1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 604,278, Avg. 10,270
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (90-63)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1944 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 90-63
Finished 2nd in the NL
Attendance: 604,278, Avg. 10,270
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (90-63)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1944 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1944 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Pirates scored 744 runs and allowed 662 runs. Babe Dahlgren led Pittsburgh with 12 home runs Bob Elliott drove in 108 runs. Jim Russell paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .312 clip. Rip Sewell topped the squad with 21 wins, while Fritz Ostermueller earned a 2.73 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frankie Frisch coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Sewell | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.18 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 286.0 | 263 | 112 | 101 | 15 | 99 | 0 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1218 |
| Nick Strincevich | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.08 | 40 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 190.0 | 190 | 86 | 65 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 802 |
| Preacher Roe | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.11 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 185.3 | 182 | 82 | 64 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 793 |
| Max Butcher | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.12 | 35 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 199.0 | 216 | 83 | 69 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 854 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.73 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 204.7 | 201 | 79 | 62 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 859 |
| Xavier Rescigno | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.35 | 48 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 124.0 | 146 | 69 | 60 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 548 |
| Ray Starr | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.02 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 89.7 | 116 | 60 | 50 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 413 |
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.06 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106.3 | 110 | 65 | 48 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 463 |
| Joe Vitelli | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Johnny Gee | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | |
| Roy Wise | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Len Gilmore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Totals | 90 | 63 | .588 | 3.44 | 298 | 158 | 81 | 77 | 10 | 19 | 1414.3 | 1466 | 662 | 540 | 65 | 435 | 0 | 452 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 6096 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Russell | 152 | 664 | 580 | 109 | 181 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 79 | 63 | .312 | .399 | .460 | .859 | 267 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Dahlgren | 158 | 659 | 599 | 67 | 173 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 56 | .289 | .347 | .419 | .766 | 251 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Elliott | 143 | 617 | 538 | 85 | 160 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 108 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 42 | .297 | .383 | .465 | .848 | 250 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Barrett | 149 | 661 | 568 | 99 | 153 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 83 | 28 | 0 | 86 | 56 | .269 | .366 | .415 | .782 | 236 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Coscarart | 139 | 608 | 554 | 89 | 146 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 57 | .264 | .315 | .354 | .669 | 196 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Gustine | 127 | 446 | 405 | 42 | 93 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 41 | .230 | .288 | .304 | .591 | 123 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince DiMaggio | 109 | 379 | 342 | 41 | 82 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 83 | .240 | .307 | .401 | .707 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Lopez | 115 | 371 | 331 | 27 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 24 | .230 | .303 | .281 | .584 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Colman | 99 | 252 | 226 | 30 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | .270 | .345 | .434 | .779 | 98 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Zak | 87 | 186 | 160 | 33 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 18 | .300 | .385 | .331 | .716 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rubeling | 92 | 207 | 184 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 19 | .245 | .322 | .370 | .692 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Brien | 85 | 178 | 156 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | .250 | .343 | .372 | .714 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Camelli | 63 | 146 | 125 | 14 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | .296 | .385 | .376 | .761 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Davis | 54 | 103 | 93 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .301 | .369 | .441 | .810 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Sewell | 44 | 116 | 112 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .223 | .237 | .304 | .540 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 29 | 83 | 80 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .268 | .275 | .543 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Handley | 40 | 93 | 86 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .221 | .247 | .244 | .491 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 36 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .368 | .400 | .474 | .874 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Butcher | 36 | 70 | 63 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .190 | .215 | .222 | .438 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Strincevich | 40 | 64 | 57 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .158 | .186 | .193 | .379 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Preacher Roe | 39 | 62 | 53 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .132 | .179 | .132 | .311 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Waner | 19 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .357 | .795 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Starr | 27 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .136 | .321 | .182 | .503 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Rescigno | 48 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Barnhart | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gee | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Rodgers | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Gionfriddo | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Gilmore | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Sweeney | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Vitelli | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Wise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1949 | 6099 | 5429 | 743 | 1442 | 248 | 80 | 70 | 706 | 87 | 0 | 573 | 616 | .266 | .338 | .379 | .717 | 2060 | 122 | 18 | 79 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Sweeney | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Dahlgren | 1B | 158 | 0 | 0.0 | 1440 | 128 | 20 | 105 | .987 | 9.924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Colman | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | 2B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 2.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Handley | 2B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 7 | .947 | 3.737 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | 2B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Coscarart | 2B | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 371 | 389 | 26 | 71 | .967 | 5.588 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | 3B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy O'Brien | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Handley | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Elliott | 3B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 169 | 285 | 27 | 22 | .944 | 3.243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince DiMaggio | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Lopez | C | 115 | 0 | 0.0 | 372 | 52 | 7 | 6 | .984 | 3.687 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Davis | C | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .966 | 2.457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Camelli | C | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .959 | 3.049 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Waner | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Russell | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 345 | 20 | 5 | 7 | .986 | 2.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | OF | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Rodgers | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy O'Brien | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Gionfriddo | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince DiMaggio | OF | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .984 | 2.396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Coscarart | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Colman | OF | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .964 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Barrett | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 373 | 12 | 11 | 4 | .972 | 2.619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Wise | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Vitelli | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Strincevich | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 60 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 1.975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Starr | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Sewell | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 49 | 4 | 1 | .946 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preacher Roe | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .950 | .974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xavier Rescigno | P | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Ostermueller | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Gilmore | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gee | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Cuccurullo | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Butcher | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Zak | SS | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 93 | 162 | 14 | 24 | .948 | 3.806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Handley | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | SS | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 183 | 330 | 34 | 52 | .938 | 4.422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Elliott | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Coscarart | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Barnhart | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1745 | 0 | 0.0 | 4248 | 1857 | 191 | 330 | .970 | 3.499 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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