1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 67-95
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 756
Runs Allowed: 879
Exp W-L: 70-92
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,496,612
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 96-41, 1st in the NL
AA: 83-54, 1st in the NL
A: 64-73, 6th 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
CF *Stan Musial 26 154 579 100 155 38 5 29 101 3 2 58 45 .268 .332 .501 .833 91.0 16.2 1.6
3B  Luis Olmo 27 151 594 74 159 26 4 9 51 3 4 20 27 .268 .290 .370 .660 60.5 6.7 3.1
1B *Luke Easter 31 154 539 85 157 30 1 29 100 0 0 67 67 .291 .368 .512 .880 98.6 19.7 1.5
RF  Andy Pafko 26 144 476 77 145 22 5 14 61 1 4 46 30 .305 .370 .460 .830 78.8 15.6 1.3
C  Walker Cooper 32 137 481 69 135 23 6 23 80 0 0 38 21 .281 .334 .497 .831 74.7 13.7 4.8
CF *Willard Marshall 26 136 451 67 141 17 1 20 91 0 0 40 9 .313 .363 .488 .851 76.5 14.8 1.5
SS  Bob Kennedy 26 134 432 55 107 23 6 9 52 0 0 39 30 .248 .305 .391 .697 51.5 6.2 2.1
2B *Cecil Travis 33 116 401 53 113 23 2 1 41 0 1 36 33 .282 .342 .357 .698 48.2 7.4 3.7
2B #Red Schoendienst 24 116 361 36 94 17 2 1 29 1 1 20 7 .260 .298 .327 .625 30.9 2.2 3.6
1B  Frank McCormick 36 109 287 24 79 14 3 5 36 0 0 13 29 .275 .305 .397 .702 32.2 4.2 0.6
C  Mickey Owen 31 75 155 24 40 5 1 1 16 0 0 12 22 .258 .310 .323 .632 14.4 1.1 1.6
CF  Joe Medwick 35 51 140 15 32 2 1 4 13 2 1 4 26 .229 .250 .343 .593 11.1 0.2 0.5
2B  Don Gutteridge 35 92 127 20 33 3 3 0 11 2 0 9 22 .260 .309 .331 .640 13.6 1.6 0.9
P  Murry Dickson 30 37 103 12 34 5 0 0 14 0 0 1 12 .330 .337 .379 .715 12.1 2.1 0.0
P #Russ Meyer 23 41 92 6 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 23 .109 .146 .141 .287 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Drews 27 38 90 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 35 .078 .088 .100 .188 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Sain 29 36 85 4 20 0 1 0 7 0 0 5 0 .235 .275 .259 .534 6.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Les Scarsella 33 49 76 12 25 7 1 1 16 0 0 7 7 .329 .381 .487 .868 13.3 3.0 0.1
LF *Harry Walker 30 94 73 15 14 3 1 2 10 1 0 6 7 .192 .253 .342 .596 4.4 0.0 0.0
1B  Joe Wood 27 32 37 5 13 0 0 0 6 3 0 2 1 .351 .385 .351 .736 5.1 1.1 0.5
P *Lou Brissie 23 5 14 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .357 .643 1.4 0.3 0.0
C *Ben Huffman 32 7 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P *Dick Mulligan 29 51 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 34 37 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Kent Peterson 21 76 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Alex Carrasquel 34 40 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 27 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 2119 5631 756 1519 264 43 148 742 16 13 431 468 .270 .321 .411 .731 720.3 116.2 27.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 5 3 3 1 3 4 8 2 8 1 3 8 3 4 4  
* - 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
 Karl Drews 27 12 17 .414 38 38 0 283.0 303 152 27 121 80 4.83 9.6
 Russ Meyer 23 18 20 .474 41 41 0 282.0 336 177 22 150 100 5.65 6.5
 Murry Dickson 30 13 22 .371 37 37 0 278.7 318 146 22 120 67 4.72 12.4
 Johnny Sain 29 10 20 .333 36 36 0 258.0 278 141 25 107 147 4.92 10.1
*Kent Peterson 21 2 6 .250 76 3 3 98.3 105 63 5 80 39 5.77 2.0
*Dick Mulligan 29 3 1 .750 51 1 0 86.0 77 36 2 47 18 3.77 6.6
 Alex Carrasquel 34 5 2 .714 40 1 2 52.3 44 17 2 31 14 2.92 5.9
 Bill Zuber 34 3 5 .375 37 0 15 41.0 50 32 2 30 15 7.02 0.4
*Lou Brissie 23 1 2 .333 5 5 0 40.0 29 14 2 22 28 3.15 3.8
 Dan Bankhead 27 0 0 .000 7 0 0 11.0 13 9 2 10 4 7.36 0.0
*Les Scarsella 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 67 95 .414 369 162 20 1431.3 1554 788 111 720 512 4.95 57.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 7 8 7 8 3 8 7 7 8  
* - 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 31.3
W.Cooper 1109.3 125 132 412 45 7 1 .985 27.3
M.Owen 312.0 36 40 132 13 0 1 1.000 46.7
B.Huffman 9.0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
L.Scarsella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1431.3 162 174 552 58 7 2 .989 31.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.32
L.Easter 682.3 79 81 906 72 6 83 .994 12.90
F.McCormick 576.0 65 74 758 49 7 86 .991 12.61
L.Scarsella 109.0 12 18 143 15 4 15 .975 13.05
D.Gutteridge 53.0 5 10 61 6 0 11 1.000 11.38
B.Huffman 10.0 1 2 10 1 0 3 1.000 9.90
R.Schoendienst 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.3 162 186 1879 143 17 198 .992 12.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.15
R.Schoendienst 758.7 92 93 206 384 9 87 .985 7.00
L.Olmo 486.3 57 57 128 221 9 59 .975 6.46
D.Gutteridge 150.0 11 42 39 68 3 14 .973 6.42
J.Wood 31.3 2 8 12 18 1 8 .968 8.62
