1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 62-92
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 1,283,531, Avg. 20,175
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Billy Herman (61-92)
Manager: Bill Burwell (1-0)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1947 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1947 season with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Pirates scored 744 runs and conceded 817 runs, most in the circuit. Ralph Kiner crushed 51 homers for Pittsburgh, while Wally Westlake, Billy Cox and Hank Greenberg each walloped 20 or more also. Ralph Kiner drove in 127 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .313 clip. Fritz Ostermueller led the squad with 12 wins, and Kirby Higbe recorded a 3.72 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Billy Herman and Bill Burwell 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	BK	WP	BF
Fritz Ostermueller	12	10	.545	3.84	26	24	0	12	3	0	183.0	181	94	78	18	68	66	1	0	5	789
Tiny Bonham	11	8	.579	3.85	33	18	12	7	3	3	149.7	167	67	64	17	35	63	2	0	1	642
Kirby Higbe	11	17	.393	3.72	46	30	12	10	1	5	225.0	204	108	93	22	110	99	3	0	6	975
Rip Sewell	6	4	.600	3.57	24	12	8	4	1	0	121.0	121	58	48	11	36	36	3	0	1	504
Jim Bagby	5	4	.556	4.67	37	6	18	2	0	0	115.7	143	75	60	14	37	23	5	0	1	521
Preacher Roe	4	15	.211	5.25	38	22	8	4	1	2	144.0	156	93	84	19	63	59	0	1	1	635
Ed Bahr	3	5	.375	4.59	19	11	4	1	0	0	82.3	82	45	42	5	43	25	3	0	0	360
Mel Queen	3	7	.300	4.01	14	12	1	2	0	0	74.0	70	39	33	8	51	34	1	1	0	343
Elmer Singleton	2	2	.500	6.31	36	3	14	0	0	1	67.0	70	49	47	9	39	24	2	0	5	309
Al Lyons	1	2	.333	7.31	13	0	6	0	0	0	28.3	36	24	23	4	12	16	1	0	2	133
Steve Nagy	1	3	.250	5.79	6	1	1	0	0	0	14.0	18	10	9	1	9	4	0	0	2	68
Art Herring	1	3	.250	8.44	11	0	8	0	0	2	10.7	18	11	10	3	4	6	0	0	0	55
Roger Wolff	1	4	.200	8.70	13	6	4	1	0	0	30.0	49	33	29	4	18	7	1	0	0	155
Nick Strincevich	1	6	.143	5.26	32	7	10	1	0	0	89.0	111	59	52	9	37	22	2	0	0	397
Lee Howard	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	12
Hugh Mulcahy	0	0		4.05	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.7	8	7	3	1	7	2	0	0	0	31
Lou Tost	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Cal McLish	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6
Ken Heintzelman	0	0		20.25	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	11	9	2	6	2	0	0	0	28
Ken Gables	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Hank Behrman	0	2	.000	9.12	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.7	33	26	25	6	17	11	2	0	0	116
Totals	62	92	.403	4.68	367	156	112	44	9	13	1374.0	1488	815	715	155	592	501	27	2	24	6089

