1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 63-91
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 749,962, Avg. 11,896
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Frankie Frisch (62-89)
Manager: Virgil Davis (1-2)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1946 season with a record of 63 wins and 91 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Pirates scored 552 runs and conceded 668 runs. Ralph Kiner led Pittsburgh with 23 home runs and drove in 81 runs. Jim Russell paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .277 clip. Fritz Ostermueller topped the squad with 13 wins, while Ed Bahr earned a 2.63 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Frankie Frisch and Virgil Davis 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	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Fritz Ostermueller	13	10	.565	2.84	27	25	2	16	2	0	193.3	193	70	61	5	56	57	3	1	810
Nick Strincevich	10	15	.400	3.58	32	22	4	11	3	1	176.0	185	77	70	7	44	49	4	1	745
Ed Bahr	8	6	.571	2.63	27	14	7	7	0	0	136.7	128	57	40	8	52	44	5	2	577
Rip Sewell	8	12	.400	3.68	25	20	2	11	2	0	149.3	140	68	61	6	53	33	1	2	641
Ken Heintzelman	8	12	.400	3.77	32	24	4	6	2	1	157.7	165	84	66	7	86	57	0	4	708
Jack Hallett	5	7	.417	3.29	35	9	12	3	1	0	115.0	107	48	42	0	39	64	0	2	446
Johnny Lanning	4	5	.444	3.07	27	9	12	3	0	1	91.0	97	36	31	3	31	16	1	2	400
Preacher Roe	3	8	.273	5.14	21	10	8	1	0	2	70.0	83	50	40	5	25	28	2	0	315
Al Gerheauser	2	2	.500	3.97	35	3	18	1	0	0	81.7	92	42	36	2	25	32	1	1	356
Ken Gables	2	4	.333	5.27	32	7	10	0	0	1	100.7	113	64	59	3	52	39	1	0	463
Bill Clemensen	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6
Hank Gornicki	0	0		3.55	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.7	12	10	5	0	11	4	0	0	62
Aldon Wilkie	0	0		10.57	7	0	4	0	0	0	7.7	13	9	9	0	3	3	0	0	37
Lee Howard	0	1	.000	2.03	3	2	1	1	0	0	13.3	14	3	3	0	9	6	0	0	61
Al Tate	0	1	.000	5.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	8	5	5	0	7	2	0	0	39
Junior Walsh	0	1	.000	5.23	4	2	2	0	0	0	10.3	9	6	6	0	10	2	1	0	49
Jim Hopper	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	1	3	1	0	2	22
Ed Albosta	0	6	.000	6.13	17	6	3	0	0	0	39.7	41	34	27	3	35	19	1	1	195
Totals	63	91	.409	3.72	336	155	94	61	10	6	1370.0	1406	668	566	50	541	458	20	18	5932

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Jim Russell	146	591	516	68	143	29	6	8	50	11	67	54	.277	.362	.403	.765	208	11	2	6
Elbie Fletcher	148	651	532	72	136	25	8	4	66	4	111	37	.256	.384	.355	.739	189	7	0	8
Bob Elliott	140	559	486	50	128	25	3	5	68	6	64	44	.263	.351	.358	.709	174	15	2	7
Frankie Gustine	131	548	495	60	128	23	6	8	52	2	40	52	.259	.318	.378	.696	187	13	3	10
Ralph Kiner	144	579	502	63	124	17	3	23	81	3	74	109	.247	.345	.430	.775	216	15	1	2
Billy Cox	121	448	411	32	119	22	6	2	36	4	26	15	.290	.333	.387	.720	159	4	1	10
Lee Handley	116	456	416	43	99	8	7	1	28	4	29	20	.238	.289	.298	.587	124	10	1	10
Jimmy Brown	79	263	241	23	58	6	0	0	12	3	18	5	.241	.293	.266	.559	64	8	0	4
Bill Salkeld	69	200	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2	39	16	.294	.432	.400	.832	64	1	0	1
Al Lopez	56	177	150	13	46	2	0	1	12	1	23	14	.307	.399	.340	.739	51	6	0	4
Chuck Workman	58	161	145	11	32	4	1	2	16	2	11	19	.221	.280	.303	.584	44	3	1	4
Maurice Van Robays	59	162	146	14	31	5	3	1	12	0	11	15	.212	.272	.308	.580	45	6	1	4
Burgess Whitehead	55	136	127	10	28	1	2	0	5	3	6	6	.220	.261	.260	.521	33	3	1	2
Bill Baker	53	127	113	7	27	4	0	1	8	0	12	6	.239	.312	.301	.613	34	3	0	2
Al Gionfriddo	64	116	102	11	26	2	2	0	10	1	14	5	.255	.345	.314	.659	32	1	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	28	75	64	7	21	3	0	0	2	0	5	8	.328	.386	.375	.761	24	3	1	5
Hank Camelli	42	105	96	8	20	2	2	0	5	0	8	9	.208	.269	.271	.540	26	1	0	1
Johnny Barrett	32	79	71	7	12	3	0	0	6	1	8	11	.169	.253	.211	.464	15	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	26	56	50	4	9	2	0	0	1	1	4	12	.180	.241	.220	.461	11	4	0	2
Frank Colman	26	56	53	3	9	3	0	1	6	0	2	7	.170	.214	.283	.497	15	0	1	0
Ed Bahr	29	46	45	2	8	0	1	0	5	0	0	10	.178	.178	.222	.400	10	0	0	1
Nick Strincevich	32	62	52	5	8	0	2	0	3	0	6	20	.154	.241	.231	.472	12	2	0	4
Al Gerheauser	36	21	21	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	11	.333	.333	.429	.762	9	0	0	0
Ken Gables	32	27	24	2	6	3	0	0	1	0	1	5	.250	.280	.375	.655	9	1	0	2
Jack Hallett	35	28	26	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.269	.500	7	0	0	2
Ken Heintzelman	32	55	44	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	5	12	.136	.224	.136	.361	6	4	0	6
Frankie Zak	21	22	20	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	4	0	0	1
Vinnie Smith	7	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.190	.227	.190	.418	4	1	0	0
Johnny Lanning	27	25	21	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.182	.190	.372	4	1	0	3
Pete Coscarart	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0
Al Tate	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Roy Jarvis	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0
Ed Albosta	17	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	1	0	0
Preacher Roe	21	18	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.067	.222	.067	.289	1	0	0	0
Ben Guintini	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hank Gornicki	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Junior Walsh	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lee Howard	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Alf Anderson	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1	0	0
Vic Barnhart	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Aldon Wilkie	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bill Clemensen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Jim Hopper	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1919	5907	5199	552	1300	202	52	60	508	48	592	555	.250	.328	.344	.672	1786	125	15	101

