    Lee Handley         30   40   86    7   19   2  0   0    5   3    5  .221  .247  .244   1       6   0   4           36
   *Lloyd Waner         38   19   14    2    5   0  0   0    2   2    0  .357  .438  .357   0       0   0   0          122
   *Al Gionfriddo       22    4    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0       0   0   0           27
   *Bill Rodgers        21    2    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0       0   0   0           39
    Vic Barnhart        21    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .500  .667  .500   0       0   0   0          226
   *Hank Sweeney        28    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

   *Rip Sewell          37   44  112   10   25   4  1   1   12   2   19  .223  .237  .304   1       1   0   2           49
   *Fritz Ostermueller  36   29   80    7   20   2  0   0    6   2    6  .250  .268  .275   1       1   0   1           51
    Max Butcher         33   36   63    4   12   2  0   0    5   2    8  .190  .215  .222   0       3   0   5           21
    Nick Strincevich    29   40   57    4    9   2  0   0    4   2    7  .158  .186  .193   0       1   0   5            5
    Preacher Roe        29   39   53    4    7   0  0   0    1   3   23  .132  .179  .132   0       1   0   6          -13
   *Cookie Cuccurullo   26   36   38    4   14   4  0   0    4   2    3  .368  .400  .474   0       3   0   0          141
    Xavier Rescigno     31   48   22    4    2   0  0   0    0   4   11  .091  .231  .091   0       0   0   1           -8
    Ray Starr           38   27   22    4    3   1  0   0    3   6    9  .136  .321  .182   0       0   0   0           42
    Joe Vitelli         36    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Johnny Gee          28    4    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0       0   0   0          177
    Len Gilmore         26    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1  158 5428  744 1441 248 80  70  706 573  616  .265  .336  .379  87     122  18  79          104
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    2    3   4  1   5        1    1     3     2     2   1                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rip Sewell          37  38   3.18  21  12  2  33   4  24   3  286.0  263  112  101  15   99   87 1218   1   3  1     117
SP  Max Butcher         33  35   3.12  13  11  1  27   6  13   5  199.0  216   83   69   8   46   43  854   2   1  0     119
SP  Nick Strincevich    29  40   3.08  14   7  2  26   8  11   0  190.0  190   86   65   5   37   47  802   0   4  0     121
SP *Preacher Roe        29  39   3.11  13  11  1  25   8   7   1  185.3  182   82   64   7   59   88  793   1   2  0     120
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  36  28   2.73  11   7  1  24   2  14   1  204.7  201   79   62   7   65   80  859   5   1  0     136

CL  Xavier Rescigno     31  48   4.35  10   8  5   6  25   2   0  124.0  146   69   60   9   34   45  548   1   1  0      85
RP *Cookie Cuccurullo   26  32   4.06   2   1  4   4  14   0   0  106.3  110   65   48   5   44   31  463   0   3  0      92
RP  Ray Starr           38  27   5.02   6   5  3  12   6   5   0   89.7  116   60   50   6   36   25  413   1   1  0      74

