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1946 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 82-80
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 717
Runs Allowed: 726
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,681,036
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
AA: 89-48, 1st in the NL
A: 83-54, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
3B  Luis Olmo 26 156 626 90 174 27 7 14 59 4 4 30 28 .278 .310 .411 .721 71.7 11.1 6.3
CF *Stan Musial 25 154 573 89 163 42 5 23 93 2 3 62 50 .284 .350 .496 .846 93.7 19.8 3.4
SS  Bob Kennedy 25 155 574 63 156 28 4 16 78 0 0 44 36 .272 .323 .418 .741 71.1 11.9 3.5
1B *Luke Easter 30 149 504 75 135 12 0 35 112 0 0 60 80 .268 .350 .500 .850 85.9 18.0 3.3
C  Walker Cooper 31 136 503 58 136 26 1 11 59 0 0 25 20 .270 .305 .392 .696 56.0 7.8 5.6
RF  Andy Pafko 25 143 493 66 121 15 3 16 58 1 3 40 28 .245 .300 .385 .686 52.2 6.0 2.8
CF *Willard Marshall 25 131 401 54 101 15 2 13 48 0 0 39 12 .252 .321 .397 .718 51.2 8.4 3.1
2B *Cecil Travis 32 103 358 47 107 29 1 0 37 0 0 19 34 .299 .335 .385 .721 43.2 8.4 3.8
1B  Joe Wood 26 99 303 34 77 8 1 1 15 1 3 17 19 .254 .295 .297 .592 25.3 1.7 3.6
CF  Joe Medwick 34 104 288 30 79 20 4 11 43 1 1 17 42 .274 .313 .486 .799 40.9 7.8 1.6
1B  Frank McCormick 35 104 225 25 72 6 2 3 19 0 0 7 16 .320 .339 .404 .744 26.5 4.7 1.1
2B  Don Gutteridge 34 75 133 21 40 9 2 2 21 0 4 7 16 .301 .336 .444 .779 16.1 3.0 1.0
P  Johnny Sain 28 43 125 5 33 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 2 .264 .268 .304 .572 9.4 0.5 0.0
C  Mickey Owen 30 42 113 18 34 5 0 3 11 0 0 13 23 .301 .373 .425 .798 16.7 3.4 1.3
P #Russ Meyer 22 33 81 8 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .136 .146 .160 .307 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Murry Dickson 29 36 68 5 14 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 7 .206 .206 .221 .426 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Al Gerheauser 29 26 59 6 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 17 .220 .246 .237 .483 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Papish 28 20 42 2 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 .143 .163 .214 .377 1.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Buddy Hassett 34 43 40 7 11 1 1 0 7 1 1 4 4 .275 .333 .350 .683 5.0 0.6 0.2
1B *Les Scarsella 32 38 39 4 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 .282 .378 .333 .711 5.1 0.8 0.1
P  Karl Drews 26 15 37 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .054 .054 .081 .135 -1.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Pinky Higgins 37 30 38 8 12 3 1 0 2 0 0 5 7 .316 .395 .447 .843 6.5 1.5 0.3
C *Ben Huffman 31 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.1
P  Alex Carrasquel 33 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 33 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 20 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 1973 5633 716 1509 259 34 149 693 10 20 400 500 .268 .316 .405 .721 681.7 115.7 41.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 5 3 3 6 3 5 8 4 8 1 5 6 4 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
 Johnny Sain 28 21 17 .553 43 43 0 336.7 314 130 29 128 140 3.48 27.0
 Russ Meyer 22 17 7 .708 33 33 0 246.7 249 99 17 84 91 3.61 18.4
 Murry Dickson 29 13 12 .520 36 25 5 213.3 217 81 11 72 58 3.42 16.8
*Al Gerheauser 29 11 9 .550 26 26 0 180.0 194 103 25 85 61 5.15 4.9
*Frank Papish 28 3 14 .176 20 20 0 142.3 151 95 12 95 64 6.01 0.0