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Maurice Van Robays	1B	2	8	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	0
Jim Russell	1B	5	43	2	1	6	.978	9.000	0
Elbie Fletcher	1B	147	1356	106	8	97	.995	9.946	0
Frank Colman	1B	2	16	2	1	2	.947	9.000	0
Bill Baker	1B	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Burgess Whitehead	2B	30	66	64	5	14	.963	4.333	0
Lee Handley	2B	3	9	2	2	0	.846	3.667	0
Frankie Gustine	2B	113	290	328	21	61	.967	5.469	0
Jimmy Brown	2B	21	55	69	4	12	.969	5.905	0
Chuck Workman	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Burgess Whitehead	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Lee Handley	3B	102	107	237	15	13	.958	3.373	0
Frankie Gustine	3B	7	9	19	1	1	.966	4.000	0
Bob Elliott	3B	43	44	82	6	5	.955	2.930	0
Jimmy Brown	3B	9	15	11	6	1	.813	2.889	0
Vinnie Smith	C	7	25	4	1	0	.967	4.143	0
Bill Salkeld	C	51	176	31	6	3	.972	4.059	6
Al Lopez	C	56	173	30	3	4	.985	3.625	0
Roy Jarvis	C	1	4	0	1	0	.800	4.000	0
Hank Camelli	C	39	117	18	4	2	.971	3.462	0
Bill Baker	C	41	95	14	4	2	.965	2.659	4
Chuck Workman	OF	40	110	4	0	1	1.000	2.850	0
Maurice Van Robays	OF	37	62	1	3	0	.955	1.703	0
Jim Russell	OF	134	308	7	11	1	.966	2.351	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	140	339	6	11	2	.969	2.464	0
Ben Guintini	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Al Gionfriddo	OF	33	49	2	3	0	.944	1.545	0
Al Gerheauser	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Elliott	OF	92	188	8	1	5	.995	2.130	0
Frank Colman	OF	8	15	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Johnny Barrett	OF	21	33	1	3	1	.919	1.619	0
Aldon Wilkie	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143	0
Junior Walsh	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Al Tate	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Nick Strincevich	P	32	14	25	1	0	.975	1.219	0
Rip Sewell	P	25	8	26	2	1	.944	1.360	0
Preacher Roe	P	21	4	13	1	1	.944	.810	0
Fritz Ostermueller	P	27	9	33	1	0	.977	1.556	0
Johnny Lanning	P	27	5	22	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Lee Howard	P	3	0	2	1	1	.667	.667	0
Jim Hopper	P	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Ken Heintzelman	P	32	7	39	0	3	1.000	1.438	0
Jack Hallett	P	35	8	20	0	1	1.000	.800	0
Hank Gornicki	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286	0
Al Gerheauser	P	35	3	21	0	2	1.000	.686	0
Ken Gables	P	32	3	12	1	0	.938	.469	0
Bill Clemensen	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ed Bahr	P	27	8	28	5	2	.878	1.333	0
Ed Albosta	P	17	2	7	0	1	1.000	.529	0
Frankie Zak	SS	10	13	26	3	5	.929	3.900	0
Burgess Whitehead	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Frankie Gustine	SS	13	20	40	2	8	.968	4.615	0
Billy Cox	SS	114	235	323	39	59	.935	4.895	0
Pete Coscarart	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jimmy Brown	SS	30	57	88	6	15	.960	4.833	0
Totals		1697	4111	1786	184	335	.970	3.475	10

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