1944 Pittsburgh Pirates

90-63 • 0.588 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
63 Losses
0.588 Win %
2nd Rank
744 R 662 RA
Diff +82

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⚡ Quick Stats

744 Runs Scored
662 Runs Allowed
+82 Run Diff
657K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 2% above the 1944 league average (.260)
OBP .335 4% above the 1944 league average (.323)
SLG .304 1% above the 1944 league average (.300)
Team ERA 3.44 5% better than the 1944 league average (3.62)
Runs Scored 744 12% above the 1944 league average (662 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 657,300
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Avg per Game 8,114

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jim Russell 0.312 2 Virgil Davis 0.301 3 Frankie Zak 0.300 4 Bob Elliott 0.297 5 Hank Camelli 0.296

Home Runs

1 Babe Dahlgren 12 2 Bob Elliott 10 3 Vince DiMaggio 9 4 Jim Russell 8 5 Johnny Barrett 7

RBI

1 Bob Elliott 108 2 Babe Dahlgren 101 3 Johnny Barrett 83 4 Jim Russell 66 5 Frank Colman 53
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Babe Dahlgren 158 599 67 173 0 0 12 101 47 56 2 0.289
Jim Russell 152 580 109 181 0 0 8 66 79 63 6 0.312
Johnny Barrett 149 568 99 153 0 0 7 83 86 56 28 0.269
Pete Coscarart 139 554 89 146 0 0 4 42 41 57 10 0.264
Bob Elliott 143 538 85 160 0 0 10 108 75 42 9 0.297
Frankie Gustine 127 405 42 93 0 0 2 42 33 41 8 0.230
Vince DiMaggio 109 342 41 82 0 0 9 50 33 83 6 0.240
Al Lopez 115 331 27 76 0 0 1 34 34 24 4 0.230
Frank Colman 99 226 30 61 0 0 6 53 25 27 0 0.270
Al Rubeling 92 184 22 45 0 0 4 30 19 19 4 0.245
Frankie Zak 87 160 33 48 0 0 0 11 22 18 6 0.300
Tommy O'Brien 85 156 27 39 0 0 3 20 21 12 1 0.250
Hank Camelli 63 125 14 37 0 0 1 10 18 12 0 0.296
Rip Sewell 44 112 10 25 0 0 1 12 2 19 1 0.223
Virgil Davis 54 93 6 28 0 0 2 14 10 8 0 0.301
Lee Handley 40 86 7 19 0 0 0 5 3 5 1 0.221
Fritz Ostermueller 29 80 7 20 0 0 0 6 2 6 1 0.250
Max Butcher 36 63 4 12 0 0 0 5 2 8 0 0.190
Nick Strincevich 40 57 4 9 0 0 0 4 2 7 0 0.158
Preacher Roe 39 53 4 7 0 0 0 1 3 23 0 0.132
Arthur Cuccurullo 36 38 4 14 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0.368
Xavier Rescigno 48 22 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 0.091
Ray Starr 27 22 4 3 0 0 0 3 6 9 0 0.136
Lloyd Waner 19 14 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.357
Al Gionfriddo 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.167
Bill Rodgers 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Joe Vitelli 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vic Barnhart 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500
Johnny Gee 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Len Gilmore 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Harry Sweeney 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Roy Wise 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Fritz Ostermueller 2.73 2 Nick Strincevich 3.08 3 Preacher Roe 3.11 4 Max Butcher 3.12 5 Rip Sewell 3.18

Wins

1 Rip Sewell 21 2 Nick Strincevich 14 3 Max Butcher 13 4 Preacher Roe 13 5 Fritz Ostermueller 11

Strikeouts

1 Preacher Roe 88 2 Rip Sewell 87 3 Fritz Ostermueller 80 4 Nick Strincevich 47 5 Xavier Rescigno 45
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rip Sewell 21 12 3.18 38 33 2 286.0 99 87
Fritz Ostermueller 11 7 2.73 28 24 1 204.2 65 80
Max Butcher 13 11 3.12 35 27 1 199.0 46 43
Nick Strincevich 14 7 3.08 40 26 2 190.0 37 47
Preacher Roe 13 11 3.11 39 25 1 185.1 59 88
Xavier Rescigno 10 8 4.35 48 6 5 124.0 34 45
Arthur Cuccurullo 2 1 4.06 32 4 4 106.1 44 31
Ray Starr 6 5 5.02 27 12 3 89.2 36 25
Johnny Gee 0 0 7.15 4 0 0 11.1 5 3
Len Gilmore 0 1 7.88 1 1 0 8.0 0 0
Joe Vitelli 0 0 2.57 4 0 0 7.0 7 2
Roy Wise 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 3.0 3 1

👥 Roster (32)

Vic Barnhart Johnny Barrett Max Butcher Hank Camelli Frank Colman Pete Coscarart Arthur Cuccurullo Babe Dahlgren Virgil Davis Vince DiMaggio Bob Elliott Johnny Gee +20 more

32 players

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