1946 Pittsburgh Pirates

63-91 • 0.409 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

63 Wins
91 Losses
0.409 Win %
7th Rank
552 R 668 RA
Diff -116

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552 Runs Scored
668 Runs Allowed
-116 Run Diff
761K Attendance

📈 vs. 1946 NL Average

Batting Avg .250 2% below the 1946 league average (.255)
OBP .326 equal to the 1946 league average (.326)
SLG .284 4% below the 1946 league average (.295)
Team ERA 3.72 9% worse than the 1946 league average (3.42)
Runs Scored 552 10% below the 1946 league average (614 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 761,362
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Avg per Game 9,761

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Fritz Ostermueller 0.328 2 Al Lopez 0.307 3 Bill Salkeld 0.294 4 Billy Cox 0.290 5 Jim Russell 0.277

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 23 2 Frankie Gustine 8 3 Jim Russell 8 4 Bob Elliott 5 5 Elbie Fletcher 4

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 81 2 Bob Elliott 68 3 Elbie Fletcher 66 4 Frankie Gustine 52 5 Jim Russell 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Elbie Fletcher 148 532 72 136 0 0 4 66 111 37 4 0.256
Jim Russell 146 516 68 143 0 0 8 50 67 54 11 0.277
Ralph Kiner 144 502 63 124 0 0 23 81 74 109 3 0.247
Frankie Gustine 131 495 60 128 0 0 8 52 40 52 2 0.259
Bob Elliott 140 486 50 128 0 0 5 68 64 44 6 0.263
Lee Handley 116 416 43 99 0 0 1 28 29 20 4 0.238
Billy Cox 121 411 32 119 0 0 2 36 26 15 4 0.290
Jimmy Brown 79 241 23 58 0 0 0 12 18 5 3 0.241
Bill Salkeld 69 160 18 47 0 0 3 19 39 16 2 0.294
Al Lopez 56 150 13 46 0 0 1 12 23 14 1 0.307
Maurice Van Robays 59 146 14 31 0 0 1 12 11 15 0 0.212
Chuck Workman 58 145 11 32 0 0 2 16 11 19 2 0.221
Burgess Whitehead 55 127 10 28 0 0 0 5 6 6 3 0.220
Bill Baker 53 113 7 27 0 0 1 8 12 6 0 0.239
Al Gionfriddo 64 102 11 26 0 0 0 10 14 5 1 0.255
Hank Camelli 42 96 8 20 0 0 0 5 8 9 0 0.208
Johnny Barrett 32 71 7 12 0 0 0 6 8 11 1 0.169
Fritz Ostermueller 28 64 7 21 0 0 0 2 5 8 0 0.328
Frank Colman 26 53 3 9 0 0 1 6 2 7 0 0.170
Nick Strincevich 32 52 5 8 0 0 0 3 6 20 0 0.154
Rip Sewell 26 50 4 9 0 0 0 1 4 12 1 0.180
Ed Bahr 29 45 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 0.178
Ken Heintzelman 32 44 4 6 0 0 0 3 5 12 0 0.136
Jack Hallett 35 26 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.231
Ken Gables 32 24 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.250
Al Gerheauser 36 21 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0.333
Johnny Lanning 27 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.143
Vinnie Smith 7 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.190
Frankie Zak 21 20 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.200
Preacher Roe 21 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.067
Ed Albosta 17 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.125
Lee Howard 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Roy Jarvis 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Junior Walsh 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Hank Gornicki 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ben Guintini 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Tate 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Pete Coscarart 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Alf Anderson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Vic Barnhart 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Clemensen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Hopper 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aldon Wilkie 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ed Bahr 2.63 2 Fritz Ostermueller 2.84 3 Johnny Lanning 3.07 4 Jack Hallett 3.29 5 Nick Strincevich 3.58

Wins

1 Fritz Ostermueller 13 2 Nick Strincevich 10 3 Ed Bahr 8 4 Ken Heintzelman 8 5 Rip Sewell 8

Strikeouts

1 Jack Hallett 64 2 Ken Heintzelman 57 3 Fritz Ostermueller 57 4 Nick Strincevich 49 5 Ed Bahr 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fritz Ostermueller 13 10 2.84 27 25 0 193.1 56 57
Nick Strincevich 10 15 3.58 32 22 1 176.0 44 49
Ken Heintzelman 8 12 3.77 32 24 1 157.2 86 57
Rip Sewell 8 12 3.68 25 20 0 149.1 53 33
Ed Bahr 8 6 2.63 27 14 0 136.2 52 44
Jack Hallett 5 7 3.29 35 9 0 115.0 39 64
Ken Gables 2 4 5.27 32 7 1 100.2 52 39
Johnny Lanning 4 5 3.07 27 9 1 91.0 31 16
Al Gerheauser 2 2 3.97 35 3 0 81.2 25 32
Preacher Roe 3 8 5.14 21 10 2 70.0 25 28
Ed Albosta 0 6 6.13 17 6 0 39.2 35 19
Lee Howard 0 1 2.03 3 2 0 13.1 9 6
Hank Gornicki 0 0 3.55 7 0 0 12.2 11 4
Junior Walsh 0 1 5.23 4 2 0 10.1 10 2
Al Tate 0 1 5.00 2 1 0 9.0 7 2
Aldon Wilkie 0 0 10.57 7 0 0 7.2 3 3
Jim Hopper 0 1 11.25 2 1 0 4.0 3 1
Bill Clemensen 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 2

👥 Roster (43)

Ed Albosta Alf Anderson Ed Bahr Bill Baker Vic Barnhart Johnny Barrett Jimmy Brown Hank Camelli Bill Clemensen Frank Colman Pete Coscarart Billy Cox +31 more

43 players

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