1945 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 74-88
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 779
Runs Allowed: 780
Exp W-L: 81-81
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,409,912
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the NL
AA: 98-39, 1st in the NL
A: 59-78, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Phil Rizzuto 27 149 617 107 184 23 6 5 55 27 5 36 20 .298 .339 .379 .719 79.1 12.7 6.5
CF *Stan Musial 24 143 545 96 145 32 8 30 99 2 2 45 50 .266 .326 .519 .845 86.4 14.2 3.7
1B *Luke Easter 29 149 494 64 113 10 3 28 84 0 0 65 78 .229 .321 .431 .752 73.4 10.5 3.3
CF *Willard Marshall 24 146 494 80 133 24 1 21 79 0 1 47 10 .269 .331 .449 .780 70.2 10.8 4.7
C  Walker Cooper 30 138 503 64 154 30 4 11 81 0 0 24 13 .306 .336 .447 .783 73.0 12.4 2.1
3B *Chuck Workman 30 135 442 56 108 19 2 16 64 3 0 31 52 .244 .294 .405 .698 51.5 6.0 4.6
1B *Buddy Hassett 33 132 423 73 131 15 3 11 54 16 2 28 18 .310 .351 .437 .788 63.5 11.3 1.5
3B  George Archie 31 131 404 48 118 18 5 4 40 0 2 37 50 .292 .348 .391 .739 52.7 8.2 2.6
CF  Joe Medwick 33 104 334 34 94 23 2 8 47 4 1 21 53 .281 .323 .434 .757 43.8 7.1 2.4
3B  Luis Olmo 25 97 257 38 71 7 4 5 34 4 0 17 19 .276 .321 .393 .714 32.9 5.0 2.1
2B  Don Gutteridge 33 120 244 30 60 11 2 0 22 5 3 17 27 .246 .294 .307 .601 19.5 0.9 2.0
C  Mickey Owen 29 49 131 10 37 8 0 1 16 0 0 9 14 .282 .336 .366 .702 15.0 2.1 0.5
2B  Joe Gordon 30 68 110 24 29 8 0 6 19 2 0 19 26 .264 .372 .500 .872 20.1 3.8 0.7
LF *Harry Walker 28 83 119 19 35 4 0 2 19 2 2 7 14 .294 .333 .378 .711 13.2 1.9 0.8
P  Butch Wensloff 29 40 114 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 36 .140 .155 .158 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Sain 27 40 104 8 24 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 .231 .229 .240 .469 5.2 0.0 0.0
P *Al Gerheauser 28 36 96 7 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 24 .188 .208 .219 .427 4.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Hughson 29 38 69 3 11 3 0 1 6 0 0 0 17 .159 .157 .246 .404 2.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Les Scarsella 31 25 49 5 21 6 0 0 7 0 0 6 3 .429 .482 .551 1.033 11.7 3.0 0.2
P  Frank Papish 27 14 33 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .212 .394 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 19 18 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.6 0.0 0.0
RF  Bob Elliott 28 5 9 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .333 .500 .556 1.056 2.4 0.6 0.1
C *Ben Huffman 30 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Mulligan 27 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Lee Stine 31 44 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Murry Dickson 28 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Carrasquel 32 46 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2027 5613 779 1514 250 40 149 754 65 18 419 540 .270 .320 .408 .729 721.6 111.3 37.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 5 2 3 3 3 5 3 5 8 2 2 5 2 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Butch Wensloff 29 19 18 .514 40 40 0 322.0 308 142 30 114 144 3.97 17.1
 Johnny Sain 27 19 14 .576 40 40 0 296.7 279 135 20 129 111 4.10 18.1
*Al Gerheauser 28 18 13 .581 36 36 0 267.3 250 123 31 113 143 4.14 15.5
 Tex Hughson 29 5 14 .263 38 26 1 213.0 217 101 13 80 74 4.27 9.0
*Frank Papish 27 3 6 .333 14 14 0 104.3 115 58 9 41 47 5.00 2.9
 Lee Stine 31 3 6 .333 44 0 3 54.3 66 36 8 34 17 5.96 0.5
 Alex Carrasquel 32 2 4 .333 46 0 7 52.3 61 21 4 17 19 3.61 4.8
 Murry Dickson 28 0 8 .000 50 0 13 50.3 52 19 5 16 10 3.40 4.6
*Kent Peterson 19 5 3 .625 18 6 0 49.3 60 35 8 22 25 6.39 0.0
*Dick Mulligan 27 0 2 .000 19 0 1 20.7 24 13 0 9 0 5.66 0.4
Team Totals 27.7 74 88 .457 345 162 25 1430.3 1432 683 128 575 590 4.30 72.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 2 5 7 2 7 5 3 4 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 27.3
W.Cooper 1113.0 126 129 487 38 9 0 .983 23.1
M.Owen 312.3 36 41 135 7 2 0 .986 9.1
B.Huffman 5.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.3 162 175 625 45 11 0 .984 20.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
B.Hassett 852.7 97 102 1020 82 15 87 .987 11.63
L.Easter 324.0 37 41 376 31 3 37 .993 11.31
G.Archie 114.0 14 15 145 9 1 11 .994 12.16
L.Scarsella 73.0 9 13 95 9 1 10 .990 12.82
D.Gutteridge 53.7 4 15 64 8 1 4 .986 12.08
B.Huffman 10.0 1 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90
S.Musial 3.0 0 2 5 1 0 3 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 191 1716 140 21 152 .989 11.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.20
G.Archie 680.0 81 89 171 266 13 56 .971 5.78
L.Olmo 384.3 47 49 97 158 4 33 .985 5.97
J.Gordon 230.3 24 38 52 103 8 21 .951 6.06
D.Gutteridge 111.7 10 20 26 48 1 11 .987 5.96
B.Hassett 24.0 0 13 7 10 1 6 .944 6.38