   *Johnny Gee          28   4   7.15   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.3   20   10    9   0    5    3   59   1   0  0      52
    Len Gilmore         26   1   7.88   0   1  0   1   0   1   0    8.0   13    7    7   2    0    0   36   0   0  0      47
    Joe Vitelli         36   4   2.57   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    7.0    5    6    2   1    7    2   36   0   1  0     145
    Roy Wise            18   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.0    4    3    3   0    3    1   15   0   0  0      41
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 32.6 158   3.44  90  63 19 158  81  77  10 1414.0 1466  662  540  65  435  452 6096  12  17  1     108
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   2   7  2           3   6      2    6    4        4    2    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ALopez 115 372 52 7 6 .984 10 HCamelli 61 170 16 8 0 .959 1 SDavis 35 76 10 3 3 .966 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 158 618 78 18 9 .975 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDahlgren 158 1440 128 20 105 .987 9.92 FColman 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 HSweeney 1 9 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 1456 129 20 105 .988 10.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .963 5.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PCoscarart 136 371 389 26 71 .967 5.59 LHandley 19 39 32 4 7 .947 3.74 ARubeling 17 19 17 2 1 .947 2.12 FGustine 11 23 21 2 3 .957 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 452 459 34 82 .964 5.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BElliott 140 169 285 27 22 .944 3.24 ARubeling 16 18 38 0 5 1.000 3.50 LHandley 11 6 17 0 0 1.000 2.09 VDiMaggio 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 FGustine 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TO'Brien 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 194 343 27 27 .952 3.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .954 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 116 183 330 34 52 .938 4.42 FZak 67 93 162 14 24 .948 3.81 PCoscarart 4 6 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 LHandley 3 6 7 0 3 1.000 4.33 VBarnhart 1 2 6 1 0 .889 8.00 BElliott 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 290 507 49 79 .942 5.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JRussell 149 345 20 5 7 .986 2.45 139 6 4 JBarrett 147 373 12 11 4 .972 2.62 1 67 92 VDiMaggio 101 234 8 4 4 .984 2.40 0 101 0 FColman 53 102 4 4 0 .964 2.00 3 0 50 TO'Brien 48 50 5 2 1 .965 1.15 15 0 33 ARubeling 18 33 1 0 1 1.000 1.89 9 0 9 LWaner 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 1 6 0 PCoscarart 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 AGionfriddo 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 1 0 BRodgers 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 158 1149 50 26 17 .979 2.54 158 158 158 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .961 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSewell 38 21 49 4 1 .946 2.20 FOstermuell 28 6 36 1 1 .977 1.85 MButcher 35 12 51 2 3 .969 2.85 NStrincevic 40 19 60 2 2 .975 3.74 PRoe 39 11 27 2 0 .950 1.85 XRescigno 48 7 21 1 2 .966 2.03 CCuccurullo 32 9 23 2 2 .941 2.71 RStarr 27 1 16 1 0 .944 1.71 JGee 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 LGilmore 1 2 4 1 0 .857 6.75 JVitelli 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.86 RWise 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 158 89 291 17 11 .957 2.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Russell .312 On-base % Russell .399 Slugging % Elliott .465 OPS Russell .859 Games Dahlgren 158 At Bats Dahlgren 599 Plate Appearances (approx.) Russell 664 Runs Russell 109 Hits Russell 181 Total Bases Russell 267 Doubles Russell 34 Triples Barrett 19 Home Runs Dahlgren 12 RBI Elliott 108 Bases on Balls Barrett 86 Strikeouts DiMaggio 83 Stolen Bases Barrett 28 Singles Dahlgren 126 Adjusted OPS+ Russell 137 Runs Created Russell 105 Adjusted Batting Runs Russell 32 Batting Wins Russell 3.2 Extra-Base Hits Russell 56 Times on Base Russell 265 Offensive Win% Russell .714 Hit By Pitch Dahlgren 6 Sac. Hits Coscarart 12 Grounded into Double Plays Dahlgren 20 Power/Speed Number Barrett 11.2 At Bats per Strikeout Lopez 13.8 At Bats per Home Run DiMaggio 38.0 Outs Dahlgren 453

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Ostermueller 2.73 Wins Sewell 21 Won-Loss % Strincevich .667 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Strincevich 1.195 Hits Allowed/9IP Sewell 8.28 Bases on Balls/9IP Strincevich 1.75 Strikeouts/9IP Roe 4.27 Games Rescigno 48 Saves Rescigno 5 Innings Sewell 286.0 Strikeouts Roe 88 Games Started Sewell 33 Comp. Games Sewell 24 Shutouts Butcher 5 Home Runs Allow. Sewell 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Sewell 99 Hits Allowed Sewell 263 SO to Walk Roe 1.49 Losses Sewell 12 Earned Runs Allow. Sewell 101 Wild Pitches Ostermueller 5 Hit Batsmen Strincevich 4 Batters Faced Sewell 1218 Games Finished Rescigno 25 Adjusted ERA+ Ostermueller 136

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Vince DiMaggio
Bob Elliott (Starting 3B)
Rip Sewell
Frankie Zak

1943/1945

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