1947 Pittsburgh Pirates

62-92 • 0.403 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

62 Wins
92 Losses
0.403 Win %
7th Rank
744 R 817 RA
Diff -73

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744 Runs Scored
817 Runs Allowed
-73 Run Diff
1,311K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 NL Average

Batting Avg .260 2% below the 1947 league average (.265)
OBP .336 equal to the 1947 league average (.335)
SLG .349 6% above the 1947 league average (.328)
Team ERA 4.68 15% worse than the 1947 league average (4.06)
Runs Scored 744 5% above the 1947 league average (708 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,311,364
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Avg per Game 16,599

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ralph Kiner 0.313 2 Clyde Kluttz 0.302 3 Frankie Gustine 0.297 4 Culley Rikard 0.287 5 Pete Castiglione 0.280

Home Runs

1 Ralph Kiner 51 2 Hank Greenberg 25 3 Wally Westlake 17 4 Billy Cox 15 5 Frankie Gustine 9

RBI

1 Ralph Kiner 127 2 Hank Greenberg 74 3 Wally Westlake 69 4 Frankie Gustine 67 5 Billy Cox 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frankie Gustine 156 616 102 183 0 0 9 67 63 65 5 0.297
Ralph Kiner 152 565 118 177 0 0 51 127 98 81 1 0.313
Billy Cox 132 529 75 145 0 0 15 54 29 28 5 0.274
Jim Russell 128 478 68 121 0 0 8 51 63 58 7 0.253
Wally Westlake 112 407 59 111 0 0 17 69 27 63 5 0.273
Hank Greenberg 125 402 71 100 0 0 25 74 104 73 0 0.249
Culley Rikard 109 324 57 93 0 0 4 32 50 39 1 0.287
Jimmy Bloodworth 88 316 27 79 0 0 7 48 16 39 1 0.250
Clyde Kluttz 73 232 26 70 0 0 6 42 17 18 1 0.302
Dixie Howell 76 214 23 59 0 0 4 25 27 34 1 0.276
Eddie Basinski 56 161 15 32 0 0 4 17 18 27 0 0.199
Elbie Fletcher 69 157 22 38 0 0 1 22 29 24 2 0.242
Whitey Wietelmann 48 128 21 30 0 0 1 7 12 10 0 0.234
Gene Woodling 22 79 7 21 0 0 0 10 7 5 0 0.266
Kirby Higbe 46 72 6 10 0 0 1 4 2 11 0 0.139
Fritz Ostermueller 26 64 6 12 0 0 0 5 4 12 0 0.188
Bill Salkeld 47 61 5 13 0 0 0 8 6 8 0 0.213
Billy Sullivan 38 55 1 14 0 0 0 8 6 3 1 0.255
Pete Castiglione 13 50 6 14 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.280
Billy Herman 15 47 3 10 0 0 0 6 2 7 0 0.213
Tiny Bonham 33 45 4 7 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 0.156
Roy Jarvis 18 45 4 7 0 0 1 4 6 5 0 0.156
Preacher Roe 38 40 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 15 0 0.125
Rip Sewell 24 40 2 5 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 0.125
Jim Bagby 37 32 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.219
Gene Mauch 16 30 8 9 0 0 0 1 7 6 0 0.300
Mel Queen 14 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.077
Ed Bahr 21 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.087
Nick Strincevich 32 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.048
Elmer Singleton 41 13 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.308
Al Lyons 15 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.200
Roger Wolff 13 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.000
Hank Behrman 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Steve Nagy 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Hugh Mulcahy 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Art Herring 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Gionfriddo 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Gables 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Heintzelman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.000
Lee Howard 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cal McLish 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lou Tost 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rip Sewell 3.57 2 Kirby Higbe 3.72 3 Fritz Ostermueller 3.84 4 Tiny Bonham 3.85 5 Mel Queen 4.01

Wins

1 Fritz Ostermueller 12 2 Tiny Bonham 11 3 Kirby Higbe 11 4 Rip Sewell 6 5 Jim Bagby 5

Strikeouts

1 Kirby Higbe 99 2 Fritz Ostermueller 66 3 Tiny Bonham 63 4 Preacher Roe 59 5 Rip Sewell 36
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kirby Higbe 11 17 3.72 46 30 5 225.0 110 99
Fritz Ostermueller 12 10 3.84 26 24 0 183.0 68 66
Tiny Bonham 11 8 3.85 33 18 3 149.2 35 63
Preacher Roe 4 15 5.25 38 22 2 144.0 63 59
Rip Sewell 6 4 3.57 24 12 0 121.0 36 36
Jim Bagby 5 4 4.67 37 6 0 115.2 37 23
Nick Strincevich 1 6 5.26 32 7 0 89.0 37 22
Ed Bahr 3 5 4.59 19 11 0 82.1 43 25
Mel Queen 3 7 4.01 14 12 0 74.0 51 34
Elmer Singleton 2 2 6.31 36 3 1 67.0 39 24
Roger Wolff 1 4 8.70 13 6 0 30.0 18 7
Al Lyons 1 2 7.31 13 0 0 28.1 12 16
Hank Behrman 0 2 9.12 10 2 0 24.2 17 11
Steve Nagy 1 3 5.79 6 1 0 14.0 9 4
Art Herring 1 3 8.44 11 0 2 10.2 4 6
Hugh Mulcahy 0 0 4.05 2 1 0 6.2 7 2
Ken Heintzelman 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 4.0 6 2
Lee Howard 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 0 2
Cal McLish 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0
Lou Tost 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0
Ken Gables 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0

👥 Roster (42)

Jim Bagby Ed Bahr Eddie Basinski Hank Behrman Jimmy Bloodworth Tiny Bonham Pete Castiglione Billy Cox Elbie Fletcher Ken Gables Al Gionfriddo Hank Greenberg +30 more

42 players

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