 Karl Drews 26 3 9 .250 15 15 0 113.0 138 60 11 34 32 4.78 2.3
*Kent Peterson 20 7 5 .583 47 0 3 58.3 64 26 6 34 22 4.01 4.7
 Alex Carrasquel 33 1 2 .333 42 0 3 57.7 49 24 5 30 20 3.75 4.5
*Dick Mulligan 28 3 1 .750 48 0 1 53.0 63 18 1 29 11 3.06 5.0
 Bill Zuber 33 3 4 .429 42 0 10 48.0 46 16 1 30 30 3.00 5.5
Team Totals 27.6 82 80 .506 352 162 22 1449.0 1485 652 118 621 529 4.05 89.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 5 4 2 6 2 2 6 7 2  
* - 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 .989 30.8
W.Cooper 1153.0 129 135 450 46 8 2 .984 26.9
M.Owen 286.3 33 38 105 13 1 0 .992 36.4
B.Huffman 5.0 0 5 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Scarsella 4.7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.0 162 181 562 62 9 2 .986 28.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.25
L.Easter 966.3 107 120 1275 95 6 109 .996 12.76
F.McCormick 400.0 49 54 486 44 3 47 .994 11.93
D.Gutteridge 56.0 6 11 73 3 0 8 1.000 12.21
B.Hassett 12.0 0 7 17 0 0 1 1.000 12.75
L.Scarsella 10.0 0 4 17 1 0 1 1.000 16.20
S.Musial 2.7 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 13.53
B.Huffman 1.7 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 21.69
J.Shilling 0.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27
Team Total 1449.0 162 199 1875 145 9 167 .996 12.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.18
L.Olmo 1280.3 148 150 312 562 10 120 .989 6.14
D.Gutteridge 65.0 7 11 14 30 1 10 .978 6.09
J.Wood 61.0 7 9 22 31 1 11 .981 7.82
B.Hassett 39.7 0 17 9 14 0 3 1.000 5.22
C.Travis 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 189 357 638 12 144 .988 6.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 3.00
B.Kennedy 1262.7 146 149 105 322 35 38 .924 3.04
D.Gutteridge 144.3 14 26 11 35 1 5 .979 2.87
P.Higgins 22.3 2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 2.02
A.Pafko 12.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
L.Olmo 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Travis 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Wood 1.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1449.0 162 192 118 366 37 43 .929 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.53
C.Travis 699.3 75 90 109 336 11 61 .976 5.73
J.Wood 616.0 78 80 98 272 4 48 .989 5.41
P.Higgins 64.7 4 20 5 22 0 2 1.000 3.76
D.Gutteridge 31.0 2 11 5 9 0 2 1.000 4.06
B.Kennedy 19.7 2 3 4 11 0 2 1.000 6.87
L.Olmo 18.3 1 7 1 10 0 2 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1449.0 162 211 222 660 15 117 .983 5.48
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.08
S.Musial 1288.7 144 145 321 12 2 5 .994 2.33
J.Medwick 69.0 8 9 14 0 1 0 .933 1.83
W.Marshall 66.0 8 8 19 2 0 1 1.000 2.86
L.Scarsella 16.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
B.Hassett 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Kennedy 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Pafko 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Gutteridge 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 169 359 14 3 6 .992 2.32
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.63
W.Marshall 851.7 95 104 255 9 0 7 1.000 2.79
A.Pafko 518.0 61 62 149 7 4 3 .975 2.71
J.Medwick 73.0 6 16 21 0 1 0 .955 2.59
S.Musial 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
L.Olmo 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 184 426 16 5 10 .989 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.11
A.Pafko 699.7 80 81 140 6 8 0 .948 1.88
