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1947 Pittsburgh Pirates (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 62-92, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 744 runs, Allowed 817 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-84 Managed by Billy Herman and Bill Burwell Ballpark: Forbes Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,283,531 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102   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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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   Dixie Howell        27   76  214   23   59  11  0   4   25  27   34  .276  .357  .383   1       2   0   4           94
1B  Hank Greenberg      36  125  402   71  100  13  2  25   74 104   73  .249  .408  .478   0      16   4   0          132
2B  Jimmy Bloodworth    29   88  316   27   79   9  0   7   48  16   39  .250  .290  .345   1       9   2   1           66
3B  Frankie Gustine     27  156  616  102  183  30  6   9   67  63   65  .297  .364  .409   5      15   2  10          102
SS  Billy Cox           27  132  529   75  145  30  7  15   54  29   28  .274  .313  .442   5       5   1   2           96
OF  Ralph Kiner         24  152  565  118  177  23  4  51  127  98   81  .313  .417  .639   1      12   2   1          173
OF #Jim Russell         28  128  478   68  121  21  8   8   51  63   58  .253  .343  .381   7      12   2   5           89
OF  Wally Westlake      26  112  407   59  111  17  4  17   69  27   63  .273  .324  .459   5      16   4   5          103
   *Culley Rikard       33  109  324   57   93  16  4   4   32  50   39  .287  .384  .398   1       9   1   1          105
    Clyde Kluttz        29   73  232   26   70   9  2   6   42  17   18  .302  .355  .435   1       2   2   4          106
    Eddie Basinski      24   56  161   15   32   6  2   4   17  18   27  .199  .279  .335   0       5   0   3           61
   *Elbie Fletcher      31   69  157   22   38   9  1   1   22  29   24  .242  .364  .331   2       5   1   0           83
   #Whitey Wietelmann   28   48  128   21   30   4  1   1    7  12   10  .234  .300  .305   0       6   0   0           59
   *Gene Woodling       24   22   79    7   21   2  2   0   10   7    5  .266  .326  .342   0       1   0   1           75
   *Bill Salkeld        30   47   61    5   13   2  0   0    8   6    8  .213  .284  .246   0       2   0   1           40
   *Billy Sullivan      36   38   55    1   14   3  0   0    8   6    3  .255  .328  .309   1       1   0   0           68
    Pete Castiglione    26   13   50    6   14   0  0   0    1   2    5  .280  .308  .280   0       0   0   0           55
    Billy Herman        37   15   47    3   10   4  0   0    6   2    7  .213  .245  .298   0       3   0   0           42
    Roy Jarvis          21   18   45    4    7   1  0   1    4   6    5  .156  .255  .244   0       1   0   0           32
    Gene Mauch          21   16   30    8    9   0  0   0    1   7    6  .300  .432  .300   0       0   0   0           95
   *Al Gionfriddo       25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100

    Kirby Higbe         32   46   72    6   10   2  0   1    4   2   11  .139  .162  .208   0       2   0   6           -3
   *Fritz Ostermueller  39   26   64    6   12   1  0   0    5   4   12  .188  .235  .203   0       2   0   6           16
    Tiny Bonham         33   33   45    4    7   1  0   0    4   3    5  .156  .224  .178   0       2   1   6            7
    Preacher Roe        32   38   40    1    5   0  0   0    1   2   15  .125  .167  .125   0       0   0   4          -22
   *Rip Sewell          40   24   40    2    5   0  0   1    4   1    6  .125  .146  .200   0       3   0   0          -10
    Jim Bagby           30   37   32    3    7   2  0   0    3   0    3  .219  .242  .281   0       2   1   3           37
    Mel Queen           29   14   26    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    6  .077  .077  .077   0       1   0   1          -60
    Ed Bahr             27   21   23    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    8  .087  .087  .087   0       2   0   3          -54
    Nick Strincevich    32   32   21    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    3  .048  .130  .048   0       0   0   1          -52
