1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 604,694, Avg. 10,567
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (82-72)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1945 Pittsburgh Pirates RosterTeam Record: 82-72
Finished 4th in the NL
Attendance: 604,694, Avg. 10,567
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (82-72)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1945 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1945 season with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pirates scored 753 runs and yielded 686 runs. Johnny Barrett and Bill Salkeld led Pittsburgh with 15 home runs apiece. Bob Elliott drove in 108 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .290 clip. Nick Strincevich paced the team with 16 wins, while Preacher Roe recorded a 2.87 ERA, best 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Strincevich | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.31 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 228.3 | 235 | 94 | 84 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 966 |
| Preacher Roe | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.87 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 235.0 | 228 | 77 | 75 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 936 |
| Ken Gables | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.15 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 138.7 | 139 | 69 | 64 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 599 |
| Rip Sewell | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.07 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 188.0 | 212 | 116 | 85 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 863 |
| Max Butcher | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.03 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 169.3 | 184 | 76 | 57 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 728 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 54 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.57 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.7 | 74 | 45 | 41 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 360 |
| Al Gerheauser | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.91 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 140.3 | 170 | 72 | 61 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 629 |
| Xavier Rescigno | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.72 | 44 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 78.7 | 95 | 57 | 50 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 354 |
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.24 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.7 | 68 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 263 |
| Johnny Lanning | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Ray Starr | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Totals | 82 | 72 | .532 | 3.76 | 297 | 155 | 82 | 73 | 8 | 16 | 1387.3 | 1477 | 681 | 580 | 61 | 455 | 0 | 518 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 5993 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Elliott | 144 | 608 | 541 | 80 | 157 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 38 | .290 | .366 | .423 | .790 | 229 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Russell | 146 | 589 | 510 | 88 | 145 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 71 | 40 | .284 | .377 | .433 | .810 | 221 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Gustine | 128 | 523 | 478 | 67 | 134 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 33 | .280 | .335 | .370 | .705 | 177 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Dahlgren | 144 | 591 | 531 | 57 | 133 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 51 | .250 | .318 | .354 | .673 | 188 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Barrett | 142 | 594 | 507 | 97 | 130 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 67 | 25 | 0 | 79 | 68 | .256 | .357 | .418 | .775 | 212 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Gionfriddo | 122 | 476 | 409 | 74 | 116 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 60 | 22 | .284 | .377 | .386 | .763 | 158 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Coscarart | 123 | 455 | 392 | 59 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 55 | .242 | .341 | .357 | .699 | 140 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Handley | 98 | 340 | 312 | 39 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 16 | .298 | .340 | .372 | .712 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Salkeld | 95 | 317 | 267 | 45 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 16 | .311 | .420 | .547 | .966 | 146 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy O'Brien | 58 | 175 | 161 | 23 | 54 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .335 | .374 | .435 | .809 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Barnhart | 71 | 215 | 201 | 21 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .269 | .300 | .303 | .603 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Lopez | 91 | 280 | 243 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 12 | .218 | .317 | .251 | .568 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Saltzgaver | 52 | 126 | 117 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .325 | .368 | .419 | .787 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Colman | 77 | 162 | 153 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .209 | .253 | .373 | .626 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Sewell | 35 | 72 | 64 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .313 | .380 | .359 | .740 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Strincevich | 36 | 94 | 84 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .202 | .239 | .214 | .453 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Gerheauser | 32 | 50 | 48 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .250 | .280 | .375 | .655 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Butcher | 28 | 61 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .236 | .241 | .477 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 14 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .321 | .387 | .321 | .709 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Davis | 23 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .242 | .306 | .303 | .609 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preacher Roe | 33 | 89 | 75 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .107 | .173 | .120 | .293 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Waner | 23 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .263 | .300 | .263 | .563 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Zak | 15 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .143 | .226 | .214 | .440 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gables | 29 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .103 | .103 | .128 | .231 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 29 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Rescigno | 44 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .133 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 14 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Rodgers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Starr | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Camelli | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Vitelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Lanning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1854 | 6037 | 5343 | 753 | 1425 | 259 | 56 | 72 | 695 | 81 | 0 | 589 | 481 | .267 | .341 | .377 | .718 | 2012 | 122 | 17 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Dahlgren | 1B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 1373 | 93 | 6 | 115 | .996 | 1.181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Colman | 1B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 14 | 1 | 10 | .993 | 6.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Zak | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 2B | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 66 | 5 | 11 | .963 | 4.161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | 2B | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 69 | 75 | 6 | 11 | .960 | 4.966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Coscarart | 2B | 122 | 0 | 0.0 | 257 | 361 | 14 | 74 | .978 | 5.066 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lee Handley | 3B | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 183 | 15 | 13 | .947 | 3.392 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Elliott | 3B | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 178 | 21 | 18 | .928 | 3.358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Barnhart | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Salkeld | C | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 279 | 40 | 9 | 8 | .973 | 3.709 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Lopez | C | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | 326 | 38 | 3 | 7 | .992 | 4.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Davis | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Camelli | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Waner | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Russell | OF | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 313 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .973 | 2.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy O'Brien | OF | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Gionfriddo | OF | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .964 | 2.274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Elliott | OF | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Colman | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Barrett | OF | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 318 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .976 | 2.470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Strincevich | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.389 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Starr | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Sewell | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preacher Roe | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xavier Rescigno | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Ostermueller | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lanning | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Gerheauser | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 1.313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Gables | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Cuccurullo | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Butcher | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boom-Boom Beck | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Zak | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 3.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Gustine | SS | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 177 | 291 | 35 | 52 | .930 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Coscarart | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Barnhart | SS | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 166 | 21 | 31 | .928 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1677 | 0 | 0.0 | 4158 | 1830 | 178 | 370 | .971 | 3.571 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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