J.Medwick 518.0 60 65 125 4 1 1 .992 2.24
L.Easter 175.3 21 22 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
W.Marshall 22.0 0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 2.86
C.Travis 14.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
D.Gutteridge 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Musial 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Wood 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
L.Olmo 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Hassett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 162 187 316 10 10 1 .970 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.35
J.Sain 336.7 43 43 19 68 2 2 .978 2.33
R.Meyer 246.7 33 33 20 54 0 5 1.000 2.70
M.Dickson 213.3 25 36 12 55 2 4 .971 2.83
A.Gerheauser 180.0 26 26 16 29 2 4 .957 2.25
F.Papish 142.3 20 20 5 37 4 2 .913 2.66
K.Drews 113.0 15 15 9 23 0 2 1.000 2.55
K.Peterson 58.3 0 47 3 12 1 0 .938 2.31
A.Carrasquel 57.7 0 42 8 9 1 0 .944 2.65
D.Mulligan 53.0 0 48 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.04
B.Zuber 48.0 0 42 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.88
Team Total 1449.0 162 352 95 306 12 21 .971 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Musial .284
On-Base Pct Musial .350
Slugging Pct Easter .500
OPS Easter .850
XR Musial 93.7
Games Olmo 156
At-Bats Olmo 626
Runs Olmo 90
Hits Olmo 174
Total Bases Musial 284
Singles Olmo 126
Doubles Musial 42
Triples Olmo 7
Homeruns Easter 35
RBIs Easter 112
Stolen Bases Olmo 4
Caught Stealing Gutteridge, Olmo 4
Walks Musial 62
Strikeouts Easter 80
ERA Dickson 3.42
Wins Sain 21
Losses Sain 17
Winning Pct Meyer .708
Saves Zuber 10
Games Pitched Mulligan 48
Games Started Sain 43
Complete Games Sain 19
Shutouts Sain 4
Innings Pitched Sain 336.7
Hits Allowed Sain 314
Homeruns Allowed Sain 29
Strikeouts Sain 140
Walks Allowed Sain 128
Walks per 9IP Dickson 3.0
Hits per 9IP Sain 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Sain 3.7
WHiP Sain 1.31
OAVG Sain .249
OOBP Sain .316
OSLG Dickson .355
OOPS Dickson .677
Team All-Stars
Murry Dickson
Luke Easter
Stan Musial
Johnny Sain
Player Salaries
Bill Zuber $ 6,500,000
Joe Medwick $ 6,000,000
Buddy Hassett $ 5,790,000
Cecil Travis $ 4,250,000
Don Gutteridge $ 4,000,000
Frank McCormick $ 3,501,000
Stan Musial $ 3,300,000
Johnny Sain $ 3,078,571
Murry Dickson $ 2,890,000
Willard Marshall $ 2,564,286
Red Rolfe $ 2,500,000
Luke Easter $ 2,200,000
Walker Cooper $ 1,620,000
Rip Russell $ 1,500,000
Alex Carrasquel $ 1,310,000
Harry Walker $ 964,286
Dick Mulligan $ 803,571
Pinky Higgins $ 792,000
Mickey Owen $ 350,000
Bob Elliott $ 350,000
Frank Papish $ 300,000
Joe Wood $ 300,000
Jim Shilling $ 300,000
Karl Drews $ 300,000
Les Scarsella $ 300,000
Russ Meyer $ 300,000
Kent Peterson $ 300,000
Ben Huffman $ 300,000
Bob Kennedy $ 300,000
Andy Pafko $ 300,000
Luis Olmo $ 300,000
Al Gerheauser $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded George Archie Boston (N) Ox Miller
2/1 Traded Butch Wensloff Boston (N) Eddie Yost
2/1 Traded Lee Stine Seattle Red Rolfe
Round Draft Pick.
2/3 Traded Whitey Platt St. Louis Bob Kennedy
2/4 Signed     Pinky Higgins
2/5 Signed     Frank Mccormick
2/5 Signed     Bill Zuber
2/15 Signed     Rip Russell
3/3 Traded Chuck Workman San Diego Steve Peek
4/2 Traded Phil Rizzuto New York (N) Cecil Travis
4/2 Traded Joe Gordon Boston (A) Garvin Hamner
4/2 Signed     Bill Knickerbocker
10/19 Released Tex Hughson    
 
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