Team Total 1430.3 162 209 353 585 27 127 .972 5.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.98
C.Workman 1036.3 123 127 88 263 17 12 .954 3.05
D.Gutteridge 138.0 12 25 11 35 4 1 .920 3.00
L.Olmo 135.3 15 22 9 29 1 5 .974 2.53
G.Archie 94.7 9 15 5 24 1 3 .967 2.76
B.Elliott 26.0 3 3 3 6 1 0 .900 3.12
Team Total 1430.3 162 192 116 357 24 21 .952 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.49
P.Rizzuto 1232.0 143 146 203 515 22 97 .970 5.25
D.Gutteridge 161.7 18 30 32 71 1 14 .990 5.73
G.Archie 22.3 1 7 2 9 0 3 1.000 4.43
L.Olmo 11.3 0 3 3 7 0 2 1.000 7.94
J.Gordon 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 187 240 602 23 116 .973 5.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.98
S.Musial 806.3 92 95 173 7 2 2 .989 2.01
W.Marshall 333.0 41 42 73 2 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Medwick 124.3 13 16 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.24
H.Walker 99.7 11 16 23 1 0 1 1.000 2.17
L.Scarsella 35.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Hassett 10.0 0 6 4 0 1 0 .800 3.60
L.Olmo 10.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
D.Gutteridge 8.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
C.Workman 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 189 311 11 3 4 .991 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.68
W.Marshall 832.0 96 97 270 6 0 1 1.000 2.99
S.Musial 392.0 45 46 111 4 0 0 1.000 2.64
H.Walker 96.0 10 14 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.19
L.Olmo 55.0 6 8 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.95
J.Medwick 54.3 5 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
G.Archie 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 178 443 12 0 1 1.000 2.86
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.21
L.Easter 870.3 100 102 216 3 0 0 1.000 2.26
J.Medwick 518.0 59 63 144 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
D.Gutteridge 17.0 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59
W.Marshall 14.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
C.Workman 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Elliott 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
H.Walker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gordon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1430.0 162 178 370 3 1 0 .997 2.35
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.40
B.Wensloff 322.0 40 40 25 78 5 5 .954 2.88
J.Sain 296.7 40 40 20 46 2 4 .971 2.00
A.Gerheauser 267.3 36 36 21 49 1 4 .986 2.36
T.Hughson 213.0 26 38 18 35 1 2 .981 2.24
F.Papish 104.3 14 14 8 20 2 2 .933 2.42
L.Stine 54.3 0 44 3 16 0 5 1.000 3.15
A.Carrasquel 52.3 0 46 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.24
M.Dickson 50.3 0 50 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.50
K.Peterson 49.3 6 18 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.74
D.Mulligan 20.7 0 19 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.18
Team Total 1430.3 162 345 103 283 11 25 .972 2.43
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cooper .306
On-Base Pct Rizzuto .339
Slugging Pct Musial .519
OPS Musial .845
XR Musial 86.4
Games Rizzuto, Easter 149
At-Bats Rizzuto 617
Runs Rizzuto 107
Hits Rizzuto 184
Total Bases Musial 283
Singles Rizzuto 150
Doubles Musial 32
Triples Musial 8
Homeruns Musial 30
RBIs Musial 99
Stolen Bases Rizzuto 27
Caught Stealing Rizzuto 5
Walks Easter 65
Strikeouts Easter 78
ERA Wensloff 3.97
Wins Sain, Wensloff 19
Losses Wensloff 18
Winning Pct Gerheauser .581
Saves Dickson 13
Games Pitched Dickson 50
Games Started Sain, Wensloff 40
Complete Games Wensloff 25
Shutouts Papish 2
Innings Pitched Wensloff 322.0
Hits Allowed Wensloff 308
Homeruns Allowed Gerheauser 31
Strikeouts Wensloff 144
Walks Allowed Sain 129
Walks per 9IP Wensloff 3.2
Hits per 9IP Gerheauser 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Gerheauser 4.8
WHiP Wensloff 1.31
OAVG Gerheauser .247
OOBP Wensloff .311
OSLG Sain .366
OOPS Wensloff .688
Team All-Stars
Walker Cooper
Murry Dickson
Al Gerheauser
Player Salaries
Joe Medwick $ 6,000,000
Buddy Hassett $ 5,790,000
Don Gutteridge $ 4,000,000
Tex Hughson $ 3,328,571
Stan Musial $ 2,928,571
Murry Dickson $ 2,890,000
Les Scarsella $ 2,690,000
Phil Rizzuto $ 2,442,857
Joe Gordon $ 1,930,000
Walker Cooper $ 1,620,000
Chuck Workman $ 1,528,571
Harry Walker $ 964,286
Alex Carrasquel $ 905,000
Dick Mulligan $ 803,571
Lee Stine $ 680,000
Mickey Owen $ 350,000
Bob Elliott $ 350,000
Luis Olmo $ 300,000
George Archie $ 300,000
Ben Huffman $ 300,000
Andy Pafko $ 300,000
Frank Papish $ 300,000
Kent Peterson $ 300,000
Al Gerheauser $ 300,000
Luke Easter $ 300,000
Johnny Sain $ 300,000
Butch Wensloff $ 300,000
Willard Marshall $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Linc Blakely Tampa Bay George Archie
2/4 Signed     Joe Medwick
2/4 Signed     Don Gutteridge
3/3 Traded Bob Kennedy St. Louis Stan Musial