C.Travis 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Scarsella 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.3 162 204 385 692 22 168 .980 6.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
L.Olmo 710.3 83 83 45 189 13 27 .947 2.96
B.Kennedy 579.0 65 72 36 144 17 16 .914 2.80
A.Pafko 91.0 9 17 9 20 2 1 .935 2.87
D.Gutteridge 41.0 4 11 2 12 2 1 .875 3.07
J.Wood 10.0 1 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.80
Team Total 1431.3 162 185 93 366 35 45 .929 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 5.54
C.Travis 919.7 110 113 186 427 31 90 .952 6.00
B.Kennedy 241.7 27 35 48 121 2 20 .988 6.29
R.Schoendienst 97.0 8 21 16 54 1 8 .986 6.49
D.Gutteridge 82.0 7 18 10 30 3 8 .930 4.39
L.Olmo 46.0 6 8 10 28 1 5 .974 7.43
J.Wood 45.0 4 9 10 25 0 7 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1431.3 162 204 280 685 38 138 .962 6.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.02
S.Musial 811.3 90 94 171 9 3 2 .984 2.00
A.Pafko 258.0 30 31 48 2 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Medwick 256.0 33 33 66 1 0 1 1.000 2.36
B.Kennedy 58.0 7 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
W.Marshall 37.0 2 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
H.Walker 9.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Scarsella 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Gutteridge 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.3 162 185 306 12 3 3 .991 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.59
W.Marshall 913.7 104 104 237 10 3 4 .988 2.43
S.Musial 463.0 53 53 121 2 3 1 .976 2.39
A.Pafko 34.0 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
J.Medwick 11.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
H.Walker 9.7 0 4 2 0 1 0 .667 1.86
Team Total 1431.3 162 170 373 12 7 5 .982 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.13
A.Pafko 688.3 80 82 141 11 1 0 .993 1.99
L.Easter 564.0 64 71 131 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
B.Kennedy 89.0 10 12 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.12
W.Marshall 46.0 6 7 13 0 1 0 .929 2.54
J.Medwick 35.0 2 11 11 1 0 1 1.000 3.09
S.Musial 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Schoendienst 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.3 162 188 317 13 2 1 .994 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.33
K.Drews 283.0 38 38 21 65 1 6 .989 2.73
R.Meyer 282.0 41 41 20 62 1 9 .988 2.62
M.Dickson 278.7 37 37 19 72 3 4 .968 2.94
J.Sain 258.0 36 36 21 46 3 6 .957 2.34
K.Peterson 98.3 3 76 9 13 1 2 .957 2.01
D.Mulligan 86.0 1 51 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.78
A.Carrasquel 52.3 1 40 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.06
B.Zuber 41.0 0 37 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.07
L.Brissie 40.0 5 5 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.03
D.Bankhead 11.0 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64
L.Scarsella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.3 162 369 98 304 9 28 .978 2.53
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Marshall .311
On-Base Pct Pafko .370
Slugging Pct Easter .512
OPS Easter .880
XR Easter 98.6
Games Musial, Easter 154
At-Bats Olmo 594
Runs Musial 100
Hits Olmo 159
Total Bases Musial 290
Singles Olmo 120
Doubles Musial 38
Triples Cooper, Kennedy 6
Homeruns Easter, Musial 29
RBIs Musial 101
Stolen Bases Musial, Olmo, Wood 3
Caught Stealing Olmo, Pafko 4
Walks Easter 67
Strikeouts Easter 67
ERA Dickson 4.72
Wins Meyer 18
Losses Dickson 22
Winning Pct Meyer .474
Saves Zuber 15
Games Pitched Peterson 76
Games Started Meyer 41
Complete Games Dickson 22
Shutouts Meyer 2
Innings Pitched Drews 283.0
Hits Allowed Meyer 336
Homeruns Allowed Drews 27
Strikeouts Sain 147
Walks Allowed Meyer 150
Walks per 9IP Sain 3.7
Hits per 9IP Drews 9.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Sain 5.1
WHiP Sain 1.49
OAVG Sain .274
OOBP Sain .340
OSLG Sain .415
OOPS Sain .756
Team All-Stars
Luke Easter
Stan Musial
Bill Zuber
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 8,000,000
Bill Zuber $ 6,500,000
Johnny Sain $ 4,764,286
Cecil Travis $ 4,250,000
Frank McCormick $ 3,501,000
Luke Easter $ 3,178,571
Bama Rowell $ 3,090,000
Murry Dickson $ 2,890,000
Willard Marshall $ 2,564,286
Walker Cooper $ 1,620,000
Rip Russell $ 1,500,000
Alex Carrasquel $ 1,310,000
Dick Mulligan $ 1,154,286
Mickey Owen $ 750,000
Joe Medwick $ 711,000
Don Gutteridge $ 660,000
Johnny McCarthy $ 600,000
Jimmy Wasdell $ 400,000
Al Gerheauser $ 400,000
Joe Wood $ 350,000
Kent Peterson $ 300,000
Les Scarsella $ 300,000
Bob Kennedy $ 300,000
Luis Olmo $ 300,000
Dan Bankhead $ 300,000
Russ Meyer $ 300,000
Red Schoendienst $ 300,000
Karl Drews $ 300,000
Harry Walker $ 300,000
Andy Pafko $ 300,000
Lou Brissie $ 300,000
Ben Huffman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Bama Rowell
2/17 Signed     Jimmy Wasdell
2/25 Signed     Johnny Mccarthy
2/27 Signed     Joe Medwick