1945 Pittsburgh Pirates
82 - 72
1944 / 1946 (Organization)
4th place in the NL (16 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		45 - 34 (.570)
37 - 38 (.493)		 +0.2 wins
+4.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 753 / 715 ( +38 )
Allowed/Expected: 686 / 719 ( +33 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 70 (-2)
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Forbes Field
Attendance: 604,694 Avg Att: 7,654 (0.90)
Att Rank: 4 / 8 Lg Avg: 8,512
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 0.87 R/L HR: 0.82 / 0.92
Notes:


Batting

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Bats
#
R
H
K
1 Bill Salkeld
C
28.3
317
26.7
8.9
44.0
56.3
-7.7
2.6
-1.6
11.3
35.1
6.6
22.8
21.2
21.7
-1.5
29.6
-2.3
0.0
0.0
2 Jim Russell
LF
26.8
589
23.9
3.4
25.9
49.7
-7.9
-1.4
3.3
5.3
22.5
1.9
17.3
17.4
22.1
2.3
19.8
7.6
0.0
0.0
3 Johnny Barrett
CF
29.5
594
18.8
-11.0
18.0
74.7
-28.3
3.8
-0.8
8.1
28.9
-26.1
5.1
25.0
10.3
-2.8
-8.7
18.4
0.0
0.0
4 Bob Elliott
3B
28.6
608
13.3
6.8
22.0
21.5
-4.3
8.6
0.8
1.6
15.2
5.3
11.3
8.5
7.7
-1.8
15.3
-2.4
0.0
0.0
5 Al Gionfriddo
CF
23.3
476
12.9
2.4
1.3
23.7
-1.1
-2.3
5.2
-3.6
-1.1
11.9
13.6
16.7
17.9
-1.2
31.9
5.8
0.0
0.0
6 Tommy O'Brien
RF
26.5
175
5.5
9.3
8.3
-10.7
11.0
-2.0
3.5
-1.8
-1.0
-0.6
4.5
-7.0
5.9
0.2
-7.8
-2.3
0.0
0.0
7 Jack Saltzgaver
2B
42.4
126
3.0
5.5
4.2
-6.9
6.7
-0.4
2.0
-1.5
-1.3
1.0
2.5
-3.5
3.9
-0.6
-2.3
-1.6
0.0
0.0
8 Bill Rodgers
-
22.6
1
0.6
0.7
0.6
-0.2
0.8
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.1
0.7
-0.1
0.7
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
9 Joe Vitelli
-
37.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10 Hank Camelli
C
30.6
3
-0.2
-0.6
-0.8
0.6
-0.5
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
-0.2
0.2
-0.0
0.7
0.0
-0.0
1.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Lee Handley
3B
31.9
340
-1.0
6.4
-3.6
-19.2
11.9
0.6
-0.9
-2.6
-10.0
8.2
-2.6
-11.2
-3.0
-1.6
-0.6
3.0
0.0
0.0
12 Lloyd Waner
LF
39.3
20
-1.2
-0.3
-2.3
-3.2
1.3
-0.9
-0.2
-0.2
-2.0
-1.6
-1.0
-0.8
-0.5
-0.1
-2.9
-0.3
0.0
0.0
13 Spud Davis
C
40.5
36
-2.2
-1.2
-2.6
-3.3
-0.6
0.4
-0.3
-0.4
-1.5
0.6
-1.5
-1.3
-2.8
0.8
-0.6
-0.4
0.0
0.0
14 Frankie Zak
SS
23.4
32
-3.2
-3.8
-4.7
-1.2
-3.9
0.5
-0.3
-0.3
-1.0
-2.7
-3.8
0.1
-3.4
-0.1
-3.4
-0.2
0.0
0.0
15 Pete Coscarart
2B
32.0
455
-4.8
-14.0
-10.3
15.3
-15.4
-3.6
-1.9
3.3
3.7
-22.9
-3.0
13.5
-4.5
1.9
-16.0
-3.4
0.0
0.0
16 Frankie Gustine
SS
25.4
523
-5.5
1.3
-6.2
-18.1
4.4
3.3
0.5
-3.5
-7.5
4.2
-7.0
-10.9
-11.8
-0.4
-5.5
2.1
0.0
0.0
17 Frank Colman
1B
27.3
162
-8.4
-10.5
-1.6
0.1
-14.0
4.1
-0.3
2.1
8.9
-4.5
-15.4
-5.8
-15.9
-0.7
-11.7
-1.1
0.0
0.0
18 Vic Barnhart
SS
22.8
215
-12.8
-1.8
-16.1
-26.7
7.7
-2.8
-1.9
-2.3
-14.3
4.3
-10.1
-10.7
-16.2
-1.0
-5.2
-0.4
0.0
0.0
19 Al Lopez
C
36.9
280
-15.1
-14.6
-32.3
-9.9
-6.3
-4.7
-2.4
-2.9
-17.7
7.9
-8.8
9.5
-8.4
-1.3
19.6
-2.4
0.0
0.0
20 Babe Dahlgren
1B
33.0
591
-18.6
-14.7
-15.7
-10.7
-12.3
-2.8
3.0
-1.2
-1.0
-9.1
-17.5
-3.1
-30.2
-0.7
-14.9
-5.4
0.0
0.0
5543
31.8
-27.6
28.0
131.7
-58.4
2.9
7.8
11.3
55.6
-15.4
6.9
58.1
-6.5
-8.5
37.7
14.9
0.0
0.0
 
