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1946 National League
Team Record GB
St. Louis Cardinals 98 - 58
Brooklyn Dodgers 96 - 60 2.0
Chicago Cubs 82 - 71 14.5
Boston Braves 81 - 72 15.5
Philadelphia Phillies 69 - 85 28.0
Cincinnati Reds 67 - 87 30.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 63 - 91 34.0
New York Giants 61 - 93 36.0

6th (NL)
Runs Scored: 552
Runs Allowed: 668
Attendance: 749,962

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Al Lopez C 37 56 150 13 46 2 0 1 12 23 0 14 1 1 4 0 6 .307 .399 .340 .739
Elbie Fletcher 1B 30 148 532 72 136 25 8 4 66 111 0 37 4 2 8 0 7 .256 .384 .355 .739
Frankie Gustine 2B 26 131 495 60 128 23 6 8 52 40 0 52 2 1 10 3 13 .259 .318 .378 .696
Lee Handley 3B 32 116 416 43 99 8 7 1 28 29 0 20 4 2 10 1 10 .238 .289 .298 .587
Billy Cox SS 26 121 411 32 119 22 6 2 36 26 0 15 4 2 10 1 4 .290 .333 .387 .720
Maurice Van Robays LF 31 59 146 14 31 5 3 1 12 11 0 15 0 0 4 1 6 .212 .272 .308 .580
Ralph Kiner CF 23 144 502 63 124 17 3 23 81 74 0 109 3 2 2 1 15 .247 .345 .430 .775
Bob Elliott RF 29 140 486 50 128 25 3 5 68 64 0 44 6 4 7 2 15 .263 .351 .358 .709

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jim Russell 27 146 516 68 143 29 6 8 50 67 0 54 11 6 6 2 11 .277 .362 .403 .765
Jimmy Brown 36 79 241 23 58 6 0 0 12 18 0 5 3 2 4 0 8 .241 .293 .266 .559
Bill Salkeld 29 69 160 18 47 8 0 3 19 39 0 16 2 1 1 0 1 .294 .432 .400 .832
Al Gionfriddo 24 64 102 11 26 2 2 0 10 14 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 .255 .345 .314 .659
Chuck Workman 31 58 145 11 32 4 1 2 16 11 0 19 2 1 4 1 3 .221 .280 .303 .583
Burgess Whitehead 36 55 127 10 28 1 2 0 5 6 0 6 3 1 2 1 3 .220 .261 .260 .521
Bill Baker 35 53 113 7 27 4 0 1 8 12 0 6 0 0 2 0 3 .239 .312 .301 .613
Hank Camelli 31 42 96 8 20 2 2 0 5 8 0 9 0 0 1 0 1 .208 .269 .271 .540
Johnny Barrett 30 32 71 7 12 3 0 0 6 8 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 .169 .253 .211 .464
Frank Colman 28 26 53 3 9 3 0 1 6 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 .170 .214 .283 .497
Frankie Zak 24 21 20 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .238 .200 .438
Vinnie Smith 30 7 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 .190 .227 .190 .417
Pete Coscarart 33 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Alf Anderson 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Vic Barnhart 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ben Guintini 26 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roy Jarvis 20 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Fritz Ostermueller P 38 28 64 7 21 3 0 0 2 5 0 8 0 0 5 1 3 .328 .386 .375 .761
Nick Strincevich P 31 32 52 5 8 0 2 0 3 6 0 20 0 0 4 0 2 .154 .241 .231 .472
Rip Sewell P 39 26 50 4 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 12 1 1 2 0 4 .180 .241 .220 .461
Ken Heintzelman P 30 32 44 4 6 0 0 0 3 5 0 12 0 0 6 0 4 .136 .224 .136 .360
Ed Bahr P 26 29 45 2 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 .178 .178 .222 .400
Jack Hallett P 31 35 26 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 .231 .231 .269 .500
Ken Gables P 27 32 24 2 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 .250 .280 .375 .655
Johnny Lanning P 35 27 21 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 .143 .182 .190 .372
Al Gerheauser P 29 36 21 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .429 .762
Preacher Roe P 31 21 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .222 .067 .289
Ed Albosta P 27 17 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250
Lee Howard P 22 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Junior Walsh P 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Hank Gornicki P 35 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Al Tate P 27 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Fritz Ostermueller 38 27 25 13 10 .565 2.84 193.1 70 61 193 5 56 57 .257 3 1 16 2 0 3.66
Ken Heintzelman 30 32 24 8 12 .400 3.77 157.2 84 66 165 7 86 57 .270 10 4 6 2 1 4.68
Nick Strincevich 31 32 22 10 15 .400 3.58 176.0 77 70 185 7 44 49 .265 4 1 11 3 1 3.78
Rip Sewell 39 25 20 8 12 .400 3.68 149.1 68 61 140 6 53 33 .239 1 2 11 2 0 4.17
Ed Bahr 26 27 14 8 6 .571 2.63 136.2 57 40 128 8 52 44 .246 5 2 7 0 0 4.37
Lee Howard 22 3 2 0 1 .000 2.03 13.1 3 3 14 0 9 6 .275 1 0 1 0 0 4.35

1946 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Al Gerheauser 29 35 3 2 2 .500 3.97 81.2 42 36 92 2 25 32 .279 1 1 1 0 0 3.49
Jack Hallett 31 35 9 5 7 .417 3.29 115.0 48 42 107 0 39 64 .266 4 2 3 1 0 3.01
Ken Gables 27 32 7 2 4 .333 5.27 100.2 64 59 113 3 52 39 .276 1 0 0 0 1 4.19
Johnny Lanning 35 27 9 4 5 .444 3.07 91.0 36 31 97 3 31 16 .264 1 2 3 0 1 4.13
Preacher Roe 31 21 10 3 8 .273 5.14 70.0 50 40 83 5 25 28 .288 2 0 1 0 2 4.29
Ed Albosta 27 17 6 0 6 .000 6.13 39.2 34 27 41 3 35 19 .258 1 1 0 0 0 5.75
Hank Gornicki 35 7 0 0 0 .000 3.55 12.2 10 5 12 0 11 4 .240 1 0 0 0 0 5.21
Lefty Wilkie 31 7 0 0 0 .000 10.57 7.2 9 9 13 0 3 3 .382 0 0 0 0 0 3.39
Junior Walsh 27 4 2 0 1 .000 5.23 10.1 6 6 9 0 10 2 .237 1 0 0 0 0 5.81
Jim Hopper 26 2 1 0 1 .000 11.25 4.0 5 5 6 1 3 1 .316 0 2 0 0 0 8.00
Al Tate 27 2 1 0 1 .000 5.00 9.0 5 5 8 0 7 2 .250 0 0 1 0 0 4.89
Bill Clemensen 27 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1.00