    Elmer Singleton     29   41   13    1    4   0  1   0    2   0    4  .308  .308  .462   0       0   0   1           99
    Al Lyons            28   15   10    1    2   0  0   1    1   1    3  .200  .333  .500   0       0   1   0          116
    Roger Wolff         36   13    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    6  .000  .100  .000   0       0   0   0          -72
    Hank Behrman        26   10    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   1         -100
   *Steve Nagy          28    6    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0       0   0   0           32
    Hugh Mulcahy        33    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0       0   0   0           75
    Art Herring         41   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Ken Heintzelman     31    2    0    1    0   0  0   0    1   1    0       1.000         0       0   0   0             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  156 5307  744 1385 216 44 156  699 607  687  .261  .337  .406  30     136  24  70          103
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    4    5   7  6   2        3    1     5     4     2   5                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Kirby Higbe         32  46   3.72  11  17  5  30  12  10   1  225.0  204  108   93  22  110   99  975   6   3  0     114
SP *Fritz Ostermueller  39  26   3.84  12  10  0  24   0  12   3  183.0  181   94   78  18   68   66  789   5   1  0     110
SP *Preacher Roe        32  38   5.25   4  15  2  22   8   4   1  144.0  156   93   84  19   63   59  635   1   0  1      81
SP  Tiny Bonham         33  33   3.85  11   8  3  18  12   7   3  149.7  167   67   64  17   35   63  642   1   2  0     110
SP  Mel Queen           29  14   4.01   3   7  0  12   1   2   0   74.0   70   39   33   8   51   34  343   0   1  1     105
SP  Ed Bahr             27  19   4.59   3   5  0  11   4   1   0   82.3   82   45   42   5   43   25  360   0   3  0      92

RP  Elmer Singleton     29  36   6.31   2   2  1   3  14   0   0   67.0   70   49   47   9   39   24  309   5   2  0      67
RP  Jim Bagby           30  37   4.67   5   4  0   6  18   2   0  115.7  143   75   60  14   37   23  521   1   5  0      91
RP  Nick Strincevich    32  32   5.26   1   6  0   7  10   1   0   89.0  111   59   52   9   37   22  397   0   2  0      80
RP  Al Lyons            28  13   7.31   1   2  0   0   6   0   0   28.3   36   24   23   4   12   16  133   2   1  0      58

    Rip Sewell          40  24   3.57   6   4  0  12   8   4   1  121.0  121   58   48  11   36   36  504   1   3  0     118
    Roger Wolff         36  13   8.70   1   4  0   6   4   1   0   30.0   49   33   29   4   18    7  155   0   1  0      49
    Hank Behrman        26  10   9.12   0   2  0   2   3   0   0   24.7   33   26   25   6   17   11  116   0   2  0      46
   *Steve Nagy          28   6   5.79   1   3  0   1   1   0   0   14.0   18   10    9   1    9    4   68   2   0  0      73
    Art Herring         41  11   8.44   1   3  2   0   8   0   0   10.7   18   11   10   3    4    6   55   0   0  0      50
    Hugh Mulcahy        33   2   4.05   0   0  0   1   1   0   0    6.7    8    7    3   1    7    2   31   0   0  0     104
   *Ken Heintzelman     31   2  20.25   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    4.0    9   11    9   2    6    2   28   0   0  0      21
   *Lee Howard          23   2   3.38   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.7    4    1    1   1    0    2   12   0   0  0     125
    Cal McLish          21   1  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    2    2   0    0    0    6   0   1  0      24
   *Lou Tost            36   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    3    1    1   0    0    0    6   0   0  0      47
    Ken Gables          28   1  54.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.3    3    2    2   1    0    0    4   0   0  0       8
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 32.7 156   4.68  62  92 13 156 112  44   9 1374.0 1488  817  714 155  592  530 6089  24  27  2      90