#
R
H
K
1 Rip Sewell
P
38.1
72
7.2
9.1
9.4
4.9
8.2
1.3
-0.2
-0.2
0.3
2.0
11.9
3.7
12.8
-0.2
4.2
0.7
0.0
0.0
2 Al Gerheauser
P
28.0
50
3.5
3.7
7.8
3.4
1.8
0.8
1.9
-0.2
4.0
-2.0
3.3
-0.3
4.7
-0.1
-0.9
-0.1
0.0
0.0
3 Fritz Ostermueller
P
37.8
32
2.3
4.2
3.0
0.3
5.0
-0.8
-0.1
-0.1
-1.2
5.8
5.4
1.5
4.1
-0.1
3.0
-0.2
0.0
0.0
4 Ray Starr
P
39.2
1
0.9
0.8
1.8
0.9
-0.1
1.0
-0.0
-0.0
1.0
0.2
0.8
-0.0
0.8
-0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5 Max Butcher
P
34.8
61
0.8
2.7
1.4
-3.3
3.5
-0.5
-0.1
-0.2
-1.3
9.1
1.2
-1.9
1.6
-0.1
0.5
-0.2
0.0
0.0
6 Cookie Cuccurullo
P
27.4
14
-0.2
0.6
-0.0
-1.4
1.3
-0.3
-0.0
-0.0
-0.6
1.5
-0.0
-0.7
0.4
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
0.0
0.0
7 Nick Strincevich
P
30.3
94
-0.3
2.5
-0.1
-3.2
4.4
-1.3
-0.2
-0.3
-2.6
6.0
2.1
-0.4
0.5
-0.2
1.2
-0.3
0.0
0.0
8 Boom-Boom Beck
P
40.7
22
-0.4
-0.8
-1.5
-0.6
-0.7
-0.5
-0.0
-0.1
-0.7
1.0
-0.7
-0.0
-1.1
-0.0
0.2
-0.0
0.0
0.0
9 Xavier Rescigno
P
32.7
17
-0.4
-0.6
-0.2
0.5
-1.1
0.6
-0.0
-0.1
0.4
-0.9
-0.5
0.2
-1.2
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.0
10 Ken Gables
P
26.4
42
-1.9
-2.8
-3.4
-2.8
-2.2
-0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.7
-0.5
-4.5
-2.0
-3.9
-0.1
-2.1
-0.0
0.0
0.0
11 Preacher Roe
P
30.3
89
-3.5
-5.1
-7.3
-0.3
-4.2
-1.2
-0.2
-0.3
-2.2
-5.1
-3.6
1.9
-3.7
-0.2
0.6
-0.2
0.0
0.0
494
7.8
14.4
10.8
-1.6
15.7
-0.9
0.9
-1.5
-3.6
17.0
15.4
2.1
15.0
-1.0
6.5
-0.4
0.0
0.0

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