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Frankie Gustine	156	691	616	102	183	30	6	9	67	5	63	65	.297	.364	.409	.773	252	15	2	10
Ralph Kiner	152	666	565	118	177	23	4	51	127	1	98	81	.313	.417	.639	1.055	361	12	2	1
Billy Cox	132	561	529	75	145	30	7	15	54	5	29	28	.274	.313	.442	.755	234	5	1	2
Jim Russell	128	548	478	68	121	21	8	8	51	7	63	58	.253	.343	.381	.723	182	12	2	5
Wally Westlake	112	443	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5	27	63	.273	.324	.459	.784	187	16	4	5
Hank Greenberg	125	510	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0	104	73	.249	.408	.478	.885	192	16	4	0
Culley Rikard	109	376	324	57	93	16	4	4	32	1	50	39	.287	.384	.398	.782	129	9	1	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	88	335	316	27	79	9	0	7	48	1	16	39	.250	.290	.345	.635	109	9	2	1
Clyde Kluttz	73	255	232	26	70	9	2	6	42	1	17	18	.302	.355	.435	.790	101	2	2	4
Dixie Howell	76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1	27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	82	2	0	4
Elbie Fletcher	69	187	157	22	38	9	1	1	22	2	29	24	.242	.364	.331	.695	52	5	1	0
Eddie Basinski	56	182	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0	18	27	.199	.279	.335	.615	54	5	0	3
Whitey Wietelmann	48	140	128	21	30	4	1	1	7	0	12	10	.234	.300	.305	.605	39	6	0	0
Gene Woodling	22	87	79	7	21	2	2	0	10	0	7	5	.266	.326	.342	.667	27	1	0	1
Pete Castiglione	13	52	50	6	14	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.280	.308	.280	.588	14	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	38	61	55	1	14	3	0	0	8	1	6	3	.255	.328	.309	.637	17	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	47	68	61	5	13	2	0	0	8	0	6	8	.213	.284	.246	.529	15	2	0	1
Fritz Ostermueller	26	74	64	6	12	1	0	0	5	0	4	12	.188	.235	.203	.438	13	2	0	6
Billy Herman	15	49	47	3	10	4	0	0	6	0	2	7	.213	.245	.298	.543	14	3	0	0
Kirby Higbe	46	80	72	6	10	2	0	1	4	0	2	11	.139	.162	.208	.370	15	2	0	6
Gene Mauch	16	37	30	8	9	0	0	0	1	0	7	6	.300	.432	.300	.732	9	0	0	0
Jim Bagby	37	36	32	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	.219	.242	.281	.524	9	2	1	3
Tiny Bonham	33	55	45	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	3	5	.156	.224	.178	.402	8	2	1	6
Roy Jarvis	18	51	45	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	6	5	.156	.255	.244	.499	11	1	0	0
Rip Sewell	24	41	40	2	5	0	0	1	4	0	1	6	.125	.146	.200	.346	8	3	0	0
Preacher Roe	38	46	40	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	15	.125	.167	.125	.292	5	0	0	4
Elmer Singleton	41	14	13	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	.308	.308	.462	.769	6	0	0	1
Al Lyons	15	12	10	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	.200	.333	.500	.833	5	0	1	0
Ed Bahr	21	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.087	.087	.087	.174	2	2	0	3
Mel Queen	14	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	2	1	0	1
Hugh Mulcahy	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Steve Nagy	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Nick Strincevich	32	24	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.048	.130	.048	.178	1	0	0	1
Roger Wolff	13	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0
Hank Behrman	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Al Gionfriddo	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Art Herring	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lee Howard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Lou Tost	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Ken Gables	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Cal McLish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1870	6007	5307	744	1385	216	44	156	699	30	606	684	.261	.339	.406	.746	2157	136	24	70

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Whitey Wietelmann	1B	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Billy Herman	1B	2	6	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Hank Greenberg	1B	119	983	79	9	85	.992	8.924	0
Elbie Fletcher	1B	50	324	25	5	28	.986	6.980	0
Whitey Wietelmann	2B	14	30	24	3	8	.947	3.857	0
Gene Mauch	2B	6	13	13	1	0	.963	4.333	0
Billy Herman	2B	10	14	13	0	2	1.000	2.700	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	87	222	206	9	56	.979	4.920	0
Eddie Basinski	2B	56	116	130	7	34	.972	4.393	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3B	6	1	5	1	0	.857	1.000	0
Frankie Gustine	3B	156	193	330	31	35	.944	3.353	0
Billy Sullivan	C	12	42	4	0	1	1.000	3.833	0
Bill Salkeld	C	15	29	4	1	0	.971	2.200	1
Clyde Kluttz	C	69	247	55	4	7	.987	4.377	4
Roy Jarvis	C	15	50	8	2	1	.967	3.867	1
Dixie Howell	C	74	272	30	8	2	.974	4.081	12
Gene Woodling	OF	21	59	1	2	0	.968	2.857	0
Wally Westlake	OF	109	239	8	3	0	.988	2.266	0
Jim Russell	OF	119	343	6	7	3	.980	2.933	0
Culley Rikard	OF	79	177	2	4	0	.978	2.266	0
Ralph Kiner	OF	152	390	8	7	1	.983	2.618	0
Roger Wolff	P	13	3	2	0	0	1.000	.385	0
Lou Tost	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Nick Strincevich	P	32	2	17	0	1	1.000	.594	0
Elmer Singleton	P	36	9	11	1	1	.952	.556	0
Rip Sewell	P	24	10	26	1	3	.973	1.500	0
Preacher Roe	P	38	6	20	1	2	.963	.684	0
Mel Queen	P	14	5	7	1	1	.923	.857	0
Fritz Ostermueller	P	26	9	25	0	4	1.000	1.308	0
Steve Nagy	P	6	2	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Hugh Mulcahy	P	2	1	3	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Cal McLish	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Al Lyons	P	13	2	8	0	1	1.000	.769	0
Lee Howard	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Kirby Higbe	P	46	9	23	1	0	.970	.696	0
Art Herring	P	11	0	1	0	0	1.000	.091	0
Ken Heintzelman	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ken Gables	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Tiny Bonham	P	33	7	11	2	1	.900	.545	0
Hank Behrman	P	10	1	1	2	0	.500	.200	0
Ed Bahr	P	19	2	12	1	1	.933	.737	0
Jim Bagby	P	37	7	28	2	2	.946	.946	0
Whitey Wietelmann	SS	22	31	38	9	6	.885	3.136	0
Gene Mauch	SS	4	5	7	2	1	.857	3.000	0
Billy Cox	SS	129	220	388	20	63	.968	4.713	0
Pete Castiglione	SS	13	26	39	2	6	.970	5.000	0
Totals		1707	4115	1625	149	357	.975	3.363	18

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