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   7   1  6           8   5      3    8    8        8    6    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DHowell 74 272 30 8 2 .974 12 CKluttz 69 247 55 4 7 .987 4 RJarvis 15 50 8 2 1 .967 1 BSalkeld 15 29 4 1 0 .971 1 BSullivan 12 42 4 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 640 101 15 11 .980 18 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HGreenberg 119 983 79 9 85 .992 8.92 EFletcher 50 324 25 5 28 .986 6.98 BHerman 2 6 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 WWietelmann 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1320 107 14 113 .990 9.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .975 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBloodworth 87 222 206 9 56 .979 4.92 EBasinski 56 116 130 7 34 .972 4.39 WWietelmann 14 30 24 3 8 .947 3.86 BHerman 10 14 13 0 2 1.000 2.70 GMauch 6 13 13 1 0 .963 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 395 386 20 100 .975 5.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .947 2.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FGustine 156 193 330 31 35 .944 3.35 WWietelmann 6 1 5 1 0 .857 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 194 335 32 35 .943 3.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BCox 129 220 388 20 63 .968 4.71 WWietelmann 22 31 38 9 6 .885 3.14 PCastiglion 13 26 39 2 6 .970 5.00 GMauch 4 5 7 2 1 .857 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 282 472 33 76 .958 4.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.19 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RKiner 152 390 8 7 1 .983 2.62 152 0 0 JRussell 119 343 6 7 3 .980 2.93 1 102 19 WWestlake 109 239 8 3 0 .988 2.27 0 12 97 CRikard 79 177 2 4 0 .978 2.27 5 28 45 GWoodling 21 59 1 2 0 .968 2.86 1 20 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1208 25 23 4 .982 2.69 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .966 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KHigbe 46 9 23 1 0 .970 1.28 FOstermuell 26 9 25 0 4 1.000 1.67 TBonham 33 7 11 2 1 .900 1.08 PRoe 38 6 20 1 2 .963 1.62 RSewell 24 10 26 1 3 .973 2.68 JBagby 37 7 28 2 2 .946 2.72 NStrincevic 32 2 17 0 1 1.000 1.92 EBahr 19 2 12 1 1 .933 1.53 MQueen 14 5 7 1 1 .923 1.46 ESingleton 36 9 11 1 1 .952 2.69 RWolff 13 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 ALyons 13 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.18 HBehrman 10 1 1 2 0 .500 0.73 SNagy 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 AHerring 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 HMulcahy 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.37 KHeintzelma 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LHoward 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CMcLish 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 LTost 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 KGables 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 76 199 12 18 .958 1.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kiner .313 On-base % Kiner .417 Slugging % Kiner .639 OPS Kiner 1.056 Games Gustine 156 At Bats Gustine 616 Plate Appearances (approx.) Gustine 691 Runs Kiner 118 Hits Gustine 183 Total Bases Kiner 361 Doubles Cox and Gustine 30 Triples Russell 8 Home Runs Kiner 51 RBI Kiner 127 Bases on Balls Greenberg 104 Strikeouts Kiner 81 Stolen Bases Russell 7 Singles Gustine 138 Adjusted OPS+ Kiner 173 Runs Created Kiner 150 Adjusted Batting Runs Kiner 60 Batting Wins Kiner 5.7 Extra-Base Hits Kiner 78 Times on Base Kiner 277 Offensive Win% Kiner .801 Hit By Pitch Greenberg and Westlake 4 Sac. Hits Gustine 10 Grounded into Double Plays Greenberg and Westlake 16 Power/Speed Number Westlake 7.7 At Bats per Strikeout Cox 18.9 At Bats per Home Run Kiner 11.1 Outs Gustine 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Higbe 3.72 Wins Ostermueller 12 Won-Loss % Bonham .579 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Ostermueller 1.361 Hits Allowed/9IP Higbe 8.16 Bases on Balls/9IP Ostermueller 3.34 Strikeouts/9IP Higbe 3.96 Games Higbe 46 Saves Higbe 5 Innings Higbe 225.0 Strikeouts Higbe 99 Games Started Higbe 30 Comp. Games Ostermueller 12 Shutouts Bonham and Ostermueller 3 Home Runs Allow. Higbe 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Higbe 110 Hits Allowed Higbe 204 SO to Walk Ostermueller 0.97 Losses Higbe 17 Earned Runs Allow. Higbe 93 Wild Pitches Higbe 6 Hit Batsmen Bagby 5 Batters Faced Higbe 975 Games Finished Bagby 18 Adjusted ERA+ Higbe 114

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