1945 Pittsburgh Pirates

82-72 • 0.532 Win% • 4th in NL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
72 Losses
0.532 Win %
4th Rank
753 R 686 RA
Diff +67

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⚡ Quick Stats

753 Runs Scored
686 Runs Allowed
+67 Run Diff
623K Attendance

📈 vs. 1945 NL Average

Batting Avg .266 1% above the 1945 league average (.264)
OBP .339 3% above the 1945 league average (.329)
SLG .307 1% above the 1945 league average (.305)
Team ERA 3.76 1% better than the 1945 league average (3.80)
Runs Scored 753 9% above the 1945 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 623,462
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Avg per Game 7,891

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tommy O'Brien 0.335 2 Jack Saltzgaver 0.325 3 Rip Sewell 0.312 4 Bill Salkeld 0.311 5 Lee Handley 0.298

Home Runs

1 Johnny Barrett 15 2 Bill Salkeld 15 3 Jim Russell 12 4 Pete Coscarart 8 5 Bob Elliott 8

RBI

1 Bob Elliott 108 2 Jim Russell 77 3 Babe Dahlgren 75 4 Johnny Barrett 67 5 Frankie Gustine 66
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Elliott 144 541 80 157 0 0 8 108 64 38 5 0.290
Babe Dahlgren 144 531 57 133 0 0 5 75 51 51 1 0.250
Jim Russell 146 510 88 145 0 0 12 77 71 40 15 0.284
Johnny Barrett 142 507 97 130 0 0 15 67 79 68 25 0.256
Frankie Gustine 128 478 67 134 0 0 2 66 37 33 8 0.280
Al Gionfriddo 122 409 74 116 0 0 2 42 60 22 12 0.284
Pete Coscarart 123 392 59 95 0 0 8 38 55 55 2 0.242
Lee Handley 98 312 39 93 0 0 1 32 20 16 7 0.298
Bill Salkeld 95 267 45 83 0 0 15 52 50 16 2 0.311
Al Lopez 91 243 22 53 0 0 0 18 35 12 1 0.218
Vic Barnhart 71 201 21 54 0 0 0 19 9 11 2 0.269
Tommy O'Brien 58 161 23 54 0 0 0 18 9 13 0 0.335
Frank Colman 77 153 18 32 0 0 4 30 9 16 0 0.209
Jack Saltzgaver 52 117 20 38 0 0 0 10 8 8 0 0.325
Nick Strincevich 36 84 4 17 0 0 0 8 4 11 0 0.202
Preacher Roe 33 75 3 8 0 0 0 3 6 21 0 0.107
Rip Sewell 35 64 10 20 0 0 0 6 7 11 1 0.312
Max Butcher 28 54 6 12 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.222
Al Gerheauser 32 48 2 12 0 0 0 7 2 11 0 0.250
Ken Gables 29 39 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.103
Virgil Davis 23 33 2 8 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0.242
Fritz Ostermueller 14 28 2 9 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.321
Frankie Zak 15 28 2 4 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0.143
Lloyd Waner 23 19 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.263
Boom-Boom Beck 14 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.125
Xavier Rescigno 44 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.133
Arthur Cuccurullo 29 14 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.214
Hank Camelli 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Bill Rodgers 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Ray Starr 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Johnny Lanning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Vitelli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Boom-Boom Beck 2.14 2 Preacher Roe 2.87 3 Max Butcher 3.03 4 Nick Strincevich 3.31 5 Al Gerheauser 3.91

Wins

1 Nick Strincevich 16 2 Preacher Roe 14 3 Ken Gables 11 4 Rip Sewell 11 5 Max Butcher 10

Strikeouts

1 Preacher Roe 148 2 Nick Strincevich 74 3 Rip Sewell 60 4 Al Gerheauser 55 5 Ken Gables 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Preacher Roe 14 13 2.87 33 31 1 235.0 46 148
Nick Strincevich 16 10 3.31 36 29 2 228.1 49 74
Rip Sewell 11 9 4.07 33 24 1 188.0 91 60
Max Butcher 10 8 3.03 28 20 0 169.1 46 37
Al Gerheauser 5 10 3.91 32 14 1 140.1 54 55
Ken Gables 11 7 4.15 29 16 1 138.2 46 49
Fritz Ostermueller 5 4 4.57 14 11 0 80.2 37 29
Xavier Rescigno 3 5 5.72 44 1 9 78.2 34 29
Boom-Boom Beck 6 1 2.14 14 5 0 63.0 14 20
Arthur Cuccurullo 1 3 5.24 29 4 1 56.2 34 17
Ray Starr 0 2 9.45 4 0 0 6.2 4 0
Johnny Lanning 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0

👥 Roster (32)

Vic Barnhart Johnny Barrett Boom-Boom Beck Max Butcher Hank Camelli Frank Colman Pete Coscarart Arthur Cuccurullo Babe Dahlgren Virgil Davis Bob Elliott Ken Gables +20 more

32 players

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